Seven's secret

After receiving the money, Yanqing hid in the shed of the "six or seven families" and devoted himself to inventing.

Murong Jin came twice, but was stopped by the assistant of the workshop.He didn't see anyone, and Yanqing didn't answer the phone calls, so he naturally didn't know how far Yanqing's research and experiments had progressed.

Not only is he depressed, but Pei Rong has also been very depressed recently.First, he was called home by Mr. Pei and scolded, and then he was punished to stand in the yard for an hour. After he finally cheered up his grandfather, he found out that Xiao Qi had...retired.

The inscrutable term "retreat" came from Xiaoqi's two assistants.They told Pei Rong that on the fourth day of Boss Xiaoyan's retreat, a strange man with a half-bald head came to them, and this strange man also went to retreat with their boss.Pei Rong recalled the image Mr. Pei described, and felt that this half-bald weirdo should be Xiaoqi's elusive master He Mao.This He Mao just came to Binhai, before he did anything, he plunged into the studio to assist Xiaoqi in his experiments.From this perspective, both master and apprentice are the same workaholics.

Pei Rong came twice and didn't see anyone, so he had no choice but to go back in despair and wait for Xiao Qi to contact him after he left the customs.

In the studio, Xiao Qi looked at the black teacup in his hand, full of regret.

The surface of the black porcelain has blurred markings.Yaobian's characteristics are already vaguely visible, but the error in temperature control prevents them from reaching the final step of forming.In particular, the carcass was slightly deformed after firing, which was something Xiao Qi had never encountered in previous experiments.

Yan Qing studied the failed experimental product over and over again, and murmured: "It was successful last time, why did it fail this time? Master, what do you mean by Yaobian?"

He Mao was sitting on the recliner next to the porcelain kiln, dozing off with his eyes half-closed. When he heard his apprentice’s question, he lazily replied: “The so-called Yaobian is nothing but the colorful light emitted from the film of the black porcelain surface. To put it bluntly, It is during the firing process that the glassy black glaze forms an extremely thin iron crystal film on the surface of the vessel. Without this film, there will be no iridescence of various colors when facing the light. "

Xiao Qi smiled wryly, "Of course I know this."

He Maopi smiled and asked him back, "Look, you know everything I know, and why are you asking me? At this time, you should do more with your hands and less with your mouth."

Xiao Qi is still thinking about the flare that should have appeared on the bruised teacup.He remembered that there was an expert in kiln construction in Japan called Koyama Fujio, who believed that obsidian changes were blue spots produced on the basis of oil droplet crystal spots.During the formation of oil droplets, the matrix of blue spots - gaseous metallic chromium - will be volatilized.That is, the blue spot must live in symbiosis with the oil droplet...

He Mao swayed on the recliner with his eyes closed, "Since there is a problem with the temperature control, let's do it again at the temperature of the previous experiment. Since the black porcelain in the Jian Kiln is fired at high temperature, if the fetal soil is washed too finely , the utensils are naturally easy to deform.”

Xiao Qi lowered his head to think about his words, then nodded slowly, "I understand."

"As for Yaobian," He Mao said lightly, "it's no different from the principle of making fireworks, or a little more complicated. You need to mix all the elements together in order, and then control the appropriate temperature and time. .The miracle lies in the process of fusion."

Many people think that obsidian change is accidental and the result of natural kiln change.The texture of the fetal soil, the subtle proportions of various elements in the enamel, temperature, time... many elements have created this miracle.But in the eyes of an insider, all the conditions can be decomposed and recombined. If all the conditions required by Yao Bian are met, then it is not accidental to get the desired result.

What he has to do now is to perfectly combine all the elements.There might be a few more failed experiments before he knew every detail.But what is this small failure compared with the result that is about to be achieved and must be achieved?

A month later, Xiao Qi got two perfect replicas, which were even more perfect than the two replicas he had baked out of curiosity and experimentation, and finally bought back by Murong Jin and Yu Bai.The glaze surface is matte and black, and the effect of its surface is like the most brilliant starlight exploding in the dark night sky, mysterious and gorgeous.This kind of perfection lies not only in the chrome blue spot of obsidian change, but also in the simplicity and thickness of shape and quality.

It's almost real.

He Mao looked at these two things for a long time, then sighed softly, "Are you going to give this to Young Master Jin?"

"Of course not." Xiao Qi stretched comfortably, "I want to keep this for myself."

He Mao looked relieved.

Xiao Qi added: "It's not yet the delivery time, I still have time to continue."

He Mao frowned again.

"Master," Xiao Qi teased him in a good mood, "You can't be reluctant, are you?"

He Mao shook his head, looking at him with complicated eyes, "I'm not so much reluctant as I am now, it's more accurate to say I'm worried. Xiao Qi, if some things are released, they will become a disaster."

"Don't worry. I know it well." Xiao Qi was silent for a moment, then said slowly: "The next problem I need to tackle is the activity of chromium in the glaze."

He Mao expressed doubts about this question.

Xiaoqi smiled mysteriously, and diverted the topic away from what they were doing, "I've been busy for a month, Master, you haven't seen my home yet, I've already arranged it for you room."

"Just the two of us?" He Mao seemed worried about the fact that he was about to live with his apprentice, "Who will cook?"

Xiaoqi, "...me."

He Mao raised his eyebrows, expressing great doubts about this statement.

He Mao had heard about Xiaoqi's house repair for a long time, but he was not very interested in living with Xiaoqi.In fact, He Mao is not a person who is used to living in the same place for a long time. Even during the time he stayed at Murong's house, he still spent most of the year wandering around.Of course, going out and wandering is what Xiao Qi said.He Mao called this "traveling", and he said that ancient literati loved doing it most.Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, in the writings of these sour literati, travel is always an elegant and interesting thing.

Everyone has their own favorite way of life, Xiao Qi has no way to change this.All he can do is to take good care of He Mao when he appears in front of him.

Perhaps because of the experience of living in the northwest region, He Mao likes beef and mutton, and also likes to drink.With Xiaoqi's half-baked cooking skills, he couldn't cook such complicated dishes.So this reception banquet, which was delayed for half a month, was changed to a well-known Halal restaurant in the West District.Xiao Qi also invited Mr. Pei and Pei Rong over.Mr. Pei is He Mao's uncle, and Pei Rong is the person he wants to bring to his master to ask him to see him.

But what made Xiaoqi depressed was that He Mao probably hadn't seen Mr. Pei for a long time, so he dragged Mr. Pei all night long and talked endlessly. In his eyes, Pei Rong was just a junior who stopped by for a meal.After finally having dinner, after Xiao Qi brought them all back to the small courtyard, the two of them sat at the small table under the eaves of the verandah, drinking tea and chatting about the old days.

When Xiao Qi tidied up the bedrooms in the east and west rooms, he discovered a new problem: If the master lives in the west room and Mr. Pei lives in the east room where Pei Rong lives, then... where should Pei Rong live?The beds in the wing rooms on both sides are not big enough for one person, but not enough for two people.

Xiao Qi was a little dumbfounded, if he asked Pei Rong to drive home to rest now...

Pei Rong had noticed this problem since he lit the mosquito coils in the rooms on both sides, but he didn't say anything, took out his pajamas from the closet and went to take a shower.As a police officer, his intuition told him that at this time he must act stupid, give Xiao Qi the opportunity to struggle, and delay the development of the situation. In the end, Xiao Qi had no other choice but to Not accepting the outcome that he had been avoiding.

Besides, such a good opportunity to squeeze together in front of Xiaoqi and his master, only a fool would let it go.That half-bald old man was hard to deal with at first glance, and Xiao Qi was still a little afraid of him. If he had to summon up the courage to reveal the relationship between the two of them, how long would he have to wait?

You must seize the opportunity to justify yourself!In fact, for Pei Rong, any opportunity related to Xiao Qi must be seized!

Xiao Qi was standing at the door of the room, watching two old people sitting in the yard chatting, saw Pei Rong coming out, and asked him with a troubled face, "Can you live in the east wing with your uncle?"

Pei Rong was amused in his heart, but he faked a embarrassed expression on his face, "My grandfather doesn't like to sleep with others, I'm afraid he won't get used to it."

Xiao Qi struggled for a while, should he squeeze with Master by himself?Forget it, his master would snore loudly when he slept in the middle of the night whenever he drank a little wine.Forget it, it's all over, so why bother.Xiao Qi had a broken expression on her face, "You can stay here with me."

Pei Rong hesitated for a moment, and reluctantly agreed, "Then... well. I think your bed is big enough, and I sleep fairly well."

Xiao Qi secretly thought about what it would be like to be dishonest, it was already midnight, he couldn't be kicked out, and he couldn't share a bed with others, there was no other choice.He originally thought that two guest rooms in his yard would be enough, but he didn't expect that so many people would come to stay overnight together.If I had known it would be like this, I should have separated the study room and added a folding bed inside...

"Go to sleep," Pei Rong couldn't stand it anymore, didn't he just sleep in a room, why should he be so nervous?He grabbed Xiaoqi's hand and dragged him into the room, "Don't worry, I won't do anything if you don't speak."

"Do...what to do..." Xiao Qi stammered suddenly.

Pei Rong continued to tease him in a good mood, "You can do what you say. If you are embarrassed to say it, you can write it down with a pen, or send a text message to my phone directly."

Xiao Qi stared at him, her face flushed with anger.

Pei Rong pinched his face, "Don't worry."

Xiao Qi shook off him, awkwardly took her pajamas and went to take a bath.

This is the first time that Pei Rong has entered Xiao Qi's bedroom, um, standing by the living room partition and peeking in doesn't count.Xiaoqi's bedroom is decorated in an old-fashioned style, elegant and quiet, making it easy for people to relax.The bed is big, and it looks very comfortable. Pei Rong thinks that maybe Xiao Qi is really claustrophobic. The bedroom, study and even the kitchen are all as spacious as possible.

There's nothing wrong with that though.

Pei Rong moved comfortably to the inner side of the bed, thought for a while and then moved out, leaving Xiaoqi the position on the inner side of the bed.