Tibetan Sea Pearl

Su Qing came over from the shop and also came to see the blue and white porcelain.

The white porcelain plum vase is painted with twig patterns, the blue one is the twig pattern, and the white one is the background color, one green and one white, it is shocking at first glance, it is simple yet elegant.

"This is blue and white, so beautiful." Su Yue walked around the plum bottle and sighed involuntarily.

"Does it look good?" Su Qing asked.

"It's beautiful!" Su Yue nodded, "But I still think our white porcelain is beautiful and clean, just like suet white jade."

These words made Su Yuanshan feel as sweet as drinking honey.I feel that my daughter has suddenly become more sensible and well-behaved, no, she was very obedient before, but not as well-behaved as now.

Su Yuanshan looked for a bulging lens in the drawer, found the lens, Su Yuanshan carefully observed the blue pattern on the plum vase through the lens.

This lens is very magical, through it, the things in front of you will become bigger, Su Yue once secretly took it to look at the ants in the corner.

Taking advantage of the time when Su Yuanshan put down the glasses, Su Yue picked up the glasses and looked at the blue and white flowers. This is the blue and white flowers that everyone is looking for nowadays, so she wants to see what it looks like?

The blue and white pattern immediately became fresh and smudged, and the edge of the blue pattern was mixed with yellow impurities, which was not good-looking at all. Su Yue put down the lens in disgust.

Cough...cough...the blue and white flowers are nothing more than that, they can only be seen from a distance and not played with.

After looking at the blue and white flowers, Su Yuanshan dug out the broken porcelain pieces in the cloth bag, which he dug out from the pile of waste porcelain pieces in Sujia Village. It took him a whole morning to find these few pieces.Comparing it with the blue color on the blue and white plum vase, it can be found that the two are not the same color at all, the broken porcelain is green, and the blue and white porcelain is blue, which is far from the same color.Su Yuanshan's face was sullen and ugly.

He remembered the words of the pottery master, "Iron can burn black, copper can burn red, only blue is the most rare." If you can burn blue, it must be something added to the pigment. It will turn blue after processing.

"No, no." Su Yuanshan shook his head, put down the broken porcelain, and went out of the study to look for Mrs. Wang.

When Wang's anger subsided, she picked water spinach in the yard, took off the leaves, and left the water spinach sticks for frying water spinach sticks to eat.

"You said, you're going to Jingdezhen?" Mrs. Wang was surprised and stopped her movements.

Su Yuanshan nodded, "Before, the color of the white porcelain kiln was not blue, but green. I want to go to Jingdezhen to find out what kind of pigment can be used to make blue and white. If I can get the pigment for firing blue and white, The white porcelain kiln of our Su family can be saved. Everyone in the Su family relies on this white porcelain kiln for food. Last time I went back, the second and third children complained to me that the porcelain kiln hadn’t been fired for a month. The big customers from my family haven’t been here for a long time, and now even if the white porcelain is ignited, it can’t be sold.” After speaking, he looked up at the courtyard and let out a long breath.

"The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, and Ayu will be back soon. If I want to go, I have to wait for Ayu to come back and go after the Dragon Boat Festival." Wang advised. According to the custom, every year on the Dragon Boat Festival, Ayu will go back to her natal home boxing.

"That's fine." Su Yuanshan thought for a while, "Go out this time and ask Ah Qing to accompany me. Didn't you always say that this time is a good opportunity to let Ah Qing go out to practice."

"Ah Qing has gone, who will look after the shop at home?"

"You have also seen the business in the shop. There have been no customers for several days. There is no difference between opening and closing. When we go out, we close the shop."

People who do business are most taboo about "closed for good luck". If there is a customer who just wants to come to the door, and the door of the shop is closed, they may not come again next time.

"The shop can't be closed!" Mrs. Wang was impatient, and shouted anxiously, "Unless our family doesn't do business in the future... If there is no other way, then I will guard the shop." Wang's tone was very firm.

Widow Wu on Dongchang Street set up a stall selling sweet wine under the big lychee tree.

But she lacked confidence in her heart. Widow Wu had no man in her family, so she had no choice but to come out to show her face.

Su Yuanshan got angry when he heard this, but looked at Wang surreptitiously, and said softly, "Money can't be earned, our family is not short of food and drink, so you can take Ah Yue at home with peace of mind." .”

Facing her man's gentle gaze, Wang's heart felt warm.Su Yuanshan loves her so much. Ever since she married into the Su family, she has never let her interfere in the affairs of the shop. She just takes care of the backyard, manages the money, and takes care of several children.

At the beginning of each month, Su Yuanshan would hand over the money earned last month to her for safekeeping.But she is not a fool, the money handed in is less and less every month, which shows that the business of the shop is getting deserted every month.

"Ayu is back, and Xiao Hei is here too. Please ask Xiao Hei to help look after the shop." Wang smiled at Su Yuanshan, "It doesn't matter how many pieces of porcelain he can sell, it's better than closing the shop."

Xiao Hei is Ayu's husband. His family has been fishermen for generations. He and his younger brother have inherited their father's fishing skills. The two brothers make a living by fishing at sea all year round.

As soon as Xiao Hei was mentioned, a black face appeared in Su Yue's mind.It was a face almost as black as charcoal. Because it was at sea all year round, it was sunburned by the sea wind and sun, and it was so tanned that it got the nickname "Xiao Hei".

It would be strange if the guests didn't scare away when they saw him.

In the next two days, as the Dragon Boat Festival approached, every household was busy making zongzi, hanging mugwort leaves, and making sachets.Su Yue and Hong Jiao made four or five sachets and distributed them to the family. They also put a clump of mugwort cut from the ground on the door of the shop.

At this time, a big man came to Guangzhou City.

Early in the morning, all the officials, wealthy gentry, Jinshi and scholars in the city put on new clothes, shoes and socks that they only wore during the Chinese New Year, and ran to the pier to welcome them.

Su Yuanshan is Juren, and was dragged to the pier by his Juren friend early in the morning.

"A city cannot be without officials for a day." After Liu Zhifu's death, the imperial court quickly sent a new prefect to take over Liu Zhifu's position and take charge of Guangzhou's related matters temporarily.Only then did Su Yong remember that Liu Fangfang's family was exiled after finishing the first seven years in Liu Zhifu.

The new magistrate's surname is Lin, and he is a Jinshi on both sides. His ancestral home is Xianyang, Shaanxi, and he comes from the well-known Lin family in Northwest Shaanxi.

Su Yue carefully recalled that she had never met prefect Lin in her previous life, and she didn't know what prefect Lin looked like. She only knew that prefect Lin had worked in Guangzhou for three years, and when the three-year term expired, she was transferred away.

"The iron-clad official of the common people." No matter who is the official of the parents in the city, she still lives a good life for her common people.

"Ah Yue, I knew you definitely didn't go to the pier with your mother to see the new magistrate." Best friend Sun Yinglian pouted and came in through the back door with a food box in her hand.

"What's so interesting about Xinzhifu?" Su Yue lifted her skirt and trotted over.