Chapter 136 Interlaced Burning Years
Because the pottery made of small clay pots and they were made of fine clay and dried quickly, the pottery in Chen Min'an's old house had basically dried.
The coal and firewood for the burning of the clay pots were ready. Chen Min'an checked the weather forecast and prepared to open the kiln in two days while the weather was sunny.
In the past, the villagers relied on this kiln to make a living, and each kiln was a livelihood of several clay pots and a family of clay pots, and they were not careless.
However, no family has placed their family's livelihood in this kiln now.
Although Chen Min'an expressed hope for the clay pot kiln, he was not particularly nervous.
This kiln is fine. Chen Ming has burned a kiln this year, and the clay pots burned are stronger than before, and almost no pieces are burned out.
To put the clay pot blanks into the clay pot kiln, you have to hire an experienced master. What's more, Chen Min'an's entire kiln is almost all fine goods this time. The clay pot costs a lot of money. If it is not burned well, even the clay pot must be accompanied.
Chen Ming accounted for almost one-fifth of this batch of clay pots. They were all of them of the same specification.
"Brother Min'an, why do you come and call me? I can help you a little bit." As soon as Chen Ming came over, he started to do things in a hurry. He is now a little master who has burned a kiln of clay pots. He knows a little about stacking clay pots.
"In the past, when we used to burn kilns, we would do big jobs. A kiln, a kiln, a wine jar, and the like. Now, every kiln is poured, and the whole kiln is full of small jobs." Chen Bangyou said.
Mawei Village, who was watching the fun, smiled and said, "Who would buy it now? Not to mention the outside, there are several clay pot water tanks in our teashu Village. Every family has tap water, and they use stainless steel water towers to store water. There is no water tank at home. Such a large water tank takes up space. Only a few sauerkraut jars are needed at home, but a sauerkraut jar can be used for ten or eight years without changing. Now, there is a place for clay pot jars in this house, so they don't have to move around. If we clay pot jars make money by making money from these items, we would have starved to death."
Chen Bangyou smiled helplessly: "We have learned this skill in vain."
"It's almost done. Our area has supported the family by craftsmanship. If we didn't have this craftsmanship, how poor would it have been?" said Mawei Village.
"Yes, there was really no other way to make money at that time. In these ten miles and eight villages, which village doesn't envy the people in our Teashu Village who have craftsmanship? Every year, one family only needs to burn one or two kilns of clay pots, and the family will not have to worry about spending. At that time, our Teashu Village had two kilns, and opened kilns all year round. People who came to our place to sell clay pots directly slept in our village, waiting for clay pots to come out of the kilns and rushed to pay!" Chen Bangyou remembered the scene back then, and couldn't help but feel a strong sense of pride. At that time, it was the highlight of the crock pot maker.
Since this kiln is all fine work, it is really not easy to stack. The clay pots cannot be stacked too high, and are easily stuck together, and they are prone to collapse during the firing process. Therefore, some mud bricks need to be stacked inside, which is also an advantage. Cook a kiln of clay pots and burn some good bricks at the same time. The master always has a way to put all the fine work in the kiln.
"Doctor Chen, please wait. You can't hurry to do this work, you have to stack it all over. You must place it steadily and separate the clay pots. One is to place it steadily and the other is to prevent it from being bonded." Chen Bangyou said.
Chen Ming moved too fast, and the master who piled up in the kiln was overwhelmed.
"Our technology is too backward. Now some pottery factories in the city can automatically enter the firing room as long as they put the clay pot on the carrier board. The firing pottery is convenient and fast, and the quality is good. None of the one hundred pieces of pottery was burned out. And it was dusted, and there was no dust on the pottery. The burned glaze surface was smooth and the color was bright." Chen Min'an said.
"Didn't Secretary Su say that he would help us transform the kiln in a system? It would be great if it could be made into a modern firing room." Chen Bangyou said.
"Secretary Su came to me a few days ago and said that she had applied for the renovation funds. She just waited for the new road in our village to be repaired and those machines could be entered. Our kiln will be renovated immediately." Chen Min'an said.
"Then the relationship is good. We old guys still have the chance to see that high-tech thing." Mawei Village smiled.
"It can be seen. In our lives, we have really caught up with a good era. We have seen all kinds of good things and used them. We used to think that being able to have a full meal means living a good life. Now who doesn't live a good life?" Chen Bangyou said with a smile.
It took more than a day to prepare everything. It happened to be a good time for Chen Bang to choose. When the time came, ignite the fire and open the kiln.
Seeing the fires burning in the cave, the fire illuminated the entire clay pot kiln. It was as if time was a mess, as if it was back to that era. The whole village surrounded the kiln, hoping that a good clay pot would come out of the kiln.
"Are you nervous?" Chen Ming asked Chen Min'an.
"There are some." Chen Min'an nodded, "Although a kiln of clay pots is not a particularly large amount of money for any family now, but after sweat and hard work, we will look forward to a fruitful harvest.
Even Su Moxi came to the kiln to take a look.
"I have contacted you for the sales of clay pots. The other party said that as long as your clay pots are of good quality, they can be underwriting. However, the price will not be too high. If you are not satisfied, I can contact you to see it. If you have any good ways, you can also try to sell it yourself." Su Moxi said.
"I don't have to worry about mine, I'm useful myself. You can help contact Brother Min'an. Brother Min'an is also planning to set up an online store by himself. You are more experienced and teach him how to sell goods online." Chen Ming said.
"Hey, you know that you are selling goods online now. This idea is quite good. We should establish our own sales channels. You can do live broadcasts and broadcast the process of making ceramics live. When your live broadcast has gained a certain popularity, those netizens who love ceramics can buy your pottery through the live broadcast room. Moreover, they can also customize some more unique pottery from you." Su Moxi's mind was very fast and quickly made suggestions.
Chen Min'an was a little tempted. He couldn't sell any good prices just by making clay pots. After all, compared with that of ceramic, this clay pot looks a bit rough and it is not easy to make such exquisite patterns. However, if the other party has some special requirements and can be made with his skills, he can make some custom pottery with higher prices.
"Secretary Su, then when will you teach me how to broadcast live?" Chen Min'an said.
"Don't be anxious first. After a while, I organized a training class for young people in the village who were preparing to do something, and I would like to teach you how to broadcast live." Su Moxi said.
"Doctor Chen, if you are interested, you can also participate. In fact, your conditions in our Chashu Village are the best. If you are willing to do live broadcasts, you will soon become an internet celebrity." Su Moxi was preparing to fool Chen Ming again.
Chen Ming waved his hands repeatedly: "I'll forget it."
Meishan Navy's live broadcast will probably be reported to be feudal superstitious in a few days.
Su Moxi shook her head helplessly. In the past, Chen Ming lived in the only wooden house in the village and didn’t even have a mobile phone. At that time, he was able to fool him. Now he has become a special professor in the first year of the Affiliated School. Although Su Moxi didn’t know Chen Ming’s specific income, he didn’t have to think about it. The income was much higher than that of her dean’s father, professor and doctoral supervisor.
"Actually, it's good to be an internet celebrity. If you become an internet celebrity, you might be attracted by others and solve all the marriage problems." Su Moxi said.
Chen Ming shook his head quickly: "If I were targeted by an ugly monster, I would feel panicked."
Chen Min'an joked: "Secretary Su, in fact, Dr. Chen needs a girl like you to take care of. Now Dr. Chen is a special expert in the first year of the Affiliated One, and ordinary girls are not a good match for him."
Chen Ming hurriedly said, "Don't mess around with this joke."
Chen Ming was not interested in Su Moxi at all. He had no hope for marrying such a strong and famous woman in the second half of his life.
Chen Ming hasn't met the kind of girl he fell in love with at first sight. I guess it's difficult to make a monk fall in love with at first sight, and it's not easy to get moved. This is not good for monks, and they can see everything too clearly. The water is clear and there is no fish, and the person is observing, there is no wife!
In addition, Chen Ming has no sense of urgency to find a partner at all, women will only affect the state of unity between man and nature.
Su Moxi's face also turned slightly red and she smiled: "Expert Chen doesn't like me, a small village official now."
Su Moxi put herself in a simple sentence, as if Chen Ming looked down on her, not that she looked down on Chen Ming. In fact, she had no intention of this regard to Chen Ming at all. For her, being friends is OK, but she could not go further. She could not marry someone who had no common language with her.
Moreover, Su Moxi is still ambitious now. Teashu Village is just a starting point for her long official career. She wants to make greater achievements during her period of being a village official in Teashu Village. With the sports and rehabilitation center of the First Affiliated Hospital, her vision has become higher and higher. Because of this project, she not only has a certain voice in Donghua County, but also can connect with the senior management of Longxi City. The official career is moving forward a long way, how could she limit herself to a village like Teashu Village?
After Su Moxi left, Chen Bangyou said, "Secretary Su is very arrogant and is not the same as us rural people. Dr. Chen is really inappropriate to her."
Chapter completed!