Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Chapter 25: There's a reason why pottery makers earn high wages.
The next day
It's not daybreak yet
Li Feng opened his eyes.

Last night, while lying in bed, Li Feng thought about many things, and then he fell asleep without realizing it.

When Li Feng opened his eyes, he realized it was almost 6:30.

When Li Feng checked the time, he quickly got up and started boiling water.

Washing his face with hot water in winter can make Li Feng feel much more energetic.

After Li Feng finished washing up, he put on a thick blue coat and went out.

Just as Li Feng stepped out of the courtyard house gate.

Li Feng was stopped by a familiar female voice.

Li Feng turned his head and saw that it was He Yushui.

At this moment, Li Feng asked He Yushui.

"Huh!"

"Are you going to school?"

He Yushui nodded to Li Feng.

"yes!".

"Don't I usually go to school at this time?"

"Sometimes it's not me who goes out first, but my brother."

Li Feng nodded, then casually asked He Yushui.

"Where's your brother?"

He Yushui thought for a moment, then said to Li Feng with some confusion.

“When my brother came back yesterday, he seemed a bit strange.”

"He went out very early today."

"If it's for work, you don't need to be this early, right?"

"It's not my brother's apprenticeship time anymore. I remember when my brother was an apprentice, he had to get up really early."

Li Feng was somewhat confused.

The two then walked and chatted.

Li Feng and He Yushui are not much different in age.

When they were in middle school, He Yushui was only one grade younger than him.

As for high school, Li Feng didn't attend it at all.

He Yushui is currently a high school sophomore.

At this moment, Li Feng couldn't help but think that he should borrow some of He Yushui's first-year high school books to read later.

After all, you still need to study for the college entrance exam.

The two parted ways when they reached the entrance of the alley.

Hongxing High School and the ceramics factory are not in the same direction.

When Li Feng arrived at the ceramics factory, he first went to have breakfast, since it was a perk of the factory.

Even other factories don't offer such benefits.

After Li Feng finished eating, he went to the pottery workshop.

Master Wang was not here at that time.

Wang Liu, on the other hand, spoke with the apprentice whom Li Feng was not very familiar with.

These apprentices joined around the same time as Wang Liu.

The biggest difference in the time they entered the factory was probably only a few months. At this moment, Wang Liu saw Li Feng arrive and happily patted Li Feng on the shoulder.

"Li Feng!"

"You've come!"

"That's great."

Li Feng asked Wang Liu with some confusion.

"how?".

At this moment, Qian Fusheng, who was not far from Wang Liu, said to Li Feng with a wry smile.

"The trucks that are transporting kaolin have arrived today."

There were at least a dozen trucks.

Li Feng was startled by Qian Fusheng's words.

At this moment, Li Feng couldn't help but whisper.

"Are we going to move some kaolin?"

After hearing Li Feng's words, Wang Liu smiled and nodded at Li Feng.

"clever!".

"But with so many people in our pottery workshop, it's definitely a piece of cake."

Wang Liu used to find it difficult to move these things, but recently the factory added ten apprentices.

This greatly reduces the workload for each person.

After all, this adds ten people.

At this point, Qian Fusheng couldn't help but ask Wang Liu.

"Brother Wang!"

"Why don't people from other workshops go and move kaolin? Why is it only people from our workshop who want it?"

After hearing Qian Fusheng's words, Wang Liu said somewhat irritably.

"I also want people from other workshops to move it."

"But is it possible?"

"Our pottery throwing is the first step in the process."

"Moreover, if the painting workshop staff are asked to move it, their hands will shake afterward, and shaking hands will greatly affect their painting."

"If it affects production, will you step in?"

Upon hearing Wang Liu's words, Qian Fusheng quickly waved his hand and said...

"No, let's move it ourselves."

At this moment, Li Feng asked Wang Liu, "Brother Wang."

"How many times a week does our factory send kaolin?"

Wang Liu thought for a moment.

"About one or two trips."

"During peak season, there might be more times."

Upon hearing this, Li Feng felt that the porcelain was selling quite well.

Next, all the apprentices in the potter's wheel workshop started loading kaolin onto the trucks.

This time, the pottery workshop mobilized more than 20 people, including the ten apprentices recruited previously.

That is, myself, Qian Fusheng, and eight other people.

Li Feng and his colleagues worked hard, moving all the kaolin clay to a large warehouse outside the pottery workshop.

The warehouse gave Li Feng a somewhat cold and damp feeling.

Wang Liu told Li Feng.

"This warehouse is specifically for storing kaolin. The kaolin you are kneading now was not taken directly from here."

"Instead, the planning specialists sent people to take the kaolin from here to the place where you usually take kaolin now."

After listening to Wang Liu's words, Li Feng roughly understood some of the procedures.

Next

Around noon, Li Feng and the others finally finished moving all the kaolin.

have to say.

I'm really quite tired.

This still involves moving the kaolin clay onto a wheelbarrow, pushing it to the warehouse, and then stacking it up.

If we move it directly to the warehouse, who knows how long it will take?

It's no wonder that pottery makers make so much money.

It also takes a lot more effort.

After moving all the kaolin, Wang Liu was called away by Master Wang.

A dozen minutes later, Wang Liu returned looking constipated.

Looking at Wang Liu's expression, Li Feng knew it wasn't good news.

Qian Fusheng then asked Wang Liu.

"Brother Wang!"

"Is something wrong again?"

At this moment, Zhou Jianjun immediately nodded to Qian Fusheng and said.

"Look at this, how can anything good possibly happen?"

After hearing Zhou Jianjun's words, Wang Liu smiled wryly.

"You really know me."

Zhou Jianjun said somewhat casually.

"Speak!"

"What is it?"

Wang Liu said to Li Feng, Zhou Jianjun, and others.

"Master Wang told me that all the finished embryos need to be moved to the embryo processing workshop this afternoon."

After listening to Wang Liu, Li Feng and Qian Fusheng didn't think much of it.

Looking at the two men, Zhou Jianjun probably understood that these two brothers probably didn't know what the concept was.

So Zhou Jianjun patted the two of them on the shoulders and said...

"brother!".

"You'll see what this means in a moment."

Li Feng and Qian Fusheng were somewhat confused.

But it's noon now, so there's no need to move these things anymore. Everyone went to eat.

After everyone had eaten, Wang Liu, Zhou Jianjun, Li Feng, and a dozen others went to the warehouse where the embryos were stored.

At a glance, Li Feng saw over a thousand embryos of varying sizes.

Upon seeing this, Qian Fusheng opened his mouth wide and asked Wang Liu.

"Do we have to move all of these?"

Wang Liu said helplessly.

What do you think?

In one afternoon, Li Feng and his team moved all the porcelain from the pottery-throwing warehouse to the pottery-making workshop.

Li Feng alone moved nearly seventy embryos of various sizes.

It was only at this point that Li Feng realized...

The first requirement for hiring is strength; if you don't have much strength, you really can't do this job.

To be honest, moving clay embryos is harder than moving kaolin.

Because kaolin clay can be moved around easily, but moving clay blanks requires great care, otherwise it would be bad if they broke.

And there's a high chance you'll get scolded.

Get off work in the afternoon.

The others left after finishing their meal.

Li Feng, on the other hand, went to Master Lin's place.

At this moment, Li Feng's hands were shaking a little because he had been moving things all day.

Master Lin was certainly aware of this situation.

Then he said to Li Feng.

"Today I'll teach you how to grind materials."

"Rubbing pearls to reveal the material."

(End of this chapter)