Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Chapter 30: The Secret to Choosing a Fine Material Pen, and the Aggrieved Qin Huairu
The next day

Li Feng rests
After finishing breakfast, Li Feng went to the place he had arranged to meet Wu Min.

He arrived here more than ten minutes early.

Li Feng doesn't have the habit of making others wait.

He waited there for about twenty minutes before Wu Min arrived at the agreed-upon location.

When Wu Min saw Li Feng, he smiled and asked Li Feng.

"Have you been waiting a long time?"

Li Feng shook his head slightly in response to Wu Min.

"No, I just arrived not long ago."

After hearing Li Feng's answer, Wu Min nodded slightly and then led Li Feng to an alley.

This alley is not far from the North Gate.

It took Li Feng about twenty minutes to get to the place where he had agreed to meet Wu Min.

This takes less time than going to work.

After Wu Min and Li Feng passed through the alley, they arrived at a main street.

At this moment, Wu Min asked Li Feng.

"Have you memorized this road?"

Li Feng nodded to Wu Min in response.

"I've got it."

Wu Min then nodded and said to Li Feng.

"There are five or six shops selling stationery on this street."

"However, there are only three stores selling ceramic paintbrushes."

"However, I often go to a Zhouji pen shop."

"So today I'll take you to Zhouji Pen Shop to buy a pen."

Li Feng wasn't very familiar with the pen shop, so he smiled at Wu Min.

“Angkor, just take me there.”

"I don't know much about buying pens."

Next

Wu Min brought Li Feng to Zhou's Pen Shop.

Zhouji Pen Shop is not big.

Zhouji Pen Shop has shelves on both sides, with many calligraphy brushes and other stationery items on them.

Li Feng glanced at it.

This Zhouji Pen Shop is only about eight square meters.

When Li Feng went inside, he saw an old man with gray hair using a fan-shaped tool the size of a walnut to brush the bristles of a calligraphy brush.

After the old man pulled a few hairs, he dipped his brush in water, straightened the tip of the brush, looked at it, and then started pulling hairs again.

At this moment, Wu Min spoke to the old man with gray hair in front of him.

"Master Zhou, could you please fix my pen?"

Before Master Zhou could speak, Wu Min took out a writing brush from his cloth bag.

The tips of these writing brushes were all covered with hollow bamboo tubes the size of the brush tips.

Li Feng looked at them and saw there were five pens.

When Master Zhou saw Wu Min take out a pen, he stopped what he was doing, opened the papers one by one, and began to read.

Master Zhou picked out three and spoke directly to Wu Min.

"These three are beyond repair, just use them as feed pens."

Wu Min had no choice but to nod.

Wu Min then marked the pens that couldn't be repaired, and began repairing the other two pens that could be fixed.

It was only then that Li Feng realized that a broken pen could be repaired.

However, whether it can be repaired depends on the extent of the damage. Li Feng looked at Master Zhou and pulled off the stray hairs from the pen. Then he took out a large knife that looked like a kitchen knife and cut off the stray hairs from the tip of the pen.

After Master Zhou repaired the two pens, he returned them to Wu Min.

After Wu Min got the pen, he couldn't help but practice writing on his fingernail. He noticed that the pen tip turned naturally, and then he said to Master Zhou with a grin.

"Thank you, Master Zhou."

"I brought my junior colleague here today to buy pens."

Upon hearing this, Master Zhou raised his head and looked at Li Feng.

Then he asked Wu Min with some doubt.

"Old Lin has taken on an apprentice?"

"I haven't heard of it?"

Wu Min explained to Li Feng.

"Just started learning."

Master Zhou nodded and said.

"Oh".

"so.".

He then pointed to the shelf on the right.

"Go pick over there, that's where most apprentices choose."

After hearing what Master Zhou said, Wu Min nodded and pulled Li Feng to the shelf on the right.

Meanwhile, Master Zhou continued making pens.

At this moment, Wu Min began to teach Li Feng how to choose a pen. He randomly picked a pen from the pen holder in front of him, dipped it in water, and then began to twirl it on his thumbnail. "Look!"

"If it's flexible, you can buy it."

"We also need to check if there are any stray hairs."

"Like this one, it's not very flexible when rotating, this one won't work."

Wu Min immediately put the pen back in his hand.

Wu Min spoke very softly, probably because he was afraid that Master Zhou would hear him.

Li Feng then began selecting items using the method Wu Min had taught him.

In the end, Li Feng chose two single-material pens, three half-material pens, and two double-material pens.

When it was time to pay, Li Feng saw that Wu Min had bought a calligraphy brush, so Li Feng bought one as well.

Regarding the use of the pick-up brush.

Li Feng had seen Master Lin use it last time.

So Li Feng bought one directly this time.

That way, if I need to learn something myself next time, it won't be right to borrow someone else's.

After buying the pens he needed, Li Feng planned to treat Wu Min to dinner.

Wu Min shook his head at Li Feng and said.

"Thank you for your kindness."

"But I have something to do today."

"I need to go home at noon to prepare for my blind date."

Li Feng was completely stunned.

Wu Min's age is probably only a year or two older than mine.

I'm going on a blind date now.

This left Li Feng somewhat incredulous.

Then Li Feng thought, "Qin Huairu also married Jia Dongxu at the age of eighteen."

Then it felt normal again.

After all, isn't Qian Fusheng also clamoring to get married now?
Then it would be even more normal for Wu Min to go on blind dates.

In the end, Li Feng decided not to disturb Wu Min's blind date, and the two parted ways.

Li Feng took the pen he had bought home.

When Li Feng arrived at the courtyard of the siheyuan, he saw Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu also saw Li Feng.

At this moment, Qin Huairu saw the calligraphy brush that Li Feng had bought.

She couldn't help but ask Li Feng with some surprise.

"Li Feng".

"Aren't you at the ceramics factory throwing clay? Why are you buying so many calligraphy brushes?"

When Li Feng heard Qin Huairu ask him a question, he casually replied to her.

"I just bought it casually to play with at home."

As soon as Li Feng finished speaking, Jia Zhangshi, who was sitting in the sun at her doorstep, began to chime in with a disgruntled tone.

"A calligraphy brush is for cultured people. What's he doing, acting all high and mighty like a potter?"

After hearing her mother-in-law's words, Qin Huairu looked at Li Feng somewhat embarrassed.

After hearing what Jia Zhangshi said, Li Feng glared at her and then went straight into the house.

He thought Jia Zhangshi's words were extremely irritating and deserved a beating.

But Li Feng wouldn't make a move easily.

If Li Feng were to physically assault Jia Zhangshi, he might end up in jail himself.

That would have a negative impact on me.

I still need to take the college entrance exam, and I can't let this affect my future. Besides, if I hit her because of an argument, the police will definitely lock me up.

So for the time being, Li Feng could only glare at Jia Zhangshi.

At this moment

After hearing Jia Zhangshi's words, Qin Huairu, who was outside in the courtyard, frowned and said to Jia Zhangshi.

"mom!".

"Why did you say that about him?"

Upon hearing Qin Huairu's words, Jia Zhangshi glared at Qin Huairu and warned her.

"how?".

"Hey, why are you in such a hurry?"

"I'm warning you, don't get any funny ideas. You're a daughter-in-law of the Jia family."

Upon hearing Jia Zhangshi's words, Qin Huairu stomped her feet in anger and then went straight into the house.

Qin Huairu was very angry about what her mother-in-law had just said.

How could my mother-in-law think of me like that?
There was absolutely nothing between me and Li Feng.

We just bumped into each other and exchanged a few words.

The way her mother-in-law spoke to her just now made it seem like something had happened between her and Li Feng.

Qin Huairu decided that she would tell Dongxu about this.

Generally speaking, when a daughter-in-law suffers grievances at the hands of her mother-in-law, she tells her husband, and Qin Huairu is no exception.

(End of this chapter)