Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Chapter 36 Surrounded? Mission Unexpectedly Activated

in the afternoon
After Li Feng and the others finished moving the embryos, they all gathered together to rest.

After an entire afternoon of moving, they finally finished moving all the embryos.

This also exhausted them.

At this moment, Li Feng felt that his whole body was soaked.

Li Feng rested for about half an hour, and his clothes dried quickly.

Because Li Feng and the others were resting near the kiln.

Otherwise, the weather would definitely be very cold right now.

At this moment, everyone is watching the kiln firing.

After all, there's nothing else to see here.

There are currently only two masters and two apprentices in the kiln.

While the kiln was firing, Zhou Jianjun told Li Feng.

Most of the apprentices in the kiln were like him.

After listening to Zhou Jianjun's words, Li Feng asked in surprise.

"Why are they all learning how to fire kilns?"

"Why not learn something else?"

Qian Fusheng also asked Zhou Jianjun with some curiosity.

"Wouldn't you earn more by learning something else?"

At this moment, Wang Liu waved to Qian Fusheng.

"What do you know?"

"Who says kiln workers are paid low wages?"

Li Feng asked Wang Liu with some curiosity.

"Is the wage for firing a kiln higher than that for throwing clay?"

Wang Liu nodded to Li Feng and said.

"Of course."

"Otherwise, do you think there are only eight people working in the entire kiln?"

"And their salaries are higher than ours."

"These people only need to watch the fire; when it's time to add firewood, they just need to give the order."

"We don't need to worry about anything else."

Qian Fusheng couldn't help but feel a little envious.

"Is that good? Does that mean we don't have to move the porcelain when loading the kiln?"

Wang Liu glanced at Qian Fusheng.

"Have you ever seen them moving the embryos?"

Qian Fusheng thought for a moment, then shook his head and said.

"I don't think I've ever actually seen them moving embryos."

"That's right!"

"Who are they related to?" Qian Fusheng asked Wang Liu in a low voice.

Without even thinking, Wang Liu answered Qian Fusheng directly.

"Some of them are relatives of the deputy factory director, and some are nephews of the director."

Upon hearing this, Li Feng nodded in agreement.

"If that's the case, then it makes sense."

Then he couldn't help but ask Zhou Jianjun.

"Jianjun, why don't you go work in the kiln?"

"According to Brother Wang, it should be quite easy."

However, Zhou Jianjun said with some disdain.

"I'm not going to work in a kiln."

"What's there to learn?"

"I feel no sense of accomplishment at all."

"If I wanted an easy life, I wouldn't have learned how to throw a potter's wheel."

"Wouldn't it be better if I went directly to the government office?"

"My dad asked me to be a clerk, which is an easy job."

At this moment, Wang Liu said something leisurely.

"The clerks don't earn as much as we do. Do you want to go and get a fixed salary?"

Zhou Jianjun shook his head and said.

"Of course I don't want a fixed salary. The first reason I don't work in the kiln is that I think it's a job for older people."

"Secondly, although the kiln workers' wages are temporarily higher than ours, once we are promoted, won't they still be higher than theirs?"

"And what's the point of them firing kilns every day?"

"We can make beautiful ceramics, can they?"

"When foreigners buy porcelain, they ask who made it. If the seller says that I made it, wouldn't that make them feel very prestigious?"

At this moment, Qian Fusheng said something in a low voice.

"Isn't the usual question to ask who drew it?"

Zhou Jianjun glared at him.

"It's not like there aren't porcelain pieces that aren't painted."

"Doesn't a lot of porcelain like flower-shaped bowls, moon-shaped vases, gall-shaped vases, jade-spring vases, and colored glazes not need to be painted?"

Qian Fusheng was somewhat bewildered by the examples of porcelain shapes given by Zhou Jianjun.

After all, Qian Fusheng had only been working there for a month, and he was unfamiliar with many of the products produced in the factory.

However, these are all things he will need to learn in the future.

To become a potter, one must first be able to create basic shapes. Although a potter will refine the final product, these basic shapes still need to be learned.

At this point, Li Feng stepped in to smooth things over.

"Everyone has their own ambitions. Generally speaking, people will follow their own wishes when they have the opportunity to do a certain kind of work, unless they don't have that opportunity."

Zhou Jianjun nodded and said.

"right!".

That's what I think.

"I just want to start by pulling the potter's wheel, and then switch to repairing it."

"I'm sure I'll eventually be able to make exquisite porcelain."

As everyone chatted, it was soon time to leave work.

Li Feng's hands were shaking a little because he had moved the embryos this afternoon.

However, Li Feng still asked Master Lin if he wanted to stay and practice today. Master Lin looked at Li Feng's hands, then shook his head at him.

"You can't draw if your hands are shaking."

"There's not much odd work to do today."

"You can leave work like this today."

When Li Feng heard Master Lin say this, he could only nod to Master Lin and say something.

"Then I'll go home from get off work."

Then Master Lin waved to Li Feng and said.

"Go."

Today is the earliest Li Feng has ever left work.

So today, Li Feng left work with Wang Liu, Qian Fusheng, and others.

In the past, Wang Liu and Qian Fusheng would always leave the factory together.

Li Feng was added today.

On the way home, Qian Fusheng said to Li Feng with a smile.

"I didn't expect you to leave work with us today, this is really rare."

Wang Liu also said with a smile.

"It's rare, but won't you be leaving get off work with us every day starting tomorrow?"

Qian Fusheng thought for a moment, then nodded and said.

That's true.

"From now on, they will definitely leave work with us."

At this moment, Li Feng stretched his body, and then he smiled and said to the two of them.

"yes!".

"From now on, I can leave work with you guys."

"I haven't left work this early in a long time."

Wang Liu nodded and said.

"I heard from a painting apprentice that you started learning very late, is that right?"

Li Feng did not deny it, but directly admitted it.

"That's right."

"When I'm drawing, time seems to fly by."

"It seems like it wasn't long before it was seven or eight o'clock."

"I can't describe that feeling."

Qian Fusheng was somewhat puzzled.

"How could I possibly feel this way?"

"That's kind of amazing."

Wang Liu shook his head at this moment, and couldn't help but start to guess.

"The feeling you're describing is similar to what those experienced masters mean by 'having an epiphany'."

Li Feng was somewhat puzzled.

"You've figured it out?"

"What's the meaning?".

Wang Liu thought for a moment, then explained to Li Feng.

"It's that feeling of suddenly understanding, like suddenly understanding many things you didn't understand before."

After hearing Wang Liu's words, Li Feng nodded in agreement.

"right!".

"It's like that feeling."

However, Li Feng's conversation with Wang Liu left Qian Fusheng completely bewildered.

Fortunately, they arrived at Qian Fusheng's home soon.

Qian Fusheng then waved goodbye to the two men.

Li Feng and Wang Liu continued their journey home.

Luogu Lane is the furthest from the ceramics factory, while Wang Liu's house is on the only route Li Feng takes to get to the ceramics factory.

Therefore, Li Feng and Wang Liu can continue walking home together at this point.

However, what Li Feng and Wang Liu did not expect was...

They had only walked for less than ten minutes when, as they passed through a small alley, they were stopped by five people.

When Li Feng saw the five people in front of him staring at him with hostile expressions, he was somewhat bewildered.

Because Li Feng had no idea who they were.

After all, I've been studying here for a month, and I shouldn't have offended anyone.

Just as Li Feng was thinking about these things, a tall man among the five people surrounding Li Feng spoke to the others behind him.

"Break Wang Liu's hand."

Only then did Li Feng realize that these people were after Wang Liu.

Upon hearing the leader's words, Wang Liu couldn't help but shout at them.

"Go to hell."

He then grabbed Li Feng's clothes and flung him backward, shouting at Li Feng.

"Li Feng, run! They're coming for me!"

Li Feng was touched by Wang Liu's words.

After all, he had only known Wang Liu for a month, and when Wang Liu encountered trouble, his first thought was to make him run away.

However, Li Feng was not the type to abandon his companions and run away, and Wang Liu was, strictly speaking, his senior brother.

Just then, a mechanical voice came to Li Feng's mind.

"Ding! Activate the mission. Help Wang Liu deal with five thugs. Completing the mission will reward you with a random level 1 skill."

When Li Feng heard the mechanical voice in his mind, he was overjoyed.

Li Feng originally wanted to help Wang Liu, but the unexpected activation of the mission made him even more determined to help Wang Liu.

So next, Li Feng grabbed the thug in front of him by the collar.

Then Li Feng threw the thug in front of him against the wall.

The thug who was thrown against the wall made intimate contact with it. He screamed in pain, and when he hit the ground, his face was contorted, clearly showing that Li Feng had used a lot of force.

He felt as if his body was about to split open.

When he was completely lying on the ground, he started howling in pain.

"Ouch."

"It hurts so much."

(End of this chapter)