Rebirth of the Millennial: Getting Rich After Parents Get Laid Off

Chapter 31 Determining the Glaze Color
Unexpectedly, the next morning, Shen Qingqing woke up early because she had to pee. When she went to the bathroom and returned to her room, she found that the door of her parents' room was open and no one was at home.

Shen Qingqing's dazed eyes opened completely, and she groped her way to the kitchen, only to find that there was no prepared breakfast there.

Ok?
Shen Qingqing was puzzled. Could it be that her parents simply didn't come home the entire night?!

She turned around, threw herself on the sofa, picked up the phone and dialed her father's cell phone.

The phone rang for a long time before it was connected. "Hello? Qingqing?"

Shen Qingqing asked: "Dad, didn't you come back last night?"

"No, did Yangyang wake up in the middle of the night last night?" Shen Rongzhou's voice also contained the sleepiness of not having slept all night.

"She's not awake. She's sleeping like a pig." Shen Qingqing replied, then asked, "When will you and Mom come back?"

There was a pause from Shen Rongzhou, and then there was a faint intermittent sound. Then he replied, "Don't go back yet. Take good care of Yangyang at home today. Dad will bring Boss Yao to the porcelain kiln later. Your mother also needs to confirm the glaze color of the porcelain with Boss Yao, so she probably won't have time to go back."

"Then what are you going to do for lunch?" Shen Qingqing didn't expect that her mother had just started preparing to make porcelain, and she was so busy that she didn't sleep at night and even planned to save on meals.

Fortunately, Shen Rongzhou wasn't as obsessed with food and sleep as Li Xunli. After thinking for a moment, he said, "There's a fish in the freezer that your mom bought with the back open. There's also a bunch of rapeseed hearts on the counter. Let's see if Dad will go home and bring some lunch at noon, or if you'll go back with your mom to eat."

Shen Qingqing said "Oh" and asked her father to pay more attention and look at her mother.

Shen Rongzhou responded, gave Shen Qingqing a few more instructions, and then hung up the phone.

After Shen Qingqing made a phone call, she no longer felt sleepy. After washing up, she went to the kitchen to take the fish out of the freezer to thaw it.

Then I steamed a few buns for breakfast.

After finishing a homework, he woke Shen Yangyang up at half past nine.

There is no homework in kindergarten, but Shen Yangyang has her own homework.

"Sister, where are mom and dad?" Shen Yangyang came out after brushing her teeth and saw that Shen Qingqing was the only one at home. She held onto the door frame of the master bedroom and asked Shen Qingqing.

Shen Qingqing was helping Shen Yangyang with her Arabic numerals from 1 to 10 in large characters. "Mom and Dad are at the porcelain kiln and will be back at noon. You should stay home with me this morning. After you finish this homework, you can watch TV."

After Shen Yangyang heard Shen Qingqing's affirmative words, she hesitated for a moment and said, "Sister, but the kindergarten teacher didn't assign me homework."

"I know, but you're about to enter first grade, so you have to learn to write first." Shen Qingqing stood up and smiled at Shen Yangyang.

She is doing her homework, so how can Shen Yangyang, as her younger sister, not do her homework?
Shen Yangyang's birthday is in November. She is only four years old now, so she has to be eight years old to start elementary school.

But it was also said that she was only four years old, how could she understand that Shen Qingqing was fooling her?

She knew that her sister was in the first grade, so she had to do homework every day when she got home, even during holidays.

So after struggling for a while, she accepted it obediently.

On the other side, Shen Rongzhou also set out to pick up Yao Runyang when Shen Yangyang got up.

It only takes about twenty minutes to get to Chen’s supermarket from the porcelain kiln. If you go there half an hour in advance, there is plenty of time.

Not long after Shen Rongzhou arrived, he saw a Wuling with its hazard lights on stopped in front of him.

The car window rolled down, and Yao Runyang's face appeared behind it: "Old Shen! Have you been waiting for a long time?" Shen Rongzhou smiled, "No, I just got here not long ago too. Boss Yao, shall we go?"

"Okay, you lead the way!" Yao Runyang stepped back, turned the steering wheel and followed Shen Rongzhou's motorcycle.

At the main intersection, Shen Rongzhou stopped by the roadside.

Yao Runyang didn't understand what was going on, so he stopped.

Just as he lowered the window, he heard Shen Rongzhou say to him, "Boss Yao, the roads inside are quite narrow and it's hard for cars to drive in. Why don't you park your car here and take my motorcycle in?"

Yao Runyang looked at the intersection, stopped the car without saying anything, turned off the engine, got out of the car, put his arm around Shen Rongzhou's shoulder, and sat on the back of his motorcycle.

The motorcycle soon stopped at the door of the porcelain kiln.

"Boss Yao, we're here." Shen Rongzhou said to Yao Runyang, and then led him into the porcelain kiln.

Li Xunli was working as a potter. Although she liked to make some small gadgets, she could also make some simple daily-use porcelain. Some of the cups in her home had been used since she married Shen Rongzhou, and it was time to replace them.

She heard some movement at the door, looked up, and saw Yao Runyang following Shen Rongzhou in.

"Boss Yao." Li Xunli stood up and was about to shake hands with Yao Runyang, but she found her hands were covered in clay. She immediately felt embarrassed and said, "Sorry, sorry, my hands are covered in clay. I won't shake hands with you."

Yao Runyang waved his hand nonchalantly: "It's okay, it's okay, let's look at the glaze color first!"

Li Xunli did not wash the mud off her hands. She had already burned various shades of red all night long, otherwise the couple would not have stayed up all night.

After mixing five or six reds, Shen Rongzhou took Yao Runyang to where the glazed pottery pieces were placed and introduced them to him: "Boss Yao, do these colors have the red you mentioned?"

Yao Runyang looked at them one by one, hesitating between the fourth and fifth pottery fragments: "Both colors seem right."

Li Xunli, who was following Shen Rongzhou, saw the two pieces of pottery that Yao Runyang pointed at. After a brief thought, she suggested, "Then we can create a gradient of these two colors."

Yao Runyang's eyes lit up: "Hey, that's great! Then make a gradient one!"

Li Xunli smiled and said, "These two sets of zodiac animals will be quick to make. Boss Yao, do you want to come and get them when they're done, or wait until the other three sets are finished?"

"Let's take them all together when the time comes. I'll tell you which three to do first." Yao Runyang made the decision without much thought.

Li Xunli asked Shen Rongzhou to take out the drawing paper he brought back yesterday.

The three drawings designated by Yao Runyang are all portraits, but the postures of the characters are different.

Li Xunli pointed to a painting of a dancing girl and asked, "Does this painting need a floral base like the one in the painting? Or can a wooden tray just be enough?"

Yao Runyang asked, "Can you make a flower base?"

Li Xunli said, "I can't do it. I might need to find someone who can make this kind of porcelain torus to work with me, but the deadline may not be guaranteed."

"Then just make a wooden base."

When he heard that the construction period would be delayed, Yao Runyang decisively chose the wooden option.

(End of this chapter)