Chapter 33: The Master of Pottery (32)(1/2)
Long-standing habits allowed Sancho to have no reservations in front of Butler Bian, and he could safely express his confusion.
After listening to his granddaughter's confession for a long time, Butler Bian was extremely confused.
Sometimes he thought Sancho was extremely smart and knew everything, but sometimes Sancho was extremely stupid.
"So you think that when I asked you to go out and see the world, I just asked you to go to a university somewhere else?" Butler Bian asked without answering.
Sancho: "Isn't it?"
That's how she understood it.
Butler Bian wanted to sigh, but didn't know where to start.
"What's the difference between doing this and living in another place? Sancho, you are wasting your talents and resources."
What Master Sun said to Sancho he also said to him.
Sancho has talent, but because he has seen too little, he cannot give his works any charm.
How many people want to see this vast world, but are forced to struggle in a small area due to poverty. However, he has the conditions for her to see this world, but she insists on living in a corner.
It's a double waste of her talent and resources.
Sancho thought about it carefully and saw that there seemed to be no difference.
In the past, I lived in my home and workshop, but now I live in school.
"So I should go out and see more?" Sancho murmured, "But where should I go and what should I see?"
"Reading thousands of books is worse than traveling thousands of miles. The world is huge. You can go wherever you want. Don't limit yourself."
Butler Bian did not give any advice. He did not want to limit the route that Sancho could take, just like he did not want to limit the route of Sancho's life.
She can do whatever she wants, wherever she wants, she can even take risks, as long as her life is fulfilling and meaningful.
Sancho was very mobile. After hanging up the phone, she immediately started packing her luggage, leaving the other three people in the dormitory stunned.
Chan Duo: "Where are you going?"
"Go and sketch." Sancho replied without raising his head.
"Sketch? Go sketch at this time. You won't hand in your homework?"
"It's just to hand in my homework, so I'm going to sketch."
She has always had very little luggage. She had no money to buy it on Aqua Blue Star, but she could buy it at any time here.
After packing his luggage in ten minutes, Sancho took a suitcase and headed straight to the airport.
Since she had no destination, Sancho simply opened a blind box for herself. Her destination would be wherever she drove.
Very good, good luck, the first stop is x city, the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties.
Sancho's understanding of city x is limited to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses he learned in textbooks and the Roujiamo from the takeout software, which can be said to be quite superficial and poor.
Because Butler Bian said not to put any restrictions on himself, even though he didn't know much about city x, Sancho didn't look for strategies on the Internet or a tour guide.
Because there was no guide or tour guide, Sancho's first stop was not the famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses pit, but he went to many remote villages and towns and heard many ancient legends from many villagers.
The Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit was her last destination in city x.
Speaking of which, the terracotta warriors and horses are actually a type of ceramic craft, and every maker of the terracotta warriors was an excellent potter at that time.
After combining the legends of the villagers and looking at these pottery figurines, Sancho inexplicably realized the historical significance of the pottery figurines, and could even think of the stories behind the pottery figurines with different postures.
The second stop is G Province.
This is a province that can be basically summarized by plateaus, mountains, hills and basins.
The special landform once made transportation here very inconvenient, which also affected the economy here.
But the development of science and technology has made these things a thing of the past, and now it is a world-renowned mountain tourism province.
Sitting on the flying car, looking down at the majestic mountains and rushing rivers below that could not be destroyed even by war, Sancho finally understood the vastness of the world mentioned by Butler Bian.
Obviously she was at a high altitude and could see all the small mountains at her feet, but she felt that it was not the mountains that were small, but herself.
Compared with the mountains, she is just a speck of dust, floating, undulating and dissipating in the wind.
Sitting on the speedster, Sancho drew her final homework.
The third stop, province y.
Province Y is known as the kingdom of animals and plants. The hot climate makes the natural scenery here extremely beautiful. At a glance, you can't even see the traces of the war here. What you can see is only the splendor.
Here, Sancho saw the most colorful colors, the juiciest fruits, and the most fragrant flowers in life.
This is a romantic city, she thought, and she understood what romance is.
The fourth station, the fifth station, the sixth station...the nth station.
During one winter vacation, Sancho traveled across half of the country. He even met some old miners during his travels and purchased a small amount of top-quality porcelain stone ore.
She hadn't been walking for long, but she roughly understood what Master Sun and the school teachers meant by Shen Yun.
It is probably a natural attribute, an expression of true feelings, and a person's unique understanding of beauty.
After the trip, Sancho took a long leave from school and returned to his hometown.
As soon as I returned, I briefly talked with Butler Bian and the others, and then got into the workshop again.
Master Sun had not seen Sancho for a long time. When he suddenly saw her, he immediately noticed the changes in her body.
"Hey, the girl has changed a lot." Master Sun smiled teasingly, but there was a hint of expectation in his heart.
This girl has finally calmed down, and her body has the charm of sedimentation and accumulation.
In the past, he always felt that this girl was floating, not that she was impetuous, but that she gave people the impression of being light and airy.
How should I put it, it's like a balloon. Someone has to pinch it and hold on to a thread to restrain her, otherwise she will float away and no one can find her.
But it's different now. The thread on this girl's body is gone, and she has sunk down, as if she has an extra sense of belonging?
Master Sun felt that his description was a bit confusing. After all, the sense of belonging was used to describe people wandering in a foreign land.
Sancho was born and raised in City J. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Sang Donghui when she was two years old. She grew up in the Bian family manor. The word sense of belonging should have nothing to do with her anyway.
But this was his most real feeling. He just felt that this girl had just now developed a sense of belonging to the land beneath her feet.
Shaking his head and putting aside the messy thoughts in his mind, Master Sun narrowed his eyes and asked, "Would you like to practice your skills first?"
Sancho shook his head and refused: "Master Sun, you underestimate me too much. It's only been half a year and I don't know how to do it."
"Little girl, you are quite proud. Okay, I won't practice. The old man has some good ingredients here for you to use directly."
Because of a vague expectation, Master Sun decided to give some of the good materials he had collected to Sancho to see if this girl could surprise him.
Master Sun was about to reluctantly dig out the treasure, but Sancho turned around and showed off the backpack behind him.
"I found some good porcelain stones and clay while shopping outside this winter vacation."
Master Sun opened Sancho's backpack curiously, and then his eyes turned red with jealousy.
"Where did you find such high-quality porcelain stones and clay? Are they still available?"
Why is this girl so lucky? So many familiar miners and mine owners in the Bian family failed to find good goods. This girl escaped to half a backpack after going out.
Sancho spread his hands and said: "Everything is here."
Master Sun became even more jealous when he heard this. He closed his backpack and walked out with his hands behind his back.
Out of sight out of mind.
A good piece of porcelain takes at least half a month from clay to finished product.
Sancho started with clay training, doing every aspect by himself, and it took him three full months to finally complete it. In the meantime, he went back to school to take a mid-term exam during the break.
Even before Sancho's porcelain blank entered the kiln, Master Sun said frankly: "Whether you can fire the finished product or not, I can't teach you anything anymore."
For master craftsmen like them, the appreciation of a piece of porcelain does not necessarily start when it comes out of the kiln.
When it comes to burning a kiln, it depends 70% on manpower and 30% on God's will. No matter how experienced the master is, sometimes he will produce useless products, but this does not prove that the master is incompetent.
Excluding the third factor of God's will, from the moment the porcelain blank enters the kiln, you can already see the skill of the porcelain maker and the quality of the porcelain that is about to be completed.
As for Sancho's batch of porcelain blanks, the craftsmanship has been removed, leaving only the craftsmanship.
"Master Sang, the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead!" Master Sun jokingly called Sancho "Master", feeling both happy and disappointed in his heart.
I am happy that I have someone to follow me, but I am disappointed that I am the one who was photographed on the beach.
"There are some things that really depend on talent. No matter how hard people without talent work, it is just the starting point for people with talent. Old man, I have been making ceramics for a lifetime, but it is still not as good as your five years of hard work, little girl." Sun
The master said it with emotion.
Sancho just smiled and made no excuse.
Five years? No, if you include the time she spent studying in the system holographic teaching every day, she spent far more than five years, eight or ten years.
In the end, Master Sun did not get slapped in the face. The batch of porcelain produced by Sancho did not have any defective products. All of them were exquisite and full of charm.
Stroking the slightly warm wine bottle, Bian Mingshan's face was very excited.
"If I hadn't watched this batch of porcelain come out of the oven with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that our Bian family would have such exquisite porcelain fired again!"
To be continued...