Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

What could Zhuang Shouren do? Of course he changed his words immediately.

But he still insisted on calling him Master Jiang. Nowadays, anyone with ability can be called Master, so it has nothing to do with age.

The brick kiln in Yaoer Mountain was officially put into use after the planting of winter vegetables was completed.

Captain Zhuang's family has been very busy recently because Zhuang Caier is getting married.

Xue Li and Cui Xiaofen have a pretty good relationship, and everyone in the village knows that they can trade some important things with her privately. In just the past few days, Cui Xiaofen and Zhuang Caier have come to the educated youth site several times.

At the beginning, it was for the red cloth. Cui Xiaofen secretly asked Xue Li with an attitude of giving it a try, but who knew that Xue Li actually had it.

After dinner, Cui Xiaofen brought Zhuang Caier to look at the fabrics. She was almost forced to spend money on the fabrics that covered Xue Li's bed. There were red, blue, green, solid colors, florals, stripes, cotton, homespun, and dacron. She would have thought Xue Li had secretly opened a fabric store in the village.

The mother and daughter loved the smooth fabric, but in the end they only restrained themselves and bought 3 meters of red fabric for clothes. Xue Li gave Zhuang Caier 1 meter of red floral fabric as a wedding gift, which was enough to make two pillowcases.

"Thank you, thank you, Xue Zhiqing, you are so polite." Cui Xiaofen was overjoyed, and took the cloth and started to think about giving something back to her.

This is how dealing with people works, only when you interact with each other can it last long. And Xue Li, she's worth it!

Xue Li looked at Zhuang Cai'er with a smile, "You're welcome. Marriage is a major event in life, so it should be celebrated. I won't leave you two to gossip. Take the cloth and go back to work quickly to make a beautiful dress."

"Oh, that's what I meant. Then we'll go back first. Xue Zhiqing, these cloths of yours..." Cui Xiaofen said cryptically.

"Please introduce some reliable old sisters to come and have a look. If there is need, we can negotiate the price." Xue Li also lowered his voice and said to her.

"Okay! I'll go back now." Cui Xiaofen raised the corners of her mouth and left with satisfaction.

Jiang Yu listened to the noise coming from next door, yawned, turned over and went to sleep.

After the two large kilns on the mountain were completed, Jiang Yu began to burn pottery jars.

On the day the kiln was opened, frost fell in the mountains.

Jiang Yu looked at the wooden hut at the other end, wondering how Yi Chi’s wood preparations were going. She planned to go over later to check on the situation.

Zhuang Shouren organized the villagers to open the kiln, and after the air circulated, everyone actively went into the kiln to move things.

Since it was her first time cooking, Jiang Yu was not sure about the success rate of cooking these utensils, but the final result was better than she expected.

There were 7 usable pottery jars, 2 large and 5 small, and 5 complete sets of cups, plates and bowls. The red clay stove that she wanted to use at first was not cracked and could be used.

Jiang Yu plans to sell the extra things to his friends. If they can't use them, he will sell them to the team leader and other village cadres.

As for the other miscellaneous items, they were exchanged by families with plenty of work points.

The villagers used a cart to help Jiang Yu transport the tank back to the educated youth site.

Luo Xinci saw it and asked hurriedly, "Where can I get a replacement for this big water tank?"

Jiang Yu pointed at Zhuang Shouren who was discussing something with the accountant in the back and said, "Go and tell the captain that when we fire pottery next time and open the kiln, we'll see if we can give you one."

"Okay, okay." Luo Xinci quickly turned and stared at Zhuang Shouren.

Yuan Jiaojiao looked at Jiang Yu, her mind full of thoughts.

Jiang Yu didn't care about other people's gazes. After all, ever since she became famous in the village, too many people looked at her every day, and she was now immune to such gazes.

After placing the pottery jars in the room according to their functions, the villagers chattered about the kiln and left one after another.

"Uncle Zhuang, we will start firing tiles the day after tomorrow. We will fire in three kilns at the same time." Jiang Yu put his things halfway down when he suddenly remembered the white frost he saw in the morning. He hurried out and said to Zhuang Shouren who was still chatting.

Zhuang Shouren nodded immediately, "Okay, Old Liu has already made hundreds of the molds that I asked him to prepare. I'll call more people to help dry the tiles, and try to replace the tile roof for everyone as soon as possible!"

"Good!" The villagers who heard them talking suddenly responded with cheers, and then started to flatter Jiang Yu, which scared her so much that she quickly retracted her head and continued to pack her things.

"Oh, our Master Jiang is good in everything except that he is too thin-skinned~"

"How can that be like you? Your skin is as thick as a wild boar's. You may not be able to bite it even if you stew it for half an hour!"

"Hey, do you want to fight? Do you want to fight?"

"Come on, come on! Do you sound like I'm afraid of you?"

"That's enough, you old bastard with half your body buried in the ground, you're still making a scene here, aren't you ashamed!"

A group of people walked out of the educated youth site talking and making a fuss.

Guan Wenbin stood in the vegetable garden with an unclear expression, watering the plants intermittently. Liu Qiang's eyelids twitched as he was afraid that he would drown the cabbage seedlings.

Xue Li jumped out of the house and poked his head into Jiang Yu's room like a little animal, "Sister, do you have any extra bowls or plates?"

"Of course, come and see." Jiang Yu showed her the red pottery bowls and plates placed aside, "They all look the same. This one has a nice color, and it's translucent." She picked up a bowl and held it towards the window. Although the bowl was not thin, the color was very bright, and it was translucent and lustrous.

Xue Li's eyes lit up immediately, "It looks pretty good. I thought it would turn out to be a gray bowl, but this color is quite bright and festive."

Festive? Jiang Yu immediately understood why Uncle Zhuang had a slightly moved expression when he saw the bowl before, "Do you have anything to do tonight? Let's go and send a set of bowls to Uncle Zhuang's house." Zhuang Caier's wedding is next week, in just two days.

"Send me a set?" Xue Li felt it was a bit too much.

Although this set of bowls was made by our own people and the materials were all from the mountains, in terms of value, this set of bowls is really not cheap.

Jiang Yu didn't know the price of the bowl, she had never bought one, "Then how much do you think is appropriate?"

"Two of each, cups, plates, bowls and dishes, that will make a total of eight, which is also auspicious." Xue Li helped her find a wicker basket and put the things in it with her.

"Go back to your room and eat first, we'll go later." Jiang Yu took out another complete set and handed it to Xue Li, "Give me money or something else if you want."

Xue Li took a look at the layout of Jiang Yu's room. She had all the basic necessities, but she only had two large cotton-padded jackets for winter. "I'll give you cotton. If you have cloth, find an old lady in the village who is good at making clothes to make you a pair of thick cotton pants."

Jiang Yu nodded, "Okay."

As soon as Xue Li left, Jiang Yu went across the street and knocked on the door of the male educated youth's room, asking Chen Jinghan and the others if they wanted to change some bowls and plates.

After a while, the male educated youth returned to their room with new bowls. Jiang Yu counted the money in his hand and put it away in the space.

That’s great! It’s another way to make money!

When the weather gets cold, the sun sets early here, and the sky outside becomes pitch black after dinner.

Jiang Yu and Xue Li went out with flashlights and baskets.