The artist pulls out a weeping willow tree

Jixiang thought the history of interstellar artifacts sounded quite interesting, except that the way old man Ji looked at her at the end was a little strange.

But this is not important. What is important is that Jixiang needs to think carefully about the little knowledge about porcelain in his memory.

In the interstellar world where she possessed the mental cheat device, she felt that she would definitely be able to produce top-quality porcelain, especially the antique porcelain that she liked very much.

Old Man Ji looked at Jixiang and saw that he was ready to do something big, and it was obvious that he wanted to put all his thoughts and energy into the study of porcelain.

Old man Ji couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you go to the smelting room?" Before yesterday, he had been practicing mental smelting like crazy.

"Grandpa, your inventory is running out, and I have no materials to refine." Jixiang said half jokingly and half gloatingly.

"What about the loss?"

"What loss?"

"Those materials were all bought with money..." Old Man Ji only said half of the sentence.

"I know. If I don't buy it, I can't go mining myself. If I buy it..."

Old Man Ji looked at Jixiang calmly as he finally reacted. His eyes clearly said: Keep talking, I'm listening.

Jixiang: "..." She didn't want to say anything more. She really had no desire to speak at all.

However, it is impossible to avoid it. "Metal loss is normal. Training professional smelting talents only costs a little material."

Jixiang looked like you were getting a great deal.

Old Man Ji knocked on the table and sneered, "Those materials that were accidentally wasted and those that you used to combine experimental materials can only be treated as garbage."

Jixiang couldn't help feeling guilty. She was a little too aggressive when practicing and turned many materials into waste. And after she mastered the basic mental material smelting methods, she still wasted a lot of materials just for experiments.

"Yes, I did produce a lot of garbage. Okay, a lot of garbage." Under the coercive gaze of old man Ji, Jixiang could only change his words, "But I also smelted a lot of materials for you. All those smelted materials are for you to use!"

Old man Ji looked at Jixiang talking nonsense without any sense of justice, and was not moved at all.

Jixiang continued to argue, trying to avoid paying for the materials, first using reason, then appealing to his emotions, and finally showing his weakness to gain sympathy.

However, old man Ji was as hard as iron, and Jixiang was forced to show his true colors. The two of them pulled each other for a long time, and it ended with Jixiang receiving another bill.

Fortunately, Jixiang did not work in vain. Old man Ji agreed to calculate the smelting fee and deduct it from the loss bill. Jixiang had to pay for the material costs when using the refined materials as before.

Jixiang looked dejected on the surface, but was cursing in his heart.

After discussing the money, Old Man Ji looked as warm as the spring breeze. He took the initiative to show concern for Jixiang and said, "Since you are not smelting materials for the time being, don't forget these skills. It's okay to find some inexpensive materials and practice occasionally."

Jixiang responded listlessly, "Grandpa, don't worry, I must not forget." She still had to repair her spiritual sea.

"That's good. In that case, you should study and train hard. You can come and help me when you are free, or you can do some handicrafts to earn some money." As for children, it's better to encourage them more.

Jixiang didn't think this was encouragement and gave a hypocritical smile, "All up to you."

Old man Ji nodded with satisfaction.

Jixiang looked at the bill that Old Man Ji handed into her light head and made a sad decision to work hard today.

As for porcelain, let's take our time. The market prospects are not very good at the moment. Against the backdrop of glazed ware being popular, it depends on luck whether her porcelain will become a substitute for glazed ware or open up a brand new market.

After obtaining the consent of Old Man Ji, Jixiang placed the Starry Imitation White Porcelain Teacup upstairs, in the study room on the second floor which is now her private study.

The study on the second floor is not as big as the one on the first floor, and Old Man Ji hardly ever used it. Later, when Jixiang came and used it more and more, it was tacitly assumed to be Jixiang’s study.

Jixiang later added a workbench in the study on the second floor, mainly used to make some simple handicrafts, such as jewelry.

Although there is a saying that goes "too much debt doesn't worry you, too many lice don't itch", but carrying this debt affects your mood.

For example, Jixiang couldn't buy all kinds of strange and novel but useless things produced in the Star Interstellar. Another example is that Jixiang could only watch the kitchen on the first floor clean, tidy, and very technological, but could only put some nutrient solution.

After all, poor Jixiang cannot afford natural food.

In the interstellar world, people usually use technology to cultivate land, and most of them are specialized planting or breeding planets. Compared with cheap nutrient solution, vegetables and meat are more expensive. If you have some money, you can buy a few more flavors of nutrient solution to drink, which is much more cost-effective than vegetables and meat that you can only eat for a few meals.

Jixiang sat in front of the workbench with a heavy heart, feeling that at such a young age he had to bear too much pain that was not suitable for his age.

But Old Man Ji didn’t think so. He even felt that Jixiang needed more training.

Looking at the new order inquired by regular customers in the circle, Old Man Ji decisively agreed.

It's just a work of art that can reach the defense level of an A-class mecha shell. Just let Jixiang work overtime.