Enter the Room

  Chapter 164

  Yuan Yunzhong really couldn't see, said: "Look at the face of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva."

  In some places, Bodhisattvas are carved in stone, in some places they are carved in wood, and in some places they are carved in clay. Because Jingdezhen is rich in porcelain, not only everyone in the local area has a job, but also supports many foreigners who come to work here. The pilgrims are extraordinarily generous and willing to donate sesame oil money.

  The Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva statue in Baxian Temple is carved out of stone, and the face of Avalokitesvara is still carved in white marble.

  It has a compassionate expression, and looks down at all living beings with a smile on the corner of its mouth. Its kind face is faintly glowing in the slightly translucent hall, and it looks extraordinarily fair.

   Song Jiyun looked up, and the Bodhisattva's face seemed to be coated with a layer of light, like glaze.

  She couldn't help but move in her heart.

   A thought flashed across.

   "Yuan Yunzhong!" She couldn't help calling the names of the people around her, "You mean, you mean let me use jade porcelain to burn Buddha statues?"

  Yuan Yunzhong's face, which had been cold for a long time, finally revealed a little color, and said coldly, "Finally, I'm not so stupid yet."

  Song Jiyun laughed haha, and suddenly felt that Yuan Yunzhong's cold and arrogant look was a bit cute.

She didn't care what Yuan Yunzhong thought of her, knelt on the futon, put her hands together and bowed to the Bodhisattva three times, and said in her mouth: "Great Merciful and Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, please bless my family with safety and auspiciousness, and bless Mr. Yuan All wishes come true, wish me all the best, and I will re-gild your body when the time comes!"

   After finishing speaking, she said to Yuan Yunzhong, "I'll come when I go", and ran out after leaving him.

   "Come back!" Yuan Yunzhong called her back with a shout.

  He pointed to the monks and pilgrims who were waiting not far away for the nuns of the Eight Immortals Nunnery to issue the "Cold Cold Poster".

   Didn't say a word.

   Obviously, Song Jiyun was asking to guess again.

  Song Jiyun blinked his starry eyes, smiled and said with his hands behind his back: "Got it, got it, burn it into Guanshiyin Bodhisattva, and send it to the Temple of the Eight Immortals first."

  Yuan Yunzhong nodded in satisfaction.

  Song Jiyun was embarrassed to leave him here alone, as if she used him and then left him.

  She called Zheng Quan over, and said, "Accompany Mr. Yuan to stroll around the Eight Immortals Temple. I remember that there is a shop that sells Su-style dim sum, and their sweet-scented osmanthus cake is very good."

  Zheng Quan couldn't help but patted his head when he heard this.

  Young Master Yuan, it's too difficult to get along with.

  He really doesn't know how to lead Mr. Yuan around.

  And Song Jiyun had already left, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and made a "please" gesture to Yuan Yunzhong.

  Yuan Yunzhong didn't even look at him, and said expressionlessly: "Call Shao Qing over, you don't need to accompany him."

  Although it was very rude, Zheng Quan felt as if he had received an amnesty when he heard it, so he rushed to call Shao Qing.

  Song Jiyun couldn't wait to get someone to inform everyone in the kiln that they would meet at the accountant of the Song family tomorrow morning. And she sat alone in the meditation room of the nunnery, looking at a foot-high stone sculpture of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva enshrined in the meditation room, and slowly calmed down.

  She never felt that she was stronger than others by standing on the shoulders of giants. In history, I don’t know how many big cows have never been seen before or since. Everyone knows that Buddha statues are a big business, like sacrificial porcelain. If you can’t sell them this year, you can sell them next year. You will never worry about customers. But why are there few people in Jingdezhen who make Buddha statues?

   It should still be a technical problem.

   Not very good to burn.

   Song Jiyun, who wrote and painted at his desk, listed all the problems he might encounter, and planned to discuss with Luo Zixing and others tomorrow.

   It wasn't until the light in the room dimmed and Xiangzan came in to call her that she realized it was time to go back.

   What she didn't expect was that Qian donated a large amount of sesame oil money to Baxian Temple, and bought many Buddha statues from Baxian Temple.

  It is a good thing to have a little sustenance, but it is not appropriate to put the focus of life on sustenance.

  She pointed to the pile of Buddha statues with a smile, and said, "Mother, are you going to build a Buddhist hall at home?"

   "Nonsense!" Mrs. Qian glanced at the abbot who was talking to Zhike, pulled Song Jiyun aside, and said in a low voice, "Young Master Yuan asked me to buy it, and said, let me remember the price clearly."

  The little smart ghost Song Jixue added in a low voice beside him: "Sister, brother-in-law even asked us to go outside to ask the prices of those Buddha statues!"

  Is he doing market research for her?

  Song Jiyun couldn't help looking at Yuan Yunzhong who was standing beside the carriage with a cold face.

  He frowned slightly, waiting impatiently for them to get into the carriage.

  Song Jixue saw her, she pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Brother-in-law also bought me a sugar figurine, which is from the Eight Immortals."

  Among all the sugar figures, the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea is the largest and most expensive.

   "That's pretty good!" Song Jiyun touched Song Jixue's head and said with a smile, "Have you thanked Mr. Yuan?"

   "Thank you!" Song Jixue blushed slightly, and said in a low voice, "My brother-in-law also praised me for being smart—I remember what price he asked me."

  Her sister still has such talent?

  Song Jiyun was slightly stunned.

Song Jixue didn't notice her sister's expression, and continued excitedly: "Brother-in-law said, we are big pilgrims, and the Buddha statues sold to us by the temple must be more expensive than those sold to others. I'm going to bargain with the wise people in the temple. My brother-in-law refused. He said that we came to Baxian Temple to play, and the abbot of Baxian Temple received us personally. No one else was treated like this, because we paid more than others. Care about..."

  Yuan Yunzhong still told her these things? !

   Song Jiyun was very surprised.

  Her eyes fell on Yuan Yunzhong again.

  *

  The next day, several shopkeepers and master craftsmen of Songjia Kiln Factory came as agreed.

  Hearing that Song Jiyun was going to use jade porcelain to burn Buddha statues, several master masters all fell silent in unison.

   "What? I have difficulties, but I don't know how to tell me?" Song Jiyun smiled, and motioned to the maids around him to refill the tea for everyone present.

Luo Zixing claimed that he was an old man when Song Youliang was there, and Song Jiyun usually respected him a lot, and he was the first to speak: "It's not like I didn't think about it when my old boss was here, but burning Buddha statues is different from other things, you have to make molds. There are not many people in Jingdezhen who can make molds, and even less people who can do well."

He paused when he said this, and continued with hesitation in his words: "This is one of them. Then there is the mud for jade porcelain, which has always been mastered by the old owner. If we make Buddha statues in large quantities, we don't know how to use mud. Is there enough food?"

  Since Song Tao has used it, Song Jiyun is not going to hide it anymore.

  She smiled and said: "The clay of jade porcelain is nothing special. It was brought from Dehua, Fujian. If we want to fire a large number of Buddha statues, we should find a way to import a large amount of clay from Dehua."

  Everyone was shocked.

  Only Luo Zixing, the master of the pile, thought about it.

  Song Jiyun took a sip of tea with a smile, and then said: "Everyone find a way to find a mold master! If it doesn't work, find a way to poach someone from Dehua!"

   As for whether other kiln factories in Jingdezhen will smell business opportunities from it, it depends on each person's ability.

  She was not prepared to make so-called "jade porcelain" all the time.

   After all, jade porcelain is porcelain fired at low temperature, and its color is not as long as that of Jingdezhen porcelain fired at high temperature.

  This is also an important reason why her father only used jade porcelain to burn sacrificial porcelain when he was alive, not daily porcelain.

  If the Songjia Kiln factory wants to do it for a long time, it will eventually go to the high-end market and return to high-temperature fired porcelain.

  (end of this chapter)