Chapter 302 Why hand over the family business to an outsider

"My father's grandfather and my great-grandfather were all handmade ceramic craftsmen, but the handmade ceramic workshop in our family was getting worse and worse. By my father's generation, it was difficult to make a living by handmade ceramics. A large number of industrial ceramics in society were crudely made and took away the handmade ceramic market. More and more ceramic craftsmen gave up the skills passed down from their ancestors and went out to work."

"If this continues, when the old people can't do it anymore and the young people don't want to do it, ceramics will completely decline and lose their inheritance. Those exquisite handmade ceramics may only be seen in museums, which will be an irreversible loss. I hope someone can save Xincheng Ceramics and drive more and more people to join."

It turned out that Di Chen wanted to complete it independently by Di's family in order to realize his mother's wish.

Besides, he also wanted to perform well in front of Pei Zhiwan.

But when he saw her firing the kiln, Di Chen realized that he was wrong.

Inheritance is not a matter for one person, and more people need to join.

Many hands make light work.

Pei Zhiwan did not snatch his resources and was willing to absorb those small workshops outside the conditions of the Di's alliance, which made him completely change his mind, so he stood up firmly and proposed a three-way alliance.

After hearing these words, Pei Zhiwan was naturally relieved.

She didn't expect that Di Chen had such a secret.

"Di Chen, your mother's grandmother's family..."

Before she finished her words, she was interrupted by Di Chen.

"There is no one in Xincheng anymore, and the descendants have all left the ceramic industry." Di Chen replied very sadly.

He had also looked for relatives from his mother's grandmother's family, but got such a result.

"Di Chen, your mother's wish will definitely come true. After all, there are old master Taiji and old craftsmen like Mr. Shao who are sticking to it..." Pei Zhiwan didn't know how to comfort him. The current situation of handmade ceramics is indeed not optimistic.

Di Chen smiled at her gratefully: "Zhi Wan, thank you for helping me realize my dream."

Pei Zhi Wan was a little uncomfortable with his sudden politeness. She shook her head and smiled: "What are you thanking me for? It's not just your dream. It's not just me, but also Lin Feng and many others."

Di Chen also smiled: "But I still want to thank you, Zhi Wan, how come your kiln firing skills are so amazing?"

Pei Zhi Wan naturally couldn't tell him the truth, but half-truthfully joked: "Maybe I have a good talent and I can learn everything quickly."

Di Chen didn't refute, but nodded seriously: "That should be the case, you are a chosen all-rounder."

Pei Zhi Wan smiled: "You still have something to do, go back and rest, it's getting late."

Di Chen nodded obediently, waved and left.

He was not like his usual self tonight.

Pei Zhiwan sat there in a daze for a long time, then stood up and returned to the computer to continue drawing the design.

After staying in Xincheng for a few days, all the matters of Xincheng Handmade Ceramics Alliance were settled.

Before Pei Zhiwan and Lin Feng returned to Tongnan, they came to Mr. Shao's house.

Mr. Shao called everyone in the family to his side and announced something in public.

"I am going to transfer the Shao's Ceramics Workshop to Pei Zhiwan. Only in this way can the Shao's Ceramics be developed."

Mr. Shao's three sons immediately stood up to object.

"Why hand over the family business to an outsider? Are you senile, Dad?"

"Dad, you are old, don't lose your integrity in your old age and be ruined by a woman."

"Mom, please say something, Dad doesn't care about us children and you at all."

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Mr. Shao said in a firm voice: "I have made up my mind. Pei Zhiwan has ceramic skills and cured my illness. You just hope that I die soon and seize the family property. I know you will not run it with all your heart, and you don't understand ceramic skills. You just want to sell the ceramic workshop for money."

The three sons looked at each other. They didn't expect that their grandfather knew what they were thinking.

"Dad, no matter what, if the family property is not left to us, you either fell into a beauty trap or kept a mistress."

"Cure your illness? I think someone poisoned you secretly and then cured you!"

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Mr. Shao ignored what his sons said, and then continued: "In the afternoon, I will ask a lawyer to come home and make a will. You will need to sign it then. In this way, there will be no more disputes after I die."

After that, he waved to his three sons and said: "You all go and do your own things, and gather on time at 2 o'clock in the afternoon."

Without waiting for his sons to leave, Mr. Shao smiled affectionately at Pei Zhiwan and Lin Feng: "You two will have lunch here at noon today."

The three sons were furious when they heard it.

"Dad, you chased us away, but let them stay for dinner? Aren't we your sons, but they are?"

Mr. Shao said unhappily, "Aren't you all busy? Usually your mom calls you back to have dinner with us, but has she ever responded? Go and be busy, don't delay your work. I have been disappointed with you these years, and just treat you as if I have no sons."

Mrs. Shao sighed and did not speak for her sons.

The three sons all looked at Mrs. Shao: "Mom, do you think so too? Do you let dad treat us like this?"

"Everything has its cause and effect. You didn't want to come back to have a reunion dinner with us on New Year's Eve. Now we are used to the days without you, so don't blame us for this and that." Mrs. Shao did not show mercy to her sons.

The eldest brother Shao smiled coldly: "Mom and Dad, don't blame us for being cruel. If you had sold the ceramic workshop, we wouldn't be so disappointed and alienated from you. When we were young, you forced us to learn how to make ceramics by hand. When we grew up, you forced us to marry the ignorant daughters of the workshop owners."

"The ceramics industry was in a recession, and our family was struggling to make ends meet. If we had sold the workshop earlier, we wouldn't have suffered so much. We had to work part-time to earn enough food to study abroad, and we had to endure the ridicule and contempt of our classmates."

The second brother Shao also echoed emotionally: "I almost didn't graduate from college. If I hadn't risked my life and begged others to lend me money to help me go to school, how could I have my current status? It's not that I don't want to come back, but I don't want to be sad. This family is not warm."

"I don't want to say it. I'm the youngest and I've suffered the most. If I hadn't run away from home, I might not even be able to finish high school and would have to play with mud."

Shao Laosan felt even more aggrieved, with a fierce gleam in his eyes.

Mrs. Shao sighed deeply: "If you hadn't opposed handmade ceramics, would your father have pushed you so hard? He hoped that you would all go to college and then come back to inherit the family business. He didn't have the courage to do so, so he pushed you. It was just a threat, but you really took it as it was and even held a grudge. You are our children, how can we not hope for your well-being?"