Shen Qingqing was madly in love after hearing this.
This request served as a catalyst, giving rise to the possibility of trying out her bold idea.
Shen Qingqing told Chen Man, "I need to go home and talk to my mom to find out if she agrees. If she does, I'll definitely tell you!"
Chen Man thought for a moment, struggling between her father's morning instructions and Shen Qingqing, and then quietly said to Shen Qingqing, "It's okay if you don't agree, anyway, my dad's cooperation with that uncle has been finalized."
Shen Qingqing looked at Chen Man, who was winking at her, and couldn't help but hug her.
Today it was Shen Qingqing and Chen Man's turn to do their cleaning duty. After school, just as they were about to leave after finishing their duties, their homeroom teacher came up to the podium with a stack of newspapers.
Seeing that the podium was very clean, he casually praised Shen Qingqing and Chen Man, told them to be careful on their way home, put down the newspaper, and left.
When Shen Qingqing saw the newspaper, she thought of her stocks. More than a week had passed, so she could check on them.
I picked up the newspaper and easily found the place where I had seen the stock information last time. I looked at the data and recalled the data I had noted down when I bought it. I found that the increase was not very large. The ups and downs over the past ten days or so have only resulted in a slight increase.
Shen Qingqing put the newspaper back, so she could continue buying more.
When she got home, the house was empty. Shen Qingqing thought Li Xunli hadn't come back yet, but when she put down her schoolbag, she saw Shen Yangyang's small backpack.
This means that Li Xunli had already finished get off work and even picked up Shen Yangyang, but where is she?
Shen Qingqing wandered around the house and surrounding area but didn't see anyone. Finally, she found the rice cooker in the kitchen, with the rice already rinsed but the lid still on.
Shen Qingqing frowned. What happened that made her so anxious?
She finished the unfinished steps, processing the ingredients that had already been taken out, while absentmindedly glancing out the window.
Even after all the ingredients had been prepared, the familiar figure did not appear at the alley entrance.
Shen Qingqing took a tissue to wipe the water off her hands, rushed to the sofa, grabbed the phone, and dialed her mother's pager.
The phone rang for four or five seconds before being answered: "Hello? Is this Qingqing?"
Shen Qingqing quickly replied, "Yes, Mom! Where did you go?"
It seemed very noisy on Li Xunli's side, with many people talking. She was also very anxious and only said, "Yangyang is at her maternal grandmother's house. You should cook for yourself first. I have things to do here. I'll wait for your father to come back."
He hung up the phone immediately after saying that, without giving Shen Qingqing any time to react.
Shen Qingqing frowned deeply and then called her grandmother's house directly.
"Grandpa! It's me! Qingqing!" The phone was answered quickly, and Shen Qingqing immediately identified herself upon hearing her grandfather's voice.
"It's Qingqing. Is there any food at home? Would you like to come over for a meal?" Grandpa obviously knew about Shen Qingqing's family situation. When he heard her on the phone, he immediately asked if she wanted to come over.
Shen Qingqing quickly replied, "No need, the rice is already cooked. I'm waiting for Dad to come home for dinner."
"Grandpa, I wanted to ask, where did Mom go?"
Grandpa: "She and your uncle went to deal with the small porcelain factory next to the old house. I heard that someone wanted to buy it, so the village called. The only people in the family who know about porcelain factories are your grandma, your mom, and your uncle. Your grandma had to take care of Xiaohong and Yangyang, so she sent your mom and your uncle."
Shen Qingqing got the answer she wanted and chatted with her grandfather for a while before hanging up the phone.
She remembered the small porcelain factory, but in her previous life, it was never sold and remained unused for many years. It wasn't until 2020, when the village raised funds to repair roads and used the remaining money to convert the small porcelain factory into a small mourning hall, where funerals were held.
Her great-grandmother's funeral in her previous life was held in that small mourning hall, so she remembered it very clearly.
Although it was called a small porcelain factory, it was actually a place built by individual porcelain-making households. That's why people were willing to use it as a public shrine.
The fact that Li Xunli and Li Xunjin needed to go there to handle this indicates that there was a place in the small porcelain factory where their own family fired porcelain.
If you want Li Xunli to start making porcelain again, isn't this the perfect place?
Moreover, according to Chen Man, the first order only requires five sets, and that's only for Christmas. Christmas is at the end of December, and it's only the beginning of September now. Three months to fire five sets of small porcelain shouldn't be a big problem for her mother, right?
After Shen Qingqing finished dinner and took a shower, Li Xunli still hadn't returned.
Shen Rongzhou couldn't sit still any longer. Just as he was about to go pick up the person, the door finally opened.
Li Xunli carried Shen Hong, and Li Xunjin carried Shen Yangyang. They walked in one after the other. Shen Rongzhou quickly stepped forward to take Shen Yangyang from Li Xunjin's arms and took the children back to the room to settle them in.
"Why are you back so late?" Shen Rongzhou asked as he came out of his room.
Li Xunjin let out a complaining cry, scratched his head, and replied, "It's all because a few old folks in the village insisted on arguing with the boss over trivial matters. They were almost finalized, but in the end, it all fell apart."
Shen Rongzhou didn't understand and looked at Li Xunli.
Li Xunli added, "Isn't that piece of land supposed to have good feng shui? Several older men from the village felt that the price the owner offered was unfair, so they insisted on raising the price, saying that the feng shui of that piece of land justified the price they were asking for."
"But the boss came to see if there was any money to be made, so he must have already done an on-site inspection. He was unwilling to pay extra for the feng shui, and the discussion ended there."
Shen Rongzhou clicked his tongue: "So this deal is off?"
Li Xunli shook her head: "I don't think it's going to work out. When the boss left, those uncles and old men said that they definitely wouldn't agree to sell if the price was lower than that."
“They are of higher seniority and are the heads of the ancestral hall, so the brigade has to go along with them.”
In Chaocheng, the order of seniority in ancestral halls is very important. In matters concerning the entire village and ancestral hall, even if the younger generation generally agrees, if the older generation disagrees, it will absolutely not be possible.
That area of small porcelain factories has been abandoned for seven or eight years. Basically, every household in that area no longer needs the land. If someone comes to buy it, everyone can share the money. This is clearly a good thing.
Shen Qingqing listened to their conversation in the living room from her room. After finishing her homework, she leaned over the door and asked, "Can our family's porcelain kiln still be used?"
Li Xunli turned around and glanced at Shen Qingqing. "Why are you asking this?"
Shen Qingqing chuckled and ran out, sitting down next to Li Xunli: "Let me ask!"
“It’s usable. Your grandmother sometimes goes to the old house to clean, and she also cleans our porcelain kiln while she’s there,” Li Xunli replied.
Shen Qingqing hugged her mother's arm and asked in a sweet voice, "Mom, is there a business opportunity to make five sets of small porcelain pieces? It takes three months!"
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