Because Shen Yangyang was too small, she was placed next to the water pump, and she could help pump the water when they needed it.
However, there was only so much Shen Qingqing could do to help.
Since the main task was to clean two porcelain kilns, Shen Qingqing could only replace the water with clean water for them.
After working for nearly two hours, the two kilns finally met the standards for use.
Li Xunli glanced at it, slightly out of breath, "Alright, let's leave it at that for now. Manyu, go to Auntie's kiln and get the kindling. We'll fire up both kilns."
Chen Manyu nodded, took the key from Li Xunli, and ran quickly in that direction.
Not long after, they returned with what they needed.
"Aunt Li, let me do it!" Chen Manyu volunteered to light the kiln.
This wasn't a difficult task, and Li Xunli didn't refuse. She nodded and stepped aside, letting Chen Manyu do it.
Because the kiln hadn't been used for a long time and had just been cleaned with a damp towel, it was very humid, so Chen Manyu had some difficulty lighting it at first.
In the end, they had to light the firewood outside first before putting it inside.
Both kilns can only be successfully ignited if they are operated in the same way.
The moment the fire started, a mixture of musty and burning smells filled the air.
Shen Yangyang immediately covered her nose with both hands.
It smells awful; not stinky, but definitely pungent.
Seeing that the firewood in the two kilns had burned out, Chen Manyu half-crawled inside to check again.
He quickly popped out again, "Okay, no problem, it can be used tomorrow!"
Chen Manyu looked at Li Xunli with great pleasure and said.
Li Xunli patted the charcoal dust off his clothes. "Okay, let's go back first. Do you want rice or noodles for lunch today?"
Chen Manyu thought for a moment, "I'm fine with anything, let's see what Qingqing wants to eat."
Shen Qingqing took Shen Yangyang's hand and walked out, saying, "How about fried rice? We have sausage and cabbage."
"Okay, let's have fried rice then!" Li Xunli made the decision.
Li Xunli and Chen Manyu returned to the porcelain kiln to continue making corsages and buttons. After the previous batch was sent over, Wu Jingyuan provided several new corsage designs and three waist button designs.
Chen Manyu can now make porcelain corsages independently. Even with new corsage designs, it only takes a little time to learn how to make the new design, and the success rate remains the same.
So Li Xunli spent some more time teaching Chen Manyu how to make new corsage designs, and the teacher and student worked together to make a batch. After that, she handed it all over to Chen Manyu.
Li Xunli was about to start studying the design of the waist buckle herself.
There are three styles of design drawings for waist buckles: simple, ordinary, and complex. The simple ones tend to be elegant and minimalist, and are also easier to fire. Chen Manyu could figure it out after just one glance.
The two styles, the ordinary one and the complex one, were the most challenging. After adjusting the clay ratio once, Li Xunli tried to make the ordinary style.
It took a full forty minutes to finish making the ordinary-style porcelain blank.
Li Xunli put down the first ordinary waist buckle she had finished and picked up the blueprints again to study them. If it took too long to make, Li Xunli would be less willing to take on the order.
She knew the prices of Wu Jingyuan's clothes, both long and short versions, and that adding an accessory would only increase the price by ten or twenty yuan at most. However, she didn't get all the money; she only received a 20% commission on sales. The time and effort she put in were not proportional to the rewards, so she had to advise Wu Jingyuan.
Soon, Li Xunli found a new way to make the regular version, but even with the new method, the time reduction was only ten minutes, which meant that it would still take half an hour to make one.
Li Xunli put the two ordinary models aside and began to study the complicated models.
I have to do it all to know how much time and effort it will take, so that I can be confident in telling Wu Jingyuan.
While she was making two regular waist buckles, Shen Qingqing had already prepared lunch and brought it over.
"Mom! Brother Manyu! Dinner's ready!" Shen Qingqing carried two insulated buckets inside, hooking one foot around a small stool and slowly kicking it to Li Xunli's side.
In the two insulated containers, one contained cabbage, sausage, and egg fried rice, and the other contained white radish and pork rib soup.
"It smells so good!" Chen Manyu couldn't help but take a deep breath when he saw Shen Qingqing open the thermos of fried rice.
After opening the bucket lid, her mother, who had finished washing her hands, took over the rest of the task.
Just as Shen Qingqing was about to leave, she saw the two waist buckles that Li Xunli had placed beside her.
"Hey, Mom, is this the new product that Uncle Jingyuan ordered?" Shen Qingqing squatted down to take a closer look.
Li Xunli took a bite of rice, glanced at her, and affirmed, "Yes, but it takes too much time to make, so it's not worth it."
Shen Qingqing nodded: "I see, but it looks quite nice."
But what does this thing look like...?
Shen Qingqing looked left and right and thought for a long time, but still couldn't remember.
"Stop looking and hurry back to eat. Is Yangyang still at home?" Li Xunli urged her.
Shen Qingqing had no choice but to give up thinking and went home at her mother's urging.
After Li Xunli got home that evening, she immediately called Wu Jingyuan and told him that the three types of waist buckles were too time-consuming and costly to make, and therefore unsuitable.
Unexpectedly, Wu Jingyuan told her that it wasn't a waist buckle, nor was it from his side, but from Li Xunjin's side.
Li Xunli was very surprised, "What? Why didn't my brother just tell me directly?"
"He probably forgot. Last time he seemed to be in a hurry to deal with something, and when he heard I was coming to see you, he hurriedly handed it to me and asked me to take it to you. Why don't you ask Xunjin? I'm busy here, I'll hang up now!" After saying that, Wu Jingyuan hung up the phone.
Shen Qing came out after washing the dishes and overheard them. She leaned over and asked, "Mom, what's wrong?"
Li Xunli was holding the phone receiver, about to dial Li Xunjin's number, when she heard this and replied, "About that thing you saw at noon today, I just told your Uncle Jingyuan, and he actually said that it wasn't from his side, but was ordered by your uncle's side, and it's not a waist buckle."
After listening to what Li Xunli said, a flash of inspiration struck Shen Qingqing, and she finally remembered what the thing she saw at noon today looked like!
It's that decoration on the porcelain tea tray!
Could it be that her uncle is going to start a new business line for tea gift sets?
If the tea set gift box business line can be launched, it might be possible to develop an overseas sales channel, just like Zhang Zeqin's company!
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