Chapter 187: Snow Country, Fire Marrow, Opening a Porcelain Shop

Fuyao Tianxia is in the shape of an hourglass, wide at the top and bottom and narrow in the middle, so it is divided into the four northern regions and the four southern regions. The four northern regions are Red, Green, Ding, and Ji, while the four southern regions are Qing, Bai, Fu, and Xuan.

In the far west of the Green Region, one of the four northern regions, there is a country called "Xuelai". People pray for snow every year, but have never seen real snow.

It is very hot here.

The people regard snow as a totem and believe in snow. For many years, there has never been a shortage of merchants who go out to look for snow, Taoists who pray for snow, and scholars who make snow.

I don't know when it started. Xuelai opened a porcelain shop in the country. The shop is not big and is located in a secluded alley. The boss is a young man with poor craftsmanship and drinks all day long.

It is said that the owner of the porcelain shop is a foreigner who came from a very far place. He followed the caravan to this place. When the caravan left, the owner stayed. When others asked him why he didn't leave and how long he would stay here, the owner would smile and answer that he would stay for ten years, at least ten years, or even longer.

Whenever he said this, he would immediately add another sentence,

"But he will leave eventually."

For the people of Xuelai Country, this foreign owner is a complete weirdo, but he has a good temper and is easy-going. At first, everyone called him the Drunken Swordsman because he was drunk all day long and had a long sword hanging around his waist. Later, they gradually changed their names and called him more and more, including the porcelain owner on the west street, the handsome young man, the drunkard with a good appearance, the bachelor... and so on.

On the day the porcelain shop opened, all the neighbors went to support it. The porcelain made by the owner of the porcelain shop was not exquisite, and the craftsmanship was just average, but the advantage was that the price was cheap. Some porcelain plates and bowls were sold at the lowest price in the market.

This porcelain shop is not big. In addition to selling practical porcelain such as porcelain basins and bowls, the owner of the porcelain shop often makes some porcelain figures. No matter how poor the craftsmanship is, he can always make a good finished product out of ten pieces.

Whenever that happens, he will display the porcelain figures in the shop. Children from nearby streets especially like to run to his shop to listen to the stories behind each porcelain figure, and they never get tired of listening.

Occasionally, a few little guys are so fascinated by the story that they forget to go home after a certain time, and their father will catch them with a stick and grab their ears and chase them back.

The boss laughed while drinking and thought this scene was very interesting.

Because the boss was handsome, many unmarried women in the neighborhood were quite fond of him. They often talked to the boss under the pretext of buying porcelain, and secretly glanced at him for a while. The eldest daughter of the Jia family in Xuelai Country, a wonderful woman who managed the Jia family Chamber of Commerce with her daughter, also often came to this shop and was very generous. She even directly claimed that she had taken a fancy to the swordsman from outside.

This was a sensation at the time. Many men came to watch, envious and jealous in their hearts, but the porcelain shop owner, for some reason, told the young lady of the Jia family calmly that he would leave eventually.

Since then, few women have come to provoke the porcelain shop owner.

Because everyone understands.

This porcelain shop owner is not from here.

As he said, he will leave eventually, but he has to stay here temporarily for some reason.

On the contrary, the eight or nine-year-old children went to the porcelain shop more often. They thought that this foreigner must be well-informed and had many stories, so they tried their best to pry out some of them.

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In November every year, the Snow Country would hold the Snow Bathing Festival.

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The whole country was jubilant.

The Snow Country was actually a very small country, but the current monarch was a rare enlightened monarch. He managed the Snow Country in an orderly manner, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, which was much better than other countries of the same period.

The Snow Bathing Festival was also the most grand festival in the Snow Country.

The current monarch had a son and a daughter. The son was named Yin Yang, who was kind and generous, kind, and friendly to the people. He had a high prestige among the people. The daughter was named Yin Xue, who was very smart, young, innocent and romantic.

On the first day of the Snow Bath Festival, eight-year-old Yin Xue pulled her brother Yin Yang, who was only two years older than her, to the West Street. The king and people of Xuelai were united, and the people greeted them with a smile, never restrained.

After passing through several alleys, they came to the porcelain shop. The owner of the porcelain shop smiled when he saw the two of them. Yin Yang saluted with his fists. Seeing this, the little Yin Xue hurriedly imitated, but the same action, she did it with a little more naivety.

To talk about why Li Changxiao's inconspicuous porcelain shop could meet the prince of Xuelai, it is naturally indispensable that the little princess Yin Xue, who was young but as exquisite as a porcelain doll, played a matchmaker.

It was the Snow Bath Festival two years ago. Although the little princess Yin Xue was young, she was born smart. She actually got rid of her entourage and ran around in the west of the city. Her lively nature made her curious about everything, but after the novelty wore off, she burst into tears because she got lost.

It was the cry that attracted the porcelain shop owner in white. The owner led her into the shop, gave her a small porcelain figurine, and told her the story of the porcelain figurine. Unfortunately, before the story was finished, the soldiers surrounded the small porcelain shop.

Yin Yang was worried about his sister's safety, so he followed the soldiers. After all, he was also a teenager, and was quickly attracted by the porcelain figurine and felt happy. Then he looked at the porcelain shop owner, who was handsome and did not look like a bad person. Listening to his conversation, he was very interesting, and all kinds of strange stories emerged one after another.

Naturally, like his sister, he was deeply attracted by this mysterious porcelain shop in a secluded alley.

After confirming that the owner of the porcelain shop had no bad intentions, he also developed an indissoluble bond with this small porcelain shop like other children.

In the following two years, whenever the Snow Bath Festival came, Yin Yang and Yin Xue would run to this porcelain shop. Yin Xue was gradually turning eight years old, and she was as cute as a carved jade. Yin Yang brought good wine from the palace to drink with the owner of the porcelain shop. Although he said he was drinking, he didn't really drink much. He brought it to the owner of the porcelain shop so that he could ask for a porcelain figurine to play with and listen to more stories from the outside world when he left.

For some reason, all the stories told by the owner of the porcelain shop were extremely vivid. The magnificent scenes were constructed in his mind, making him deeply immersed in them and unable to extricate himself.

When the conversation got tense, the two siblings would hold hands tightly, and occasionally Li Changxiao would tell some scary ghost stories, scaring the two siblings to hug each other tightly, waiting for Yin Xue, who was more delicate than a porcelain figure, to react, and she was so angry that she pointed at his nose and scolded him as a bad brother who deliberately scared her.

In the evening, the two siblings left. There was a sacrificial ceremony tomorrow, and as the direct descendants of Xuelai Country, they had to attend.

Li Changxiao also closed the door and walked into the porcelain kiln to continue to hone his skills in firing porcelain.

He has been here for three years.

He is waiting.

According to the information, the Fire Essence, one of the ten great essences, is nearby, but it will take time for it to appear.

Before that.

He plans to fire some porcelain to earn some money for wine, and then read some books and comprehend the magic when he has time, and live a leisurely life.

That's all.