I Make Porcelain in Ancient Times

Blurb:

[Gentle, resilient heroine who occasionally gets feisty vs. clingy, love-starved male lead with a possessive streak]

After slipping and knocking over her family's heirloom vase, Cui Yanzhu, heir to a family that had made ceramics for a thousand years, transmigrated to ancient times.

The village she found herself in, Hongyi, was nestled among beautiful mountains and clear waters. The people were simple and kind, and her family cherished her like a precious jewel.

But it had only been a few years since the famine, and her family was so poor they could barely put food on the table.

Looking at the massive hole in the thatched cottage, Cui Yanzhu had no choice but to fire up the kiln again.

Little Cui: All right, what else can I do? It's not like things could get any worse.

Cups, bowls, plates, dishes, basins, boxes, pots, jars, teapots, bottles, urns, and vats: she'd shape every form imaginable!

Carving, incising, stamping, applique, overglaze colors, and marbled glaze: she'd try every decorative technique!

Architectural ceramics, funerary ceramics, household ceramics: she'd explore every market!

Cui Yanzhu tried many shapes and firing methods she had never even imagined. All sorts of gorgeous porcelain came into the world, and her family's life grew better and better!

Reader's guide:

1. This won't go from farming to court politics. It's a simple, peaceful story.

2. The male lead appears fairly late. The leads are three years apart physically and nine years apart mentally. The reason is explained in the main text.

3. Notes on ceramic-related knowledge will be added after the chapters.

4. I'm not a specialist, so if you spot any mistakes, please leave a comment. Thank you.

5. I hope you'll leave lots of comments. Chapter comments are open with no restrictions.

6. The blurb was screenshotted on March 1, 2023, and finalized with a friend in February. Don't steal the concept!

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----- Upcoming: Willow's First Blossoms -----

[Both leads are each other's one and only, happy ending, childhood friend and newcomer, airhead x black-hearted schemer]

Everyone in the capital knew that Shi Yunliu, daughter of the Grand Tutor, was beautiful and serene, graceful as a swan and poised as a phoenix. Countless men sought her hand.

Official Liang was eloquent, with talent unmatched in his time;

Young Master Song was charming and dashing, and had a way with witty conversation;

Young Master Yuan was peerlessly handsome, famed for looking like Pan An;

General Yao had a brilliant military record and a glittering future ahead of him.

Shi Yunliu considered one suitor after another and found nothing wrong with any of them. They were all excellent candidates for a husband.

Then the Crown Prince returned from his tour of the western regions on his father's behalf.

One day, he showed Shi Yunliu how Official Liang had abandoned his first wife. The next, he took her to see Young Master Song womanizing.

After that, Shi Yunliu decided there wasn't a single good man in the capital.

Later, the Grand Tutor gritted his teeth. His daughter was guileless, so perhaps it would be better to marry her off outside the capital, far from its intrigues.

But an imperial edict of betrothal arrived.

Shi Yunliu clutched her handkerchief and cried for half a day. She didn't know how to be a Crown Princess!

Before entering the palace, Shi Yunliu was anxious, afraid people would hide knives behind their smiles and hurt her with secret schemes.

Who knew that after several months of marriage, none of the things she feared had happened?

She was still as innocent and carefree as before, smiling all day long.

Until one day, she came upon the Crown Prince with a dark look in his eyes, a bloodied sword in his hand, and the bearing of a demon from the underworld.

Shi Yunliu trembled like a leaf. "Husband... what are you doing?"

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Theme: Strive with resilience and never stop improving yourself