Yu Xiaolian finished delivering the braised meat to Zhang Zhihe and then asked him about the progress of the custom-made bottles and jars she ordered.
Zhang Zhihe knew she was eagerly waiting to use them, so he had been rushing to complete the work these past few days as well, but crafting tinware is a meticulous task, unlike ceramics where many pieces can be fired in a kiln at once.
He had to make each piece one by one and then polish them individually. Yu Xiaolian had ordered too many, and the styles were all ones he hadn't made before.
His shop was small and didn't employ craftsmen for tinware; for years, it had just been him and his father working, with the entire family relying on this tin shop for their livelihood for decades.
