The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 182 What? Did something happen to Axin's family? (Subscribe)

Shen Le happily gave himself a thumbs up. Being able to see the memories of old objects, he has an advantage in the field of restoration that others cannot match.

Even if it can only be used for some spiritual old objects, that would be great!
The longer the experience, the more it follows the master, and the more ups and downs of life it has experienced, the more spiritual it is likely to be! In his hands, the more likely it is to be perfectly restored!

You know, during restoration work, the time spent on looking up information, comparing, and figuring out "what this piece looked like originally" is sometimes longer than the time spent on actually doing the restoration.

Haven’t you seen that the armless Venus, her two arms have not been reattached yet, is it because the restorer doesn’t want to do it?
I still don’t know what it looks like when it’s intact. I try to simulate it again and again, but it doesn’t look right!
Of course, you still need to check the information. If you want to guess "why it is made of this material, why it is in this shape", you must have evidence and reference...

If you dare to write “This is what I saw in my memory of old objects” in your paper, you will probably give your teacher a hard time!
While Shen Le happily gave himself a thumbs-up, he started to remove dust, re-apply paint, and repair the outline of the groove where the Baibao inlay was lost.

After Lao You came all the way from Beijing to bring back the polished jade, Shen Le still had to do the final fine polishing and modification of the outline:
Following the outline, the design is drawn, and the picture is drawn. After the master carves it, there is always a few tenths of a millimeter error. Shen Le has to trim the edges of the jade so that they can fit into the grooves without any error.

After grinding, the edges need to be polished and the whole piece needs to be aged. This way, when glued together, the overall effect can be integrated, without one piece shining...

This round of sanding took several days. Then, we boiled the adhesive and glued the new parts on.

According to the different types of adhesives left, three different adhesives need to be boiled. One is to use lacquer directly, one is fish bladder glue, and one is rosin plus beeswax...

It's so blinding!
By the way, there are countless ratios of rosin and beeswax, which is a problem that can cause people to worry about hair loss.

Shen Le checked a lot of information and found that previous experiments had shown that when the proportion of rosin was 25%, the adhesion was the highest. When the proportion was higher, for example, it rose to 30%, the adhesion began to decrease.

"This is really troublesome... Besides, is there really someone who would do this kind of experiment..."

Shen Le muttered to himself as he prepared the rosin and beeswax glue according to the experimental data. But there was no other way, he had to restore the old to its original state.

The materials must be the same, the process must be basically the same, and the adhesive must be the same.

This is the only way to ensure that the cultural relics are completely restored and remain in their original state after many years.

Even if it is old and damaged, you can still see the original technical path, and it will not be buried under the new glue applied by the restorer...

The top is inlaid with gold and silver bat, peach and ruyi patterns, with a bat, a peach and half of a ruyi.

The walls are covered with peeling lacquer, pictures of playing children, pictures of hundreds of children, and broken mother-of-pearl. On the back of the dressing box, the poem "Taoyao" is full of brilliance, emitting a gentle and bright light.
The inner wall of the double doors of the dressing box is painted with gold-painted landscapes, pavilions, and figures, with golden waves rippling and ripples, and gold powders of different colors stacked to create light and dark changes:

The gold powder used to paint the mountains is a warm yellow, the gold used to depict the trees is relatively cool, and the gold used to paint the stones is the brightest and has a cool tone.

By the way, when Shen Le actually started to repair, gild, and sprinkle gold, his hands still shook...

Using one gram of gold worth more than 500 yuan instead of 100 grams of gold worth more than a dozen yuan, the feeling is still different...

Even if you use silk cotton to dip in gold powder and apply the gold powder on the paint surface that is 90% dry, it is still a very scary job!
Whenever my hand trembled, I would silently say in my mind, "Ten dollars wasted... Another ten dollars wasted... Oh no, this time 20 dollars wasted..."

Gold powder was applied, various precious stones were inlaid, and finally, the rust on the hardware was repaired and the missing parts were replaced. The whole dressing box was completely renewed!
"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, my cooking skills are still the best!"

Shen Le flipped open the top of the dressing box, set up the bronze mirror, opened the front door, and opened the drawer to reveal the collection inside.

"Such a beautiful dressing box, a masterpiece of the lacquer and carpenter's skills, with all its parts intact and passed down in an orderly manner, if it is put up for auction, it will sell for at least several million, right?

The damaged version can only be sold for a few hundred thousand at most, but the added value is all my craftsmanship!"

He took photos and videos, recorded the whole scene and every detail, preparing to show them to Teacher Lin, and also to use them as illustrations when writing his paper.

Of course, the most important thing at the moment is not to write the thesis, but to sort out the atmosphere of the dressing box and let the new part blend with the old part.

Then, let the breath flow smoothly, let the spirituality of the dressing box be naturally stimulated and grow naturally——

As for the dressing box that has produced spirituality, can it still be brought in front of the old lady? Will it scare her to death?

Shen Le said that he had extensive experience in training instrument spirits...

Sit upright, meditate, use your spiritual eyes, and let the heat rise.

After such a long period of restoration, Shen Le finally understood why the dressing box had such a complex aura——

That light, gorgeous and bright aura must have come from Perrin’s youth.

It comes from her vision and yearning for love, and from the happy and sweet married life of the young couple;
And that deep and heavy atmosphere comes from the long life after the death of her husband.

From her experience as a mother and a grandmother, from the stormy waves and changes in her family and country in the following decades...

"So, what happened after Ah Xin left...

What made the old lady adopt Professor Lin? What made her adopt Professor Lin when there was no one around her...

Do you still remember, can you... tell me..." The dressing box remained silent.

The gold and silver on the box cover shimmers gently, the mother-of-pearl patterns on the box wall are gorgeous but restrained, and the inner wall and the small box are gorgeously decorated with gold powder and precious stones, which complement the doucai porcelain inside the box...

Many lights rose and swayed, the aura became stronger and stronger, and finally, formed a column of light that could be seen by the naked eye.

It is colorful and magnificent, but there is a restrained and deep taste that suppresses all the rich atmosphere and does not seem to be outrageous.

"This is probably the colorful black..."

Shen Le sighed silently. When would he have such a deep feeling? He had 100 million in his account now and was not short of money, but he still couldn't hold on to so much money...

When he was wiping the gold powder and sifting the gold foil fragments, his hands were shaking!

The beam of light rushed towards him. Before Shen Le could dodge, he was swept into the light and shadow.

As light and shadow flowed, he returned to the residence of the Perrin family, the small Shikumen house.

But time flies, Perrin's hair has turned mostly white, and Linlin has grown into a tall teenage girl.

Their family conditions had also declined significantly: the old man's cuffs, elbows, and edges of his lapels were covered with patches, and the young girl's dress had obviously been altered and patched again and again.

The other two children...

"Tingting... Tingting ah——"

The shrill cry pierced the silence. Shen Le's heart ached, and he ran downstairs in two steps and turned into the front living room.

In the middle of the hall, a woman who was no longer young, leaned over the limp little body, crying so hard that she couldn't raise her head:

"Tingting - Mom is sorry for you, Mom has hurt you - Mom should not have let you go out... Tingting, my Tingting..."

To her left, a teenage boy stood with a stern face, his fists clenched, his expression gloomy and angry;
On the right, a woman in her forties or fifties held her tightly and kept comforting her:

"It's not your fault... This is fate... This is fate... In this world, it's hard for everyone to survive... Tingting left suddenly, she didn't suffer much..."

what……

Is something wrong with the little girl?

Shen Le felt a chill in his heart. As Xin pursued his ideal, his greatest hope was that his family would be safe. If he knew that his daughter was in trouble, how sad he would be...

What happened?
Was it an accident or was he murdered? !
Shen Le walked around them once, and then again, before he could see the current situation clearly.

Tingting, the one-year-old baby girl who was still in my arms in the last memory, now had her neck strangely tilted to one side and was silent.

On the side of her tender cheek, there was a large patch of blood that had turned black, but the purple underneath was still visible.

The mother gently pried open her fingers, and saw that her little hand was tightly holding a piece of cloth with her nails curled up. It must be that she had a fierce struggle with someone and refused to let go until her death.

The mother kissed her fingers while crying and slowly pulled out the rags.

There were still some small grains of rice left on the piece of cloth, some of which were deeply pressed into the palm of the hand, and some were even embedded in the gaps between the fingernails.

Apparently, the little girl was going to buy rice—a small bag of rice—and was robbed on the way back. She tried her best, but still failed to keep the precious food, and even died herself...

"Mom, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have let you go!" The mother was still crying:
"Mom should have gone by herself! If there was a robbery, I should have died before you!!!"

Shen Le was silent. How could a few kilograms of rice lead to robbery and murder?

At that time, was the situation outside already so chaotic?
Mingming Axin said confidently, "They live in the concession. As long as we are careful and cautious, our safety can be guaranteed..."

But Shen Le couldn't help at all. He watched the family find a small cemetery and silently held a funeral for the child.
Seeing them report the crime to no avail, an old police officer sighed and told them, "Don't count on it in this world";
Watching the soaring prices, the price of a kilogram of rice rose from 30,000 to 50,000, and then to 100,000, and even rose five times in one day...

How should I spend this day...

　The accompanying picture with mother-of-pearl inlaid text is the original intention of writing this story...

　　I was stunned by the beauty of this picture and thought, "It's so beautiful, I must show it to everyone."

　　It can be said that I made this pot of dumplings just for this dish of vinegar...

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