The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 184 Reunion after more than years
Old You kept muttering and chattering, telling Shen Le how he found the person and how many hardships he went through.

How to fly around, how to subdue the local monsters, how to contact the Special Affairs Bureau, how to urge the Special Affairs Bureau to find the information he wants...

Shen Le agreed with a "hmm-hmm-hmm", but what he said went in one ear and out the other, and he hurried to type.

Before reporting the good news to Teacher Lin, I must finish writing the paper!!!
Fortunately, it took the people over there half a month from the time they said they wanted to come over to the time they set foot on our land.

Both of Axin’s children have passed away, and their descendants have multiplied, so the two children form two families.

The first generation of children call each other cousins, the second generation are distant cousins, and the third generation... what? Relatives?

What a distant relative that must be...

According to the information we have received so far, the two families are sitting together for a meeting to discuss who will come and who will not, and who is in poor health and cannot come even if they want to.

Arrange for children and grandchildren to take care of the elderly. Both the elderly who come and those who don’t need to be taken care of, and the children have to ask for leave from the company...

I also need to communicate with this side, buy train tickets, plane tickets, book hotels and rent cars...

Being able to set off within two weeks is already extremely efficient, almost insanely so.

So Shen Le had enough time to show the restored dressing box to Professor Lin, show the paper to Professor Lin, and revise it again under her guidance.

In the words of Professor Lin:
"You should make your story more coherent. Your logic doesn't make sense at all when it comes to the orderly inheritance! This is just for me to see. How are you going to explain it to others?"

Shen Le could only smile awkwardly. After he finished smiling, he finished revising the paper and Professor Lin took it away to submit it for publication.

The old professor must help submit the application. Shen Le is alone now, with no school or company affiliated to him, no research institute, and nothing at all.

Theoretically, his submission would not be accepted by the journal - nor would it be rejected. There is a high probability that it would just be thrown aside.

It’s different when old professors come forward. There are many journals in the industry, and old professors are reviewers, or their students are reviewers…

"Well written." Professor Lin put on his reading glasses, read the whole thing with a smile, and praised with a smile:

"The experiments are sufficient, the data are detailed, the repair steps are clear, and the information is solid. As far as the level of the paper is concerned, there is no problem in publishing it in a core journal."

"Thank you, teacher!" Shen Le took the opportunity to attack. "Then..."

"In a few days, I'll invite some old friends to come and see your cooking skills." The old lady replied slowly.

The craftsmanship seemed good enough to her, but her eyesight was blurry and she might not be able to see some details clearly.

If he can pass the acceptance of those old friends, if he can pass the acceptance of the experts who are now in their prime and fighting on the front line of restoration, then it should not be difficult to give Shen Le a non-staff expert?
"When the time comes, you should ask them for advice. Don't think that just because you have repaired an old item, your craftsmanship is excellent."

The old lady continued to instruct him:

"The number of cultural relics they have repaired is ten or even a hundred times more than yours. There are many details and techniques that only people who have actually done it know. Be humble, be cautious, and seize opportunities!"

Shen Le nodded desperately. It was too miserable to explore alone. He didn't know how many pitfalls he had fallen into, and how many times he had tried it himself with trepidation.

It would be great to have a big boss to cling to and to give advice, even just a few words!
Two weeks is neither too long nor too short. Just revising the paper will not take too long, at most a little over a week.

However, it would take more than ten days or half a month to gather Professor Lin’s old friends together.

These people come from all over the world and each has his or her own project. Their disciples, who are now restorers in their prime, also have their own projects.

In the words of Professor Lin:
"Unless it's an academic forum or something, and the time is scheduled in advance, otherwise, it will take at least a month to get everyone together..."

Shen Le had no urgent business anyway, so he simply stayed in Beijing and accompanied Teacher Lin to the north, heading straight to the burial place of Axin. From the plane to the soft sleeper, from the soft sleeper to the car——

Chen Guohua rented a seven-seater SUV from Bingcheng, drove to the soft sleeper terminal himself, and then picked up his mother in person.

Shen Le couldn't tell what model or brand the car was. He just looked at the tall and heavy car and knew at a glance that it must be extremely expensive.

Facing the old lady's criticism of "spending money like this", Chen Guohua smiled attentively with his fat face:

"The road is too long, so I need to let Mom sit more comfortably... The seats in this car can be laid flat and can be reclined, and the suspension system is also good, very stable... There are no such good cars in small places..."

He drove a luxury car with his mother, followed by his brother and sister's family in one car each. They were all small cars rented directly from the local area. They lined up in a row and drove straight to the cemetery.

When they arrived at the cemetery gate, several of her children rushed to help her, but the old lady pushed all the children away and walked slowly forward with her crutches under the guidance of the cemetery staff:

"Is this... here..."

She stared at the lively photo of the young man on the tombstone for a long time, silent:
If I were to speak of sadness, there really wouldn’t be much sadness for someone I’d never met, or even someone I’d only recently heard of;

But if I say I am not sad, thinking about how many years the adoptive mother waited for her son to return, it is real and a little more melancholy...

"elder brother……"

Her lips trembled slightly. Looking around, the cemetery was not very large, but solemn and peaceful, with pine and cypress trees everywhere;

Along the way, the golden characters on all the tombstones have not faded. Many tombs are decorated with flowers, plastic flowers, candies, models of airplanes and tanks, and all kinds of offerings you can think of. It is obvious that there are people taking care of this place. The managers of the cemetery and local people come here from time to time to pay homage to the dead...

The square in front of the cemetery was bustling with people. Grandpas practicing Tai Chi and aunties dancing in the square were standing on each side. Children were flying kites and riding scooters, running around with laughter...

"Brother, I'm here to see you..."

Behind him, his children and grandchildren stared at the old man's back, standing in silence. Shen Le stood at the far end of the row of grandchildren, half-turned, stretched his neck to look at Professor Lin's profile, secretly mobilizing his heat:
Can the old lady hold on?
Can you hold on?

I am so old, and I have come all the way here. I am both excited and tired...

Be prepared. As soon as the old lady falls down, rush over to support her and add a health buff to her!

Fortunately, Professor Lin showed no signs of problems for the time being. She did not want her children and grandchildren to help her, nor did she let them do anything. She bowed three times in front of the tomb, walked slowly forward, and wiped the dust off the tombstone with her own hands.

Put flowers, pour strong liquor, and serve the dishes that I made myself, which my adoptive mother told me my brother liked to eat.

Boiled river shrimp, Dongpo pork, braised prawns, eight-treasure chili sauce...

"I am my mother's adopted child, so I should be your sister...

Don't worry, Mom lived a good life in her later years, without any illness or pain, and lived a peaceful life... She died at the age of 82, which is far beyond the age of seventy...

She saw that I was admitted to the university, that I stayed on to teach, and that I even brought my boyfriend to her to see... She knew that I would have a bright future and that I would have a good life...

You see, behind me are my children and grandchildren. They are all very good, very promising, and very filial to me...

Your mother's daughter-in-law and grandchildren, your wife and children, left with her family. Although there has been no news for so many years, they have been found recently. Their children and grandchildren are safe and the family is flourishing...

I’m sorry that I didn’t find you sooner, it’s so late…”

She kept talking, and laid out the things she had brought one by one: photos of her adoptive mother, clothes she had worn, utensils she had left behind...

The adoptive mother's notebooks and letters, the adoptive mother's heavy thoughts and concerns for her son...

Finally, she turned halfway and waved to Shen Le. Shen Le quickly came forward with the dressing box, held up the bottom of the box, and helped the old lady put the dressing box in front of the tomb:
"Brother, look, this is the dressing box that Mom used. You should recognize it...

After so many years, it became old and broken, and it was this child who repaired it and found all the parts inside... He was also the one who found you..."

Shen Le stood up straight, bowed deeply, and then reached out to support the old man as if unintentionally.

The heat from the palms surged and seeped into the old man's body, circulating over and over again, combing through the body over and over again, helping the old man improve his physical functions and hold on in the cold wind of the north after standing for a long time.

Dear ancestor, I have come to see you... The mountains and rivers are safe, the country is peaceful, you... rest in peace...

He listened to the old professor chattering on and on with relatives he had never met, talking about his adoptive mother, and how she had been picked up, raised, and sent to college over the years.

She talked for a very long time, until the sun was setting, until the cold wind was blowing, and until the old lady's fingers began to feel cold.

Behind Shen Le, there was a constant rustling sound. Perhaps the grandchildren were a little impatient, but didn't want to leave, so they twisted and turned in place.

Finally, the old lady's children couldn't help themselves. The eldest son and the youngest daughter came forward and joined the old lady:

"Mom, it's getting dark. Let's go back and rest for a while. If you want to come, you can come tomorrow... Let's go back to the hotel and rest for a while..."

After much persuasion, the old man finally relaxed and turned around with the help of his children.

Chen Guohua quickly took out a wheelchair and was about to help his mother sit on it when he heard footsteps in the distance and another large group of people rushed over.

The middle-aged supported the old, and the young surrounded the middle-aged. They had never met each other and had no blood relationship, but they knew that they were the one the other was looking for just by looking at each other.

"You are……"

"Who are you……!!!"

Descendants of Axin, children of Linlin and Ali.

Axin's mother's adopted daughter, and all her descendants.

After more than eighty years, we meet again here.

On the tombstone, the young soldier gazed at his relatives with a joyful and peaceful smile.

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