The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 459 Shen Le: Oh no, I was tricked by the terracotta warriors? !
Shen Le walked around the display cabinets again and again, becoming more and more interested.

These wedding figurines are very interesting! If he is not mistaken, these figurines are not just simple clay dolls, but contain very unique power.

Moreover, these figurines gave him a feeling of joy, happiness, reluctance to leave, and a yearning for a better future...

The only thing missing is fierceness, cruelty, despair, hatred, and other negative emotions. Just looking at it makes people want to smile from the bottom of their hearts:
go Go!
Go get married happily!
Go marry a good man, a kind man, an upright man, an open-minded man, a gentle man...

Go and step into a new life happily!
Shen Le turned around twice, snapping photos. The more he snapped, the bigger the smile on his face became. After taking the photos, he swiped the screen of his phone to look at the photos he had taken. He glanced over and suddenly frowned:
"This……"

What you see with your naked eyes is obviously different from what you see with your phone!

For example, the maid following the sedan chair, as he saw through the glass, had a double bun and was holding a black cat;
However, the maid captured by the mobile phone was not holding a cat in her hands, but a cat's head...

Shen Le flipped through several photos and found the same discrepancy between visual and photographic results. He didn't know whether his eyes were deceiving him or the phone was misleading.

In short, after looking around, he has made a decision:

"I want this!"

"This is all you want? Do you want all of this batch?" The staff member from the Special Affairs Bureau accompanying him hurried over to register.

Alas, Mr. Shen looked too quickly. He picked out what he wanted in one day. A month of paid vacation and a life without going out on field trips are gone...

"This batch of wedding figurines is quite large... Please wait a moment, I will help you register them one by one... Yes, there are 24 groups of figurines carrying wooden boxes... 24 pairs of figurines riding horses... pairs of figurines playing musical instruments..."

The entire wedding procession was huge, with a large number of people following closely behind.

There are 108 groups of figurines carrying dowry boxes alone. From the first to the last, no two dowries are the same:

The first thing carried was a small seal, which was placed upright in the middle of a wooden board carried by two bearers and covered by a cover.

Although it looked small, the two bearers had great difficulty lifting it, and their legs were trembling;
The second load was a pile of earth blocks, neatly arranged in the shape of a field, three piles of twelve blocks in total;

The third pile was a pile of small tiles, but they were as big as fingers, neatly stacked. Shen Le couldn't count how many tiles there were, but it must be more than a hundred...

The various dowries were so large that they were as big as a small house, requiring a thousand-worker's bed to be carried by sixteen sedan chair bearers.

A mirror as small as the tip of a finger, so clear that even clay figurines can be clearly seen;
From the makeup box, to the bedding, to the silks and satins, to the descendants' bucket tied with a big red flower knot, to the last coffin.

I wish I could take care of a girl from her wedding to her burial, including everything from food and drink to clothing and shelter, so that she can say to her husband's family with dignity and head held high:

Our girl’s parents can support her, so she doesn’t even need to drink a sip of water from your family!

Add to that the sound of drums and music, the young and valiant men riding horses to escort the bride, the maids riding in sedan chairs, and the family members and servants following on foot. This procession was huge, with more than a few hundred people.

Even in an ancient city like Gusu, the first couple in the wedding procession circled half of the city, and the last couple probably hadn’t even left their home yet…

He walked around in a big circle, slowly observing each one. Looking closely, these figurines seemed to have experienced a long time and countless hardships:

They were missing a piece here and there. This one was missing a shoe, that one was missing half a hat, that box had a piece broken, that one was missing...

Missing half a tail? Wait, why is it only half a tail?
As for the peeling of paint on the body and face, the missing stripes on the clothes, and even the missing half ear on the top of the head, these are already minor problems.

In fact, when Shen Le saw the dowry being carried up one by one and each box had a lot of damage, he felt that it was something that he would need to repair in the future...

The special affairs bureau employee, holding a tablet-like device, scanned the codes under each display cabinet and ticked each one;

As soon as a row of items were ticked, someone would come in, open the cabinets, take out the items, secure them, and pack them into boxes. They would stick talismans on the boxes, stick talismans, stick talismans, stick talismans, stick talismans...

Shen Le walked around and confirmed all the terracotta warriors he planned to take away. When he turned around, he saw a huge pile of boxes behind him.

As for the collection display area, a huge area of ground was left empty, and it looked like a tornado had passed through it...

"Mr. Shen, are you sure you want to pick this batch of items? Are you only going to pick this batch of items?"

The staff member who was in charge of contacting Shen Le followed closely:
"Don't you want to look around anymore? We have a lot of collections here, and there are still many warehouses..."

"Ah, I won't go." Shen Le waved his hand. Hundreds or even thousands of terracotta figures, beds made by thousands of workers, sedan chairs made by tens of thousands of workers, and loads of dowry, the restoration work was quite huge.

These figurines alone were enough to bother him. If the dowries had many details, each one would need to be repaired...

"God knows how long it will take me to fix this... I don't have the energy to look at anything else..."

Besides, by the time I finish repairing this batch, Yun Kun will definitely have circled around a few times outside. Who knows, maybe he will dig something out of the sea that is worth repairing?

"Well... this batch of items may not be complete..." The staff frowned and looked cautious:

"Even if it's fixed, it may not be what you want... When we collected it, we had a feeling that it was missing a very important part, but we couldn't find it..."

"We'll talk about it later if we can't find it." Shen Le nodded and didn't change his mind.

When he was repairing the orchid makeup, didn't he run from east to west, from south to north, and went to many places before he collected all the components?

Not to mention that he went abroad when the Buddhist shrine was being repaired!

He was now experienced, so he repaired everything he could, then triggered a resonance between the repaired items and the copper sheet, and indicated the direction:

The missing part can definitely be found!

Finding that they couldn’t persuade him, the staff gave up.

Alas, Director, it's not that I'm stingy, I've tried my best to give him the best things, hoping to repay him a little more, but he doesn't like it -

Even so, we still have to try our best to give more to Shen Le. If we can repay a favor, we should repay it. The Special Affairs Bureau owes Shen Le too much!
"And what about the safe?"

Shen Le paused, looked up and thought about it, then shook his head with regret. The safe is very good and interesting, but it is intact and does not need to be repaired:
Without restoration, it is impossible to gain spiritual wisdom through the enlightenment of his hands and the copper plate. It is difficult to force it as we are in different circles.

Forget it, forget it. Let’s wait and see what fate holds for the future.

He returned to the Magic City and had just settled down when hundreds of boxes followed him in.

Shen Le followed the list given by the Special Affairs Bureau, picked out a box containing a figurine carrying the dowry, opened it, and took the figurine out, then let out a hiss:
This figurine grows taller when it sees the wind!
When it was in the warehouse of the Special Affairs Bureau, it was only about 20 centimeters high, with two figurines standing in front and behind, carrying the dowry, and it could be placed in a 30*30*30 glass display case;

Now open the box and put it on the ground. The height of the figurine quickly grows to 1 meters, and the other parts of its body also grow accordingly.

The box they were carrying also grew from about 10 centimeters in length to 50 centimeters.

Inside the opened box, a piece of silk was glittering and sparkling, revealing its true color!

isn't it?
isn't it? !

It has suddenly increased so much, and the amount of labor I have to put in to do my work has also doubled!

The workload of repairing a terracotta figure that is only about 20 centimeters tall is more than five times that of repairing a terracotta figure that is 1.2 meters tall!
Shen Le frowned and walked around the group of figurines. As he walked around, he saw something was wrong:

This group of figurines carrying dowry do not seem to be human. Their faces are indeed human, but their fingers are extremely thin and their nails are extremely long and sharp.

There was a long, thin tail sticking out from under the back of the collar, swinging back and forth happily...

So what are you?

Aren't you human beings?

Who sculpted these terracotta warriors, and for whom were they sculpted?
Shen Le sat cross-legged, spreading his spiritual power, slowly touching and sensing them, but to no avail. A single group of figurines was taken out, and their spirituality was quite weak, and they could only feel joy and happiness.

As for the pair of figurines themselves, they appear to be simple clay sculptures and wooden sculptures - no, there are only "clay sculptures", no "wood sculptures".

According to his experience, this batch of figurines should all be painted clay sculptures, with a frame made of stone, wood or other materials, and then various fiber materials and clay made into clay and applied to the frame.

Finally, apply a layer of white base layer on the clay sculpture, and then paint it with color.

As for whether the frame is made of stone, wood, old vine, or something else;
Is the clay used for the body fine soil or clay? Is the fiber material wheat straw, hemp, cotton, silk, reed fluff or some other formula? What kind of pigment is used for the base layer and the painting?

This requires some slow experiments and research...

Shen Le sat down silently and took out the materials given by the Special Affairs Bureau and began to read them. The materials from the Special Affairs Bureau showed that this batch of wedding figurines were found in a cave in Shu;
Before it was found, there were often strange reports in the local area. It was said that in the middle of the night, people would play music and send the bride off on the road. Some people even dreamed of attending a wedding.

When they found the terracotta warriors in the cave, judging from the sealed entrance, it must have been sealed for hundreds of years... Shen Le calmed down, turned on the computer, and started typing:
First of all, the terracotta warriors need to be X-rayed, and if money is available, they should also have CT scans. Every terracotta warrior needs to be photographed, as well as every dowry and every item they carry.

To understand their internal skeletal structure, the decay of their wooden frames, and the cracking, peeling, loosening, and collapse inside their clay sculptures, there is nothing better than CT!

Then, we need to study the clay materials, ground layer materials and pigments of the figurines and analyze their composition:
This research requires the use of instruments such as optical microscopes, X-ray diffractometers, micro-infrared spectrometers, scanning electron microscopes-energy spectrometers and micro-Raman spectrometers, which is also a troublesome task.

Fortunately, it is not necessary to do this for every figurine, it can be done by classified sampling.

Then, we need to study the fibers in the clay sculptures to determine their fiber types. As for the research methods, we need to look up information, books, papers, and many other things...

“It’s a big project…”

Shen Le sighed deeply. Not only was this a big project, but it was also a big project that could only be completed alone:
There was no way Shen Le would let his fellow junior brothers and sisters deal with these figurines that could grow bigger or smaller, change from human appearance to animal features, and cause all kinds of trouble!

Moreover, the work this time was different from the last time Yun Kun was repaired. During the Yun Kun repair, everything could be done in one factory. Shen Le didn’t have to do any heavy work, and could leave it all to the bamboo and creepers.
This time, at least he had to move the terracotta warriors to the next room one by one, take CT scans, and move them around, lift them up and down, all by himself...

Well, by the way, I'll give my juniors a project and ask them to do some preliminary research and look up some information. They can still figure out the specific research steps and methods!
"Hello? Do you need to use the CT machine today?"

Shen Le picked up the phone and called. In the opposite laboratory, an unknown junior fellow answered the phone:
"No, no! Brother, do you need it? How long will it take? Do you need us to help you move it?"

"That's not necessary..."

You may not believe it, but I have hundreds or even thousands of items that need CT scans...

Or should we move the CT machine to the laboratory?
In the end, Shen Le did not move the CT machine over.

He bent down and stared at the figurines, looking left, right, up, and down. He put on his gloves and pushed them. Then he bent down and got into the load, trying to lift the figurines:
"Hey, yo! --Oh, no!"

Too heavy! Not only is it heavy, its center of gravity is also tilted. It's just that the center of gravity is tilted, but its strength is not high enough!
When I lifted it up a little, the bamboo pole of the dowry began to creak and cracks appeared visible to the naked eye...

Shen Le: “…”

This is very troublesome. In this case, one person is definitely not enough to lift it, and a conservative estimate is that two people are needed;

Although the Luoquns were at home, judging from the music coming from the third floor of the west road, they were starting a live broadcast at a critical moment.

These Luoqun girls who inherited the skills, talents, pain and sorrow of the Qinhuai singing girls can rarely make money with dignity and enjoy the world by their own strength. Shen Le does not want to disturb them...

In addition, the other little guys also have their own work to do. Luo Pan, Hua Juan and Yun Kun went out to work together. Now they are hundreds of miles away from home, if not thousands of miles away.
Zheng Mo was happily directing his men to saw wooden boards, making a lot of noises. I wonder what new furniture he was making.
Next door, there are the sounds of reading, and a group of little kids are studying hard...

Shen Le held his chin up and thought for a while. It might be possible to make the figurine smaller, since it had grown larger before. If it can grow larger, it must be able to become smaller.

Even if it refuses to change itself, the Special Affairs Bureau can put it in a small box, so there is probably a way to make it smaller;

However, none of these solves the problem. Obviously, it is easier to scan something when a person lies upright in a CT machine;
Two people carrying boxes in front and behind have to be put into the CT machine in a row, and then the machine scans it, and the image that comes out...

Let's just say, it's a bit difficult for the machine...

"Can you put the box down?" He knocked on the figurine:

"Or at least, could you please loosen your grip on the pole a little and let me unload the box?"

There was no change in the two figurines, and it was unclear whether it was due to non-violent non-cooperation or because they were not spiritual enough to respond to his questions.

Shen Le was in a dilemma when a bolt of lightning suddenly struck down and circled back and forth in the studio:
[Put the box down! ——Shen Le said, put the box down! 】

It was the little oil lamp that had poked its head out to look. Before Shen Le could react, a roar rang out from afar:
"Qingdeng! You're distracted again!"

It was the teacher who was teaching who discovered that the student had run away. Shen Le closed his eyes and silently said "evil" several times in his heart:
This teacher Lu Zicheng turned out to be such a gentle and modest gentleman like jade - no, he can't even be said to be "like jade", his essence is white jade - but he was forced into this state by those little guys!
That roar just now was so penetrating that it could be heard across the house!
[Shen Le, I'm leaving. If that doesn't work, just chop it up. If that doesn't work, use the Five Thunder Peach Wood Sword!!!]

Qing Deng was obviously a little intimidated by this teacher, so he left in a hurry after saying something. Shen Le sighed, turned his head and looked at the figurine again, and was shocked:
"Stop! Don't move!"

The two terracotta warriors seemed to be threatened, and they actually began to bend over and kneel, putting the box on the ground.

The problem is, it’s fine for a living person to bend over, but when you bend over – the scum falls off your body!!!

"Don't move! Don't move!!!"

While trying to stop him, Shen Le rushed over to close the windows and turn off the air conditioner to ensure that there was no wind in the room.

Then he set up the camera and took careful photos of the two figurines, trying his best to capture every change on their bodies.

Then, pick up the white paper and use your mental power to "pick up" as many large pieces of residue as possible onto the white paper. One piece of white paper, one piece of residue. Number them, put them in bags, and spread them out separately.

Finally, take a piece of white paper and use a cleaning technique to move all the residues and dust that are too small to pick up onto the white paper, number them separately, pack them into bags, and store them.

"Don't move... If you move, the crumbs will fall down... Forget it, just stand up straight again, let go of the pole, and I'll move it..."

He spread a large piece of white paper on the ground, and ordered the two figurines to let go, one, two, three. He then used his hands and mental strength to steadily remove the dowry and put it on the ground along with the box.

Then, look left and right:

"Can you... become smaller? Like, back to the size you were in the safe deposit box? That way it would be more convenient for me to bring it over?"

Once again, the figurine remained silent, motionless, and ignored him, looking dead as if it had run out of power. Shen Le thought for a moment, then turned to the wall and took down the Five Thunder Peach Wood Sword:

"How about now? Can you cooperate? You don't have to do it together. You, just you, become smaller. Can you do it?"

Ten of these five-thunder peach wood swords were originally made, and three have been used.

There were seven good ones left. Shen Le kept one at home to protect the house, one as a spare, one for the boss lady, and one for the instructor.

The tutors and other teachers in the school are often running around on projects, so it is inevitable that they will encounter some dirty things.

With such a sword, even if ordinary people cannot use it, they can often walk around under it, or wave a set of Tai Chi sword randomly...

Yun Zhongzi could use his sword to block the palace gate and suppress Daji to death; a five-thunder peach wood sword was enough to suppress most of the evil!

At this moment, the Five Thunder Peach Wood Sword was used, and the effect was immediate. Wherever Shen Le's sword pointed, the figurine that was pointed at shrank quickly, one meter, 0.8 meters, 0.5 meters, and finally shrank back to its original size.

Shen Le bent down, picked it up, stuffed it into the box, stuffed cotton around it, carefully secured it, and left:

"Ah, that's much more convenient! No trouble at all!"

Next time, next time I will have experience! I will carry the box over directly, and after taking the CT scan, I will put it back in the box.

It’s just a matter of making a few more trips, and you no longer have to worry about transportation troubles or problems like not being able to carry the items!

Shen Le carried the box to the CT room, first laid a large roll of white paper inside, and then stuffed the figurine in.

Let it grow bigger and bigger, until it returns to its original normal size - of course, not too big so as not to fill the CT machine. Then, exit the machine room and start the machine.

The C-arm machine hummed, and the program worked hard to calculate and produce a three-dimensional image. Shen Le stared at the image that slowly appeared on the screen, and opened his mouth in surprise:

"Wait, what is this?"

He is an ancient architecture expert, not a painted clay sculpture restorer, but he knows a thing or two about painted clay sculptures. On the one hand, during his undergraduate years, he wanted to learn a little bit of everything and try everything;
On the other hand, those who work on ancient buildings often need to work in pairs with painted clay sculptures: I repair the temple houses, and you repair the various Buddha statues and deities inside the houses.

Those who restore painted clay sculptures will sneak over to the ancient buildings to play for a while when the ground layer is dry, watching the ancient building beams and columns being replaced, and helping to paint the columns.
When waiting for the materials to arrive and the beams and columns to be replaced, I would also go to the Buddha statues to help mix the mud, knead the mud, and paint the faces and clothes...

Therefore, Shen Le personally made the wooden frame of clay sculptures and mixed the clay himself. Generally speaking, the frame of clay sculptures is mostly made of wood, but some also use rattan or bamboo.

But what is inside this figurine?

The CT machine rotates, and the X-rays penetrate the surface of the clay sculpture, showing the internal structure at a glance. The entire clay sculpture is not made of wood, rattan, or bamboo, but, but -

But real bones!

There are bones, joints, a thin femur in the middle and thick at both ends, a skull, a pelvis, and a long spine...

If the shape of the skull was not completely unlike that of a human, Shen Le would have called the police!!!

(End of this chapter)