The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 479: I’ve already repaired it - I really want to smash this thing to pieces!
The Chinese have a bunch of common four-word formulas:

Come here.

All are dead.

New Year's Eve.

Still a child...

Although these four-character formulas have been criticized by countless people, there are still many people waving these words and being overbearing everywhere, making people want to use the same words to block them:
For example, when the other person says "it's Chinese New Year" or "they're still kids", you can respond with "they're all dead"...

Shen Le would not do that. At this point, no one could confront Shen Le like this. However, at this point, for him, the old saying still applies:

All the repairs have been done.

The progress is already halfway through, and the remaining part must be completed no matter what. Whether it is made of paper, clay, or other more incredible materials——

In short, work hard!
He sat in front of an urgently customized, extra-large glove box, leaned forward, put his hands into the glove box, and pressed on the clay dowry box.

Activate the power of Dantian, and try to input spiritual energy, so that the spiritual energy can flow to every corner of the dowry box:
Especially those delicate, fragile, seemingly light and flowing silks, satins and tulle that will fly up or simply disappear with a casual touch!
Shen Le almost held his breath and, little by little, turned the "faucet" of spiritual energy to the minimum.

The spiritual energy flowed through the box, and the clay box gradually became flat and solid under his hands. The gray clay box that looked like it might peel off at any time soon showed the color and texture of wood;
Then, the corners of the wooden box, the edge of the lid, and the lock and keyhole all showed a golden copper color;
Then, it was as if time was going backwards, as if the video was being played back a thousand times faster. The parts that sank to the bottom of the box gradually began to shine amidst the darkness:
First, there is the deep blue. It is as blue as the last shade of deep blue before total black after the sun sets, or the dark blue of the deep sea and huge lakes.
Shen Le tried hard to input spiritual energy into it, controlling the spiritual energy to spread horizontally little by little. Gradually, he saw silver light flashing on the dark blue satin.

The silver light seemed to be a special material that could guide spiritual energy extremely smoothly. Shen Le didn't have to put in any effort to let his power flow through it.

Not long after, he saw the essence of the silver light:
Those were the silver threads crisscrossing the satin. Because the satin was folded at the bottom of the box, one could not see the entire ball. One could only see dots of silver light, like the twinkling stars in the sky.

"It's so beautiful." Shen Le praised quietly. If he didn't still have some common sense, he would know that this thing is essentially a clay sculpture, a dowry of someone hundreds of years ago;
If he wasn't greedy, he wouldn't reach out and take it for himself when he saw something good.

If his major was not ancient architecture, rather than ancient textiles, he would not be like some teachers who would rush to pick up beautiful ancient fabrics without hesitation...

At this moment, he would probably dive directly to the bottom of the box, pull out the dark blue brocade on the spot, and try to make a robe for himself, right?
Even so, Shen Le's eyes were dazzled by the brocade. He held his breath and stared at it for a while.

After a long while, he turned his gaze away and focused his attention on a piece of satin above the dark blue brocade. He tried hard to input spiritual power to restore it:
Above the dark blue is a piece of dark green satin, an extremely solemn dark green that would never be disrespectful whether used to make official robes or sacrificial robes for grand ceremonies.

Deep dark patterns can be vaguely seen from the exposed folds. Could they be bamboo leaves? Or pine branches?

In short, no matter the material or the weaving method, it is a very excellent fabric. What a pity, what a pity, if this thing is revealed, will it be made of a pile of bamboo leaves?
Shen Le continued to work hard, carefully inputting spiritual energy. The higher the fabric, the more gorgeous and thinner it was. He saw a piece of almost pure black brocade with bright red peonies on it, which was extremely gorgeous;

When he saw a piece of light and gorgeous silk, and it fluttered gently, Shen Le finally understood what it meant to be "woven into the lines of autumn geese beyond the clouds, and dyed into the color of spring water in the south of the Yangtze River";
I saw a piece of gauze. It was folded into seven or eight layers, but I could still see butterflies flying on the satin underneath through the thin fabric...

"It's so beautiful... If we take this box of stuff to Jinling Yunjin, they will spend all their money to buy all this brocade, right?"

Shen Le murmured. But he could do nothing but open seven or eight cameras, recording every detail of the fabrics from all directions and angles.

Tsk, next time I should ask the Special Affairs Bureau to customize some movable cameras, preferably the kind that can sink to the bottom of the box and turn over a piece of silk -

It is fixed on the top of the glove box, at the waist, and cannot be seen clearly or photographed clearly!

If such a video is sent to the school tutors, they will go crazy and beat him to death!

He carefully studied the types, weaves, and names of the satins, and only let go of them and stepped out of the glove box after he had finished restoring the top piece of gauze.

After confirming the concentration of spiritual energy in the glove box, he set up a few cameras outside, opened the glove box, and dragged out the dressing box inside.

The moment all the wooden boxes were dragged out and exposed to the air, the smile on Shen Le's face froze, stiffened, and disappeared.

No!
Are you kidding me?

The silk was so beautiful just now!

Just now I was looking at this delicate and soft silk, which could be used as a dress, a sacrificial robe, or a dance costume!
give me back! ! !
The piece of gauze on the top seems to have plucked all the colorful clouds in the sky. The color keeps changing and flowing. It is an extremely bright gauze!
Any girl who puts that veil on her body and spins around on the spot can have her 6% beauty reflected by the 10% veil!

Gone!

Gone!

Spreading flat on the top of the box was a thin layer of spider web, dotted with stars and covered with fine water droplets.

Shen Le almost held his breath and used his mental power to carefully lift it up. He actually saw a color similar to the rainbow on the spider web and water droplets, but, but...

How to wear this?
Tell me how to wear this thing!
fall!!!
He held on to a glimmer of hope and tried to flip down. Under the spider web was a piece of something that looked like lotus root silk, slightly larger than a handkerchief but smaller than a scarf.

The color is very beautiful. When it is turned slightly to the side, a purple color like smoke and mist flows on it, which immediately reminds Shen Le of Xiayingsha.

However, he didn't even dare to touch something woven from lotus root silk with his hands!

If you use a little more force, it will be torn into pieces! ! !
Shen Le had no choice but to continue using his mental power to lift it up and place it on a special shelf next to it.

Then, turning the page, I saw that the piece of spring-water-colored satin was made of pieces of grass silk, mixed with what might be wild duck feathers or wild goose feathers.
The piece of black brocade with the bright red peony pattern actually had a peony on it—a dried flower, flattened, spread out on top;

The dark green, very solemn brocade was, as he had guessed before, made of very fine bamboo strips, embellished with dew-covered bamboo leaves;

As for the thing that moved him the most, that piece of dark blue satin, it was great, finally it wasn't just flowers and plants -

That piece of shit is a fish skin!
Fish skin!!!

So I was just cultivating loneliness before?

Shen Le was unwilling to accept this. Shen Le was unwilling to accept this. Shen Le turned out all the previous videos, played them one by one, and checked them carefully one by one.

Unfortunately, the aura deceived his eyes, but it could not deceive the video:
These things are visible under the camera, spider webs are spider webs, straw mats are straw mats...

Shen Le: “…”

It seems that I was really deceived. It seems that I really cultivated loneliness before...

Shen Le gritted his teeth and really wanted to tear all these broken things into pieces and smash them all - but he couldn't. As a cultural relic restorer, he had long developed the habit of never destroying cultural relics.

No matter what you sort and repair, once it falls into your hands, you can only repair it well and not mess with it in the slightest.

In archaeological work and cultural relics restoration work, there are so many things that are hard to describe in words!
It is extremely unlucky to put jade cicadas or jade plugs into the five senses and seven orifices of a dead person.
Various tombs, especially various sacrificial pits, contain people with all kinds of dead faces, and just looking at them can make you break out in a cold sweat;
When you rummage through tombs, you'll find some strange burial objects. Sometimes they're all fragments, and you won't know what you've pieced together until you've put them all together...

Well, we have to put it in the museum and give it a more presentable name, such as "Bronze Ancestor" or something like that.

As for what its essence is, I'll give you a look and let you experience it for yourself.

Even so, can the cultural relics restorers just throw this broken thing away, other than washing their hands a few more times?
Obviously not. So, even though Shen Le kept complaining, he had no choice but to take pictures one by one, record them one by one, and then put them back into the box one by one, folding them carefully...

Mad!
It’s simply unbearable!
Shen Le put away the box of dowry, turned around, went to Tianxiang Tower angrily, and called for the proprietress to serve the food.

Serve big dishes, good dishes, and plenty of dishes. You must have a big meal today to soothe your wounded heart!
As soon as he called out, all kinds of dishes were served in Tianxiang Tower like flowing water. The noise was so loud that all the guests on the first floor of the restaurant looked at them sideways.

I didn’t see any boss treating us!
I didn’t see a large number of guests going upstairs!
Suddenly such a large number of dishes were delivered, and the supply capacity of the kitchen was instantly occupied. Who is eating from the bowl and looking at the pot?
The most important thing is that every dish is delicious!

So delicious!
The fragrance was so captivating! Even though the lid was on, the slightest bit of fragrance that leaked out made them feel uneasy and unable to stand still.

All the diners were sniffing hard, and their already full stomachs were rumbling again!

It’s like a traveler in the desert seeing an oasis, a wolf pack that has been hungry for three days seeing a wild deer, a wild fox that has been worshiping the moon and breathing for decades seeing the magic herb that can allow it to open its transverse bone and change its shape instantly!

The whole Tianxiang Restaurant was in a state of mild commotion. The polite diners were only whispering to each other or raising their hands to call for the waiter.
Those who were impatient immediately raised their voices:

"Waiter! Where's our food? What is this? Why don't you serve it to us?"

The peony fairies were coming and going, trying to appease the diners. The proprietress was also very busy:
Everyone could see that Mr. Shen was not in a good mood.

Not only did the girls at Tianxianglou immediately go into full-power mode, each carrying a huge tray with two or three bowls, three or four plates of delicacies on it, and quickly delivering it to the private room;

The proprietress also immediately came into the private room with a smile, arranged the table and served the dishes herself. When Shen Le scooped a spoonful of the braised mutton soup and mixed it with the rice, and finished half a bowl of braised mutton with the rice, she followed Shen Le's habit and served him a small half bowl of lotus root soup, and said softly:

"What's the matter? Who has upset you? - Or is your work not going well?"

With the comfort of delicious food, Shen Le's complexion had improved a little. However, when he saw the bowl of lotus root soup, the palm-sized pink lotus root leaning against the soup, and the lotus root silk floating on it, his face froze.

The proprietress observed the man's expression and quickly pushed the lotus root soup back, then scooped up half a bowl of fish head soup and pushed it over:
"Take your time. Don't be in a hurry. Do you want some pepper for the soup? Do you want some salt?"

"No need." Shen Le was also trying hard to adjust his mood, forcing himself not to think of fish skin when he saw fish head soup. When he thought of fish skin, he thought of the dark blue brocade.

He grabbed the bowl of thick white fish head soup, tilted his head back as if to vent his anger, and gulped it down in one gulp.

The soup was thick and flavorful, with a hint of refreshing spiciness that went straight to the bottom of his stomach and opened up all the 180,000 pores in his body.

Shen Le sighed comfortably and leaned back:
"call……"

The proprietress smiled slightly and said nothing. Shen Le drank another bowl of fish head soup before he really focused on the food and began to devour it.

When you feel your stomach is full, you can do some Qigong exercises to mobilize the power of the Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming, the Spleen Meridian of Foot Taiyin, etc., and quickly digest and decompose these things with a rotation.

He felt that the spiritual energy was a bit too abundant, so he practiced some more energy. The golden ball in his dantian rotated, and the spiritual energy flowed out like rivers into the sea, and was all absorbed in an instant.

The proprietress did not ask any further questions, but just stayed by his side, helping him move the plate, change the bone dish, and serve him tea and water.

After eating for two hours, Shen Le wiped his mouth and collapsed:
"Ah... Fortunately, you are here. Madam Boss, you don't know how crazy I am today!!!"

He recounted today's repair experience in detail from beginning to end. While speaking, he complained:
"Tell me, who are these dowries for? For ghosts? Even if they are for ghosts, you can't fool around like this!
——And I found neither a spirit tablet nor an urn in that sedan chair. Conservatively speaking, the young lady they sent to marry should still be alive!"

The proprietress kept listening with a smile until she heard him say that all the silk had turned into strange things, then she couldn't help laughing.

Seeing Shen Le turning his head and staring at her with an unhappy look on his face, she quickly restrained her smile:
"It sounds like... it really is the work of a demon. But Mr. Shen, have you found anything strange on these dowries?"

"Strange? Everything is strange!" Shen Le answered without thinking. The proprietress shook her head.
"That's not what I'm talking about. According to what you said, these dowries are for living people. So, if they are to be seen, touched, and used by living people, they must meet a certain condition.

Generally speaking, these dowries need to have a certain kind of power—"

"what?"

"I'm not sure." The lady boss thought intently. Shen Le looked at her expectantly, holding his breath, fearing that he would disturb her train of thought. After a while, the lady boss hesitated and said:

"Maybe, perhaps, probably, it's something like incense? Only this kind of thing, under certain conditions, can break the boundary between man and God—"

The most important thing is, this incense is probably the most precious thing that these mountain spirits, water monsters, Shinto demons and ghosts can give, and it will not harm the people they cherish?

"These dowries are not for her to use in her daily life. Or, if you guess correctly, the girl who is getting married is a living person. She should have a normal dowry when she marries into a living family."

Seeing that Shen Le did not refute and even seemed to agree, the proprietress became more and more confident:
"These dowries are for her to use as a treasure. When she encounters a major change or needs to call upon special forces, this dowry can give her some confidence..."

Shen Le's brows were twisted into a ball, and his hands unconsciously grabbed the tablecloth and rubbed it, almost rolling it into a ball.

It did sound reasonable, especially since he did feel a strange power on these dowries, a power that seemed to resonate with something.

The most obvious one was the copper seal, the one he hadn't repaired yet. If he could activate its power, maybe, maybe, he could see the true face of the dowry?

"Thank you for your advice!" Shen Le stood up suddenly, clasped his fists to the proprietress, and strode out of the box. He walked faster and faster, and went back to the mansion, sitting cross-legged in front of the dowry box again:

"Incense? Are they really something like incense? Can you show your presence? Can you let me feel it?"

The dowry box was quiet and there was no change. However, when Shen Le slowly spread his spiritual power and immersed it in the dowry, he did feel something different:

Yes, there was indeed a very special force that he had not noticed before.

It was quite faint, quite inconspicuous, and even a little complicated, as if it came from many, many sources. Shen Le immersed himself deeper into it, and soon, he heard a noisy shout:

"kill!"

"Kill--"

"Kill the Tartars——"

"When will all the Tartars die out?"

"God, when will it rain?"

"Please don't let it rain..."

"Bless my son and return safely..."

"Please pray that my wife can give birth to a big fat boy..."

"Please bless Daddy and may he recover from his illness..."

If there were incense in this world, then it must be the prayers of thousands of living beings, the most sincere and simple prayers.

After doing everything you can, when you are powerless, you place all your hopes and expectations on the gods. These thoughts are probably incense?
And if this god can bless them——

Then, the gratitude received is the purest and cleanest part of the incense.

Those mountain elves and water monsters, those mountain gods and wild ghosts, they picked the most beautiful things in the mountains and wilderness and made a dowry for their beloved little girl.

At the same time, the purest incense was condensed into the dowry, sent out together with her to her husband's house.

Shen Le guessed that what shone in the eyes of the world on the wedding night might be a trick of the gods;
However, what the girl received was not material things, but a power that was enough to turn danger into safety at a critical moment?
"That's great... This is really good..."

He savored the power condensed in the fish skin, bamboo leaves, straw mats, and lotus root silk, and slowly became calm.

Although these silks, clothes, gold, silver and jewels cannot be used in daily life, who knows if they can be used to turn things around when encountering difficulties?
Shen Le organized his thoughts and repaired them one by one, piece by piece, box by box.

If it was just inputting spiritual energy, the difficulty was not too high. It mostly tested concentration and patience. He repaired from beginning to end, from the satin to the quilt, from the quilt to the curtain, and from the curtain to the clothes:

It's really nice. On these beddings and curtains, there are hundreds of butterflies flying through flowers, lions rolling embroidered balls, peace and happiness, a hundred blessings and longevity, mountains and rivers, orchids, bamboos, and caterpillar fungus;

The common paintings of newlyweds, such as pomegranates with hundreds of seeds, melons with endless offspring, and children playing, were quite rare. There were only one or two of them, and it was obvious that they were just for show.
Among the clothes, there are wide robes with big sleeves, tight hunting suits, riding suits, clothes for martial arts training, and even men's clothes that are obviously for girls.

In Shen Le's eyes, this pile of textiles undoubtedly represented the justified support of her family:

The most important thing is to live a good life and be happy. The worldly perspective is not that important. As for having children, have a lot of children, have three, five, seven or eight sons...

These are all secondary. It doesn’t matter if you can’t give birth. At worst, you can go home and your family will raise you!
"That's great... I hope this girl can live a good life, live a happy life, be happy, and have a long-lasting marriage..."

He walked with a smile among the dowry procession, from the beginning to the end, and then from the end to the beginning.

Those mountain elves and water monsters, and those clay sculptures of gods sending off their wives, all had bright light on their faces, as if they were collectively gazing at him, as if they were nodding and smiling.

Finally, Shen Le sat cross-legged at the front of the team, stretched out his hands, and held the small seal:
"So, what are you?"

"What are the words on your seal? Which official's seal is this, or which god's seal is this?"

"What kind of power can you mobilize to marry you off? Can that girl handle it? Or is she your original owner?"

"Show me... show me your true nature..."

Suddenly, the world spun around. Shen Le could hear the sound of rushing water and rolling waves.

Am I being dragged into memory again?!

(End of this chapter)