The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 74: Little Oil Lamp, your fox tail has been caught! (Subscribe)
Shen Le sighed as he dripped silicone sealant into the glass cover.

Well, in theory, the glass could be completely repaired by burning it until it softens and then smoothing it out again.

Or, he had seen a video where a master directly burned the glass into molten glass, then dripped it into the cracks of the glass, and finally flattened and polished it.

After the restoration, there is no trace left, it is exactly the same as new!
That would be a perfect restoration... However, he didn't have the conditions to burn glass, and even if he had the conditions, he didn't know how to blow glass.

If he chose to burn the glass, what he would end up with would probably be a crooked and strangely shaped piece of glass?
So Shen Le decisively chose to use glue.

Use a glue gun to absorb the glass glue, and carefully drip it along the crack on the lampshade to fill the crack. While squeezing out the glue, move the tip of the glue gun at a constant speed:

The two actions were performed simultaneously, and soon a thin layer of sweat appeared on Shen Le's forehead.

“This is too difficult to do… Glass glue and wood glue are completely different!
If you drip too fast, the glue will overflow. If you drip too much, the glue will condense in the glue gun. If you control the glue dripping speed, you can't control the glue gun well, either it will go too slow or it will go crooked..."

If he didn't have the copper plate to reinforce him, he would have been unable to handle this situation!
After dripping glue once, pick up the air gun and blow hard to blow the glue into the cracks of the glass. After blowing once, drip it again, and then blow it again quickly.

Blow it twice, scrape off the excess glue with a small scraper, and then wipe it clean with an ultra-fine cloth...

Finally, what he held in his hand was a crystal clear glass cover without any dust. There was a tiny crack that was almost invisible without careful observation.

"Okay! Next... is the burner..."

The outer iron shell needs to be rusted, and the inner brass burner also needs to be rusted. There are still cracks on the surface of the burner, which needs to be welded. After welding, it needs to be polished...

The road ahead is long and arduous, but I will polish it up and down. Shen Le really didn't want to work anymore, so he stood up, moved his hands and feet, and leaned out of the window.

Outside the window, a group of people were walking around in the open space, busy as hell:

"The relay protection device has recorded abnormal current and voltage values."

"The fuse showed signs of excessive burning."

"The coils show signs of burning out."

"Transformer oil composition was found to be abnormal..."

Shen Le leaned over the window and watched for a while, then turned around and took the small oil lamp down. He blew out the lamp, pretending it was a collectible, and carried it downstairs to Xiangyang:
"How is it? Have you found the problem?"

"There is indeed a problem." Xiangyang's brows relaxed slightly, watching the relay protection personnel coming up to export the relay protection data and interpret it on the spot;

Maintenance personnel went door to door, checking each meter and various circuit traces;

Chemical inspectors drop insulating cooling oil from transformers onto various test papers for on-site testing;
The equipment manufacturer's staff followed by taking samples, testing and taking photos:

"The voltage shows signs of sudden increase or decrease. Whether it increases or decreases, it will cause system instability. The problem now is that we haven't found the fault point..."

Uh, the problem is with the oil lamp in my hand...

Thank you for your hard work for so long. I guess you may not be able to find the fault point...

Shen Le smiled at him guiltily:

Electrician inspects the equipment, checking the target, making sure it is all circuits and all appliances connected to the circuits.

For a small oil lamp, as long as no one is bored and ties a copper wire around it and sticks the copper wire into the socket, the technicians will not find the oil lamp even if they check it dozens of times...

Even so, he couldn't take it as a sure thing. Shen Le chatted with Xiang Yang for a few words, then quietly returned to his residence. While no one was around, he brought the small oil lamp to his eyes and shook it vigorously a few times:

"See?
Have you seen it?

There is no such thing as a perfect crime!
Look, they have found so many traces of you affecting the village’s power supply!

Don’t make trouble again in the future!”

The wick ignited without fire. With a crackling sound, the oil lamp glowed brightly, and then swayed and drooped:
【Woo...】

The silver-white light curled up into a ball, like a kitten with wet fur and even drooping ears:
Will they catch me?

"If you behave yourself and don't do anything, they won't catch you." Shen Le reached out and touched the glass lampshade, and warned sternly:
"Otherwise, they have ten thousand ways to catch you. When electric current passes through, it will cause voltage changes and magnetic field changes. As long as you have equipment, they will be able to find it out!"

[Wow... I will be good... But, but they all ignore me...]

"They ignore you, but I do. I'll take you away to my house and you can have fun as you please!"

【But, but...】

The silver-white light twisted and turned. After a moment, dots of silver light flew through the windows, through the walls, through the floor, and flew to every corner of the village.

It looked like the little oil lamp was unhappy and was crying loudly:
[I like it here! I like it here! I don’t want to leave!!!]

Shen Le stretched out his hand to cover it but couldn't. The silver light flashed extremely flexibly, passed over his palm and floated out.

Soon, the maintenance personnel scattered throughout the village started to speak out:
"An abnormal voltage was detected."

"An abnormality was found in the current."

"I'm seeing something strange here too! The numbers keep jumping around. What's going on? There's clearly a power outage!"

Shen Le's face darkened. He quickly took apart the lampshade. He pulled out the copper sheet, held it in his palm, and slowly pressed down to capture the silvery light on the wick:

"Stop it! Look, if you make a fuss, everyone will notice it!"

[They can't catch me! They can't catch me!]

"They can't catch you. There are stronger people who can catch you." Shen Le lowered his eyes slightly and tried hard to practice his skills.

The heat flow circulated throughout the body, and then along the arm, filling the entire palm. The copper sheet jumped slightly, and the whole thing became hot. Instantly, Shen Le had a feeling: he could use the copper sheet to directly catch the spirit of the small oil lamp, knead it in his hand, and knead it into a ball, roll it into a strip, or pat it into a piece!

【What are you doing! What are you doing! 】

The silver-white light suddenly lit up, rushing left and right. However, Shen Le closed his five fingers and held the light through the copper sheet. The silver light bumped around but could not break out of the cage of his five fingers:
"Look, I can catch you. If I can catch you, there must be someone else who can catch you -

Those people from the special affairs department, those powerful practitioners, they will definitely catch you!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his left hand, placed it against his right hand from a distance, and then slowly closed them.

The heat from both hands was surging, and they were pressed inwards, further and further inwards, until the wick of the small oil lamp was pressed into the middle of the palms.

Then, he pressed the wick with his left index finger and rolled it:
The ball of light on the wick was poked by his finger and actually became dented like a Yuanxiao dumpling.

Shen Le pressed two more fingers and pressed the "Yuanxiao" into a "pancake". While kneading it, he explained the reason:

“If you don’t behave like this, they will purify you, break you apart, and beat you to pieces!

If I don't take you with me and you continue to cause trouble here and get caught by them, I won't be able to save you!"

【Woo...】

The silvery light on the wick quieted down. It shrank back and forth, from a glittering ball the size of an egg to a dot the size of a soybean.

Shen Le felt a little distressed, let go of his hand, touched the lampshade of the small oil lamp again, and said softly:
"Think about your first master. He risked his life to go to the battlefield. Why? Wasn't it so that everyone could sit quietly under the bright lights and read books?"

"You cut off the electricity, so they have to light the lamp in the dark. Aren't you being unfair to him?"

"Think about the owner who brought you to the village. Think about why they carried you and the electric poles into the mountains with all their strength. Wasn't it to bring electricity to the mountain village?"

"You tripped the power supply in the village. If he knew, would he be disappointed?"

"Think about your masters from generation to generation. What do they expect and need? Is it that the whole village loses power and is plunged into darkness?"

[Wow…I was wrong…]

The light on the wick wavered, and dots of silver light spread outward. If the little oil lamp had a body, it would probably have cried...

Shen Le sighed, touched it, and continued to reason:
"Be good, don't make trouble anymore. If you continue to make trouble, what if the people from the Special Affairs Department come over and they can see you and beat you up or smash you? What will you do?
They are not like me, who will take the trouble to fix it for you and then have a good communication with you.

They will purify directly!
It's been purified. You've spent so many years trying to develop some intelligence, and now it's gone?"

[I won’t make trouble anymore… I won’t make trouble anymore…]

The flame on the wick trembled and went out with a snap. Obviously, the small oil lamp was frightened...

After a good beating, there will be a sweet treat. Shen Le rubbed the lifting rod on top of it and continued to work.

From repairing the wooden puppet to the inkstone, and from the inkstone to the oil lamp, during the repair process, Shen Le could clearly feel that the higher the progress of the repair, the stronger the spirituality of the artifact would be.

The little oil lamp itself would be happier if it was repaired more, right?
The iron shell and glass lampshade are done, and the next step is the core part of the kerosene lamp: the brass burner.

This thing has a complex shape and contains tiny gears that have rusted into a ball and can't even turn.

It is not easy to demolish it by force, nor is it easy to put the grinding head in to grind it. Even if you use sandblasting, there are some places that cannot be sprayed. However, Shen Le has his own trick:

Go straight to your fellow villager’s kitchen, grab a big bowl, and start tinkering with it!
【What are you doing? 】

The silver-white light, which only he could see, shone gently and fell on his shoulders.

Shen Le picked up the big spoon and poured a big spoonful of flour into the bowl. He paused for a moment, poured another half spoonful, and began to pour salt in:

"Good stuff. Good stuff that will get all that rust off your burners!"

[But, this looks so weird... It looks weird, and it smells weird...]

The little oil lamp shouted hesitantly. Shen Le laughed:
"You know what's so strange? This thing is good for you. Very good for you!"

Add one third flour, one third salt, and one third vinegar, and mix into a wet lump.

Shen Le used the wet flour to wrap the brass burner, and pressed the soft dough into it desperately:

fill up!

fill up!

Fill it up!
Let the flour mixed with salt and vinegar fully contact all parts of the burner, especially the rusty gears, to remove all the rust!
I have to say that the process of pressing the wet dough into the burner is quite relaxing. Shen Le hummed a song and pressed for five or six minutes before filling the inside of the burner without leaving any gaps.

When he finally finished stuffing, he still felt a little lost:

"How come it's full? I want to work a little longer!"

[Shen Le, what are you doing? My stomach is so bloated! ]

Ugh, what a terrible statement...

Shen Le was sweating. He quickly wrapped the entire burner with dough and wrapped it with plastic wrap while explaining to the small oil lamp:

"You have rust in your stomach. I'll fill you up with rust remover, and in a few days, there will be no rust at all!"

[Let me go... I'm so suffocated... I'm almost suffocated to death... Let me go!!!]

The little oil lamp yelled. Shen Le pretended not to hear it and wrapped it up for two days!
(End of this chapter)