Reborn 1980, I amaze the world by picking up scraps

Mr. Geng and Mrs. Geng were both insiders. They had already known the story of the Yongle Ceremony, but now their eyes widened when they saw the paper taped on the window lattice.

Yuan Niu didn't rush them, she just waited quietly beside them.

"That's it, old guy, wash your hands and let's help Nier get the treasure." Old Mrs. Geng became energetic.

"okay."

The original copy of the Yongle Dadian was written in ink, which would smear when exposed to water. It was not an easy task to remove the piece of paper from the window lattice.

However, Mr. Geng and Mrs. Geng have a way.

They asked Yuanni to light the stove, poured boiling water in a large copper basin, and put it on the stove to cook.

Soon the copper basin was filled with steam.

Mr. Geng and Mrs. Geng worked together to lift a pair of window lattice and let the steam fumigate the sticky side.

The older generation uses paste made by themselves to paste couplets on windows.

This thing is very simple to say the least. It is to scald the white flour in boiling water, and then stir it continuously. Once it becomes sticky, it becomes a paste.

During the famine years, people with clever brains took up the job of building walls just for the sake of that idea.

This thing is actually batter, fried in a pan, and it becomes a ready-made pancake. During the famine years, it was specially used to cure hunger.

Because there are no chemical components in it, the dried and sticky paste quickly softens after encountering steam.

Old Mrs. Geng quickly peeled the paper off the window lattice with quick hands and eyes.

The papers that were removed were handed into Yuan Ni's hands, lined up in a row, and placed in a dark place to dry.

"This must be the original copy of the Yongle Grand Ceremony. Look at the paper. It is a special bamboo pulp paper with silkworm cocoons added inside. If it were wood pulp paper, it would have rotted long ago and cannot withstand being scalded."

"Well, be gentle with your hands."

"Old man, do you want to tell me?"

Yuan Ni just pretended not to hear the conversation between Mr. Geng and Mrs. Geng. As a granddaughter, she could not judge the matters between grandparents.

This was a delicate job, and the three of them worked until the evening before taking the paper off the window lattice.

However, the window lattice is not a piece of paper, but is stacked on top of each other, and these papers must continue to be subdivided.

"These are all marked. You can't use steam to divide them again. We will bring things over tomorrow." Old Mrs. Geng rubbed her sore shoulders.

Yuanni helped Mrs. Geng press her shoulders and said, "Eat before leaving."

In the evening we had millet and mung bean porridge, pancakes and rolls.

Grandma sat at the table and said, "I don't know how long you will have to be busy. We have already eaten."

Mrs. Geng took a big mouthful of porridge and said, "Let the children eat first. They are young and can't help but be hungry. Alas, where are the children?"

The Geng family is not that thin, but it can't compare with the Chen family. Old Mrs. Geng envies her grandma's group of grandsons the most.

"Hey, I went to watch TV. Wasn't it showing the female volleyball players? Not only the children liked to watch it, but the fourth child and his wife also loved to watch it. After dinner, they took the children and left." Grandma was very helpless.

Grandpa squatted on the threshold and banged his pipe and pot. It wasn't that he and grandma didn't like watching TV, but that there were too many people in the courtyard, three floors inside and three outside.

The two of them were standing in the back row with their eyes blurred and couldn't see clearly at all, so they didn't join in the fun.

"Hey, look how busy these days are. You haven't bought a TV yet?" Mrs. Geng looked at the chest of drawers in the main room. It was empty.

"Aren't you busy the past few days? My fourth aunt has already gone to the department store to ask, and she asked for tickets." Yuan Ni ate the burrito.

"I have tickets there. You can buy them tomorrow. Don't let the children go to other places to squeeze in." Mrs. Geng said generously.

In fact, I was busy a while ago, so if I give Yuan Nier two more days, she can get the tickets, but Mrs. Geng is not an outsider. Since she offered it, Yuan Nier will take it.

"Then I'll take it?"

"Take it, take it, I'll bring you the tickets tomorrow."

Old Mrs. Geng kept her word and got a color TV ticket the next day.

Yuanni has money. Last time she came to the capital for a business trip, she sold a few treasures and she still has the money.

Mrs. Geng said, "The department stores all sell domestic color TVs, and the prices are different. It depends on how big you want. It costs about 100 yuan per inch."

Mao Dan and Gou Dan'er go to Uncle Wang's house to watch TV every day. They are very aware of the price of TV. A 800-inch Panda brand color TV costs about [-] yuan.

"Let's just buy a [-]-inch one." Yuanni made the rules.

Color TVs are getting cheaper year by year. Besides, they are new arrivals from outside and should not stand out too much.

Mrs. Geng also understands this truth, "There is really no need to buy something too big."

Grandma and grandpa were stunned when they heard that they wanted to buy a TV. Who cares how big it is?Even if it's nine-inch black and white, they think it's pretty good.

Dahua clapped her hands and said, "Watching TV..."

After some discussion, Yuan Ni was responsible for paying for the color TV, while the task of buying the color TV was given to the fourth uncle and fourth aunt.

With more than 1000 yuan in their pockets and TV tickets in their hands, the fourth uncle and the fourth aunt flushed with excitement, "Don't worry, we will definitely pick a good one and buy it back."

The two of them were like soldiers on the battlefield, one riding a tricycle, the other sitting behind, putting on a straw hat and going out.

Mao Dan and Gou Dan felt anxious and anxious, and despite all their reluctance, they were pulled by Xiaowen Xiaoyu's ears to learn.

After everyone in the family dispersed, Mrs. Geng took out the tool she was going to use today, which was an old-fashioned hair dryer.

Today's work is very detailed. You have to use a hair dryer to soften the paste on the paper, and then peel the paper off.

This is a delicate job, and you must have quick eyes and quick hands, and you must not use brute force, otherwise the paper will easily tear.

"Separate it slowly, and we will do an appraisal after the paper is separated. If it is really the original of the Yongle Ceremony, it will be a rare treasure."

"Grandma, after the paper is separated, what should I do with the paste on it?"

"Don't worry, I have a solution, let's do it step by step."

"These papers all talk about spring planting and autumn harvest. This one must be a farming book, but it's a pity that it's incomplete. I don't know where the remaining papers went."

"Oh, that's so rare. The most missing thing among the copies is the agricultural book. These papers may be unique copies."

Yuanni asked curiously, "Compiling the Yongle Dadian is very labor-intensive, isn't it? Why not print more copies?"

The Yongle Dadian is an encyclopedia, but only the original and copies exist.

After the original was lost, copies went through wars, and several volumes could not be found, leaving this ancient book incomplete.

When Yuanni thought about it, since compiling the Yongle Dadian was so troublesome, she should have printed a few more copies and archived them separately.

Mrs. Geng chuckled, "How is it possible to print more copies? You don't know what the Yongle Dadian was compiled for? Let me tell you, this book was specially written..."