Cultural Relics Are Not To Be Messed With

At the beginning of February, just after the beginning of spring, Jiangshi.

People who went out early in the morning rubbed their hands, and a white mist filled their mouths.The whole city began a day of heavy traffic in the cold spring.

There was still more than half an hour before the stipulated clock-in time, but Qi Chen was already sitting in the workshop.

This is the second day he came to Guanghe Cultural Relics Protection Co., Ltd.Before he could digest the contents of the dozen or so pages of the employee handbook he read yesterday, the person in charge, Dong Mingbo, gave Qi Chen a repair task before leaving get off work.Letting a newcomer who just graduated directly do practical things without even knowing the door, it can be seen that this company is indeed short of manpower.

The central air conditioner is running quietly, and the temperature in the working room is moderate, but there is no humidifier, and it is slightly dry.Such an environment is not very comfortable for people, but it is suitable for some objects that are easily damaged by the tide.

For example, the bronze knife in Qi Chen's hand.

Among the cold weapons, the knife is the most common one.But among them, bronze knives only accounted for a very small share, and it was not easy to see one.Because although the texture of bronze is hard, it is very brittle and easy to break and damage.

The blade in Qi Chen's hand is narrow and thin, about one foot and six inches long, with a single edge slightly curved, the back of the blade is slightly thicker, and there is a leaf on the back, engraved into a row of animal teeth, which adds a little bit to the slender and smooth knife. It is ferociously beautiful, and the casting is exquisite. The only shortcoming is probably the fracture at the top of the blade.

This is a broken knife, broken in two from the junction of the blade and the cutter head.

The broken knife plate was also lying on the table at the moment, with a circle of vertical lines evenly engraved on the side of the plate, and half of the round knife handle with fish scale pattern attached to it.Further up, the place that should have been the head of the handle was empty.

Yesterday Dong Mingbo patted Qi Chen on the shoulder and explained: "The knife is missing a few parts. The knife plate was just found two days ago, and it is missing a handle and two exquisite orbs. You should repair the parts you found first. Request Just two, one is precision, the other is speed, nothing else. How about it, it’s very simple? Don’t stress, the young man is still very promising, work hard!”

Qi Chen spit out a mouthful of blood silently in his heart at that time: the combination of fineness and speed is already the highest requirement, what else is there? ...Simple egg!

But after seeing the physical appearance of the knife this morning, Qi Chen's pressure really eased.

Because this remnant knife, whether it is the blade or the blade, has a dark golden metallic luster, no rust or stains, smooth and sharp to the touch, and the blade surface is shiny.

You can really... use... to learn from... shadows...

When the sunlight outside the window happened to fall on the water-like blade from a certain angle, the reflected light could blind Qi Chen's eyes.

Ha ha.

This is simply a modern handicraft, right? !Which bronze ware can grow like this after being dug out of the soil?What about the traces of the age?What about the simple and heavy cultural texture?tease me? !

"Duk Tuk Tuk" was knocked on the open workshop door three times unhurriedly. Qi Chen raised his head and saw Dong Mingbo walking in with his hands behind his back: "Xiao Qi, why are you here so early? Be motivated! Not bad." good."

Qi Chen stood up and said, "Morning, Director Dong." He flipped through the staff job tree within the company. Dong Mingbo is clearly the top leader, but he likes to be called Director by others. He doesn't know what kind of weird hobby this is.

But to be honest, this Guanghe Cultural Relics Protection Co., Ltd. has a lot of wonderful places.

For example, the recruitment requirement of "those with self-defense ability and tough life are preferred"; for example, the company's division of departments, the executive team and the supervision team are fine, but what the hell is the aftermath team? !Besides, as a cultural relic restoration specialist, Qi Chen was assigned to the logistics team, wasn't it because his hands were trembling wrongly?

So many kinds, and so on.Qi Chen didn't dare to think too much, for fear that the more he thought about it, the more he would feel that he had entered a great place, as if he would be taken away at any time by working groups such as "cracking down on illegals" and "cracking down on gangsters".

However, Qi Chen is an ordinary person, and neither the company structure nor the title of the job is false to him.Although this company seems unreliable, the contract is very formal and the working environment is very good. It seems that there is no deviation in the work affairs arranged for him so far.

Of course, the most important thing is that the salary is good, including room and board.Just focusing on these two points, Qi Chen is willing to ignore those strange things for the time being, and continue to work here first. Anyway, those things don't have much impact on a small employee like him, and he just takes his salary to do his job.

"How is it? Little Qi, is there any difficulty?" Dong Mingbo stood by the table, waved his hand and asked Qi Chen to sit down and continue to do his own work.

Qi Chen shook his head: "I took a look, this knife is well protected, basically no pre-treatment is required, and there is no major problem with the fracture, just file it a little, and it can be welded with a small slope after a new ballast is formed. Once it’s handled carefully, it’s almost unnoticeable.”

Dong Mingbo twitched the corner of his mouth for some unknown reason, and asked, "Do you want to file the fracture?"

"Uh... yes." Qi Chen didn't know what he meant by these words for a moment.After thinking about it, I felt that although Dong Mingbo was the person in charge of the company, he still specialized in restoration after all. He might just not know the specific details, so he asked casually.

Unexpectedly, Dong Mingbo silently glanced at the broken knife on the table, then hesitantly said to Qi Chen: "That little Qi..."

Qi Chen waited for instructions: "Huh?"

Dong Mingbo: "Be gentle when filing and welding."

Qi Chen: "..."

Dong Mingbo: "..."

Qi Chen: "Director, you are joking."

Dong Mingbo: "No."

Qi Chen: "..."

The two of them stared at each other in silence for a few seconds. Dong Mingbo coughed, cleared his throat, and said, "That's it, go ahead and bring it to me when it's repaired. I'll be in the office until 3 p.m.." After finishing speaking, he Then he stretched out his slightly protruding belly that grew out of his middle-aged fat, and walked out.

Qi Chen blinked, then looked down at Broken Knife again, really not understanding what happened to Dong Mingbo's toothache-like expression just now.

It’s okay to be gentle with the file fracture, but how can welding be considered gentle? !Lick it lightly with a tongue of fire? !Enough is enough...

He originally thought that the broken knife was just brought by Dong Mingbo under the guise of cultural relics to test his practical skills, but now it seems that Dong Mingbo really loves the knife.

But it doesn't matter whether it's a test product or a craft collection, it's all the same in Qi Chen's hands.

He flipped the sleeve over his wrist to his forearm, moved his thin fingers, then opened the tool cabinet beside him, picked out a flat file, picked up the blade, flipped it over to compare the direction of the fracture, and then buried himself in work stand up.

Qi Chen's previous prediction was not wrong, and it really didn't take much effort to repair the broken knife.Cleaning, derusting, replenishment and the like are all saved, and they are not used for old ones.When he completed the last step in one go, stood up and loosened his muscles and bones, it was nearly half an hour before lunch, which basically met Dong Mingbo's requirements for fine acceleration.

Taking out a special cleaning soft cloth from the cabinet, Qi Chen carefully wiped the bronze knife for the last time, then tidied up the table, put the knife into the simple and slender solid wooden box, and then I went to find Dong Mingbo.

Guanghe did not rent a one or two-story office space in an office building like many companies did. Instead, it directly bought a piece of land in the East District of Jiangshi, built a twin-shaped office building, and a staff building. The dormitory is enclosed in a courtyard.From the outside, the office building is only three floors high, and the dormitory building is only five floors high. There is a layer of green plants crawling on the wall. It is a little old in general, and it looks inconspicuous in the high-rise business district.But the layout of the building is simple and elegant.

Qi Chen's workplace is on the third floor of Block A, on the same floor as Dong Mingbo's office.Holding the wooden box containing the knife, he walked all the way to the door of the office at the top of the corridor, raised his hand and knocked on the open door: "Director Dong."

Sitting behind the dark brown wooden desk, Dong Mingbo put down the documents in his hand and waved to him: "Oh, Xiao Qi is here, come in. What's the matter? The knife has been repaired?"

"Well, see if it's okay." Qi Chen walked over and handed him the wooden box.

"Let me take a look." Dong Mingbo took the wooden box and opened it, but did not reach out to take out the knife, but directly measured the wooden box for a moment, nodded after a while, closed the wooden box, and put it away gently. Going to the desk, he said to Qi Chen with a smile: "Yes, the connection is very natural, it's hard work. You go back, if you work a little longer, it's time for dinner. Oh, by the way, close the door for me when you go out." superior."

"Okay, then the director, I'll go back to the office first." Qi Chen nodded.He has just entered the workplace, and he is still a little uncomfortable with the role change. He always subconsciously puts the leader in the position of a mentor in the school, respects him, but is not afraid of him.What's more, Dong Mingbo has always been smiling, very easy-going, and has no airs.So Qi Chen was not so restrained.

After walking two steps, he turned back to Dong Mingbo and said, "Director, this knife is beautifully made, does it have a name?"

"Yes!" Dong Mingbo glanced at the wooden box and said, "Have you seen the pattern of animal teeth on the blade?"

Qi Chen nodded.

Dong Mingbo: "The name of the knife fits well with this shape, it's called Longya."

Qi Chen: "..."

Dong Mingbo: "What?"

Qi Chen twitched the corner of his mouth and shook his head, "No, I just remembered that I saw a demon sword called Longya somewhere before, and the blade was smashed into pieces. Later, it was said that it was dug out during the Song Dynasty and made a dragon head for Duke Bao. "

Dong Mingbo didn't even blink his eyes: "Oh, what a coincidence!"

Qi Chen: "..." When expressing surprise, remember to agree with me at the same time, okay?

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