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Mi Yang took the book and carefully observed it. Mr. Wei’s book is a bit serious with pages falling off. The problem is not serious. Just take it apart and apply glue again. The stained places on some pages are just ink. They are all relatively easy to clean.

Bai Luochuan next to him was a little disgusted with this old book, and hesitated, "Why don't you wear gloves."

Mi Yang looked at the book without raising his head, and said, "Huh? What kind of gloves do you wear while reading?"

Bai Luochuan took out a pair of transparent plastic gloves from the drawer next to him, and handed them in front of him. Mi Yang saw that he was overjoyed. It was when they were eating big bones at home a few days ago, they were wearing disposable gloves for gnawing bones. .He shook his head and said, "No need, this one doesn't feel good to wear, it will slip."

Bai Luochuan was still hesitating, but Mi Yang said to him, "I'll wash my hands later."

Only then did Young Master Bai agree.

Mi Yang went to the desk with the book in his arms, turned on the desk lamp and spread it out to look around. He basically had a plan in mind, and the next step was to start looking for tools in the drawer.

Bai Luochuan looked strange, and got off the bed, walked over and said, "What are you looking for?"

Mi Yang said: "I remember it was put in the drawer a few days ago. I saw it... ah, I found it!" He took out a pair of small scissors and clicked twice. Satisfied, he sat down at the desk with the scissors in hand.

Bai Luochuan leaned over and asked curiously, "What are you doing with the scissors?"

Mi Yang tilted his head and looked at him, and said: "This book is 'sick', I want to cure it, don't you think it is dirty, Grandpa Wei will be very happy when I finish it."

Bai Luochuan didn't quite understand, but he never stopped Mi Yang from doing what he wanted to do, especially this time it sounded quite novel.

Mi Yang spread out the book, took the small pair of scissors and began to "treat" the book.

Turn on the lamp on the desk, and you can see its "cause" more clearly. As Mi Yang expected, this book has been in the south with Teacher Wei for many years, and the humidity is too high. The owner loves books and has been exposed to the sun. , the moisture in the paper evaporates rapidly, and the pages become dry and fragile, with slight shrinkage and cracking at the corners.There are still a few pages that have been flipped through for a long time, with excessive wear and tear, and some cracks in the seam of the center of the plate, but it is still an "early disease", only half-open, and one page has become two single pages.

It might be glue repair if someone else changed, but Mi Yang wanted to make it more perfect, so he decided to reapply the glue.

He rubbed his hands. It had been a long time since he had done these small crafts, and his hands were itchy.He moved quickly, removing the dust while unpacking the book, his little hands became more flexible as he moved.

Bai Luochuan watched from the side, watching him remove the glue, cover, and pages... Then he blinked, why did he look at Xiaoguai and disassemble the book?

Bai Luochuan frowned slightly, but seeing Mi Yang's seriousness in doing things, he quickly let go. He has always stood by Mi Yang's side unconditionally. When Xiaoguai said he wanted to "cure" the book, he would help At worst, Mr. Wei will come back three days later, he will apologize, and then let the family keep another copy.

Mi Yang was busy with the work in hand and didn't talk much. Bai Luochuan sat by the side to accompany him, and occasionally he would lean over and ask him in a low voice: "Why did this book fall apart? I think Grandpa Wei read it very much."

Mi Yang said: "It's been under the sun for too long, here, look here." He pointed to the corners, and then tapped inside the pages, "The corners are more serious, and the color of the sun is different, much darker than the inside. "

Bai Luochuan said: "Oh, I thought it was dirty."

Mi Yang said with a smile: "How can it be so evenly dirty, and the corners are damaged in two places. I have to find paper to repair it tomorrow."

Bai Luochuan said in surprise: "Little boy, do you know this? Where did you learn it?"

Mi Yang said boldly: "I learned it by watching TV."

Bai Luochuan asked: "Which channel?"

Mi Yang continued to edit: "Central Taiwan!"

Bai Luochuan said: "The one who plays the big windmill at 05:30? Was it taught by the clever room at the back?"

Mi Yang nodded, and Bai Luochuan believed it, and said, "Brother Thumb is very smart, he teaches well, and you can learn well too."

Mi Yang was so happy that he laughed for a long time.

Mi Yang's repairing is a very boring job, and he needs to work quietly and patiently for a long time. After doing it for a while, he sinks his mind and enters that world. He only has the book he is repairing in his eyes.

Bai Luochuan was quiet most of the time, but he was a child after all, so he would talk to him when he couldn't bear it. He glanced at the words on the page. This book was about the evolution of Chinese characters, such as big seal script, small seal script, seal script, clerical script, etc. Both.Bai Luochuan asked curiously: "There are so many kinds of characters, what kind of characters should I write?"

While opening the book, Mi Yang said, "Learn what you like."

Bai Luochuan looked at him again, and said, "You like writing this very much, don't you want to be a calligrapher in the future?"

Mi Yang was happy: "No, I'm just a little interested, and I think it's fun." He found a small soft-bristled brush to clean the gaps in the book, and when he looked down at the book, his long eyelashes fluttered a few times, "In the future, I just want to Do a little work."

Bai Luochuan watched him play with the old book thoughtfully, suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, pointed to it and said, "Is it like this to repair the book?"

Mi Yang nodded and said, "Yes."

He thought for a long time, in this life, he should do something that he will not regret, such as sticking to the things he is most interested in and doing the work he likes. He didn't cherish the last life, so it is rare to go back and start again. Or choose to make yourself happy.Mi Yang put down the small scissors in his hand, looked up at the little Bai Luochuan who was helping him arrange the pages of the book, and silently added a little doubt in his heart.

He still cared a little about that kiss. The self in the dream was also himself, and feelings cannot be deceived.

Bai Luochuan noticed it, and looked up at him: "What's wrong, did I take it wrong?"

Mi Yang shook his head, and found a random reason to say vaguely: "No, something seemed to be in my eyes just now..." Before he finished speaking, Bai Luochuan leaned over and blew Mi Yang so hard that he couldn't open his eyes. After opening his eyes, Mi Yang's eyes reflexively filled with tears and became watery after he was held in his hands and blew two more seriously.

The child on the opposite side worried: "Is it all right now?"

Mi Yang: "...Okay, let go, your face hurts."

Bai Luochuan was worried, so he took his hand to wash it carefully, and leaned over to check it again, with a displeased expression on his face: "The book is dirty, can you play with a new one in the future?"

Mi Yang rubbed his eyes and said, "It's okay, I'll be more careful next time."

Young Master Bai is a bit of a clean freak, but when it comes to Mi Yang, there is nothing he can do.

At night, Bai Luochuan secretly turned on a small lamp, propping up the quilt to try to cover the light of the small table lamp, and let Mi Yang hide inside to repair it.The two secretly stayed awake, one hid from work, and the other covered the quilt with both hands in front of the desk while listening to the movement at the door while looking back at Mi Yang. After a while, the two of them were hot and sweaty.Mi Yang's face turned red, while Bai Luochuan's hair on his forehead was wet with sweat. They looked like two little thieves in distress. They looked at each other and grinned.

Young Master Bai smiled, then quickly restrained his smile, pursed his lips and stopped smiling.

He's recently started to lose his teeth and doesn't like showing them much.

There are only seven or eight places in this old book that are seriously dirty, and there are still traces of ink dripping. It can be seen that it is cherished.On the first night, Mi Yang simply did a page removal and cleaning, and recorded the parts that needed to be repaired separately, and waited to buy glue and some repair cleaners tomorrow to continue the work.After he had made up his mind, he hid the disassembled book in a big cardboard box that Bai Luochuan dug out. Bai Luochuan even put a toy on it to cover it up.

Mi Yang yawned and said, "I won't go home tomorrow, I'm here to study..."

Bai Luochuan's eyes lit up: "Okay!"

The two of them went to wash up together, and when they were lying on the small bed to sleep, Mi Yang was so tired that he didn't even have the energy to tell a story.

Bai Luochuan had much more energy than him. His battery hadn't run out completely yet, and his mind soon moved on to other places while lying there.He suddenly turned over and looked at Mi Yang, pretending to be nonchalant and asked, "Little boy, how many days will it take to finish this book?"

Mi Yang was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, but when he heard him ask, he still calculated the time in his mind, and said vaguely: "Well, it will take three days anyway."

Bai Luochuan said: "I repair it during the day and night, right?"

Mi Yang said: "Yes."

Bai Luochuan let out a groan, and said, "The books are scattered now, so it's hard to take them back... You're here to practice? Then you come to sleep on Monday, too?"

Mi Yang rubbed his pillow and said, "Well, come and sleep."

Young Master Bai was so beautiful in his heart that he agreed repeatedly, and said: "Then I will close the door and not tell anyone."

Mi Yang smiled softly, groped to touch him, patted him as before and fell asleep.In his sleep, it seemed that someone touched his lips lightly, and his fingers stretched in to carefully touch his teeth, as if he had confirmed that his teeth were still intact, and then he backed out with confidence.

Mi Yang wanted to bite that finger, but fell into a drowsy sleep, and fell into a deeper dream after only rubbing his mouth twice.

When he woke up the next day, Bai Luochuan's first reaction was to continue studying with Mi Yang.

Mi Yang yawned and said, "No hurry, I have to go shopping later."

Bai Luochuan asked, "What to buy?"

Mi Yang thought for a while and said, "Xuan paper and glue, well, I need a watering can."

Bai Luochuan said: "Watering can? The kind that waters flowers?"

Mi Yang shook his head, gestured to him, and said: "It's as big as my palm, it's better to be smaller, the sprayed water is very fine, like water mist."

Bai Luochuan thought about it for a while, and said, "There are quite a few small bottles you mentioned on my mother's dressing table, and they are still made of glass. I'll go and have a look..."

Mi Yang: "Come back!"

Young Master Bai stood there and looked at him for no reason.

Mi Yang grabbed him and said with a headache, "If you touch those 'little bottles', we both have to eat extra at night."

Bai Luochuan asked strangely: "What meal do you add?

Mi Yang said: "Stir-fried shredded pork with bamboo shoots, have you tried it?"

Bai Luochuan wrinkled his little nose and said, "Bamboo shoots? No, I've only eaten steamed ones, and they're not tasty."

Mi Yang was so amused by his appearance that he had never suffered in the world. He pretended to be serious, reached out and slapped Young Master Bai on the buttocks, and dubbed: "Slap!"

Bai Luochuan was startled, he jumped to the side clutching his buttocks, and said with a blushing face, "Why did you hit me all of a sudden?"

Mi Yang said: "This is 'stir-fried shredded pork with bamboo shoots', and it will hurt when you beat it with a bamboo pole."

Bai Luochuan frowned for a long time before he understood, and immediately retorted: "No, I haven't been beaten before." But he quickly looked at Mi Yang again, and his eyes fell on his buttocks, "Aunt Cheng hit you like that Did she hit it with a bamboo pole?"

Mi Yang thought about it seriously, he was obedient and sensible in his life, he was not as naughty as before, and he had never been beaten.He shook his head and said, "No, I just watched others get beaten like this."

Bai Luochuan breathed a sigh of relief, but Mi Yang stopped him, so he didn't pay attention to those cosmetic bottles on Mrs. Bai's table.

This "disease book" does not need many tools, Mi Yang probably thought about it for a while, the easiest way to remove the ink stains on the pages of the book is to use potassium permanganate solution and oxalic acid solution, but he is only a primary school student now , Generally, children are not exposed to these. After thinking about it, I decided to replace them with soapy water and alkaline water, which can be found in bathrooms and kitchens.

Mi Yang held Young Master Bai's hand, and said as he went downstairs: "Let's look around at home first, and see if there's anything there, and then go to the store to buy."

Bai Luochuan said: "Okay, I have money." After thinking about it, he proudly added, "A lot!"

Aunt Wu, the nanny who cleaned the stairs, heard it, and said with a smile, "Yangyang and Luochuan are awake? What are you looking for?"

Mi Yang said: "Morning, Auntie, let's find 'treasure'."

Aunt Wu smiled and said, "Breakfast is on the table, go find it after you finish eating."

"it is good!"

These gadgets, which are useless in the eyes of ordinary people, really mean a "treasure" to Mi Yang. The moment he came into contact with book repairing again, his brain was activated faster than anything else, and some of the previous little skills unconsciously It's all used, and practice makes perfect.

And Bai Luochuan beside him has always been very interested, probably regarded it as a new treasure hunt game and played it with gusto.

After Mi Yang got the alkaline water and soapy water, he made up the cleaning agent according to the dosage, put it in a small bowl and took it to the second floor to hide it.On the other side, Bai Luochuan also found rice paper, walked in with a lot of rice paper, and asked him, "Little boy, are these enough?"

Mi Yang said: "Where did you find all this?"

Bai Luochuan said: "Grandpa bought it for me last time, and said that I can use these papers to practice calligraphy in the future."

Mi Yang leaned over to take a look. Mr. Bai himself wrote hard-tipped calligraphy with pens and the like. He didn't know much about rice paper. He mixed raw and cooked Xuan Xuan together, and there were all types and grades— — But thin paper is suitable for drawing, and thick paper is suitable for books. It is convenient to prepare everything.

Bai Luochuan took one for him first, and said, "Use this?"

Mi Yang glanced at it, the golden flower rib pattern was born from the wax, and one could see the luxury and exquisiteness at a glance. No wonder the young master took a fancy to it first.He shook his head and said: "This is Shuxuan, don't use this." He stretched out his fingers to touch it, found a softer one, pulled it out and said: "Use this, this is good."

Bai Luochuan compared the two differences strangely, and said, "It's a little different, do you all learn these in third grade?"

Mi Yang said vaguely: "Yes, recently the art class allows you to write calligraphy."

Young Master Bai shut his mouth and stopped talking, thinking in his heart that he would have to take another calligraphy class when Teacher Wei came back.

The one that Mi Yang took was cotton-bonded paper, which is cheap and durable, and it’s the best for repairing. If you can’t find a suitable absorbent paper, you can use it to stack several layers.

The remaining glue and watering can were not found, so the two went to the store and searched for a long time before buying them all.

The small watering can is easy to find, but the glue that Mi Yang needs is not so easy to find. In the end, I went to a small painting and calligraphy painting shop to find a can of bletilla striata water paste. It is most suitable for repairing thick pages.Mi Yang had repaired two tomes of Buddhist scriptures before, both of which used this kind of glue, but the one in the mounting shop was too big, so Mi Yang asked the boss to give him a small bottle for fifty cents.

Bai Luochuan's eyes were still on the big jar of bletilla striata paste, and he suddenly asked, "Do you want that?"

Mi Yang immediately shook his head, pulled his hand out and said, "No, no, this small bottle is enough for me, I can't use it all up!"

When he went out, he saw it all. Young Master Bai took out two ten-yuan bills from the puppy piggy bank. Mi Yang was really envious.He also has a pink piggy bank, which was given by Cheng Qing when he went to the bank to save money. However, there are only coins in it, and the occasional note is a few cents. It will increase in value after more than ten years. A hundred times—it can be exchanged for a huge sum of several dollars.

Mi Yang felt that it would be better to keep the stack of pineapple towers for himself if he exchanged them for a few dollars. At least he could keep an old object for his thoughts.

After shopping, the two returned home, ate lunch in a hurry, and went back to the small bedroom upstairs in the name of "afternoon nap" to continue working.

While Mi Yang was working, Bai Luochuan let him out.

Compared to Mi Yang's leisurely attitude, Young Master Bai is still a little worried. The "stir-fried shredded pork with bamboo shoots" that Mi Yang told him has always made him dare not forget that Mi Yang is at his house, and he can protect him. Aunt Cheng found out that she had opened Grandpa Wei's book, what should I do if I was beaten?

This kind of worry continued until Mi Yang reassembled the book. Bai Luochuan watched Mi Yang use all these strange things, and the pages of the book were assembled back into a book as if by magic. , just use a cotton ball to dip the bowl of "cleaner" prepared before, and the pages of the book will be as clean as new; It can even be repaired into the damaged pages, as if they are integrated into one, even the old and new colors are the same... Young Master Bai thinks it is very amazing!

Mi Yang lined the inside with absorbent paper, pressed two thick hard-shell encyclopedias on top of the book, shook his hands and said: "Okay, press it overnight, and it will be almost done tomorrow morning."

Looking at the book that was pressed down, Bai Luochuan couldn't help looking forward to tomorrow.