Old Mrs. Tao said calmly, "This is my business, and has nothing to do with you. I just taught you some techniques for repairing antiques, and it won't be that long now. You'd better stop meddling in my business."
After saying this, Old Lady Tao also stood up and went back to her room.
Yi An'an was stunned for a moment, but still chased in, "Master, do you have any unspeakable secrets? You have been locked up here for so many days, I am really worried, how can I help you?"
Old Mrs. Tao entered the room.
The furnishings in the room were simple, with tables, chairs, benches and beds. There was also simple food on the table, but very little was eaten.
Old Mrs. Tao sat down slowly and looked at Yi An'an: "I really don't need your help, just do your own thing and live a good life!"
Yi An'an looked around. Zhan Nanhui didn't come in at this moment, but stayed outside, as if he wanted to give the two of them space to talk in private.
"Master, what's going on?" Yi An'an asked in a low voice.
Old Mrs. Tao glanced at Zhan Nanhui who was standing outside, and her distant face finally showed a little expression. She lowered her voice and said, "Don't worry about me. I'm old and won't live for many more years. You should take care of yourself!"
Yi Anan didn't think about it, but now, Old Lady Tao still said the same thing.
"Master, if you don't tell me, I really can't help you!" Yi Anan said in a low voice.
Old Mrs. Tao didn't say anything else. Instead, she turned to the bedside, pulled out a yellowed book from the mattress, waved for Yi Anan to come over, and then stuffed the book into Yi Anan's hands.
"Go away quickly and don't come again!" Old Mrs. Tao said, and drove Yi Anan away loudly.
Yi Anan hid the book in front of her chest and was about to say something else when she was pulled away by Zhan Nanhui.
When you go out, green clothes will be checked.
Zhan Nanhui stepped forward and whispered something. The man in green clothes only checked the small bag that Yi Anan was carrying with her, and did not search her body again.
On the way back, Yi Anan took the book from her chest.
The pages of the book have turned yellow, and on them is written in black handwriting, "Secret Techniques of the Tao Family".
Yi Anan quickly opened the book. The first few pages were restorations of ancient paintings, and many details were exactly the same as what she had learned before.
Next up is the restoration of ancient books.
In the afternoon, Yi An'an was going to see Han Shichang to restore the ancient poetry collection, so she took another look.
The restoration of ancient books and ancient paintings actually has the same principles. Before the Song Dynasty, the restoration of books and ancient paintings was not separate. After the Song Dynasty, with the development of printing, the restoration of ancient books also flourished and gradually became an independent skill. The restoration of ancient books is a very complicated process, involving dozens of steps such as analyzing damage, disassembling books, removing pages, selecting paper, washing, mending holes, pressing books, binding, etc. In addition, due to the large number of pages and large volume, it takes longer time than the restoration of ancient paintings.
Yi Anan was fascinated by the sight, and waited for her family to react.
I made an appointment with Han Shichang at noon, but when I got home, Han Shichang was already waiting at the door with a few food boxes.
"When I came here yesterday, I saw that the kitchen didn't seem to be open. I was worried that it would be inconvenient for you to eat, so I went to the Ping Restaurant and ordered a few dishes and brought them here. Don't mind them, both of you." Han Shichang said with a smile.
Yi Anan understood what Han Shichang meant. Now that the collection of ancient poems had passed the delivery deadline, every minute was torture for Han Shichang.
"Okay, let's talk while we eat!" Yi Anan said.
Han Shichang responded immediately and asked him to carry the things in.
While the food was being placed over there, Yi An'an and Han Shichang talked about the precautions and other things needed for the restoration of the ancient poetry collection. "Your book is quite damaged. In addition to the serious flocculence of the book edges and feet, even the pages are full of wormholes of various sizes. Therefore, when repairing, each book must be taken apart and repaired one by one. After the repair, it must be bound and restored to its original appearance. No traces of repair and binding can be seen. It requires very high skills."
Han Shichang nodded immediately: "That's why I don't dare to do it. I must find someone with superb skills and master the skills before I dare to do it, otherwise such a good thing will be ruined!"
At this moment, the food has been served, including Typhoon Shelter crabs, prawns, roast duck and Dongpo pork, all of which are the specialties of Peking Hotel.
Yi Anan is hungry, so she goes to eat first.
Han Shichang had already eaten and was waiting respectfully by the side.
After finishing her meal, Yi Anan washed her hands and began to carefully unpack the books.
Han Shichang was standing by with his hands.
Han Shichang comes from a family of antique collectors and knows a thing or two about restoration, so he is indeed a good helper.
This collection of ancient poems is seriously damaged and cannot be separated with simple bamboo tweezers. It needs to be separated with wet force, such as steaming it in a steamer or soaking it in water with a towel.
Yi Anan used the method recorded in the Tao family's secret technique, which was to spray water with a spray bottle. This method has little risk and only slightly wets the pages before separating them.
Han Shichang has already found suitable paper for this ancient poetry book, which saves Yi Anan a lot of time.
Yi Anan strictly followed the method recorded in the Tao family secret technique, mounting it with leather paper, patching the flocculent base with patching paper on each page, and the only thing left was to fill the holes caused by moths.
This step is the most important.
The reason why many restoration experts dare not start is that they are not sure about this step.
For this step, Yi Anan felt that Nanchu's secret skill "Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun" was very suitable, but among the Tao family's secret skills, there was another move called "Covering the Sun with Clouds". Yi Anan studied it for half a day in the morning and felt that if he could master it, it could be comparable to Nanchu's secret skills.
Yi An'an asked Han Shichang to prepare the big pot and stove that had been prepared earlier, and then put in some soap nuts.
The moment he saw the soapberry, Han Shichang was stunned. He never thought, this thing could be used to repair ancient books?
Without waiting for Han Shichang to ask, Yi Anan took out a cloth from her backpack, which contained some cinnamon, peppercorns and other things, and before he could see clearly, she threw them all into the big pot.
Finally, Yi Anan tore up the patch paper she had prepared in advance and threw it into the pot.
When the water in the pot boiled, Yi Anan picked up a large spoon and stirred it, then covered the pot and turned down the vent in the stove, and the momentum in the stove also became smaller.
Han Shichang looked at it anxiously and asked, "Comrade Yi, was that the secret recipe for repair?"
Yi Anan nodded and suddenly asked, "Why don't you ask Nan Chu's master to help you?"
To be honest, Yi Anan feels that the restoration of this ancient poetry collection is more complicated in the later stage than in the early stage of cleaning. Since Nan Chu's secret technique can restore the painting so well, then the restoration of this ancient poetry collection should not be a problem.
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