"There used to be people who made bronze statues, but now those kinds of talents have all passed away. I'll go check out the nearby scrap metal recycling station!"
"A bronze figure? It must be made of bronze."
"It's not made of pure copper, but the copper content isn't low!"
"Then there's no need to go. That's copper; it's probably already been dismantled and sold!"
Teacher Xue's eyes glazed over for a moment: "I was too presumptuous! There are quite a lot of people here, you can find someone to give you acupuncture and practice your hand speed!"
“When I watched you perform acupuncture before, your speed wasn’t fast enough. My ancestors’ acupuncture technique always emphasizes speed!”
"Why does it have to be fast? Is there some kind of time limit?"
"It is indeed time-limited. If used properly, this acupuncture technique can bring the dead back to life. The faster your hands are, the greater the chance of saving a life!"
"No way, are we fighting against death to save someone?"
Teacher Xue laughed heartily: "Your description is quite good. Saving people is indeed like snatching someone from the jaws of death, especially when you reach the highest level, the ninth level, which can be described as divine!"
“A previous book recorded that an ancestor had reached the ninth level of cultivation. He saved countless lives and lived to be over 150 years old!”
Yao Tongjia thought of the chubby, fair-skinned professor in pharmacology: "Is our pharmacology professor related to you? He looks quite old, but his face is very young!"
“He comes from another family of pharmacists. They are famous for their pharmacology and they know how to run a business. They weren’t punished at all during the previous turmoil!”
At this point, Teacher Xue fell into reminiscence: "His entire family kept them, and I heard that not a single book was missing. We only have these two books left."
"The disciples from before have either scattered or changed careers! I'm afraid of implicating them, so I don't dare to go to them. Now it's just you and me, and I'm still a man with a useless hand!"
These words brought tears to Yao Tongjia's eyes: "I will definitely study hard and restore our family's prestige!"
"I don't need to revive the family's glory. I just hope that the family line will not be broken, so that I won't have to hide from my ancestors when I meet them in the future!"
After Teacher Xue left, Xiao Gengwu walked in and saw Yao Tongjia inserting acupuncture needles into herself. He quickly reached out and said, "Why are you inserting needles into yourself? Just insert needles into me and A-Xu. You can only get the feel for it if you insert needles into others!"
Yao Tongjia asked with a smile, "You sold yourself, why did you sell Ah Xu along with you?"
"We'll share the burden. We spend more time together now than you do, so we'll definitely have things to face together!"
"Did you go to the gun factory today?"
"Yeah! Those old hands look down on us, thinking we're unreliable since we're young!"
"Then bring out your glorious achievements and slap them in the face!"
"What's past is past, why bring it up again? I have a new idea now, I'm sure it will surprise them!"
"What's the strategy? Longer range? Larger magazine capacity?"
"These two are essential. More importantly, they need to be smaller, lighter, and able to eliminate the sound of bullets!"
"A silenced pistol? You have materials for sound suppression?"
Yao Tongjia must have heard of silenced pistols in her later life, but at this time, are there already materials for soundproofing?
"I saw a foreign book about materials in the library before, and it mentioned a type of plastic that can absorb sound!"
Yao Tongjia forgot all about the silver needles in her hand and jumped up: "You've already made it?"
Xiao Gengwu quickly protected the silver needles: "The silver needles are still in my hand, they can't be moved!"
Yao Tongjia pulled out the silver needle: "You really made sound-absorbing plastic?"
"Yes, it's done!"
"You should hurry up and apply for a patent. With this sound-absorbing material, you can make a lot of things in the future, like soundproof doors, soundproof windows..."
Xiao Gengwu interrupted Yao Tongjia: "I am now an employee of the gun factory, and all my research belongs to the gun factory!"
Yao Tongjia looked as if she'd been splashed with water: "Really? This material isn't for firearms, so how come it belongs to a firearms factory?"
"And Tongtong, there's no such thing as applying for a patent in our country now; that's something that only exists in other countries!"
Yao Tongjia was completely deflated: "If you don't have it, you don't have it. Anyway, you can't apply for it. If it really benefits the gun factory, Brother Xiao, I'm afraid you'll be doing all the work for someone else!"
“I’ve thought of that too. All my original records are here with me. I can give them to the gun factory, but I won’t allow anyone to steal my hard-earned results!”
"I'm afraid that because you're insignificant, no one will listen to you!"
"If they dare to take over, I'll resign. They won't be able to touch my research anymore. Anyway, my uncle is being transferred to Beijing, so I'll just go do my research in their military region!"
"That's a good idea. At least Ruan Shengpeng won't steal your hard work!"
"Why are you still calling your uncle by his name?" Xiao Gengwu patted Yao Tongjia's head.
Yao Tongjia stuck out her tongue: "I'm used to saying it!"
"You should still call him Dad from now on, Uncle will be sad!" Xiao Gengwu saw that he had messed up Yao Tongjia's hair and quickly helped fix it!
Yao Tongjia thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll still call him Dad from now on, but I feel it's more intimate to call him by his name!"
In her heart, Yao Tongjia still wanted to separate the scumbag father from the one in the later life from the father Ruan Shengpeng. This father was so much better than the previous one!
"People nowadays value morality a lot. You might use the wrong name at home, but you're bound to mispronounce it when you go out. If people find out you call your father by his first name, they'll talk about it!"
Yao Tongjia nodded: "Okay, take your hand out, let me take your pulse!"
Xiao Gengwu obediently stretched out his hand: "What did Teacher Xue teach you today?"
"They told me to give more acupuncture needles and increase the speed of the needle insertion, saying that the faster the speed, the higher the survival rate of people rescued in the future. If there were a bronze statue, that would be great!"
"A bronze figure? What bronze figure?"
"The bronze figure is covered in acupuncture points. If I needled the wrong one, it's probably a hint to practice my needle-sticking speed!"
"The copper ones have definitely all been dismantled, and they're hard to find now. We'll find them for you when things are better. Now, just stab me!"
"Aren't you afraid of pain? Have you been resting poorly lately? Why do you seem to be sleep-deprived?"
Xiao Gengwu's face froze. Lately, he had been having frequent dreams about Yao Tongjia and being intimate with her, and he couldn't fall back asleep after waking up.
But could he say that? Of course not! Just as he was about to make an excuse, Yao Tongjia bluntly asked, "You've been having a lot of dreams lately. Is it because you're dreaming about me a lot at night?"
These words made Xiao Gengwu's face turn bright red: "No, no!"
"Really not? Do you dream about me when you have wet dreams? Do you have a dream lover?" Yao Tongjia's words were shocking, and Xiao Gengwu was completely stunned.
He could even diagnose something like this by taking his pulse? His face turned completely red.
He used his hand, which wasn't pierced by needles, to cover Yao Tongjia's mouth: "Why are you shouting so loudly?"
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