This work lasted from afternoon to dusk.
Ma Xiaoan couldn't help if he stayed, and he would come to open the store early tomorrow morning, so Xia Lei asked him to go back. Xia Lei continued to use the lathe to process new parts. In the afternoon, he had welded all the damaged parts of the compass, and now he only needed to process the remaining one part, and the business was completed.
With nothing to do, Tranquility sat at Xia Lei's desk and looked through the books that Xia Lei had brought. She flipped through two professional books with light interest, then picked up a book "Contemporary University German" and said in surprise : "Master Lei, are you still learning German by yourself?"
Xia Lei responded casually, "Well, it's always good to learn more knowledge."
"Sir, sprechensiedeutsch?" Jing Jing suddenly said a sentence in German.
Xia Lei's left eye twitched slightly, and related German words, their phonetic symbols and grammar suddenly appeared in his mind. It was very strange. This was the first time he heard someone speak German, but he understood what Jingjing said. What Tranquility said was—Sir, do you speak German
"Sir, sprechensiedeutsch?" Jing Jing repeated this sentence, with a hint of provocation and questioning in his tone. Apparently, she did not believe that a master welder could understand German.
Xia Lei thought of a sentence in his mind. There was no book in front of him, but German words flashed in his left eye, and the relevant grammar and phonetic symbols appeared in his mind. Then, these words were combined into sentences. . This is a very complex and wonderful process, but it only takes a few seconds.
A smile appeared on Xia Lei's lips, and he said: "Miss, ichkanndeutsch, aberichsprechenichtsehrgut."
What he said was - Miss, I can speak German, but my spoken English is not very good.
Jing Jing looked at Xia Lei in surprise and was stunned for a long time before saying: "Look, you really know German. How could you think of learning German? German is a small language. If you want to learn a foreign language, then you should Learn English, its practical scope is much wider."
A few seconds later, Xia Lei said: "mademoiselle, jevaisunpeudefran??ais."
"You..." Jing Jing couldn't sit still any longer. She stood up and stared at Xia Lei with her mouth wide open. "Did you just... speak French?"
Xia Lei smiled and said, "Yes, I said I can also speak a little French."
"Oh my God, you are so secretive. I understand English and German but not French. You are better than me!" Jing Jing said in admiration, and the way she looked at Xia Lei was completely different.
Xia Lei said: "I'm not as good as you. I just learned a few simple words when I was bored. You got a doctorate at such a young age. You are really good. I admire you very much."
Jing Jing followed: "No, no, no, I should be the one who admires you. You have such great skills at such a young age. You also taught yourself German and French. This shows that you are a very smart and motivated person. Just you. This positive attitude toward life is worth learning."
"Haha... Do we want to continue like this?" Xia Lei smiled and then turned his attention to the work in hand.
Ning Jing was still looking at Xia Lei, unable to take her eyes away. She secretly said in her heart: "It's ridiculous. When I first saw him, I didn't believe him at all. I even looked down on him a little, but his craftsmanship There are not many of them in the country. Not to mention, they also taught themselves German and French. Apart from having one more diploma than them, what makes me better than them?"
In addition to admiration, she also felt a little ashamed.
However, she didn't know that everything she admired before her was just the beginning. No one can estimate what Xia Lei will develop into in the future!
"Okay, it's finally done." Xia Lei turned off the machine tool, took out one of the processed gears, and looked at it under the light.
Jing Jing then put away her messy thoughts. She moved closer to Xia Lei and looked at the gear. "Is this the last part?"
"Well, this is the last one." Xia Lei said.
Jing Jing said: "I didn't expect you to finish it so quickly. I thought I would have to stay up all night." At this point, she pursed her lips and smiled, "I just wanted to ask you where I will sleep tonight."
"You don't want to spend the night here, do you?"
"You don't even have a bed here, so I wouldn't have anywhere to sleep even if I wanted to."
Xia Lei was about to say that there was a wire bed, but as he spoke, he suddenly felt that this topic would cause misunderstanding. He changed his words and said: "Sister Ning, let me take you back. Are you going home or the Archaeological Bureau? "
Ning Jing looked at Xia Lei with a smile, "You take me home, and then I will drive you home again?"
Xia Lei then remembered that he was a man without a car. He smiled awkwardly and stopped mentioning the matter of giving it away.
Jing Jing said: "Come with me to the Archaeological Bureau, I need your help."
Xia Lei said: "Do you want to assemble it and make it move tonight?"
Jing Jing nodded, "It is a miracle, and I can't wait to unlock its secrets."
Xia Lei said without much thought, "Okay then, I'll accompany you to the Archaeological Bureau." He also wanted to know the origin of this compass and what secrets it contained.
Half an hour later, Xia Lei followed Ning Jing to the Archaeological Bureau. This time, instead of going to the showroom, Jingjing took him into an archaeological studio.
The studio is large, but it is filled with porcelain, stone sculptures and other cultural relics waiting to be processed, making the space seem very small. Jing Jing cleaned up the workbench to make room, and then carefully placed the compass, Xia Lei's repaired parts, and the parts machined with the lathe on the workbench.
Xia Lei said: "Sister Ning, don't you call Professor Huang?"
Jing Jing thought for a moment and said, "Forget it's so late. He will be here early tomorrow morning anyway. Master Lei, I'm not very good at playing with machinery. Can you help me install this compass?"
"Of course, no problem." Xia Lei agreed readily.
"Then I'll make you a cup of tea." Jing Jing said.
Xia Lei smiled and said, "Sister Ning, there's no need to be so polite."
"I'll make you a cup of tea to relieve your troubles. You should be busy first. I'll be back soon." Ning Jing walked out.
Xia Lei looked away from her graceful back and began to assemble the compass.
This was probably the first time he had done such a job as a watchmaker, and he had no experience at all. But he has his advantage. Through his left eye, he can recall the correct position of all the parts. Through his left eye, he can also easily see places that others cannot see and place parts correctly. Therefore, even though it was his first time doing this kind of work, he seemed to be at ease and smooth when he first got up.
When Ning Jing returned to the studio with a cup of Pu'er tea, Xia Lei had already installed the last part on the compass.
It was very strange. As soon as the compass was installed, the golden pointer on the dial started to rotate and then pointed in the direction of true north.
Xia Lei clapped his hands and said with a smile, "It's done."
Jing Jing walked over quickly, stared at the compass on the workbench, and said in surprise: "Why is it so fast?"
Xia Lei smiled and said nothing. In fact, just to be on the safe side, he deliberately slowed down the pace of assembling the compass. If he wanted to hurry up, he might have finished assembling it while Jing Jing was still boiling water.
"It moved. Did you use repaired parts?" Ning Jing adjusted the glasses on the bridge of her nose, but she still couldn't see clearly what kind of parts Xia Lei chose to complete the assembly.
Xia Lei said: "I use repaired parts. I think I try to install the original parts first, and then try to install the parts that I processed. Then you can judge which result is the best."
"You are so attentive. Oops, I even forgot to give you tea." Jing Jing then remembered the Pu'er tea in her hand. She put the tea cup into Xia Lei's hand, and then eagerly went to study the assembled compass.
Xia Lei was actually not thirsty either. After taking a sip of the tea soup, he put the tea cup aside, then moved closer to Jing Jing and watched her playing with the compass.
Ning Jing's body smells delicious, and the fragrance smells very good. She didn't notice Xia Lei beside her, nor did she realize that when she leaned forward, a deep white groove was exposed in the V-shaped neckline.
The bright lights, the young and beautiful female doctor, the charming fragrance, the alluring beauty, and a mysterious compass. These elements were mixed together, and Xia Lei had a very strange feeling in his heart, as if there was something in his heart. The feeling inside my body is indescribable.
"Master Lei, please do me a favor and try replacing the parts you processed. Maybe there will be a different result." Ning Jing said.
"No problem." Xia Lei then replaced the parts he processed, this time even faster than before.
However, after installing the newly processed parts, the compass remained motionless.
Jing Jing observed for a while and then said: "It's really strange. How could this happen? Master Lei, could you please replace the original parts?"
Xia Lei was actually very surprised, but he didn't ask any questions and just replaced the original parts. This time, the compass worked again, and the golden pointer pointed in the direction of true north.
Jing Jing said in admiration: "I think this compass looks like it is made of cast iron, but there must be some special material added inside. It is so magical."
Xia Lei said with a smile: "You need to study this. My work is now completed."
At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a familiar face appeared in front of Xia Lei and Ning Jing.
It was Long Bing who came, expressionless and cold all over. She glanced at Xia Lei and Jing Jing, and then her eyes moved to the compass.
"Why are you here?" Xia Lei broke the weird silence.
"You're done, of course I'm coming." Long Bing walked to the workbench, reached out and picked up the compass, then turned around and walked out.
Jing Jing was anxious and hurriedly went up to block Long Bing, "Miss Long, what are you doing? You can't take this compass away!"
Long Bingbing said coldly: "It doesn't matter whether I can take this compass away, it doesn't matter what your director says, just get out of the way and don't hinder my work."
"No, no, you can't take it away, you have to make it clear!" Jing Jing refused to give way.
Long Bing suddenly slashed Jing Jing's neck with his palm. Jing Jing groaned, raised his head and fell to the ground.
Xia Lei quickly stepped forward and hugged Jingjing, preventing her from falling to the ground. He said in surprise: "How can you do this? She is not the slightest threat to you at all!"
Long Bing said calmly: "She will wake up in a quarter of an hour. Please take care of her. This cooperation ends here. I will contact you next time I need you to do anything."
Xia Lei said depressedly: "You don't want to ask me if I agree? Also, you asked me to repair this compass. I fixed it. Can you tell me what it is used for?"
"Don't ask if you shouldn't know. Goodbye." Long Bing turned around and walked out the door without leaving any extra words.
Xia Lei held the fainted tranquility and looked at the empty door without moving for a long time.