People Who Repair the Old Times
修旧时光的人
by Nine-Leaf Chonglou Flower (九叶重楼一枝花)
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 18k Words
- Genre
- Romance
- Era
- Modern Era
- Updated
- 12mo ago
- Source
- JJWXC
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Synopsis
In the "Wei Shi Restoration Shop" deep in the old alley, Lin Wei is always fighting against time - mending grandma's yellowed marriage certificate, repairing Grandpa Li's silent old radio, and sewing other people's broken memories back to their original state, stitch by stitch. It wasn't until the demolition notice was posted on the door that the planner named Lu Ze broke in with the drawings of "demolish the old and build the new", as well as the old piano gears hidden in his suit pocket. He said that the city should move forward, but she insisted on keeping her mind on looking back. The tit-for-tat confrontation at the hearing, the unexpected reunion at the flea market, he helped her find policy documents, and she looked for piano parts for him, only to discover that the coldness of the "iron-faced planner" concealed unspoken childhood regrets; the persistence of the "stubborn shopkeeper" contained the old street memories of a generation. The cinnabar of the marriage certificate, the FM of the radio, the ticking of the clock, every old thing says: some things should not be flattened by bulldozers. When the developer's construction team approaches, can they work together to change the word "demolish" to "remain", so that the fireworks of the old alley and the softness in their hearts will not be taken away by time? Intent: This work uses "restoration of old objects" as the emotional anchor and "urban renewal" as the realistic background. The core conveys the idea of "protecting the warmth of people's hearts and the background of memory in the forward wave of the times." In the story, Lin Wei repairs not only old objects such as marriage certificates, radios, and old clocks, but also the emotions of ordinary people hidden in time - Grandma Zhang's longing for her wife, Grandpa Li's look back on his youth, and Uncle Wang's longing for his mother; while Lu went from being a rational planner who "tear down the old and build new ones" to proactively helping Lin Wei find policies and protect small shops, showing the transformation of "urban development should not be at the expense of forgetting." It wants to explore: When bulldozers approach old alleys, and when the fast pace dilutes the past, should those objects with pyrotechnic memories and emotions be abandoned? The answer lies in the support of neighbors and in the collaboration between Lin Wei and Lu Ze to "protect the old street together" - the city needs to move forward, but "the home of people's hearts" and "emotional sustenance" are the foundation for making the city warm. Ultimately, it conveys the warm belief that "rational planning and humanistic care can coexist, and development and memory can coexist", awakening people's appreciation of the small emotions around them and the past time.