Cat Gu Notes

It's a guess, let's go back and report the situation to the teacher first, let's take a long-term plan. "

The atmosphere of the local meeting was dull.The old man was silent, and no one dared to speak, but the old man seemed to be wandering away, so a group of people could only sit on the ridge of the field and bite the grass roots.

Sitting next to Xiao Shi, Xia Mingruo first asked, "Is it sweet?" Xiao Shi shook his head, "Not sweet."

Xia Mingruo sighed softly and said, "It's fine if it's not sweet. I just watched you eat a grasshopper. It's quite nutritious. Meat dishes...don't spit it out, what a pity to spit it up... Violence, Shi Weidong, the Red Army of Workers and Peasants won't Forgive you."

"Cough," the frustrated archaeologist finally said, "During the drilling, the depth of the tomb was confirmed, and the raw soil layer is about 11 meters below. This tomb robber calculated very accurately..."

"Two people," the old man interrupted him, holding up two fingers, "there are two grave robbers."

The old man turned to Xia Mingruo and Xiao Shi: "The bigger the tomb, the more dangerous it is, so those who rob a large tomb rarely act alone. Tomb robbery also requires cooperation. Usually, one digs a hole, one lifts the earth, and one steals a lookout." , especially this kind of veteran who will overturn the seal of the sky, he is more cautious than you and me, and he will never go down the hole easily if there is no response from the outside. Got it?" The two nodded foolishly.

"Then what should we do?" Chu Haiyang asked.

"According to the usual practice, the excavation has become a foregone conclusion," the old gentleman asked, "Captain Zhou, how many people are there in total?"

"Fourteen," said the captain, "twelve men and two women, but the peasants of the village may be called."

"It's not the slack season. How can there be so many farmers?" The old man said, "Students, we will stay and help for a few days until the archaeologists arrive."

The students naturally would not refuse, the old gentleman patted his buttocks and stood up: "When I was in Luoyang, I got the news that the excavation approval will arrive soon. Back then, thousands of people were used to search for the tomb in Changsha. The workload this time is also huge. It will definitely not be small. Now there are no personnel, equipment, or materials, but time cannot be wasted. No matter how small the mausoleum is, there is an entrance, so let’s find the entrance in the next two days.”

With an order, a dozen or so people with archaeological shovels set out the next day. The team leader took it easy and went to Luoyang in a donkey cart to wait for the approval.

The so-called archaeological shovel is the Luoyang shovel, which is the crystallization of the wisdom of the brothers in the Luoyang tomb robbery industry.

The shovel barrel is made of iron and is crescent-shaped, with a wooden pole several meters long attached to it.When in use, hold the wooden pole tightly with both hands, pierce it hard against the ground, press the soil into the shovel barrel and then lift it out, so that the depth and location of the tomb can be judged.If you continue at the same point, the hole will get deeper and deeper, but the diameter of the hole is only a few centimeters.Tomb No. 24 of Qin Gong in Xi'an is [-] meters above the ground, and it was also shot out with Luoyang shovel.

However, using the Luoyang shovel requires extremely high skills, and ordinary people can't grasp the tricks at all. Like Xia Mingruo, although he has a good posture, his hands are full of blood blisters after a few shoveling, and he threw himself on Lao Huang and cried.

Chu Haiyang said: "If you see the gap, don't trust comrades? This is the gap, this is the gap between the machine soldiers and the field army."

The organ soldier chuckled, picked up the fat cat and ran away.Chu Haiyang threw the shovel and chased after him: "Damn it! Want to be lazy?"

Xia Mingruo shouted while running: "Lao Huang and I will go back and cook for you!"

Chu Haiyang grabbed him by the back collar: "Don't leave, it's enough for Xiao Shi to take care of the stove alone."

Xia Mingruo turned around, blinked and said, "Chen Yan'er, I knew it, you've had a crush on me since you were a child."

Chu Haiyang said: "You have used this trick before."

Xia Mingruo was shocked: "When did you use it? I just remembered!"

Chu Haiyang said, "If you don't believe me, ask Lao Huang."

Lao Huang said firmly: "Meow." Chu Haiyang said: "Look."

Xia Mingruo looked up to the sky and thought: "Did I use that Maozi's trick before?"

Chu Haiyang smiled and said, "Think of some new moves, kid. Isn't that right, Lao Huang?"

Lao Huang said, "Meow."

Xia Mingruo pinched the cat's neck and said, "Did you forget whose food you were eating?"

"I was the one who fed it for two out of three days, you and your dad don't even remember it." Chu Haiyang snatched the cat and released it, and escorted Xia Mingruo back.

Xia Mingruo said, "My hand hurts."

Chu Haiyang said: "Anyway, it can be regarded as following the Beijing experts, so I have to save face for the old man."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the old man standing in the grove where Qianqing Juren was buried, waving. "Come, come, and visit the masterpieces of folk civil engineers."

Naturally, it refers to the robbery hole discovered yesterday.

"It's not easy," he pulled out the weeds that covered the entrance of the cave, and pointed to the east, "From here to the ancient tomb, there are two deep wells on the way, both of which were used for irrigation in the 50s, but were later abandoned due to the decline of the groundwater table. .But when I came here just now, I discovered that this robbery hole can connect two wells, making it a ready-made ventilation hole, which is really not easy."

The old man admired: "Tomb robbery also requires talent. The acuity to find ancient tombs, and the sense of direction. I have seen robbers dig holes and hit them into the river."

He bumped out of the woods and saw that the members of the archaeological team were all like wilting eggplants, so he swayed up and said encouragingly: "Comrades, the archaeological system in our country has only begun to be established in this century, but the tomb robbery has been going on for thousands of years." .We are competing with a big brother. It’s okay to lose a couple of times. Come on, comrades, come on.”

Everyone wondered: "Who is your professor speaking for? Who was like a wilted eggplant yesterday?"

Xia Mingruo smiled: "Just get used to it, just get used to it."

On the third day, Captain Zhou returned with the approval document, and the excavation of the Sui tomb officially kicked off.The captain is still the captain, but Professor Li, who was most opposed to the excavation before, has become the chief technical director. "..." The old man sighed, "This is life."

Along with the captain, there were dozens of PLA soldiers, all local garrisons. After arriving, the first thing they did was to pull barbed wire around the tomb.

Because the news of the grave digging has been spread all over the sky, people from all over the world have come to watch the fun, no matter whether he is a trembling old man, an old lady, or a little doll wearing crotch pants, or a big girl, a little daughter-in-law, whatever. Everyone regards the tombside as a market place, inviting friends and companions to stay here from morning to night, smoking pipes, chatting, squabbling, and shoe-soles, in short, no one wants to. Walk.

Xiao Shi Yuemo counted thousands of people every day.

This is the interesting part of archaeological work: on weekdays, we eat and sleep in the open, trekking in the wild mountains and valleys where wild animals are infested, and the vast desert, facing danger and loneliness; but once we participate in the excavation, we immediately become the center of the spotlight.

The first day of groundbreaking ended amidst the roar of voices.

When work was over in the evening, Xia Mingruo grumbled: "What are you looking at? Looking at monkeys?"

A child who was closest to him immediately replied: "Look at the cat."

Xia Mingruo seriously criticized the child and said: "You have no sympathy." Then he turned his head slowly and looked deeply at Lao Huang.Lao Huang lost weight.

The emaciated old Huang crawled on the barbed wire fence.

The emaciated old Huang was forced to climb on the barbed wire fence by two German military dogs.

Xia Mingruo clenched his fists and raised his head high and shouted: "Old Huang! My blood is boiling! For the truth! International! Resist!"

Lao Huang was encouraged.

It turned back very excitedly, meowed weakly at the two dogs, and then jumped over the barbed wire and escaped.

Xia Mingruo praised: "Good job! You have backbone!"

Chu Haiyang put down the shovel, picked up the child and sent him away: "I know there are holes in the net, but you are not allowed to get in again, especially stay away from this brother, this brother is very dangerous."

Xia Mingruo immediately made a fuss, threw himself on Chu Haiyang's lap and raised his head, shouting, "Liu Gousheng! My brother can't bear you!"

Liu Gouzeng's eyes filled with tears: "Little brother Xia! You are my real brother!"

Chu Haiyang shook and threw the child away.

Xia Mingruo held the child in his arms and gave him a candy.

Liu Gouzeng said, "You can give me another one."

"Then you have to pick another melon tonight." Xia Mingruo said.

"Okay!" Liu Gousheng said, "Stole Hongling's house tonight."

At this time, someone whispered in Xia Mingruo's ear, "You are bad..."

Xia Mingruo was startled and turned his head, but after a while he grinned: "Three major disciplines and eight points of attention, we can't personally take every needle and thread from the masses." The man said, "That's right."

Xia Mingruo said: "Uncle, are you all right?"

The uncle in the attire of an old farmer said: "TOEFL TOEFL."

Chu Haiyang walked over with a smile: "Let's have dinner together."

Xia Mingruo said, "Huh? You two have already met?"

"I met you this morning," Chu Haiyang said, "my uncle came to help us dig, and the wages are one yuan and fifty-six cents a day, including food and lodging."

Xia Mingruo leaned over to the uncle, and arched his shoulders: "It's too immoral. First you robbed the tomb, and now you come here to cheat the archaeological team of money. We are very tight, you know?"

"This statement is wrong," said the uncle solemnly. "The first time was to realize personal value, and the last time was to save national property, and the country and family have a clear conscience."

The uncle arrogantly pulled another person over. This person turned pale when he saw Xia Mingruo, then nodded respectfully to the uncle, and said: "Master."

It took Xia Mingruo a long time to say: "Leopard, you have fallen."

The leopard immediately hid behind the uncle.

Chu Haiyang patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go, let's catch up after dinner."

Reminiscing about the old days is naturally looking for a place where no one is around, the four of them sneaked away far away under the moonlight, found a mound of soil and nested there, Xia Mingruo even stopped by to get a melon.

Xia Mingruo said, "Eat, eat, you're welcome."

Chu Haiyang lay on the ground looking at the stars: "