073 Chapter 36 On the Tomb of the Western Xia King
When I woke up, it was already half past nine, I had the so-called breakfast, put on my backpack, took my tools, and wandered around the neighborhood to observe the terrain and collect biological samples.
Along the way, I climbed several hills, crossed several ravines, and walked on the rocky beaches that have only been formed by mountain torrents for thousands of years. The vast plains were swept into ravines by torrents from within the Helan Mountains.
Unfortunately, there are not as many pebbles as on the river beaches in the south, and there are no strange stones to be found. It may be because the rain has not been washed and polished for a long time, and the frequency of flash floods here is so low, unlike those rivers in the south that have been washed day and night for millions of years, and have never stopped.
I turned over a lot of rocks and caught four scorpions, a total of seven, and I plan to soak the three from yesterday in the wine bottle, and take the remaining three back to play with them, and see if they can be fed, which should be quite interesting.
Many of our students have pets in the dormitory, and I saw a senior selling scorpions, snakes, centipedes, and lizards in the second-hand market.
Because he was about to graduate, he couldn't take these things with him, and he didn't have time to raise them in the future, so I wanted to sell them, and I wanted to take them down at the time, but I gave up considering the situation in the dormitory. Of course, he lives in an apartment, and there is a place, which is not as crowded as our general accommodation, but I can put these scorpions in a transparent plastic box and keep them in a cupboard.
Of course, it is impossible for the school to allow pets in the dormitory, but this kind of little thing, I keep it in the dormitory, if no one reports it, who will know? There are definitely potential safety hazards, but if I listen to the school for everything, am I still a college student?
It was almost noon, the sky was still gray, and the sun was still not visible, and looking at the quarries and cement factories in the distance raising high dust, and the huge chimneys, what did I understand?
I found a small unknown shrub at random, broke off a small branch, shaved it into a small stick with a tool knife, peeled it, put it in my mouth and chewed it, and held it like this. A bitterness and an inexpressible taste from the trees filled my mouth, filling my mouth with a sense of energy. It's a lot more fun than chewing gum, and of course, I'm sure it's not poisonous, because some of his leaves and branches have been gnawed by animals.
Wandering around with nothing to do, I dug up an ant nest piled high in loess, and after digging for a long time, I didn't see the ant nest, so I poured urine into it to satisfy my bad taste. Unfortunately, the urine quickly soaked, but there was still no response, so I had no choice but to give up digging.
Until I felt that there was nothing to play anymore, I went back to the tent to have lunch, and after eating, I knocked the remaining melon seeds to finish, and it was only half past 12, I wanted to take a nap in the tent and then pack up my things and go back to school, and it was easy to get heat stroke at noon. But unfortunately, the tent was as hot as an oven, and I couldn't stay for a minute, let alone sleep.
I had to pack up the tent in the sun at noon, and started the return journey at one o'clock, walking back step by step along the original road. I didn't see everything with curiosity like when I came, and I felt that the speed of walking back was fast, and it only took half an hour. I carried my bicycle to the side of the road, and when I walked inside yesterday, it took me more than an hour.
I took a sip of water, rested for a few minutes, tied my things to the bike, kicked the pedals hard, and the bike sped out as fast as I could, feeling like I was almost 40 yards down the slope. The extremely fast speed made me secrete a large amount of hormones, and I felt the coexistence of excitement and fear, and from time to time I let go of my hands to feel the freedom of this wind.
If there was a bigger stone in front of me that separated the wheels, I would have to explain it here today, and of course, reason made me press the brake from time to time. played Luo Dayou's "Flying Car" on a loop, and rushed back vigorously, and when he arrived at school, it was half past three.
I took a cold shower in the water room, washed my head, and after washing up, I went to bed and fell asleep. When Senior Hercules woke me up, it was already dinner time.
At night, I'm still struggling with what I'm going to do the next day? It's only the 3rd today, and there are two days of vacation, so I can't play games in the dormitory, I've had enough of this broken game, and then I lose more and affect my mood, and Senior Dali asked me if I had ever been to the Tomb of the Xixia Dynasty. He said that there must be fewer people to visit the tomb on May Day, and during this time, it is better to go to the tomb of the Xixia king. They also went to play at this time when they were freshmen, and his advice to me was:
If you don't like history, you don't need to go, because in fact, all you can see is a few hills of dirt bags, and there are pictures in the history books, and there is nothing to see. The more interesting thing may be the museum inside, which displays some related cultural relics and a description of the development history of the entire Western Xia Kingdom, and that's all he thinks is it.
It just so happens that I like history more and I like to go to the graves, so I feel like I still have to go and see them. After all, I have to stay here for four years, and if I go back in the future, and others ask me about the situation of the ancient kingdom of Tangut, if I don't know anything, wouldn't it be very embarrassing, but I am a person who likes to study history by myself! Up to now, my understanding of the situation of the Tangut kingdom is limited to history books, and even the local classmates in the academy do not know the specific situation of the ancient kingdom of Tangut. After all, it was the Dangxiang people who established the Western Xia, not the current Hui people.
I went to see Ren Jinbao, who was alone in the dormitory in 512, and told him about my idea of going to the tomb of the Xixia King tomorrow, and he didn't have any schedule for tomorrow, so he readily agreed, but I felt that there were still two people missing, so I asked He Qian and Yan Yaoming, who lived in the apartment.
I called Yan Yaoming and talked for a long time, and they agreed, planning to gather at the school gate at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and then take the car directly to the scenic spot. And let them bring their student ID and ID card to have a good breakfast, and students can pay half price when they buy tickets in such an educational and learning place.
I think young people like us don't need to take a battery car, and they can walk and watch while walking in it, stop and go, and exercise.
In the end, everyone saved the 20 yuan, and they could come back and scrape together some money to have a good meal. This proposal was gladly accepted, and in our opinion, the entire royal tomb occupies a little larger area than our school at most, and it is nothing to walk two steps.