Chapter 3 Excavations

The excavation work was quite smooth the next day, and the work on the mountain near the ancient tomb had been stopped, and only a few forklifts were doing the cleaning work.

After the boss of Kaishan left, an associate professor surnamed Song said to several students of N University with a happy face, "Not all bosses are so reasonable, and under normal circumstances, dealing with these people is more troublesome than digging up tombs." ”

Because of Professor Song's words, Luo Yan couldn't help but glance at the mountain boss a few more times.

She doesn't know what kind of market Kaishan is, but looking at the boss's dress, he is not a rich and wealthy person, no different from the ordinary middle-aged men in the village, of course, it is also possible that the people here don't care much about what they wear.

Wang Chu, who was standing next to Luo Yan, also followed her line of sight, and then said, "Don't look at it, this is a nouveau riche, but the person is okay, and the small building of the village branch is funded by him." ”

"You just came here and inquired?"

"Know yourself and know your opponent."

Without waiting for the two to talk more, the person in charge had already arranged the division of labor.

Because there are more people here, they don't hire local migrant workers, and the chores are done by their students, and Professor Song gives them guidance, and by the way, he keeps an eye on them so as not to make any mistakes.

Luo Yan and Wang Chu have the least qualifications, and the work they are assigned is to dig the soil, and the nearby terrain and the large shape of the tomb Several professors have already made drawings, and they only need to dig as required.

The two young ladies used children's shovels to play with the sand when they were children, and this is the first time they have done this work with a shovel! Fortunately, the soil in the ground is very loose, and it is not difficult to dig up!

But two adults, even if they can't do it, they can't drop the chain at this time, otherwise what kind of archaeology will they study, it is better to be a young master at home.

That's what archaeology students should be, they can write with a pen, dig with a shovel, live in the wilderness, eat cold food, endure loneliness, and resist temptation.

It's just that no matter how much morale is beaten, as the sun rises higher and higher, both of them are a little tired, no way, the temperature in the air is too high! It's so sunburned that people are almost stupid!

Classmate Wang wiped his sweat, then picked up a bottle of water and poured it wildly, then threw the bottle and said, "Luo Yan, if I have a heat stroke, can I go back?" ”

Luo Yan glanced at the peasants who were working not far away, and said in a deep voice, "During the lunch break, you go and buy a few straw hats, which can make you stand up for a while." ”

Seeing that there was no play when he went back, Wang Chu picked up the shovel and started digging again, since it was their work sooner or later, it was better to finish it as soon as possible!

At this time, a graduate student who was doing the same job as them came over, a boy, of medium height, with a simple appearance, and some dark skin, but it looked like he was tanned.

After this person came over, he introduced himself first, and he was a little familiar with his words, Wang Chu is also a person who can talk about it, everyone is very bored in this wild land, and the two of them are quite speculative in chatting.

Luo Yan is not a big talker, but this does not prevent her from listening to others.

Listening to the meaning of the graduate student, the bones found by the workers on the mountain should be the tomb robbers, and they are still tomb robbers a hundred years ago, and the initial judgment of this tomb is the Qing Dynasty, but the specific year has not yet been determined.

Archaeology is a serious job, and it can be said that it is okay to blow farts occasionally, but if you always talk nonsense, it is easy to attract the professor's spit, and the graduate student is not an unruly person, and he withdrew after a few words.

As soon as the man went elsewhere, Wang Chu tugged at Luo Yan's sleeve, "Look over there!" ”

The place where the two of them dug was in the opposite direction of the robbery cave, and the place where the research institute staff dug was around the robbery cave, because ancient coins and pottery shards were found there, which were relatively small work, so they were all veterans.

Luo Yan looked in the direction of Wang Chu's finger, and saw that those people were cleaning up the bones, as if they had been dug up from the deeper part of the robbery hole, and there was more than one body, it seemed that there were many tomb robbers who died here.

Because of the bones, Luo Yan felt that the temperature around her had dropped a few degrees, although the sun was still very strong, but she could no longer feel the heat, it seemed that her concentration was still not good!

Wang Chu's situation is not much better, but this person pretends to be calm, except for his body shrinking a little, he can't see anything on the outside anyway.

A few graduate students not far away were speculating about the cause of death of the tomb robbers, the mountains in this place are relatively stable, there has been no crustal movement in the past hundred years, and it is unlikely that those people were buried in the ground due to the landslide.

If the tomb collapses, it is unlikely, and the best thing the tomb robbers are at digging holes, unless the tomb collapses all at once and suffocates the tomb robbers, otherwise it is difficult to trap them inside.

Could it be that there was a fight, and the artifacts were unevenly distributed? This is subject to further examination of the bones.

Students who have not entered the society always have to be active, and they like to gather and discuss things a little, and from this point of view, the people in the institute are indeed much more stable.

I saw that those archaeologists were cleaning up the bones with serious expressions, as if they were treating a work of art.

Luo Yan dug the ground to a certain depth according to the professor's instructions and did not move again, at this time several professors did not know what they were arguing about, anyway, anyone with a discerning eye could see that their opinions were not unanimous.

It's not good to ask the professor for the next step, Luo Yan squatted on the ground and looked at the soil layer they had dug up, with her current knowledge, she couldn't see the difference in various soil qualities, of course, she was clear in theory.

The place where she was now was almost a meter and a half above the ground, and she didn't find anything, but the soil further down was much harder, as if it had been tamped.

When it was time to break at noon, the professors were still arguing, and Luo Yan went to the ground to find Wang Chu and said, "Don't forget to buy a straw hat." ”

Seeing that Wang Chu didn't seem to be able to do things, she said again, "If you buy something, I can allow you to postpone it for half a month and pay it back." ”

As soon as she heard this, Wang Chumei said, "Look at what you said, isn't it right to do things for friends!" Don't worry, I'll definitely handle the hat for you! ”

Lunch everyone is in the village branch to eat, the team hired two ladies in the village to cook, in the courtyard of the stove, the food is OK, there are meat and vegetarian, the taste can also be improvised, although not as good as the chef, but in the general family is also considered to be good cooking.

There are more men and fewer women in their team, but fortunately, the women are not squeamish, but I haven't heard anyone complain that the food is not good.

Luo Yan and Wang Chu are not particular, they have been trained by their families a lot since they were children, and those who sleep in the barren mountains can live, and they will be disgusted if they have food and drink!

As soon as the lunch was over, Wang Chu went to buy hats, the living conditions in this place are good, there is not only a small supermarket in the village, but also a store that sells clothes and groceries, it is quite convenient to buy things.