Chapter 4: Hopes and Disappointments
When I returned home, the sun was about to set, and I hid in the mouse's house and played a game for a day, which finally made Zhou Yukun have a good time. Alas, it would be nice if every weekend would be so easy in the future!
Thinking so, Zhou Yukun opened the door of his home and found that his father and mother had come out of the laboratory, his mother was sitting on the sofa and resting a little tired, his father was very energetic, holding the jade seal in his hand and playing attentively, it seemed that he was reluctant to leave his hand for a moment, and when he saw his son coming back, he raised his eyes and said happily: "Yukun, you are finally back, come here, Dad has something to ask you." ”
As soon as he heard this, Zhou Yukun stopped on the contrary. What's going on, does Dad know that he went to the mouse's house to play games today? It can't be that guy Yu Qian secretly informed, right?
Not noticing his son's frightened expression, Zhou Yongwen lowered his head and said: "This is really a treasure, it is said that it was lost in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and it has not appeared for more than a thousand years. Alas, Dad, I have been studying antiques for more than ten years, and this is the first time I have seen an item unearthed! Tell me how you found it? ”
Hearing what his father said, Zhou Yukun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately he didn't know yet. "Oh, in fact, I also walked around, accidentally fell into a hole in the ground, and then walked in the dark, and saw a glowing thing in front of me, and then ......"
After Zhou Yukun finished telling everything, Zhou Yongwen was already stunned, he always thought that his son had accidentally picked it up from somewhere, but he didn't expect it to be found in an underground stone house, so ...... "Ahaha, so that's the case, Yukun, you are really Dad's lucky star!" The room you entered was most likely an ancient tomb of someone, and although you didn't see the coffin, you shouldn't be wrong from your description. ”
Zhang Yun, who was resting, was woken up by Zhou Yongwen's yelling, and complained dissatisfiedly: "You haven't rested for a day and a night, why are you still so energetic?" ”
"Haha, can I be out of energy? There is another major discovery, our son found a jade seal in an ancient tomb, so the research value of this ancient tomb must be very significant, do you say this can not make me excited? Okay, without further ado, after resting tonight, let Yukun take us to that entrance tomorrow, and we'll have to take a good look inside. ”
"But...... Dad, tomorrow Monday, I still have to go to class! ”
Zhou Yongwen pursed his lips dissatisfiedly: "What class are you taking, is it important to have these antiquities in class?" Besides, it's okay to skip a few classes in your elementary school curriculum, can't your dad teach you? ”
Wow, that's great, it's not too happy to have such a headstrong dad, it just so happens that I haven't written my homework this weekend, and I don't have to turn it in tomorrow. Zhou Yukun secretly laughed in his heart.
I didn't say anything all night, and I was ordered to skip class...... No, it should be said that Zhou Yukun, who was ordered to ask for leave, took his parents and went directly to the mountains and forests when the sky was just slightly bright. Zhou Yongwen and Zhang Yun dragged a huge tool bag, which contained many excavation and collection tools, such as shovels, small hammers, chisels, etc., which were professional and very well equipped!
Remembering the route he had run around before, he soon came to the small valley that had let him slide down. The three of them ran down a slightly gentle ramp and arrived at the place where Zhou Yukun remembered the most.
After that, Zhou Yukun was a little dizzy after falling here, and he couldn't tell the difference between southeast and northwest, so he just remembered to walk out in one direction casually. Zhou Yongwen and Zhang Yun are not discouraged, since they have found the approximate location, the next step is a carpet search, this valley is not big, I believe that as long as you persist, you will definitely be able to find the hole.
So, the three of them divided into three directions and began to search. After such a boring search for more than an hour, Zhou Yukun, a naughty child, who can endure this work, regrets that he has to come to accompany his parents to find something, and now it is not as interesting as going to class, at least he can play with his classmates.
While pouting and kicking on the ground, Zhou Yukun turned around nonchalantly. Suddenly, he felt the emptiness under his feet, but fortunately he reacted quickly and controlled his body instantly, otherwise he would have to fall from here again. I squatted down with palpitations, brushed away the weeds on the periphery, and sure enough, I saw a small hole in the ground.
"Dad, Mom, the entrance to the cave is here, come here!"
Hearing Zhou Yukun's shout, Zhou Yongwen and Zhang Yun quickly rushed over, but when they saw the entrance of the cave, they couldn't help but smile bitterly. Because the entrance to the cave was so small, it was impossible for them to go directly with their adult bodies, and after looking down roughly, they found that the hole was at least three meters deep.
The hole at this height, let the two of them dig it, and it is estimated that it will not be able to dig it in three days. After all, they are all graduate students, and although they have done some digging work, they are certainly not as good as those who often do heavy work!
In desperation, the two of them temporarily gave up their plans to go directly, and then they unwillingly ran to the exit where Zhou Yukun left the stone house, but this time it was even more weird, they searched around there for more than two hours, and they didn't see any shadow of the exit.
Now it seems that the only way to enter the tomb is to enter the cave. After a little thought, the two decided to go back to the town to find a few familiar friends to help, not because they had any desire to swallow the antiquities for themselves, but because the sense of accomplishment of digging up the antiquities themselves prevented them from giving this opportunity to others.
This is also a desire of them as archaeologists!
In the next few days, Zhou Yukun didn't follow to dig again, after all, he had already found the specific location, and he didn't have any real help as a little kid in the past, and he was happy to be idle, and finally didn't have to do that kind of boring work. At the same time, he also secretly swore in his heart that he would never be an archaeologist when he grew up, it would be a torture of the dead!
Two days later, in the evening, Zhou Yongwen and Zhang Yun walked back from outside covered in dust and tired. Strangely, Zhou Yukun found that the expressions on the faces of the two were very ugly, and there was no longer the expression of joy and expectation that he had two days ago.
Zhou Yuqian hurriedly ran over to help his parents carry things, and subconsciously asked, "Dad, Mom, what's wrong with you, have you gained anything?" ”
Zhou Yukun also asked curiously: "How is it, have you found that room?" ”
Zhou Yongwen sighed softly, and said very frustratedly: "I didn't find anything, because that hole is a dead end at all, and there is nothing after digging underneath, but I found a button on your clothes under it, which should have been rubbed off by you when you fell down before." ”
As soon as he heard this, Zhou Yukun couldn't believe it at all, he really found a passage there at that time! "But I really ......"
"Okay, no need to explain, it's possible that you fell into a daze at the time, or maybe you had a similar dream!" As he spoke, Zhou Yongwen dragged his tired body towards their bedroom.
After tirelessly working for so many days, in the end, it was such a result, he was not only physically tired, but also mentally damaged. It's not that he doesn't believe what his son said, but now that the facts are in front of him, there is nothing at the entrance that Yukun said, and there is no place for him to leave.
Therefore, he suspected that this jade seal was actually under that cave in the ground, and the memory of that stone room might really be just a dream he had!