Back at the hotel, Winnie was playing with her daughter on the bed, and when she saw Qin Shiou coming back, she glanced at him sideways, and asked in a long voice, "Why did you come back?" Do you want us two of you? ”

As soon as she turned her head, Melon seized the opportunity to scratch her chest with her chubby hand, and then giggled as if she had won it.

Qin Shiou pinched Winnie's pretty face from the other side, and was about to speak, but Winnie hurriedly retreated, covered her face and said in horror: "Oh my God, why are your hands so cold?" Like a ghost! Don't touch me, I'm afraid of cold ......"

"Warm my hands." Qin Shiou chased after him.

Winnie didn't hesitate, and immediately grabbed the daughter behind her, stuffed him and said, "Give you a warm baby, she is very hot, hotter than me, you use her to warm your hands." ”

These two daughters-in-law, Qin Shiou rolled his eyes and ran to the desk to study the box.

Winnie asked curiously, "What is this?" ”

"I don't know, someone in the bar bets on me and loses to a baby from the sea." Qin Shiou said casually, Winnie laughed at him for being deceived, and then stopped paying attention and concentrated on playing with her daughter.

The style of this box is simple, and the whole is wrapped in whale oil, so I can't see the detailed scene inside, and I can vaguely see that there seem to be a lot of complicated patterns on it. The whale oil, which had been on the cold ocean floor for hundreds of years, had solidified, and he tapped it with his hand, and it rattled.

Putting the box on the radiator, Qin Shiou didn't care about it, and roasted it first.

The night was untitled, he got up at six o'clock as usual, and he looked out to see that the night was still dark and dark, and it was estimated that there was no nine o'clock or ten o'clock, and the sun would not come out.

With nothing to do, he went to study the box again. It may be due to the fact that it has been too long, the deep sea pressure is high, the temperature is low, etc. The whale oil seems to have deteriorated, and it is still as hard as a stone after roasting overnight.

In order not to disturb Winnie and Melon's sleep, he went downstairs to the living room, and the old couple also got up and were busy cleaning, with a bunch of biscuits in Xiong Da's arms. I have fun eating.

Seeing Qin Shiou, the old lady smiled and said, "Young man, you get up really early, except for the elderly people here, you probably won't get up before ten o'clock." ”

Qin Shiou shrugged and said: "Get used to getting up early, if you are busy, then you don't need to worry about me, I'll find something to do by myself." ”

The boss brought him a plate of fragrant chocolate chip cookies and a cup of hot coffee, and Xiong Da smelled the sweetness of chocolate. got up flexibly and sat down next to Qin Shiou with a biscuit.

When the old lady saw this scene, her face was full of joy, and she came up and stroked the bear's big round ear and said, "Young man, this bear of yours is really wonderful, do you know that it is very smart?" This is a cunning cute little guy. ”

Qin Shiou looked at Xiong Da's stupid fat face, and then looked at its mountain-like flesh heap physique, and couldn't tell where it was cunning and where it was a little guy.

Eat the biscuits in your arms in three or two bites. Xiong Da stood up, shook his fur and scattered the cookie crumbs on it, and then pulled Qin Shiou's shoulders and stood up. Gazing at the biscuits.

Qin Shiou took two plugs and gave it to sit down quietly, then asked the boss for a hammer, a dinner knife and an awl, and carefully unpacked the condensation whale oil on the outside of the box.

When the boss came to deliver the tools, his eyes lit up when he saw the box in his hand, and said, "Hey, young man, where did you get the pirate box?" ”

"Pirate Box?" Qin Shiou asked strangely.

The boss smiled and nodded. "Yes, Pirate Box, you know the origin of the name Greenland, right?" It's the name of the pirates, and it used to be a paradise for pirates, fugitives, and bad guys, you know? ”

Of course these Qin Shiou knew. Greenland's English name is 'Greeland', which means green island, and was named by a great pirate named Eric, who explained in his diary the reason for this: "If this place had a beautiful name, it would have attracted many people to come here, so that I could do a lot of business." ”

Qin Shiou said what he knew, the boss nodded, and said, "Then do you know where Eric's diary was found?" He gestured to the box on the table, "Pirate box, this is the box where pirates record important things, such as logbooks, robbery logs, and so on. ”

"How can you tell it's a pirate box?" Qin Shiou asked with great interest.

The boss smiled: "It's very simple, Vikings know it." The pirate box is generally sealed with animal fat or whale oil, which can be waterproof and anti-freezing, and ensure that the contents are protected from corrosion by seawater, humid air, etc., and your box is like this. ”

After explaining, the boss left and went to pack up his things again, Qin Shiou asked, "Aren't you curious about what's inside?" ”

The boss turned around and said, "No, I'm not curious, to be honest young man, don't have too much hope for it, first of all, this may not be a real pirate box, in fact, our fishermen here, many people will use this way to close the box; Secondly, even if it's a real pirate box, most of them are written by these guys who are pretentious. ”

Qin Shiou still opened it patiently, he didn't have much hope, he just used this thing to pass the time.

The whale oil solidified together very hard, but it was also very brittle, Qin Shiou knocked it for a while, and the whale oil block shattered, revealing a brown-black box, he carefully opened the box, and there was really a booklet inside, and there was also a circle of gold coins.

Because of the high pressure and cold environment, coupled with the presence of seawater and whale oil to isolate the air, these gold coins are different from those found by Qin Shiou on the bottom of the sea in the past, without a little rust, exuding a golden light.

Qin Shiou glanced at it, and then quietly buckled the box. By this time the fishermen had also gotten up, and the hall was crowded, and it was not good for the coins to be found.

Putting away the box, he opened the booklet and looked at it, the paper of the booklet should also be made of nitrate lambskin, soft and tough, and it was not oxidized and shredded when it suddenly came into contact with the air. If it were ordinary paper, it would have been cut off for hundreds of years and suddenly exposed to the air, and it would have been finished long ago.

However, he was disappointed that the word used in the booklet was a Latin script, which he could not read, not a single word, which made him very disappointed.

Fortunately, he had someone to turn to, so he took a detailed picture of each page of the booklet, and sent it to Billy and Little Blake together with a photo of the gold coin, so that they could help translate it.

Neither of them was online, Qin Shiou waited for a while and no one replied, and left the hotel when he saw that it was dawn. (To be continued......)