Chapter 12: The Wellhead That Grows
"Besides," the thin bamboo pole persevered, "you see, if there is an ancient brother who knows that the bean stalk 500 years before he lived is longer, and he made a few long-stemmed ones on a whim, and we just happened to dig them up, so it disturbed our judgment, don't you say that this is unlucky?" ”
I feel that he seems to be right, people today would have such whimsical ideas, it is difficult to say that the ancients would not.
I didn't know what to say, but Mr. Shen came over with a smile: "I said that you kid, listen to the light of your brain, and you will definitely make great achievements if you work Jinshi." Write a few good articles, publish a few books, and get rid of the arguments of a few old academic gentlemen, and you will be famous. Don't forget to add me to the instructor when the time comes. ”
The thin bamboo pole was slightly embarrassed, but he didn't expect that the whining words were all listened to by Teacher Shen. Teacher Shen said: "You are right, typology has limitations, so we still have to judge the age of stratigraphy, from top to bottom from late to early, digging to the soil, below the soil is the era when there are no traces of human life." ”
"What's under the ground?" The thin bamboo pole asked.
"For Jinshi science, raw soil is native soil, there is no trace of human disturbance, you have to ask this, I will help you contact the teacher who studies paleontology in the school, he may tell you that there are dinosaur fossils underneath." We all listened to it.
But what I didn't expect was that the thin bamboo pole shook his head very seriously: "Teacher Shen, have you heard of the Opats phenomenon?" ”
Teacher Shen shook his head.
"The Opats phenomenon is the discovery of things that do not match the age of the strata, such as shoe prints on fossils from 200 million years ago. There have been several cases around the world, and my parents heard from foreigners about me. ”
Teacher Shen was very open-minded, thought about it, and said, "Although it sounds like there may be a fake, it may not be true. Science never ends, and you can study this phenomenon. But don't sign my name at the end of this article. ”
Then he talked to us for a while, and then went over to see how the girls were tidying up, and before leaving, he didn't forget to explain the fine bamboo poles: "Do it well, don't be lazy." I'm going to study something else, and I'll go back and study it again in the evening. ”
I think about what Mr. Shen said just now, there is indeed some truth, dinosaurs are much earlier than us humans. The stratum must have been buried deeper, and it took a few years before it came out to move, and the stratum did not know how many meters high it had been, and the soil under the feet of the first humans was called raw soil, and there may have been all kinds of chaotic paleontology underneath. But what kind of phenomenon the thin bamboo pole says is very troublesome.
Seeing Teacher Shen walking away, the thin bamboo pole said, "Cut, anyway, Lao Tzu won't do this when he leaves the school." I'll just finish it early, I'll have to go back and get ready for something else. "The dream of the thin bamboo pole is to make a fortune. He has always wanted to be admitted to a school that studies and makes money, and then go to a wealthy place to do a big business.
We used to think that he was blowing, because there is a big difference in the knowledge system, but this kid has been working hard to prepare. I really hope he succeeds, because I know he's really always thought that way, and worked really hard, and hopefully something will pay off.
He continued: "This subject is not interesting, and later people are all apprentices, and they dare not question the views of the older generation, and don't sign my name, for fear of being disciplined." It's useless to bury your head in death, how many years have passed, and your ideas can't change? ...”
I just listened to him and didn't say much, fighting who is right and who is wrong will never get an answer in this world, so why bother with that.
The day passed quickly, and Mr. Shen looked like it was going to rain, so after dinner, we put away all our clothes, and closed the doors and windows. Almost everyone is thinking, this rain is really "good rain knows the season", we don't bask in the sun on the construction site every day, and when we hurry to tidy up and go back to school, it rains.
But the rain is God's business, and there is nothing people can do but resign themselves to fate. We took the rhubarb to our house to shelter from the rain, and we could play with the dogs if we had nothing to do.
At night, with a sudden gust of wind, torrential rain pours down, mixed with lightning and thunder from time to time. A few of us were in the house like desert camels that hadn't seen rain in years, looking out the window at the heavy rain.
Suddenly, it was dark, the oil lamp outside the station went out, and at the same time there was a girl's scream, and rhubarb also barked. I subconsciously shouted, "Not good! "Quickly pulled a few guys and rushed out the door, it was also dark outside, but the girls' dormitory was not far away, we quickly touched the door after getting used to the darkness, I knocked on the door and asked loudly inside: "What's wrong!" ”
Zhao Yan opened the door and looked at a few of us, with a smile on her face: "Xiaoya was frightened by the lamp hitting the ground just now, and screamed, why are you so nervous?" ”
Xiaoya is a very timid girl, one of the few little girls who dare not dig graves, I didn't expect her voice to be so loud. The girls inside laughed when they saw that we were at the door.
I looked back at them and walked back to my dorm without looking back.
I know that it was the previous two experiences that made my nerves tense, if you think about it, this compound is so well closed, even if the power goes out, what can happen?
We closed the doors and windows and went to bed.
The next morning, when I got up, it was not raining much, and I went out of the dormitory to see that my mother, this was also too messy: the yard was full of leaves and sacks that had been swept by the wind, and the temporary shed built in one corner of the yard had also collapsed, and there was standing water everywhere inside and outside the courtyard.
Come on, I know it's going to be a busy day, and it's been a busy day. It is inevitable to clean with water, and I have to help pull the line, and I don't know if the shed needs to be rebuilt.
After breakfast, I asked Mr. Shen which one to start cleaning up today.
But to my surprise, Mr. Shen didn't talk about cleaning up, but only said that he wanted to find two people to go to the construction site to see if the tarpaulin had been removed. After the excavation is completed, we will backfill it, but before that, we will cover it with a rain cloth to prevent the ruins from being unclear and going to see it, or when someone from above comes to visit, you can see it as soon as it is uncovered.
I guess Mr. Shen had the intention to match me and Xiao Fang, so he called her directly and said, "Xiao Fang, you go and change into rain boots, and go to the construction site with Zhou Hua to see if the rain cloth has been lifted off by the wind." ”
Xiao Fang agreed this time and went to change my shoes, but my heart accelerated, and Mr. Shen patted me on the shoulder meaningfully: "You are also going to change your shoes, what are you doing in a daze?" ”
I hurried back to the house to change my shoes, took an umbrella and went to the door to wait for Xiao Fang. After a while, Xiao Fang came out with an umbrella by herself, and when she saw me at the door, she walked towards me.
Along the way, there was some embarrassment, and my heart was beating fast. I like her, she knows it, and she has always rejected me, so this relationship is inevitably a little inexplicable.
But we are not in such a relationship for a day or two, and we have adapted to each other, but we are not too restrained, just like ordinary classmates, chatting about some messy, but we have a tacit understanding that we will not talk about feelings, so we went to the construction site with water.
Walking and walking, I smiled helplessly when I saw the construction site with my eyes, and Xiao Fang also looked up, the rain cloth? Not at all. There is water everywhere on the construction site, and the leaves flying from the woods are also scattered everywhere, and the walls of the exploration square are washed beyond recognition by the water because they are all earthen walls, and the ruins in the exploration square are also washed away, and the original appearance can not be seen, which can be described as a mess.
But in a matter of seconds, I realized that something was wrong. Take a closer look, huh? How can there be a well in our country? Thinking about it, it's impossible, the exploration is as empty as white paper, and when you dig up the raw soil, there are a few pottery shards, and there is no serious ruins, how can there be a well? But that black round mouth, isn't it a well?
I was staring at that side and wondering, Xiao Fang asked me, "Zhou Hua, why are you in a daze?" ”
I smiled and pointed to the round mouth of the well and said, "Look, there's a well growing out of me." I didn't even have a pottery shard when I made that party, and now when it rains, I have new branches?"
Xiao Fang looked over there, her face also puzzled. Because when the whole construction site was finished, Mr. Shen took us around and talked about it, and we almost remembered some of the relics.
We came a little closer, and stood on the partition beam next to my probe and looked over there, and the wall was quite neat, like a well dug by man.
I didn't know why, and said to Xiao Fang: "I shouldn't think about it, the raw soil in this square is connected with other parties, which means that it has been done to the end, could it be that someone dug it later?" ”
Xiao Fang thought for a while: "Why don't we go back first and tell Teacher Shen about the situation." ”
"I'll see it." With that, the two of us stepped all the way back to the station.
When he saw me coming back, he asked Xiao Fang how he was, and I told him about the scene of the flood, and he said: "Something that is not angry." ”
He calmly continued to do the work in hand, thought for a while and said, "Anyway, it's all dug up, so let's rush it." When I told him about a well in our house, he looked back at me and said, "What is it?" I'll take you a look in a moment. ”
About half an hour later, Mr. Shen finished his things and went to change into rain boots, and deliberately called Xiao Fang, who was helping to sweep the leaves, to go with him, Xiao Fang didn't say anything, put down the broom and came over.
I thought he wanted to be a matchmaker on the road, but it turned out that I thought too much, and he didn't say a word to us. In the end, I couldn't hold it back for a while, so I asked him, "Mr. Shen, what's going on with you today?" ”
He turned his head to look at me, his expression was very serious, and he said as he walked, "You two be careful for a while, don't go near that opening, we're just going to take a look." To tell you the truth, I've seen something like this before, and I killed one of my men, and if it's really that kind of hole, this construction site has to be backfilled quickly. ”