Chapter 52: The Old House
The donation ceremony was very grand, after all, Zhao Guogang is also an influential entrepreneur, and the people who attended were all big bosses.
Sun Youcai was also in a suit and leather shoes, and followed Zhao Guogang with a spring face, becoming his right-hand man.
The fat man looked at it with itchy teeth and scolded a few words.
I have to say that the biggest beneficiary this time is none other than Sun Youcai.
There was also a small episode during the ceremony, where a boss who attended the ceremony took a fancy to Ermao and offered me two million to sell him.
Li Lin and I were taken aback, only then did we know that mastiffs were valuable, if it weren't for Ermao biting five owners in a row, no one would dare to adopt them, and the rescue station couldn't afford to raise them, I'm afraid it wouldn't be my turn.
Li Lin calmed down with me, and naturally refused. But I calculated that if I became poor in the future, I would sell Ermao!
At the donation ceremony, the old expert who spoke said that the coffin was an antiquity from the Western Xia period, and then said a lot of things that we didn't understand.
As soon as the ceremony was over, the fat man led us to the museum to find the old man who had just spoken, he was the director of the museum, Shen, and he was familiar with the fat man.
When the museum staff saw that Li Lin and I were carrying a big bag and wanted to take it over and help us put it away, Li Lin and I suddenly became nervous, hugged it tightly in our arms and didn't let go, which made the staff a little embarrassed.
The old curator took us to see the coffin, which is now being cleaned up. The old curator looked at the coffin and said with a regretful face: "It's a pity, the corpse inside is not there, otherwise the value of research is even greater." ”
We all touched our noses, and if they had a stiff body, I am afraid they would not have said such things.
The old curator was very cultured, and after knowing our intentions, he gave us a detailed introduction.
Although the five coffins are all in the Central Plains system, according to the inscriptions on the inside of the coffins, they should be from the Western Xia Dynasty. The Western Xia Kingdom was founded by the Dangxiang people, and their founding emperor, Yuan Hao, is very interesting and has four surnames.
Yuan Hao is sometimes called Li Yuanhao, sometimes surnamed Zhao, called Zhao Xiaoxiao, Zhao Baozhong, and sometimes has a very strange surname "Wei Ming", and the name is even stranger, called "Wei Ming Wei Li Wuzhu".
Director Shen said that Li Yuanhao's ancestor was surnamed Tuoba, named Chici, and was a party nobleman. In the seventh century AD, Tuoba Chici led his subordinates to take refuge in the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Taizong Li Shimin gave him the surname "Li", and Tuoba Chici became Li Chici from then on.
At the end of the Five Dynasties and the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, the princes cut the drama, the original Tang Dynasty made Li Jizhuo surrender to the Song Dynasty due to family conflicts, and the clan brother Li Jiqian also pretended to return to obedience, and Zhao Kuangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, gave his brothers the surname "Zhao", and gave them the names "Baozhong" and "Baoji" respectively.
Later, Li Jiqian designed to flee, obtained the support of the Liao State that confronted the Song, lived in the northwest, and was named the king of Xiping. After Li Jiqian's death, his son Li Deming succeeded to the throne, and Li Deming was Yuan Hao's father.
In 1031, Li Deming died of illness, and the ambitious Li Yuanhao succeeded him as king of Xiping, and in 1038 he established himself as emperor and established Western Xia. In order to unite the clansmen, he changed his surname to "Wei Ming" and called himself "Wuzhu" (the meaning of "Son of Heaven" in the Dang Xiang language), plus he "is also known as Xiao Xiao, small character Wei Li", history has long fallen, so there is such an emperor with four surnames.
Now we don't have much to do, and it's interesting to listen to the old experts say this.
After the old expert finished telling this interesting story, he then said: "These coffins in front of me are objects from the Yuan Hao era. ”
The fat man asked, "Elder Shen, what we want to know is who made these coffins and what is the purpose!" ”
Expert Shen said: "If you want to know this, you still need to wait for the coffin to be cleared out and interpret the words on the coffin wall to know." ”
"How long?" The fat man was waiting to go back to celebrate his grandfather's birthday, and he was a little anxious.
Director Shen said: "Most of the words on it are in Western Xia, but I have applied to the above to ask them to send a copy of the pearl in their palms, and it is estimated that it will be deciphered in about half a month." ”
Li Lin interjected and said, "Those words can be read with a single photo of a bead?" ”
Director Shen smiled and said: "Little friend, the bead in the palm is not a bead, it is an ancient book of Western Xia, similar to our current dictionary, and it is a translation of Fanwen and Chinese. ”
I pushed Li Lin down and asked him to ask less questions, so as not to be embarrassed.
However, this pearl in the palm, according to the understanding of normal people, must be a bead.
The fat man left a phone call for Expert Shen and asked him to inform him as soon as possible.
Expert Shen also agreed, and when I came out, I asked with some anxiety: "Fat brother, if the text is translated into something incredible, will it scare people?" ”
The fat man rolled his eyes and said, "They have come into contact with more incredible written records, as long as they don't see the old zombie mandrill or something in person, they can't be scared." ”
Zhao Guogang had already left when he came out, but his driver was still waiting for us and invited us to our home for a gathering. I was worried about my daughter-in-law, so I refused, urging the fat man to send us back.
As for Sun Youcai, after climbing up to Zhao Guogang, he basically didn't see anyone, and it is estimated that he is now a noble person who forgets things.
I bought some clothes for my mother in the city, some sesame paste, walnut powder, lotus root flour and so on that can't be bought in the countryside. Finally, I thought about buying my dad a few 10-yuan cigarettes.
Few people smoke dry tobacco now, but in order to save money for me to study, my father is usually reluctant to smoke cigarettes, and he will tear a pack when he is hungry, so that he can smoke for a month.
Ten yuan cigarettes are not good cigarettes in the city, but compared to my father's two dollars, they are already very good, and they are considered high-grade in the countryside.
In addition to food, Li Lin also bought a lot of toys and a bicycle. I looked greedy, gritted my teeth and bought a bike.
There is no road in the village, but the road for ox carts is still very convenient for bicycles.
The fat man said that he was tired of driving, so we went to the county seat and rested for another night, and sent us outside the village at noon the next day. He was busy going back, and said that he couldn't estimate it for two months, and he was notified by Director Shen about the coffin, and he would find a way to tell us in advance.
We brought a lot of things, and we couldn't ride bicycles, so we had no choice but to let Li Lin guard, I would go back first, and then let my father drive the ox cart to pull.
My daughter-in-law was like knowing that I was coming back, and she was waiting at the gate, and I was relieved to see that she was fine, and now she was fascinated, and she didn't know how to ask for a black card, and I was not in a hurry to give it to her.
It happened that my father was at home, and I said that Li Lin was still guarding things, but my father didn't say anything, and got up and went to set up an ox cart.
When I went out, my daughter-in-law kept following, coaxing her at home, I was worried that she would not follow her when she got to the road and refused to walk, so I took her to the door of Li Lin's house and waited.
During the waiting period, the uncle of the Fan family came back from herding the cow, and I was about to say hello to him, but he saw me and my daughter-in-law from a distance, as if he had seen a ghost, and the wooden strip in his hand jerked the old cow, driving the old cow to the point that he threw off his hooves, turned his head and ran away.
I smiled helplessly, no one mentioned the matter of Yin Village now, but everyone was very scared. It's just that there is no way to do it, so I can only bring my daughter-in-law out less in the future.
Almost an hour later, my father and Li Lin came back and helped Li Lin finish moving things, I left Ermao at Li Lin's house, I was afraid that when I didn't keep an eye on it, it would bite my daughter-in-law. After all, the fat man said that the daughter-in-law is likely to be a monster.
Wait until tomorrow to find a chain and tie it back.
As soon as I got home, my father got out of the ox cart and turned off the oxen and said, "You and your daughter-in-law live here, and I will move to the old house." You have time to fix your family's house. ”
When my mother heard my father's words, she came out of the kitchen and said, "Daddy, we are all a family, can't we live together well?" ”
My dad ignored my mother, took a few clothes and left. When he arrived at the gate, I called out to him and handed over the bag of cigarettes, but he didn't refuse.
After dinner in the evening, I opened the money bag to show my mother, and my mother cried all of a sudden, hugged her tightly, and kept saying: "Our family Ningning has grown up." ”
When my mother stopped crying, I said that I wanted to build a small building. My mother wiped her tears and happily said that she would wait for her to discuss with my father.
At night, my mother didn't let me sleep with my daughter-in-law, let me live alone in the ear room, and early the next morning, Li Lin pushed a bicycle to find me, and Ermao also followed, and as soon as the door opened, it came in and circled around me.
I was worried that it would bite my daughter-in-law, but it just wagged its tail and sniffed, but it didn't bite, but it didn't seem to like my daughter-in-law very much, and it soon moved away.
My mother had never seen such a big dog, so she was a little scared and asked me, "Why is this dog so big, and how much does it have to eat?" ”
The corpse of the fox fairy is more than ten kilograms, and it only eats a piece of skin and belly, and it only eats rice, which is enough for a big pot.
Li Lin said with a smile: "Auntie, this is a mastiff, it is worth a lot, and we didn't sell it if someone gave two million!" And it can catch and eat on its own, without feeding! ”
My mother, a rural woman, could not believe that a dog was worth two million, smiled and told us to find a chain to tie it and not bite people.
All afternoon, Li Lin and I rode our bicycles down the slope at the head of the village, and in the evening, the two of us fell and our noses were bruised and swollen, but we could still be crooked, and we could barely ride steadily.
Ermao also caught two hares, took them back and lay on the side of the road to eat, in the mountains, it was indeed not hungry.
Learning to ride, Li Lin and I were very excited, and after eating and riding for a long time, the moonlight was at the head, and I was reluctant to go home with him.
When I got to the mountainside, I saw a few flashlights on the path outside the old house, and I went straight into the old house.
I'm a little confused, who will come to the door to look for it this big night?
When I got home, I washed my feet, brushed my teeth, and sat and waited. After all, I used to live in the old house, and I went to someone at night, for fear that someone would come to me to watch the spirit.
But after waiting for a while, no one came to the door, so it was difficult to find me?
I looked and saw that my daughter-in-law and my mother were asleep. So he quietly put on his shoes, took a flashlight and went out, and went straight to the old house.
When I got to the gate and took a look, my father had made a fire in the yard, and besides him, there were three people sitting next to the fire.
After a few glances, I recognized Zhang Si, the village chief of Qingshui Village, and Chen Shuqing, the village chief of Chenjia Village, and the other two were young people, who should have followed them.
The four of them seemed to be talking about something, and after drinking half a cup of tea, Zhang Si and they got up to leave. My dad sent them out, and I hurriedly dodged under the woodstack next to me.
When I got to the door, my father explained, "Remember to bring your things the night after tomorrow and take care of the matter." ”