Grandpa was silent for a moment, looking at the dimming sunset on the horizon, the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on his face, got up and patted the dust on his body, and said, "It's not early, let's dig ginseng first." ”

Looking at the back of my grandfather who was gradually moving away, I thought to myself: Grandpa is so old, what are you still recalling, is it the experience of previous adventures? What is the regret of grandpa's life?

After so many years, I still remember that afternoon, my grandfather was smoking a dry cigarette while looking at the sunset, that kind of look was very complicated, with some desolation, even a little melancholy, and his eyes made me sad.

Seriously, I was still young at the time, but I was moved by my grandfather's eyes, and an inexplicable sadness welled up in my heart, which made my mood calm for a long time.

Many nights, I was in an irritable mood, got up and held a cigarette, stood alone outside the courtyard, looking at the dark night sky, the stars hanging in the sky, watching the cigarettes gradually burn out, and slowly recalled in my mind the situation when I entered the mountains: the hot and humid air in the mountains, yellow skins and hares scurrying on the grass, and many insects flying out of the dense bushes......

However, what happened later did not come later......

I don't remember anything about the rest of the story. What happened after I followed my grandfather into the mountains? Why did the second uncle and his father run outside all the year round? What exactly are they looking for?

I don't know, maybe I'm in such a hurry to go into the mountains to figure out these things, maybe there is such a complex emotion mixed in.

I was thinking about these things, and I don't know when the words from behind me interrupted my thoughts.

"What are you doing here? Your second uncle told you to go to dinner. The fat man came up and put his hand on my shoulder and said.

I was a little confused, scratched my head and said, "Didn't the second uncle say that he would go to dinner at noon, but it's only nine o'clock now, why is it so early." I looked down at my watch and said to the fat man.

"What's so surprising about this, I still wish I could go to Candle Dragon Ridge now, if I can take out one or two treasures from it, then we can live happily for more than half a year." The fat man smiled and said proudly.

I'm a little helpless, I can't say what danger I will encounter this time, but the fat man is still thinking about these useless things.

Follow the fat man to the thatched house, the fat man motioned for me to go in, and after saying that, he turned around and left, pushed open the door and saw that the second uncle was sitting on the stool alone, there was a pot of brewed tea on the table, the lid of the pot was steaming, and two white jade porcelain cups were placed in front of him.

"Come in, the second uncle has something to say to you."

"Here we are."

I pushed the door open and found a stool to sit on.

The second uncle likes to drink tea, and he drinks Yunnan Pu'er tea. Pu'er tea has a very long history, as early as more than 3,000 years ago, when King Wu conquered, the Pu people, the ancestors of Yunnan tea planting, dedicated this tea to King Wu of Zhou, but there was no name of Pu'er tea at that time.

The tea was brewed ruddy and thorough, I took this white jade cup and played with it in my hand, and after taking a sip, I found a few words of homely chatter, and carefully figured out the second uncle's thoughts.

Rich people love to drink tea, in fact, it is to talk about business, often to talk about some very heavy words or an important business, because the topic is too heavy, so you need to use the heart-warming tea to wash, the fragrance of tea is curling, and the heavy atmosphere is gradually diluted.

The second uncle took a sip of tea and asked, "Xiaotian, how long have you been in the shop?" ”

My mind raced through my mind and I said, "It's been almost three years." ”

The second uncle nodded in agreement and said, "Do you remember, what did I ask you when you first came?" ”

I said, "For the first time, you asked me, why are antique artifacts worth so much money?" ”

The second uncle nodded: "Yes, then what did you say?" ”

"At that time, I said that every antique artifact has its own story, and money is not a yardstick to measure an antique artifact, only the cultural relics with a long story are the most valuable. For example, the bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the terracotta warriors and horses of the Qin period, the calligraphy and painting of the Wei and Jin dynasties of the Han Dynasty, and the official kiln porcelain of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

I think that antiques are alive like people, and the more people who love life, the more they know how to care for and respect cultural relics. ”

The second uncle nodded and said, "You're right, now many people say that a large number of antique cultural relics are lost abroad, and many of them are good things done by illegal tomb robbers, what do you think about such a problem?" ”

I didn't know how to answer for a while, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then said: "Now many people say that tomb robbery is to destroy history, in order to pursue the supremacy of money, but to say tomb robbery and grave digging, those archaeologists are more rampant than tomb robbery, and archaeology also depends on the salary given by the state. ”

I was a little excited, lit a cigarette and said: "Speaking of this, the ancients paid attention to entering the earth for peace, and buried them in the ground after death, so as to bless their children and grandchildren with great wealth and wealth, and the traditional rules left over thousands of years have continued to this day. But as soon as the rules of reform and opening up changed, the state sent an archaeological team to dig up the graves of the ancestors, ostensibly to explore history and culture, in fact, some good antique cultural relics were sold to some local museums, and some even put the remains and burial goods in the coffin in the display cabinet for people to see, just ask: The person lying in the coffin is your ancestor, who climbed out of the coffin without getting angry. Moreover, the state often sends some precious antique cultural relics to foreign leaders, of course, these are not something we can control.

I think the best way to protect a relic is to leave it untouched and let it continue to stay with its owner in its own tomb, so that the owner of the tomb can rest in peace. ”

The second uncle nodded and said: "You're right, tomb robbing also has the rules of tomb robbing, we eat this bowl of rice, the craftsmanship passed down by our ancestors for thousands of years will be passed on, in recent years, some half-hung tomb robbers have ruined the reputation of tomb robbers, and some news media have exaggerated and slandered tomb robbers, so that this craft has gradually disappeared."

"The ancients were very popular in the wind of thick burial, from the construction of tombs, to the decoration of the dead, funeral, burial, sacrificial activities, formed a set of complex ritual systems and customs, among them, the wind of thick burial began to prevail in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Han Dynasty, the reason is: the first is the traditional concept, people hope that the soul will not be extinguished after death, and enter the soil for peace, the second is filial piety, hoping that their dead relatives will bless their children and grandchildren in the future to be rich and noble, and the third is a symbol of power and status, and the precious treasures that can not be taken away before life are buried deep underground, I also hope that I can be rich and prosperous after I die.

Personally, I think it's okay to rob the tomb, but first of all, you can't damage the structure inside the tomb, and secondly, you can only take one or two treasures, and you have to apply for it every time and agree to it. ”

"Second uncle, what you said is so right, I very much agree with your point of view, now many news media know a fart, many of them don't know the right and wrong and start to make a big fuss on the Internet, the country should open the tomb robbery, and then follow your suggestion."

When I say this, of course, I also mean to flatter the second uncle, I did talk to the fat man about this before, and it is really difficult for people to answer, and I really can't think of why the second uncle is talking to me about this.

When I picked up the teapot and poured tea for the second uncle again, I found that the water in the teapot had been drunk to the bottom, and when I was about to refill the teapot, the second uncle waved his hand to signal that it was not needed. At this time, there was a knock on the door, and then the voice of the third aunt came:

"It's time to eat, boys."

My second uncle and I got up and left, and walked out.

This table was full of wild game and wild vegetables from the mountains, and it seemed that the chickens and goats in the chicken cage had also been slaughtered, but then again, if they were not killed, they would have starved to death without feeding.

"Xiaotian, I see that you love chicken, this roast chicken was taught by the third aunt to make it myself, can you taste it, how does it taste?"

Chen Haoyue picked up a piece of chicken and put it in my bowl, I nodded and thanked it, looking at the roast chicken on the plate was already burnt black, I don't know how much soy sauce this girl put in, picked up a piece and put it in her mouth, the taste was even more unspeakable.

"Not bad! Not bad! It's delicious! "I said against my will.

"Really? This is my first time cooking, and I've tried it too. ”

Chen Haoyue also set up a piece of chicken, and the chicken was spit out before it could be put in her mouth.

"Phew, why is it so salty, you can't eat it at all, third aunt! Didn't you say two spoonfuls of salt would do the trick? Chen Haoyue blinked her bright eyes, and her eyebrows wrinkled into a flower, and asked.

"Xiaoyue, I told you to put two spoonfuls of salt, but I guess you took the wrong one, you used a spoon for stir-frying, right?" The third aunt raised her eyebrows and said with a smile.

The atmosphere was a little embarrassing, Chen Haoyue's face was flushed, like a student who had done something wrong, and the third aunt was also a little silent.

When the fat man saw it, he hurriedly rounded the field and said, "Xiaotian, you are from the north, right?" I remember that you northerners are very salty, so this is the first time Xiao Yue has ever cooked it yourself, so please eliminate it yourself. ”

After the fat man finished speaking, he pushed a whole plate of fried blackened roast chicken in front of me, and the second uncle nodded at me when he saw it, it seems that it is really difficult to excuse today.

"Yo! Those who know me are fat! Then you're welcome! ”

After half an hour, with the help of two large glasses of water, I finally finished eating this full plate of roast chicken.

After a few people have eaten, the second uncle ordered to cook the remaining chicken and mutton all the way to take it, this time up the mountain is not as good as before, and then go deeper is the primeval forest, where wolves, tigers and leopards infest the most, it is even more difficult to catch wild meat on the mountain, and food is indispensable in any case. Then we simply cleaned up the house, and the doors and windows were tightly closed, so that we might be able to stay while we went down the mountain.

A group of people followed the leader of the little brother in black to get into the car, and before leaving, everyone wore a brand new pair of military satellite watches, each watch was equipped with a GPS positioning system, and the surface showed dense red dots, that is, the location of our people.

The fat man also got the map again, but the map has been marked with a lot of red marks, I leaned over to take a look, the location of the Candle Dragon Ridge has been getting closer and closer, but it is estimated that it will take a day or two to catch up with the mountain road, but fortunately, we are sitting in the car is a lot easier.