Chapter 3: Into the Urn
"What are you doing here? Propagating reactionary feudal superstition here? Do you want to have a good time? The white shadow who came in said in a stern voice. Only then did everyone realize that the person who came was a middle-aged man in white overalls.
"It's Uncle Cui, look at what your family said, we have a group of old classmates partying, and we have nothing to do with the nonsense competition, so it's fun. Here, smoke a cigarette, and arrange for the food to be served immediately. ”
Huang Jiawei saw that someone was going to make trouble, stood up with a smile, took out a pack of peony cigarettes and handed it over, this is an absolutely high-end cigarette.
"It's Jiawei, talking nonsense? You young guys are really good at playing. Okay, whether it's nonsense or not, let's stop in moderation and start serving now? Lao Cui symbolically postponed twice and accepted the cigarette.
"Don't talk about it, let's not talk about it, it's now a dinner party to welcome Weimin back to the city, everyone will have a drink later." Li Ping took Lao Cui's words and stood up to greet everyone to the table. Lao Cui withdrew.
"Uncle Cui, we haven't seen each other for several years, let's talk for a while, and then serve the food in ten minutes." Huang Jiawei smiled and threw another cigarette to Lao Cui, who nodded and closed the door.
Huang Jiawei is very fond of hunting curiosities, after Lao Cui left, he deliberately confirmed whether the door of the lower room was closed, and then looked at Liu Xiangdong:
"Hey, what the hell is going on? Hurry up and say thia. ”
After the book was picked up, the chief of the security guard held back his vomiting, and took the neighbors to pick up a hoe and a shovel and beat Wang Mazi to death. You know, it is said that Wang Mazi died with laughter. Liu Xiangdong said in a low voice to Huang Jiawei.
"I'll go, for Mao Xi?"
"Guess for yourself."
"Don't talk about counting balls! Weimin, I've got it all tonight. Let's wait for the food to be served, do you have anything new to tell us? I'm the best thing to hear you tell you a story. It's okay, I promise this old Cui will never come in again. ”
Huang Jiawei has a deep background and a solid family background, and has a worry-free future, and he doesn't seem to have much pursuit in life, and his favorite thing is adventure hunting. This time, he looked at Pang Weimin.
"Classmate Wei Min, I used to hear you say that your father was very powerful, why don't you tell me his story?" Liu Xiangdong saw that Li Ping was whispering something to Pang Weimin, so he followed Huang Jiawei's words and asked.
"Liu Xiangdong, which pot are you not opening and mentioning. Don't you know that Uncle Pang is missing? As soon as his words fell, Zhao Aiguo was a little dissatisfied, this kid was simply revealing Pang Weimin's scars.
"I'm sorry Weimin, I didn't mean to. I just heard that Uncle Pang's experience is legendary, and I want to know about it, but I don't mean anything else. Seeing that Li Ping and Pang Weimin didn't bite their ears anymore, he hurriedly smiled and apologized.
"It doesn't matter, everyone's interest is so high, I'll just talk about it. Yes, my father did disappear on an expedition to Lop Nur more than 20 years ago, and I am about to go to Lop Nur to find my father. ”
Pang Weimin's words were very calm, but they were like a shock bomb, which shocked several classmates to look at me, and I looked at you, and there was a short circuit for a while. Lop? Uninhabited desert? Looking for a father?
In fact, after Professor Wang said the last sentence, Pang Weimin had already made up his mind to go with him to Lop Nur to find his father who had been missing for many years, no matter what the price was. I did this not only for myself but also for my mother.
"Weimin, we can't let the devil of impulse come out and hang around. It's no man's land, you have to think about it. Zhao Aiguo was the first to react.
"Weimin, you just went back to the city. I know you've always missed Uncle Pang very much, but you can't just go to Lop Nur, where it's too dangerous. Li Ping also reacted, grabbed Pang Weimin's arm, and said in a hurry.
Li Ping and Zhao Aiguo are the closest people to him in this group of classmates. One is a girlfriend, and the other is a real old iron brother.
Pang Weimin smiled, shook his head and said that it was okay, and then roughly talked about the disappearance of his childhood father and the encounter with the hunchbacked old man and Professor Wang.
"One-eyed dragon! Yin Yang Fish Wear?! What is it? Is it a jade pendant worn around the neck? Zhao Aiguo was the first to wonder.
"That's the case, classmate Wei Min, we all understand your desire to find your father, but I heard that the place in Lop Nur is a polluted area, and our country has conducted a live-fire test of thermonuclear weapons in order to resist the bullying of foreign powers, and we really can't go!"
Although Liu Xiangdong has a good relationship with Pang Weimin, he doesn't know Pang Weimin as well as Zhao Aiguo, and he doesn't know that his father is the knot in Pang Weimin's heart.
Zhao Aiguo looked at Pang Weimin's expression and knew that he had already eaten the iron scale, as the best brother, how could he retreat?
"Cut! Wei Min, is that hunchbacked old man really so powerful? If you really want to go to Lop Nur, count me in. Let's work together to bring Uncle Pang back this time. ”
"Weimin, anyway, I have to wait for more than a month for my work arrangement, and I am idle if I am idle, since you have decided to go, I will also help you bring Uncle Pang home together."
Li Ping also sensed that Pang Weimin was not impulsive, and knew that persuasion was useless, so it was better to go together and take care of each other. The true feelings revealed by her beautiful big eyes made Pang Weimin a little moved.
"In that case, I'm going to go too. As Li Ping said, anyway, there is still a period of time before taking up the post, so it is better to take this opportunity to go to Lop Nur for a trip, which can not only help Pang Weimin, but also gain insight and increase life experience. ”
Liu Xiangdong sighed inwardly, but still smiled and opened his palm, and stroked the long flowing hair on both sides of his forehead in a chic manner. This was deliberately created after he returned to the city a few months early.
"If Li Ping goes, I'll go too, Uncle Pang may need our help." The cuckoo smiled at Pang Weimin.
"To Lop Nur? It's so exciting! Several, I've covered all the costs of our trip, no need to shee. Luo Jiawei was extremely excited, but was patted on the head by Zhao Aiguo.
"Huang Jiawei, although you are a big benefactor, this is to find Uncle Pang, not to go sightseeing, the desert is dangerous, you have to think about it carefully."
"This is Mothio! You are not afraid, I am afraid of a hammer. Besides, let's follow the archaeological team of Jiangcheng University, what danger can there be. Huang Jiawei didn't care.
Pang Weimin was a little surprised, he just said it, but he didn't expect these classmates to go. Regardless of their purpose, he was somewhat moved. Everyone's enthusiasm made Pang Weimin more determined to find his father.
But after thinking about it, he was a little difficult, but the archaeologist Professor Wang said that he was only invited to join the archaeological team. After thinking about it, he decided to negotiate with Professor Wang after the party, and he had hole cards to play.
When he returned home, he copied the phone number on the yearbook, and when he went out, he used the public phone to dial Professor Wang's landline at home. The person who can afford to install a home phone is not a family like Pang Weimin.
"Figured it out?"
"How do you know it's me?"
"Just kidding, do you think my old man's phone number will be all over the street? I know that my private number at home is calling, and I don't know the phone number, just you. ”
"......, Professor Wang, it's okay for me to join the archaeological team, but there is a prerequisite."
"What conditions? Pang Weimin, should you really let me go through the backdoor relationship and let Jiangcheng University admit you in advance, right? ”
"If that's okay, of course it's the best...... Teasing you. I'm going to bring a few people to join the archaeological team. ”
"Several!"
"Yes, just a few classmates."
"How many?"
"Add me six."
"Young man, my archaeological team has only eleven people in total, and your team is about to catch up with mine."
"There is a lot of strength in numbers. Besides, you don't have to worry about our fees, we pay out of pocket. Just follow you into Lop Nur. ”
"When did you young people become so rich? I did plan to pay for you alone, but I didn't expect to have to pay for any of them. Are you in a hurry to find your father? ”
"Of course, otherwise I'll follow you to do something. Is there anything wrong with this? ”
"No, but I have one condition."
"It's not about charging us a membership fee anymore."
"Hehe, it's kind of interesting. My conditions are very simple, you must bring the yin and yang fish pendant that your father left you. ”
"Why?"
"You'll know when the time comes."
"What if I don't say yes?"
"If you want to find your father, you don't have a choice. Because even if you have money, without my letter of introduction, do you think you can get to Lop Nur in the frontier area with a few of you? ”
"Deal."
"Departing in a week."
Pang Weimin put down the phone, and a sense of heroism and expectation surged in his heart. Ever since his father left home that year and never returned, he has been wanting to go to his father. Unfortunately, the movement that swept the country later broke out, and he couldn't make it if he wanted to.
Now that the movement is over, and suddenly there is a Professor Wang in the sky, it is time to go to my father. However, are they inviting each other into the urn?
He thought that since Professor Wang was an expert in the field of archaeology, it was normal for him to have some research on his father's affairs. But the question is, why did he bring his own yin-yang fish pendant? What exactly is his purpose?
And that hunchbacked one-eyed dragon, why did he give himself a yin and yang fish to wear? Is this really what my father left for himself? Is he in league with Professor Wang?
Exploring Lop Nur is not a game at home, where is the boundless desert no man's land, you must be prepared. Although they followed Professor Wang, Pang Weimin and Zhao Aiguo, who have rich experience in martial arts, knew that if there was an accident, they would have to rely on themselves at the critical moment.
Therefore, Pang Weimin and Zhao Aiguo coaxed Huang Jiawei to pay for some supplies for everyone. Huang Jiawei is full of infinite expectations for this trip to the desert, and it is not a matter of giving a few dollars at all, and it is his usual style to show off.
But what exactly should be configured, Pang Weimin didn't know in his heart. So they made a special trip to the underground antique market, paid the price of a pack of high-quality peony cigarettes, and asked a player about some equipment needed for desert archaeology.
The first is tents, field sleeping bags, windproof kerosene lamps, candles, flashlights, ropes, maps, etc. This is followed by compressed biscuits, table salt, matches, kettles, boiling pots, first-aid medicines, gauze bandages, etc.
As for self-defense weapons, Huang Jiawei still has some ways to get four two-foot-long military knives with sheaths. Then I don't think about the Luoyang shovel, and they didn't go to rob the tomb.
According to the player's suggestion, the compressed dry food they configured could support the survival needs of the six of them for a month. As for the water, you have to find it yourself.
Huang Jiawei was very excited, how did he know that this trip to the west would be a catastrophe waiting for him.