Chapter 6 Visits (Part II)
Because the doctor is much more careful and careful than other tourists in the museum, it is usually two hours to visit the cultural relics, and the doctor spent more than three hours before and after, and Lin Shunhua and the two teenagers have been patiently accompanying him.
Coming out of the museum, the four of them found a place with shade in the garden outside the museum to sit and rest.
Seeing that there was no one else nearby, Lin Shunhua asked the doctor the most perplexing question in his heart:
"Doctor Bai, they all say that the bronze Congmu mask is the most like an alien, but I see that your and Haizi's eyes and ears are not much different from ours, could it be that the ancestors of your family who lived in the palace of the ancient Shu king have special eyes and ears?"
Xiaolan also saw the strangely shaped mask that her father said in the museum just now, but in her opinion, all the exhibits in the museum are very strange, since they are works of art made by the ancients, they may not really be there. So when she looked at the artifacts, she just thought about how the ancients made these complex works of art thousands of years ago, and did not associate the strange mask with Haizi's ancestors.
The doctor's grandfather and grandson both laughed when they heard Lin Shunhua's question.
The doctor laughed: "If a person's eyeball sticks out so long, it is neither beautiful nor in line with the growth law of living things, because even if such a long eyeball can see farther, it is very vulnerable to external damage, such as being in a very dangerous situation when fighting with an enemy, so even low-level creatures rarely grow that kind of eyeball."
Although there are many different human worlds in our universe, because the entire universe originated from a big bang, the material components that make up all living organisms, including intelligent human beings themselves, are basically the same, and the physical laws and biological laws that are applicable in one world are also universally applicable in all human worlds in the entire universe. So it is almost certain that within the visible universe, there is not a single intelligent human being who will grow such peculiar eyes.
But the objects made by intelligent humans themselves can, among which intelligent humans are the greatest works of art created by intelligent humans, and the appearance of intelligent humans in our Moro world looks almost no different from biological people, but they are a kind of artificial machines after all, with many special functions that humans do not have, one of which is that their eyes can be retracted and contracted at will. When they need to look far away, their eyeballs can stick out.
Therefore, the Cong Mesh mask we see should have been made by later craftsmen imitating my grandfather's intelligent human companions. Because at that time, the intelligent man companion was respected as a god by the ancient Shu people because of his superhuman ability, and my grandfather claimed to be just his entourage. ”
Lin Shunhua nodded in understanding and said with a smile: "I noticed that Doctor Bai and Haizi's ears are a bit big, and their eyes are a little blue, so the big ears of that mask may be made in imitation of your family's Taizu's ears." ”
The doctor smiled: "Your reasoning is also logical, the ears of the mainstream human race of Moluo Star are indeed very large compared to the earthlings, which is somewhat related to the natural environment of that planet." However, because the bronze artworks we see today were made after my grandfather and grandmother left the ancient Shu Kingdom for the first time, and there is no exact written record, we can only infer this. ”
For Lin Shunhua's father and daughter, the doctor's words are the truth, and they have no doubts.
"Doctor Bai, I still have a question about aliens," Lin Shunhua said, "The graduate student Chen who invited me to visit here yesterday mentioned that our ancient Shu Kingdom and several other ancient civilizations in the earth world are all in the magical 30 degrees north latitude, since the ancient Shu civilization has your grandfather involved in it, does that mean that several other ancient civilizations on the earth, which is 30 degrees north latitude, are also involved in aliens?" ”
The doctor replied in the affirmative, "That's right! According to the information I have obtained, several other ancient civilizations that are near the 30th parallel of the earth with the ancient Shu kingdom are the ancient Babylonian civilization, the ancient Egyptian civilization, the Mayan civilization, and the Atlantean civilization. Among them, the Mayan civilization is later than the ancient Shu civilization, but the Atlantean civilization is much earlier. According to the biography left by my grandfather before his death, these ancient civilizations in the earth world have more or less intervened by extraterrestrial civilizations.
Although the accident rate of interstellar travel is very low, because there are a large number of spaceships shuttling in the starry sky at all times, coupled with the time factor, it is not difficult to understand that it is not uncommon for the spacecraft of developed humans to be forced to land on the underdeveloped planet due to accidents.
My grandfather was forced to come to Earth because the spaceship was attacked and damaged by others, and then passively participated in the life of the local people in order to survive, because his own wisdom and the superhuman ability of the intelligent human companion inadvertently promoted the progress of local human civilization. ”
After the doctor finished speaking, Xiaolan said: "Grandpa Bai, I would like to know the story of your grandfather, for example, when did he come, why did he come, and why did he leave later?"
The doctor looked at the small watch-like machine on his wrist, and then said, "Xiaolan, it's not early, let's take a break and visit the nearby ruins, and then go sightseeing in the city." It's best to leave my grandfather's story to tell it when your mother is also present during the starry journey, so that your family can understand the history of our Bai family before arriving at Moluoxing. However, I can now answer your question briefly and satisfy your curiosity and that of your dad.
My grandfather came to the ancient Shu Kingdom about 3,800 years ago in earth time, when the king of Shu was the seventh generation of the king of Baiguan, and the grandfather's spaceship thought that the navigation system was damaged, and he and two intelligent companions inadvertently drove the spacecraft into the earth's space, and then were forced to land near the high mountain of your home.
Later, he and his intelligent companions lived in the ancient Shu country for a period of time and then went to ancient Babylon in the west, where they accidentally encountered aliens who were also forced to land in the ancient Babylonian region, repaired the spaceship with their help, and then returned to the world of Moluo with my great-grandmother and others. ”
After resting for about 20 minutes, the four of them took great pains to visit other monuments in the Sanxingdui National Archaeological Site Park, including the "West City Wall Ruins", "Yanjia Courtyard Moon Bay" and "Sanxingdui Sacrificial Pit".
Due to the hot weather outside, the doctor's grandfather and grandson and the guide, father and daughter, only spent an hour to complete the tour.
Afterwards, they hailed a taxi outside the park gate and went straight to the Rongcheng Commercial Center.
The downtown area of Rongcheng is only 40 kilometers away from the Sanxingdui Museum, and it took less than an hour for a taxi to drive into the city center. At the request of the guest, the taxi driver stopped in front of a gold shop in the business district.
Although it was nearly six o'clock in the afternoon, the summer dusk came late, and the light outside was still bright.
As soon as the four of them walked into the lobby of the gold store, they were immediately attracted by the resplendent interior decoration and glittering gold products in front of them.
Xiaolan had only visited the center of Rongcheng with her parents two years ago, and her family's consumption level had never reached the level of needing to go into a gold store, so they had never entered this kind of gold store.
It was dinner time, so there were only a few customers in the restaurant.
The physician and grandson had obviously not seen the scene in front of them before, and they seemed very excited.
The doctor whispered to Xiaolan: "The gold artwork here is very beautiful, your father and I will visit it inside, you and Haizi will go and sell two pieces of gold first, and when you have money, we can buy a few works of art here." ”
Xiaolan took Haizi happily to a service desk in the lobby, and a young waitress dressed in a neat uniform greeted her with a smile on her face: "Is there anything I can do to help you?" ”
Xiaolan smiled and said, "We have two pieces of gold that we want to sell to you." ”
"Is it a gold bar that I bought in our store before?" The waiter asked with a smile.
"No..."Xiao Lan paused at this point, she suddenly realized that selling gold may not be as simple as she imagined, after all, gold is very precious and the quality is not clear at once.
Haizi took out two yellow gold nuggets that had been cut into small and thin pieces from her backpack and handed them to Xiaolan, Xiaolan felt heavy in her hand, and she estimated in her heart that it should weigh a pound.
The waitress glanced at the gold in Xiaolan's hand and said, "This is not the gold sold in our store, do you have an invoice for the purchase?" ”
Xiaolan's heart sank even more, and her intuition told her that the business of selling gold might not be successful.
She pretended to be calm and replied, "It turns out that there is, but I don't know where to put it." ”
The smile on the waiter's face suddenly appeared, "I'm sorry, it's not the gold bars sold in our store, plus you don't have a purchase invoice, our store can't buy your gold bars." ”
Xiaolan was helpless, she turned her face to look at Haizi for help.
Haizi said to the waiter in a calm tone: "You can check it, our two pieces of gold are pure gold, and you can get a good reward for doing this business." And, after we sold the gold, we plan to have enough gold art in your shop. ”
After Haizi's words were finished, Xiaolan noticed that the waiter's very resolute expression just now became a little hesitant, she thought for a while and said, "You wait first, I'll call our manager!" ”
After saying that, she turned around and went into the back room, and after a while, a middle-aged man walked out with her.
Haizi picked up two pieces of gold from Xiaolan's hand and spread them out in front of the man's eyes, and said in a calm tone: "Mr. Manager, we guarantee that this is pure gold, please check it first, if you confirm that there is no problem with the quality, please buy it back according to your regulations, and we will use some of the money to buy those gold artworks in your store after the transaction." ”
The manager stared at the gold bar for a while, nodded and said, "Well, it looks very pure, let me test it with an instrument." However, I want to make it clear to you in advance, because your gold bars are not sold in our store, and you do not have the invoice at the time of purchase, if we buy back, we will be charged a handling fee of ten yuan per gram at today's gold price. ”
"Yes! Thank you! Haizi agreed.
The manager took two gold bars into the inner room, and after a while came out, with a very satisfied expression, and said to the waitress: "Pure gold, you can buy it back." ”
The business of selling gold was successfully completed, Xiaolan took more than 30,000 yuan and happily walked to the doctor and Lin Shunhua to report the good news, Lin Shunhua's heart that had been hanging finally let go, he was not as engrossed in the gold necklace as the doctor just now, most of his attention was on his daughter and Haizi's side, when he clearly heard the waitress refuse to buy back the gold bars, according to his life experience, he concluded that the sale of gold could not be done nine times out of ten.
The doctor spent more than 20,000 yuan to buy more than a dozen gold necklaces and several other gold jewelry, and the transaction time was less than ten minutes. The manager and waiters of the gold shop were delighted, and they sent the four bold guests out of the store with great courtesy.
The streets are lit up and the city enters the weekend bustling night market.
There are several neon-lit restaurants on both sides of the street outside the gate of the gold store, and Xiaolan chooses one that can have a big meal tonight.
Walking into the lobby of the hotel, seeing that the seats inside were full and noisy, Xiaolan asked for a private room after consulting the welcome lady at the door, because the minimum consumption required for the private room was only 500 yuan, and she had more than 10,000 yuan in her wallet at this time.
The private room was not only clean and cool, but also quiet after closing the door, and when the waiter walked in to greet the guests to order, the doctor still asked Lin Shunhua to call the shots, saying that the dishes he ordered for lunch were delicious.
It was the first time for Lin Shunhua to dine in such a high-end restaurant, he didn't dare to order food at will, just flipped through the menu, and then asked the waiter to recommend a few signature dishes of their restaurant.
After the waiter finished ordering and left and closed the door, Xiaolan asked Haizi, "Did you use any superpowers in the gold store?" I see that the waitress was very adamant when she said that she would not accept our gold, but it was strange that she changed her mind after listening to you, why?"
Haizi and his grandfather both laughed, and Haizi chuckled lightly, "The main thing is that what I said makes sense, but if it weren't for her manager, she wouldn't have bought our gold no matter what I say, because our situation may be beyond her responsibility." ”
Xiaolan was obviously very dissatisfied with Haizi's answer, and said, "I think you must have the same superpowers as Grandpa Bai. ”
Lin Shunhua cleared the siege of Haizi and said, "Xiaolan, don't forget that your Grandpa Bai and Haizi are aliens, even if they have superpowers, it is normal. ”
The doctor smiled: "Xiaolan, since you and your parents will soon become members of our Bai family, sooner or later you will know that Haizi and I have a little more mental power than ordinary people. This is an ability inherited from my grandfather's generation, but don't talk about it to the outside world, let alone exaggerate this spiritual power.
Although this kind of mental power is innate, if it is not detected early and trained for a long time, it will disappear by the time it reaches the age of you and Haizi. ”