Ling Ke took 2,000 yuan to Xing'an County, after getting off the bus, he inquired about the address of the County Cultural Bureau on the road, under the guidance of passers-by, he walked through the streets and alleys, crossed in a small square, and saw a large courtyard, with several big characters written on the lintel: "Xing'an County People's Government". Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Ling Ke walked straight in, and an old man walked out of the guard room on the left side of the gate, and he stretched out his hand and shouted:

"Kid, what are you doing?"

Ling Ke greeted Ye with a smile: "Uncle, I'll go to the toilet." He held his stomach with one hand and handed over a pack of Changbai Mountain with the other.

"Come in, come out when you're done urinating." The uncle took the cigarette and quickly stuffed it into his pocket and said.

Ling Ke walked a stone-paved road and ascended the stairs to a high platform, where a dilapidated four-story building was revealed. He entered the door of the building, followed the stairs to the second floor, and in the corridor on the right, he saw a door with the words "Cultural Bureau" and a department sign on it, he walked over and knocked on the door.

A middle-aged woman opened the door, saw Ling Ke, and took a look at it. "Kid, are you going to the wrong door?"

"Auntie, I'll find the Cultural Affairs Bureau." Ling Ke's expression was like that of a primary school student.

"That's it, come in." The middle-aged woman suspiciously let him in, pointed to the sofa next to her desk and asked him to sit down, and habitually instructed Xiao Zhang, who had just come to work in the office, "Go make a cup of tea." - Forget it, no need. ”

She remembered that the little guest was a schoolboy and didn't need to drink tea. But there was no candy, melon seeds or anything to entertain him.

"Kid, what's the matter with you coming to the bureau?" She couldn't think of anything that this little guy could do to the Cultural Affairs Bureau.

"Auntie, I'm asking about thirty years ago. I heard that at that time, the fossils of the Northeast ape were found in the Fork River Tunli. ”

"Huh? Why do you ask this? This happened, but later these fossils were lost, and only a few pieces were left in the exhibition hall of the Cultural Memorial Museum. As for whether it is a fossil or not, experts have long been conclusive, it is just a fiction, and it is likely to be just a few animal bones. ”

"Auntie, take me there, I'm very fond of archaeology."

The middle-aged woman groaned, the exhibition hall of the cultural center needs a letter of introduction from herself as the director of the cultural bureau to enter, but this is just a child, and there is no teacher or parent to lead, so she had to say goodbye to him, so she said:

"Children, this exhibition hall is not just about entering, you better go back first, and have the opportunity to visit collectively with your classmates."

Ling Ke frowned and groaned for a while, then approached the middle-aged woman, took out five hundred yuan from his trouser pocket, and secretly stuffed it into a stack of papers on her desk.

"Auntie, I drove the mountain road for a long time to get to the county seat, so you can make it convenient!"

The woman was stunned by his actions, looked at the child with a smile and said, "Child, where did you learn these bad habits?" Get the money back! ”

Ling Ketui didn't accept it, he secretly thought to himself, as the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, doesn't this woman know fireworks?

"Get it back. Otherwise, Auntie will be angry, and she won't take you to the exhibition hall. The middle-aged woman grabbed Ling Ke's small hand, pulled out the banknotes from the pile of documents, and stuffed them back into Ling Ke's hand.

Ling Ke heard the meaning of the words, and glanced at her with gratitude and appreciation, it seemed that not everyone was as greedy as Ling Songhua.

"Xiao Zhang, go to the canteen to arrange four dishes and one soup, don't go home to eat, let's invite this little archaeologist together."

"It's not good, I'd better treat you." Ling Ke excused himself.

"You're welcome, this meal was at public expense. But I think it's more valuable than entertaining leaders, and it's rare to meet a child like you who is studious. "The Cultural Bureau is a clear soup and no one cares about the bureau in the county, and being an official here is undoubtedly being beaten into the cold palace, and her political future is almost flat, and she is grateful and relieved for Ling Ke's visit.

Ling Ke was very enthusiastic, so he had a meal with the director and the clerk Xiao Zhang in the canteen of the agency. During the banquet, Ling Ke learned that her name was Ma Junxiu. Xiao Zhang called her Director Ma.

Ling Ke guessed that it seemed that she was a leader in the human grassroots management organization, lower than the county magistrate. Because, when a pot-bellied old man passed by her just now, she hurriedly got up from the dining table, nodded and greeted, "Hello County Mayor Li, good County Mayor Li." ”

The county magistrate snorted coldly in his nose, and was led to a luxurious private room by people, compared to the scattered seats where Ling Ke was located, the environment and dishes in that private room must be very different from here.

"What's your name, kid?" Director Ma sandwiched mutton vermicelli in the small bowl in front of him.

"Lingke."

"What?" Ma Junxiu's spoon fell to the ground with a thud. "Are you sure it's Ling Ke?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

Ma Junxiu solemnly looked at Ling Ke for a while, then grabbed his hand, spread out his palm, and looked at the palm, there was nothing unusual. Ling Ke was shocked by her actions, because there was a secret in his palm that was different from ordinary people. Although it doesn't show up all the time.

He still pretended not to know and asked, "What's the matter, Auntie." ”

"It's nothing, eat more, and I'll go to the exhibition hall in a while." Ma Junxiu said. Then she stood up, left her seat, pulled out a Nokia flip phone, and made a call.

Ling Ke observed it and immediately understood that this thing was a communication tool, and it was the first time he had seen it. He faintly heard Ma Junxiu's conversation.

"Mrs. Tao? Good news for you, the man you've been waiting for for thirty years is finally here! ”

The other party's response, Ling Ke couldn't hear it clearly. But it seems like a long story. Ma Junxiu responded to the other party from time to time, such as yes, that's it, yes, it's in the area of Chahetun.

Ma Junxiu's excitement and joy were beyond words.

"Auntie, who is the other party, is it about me?" Ling Ke asked Ma Junxiu, who had returned to his seat.

"Well, it's Mrs. Tao."

"Mrs. Tao? Is it the wife of Professor Tao Hongyuan, who excavated the fossil of Australopithecus in Chahe Village many years ago? So, how could she come to me? ”

"Yes, since her husband died, she settled in Xing'an County, and the reason why she didn't return to her hometown Qingdao was to fulfill Professor Tao's last wish, waiting for you here!"

"Huh? Here's why! Ling Ke asked in surprise.

"I don't know. Kid, hurry up, she's in the showroom now, and we'll understand when we go. ”

Since the Cultural Affairs Bureau is a small department, after dinner, Xiao Zhang, a staff member who doubled as a driver, drove an old Santana and took everyone to a park covering an area of 10,000 square meters in the county seat, along a deep stone road, passing the verdant trees on both sides, and then crossing a small bridge to an antique building in the center of the park.

Surrounded by water on all sides, the environment is elegant and quiet, which is not only the location of the office of the county cultural center, but also the place for the promotion and display of local history and traditional culture.