September 26th.

Qinghai, Minhe County, Guanting Town, Lajia Village.

Half past seven in the evening.

After dinner, the people from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, dragging their tired bodies, gathered again in the hall on the first floor of the house where they were staying.

Although the weather in September was not as hot as in July and August, after a day of excavation, everyone was exhausted.

It's just that the team leader Kong Wenjian said that he wanted to hold a meeting, and no one dared to say no.

One after another, more than 30 people gathered on the first floor, and after finding a bench and chair to make it, they stared at each other.

Chen Han also sat in a corner with several senior brothers in the same dormitory, chatting with each other.

After beating his spine, which was very sore because he had bent over for a long time at work, Chen Han asked suspiciously:

"Senior brother, do you know what the teacher is going to have today?"

"I don't know, it probably has something to do with the remains of the suspected noodles we found last time."

Zhuang Yunpeng pouted angrily and motioned for Chen Han to look at an archaeologist with half a hundred hair sitting in the front row.

"Well, when I was having dinner just now, I heard from Professor Li that in the afternoon, the news came from the Academy of Sciences, saying that the ingredients of the "noodles" had been identified. ”

"Professor Li also bought a pass with us, but he didn't tell us what the ingredients were."

"It's just that when the teacher received the call, he was surprised."

Chen Han's curiosity was immediately aroused by Zhuang Yunpeng's words.

The corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and he pondered and guessed: "Since you were surprised, it must not be wheat?" ”

"In addition, there are also two types of noodles that are now more commonly made, barley and buckwheat."

"However, the history of eating highland barley is only a few hundred years, and it is mostly seen in the snow area, although Qinghai is very close to the snow area, but after all, it is not a plateau, and it is not suitable for the cultivation of highland barley."

"It's possible to get buckwheat, but since the teacher was shocked when he heard the results, then buckwheat can also be ruled out."

Chen Han touched his chin and analyzed it for a while, then clapped his hands violently: "I know!" ”

"It should be made of millet or millet!"

Zhuang Yunpeng looked at him with a stunned expression: "Huh? Why? ”

"Do you need to ask why?" Chen Han had a speechless expression: "Before the Tang Dynasty, the ancestors living in northern China had always used millet or millet as their main source of food. ”

"So if they want to make noodles, they must only make these two food crops!"

Although it is said that there was already a saying of five grains in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Rice, millet, millet, wheat, and soybean.

However, rice is mainly eaten by southerners, that is, the land of Chu Yue.

Because wheat did not master the grinding technology, before the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was basically not shelled, and it was steamed and eaten directly with the shell, which was very unpopular with the ancients, and the people who planted it were very rare, and there were few people who ate it.

Soybean, that is, soybean, was generally used as the main food by the people at the bottom in the pre-Qin period.

The lowest soldiers of the Qin State relied on bowls and bowls of soybean rice (bean rice) and sauce to dominate the six countries!

In fact, in the long history from the Zhou to the Tang Dynasty, the staple food of the people in northern China was mainly "millet".

From the nobles and emperors to the ordinary people with land, their ancestors have been eating millet as their staple food for generations.

And this millet is millet, which is now millet.

Millet is an ancient crop that originated in China!

It is a crop artificially cultivated by the Chinese ancestors in the Neolithic period from generation to generation from the dog's tail grass to breed the largest "excellent" individual!

Especially in the past 50 years, many Neolithic sites have been unearthed one after another, and most of the food crops excavated by prehistoric archaeological excavations are millet.

Whether it is based on actual unearthed evidence or historical records.

It can be determined that from the prehistoric civilization of China to the Tang Dynasty, millet or millet was basically used as the staple food in the Central Plains.

It was not until the end of the Song Dynasty that rice and wheat gradually developed, and millet took a back seat.

As a site of the late Neolithic period, the Lajia site is located in the Yellow River Valley, and it is too normal for the ancestors of the Lajia family to eat millet as their staple food.

Chen Han only speculated a little bit according to the geography, culture and historical origins, and got this answer.

Sure enough, Kong Wenjian, who was late with a teacup, sat down and said the first thing he said:

"Colleagues, I have good news for you!"

"The remains of suspected noodles found in the F20 exploration have been tested by the Academy of Sciences, and the main ingredients are very similar to millet and millet!"

"In other words, this is a bowl of pasta made with millet and millet!"

"As a food that is widely spread all over the world, there has always been a controversy about the origin of noodles!"

"However, the discovery of this bowl of noodles 4,000 years ago can finally settle this dispute over the origin of noodles!"

"Our Huaxia is the origin of noodles!"

There was a bang, and the applause was thunderous.

All the colleagues from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences present cheered and applauded excitedly.

This is a world-class archaeological discovery!

Just fell into the hands of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, can you not make them excited!

Everyone looked at Chen Han, who was the first to discover this bowl of noodles, and their eyes looked like they were looking at some rare treasure.

And I don't blame them for that.

The next research around this bowl of noodles will definitely not be less.

I wonder how many papers and reports will be produced that will subvert the world of archaeology!

And the word "Chen Han" will become louder and more well-known with the ruins of Lajia and the news about this bowl of noodles.

At least one of the titles of "the world's earliest noodle discoverer" is inseparable from him in this life.

Probably to the uninitiated, this may seem like nothing.

But for insiders in the world of archaeology.

Most people have worked hard all their lives, that is, they hope to be the first archaeologist to discover "XXX cultural relics" and "XXX ruins".

Of course, the "XXX" here must be a world-class discovery.

For example, the British explorer Howard Carter, who discovered the pyramid of Tutankhamun and led the excavation.

Obviously, Chen Han will be in the circle in the future, but whenever someone mentions it, everyone will think of it.

"Oh, he's the man who discovered the world's first bowl of noodles!"

Anyway, it is foreseeable that Chen Han will definitely become famous in the domestic archaeological community, and he is still famous.

And Zhuang Yunpeng's eyes when he looked at Chen Han also became weird.

It's not that he is envious and jealous of his fame, Zhuang Yunpeng has already prepared for this matter.

What he didn't expect was that Chen Han really guessed correctly.

This bowl of noodles is really made of millet and millet.

The test report that took a week for the people of the Academy of Sciences to make, Chen Han guessed it in five minutes.

It's a pity that this head doesn't go to criminal investigation.

"Ahem..."

After everyone cheered and applauded for a while, Kong Wenjian coughed a few times, stretched out his hand and pressed it a few times, signaling everyone to calm down.

After the atmosphere at the scene returned to a bit of tranquility, he said again with a serious face:

"The news, it's really good news."

"Next, the focus of our research revolves around this bowl of noodles!"

"How much does this little bowl of noodles mean to our Huaxia, I don't think I need to emphasize it too much!"

"Such a major archaeological discovery must be implemented and made public as soon as possible!"

"The relevant research report, as well as the photos of the first excavation site, will be sorted out as soon as possible."

"This is a shocking discovery, and it is also a boost to the Chinese cultural traceability project!"

"Facts have proved that the development of civilization of our Chinese people is no worse than any civilization!"

"Let those suspicious ancient sects take a good look, the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancestors of China!"

"Don't connect the things of your own culture to other people's foreign civilizations every day!"

"Wake up and wake up their cultural self-confidence!"