Chapter 4 Archaeology

At the end of July 1, the heat of Zhou Ming and Cheng Jianjun's college education had long passed, and the life in the courtyard and the street had returned to its former calm, but Cheng Jianjun and Zhou Ming's different experiences had become something that everyone talked about, and they were secretly expressing their opinions.

"Hey! Su Meng, I was really right by you, Han Chunming is still really a little congenital. Looking at her slim granddaughter Su Meng, Grandma Su smiled and said her thoughts, "Han Chunming and Cheng Jianjun were recommended to go to college at the same time, but Cheng Jianjun is now about to become a celebrity in Sijiu City, but Han Chunming is nothing now." ”

"Humph! I'll just say it! Han Chunming just can't get on the table, and he is really far behind Cheng Jianjun. Speaking of Han Chunming, who used to revolve around him, Su Meng hated Han Chunming more than others, and felt that Han Chunming was a guy who was inconsistent.

"Mengmeng, then you said it would be good if you got in touch with Cheng Jianjun?"

"What? Grandma, are you in such a hurry to get me out of this house? Su Meng looked at her grandmother coldly.

"It's not! This is not because I am afraid that Cheng Jianjun is too good, so don't be snatched away by others when I turn around. ”

"Shhhh As for a villain like Cheng Jianjun, I Su Meng can't look down on it. ”

"Oops! My little ancestor! Your vision is too high. Grandma Su said with a wry smile.

"Humph! I'd rather never marry for the rest of my life than make do. ”

In the past year or two, Cheng Jianjun has become a campus agent for some people, Cheng's father and mother have also received a certain amount of feedback, and there have been some breakthroughs in career and life, and I am even more fortunate to get Cheng Jianjun back to college.

"Ouch! Is Director Cheng back? Uncle Guo saw Cheng's father coming back from a distance.

"Oh, yes! Brother Guo. ”

"Director Cheng, your family Jianjun is really good, but it is much stronger than Han Chunming who sweeps the streets." Uncle Guo patted Cheng's father's ass playfully.

"Huh? All good! All good! Father Cheng was full of pride at this time.

"Director Cheng, you said that a street sweeper goes to college, what can he know! I think it's pure opportunism. ”

"Huh! Brother Guo, don't you dare to talk nonsense! Father Cheng hurriedly stopped Uncle Guo who was talking nonsense, and then explained to Uncle Guo seriously, "Han Chunming was recommended by the street masses, and then approved by the street leaders before he was approved to go to college, you can't talk nonsense!" ”

"Huh? Be! Be! Be! Look at my broken mouth. Uncle Guo also quickly realized his mistake, and immediately apologized nervously.

"Well, Brother Guo, I'll go back first."

"Hehe, Director Cheng, you're busy."

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"Hey......"

Regarding the discussion of the courtyard and the neighbors on the street, Han's mother was very unhappy, but she couldn't refute them, so she could only let these villains gossip to their heart's content, after all, the world will be talked about behind their backs.

"Mom, what are you sighing about?" Zhou Ming, who came back, looked at Han Mu with a smile.

"Huh? It's okay! Chunming, why are you back today? Looking at her son who came back, Han's mother looked at her son with a smile.

"Mom, I was specially recruited by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and tomorrow I will go to Changsha, Hunan Province with a professor from the school."

"Huh? That's a great thing! I'm telling your brother and sister to come back and celebrate. Han Mu got up in surprise and said.

"Don't! Mom, there's no harm in keeping a low profile in the future. Zhou Ming hurriedly stopped Han Mu, who was too surprised.

"Uh...... Chunming, you're right. ”

"Mom, I won't tell you the details, I will go for a long time this time, you and my brother and sister don't have to worry about me." After stopping Han's mother, Zhou Ming instructed again.

"Good! It's okay! It's better to go out and run while you're young. ”

"Mom, thank you for supporting me."

"Hehe, stupid son, who else can you support if your mother doesn't support you."

Speaking of being specially recruited by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, it is still a very mysterious thing, as time passes, those professors of Peking University have been lowered one after another @ released, and Chen Jianxin, a professor of history at Peking University, was about to be sent away, when suddenly a large ancient tomb was found in the eastern suburbs of Changsha, Hunan, and then the Hunan Museum asked the State Administration of Cultural Heritage for help, just at this time the State Administration of Cultural Heritage thought of Professor Chen Jianxin, which left Professor Chen and sent him to support Changsha archaeology.

Professor Chen Jianxin proposed to bring an assistant, and then magically ordered Zhou Ming's general, just because Zhou Ming used to often bring them food, so that these professors felt warm, and also let them have the courage to live again, which is also Professor Chen Jianxin's behavior of repaying the favor.

Then the State Administration of Cultural Heritage specially recruited Zhou Ming, and then Zhou Ming became an assistant researcher of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and was about to follow Professor Chen Jianxin to Changsha, Hunan.

And at this time, Zhou Ming, who knew the news, was excited in every pore, because Zhou Ming knew that this extraordinarily large ancient tomb was the famous Mawangdui Han Tomb in later generations.

Zhou Ming came to this world and loved antiques, and now he has the opportunity to work in the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and he can also participate in the excavation of the Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan, which makes Zhou Ming excited.

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After bidding farewell to his mother, Zhou Ming left the courtyard in an unusually low-key manner, and then followed Professor Chen Jianxin on the train to Changsha, Hunan, which was the starting point of his real life.

"Zhou Ming, I think you like this job very much?" Professor Chen Jianxin looked at Zhou Ming beside him.

"Professor Chen, I have been very fond of our history since I was a child, and it is also a personal honor for me to work at the State Administration of Cultural Heritage."

"Well, this excavation work is very hasty, and there are really not many experts from the Hunan Cultural Relics Bureau, so they will ask us for help."

"Oh! I see! ”

"Zhou Ming, when you go to Changsha with me this time, you must talk less and do more, it will be very beneficial for your future development."

"Yes! Professor Chan. ”

The train from the capital to Changsha soon arrived at the station, Zhou Ming carried a large bag of luggage, followed Professor Chen Jianxin like an accompanying little brother, after the Changsha railway station and the archaeologists from Hunan converged, everyone went straight to Mawangdui on the outskirts of Changsha.

"Professor Chen, there is no need to be so anxious, we are now waiting for the funds to be available." Xiong Liren, the archaeologist in charge of the reception, explained with a smile.

"Oh? How much funding have you applied for? ”

"Ten thousand twelve."

"Hey! That's too little. Professor Chen Jianxin sighed helplessly.

"Yes! The money can only buy some of the simplest tools, and then recruit fewer local villagers. ”

"Well, but it's understandable, we've always done archaeology." Soon Professor Chen Jianxin wanted to open it.

"Yes! Professor Chen, who is this one next to you? Xiong Liren noticed Zhou Ming on the side.

"My student Zhou Ming."

"Hello, Mr. Xiong! My name is Zhou Ming and I am a student of Professor Chen. ”

"Hehe, what a young and promising!"

"Teacher Xiong praised it falsely, I followed Professor Chen here this time to learn, I hope Teacher Xiong will give me advice."

"Hehe, that's easy to say! Our archaeological community is in great need of fresh blood. ”

Soon the car came to the vicinity of Mawangdui, where a temporary camp had been built relying on the villager's house, and then Xiong Liren took Zhou Ming and Professor Chen Jianxin to the place of the incident to take a look, and then returned to the camp to start discussing.

"Professor Chen, this discovery is still very magical, our provincial museum received a call that the construction site encountered a blue "ghost @ fire", let us come over as soon as possible to check, it turned out that there is a large ancient tomb here. Xiong Liren tried his best to introduce the situation.

Well, the so-called blue "ghost @ fire" is probably a combustible gas such as biogas. ”

"Haha, this is worthy of Professor Chen, I guessed it this time, and it is really biogas."

"Teacher Xiong, what age does your provincial museum guess this is this ancient tomb?" Professor Chen Jianxin also asked the most important question.

"Professor Chen, this belongs to the eastern suburbs of Changsha, and these are two mounds in front of you, according to a local chronicle, this is the family cemetery of Ma Yin, the king of Chu of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Therefore, it is initially suspected that this is the tomb of Ma Yin, the king of Chu. ”

"Ma Yin, King of Chu?"

Soon the funds approved by HU Province were in place, and as a result, they were cut in half to 6,000 yuan, and then the archaeological team took the 6,000 yuan to start this archaeological operation.

At this time, the time had come to January of '72, the temperature in Changsha was cold, Zhou Ming studied like a qualified student, and also carried it shoulder to shoulder with the nearby villagers, and soon found out that white plaster and charcoal were used, and then the archaeological team had an argument.

"It seems that this is not the ancient tomb of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms? It's like the style of the Western Han Dynasty? Professor Chen said strangely.

"Professor Chen, look at this white plaster and charcoal, it really may be a Han tomb." Xiong Liren also nodded in agreement.

Soon the excavation work entered the most difficult and boring stage, and when the archaeological team saw the three robbers @ holes, everyone was nervous, and they were really worried that they would be destroyed by the robbers @ tomb @ thieves.

The first thief @ hole is rectangular, digging is not deep, everyone also found a pull back brand shoe soles inside, the second thief @ hole fortunately did not dig very deep, but the third thief @ hole is dug more than ten meters deep, and all the archaeological team members nervous, fortunately robber @ tomb @ thief digging to the end when digging obliquely, until the tomb wall, everyone is relieved.

After a false alarm, everyone began to continue the excavation work, the tomb @ room soon gradually appeared, but the next excavation was still boring and long, until three months later to excavate 16 meters below the tomb mouth, the archaeological team finally found the white mud paste used by the ancients to seal the coffin @ coffin, and the archaeological excavation work finally made substantial progress.

"Zhou Ming, how are you feeling lately? Do you think archaeology is boring? During the break, Professor Chen looked at Zhou Ming with a smile.

"Yes! Professor Chen! Archaeology is boring, but I find it interesting and I love it. ”

"Well, as long as you like this job, with this excavation experience, it will also allow you to get twice the result with half the effort in the archaeological department in the future."

"Thank you, Professor Chen."

"Hehe, let's stop saying thank you to each other." Professor Chen Jianxin looked at Zhou Ming meaningfully.

In the hearts of Professor Chen, these professors are indeed grateful for Zhou Ming's help, and a little care and warmth from Zhou Ming gave them the courage to survive again, and they did not have the initial downturn.

Professor Chen Jianxin called Zhou Ming at the beginning, just to repay Zhou Ming, but he didn't expect that after these three months of getting along, Professor Chen Jianxin also liked this studious student.

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In the capital, Zhou Ming's sudden departure did not make any waves in the courtyard, and many neighbors did not realize Zhou Ming's departure, and everyone lived their lives peacefully.

"Mom, is there any news from Chunming recently?" Han Chunsong came to the miscellaneous courtyard to find Han's mother.

"Nope! Maybe it's busy with work! ”

"This little fifth son doesn't know how to write a letter to his family." Han Chunsong said with a complaining face.

"Boss, Chunming graduated from junior high school and just went to college, and now he has been specially recruited by such a good unit as the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, so he must work hard first."

"Mom, I'm just a little worried about him, he has been naughty since he was a child, and now although he has been honest in the past few years, I am still a little uneasy."

"Boss, Chunming is no longer the Chunming of the past, and now it is becoming more and more stable, you can rest assured."

Su Meng has almost forgotten about Zhou Ming now, and he hasn't paid much attention to Zhou Ming's disappearance, after all, since Zhou Ming stayed in the capital in 69 to now, Su Meng and Zhou Ming have not had any contact, and now they are at most neighbors who don't have much intersection.

"Jianjun, why haven't you seen Han Chunming recently?" Cheng's father looked at his son Cheng Jianjun suspiciously.

"Dad, Chunming took shit luck and was specially recruited by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage."

"Huh? When did this happen? ”

"It's been more than three months! That is, in December of the previous year. ”

"Jianjun, why did this Han Chunming eat so openly?" Cheng's father and mother were surprised.

"Humph! Who knows! "Hearing his parents talk about this, in fact, Cheng Jianjun was also very helpless, "Later, I inquired around, and then I learned that an ancient @ tomb had been found in Hunan, and then I called on people to support Hunan archaeology, because many archaeological experts were released @, which gave Han Chunming the opportunity to fill up the numbers." ”

"Building an army, sometimes being able to continue to be able to fill up the number indiscriminately, is also an amazing ability, at least a rich qualification." Seeing his uncaring son, Cheng's father couldn't help but remind him.

"Dad, I'm a celebrity on campus now, who mentions me Cheng Jianjun doesn't give a thumbs up." Cheng Jianjun scoffed at his father's reminder, "Besides, what's the difference between archaeology and working in the field, don't you have to endure the wind and sun?" ”

"Huh?"

"Lao Cheng, what Jianjun said makes sense, I haven't found anything good about archaeology, or our family's Jianjun is promising." Cheng's mother, who was silent on the side, also said disapplausively.

"......" Seeing that my wife and son disagreed, Cheng's father and I didn't say anything anymore.

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