I collect cultural relics in the human world

During the few days they stayed in Shaquan Village, Fan Yu and the others did hear the villagers' accusations about Zhu Bin several times. However, Zhu Bin retorted quickly and did not show any concern at all. Unexpectedly, he actually took it to heart.

"What is awe?"

Before anyone could answer, they heard Lao Chaofeng's long voice, and several people did not answer.

"Is it reverence to do something you know you can't do, or is it reverence to retreat when you know it's difficult?"

Still no one spoke, but Zhu Bin seemed to understand what Lao Chaofeng meant, and his stooped body suddenly straightened up a bit.

"They have their awe. Although this land is barren and desolate, it has nurtured generations of villagers. Your ancestors have taken root here and cannot leave. It was like this at times, but it can be passed down to this day. Future generations will find happiness in this suffering." Going beyond your own rules is also awe. But you have your own awe. If you talk about awe of nature and awe of this land, then admitting your own insignificance, respecting the rules, staying humble, and recognizing things that are beyond the reach of human beings is awe. , if we talk about respecting our ancestors, we must first cherish life, including our own and the lives of others, and only by protecting future generations can we preserve our inheritance. I think your ancestors will understand your choice."

Lao Chaofeng's words seemed to be addressed to Zhu Bin, but they also seemed to be addressed to He Si and Jun Jiuzi. Leaving or staying has never been a simple choice, but now the time has come for them to make a decision. It's time to choose.

After Lao Chaofeng finished speaking, he left without any further entanglement, but Zhu Bin stood up and bowed deeply to the departing figure: "Thank you, old sir."

Qin Jian said nothing, waved and left.

"Uncle Qin," Fan Yu followed, "I found the thing. Should we go get it or let Xiao Lin deliver it."

"It's getting late," Lao Chaofeng glanced at the faltering sun on the horizon and said, "I'll open the door and ask Xiao Lin to send him there."

"Got it."

Fan Yu always does things very quickly. When they returned to Li Chong's house, Xiao Lin was standing at the door waiting for them respectfully. When he saw Lao Chaofeng, he immediately changed his expression like a star-chasing fan meeting his idol, and accelerated the two of them. He stepped forward, but stopped because he was unfamiliar with Jun Jiuzi.

"It's okay," Fan Yu waved his hand, "One of our own."

"Teacher Qin, we have found something." Lin Chaohui heard this, as if he had received a pardon, and carefully held out a brocade box, "This is the bronze rhinoceros statue we found at Zhu Bin's house. It is not as exquisite as the bronze rhinoceros statue with gold and silver cloud patterns from the National Museum. It’s noble, but it’s also well-made and very realistic.”

As Lin Zhaohui spoke, he opened the brocade box, and He Si finally saw the true form of the little beast that appeared at the end of the illusion. It was indeed a rhinoceros cub. It has a big nose, a wide mouth, and two sharp rhinoceros horns on its head. It stands with its head held high, its body is round and plump, with few skin wrinkles, its limbs are short and strong, its short tail flicks to the left, its head is slightly raised, it is not as majestic as an adult giant beast, and its expression has a hint of childishness.

He Si looked at the beast held in Lin Chaohui's palm and couldn't help but take a step forward. The little beast also came to life at this moment. It tilted its head as if telepathically and looked at her, its dark eyes dripping. Turning around, he looked quite naive.

"I finally found you. You must have been guiding me." He Si said, ignoring Lin Chaohui's guarded eyes, and reached out to touch the little rhinoceros. He tilted his head to look at her, feeling the coldness of metal utensils coming from his fingertips. The touch reminded her that this was just a bronze wine master.

Jun Jiuzi also looked around the rhinoceros, and then asked: "What should we do next? The spring has returned to the village. It is only a matter of time before Shaquan recovers. Are we waiting here for news?"

"I want to go to the spring." For some reason, He Si suddenly felt the call of the little beast, "I remember at the end of the vision, the rhino cub was standing in the sand spring. From the first sacrifice , he has been working hard to maintain the water source of the sand spring, and has never stopped. But in reality, it is regarded as an inconspicuous sacrifice, randomly thrown in the corner of the ancestral temple, and gradually buried by the sand and dust. It should have been there for a long time. I haven’t been able to take a serious look at the clear spring in my memory.”

"Okay, let's go."

Lao Chao gave an order, and everyone moved to their destination again with ease, but this time, there was Lin Zhaohui in the crowd.

Dusk has fallen, and the sun is not stingy with its afterglow. The golden desert and the golden sunshine merge into the sky. Several people had their own thoughts and headed west, just in time to meet the afterglow. The shadow of the ghost fell behind and undulated with the sand dunes, and their bodies were completely enveloped in the golden light.

"Old sir!"

Seeing the figures of several people, Li Chong was the first to rush up as usual. He jumped up from the ground like a spring. He was full of energy and was too lazy to care about the extra strangers. The shadows in his eyes were instantly dispelled by hope.

Uncle Zhao was confused for a while, and then he stood up unsteadily with the help of two villagers beside him. After he stood firm, he stubbornly pushed away the supporting hand. It was obvious that both physically and mentally, he was in trouble. They are already stretched to the limit and may collapse at any time.

"Old sir, there is still no water. How long do you think...how long do you think we have to wait?" Li Chong said, his voice getting lower and lower as he went to the back, as if he was a child who had done something wrong. He was not feeling unwell physically, but he was worried inside. Desperate to be comforted.

Lao Chaofeng pretended to look up at the sky and said seriously: "It's almost time. Wait a minute. I think there should be some movement when the sun goes down."

"Really? Really!" Li Chong didn't care how Lao Chaofeng came to this conclusion. He turned around and shouted to everyone, "Come on, the spring water will be restored when the sun goes down!"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Zhao immediately gave up thinking and breathed a sigh of relief. His body standing upright became even more shaky. Jiang Zi quickly supported his body again.

"It's okay, I'm okay, I'll be fine in a while."

"Uncle Zhao, I'll help you go back and have a rest first, and wait until the spring water comes back..."

Before Jiang Zi could finish his words, he was immediately interrupted by Uncle Zhao waving his hand, "No, I have to watch from here."

Jiang Zi took a few steps back with a slumped face. Knowing that persuasion was useless, he simply stopped talking. The villagers who had been waiting by the spring and Fan Yu and his group who had just arrived just stared at the spring in silence, watching the sun disappear from the field of vision little by little, and the night that had been dormant all day finally took over the sky.

This is the first time for everyone in the desert to look forward to the coming of night.

Suddenly, He Si's eyes widened slightly. Lao Chaofeng, who was obviously looking at the sandpit with everyone, immediately noticed the change in her expression and asked in a low voice: "Did you see anything?"

"It's that little beast, the little rhinoceros."

"Already standing in the pit?"

"No, we are walking towards the sandpit." He Si said, smiled at Lao Chaofeng and silently held his hand. The old Chaofeng in front of her instantly turned into a young man with a beautiful tree facing the wind, and the illusion in front of her also appeared in front of the young man at the same time.

Sure enough, it was a rhino cub, running hard on the sand with its short, sturdy legs, jumping up and down like a little white rabbit on a spring. The tail behind him was curled and wagging, and the nose made a "humming humming" sound, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

After a while, the flat sandy road came to an end. The little rhinoceros did not stop and continued to dive towards the sand pit. When its feet slipped, it first fell to its knees on its front hooves, and then simply lay flat, rolling to the bottom of the pit with a squeaking sound. "Be careful." He Si couldn't help shouting, but she saw the little rhinoceros standing up like a carp, shaking its head and tail, shaking off the yellow sand all over its body, looking full of energy again, and even He turned back and winked proudly at He Si.

"It likes you very much." Qin Jian gently squeezed He Si's palm and raised the corners of his mouth, but no one else around him noticed He Si's low cry, because in the sand pit in front of them, there was originally The withered and fallen reeds changed - just like the little rhinoceros that had done a squat on the ground, the originally limp leaves actually stood up again, standing against the wind in the dim night.

"It's water, it's the water level that's coming up!" In the darkness, someone shouted first, and then the sounds of joy and encouragement rang out one after another, and everyone gathered towards the sand spring in front of them.

There is no water in the sand pit yet, but if you look closely, the color of the sand has changed. The sand that was bleached by the sun during the day began to return to golden color. Then, the brown color from the soil appeared in front of everyone's eyes - it was dyed by water vapor. of sand.

"The water is really coming up, and the sand spring is really going to recover!" This time it was Uncle Zhao, who was dancing with childlike excitement in his voice.

The first ray of transparent and clean color appeared at the bottom of the pit, but the cheering sound disappeared. As if it had been arranged, everyone held their breath and stared at the thin water source that seemed to be submerged by the wind and sand at any time. He didn't even dare to vent his anger.

This time, no more accidents happened. The water at the bottom of the pool rose quickly. He Si looked at the little rhinoceros standing in the sand pit, feeling at ease. Just like the last scene she saw in the fantasy, the spring water began to rise, gradually covering the four hooves of the little beast, floating on its round belly, coming to its mouth, and finally covering the redness on its nose. Two horns with silver light.

The silence was broken, and the villagers who had survived the desperate situation stood up one after another. They could no longer suppress the joy in their hearts and sprinted towards the clear spring that was still rising. Their legs and feet became numb after waiting for a long time, and the sudden excitement made them lose their balance, but no one cared. They fell and got up again. They had long forgotten the inviolability of the sacred spring, and they only wanted to throw themselves down in the sand spring where they were raised. middle.

He Si suddenly thought that their ancestors had experienced such a scene when they first found this clear spring. The figures of those soldiers overlapped with the villagers rushing towards the clear spring. The past had traveled through thousands of years and formed a closed loop at this moment, and that spring …

He Si looked towards the sand spring again. The little beast floated up and down in the blue waves. Finally, he turned back and grinned at He Si. He completely disappeared into the clear spring and turned into a spring. Only the greenery and greenery that had not yet recovered were left in front of him. The villagers were ecstatic.

Just as it had done for thousands of years, the little beast continued to stand alone and bravely against the irresistible laws of nature, just to make up for the regret of the demise of its own group. The villagers in front of them will never know that the ancestor or divine spring they fear is a rhinoceros that has long since disappeared from the land of China.

"Why did you choose me?" He Si asked silently in front of the vanished illusion.

"Because it likes you very much, and it didn't choose the wrong person."

"It was almost wrong." He Si couldn't help but sigh.

Qin Jian, who was standing side by side with her, looked far into the distance and asked casually, "Now, have you changed your mind?"

"No," He Si replied firmly, "Ideals are ideals, beliefs are beliefs, but reality is reality."

"I didn't expect Ah Si to be a stubborn old man too."

"It's sober." Knowing that Qin Jian was teasing her, He Si still explained seriously, "There are enough hardships in life, so stop trying to create difficulties and suffer meaninglessly."

"Haha, you are old-fashioned." After Qin Jian finished speaking, his voice suddenly became deeper, "Ah Si has suffered a lot before."

"I..." He Si had a thousand words in her heart, but she suddenly lost her words and only said softly, "It's all over."

"It's great. We've gone through all the ditches and bumps, and only a smooth road is left."

In the night wind, Qin Jian held He Si's hand tightly again, while He Si tilted her head and rested her head on Qin Jian's shoulder. Both of them knew that what Qin Jian said was just a thought. The road ahead was bleak. There were still many unknown crises waiting for them in the darkness. Fortunately, there was someone with whom they could relate. The hand they held this time, I will never let go again.

At some point, Zhu Bin also came behind the crowd, looking at the villagers playing in the water with a relieved smile on his face.

"So, do you still insist on taking away all the villagers?" Fan Yu came over and touched his arm.

"If the old people don't want to leave, forget it, but for the new generation, I still want to take them out of the desert, step by step."

"You're mature, young man. Then I'll wait for your step-by-step process. Don't forget that the antiquities still need to be recycled."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the atmosphere was particularly harmonious, but suddenly, Fan Yu's expression suddenly changed.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Bin asked doubtfully.

"It's so confusing. Isn't this your sacred spring? Li Chong and the others were overjoyed and couldn't control their wildness and rushed into the spring. But the old man has been cautious all his life. Now it's time to come to his senses and he didn't stop him..."

"No, Uncle Zhao!" Zhu Bin and Fan Yu shouted almost at the same time.

"Still in love, the ancestral temple needs more wooden signs!" Fan Yu said, crossing Qin Jian and He Si, and rushed towards the clear spring.

"Over there!" Zhu Bin grew up here after all. He saw the old man lying in the reeds at a glance in the night, "hurry and save!"

Li Chong and others also panicked and dragged Uncle Zhao to the ground.

"Get out of the way! I have experience in desert first aid." A hoarse but stern female voice came. The men who were surrounding Uncle Zhao like headless flies dispersed. Jun Jiuzi came to the old man's side and pinched his hand. He took out a few pills and stuffed them into the old man's mouth.

Uncle Zhao was worried for a few days. When he saw the spring water gushing again, he suddenly lost his last breath and fell down. After Jun Jiuzi's first aid, he finally woke up.

"The situation is not good, we must go to the town hospital for examination." Jun Jiuzi said, giving Zhu Bin a pointed look.

"Let's take this as an opportunity." Fan Yu touched Zhu Bin's arm again, "Don't let your father's tragedy happen again."

"You..." Zhu Bin wanted to say how do you know, but thinking of what these people did, he nodded solemnly.

(End of this chapter)