Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 15 Fragments
It was evening when we returned to Hezi Village, and the crimson sunset was dancing in the sky like silk.

Grandpa asked where we were going. Gu Meidi and I looked at each other and smiled without making a sound. Grandpa understood something from our eyes. He smiled and didn't ask again. He must have thought that Gu Meidi and I ran out secretly. dated.He likes Gu Meidi very much, and in his heart, he has already identified Gu Meidi as his granddaughter-in-law, so he hopes that the relationship between Gu Meidi and me can go further.

"Tomorrow you are going back to Zhengzhou. Today, my grandpa specially went out to catch a big fish, and I will show you my skills!" Grandpa put on his apron, turned around and went into the kitchen to get busy.

Gu Meidi and I went back to the room to take a shower and changed into clean clothes.

It was only when I was taking a shower that I realized that my body was covered with a lot of mud, and when I thought of Grandpa's weird smile, I suddenly understood, Grandpa didn't think that Gu Meidi and I went out to fight... field battles today, right?
When we finished our shower and went downstairs, Grandpa had already prepared dinner, a sumptuous river fish feast.

People who live by the Yellow River work with fish all day long, so they often eat fish. Naturally, they are good at cooking fish. Basically, every household has some unique skills in making fish.There are three pots on the table, the first pot is brightly colored, red peppers and emerald green scallions complement each other, it is a pot of spicy fish with pickled vegetables.The second pot is made of fish head soup. The soup tastes very delicious. The whole pot of soup is snow white, with a little spring onion floating on it, and the aroma is compelling.The last pot is deep-fried fish bones. After high-temperature frying, the fish bones become golden yellow and very crispy.

Gu Meidi was so greedy that his saliva was drooling, he picked up his wine glass: "Master, thank you for your hospitality these days, come, let me offer you a toast!"

Grandpa smiled and said: "Don't be so polite, I think Grandpa's place is not bad, so I often come back for a walk, anyway, we are a family, so don't be cautious!"

"Master! What are you talking about! I haven't written a word yet!" I blushed a little.

"Hi! You kid! You are a man, what are you embarrassed about! Remember to be nice to the girl, and do what you need to do as soon as possible!" At this point, Grandpa blinked his eyes at me.

After dinner, we chatted with grandpa for a while, and we went back to our bedrooms.Because I have to go back to Zhengzhou tomorrow morning, I plan to go to bed early tonight.

I climbed into bed and took out the "Evil Soldiers Book" stuffed under the pillow. Recalling my experience in the locust forest during the day, I felt more and more miraculous about this broken book.

Curiosity made me open "Evil Soldiers" and read it slowly under the desk lamp.

Opening "The Book of Evil Soldiers", I seem to have entered a strange world. This is basically a book of exorcism, which records various kinds of strange spells and ways to deal with evil spirits in detail.Although the content is a bit obscure, I can barely understand it, but there are many spells and incantations that I can't remember for a while.

I remembered the mortal charms that my grandfather often used, so I was very interested to see what powerful charms were recorded in the book.However, what I didn't expect was that the "Evil Soldiers Book" in my hand only had the first half of the Fengshui chapter and the Daoshu chapter. gone.

The "Evil Soldiers Book" I was holding was actually a fragmented volume with only the first half of the content, so where did the fragmented second half go?
Forget it, I didn't think too much about it. After all, something so old will inevitably be lost and damaged.

Although I was a little disappointed, this did not weaken my curiosity. I read the first Feng Shui scroll seriously, and was soon deeply attracted by the all-encompassing knowledge of Feng Shui in it. In the early morning, I reluctantly closed the ancient book until my eyelids were fighting.

I had a dream that night, dreaming that I became a Feng Shui master, pointing out the country and looking at the world.

The next morning, I got up and ate a bowl of noodles, saying goodbye to my grandfather.

We took a villager's agricultural locomotive to the county seat. Grandpa drove us all the way to the entrance of the village, until the agricultural locomotive drove far away. When I turned around, I saw my grandfather's thin figure standing at the entrance of the village, and he hadn't left for a long time.My heart seemed to be blocked by something, and my eyes were a little sore.I still remember that when I went out to go to college that year, my grandfather stood at the entrance of the village like this, watching my back and unwilling to leave.

A song echoed in my ears: "Go home and have a look... Go home and have a look... Even if you wash your mother's chopsticks and wash the dishes..."

"What are you thinking about?" Gu Meidi nudged me lightly with his elbow.

"No...it's nothing..." I quickly forced back the tears that were about to overflow from the corners of my eyes.

"Here!" Gu Meidi handed me a tissue.

"what?"

"Cry if you want to cry, don't hold back!"

"I am a man, how can I shed tears so easily, take it back! Take it back!" I hurriedly turned my head away, I didn't want Gu Meidi to see my weak side.

When I returned to Zhengzhou, most of the excavation of the ancient tomb had been carried out.Many workers are still busy at the site under the scorching sun. After the workers' non-stop rescue excavation day and night, the funerary objects in the ancient tomb have basically been cleared out, and the prototype of the entire ancient tomb has also appeared in front of our eyes. It looks like Quite spectacular.

Professor Ye excitedly told us that this ancient tomb is a tomb of a prince in the Spring and Autumn Period. This archaeological excavation is of great significance, and many rare treasures have been unearthed, which is enough to cause a sensation in the entire archaeological world.

"By the way, how are you doing these days?" Professor Ye asked us.

Gu Meidi and I looked at each other, of course we wouldn't say anything about the strange encounters of the past few days, but simply replied: "It's okay!"

Gu Meidi said: "The air in the countryside is very fresh, and Tuobagu's grandfather is also very enthusiastic. It is very comfortable to live in!"

Professor Ye chuckled: "If you have time, go back and take a walk!"

In the next few days, we will still spend time at the excavation site. There is still a lot of work to be done in the excavation of the princely tomb, such as the investigation of the cemetery building and the layout of the cemetery.At the same time, the Hen Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics has also started to carry out the protection and display planning of the princely tombs.

Gu Meidi and I stayed in the command room most of the time, sorting out the unearthed funerary objects by category.This is not an easy task. There are a large number of unearthed cultural relics in front of us every day. For these ancient cultural relics, we must not be sloppy. We treat each cultural relic as if we were treating an uncle, and we must take good care of them.Sometimes it may take several hours just to remove soil from a cultural relic with a brush.

This afternoon, Gu Meidi walked up to me with a list of unearthed cultural relics: "Hey, Tuobagu, isn't there a cold jade toad recorded on the list? Why didn't I find this toad? Have you found it?" Didn't you see it?"

I took the list and looked at it, and there was indeed a cold jade toad written on the list, which was unearthed in the mouth of the ancient corpse.There is also a photo taken when it was unearthed on the list, which is a jade carving toad the size of a ping pong ball.The whole body of the toad is white and transparent, and its shape is lifelike. You can tell it is the best jade at a glance.Strangely, the toad is covered with a layer of smoky white chill, full of mysterious charm.

I said: "When the ancients were buried, they actually held this toad in their mouths. This toad must be something extraordinary!"

Gu Meidi said anxiously: "Yes! I also know that this is a valuable funeral object, but I can't find it after looking for it. Could it be that someone lost it while carrying it?"

I said, "Look for it more carefully! If you can't find it, just tell Professor Ye, this is no small matter!"

Gu Meidi searched the table for a long time, but still did not find the Hanyu Toad, so she had to call Professor Ye and tell him about it.

After hanging up the phone, I asked her what Professor Ye said, and she shrugged her shoulders: "I didn't say anything, let's continue to do the work at hand first, and don't delay the work progress because of a cold jade toad!"

After staying on the construction site for about ten days, the archaeological team began to withdraw one after another.

Professor Ye said: "I have worked hard for you these days. I wanted you to rest for two days, but I just received an invitation from the Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, asking me to go to Xi'an to participate in a grand exhibition of ancient cultural relics. Bring it too, let you open your eyes!"

Antiquities Fair?There must be a lot of rare treasures that have never been seen or heard before on display at the venue. It is very exciting to think about it, so we readily agreed to accompany Professor Ye to Xi'an.

Two days later, we arrived in Xi'an.

Xi'an is the hometown of Professor Ye, known as Chang'an in ancient times. It is one of the world-famous four ancient capitals and the first of the four ancient capitals in China. It has a profound history and strong ancient charm.

Now that you are in Xi'an, you must try the most famous snack in Xi'an - mutton steamed buns.This snack is also Professor Ye's favorite. As long as he returns to his hometown, no matter how busy Professor Ye is, the first thing he will do is to eat a bowl of steaming hot and fragrant mutton buns.

Mutton steamed buns were called "Yangtang" in ancient times. Su Shi, a famous poet in the Song Dynasty, had a poem that "there is Xiong La in the Long delicacy, and only yangkan is cooked in Qin Dynasty".

The cooking technology of mutton steamed buns is very strict, and the cooking process of meat is also very particular.Wash and cut high-quality beef and mutton first, add onion, ginger, pepper, fennel, cinnamon and other condiments when cooking, and cook until the soup is ready.Mo is a kind of white flour scones. The noodles of the scones must be dead noodles. When eating, break them into soybean-sized pieces and put them in a bowl. Then ask the chef to put a certain amount of broth in the bowl and serve with chopped green onions. , coriander, black fungus and other seasonings, if served with chili sauce, sugar garlic, it will have a special flavor.

(End of this chapter)