Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 35
Grandpa smoked a pipe while steering the helm, and gave me a meaningful look: "Xiaogu, this girl is not bad!"

As soon as I heard this, I got angry, and hurriedly clasped my fists to beg for mercy: "Grandpa, stop, stop, why do you keep saying this?"

Grandpa looked at me sideways: "You know what I mean?"

I said: "I understand! You just want to tell me to seize the opportunity and try to marry Gu Meidi into the family as soon as possible!"

Grandpa said: "This is just one layer of meaning!"

"Huh?" I asked suspiciously, "Is there another meaning?"

Grandpa let out a long puff of smoke: "There is another meaning...uh... give up this action..."

"No! I don't want it!" I shook my head almost without any consideration: "Why did you give up this operation?"

Grandpa said: "You have also experienced the danger of this operation. If we continue, the result is likely to be a dead end! Grandpa is not afraid of death, but grandpa is afraid of what will happen to you. If something happens to you, what will I do?" Are you sorry for your dead father? Also, it’s not just about your own life, this operation is also about Gu Meidi’s life. Since you love her, why do you let her take risks with you? This is irresponsible behavior!"

I sat on the side of the boat with my arms folded, letting the wind blow my hair.I was speechless for what my grandfather said, and watching the sunset gradually sinking, my heart became extremely heavy.Maybe what grandpa said is right, but things have gone to this point, it is really difficult to give up and turn around.

After several hours of sailing, near midnight, the iron boat docked at the water terminal in YC City.After bumping on the boat for so long, we all felt that our steps were a bit vain when we stood on land.We took a taxi and headed for downtown YC.

Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is a famous historical city with splendid civilization.The majestic Helan Mountains and the Yellow River have created the Yinchuan Plain together, and an endless civilization has been bred on this land.The strong homecoming style, the majestic desert scenery, the beautiful water color of the Fortress, the ancient Yellow River civilization, and the mysterious Xixia culture constitute the city image of "Majestic Helan, Colorful Yinchuan".

The taxi is speeding on the wide street, watching the tall and exotic buildings pass by outside the window, our hearts seem to float back to the ancient and magnificent era.

Our stomachs were all growling with hunger, and we wanted to find a place to have a good meal, but because it was too late, many gourmet shops were closed.Later, we asked the taxi driver, who took us to a small roadside noodle restaurant and told us that the beef and mutton ramen in this noodle restaurant is very delicious.

Although it was late at night, this small noodle restaurant was still crowded with diners.We sat down around a small square table, and each ordered a large bowl of mutton ramen.After a while, the steaming hot mutton noodles were brought up, and before we could move our chopsticks, we were already salivating just smelling the delicious and rich aroma of the broth.

In front of everyone was a large blue and white bowl, with white noodles in the bowl, and several slices of fat mutton on top of the noodles.The green scallions float on the soup noodles. The seemingly simple ramen can seduce everyone's strong appetite.

I couldn't help moving my index finger, and I didn't care if the noodles were hot, I just blew on them and sent them to my mouth.On the one hand, it may be because I am really hungry. On the other hand, the mutton ramen is really delicious. I swallowed it so hard that I almost swallowed my tongue.

After a while, the night ramen in front of me had bottomed out, and even the soup was drained, so I burped in satisfaction.In this case, if you take a hot bath and sleep well, it will be bliss on earth!

But just as my good idea sprouted in my mind, it was killed by Professor Ye. Professor Ye said, "Tuobagu, come with me later!"

"Where are you going?" I wondered where Professor Ye would take me so late.

Professor Ye said: "This will be kept secret for the time being!"

I looked at Professor Ye puzzled, not understanding why he was so mysterious.

Gu Meidi refused, and pestered Professor Ye, saying, "Professor Ye, you are biased! Why did you only let Tuobagu go with you? I want to go too!"

Professor Ye said: "We are going to run errands, not to travel, so you stay here, find a hotel nearby, and take good care of grandpa!"

Gu Meidi opened his mouth to say something, but Professor Ye added, "This is an order!"

"Okay!" Gu Meidi pursed her mouth in displeasure, pulled me to her side, bit my ear and said, "You don't want to go find Miss Hua?"

I blushed and said, "You think too much!"

Gu Meidi stretched out two fingers in the shape of scissors, and said threateningly: "You know, if you do anything wrong, this is the end!"

I shuddered coldly: "You are murdering your own husband!"

Gu Meidi turned his head away: "Who is married to you?"

I murmured softly: "Since we are not a couple, you still care about me so much..."

"What did you say?" Gu Meidi turned his head, eyebrows raised.

I shivered in fright: "No! No! I'm saying that this mutton ramen is delicious!"

Before leaving, we had a small internal meeting around a small square table, and the topic of the meeting revolved around whether we should continue to act.I brought up this topic on my own initiative. After the grandfather on the boat said those words to me, I also thought about many problems along the way, but from the bottom of my heart, I really don’t want to give up this action.However, I also considered the safety of my grandfather, Gu Meidi, and Professor Ye, so I couldn't make a decision, so I had to raise this topic and let everyone express their opinions.

Professor Ye first spoke: "Go! Why not go? The Xixia Dynasty has left many secrets in history, and our exploration this time is likely to bring positive and important significance and influence to the archaeological community. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Opportunity, as a professional archaeologist, how can you give up lightly because you are afraid of suffering, tiredness, and sacrifice? I told you a long time ago that the day you joined the archaeological team, you had already stepped into the Palace of Hades!"

Gu Meidi nodded: "Tuobagu, when did you become so timid? Professor Ye is right, our archaeologists have never been afraid of death, so no matter what, I will not shrink back from this operation. I will never give up!"

I shrugged my shoulders, turned my head to look at Grandpa, showing a helpless expression: "Grandpa, you must have seen it, you can't blame me, this is the voice of the masses!"

Grandpa sighed: "Since you insist on continuing this operation, I won't say anything more, I hope everything goes well!"

I said, "Grandpa, don't go if you are old..."

Before I could finish my words, Grandpa slapped the table heavily: "Fart! If I don't go, who will steer the boat for you? I told you, Grandpa was never afraid of death! One more person is more strength, don't look I'm getting old, but this body is still quite strong, not worse than you young people at all!"

I stuck out my tongue: "Okay, okay, you keep calming down, that's not what I mean!"

Coming out of the noodle shop, Gu Meidi took his grandfather to a nearby hotel to stay, and I followed Professor Ye into a taxi.When I was in the car, I asked Professor Ye where we were going, and Professor Ye replied to me: "You will know when you arrive!"

I was worried, would Professor Ye take me to enjoy the nightlife in YC City?

After turning around for nearly an hour, the hour hand had already pointed to 01:30 in the morning, and the taxi finally stopped at a bus stop.After paying the fare and getting out of the car, standing on the street where the cars are passing by, looking at the dimly lit strange city, an inexplicable sense of desolation suddenly arises in my heart.Behind the colorful neon, how many faces are laughing and how many are crying?
I asked Professor Ye: "Where is this? Why do we need to get off here?"

Professor Ye lit a cigarette: "Don't worry, someone will pick us up later!"

After the time for one cigarette passed, Professor Ye received a call, and then he turned to me and said, "The person who picked us up has arrived!"

After a while, a black Honda commercial vehicle stopped in front of us, the window was rolled down, and a strange face appeared in front of us: "Is this a friend from the northwest?"

Professor Ye nodded: "Exactly!"

The man asked again, "Then where are you going?"

Professor Ye flicked the cigarette butts away: "We are going to the Western Paradise to worship Buddha and ask for scriptures!"

The man raised his chin: "Get in the car!"

Sitting in the business car, I kept muttering in my heart: "Damn, why is this plot so similar to the one in the movie? When we meet, we have to make a few cuts, making it look like a meeting between gangsters. And the thing that makes me dizzy the most is Those two incisions, what is going to the west to pray to Buddha to seek scriptures, my darling, even made "Journey to the West"!"

No one spoke in the carriage, and the atmosphere was very oppressive, so I didn't dare to ask more questions.For a moment, I faintly felt that I was a federal agent, carrying out a secret mission.

After another half an hour's drive, the commercial vehicle passed through the urban area, drove into the suburbs, entered an industrial park, and finally stopped at the entrance of a logistics company's warehouse.

The driver snapped his fingers at us: "Come with me!"

We followed the driver to the rear of a big truck, and before we could get a firm foothold, two burly men rushed out from one left and one right to block our way.My heart tightened: "Oops, could it be that I was ambushed?"

Professor Ye patted me on the shoulder: "Relax, don't be nervous!"

"Search!" Two burly men came up coldly, groped us randomly, and then said to the wireless headset they carried with them: "No problem, let them in!"

(End of this chapter)