Anecdote of the Yellow River

Chapter 7 The coffin hidden in the turtle shell (1)
Probably because of what happened just now, neither Gu Meidi nor I could sleep well. The two of us nestled in the carriage, staring at the dark night sky outside in a daze.The train rumbled and shook like rhythmic heavy metal music.

Gu Meidi turned to me and asked, "How long is the train ride to your house?"

I told her, "Five or six hours. We'll arrive in downtown Sanmenxia around dawn, and then take a bus for over an hour to the county seat, and then take a small noodle..."

"Stop! Stop!" Gu Meidi rubbed his temples, "Oh my God! How remote is the place you live in? Hearing you say that, I feel like my head is getting bigger!"

I smiled apologetically, "I just said I won't let you come, Professor Ye just wants you to come with me."

"What's the matter?" Gu Meidi looked at me unwillingly, "You make me sound like a rich lady."

I said, "You are the eldest daughter of a thousand gold!"

"Also!" Gu Meidi made a gesture to beat.I quickly shut my mouth.

Gu Meidi sighed faintly, resting his chin on his right hand, and said slowly: "My dad used to be an archaeologist, but later he died and was buried in the vast sand sea, and even his bones were not found. My dad died I was less than ten years old at the time, and it was very hard for my mother to raise me alone. Later, through the introduction of relatives and friends, my mother met my stepdad. My stepdad was quite rich and opened several companies. He also treated me well. Very good, treat me like my own daughter. But I always think that his wealth is not mine, nor should it be mine, so to be precise, I am not a rich lady, and I don’t like others to say that I am It's Miss Qianjin."

I scratched my head, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to have this past."

Gu Meidi waved his hand, "It's okay. Tell me about you, I have worked with you for a year or two, and I never know your story."

I smiled lightly, "Do you know why my name is Tuobagu? Because I am an orphan without father and mother. My father and mother passed away when I was very young, and I almost I can’t remember what they looked like. I was raised by my grandfather alone, and my grandfather is my only relative in this world!”

Gu Meidi looked at me blankly, "I always thought your name was very special before, but I didn't expect... I didn't expect it to have such a meaning! I'm so sorry for reminding you of the unpleasant past."

I shook my head, "There are some things we have to face after all!"

Gu Meidi suddenly exclaimed, which made me tremble all over, "What are you doing?"

Gu Meidi said: "I suddenly thought of a very serious question. What do I want to go home with you? What does Professor Ye mean by asking me to go home with you for archaeology? What happened in your house? I think You should tell me, I can't just follow you in such a daze..."

Gu Meidi asked a long list of questions, so I had no choice but to tell her the truth, "A few days ago my grandfather caught a coffin in the Yellow River."

"The coffin?" Gu Meidi looked at me puzzled, "Is there a treasure in the coffin?"

"No!" I waved my hand and said, "Don't interrupt me, just listen to me. That coffin is no ordinary coffin, but... a coffin hidden in a turtle shell!"

"Ah?!" Gu Meidi opened her mouth wide. Even though she was very knowledgeable, she had never seen a coffin hidden in a turtle shell, so she was quite surprised when she heard it.

I said: "Grandpa thinks that coffin is unusual, it may be something evil, so he wants me to go back and have a look."

Gu Meidi looked at me suspiciously, "This thing is really evil! But I'm curious what your grandfather did, how did he fish a coffin back from the Yellow River? Is he a fisherman?"

I shook my head and said with a smile: "He's not a fisherman, he's engaged in a very mysterious job—the Yellow River corpse hunter!"

"What? What?" Gu Meidi plucked his ears in disbelief, "Yellow River... corpse hunter... what kind of job is this?"

I know that Gu Meidi likes to get to the bottom of things the most. If I don’t explain this matter to her clearly, she will pester me tirelessly to inquire, so I told her, “The Yellow River corpse hunter is also called the Yellow River water ghost. I am a craftsman of the Yellow River. I know you want to ask me what kind of occupation the Yellow River worker is. I might as well tell you that the Yellow River worker specializes in cleaning up the ancient Yellow River road. They are not dredging mud, but cleaning up evil things in the Yellow River. As for the Yellow River Corpse collectors, as the name suggests, their job is to salvage the corpses in the Yellow River. Do you understand?"

Gu Meidi nodded half-understanding, "The mysterious culture in the Yellow River Basin is really rich! Tuobagu, you must have seen many strange things, tell me a few!"

Anyway, I couldn't sleep, so I simply told Gu Meidi about the double dragon swallowing the sun, the old tree corpse coffin, and some weird taboos and rules of the corpse hunters in the Yellow River, which made Gu Meidi startled. He was taken aback for a while, and exclaimed from time to time, which aroused curious and dissatisfied eyes from the neighbors.

I don't know how long I talked on and on, and I didn't stop until my mouth was dry.

Gu Meidi said excitedly: "I can't wait to go to your hometown!"

I smiled, took out my mobile phone and looked at the time, the train will take more than two hours to reach the destination, I was about to close my eyes and rest for a while, when Gu Meidi asked me suddenly, "Do you know why I chose archaeology? Are you a professional?"

I said, "I really don't know about this!"

To tell the truth, archeology is a very hard and dangerous job. We live in the wind and sleep all the year round, and shuttle in the mountains, deserts and glaciers. If we don't do it well, we will lose our lives.With Gu Meidi's family conditions, she can choose to live a life without worrying about food and clothing. We don't quite understand why she chose to major in archaeology.

Gu Meidi took a sip of mineral water and began her narration, "Actually, the reason why I chose the major of archaeology is not to inherit my father's career, but to continue my father's unfinished business. The reason why I have such a great interest in archaeology The strong interest stems entirely from an incident that happened when I was a child."

"In the mid-20s, when I was about four or five years old, my mother was sent by the unit to study abroad, so I lived with my father for a year or two, and my father took me with me everywhere. My mother did this many times. Blame my dad for not giving me a stable living environment. But there is no way. At that time, my grandparents, grandparents, and grandparents were all in the country. My dad didn't want to send me to the countryside to live a hard life. Father's love and mother's love are necessary for growing up, so he insisted on bringing me by his side. In fact, I was quite happy at that time. I traveled to many places with my father and saw a lot of customs and customs. I have experienced a lot at a young age. Very rich."

"One year, my father's archaeological team went to Inner Mongolia. They received a report that in Daqing Mountain in Inner Mongolia, when several herdsmen were sheltering from the rain, they discovered a cave with many strange murals."

"At that time, the transportation was not very developed. I remember that we took the train, transferred to the car, and even took a horse-drawn cart, and finally arrived at the destination. The archaeological team started working non-stop as soon as they arrived at the destination. They first went to the cave to investigate. After looking at the general situation, I also went in at that time, and I remember the situation inside the cave clearly."

"The cave is as big as a basketball court, and the inside is very dry. The surrounding walls are polished very flat, and there are more than ten giant murals carved on the mountain walls. The lines of those murals are very simple, but the content contained in them But all the archaeologists present were deeply shocked. The content of the murals not only includes the vast Milky Way, the earth's atmosphere, but also clearly visible disc-shaped aircraft and astronauts wearing helmets."

"If you connect the contents of more than ten murals, you can probably get such a message: After a spaceship from outer space arrived in the solar system, the spaceship may have malfunctioned or its energy was exhausted, and finally it crash-landed on the earth."

"At that time, the discussion on extraterrestrial life was still a very hidden topic. The archaeological team felt that the matter was of great importance and immediately reported the situation to the relevant departments."

"The next day, the military sent a garrison unit. The army sealed off the site, and no one was allowed to enter the cave except the archaeologists. I could no longer follow my father into the cave, so I could only wait in the tent outside. .”

"Three days later, the military transported eight large sarcophagi into the cave, and later pulled out the eight sarcophagi and carried them into the rear compartments of eight military vehicles, escorted by soldiers with live ammunition."

"Later I asked my father what was contained in the eight sarcophagi, and my father quietly told me that the archaeological team found eight huge bones in the depths of the cave. The structure of those bones was somewhat similar to that of humans, but they were not humans. The military used the sarcophagus to transport the bones away and sent them for secret research."

"This incident left a deep imprint on my young mind, and I was suddenly full of countless curiosity about the world. At that time, I secretly vowed that when I grow up, I will also become an archaeologist and go to the world Everywhere, look for those lost civilizations!"

For the remaining two hours, Gu Meidi and I talked about many weird issues, such as parallel universes, cracks in time and space, four-dimensional space, time travel, extraterrestrial life, prehistoric creatures, and the theory of the cycle of earth civilization, etc. Unknowingly chatting until the sky brightened.

"Woo--", with a long siren, we have arrived at Sanmenxia Railway Station.

I stretched and stood up, and naturally took Gu Meidi's hand and walked off the train.

The morning light bathed the train station, and the criss-crossing rails shone with mottled luster, as if they were also telling the distant legends.

Walking out of the train station, I turned around and asked Gu Meidi if he wanted some breakfast, but I saw Gu Meidi standing behind me with flushed cheeks.

I asked with concern: "What's wrong? Could it be a cold?"

Gu Meidi glanced at me shyly, "How long are you going to hold my hand?"

"Oh, I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" I quickly let go and smiled at Gu Meidi with some embarrassment.I swear to God, I have absolutely no dirty intentions to take advantage of her.When I got off the train, there was a lot of people, I just held her hand subconsciously, I am afraid that other men would do the same.

I thought that Gu Meidi would reprimand me, but who knew that Gu Meidi put his mouth close to my ear and said softly: "Isn't it the first time you hold a girl's hand?"

I ran away with some embarrassment, "You wait, I'll buy you two pancakes!"

In fact, before this, I really didn't have any distracting thoughts about Gu Meidi, but now that she said it like this, my little heart started beating wildly instead.I have to admit that this is indeed the first time for me to hold a girl's hand, and Gu Meidi's little hand is really smooth and tender.

Near noon, we finally returned to Hezi Village.

Hezi Village is an unremarkable small fishing village on the bank of the Yellow River. Most of the villagers here rely on fishing for their livelihood.The ancient Yellow River flows through the village, telling the story of the 5000-year-old Chinese civilization.

Walking on the ridge, the river wind blows head-on, and the air is filled with the fragrance of moist soil.There is no hustle and bustle of big cities here, only a touch of tranquility and serenity.Staying in the concrete forest for too long, occasionally going to the countryside far away from the world, the impetuous heart will be at peace, and the whole soul will get a kind of pure baptism.

Gu Meidi stretched his arms and said cheerfully: "It's been a long time since I breathed such fresh air, Tuoba Gu, when you have nothing to do, you can take me to the countryside for a walk!"

"Okay! Okay!" I agreed vaguely, not knowing if there was any deep meaning in Gu Meidi's words.

In recent years, the country has stepped up efforts to develop urban and rural construction, and even our remote Hezi Village has built many new buildings.These buildings are all designed and built by the government, and they look like garden villas, beautiful and grand.

In the past two years, our family also built a building, but Grandpa was reluctant to leave the old house, so that building has remained idle until today.In order to welcome me back, grandpa specially opened the new house today, and set up a table of good wine and food in the garden of the new house.

"Little Gu, you're back!" Grandpa put down the tobacco and greeted him happily.

Before I could introduce him, Gu Meidi had already introduced himself: "Grandpa, hello, my name is Gu Meidi, and I'm Tuobagu's colleague!"

"Hello! Hello!" Grandpa squinted his eyes and looked at Gu Meidi from head to toe, and suddenly said, "Are you Xiaogu's girlfriend?"

I was slightly taken aback, and was about to explain, but Gu Meidi took the lead and said: "Ah! Grandpa, you are so amazing, you can tell at a glance!" When he said this, Gu Meidi took me carelessly arm, I trembled all over and almost fell to the ground.

Grandpa's face bloomed like a smile, "Little Gu, you are so lucky! Come on, come on, my future granddaughter-in-law, hurry up and sit down, Grandpa has made a big table for you. food!"

Grandpa entered the room cheerfully. I felt my cheeks getting hot. I asked Gu Meidi, "You...why do you say that you...are me...my...girlfriend?"

Gu Meidi's answer was very simple, "I don't want to disappoint the old man! Besides, with your calf appearance, if you ask me, a flowery beauty, to pretend to be your girlfriend, you will make a lot of money!"

"You..." I touched my face, his uncle, why do I look like a calf?Almost like Andy Lau.

However, Gu Meidi is indeed very beautiful, she is the flower of the Department of Archeology, she was named one of the top ten beauties in the university, and she is also the goddess in the hearts of thousands of boys.Although Gu Meidi is a northern girl, she has the charming face of a southern girl, coupled with her fluffy snow-white skin, she is definitely worthy of the label "beauty".

The lunch was very sumptuous. We have been living and sleeping in the open all year round, and it has been a long time since we had such a sumptuous meal.Grandpa's culinary skills are also superb. Gu Meidi ate so much that he almost swallowed his own tongue.

Grandpa opened an altar of old-fashioned flower carvings, "Future granddaughter-in-law, can I have a meal with grandpa?"

"Wow!" Gu Meidi has the boldness of a northern girl in his bones.

Grandpa took out a blue and white porcelain bowl and put it in front of Gu Meidi, and poured the bowl full.

Gu Meidi picked up the blue and white porcelain bowl and looked at it, "Grandpa, this bowl is quite precious! If I read correctly, this bowl should be the royal bowl of the Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty!"

Grandpa clapped his hands and said with a smile: "My future granddaughter-in-law is really knowledgeable!"

Gu Meidi said: "Grandpa is laughing, this is just my professional habit! Come, Grandpa, I respect you!"

Gu Meidi was really pleasing to Grandpa, and the two soon got back together, and they drank up the altar of Huadiao wine.And I sat beside me stupidly, like a newcomer.

After drinking and eating, Gu Meidi scrambled to clean up the dishes, and my grandfather and I sat under the grape arbor in the garden to drink tea.

(End of this chapter)