Tianyan Jianbao

Chapter 291 Official Thief
While talking, Ermao used the watermelon knife in the shed to break open the melon. The melon was overripe.Before it could be cut, the whole watermelon split open, and the juice flowed all over the floor.

"Well, it's delicious, Ermao, how do you know this melon is ripe?"

Wang Haoming boasted as he ate, this melon was sandy, and when he bit into his mouth, a burst of sweetness went straight to his heart.

Wang Haoming used to knock a few times when he saw others buying watermelons, and he also learned to knock when buying watermelons himself, but he couldn't feel the difference at all.

Ermao gnawed on the watermelon, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said vaguely: "Brother Wang, if you flick this watermelon with your hand, if it makes a "pop" sound, it is ripe, and if you don't eat it, it will go bad. The one that makes a "bang bang" sound means it is ripe, but it can last for a few days. If it makes a "dang dang" sound, it is not yet ripe. If you buy watermelon like this in the future, you can be sure it will be right."

When he came to this quiet countryside, Wang Haoming seemed to be back to his childhood. After eating a piece of watermelon, he got into the melon field, knocked on each one according to what Ermao said, and had a great time playing.

I thought to myself, after learning this skill, we will never buy raw melon eggs again.

Wang Haoming played in Guadai for a while, thinking of the scientific expedition team that the third child mentioned, he was a little curious.

In this field investigation, nine out of ten are cultural relics archaeology or digging ancient tombs, so he said to Er Mao: "Brother Er Mao, where is the inspection team? Let's go and have a look."

"It's not far from here, here, just climb over that small mountain ridge, and I'll take you there."

Ermao is Zhao Chengtao's little cousin, today's task is to accompany Wang Haoming, he is also very happy to follow Wang Haoming.

"Ermao, why are you picking watermelons again? I really can't eat any more."

Wang Haoming, who ate the small half of the watermelon just now, felt uncomfortable in his stomach. Now that Ermao squatted there and provoked the watermelon again, he hurried over to stop it. Although it was not worth a few dollars, it should not be wasted.

"Brother Wang, my sister-in-law is working there. I'll bring a watermelon for them to eat." Ermao didn't look up, and skillfully picked a watermelon and hugged it in her arms.

"Work? What kind of work? Isn't it a test team, why do you want to work?"

Wang Haoming was a little puzzled when he heard that he had to find a man to do the work. From Ermao's words, it seemed that women were still doing the work.

"Help them dig a hole, it costs 50 yuan a day. I also went to work for a day, but I don't want men to do it the next day. It's all the old ladies in the village."

Ermao seemed a little dissatisfied. For their children, there was no chance of seeing 50 yuan throughout the year. He thought to himself that he was more powerful than those old ladies.

As the saying goes, looking at the mountain runs to a dead horse. This is true at all. Although the distance seems not far away, Wang Haoming and Ermao walked for nearly an hour before arriving at the mountain beam full of yellow earth.

If he hadn't secretly injected spiritual power into his legs, Wang Haoming might not be able to walk long ago.

Looking at Ermao, who was as energetic as before, Wang Haoming couldn't help sighing in his heart, he was an adult man, but he was not as durable as these half-grown children.

Standing on the mountain ridge, Wang Haoming discovered that the mountain ridge, which is more than ten meters above the ground, does not seem to be an extension of the mountain range, but rather looks like a pile of rammed earth.

Rammed earth is a term in archaeology, Wang Haoming is still clear about this aspect.

In ancient times, there were no building materials such as cement and lime, and the city walls and platform foundations at that time were often rammed.

Rammed earth is compacted layer by layer with rolling logs and has a compact structure, which is generally harder than raw soil.And the soil color is not as consistent as raw soil.And contains ancient relics, the most obvious feature is the ability to layer.

It is like paper, and ramming dimples can be seen on the ramming surface, and there are often fine sand grains on the ramming surface.

The rammed earth layer is actually equivalent to the modern foundation. Palaces and other buildings were often built on the ancient rammed earth layer.

Around the palace and the rammed earth layer, there are often the tombs of emperors. In the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, there are still nine-story stepped rammed earth buildings with a height of more than [-] meters.

Wang Haoming once read a report that on a strange desert grassland at the foot of Helan Mountain, there is the cemetery of the Western Xia emperors and the tombs of the princes and relatives. The pile of rammed earth of Feimi looks like a steamed bun.

Compared with it, the rammed earth layer under Zhuang Shuang's feet is not that high, but its area is much larger.

According to historical records, soldiers wore heavy armor and galloped their horses on the rammed earth layer to make it thicker and tighter. There may have been such a grand event here more than a thousand years ago.

"Brother Wang, look, all the people in our village are there."

Wang Haoming looked in the direction of Ermao's finger, and there was a simple pergola more than 100 meters away from them. Beside the pergola, there was a large pit, which should not be very deep.

Standing on the pile of rammed earth, Wang Haoming could see that more than a dozen people were busy squatting in the pit. Since the distance was not too close, Wang Haoming couldn't see clearly what they were doing.

Around ten meters away from those people, there were four armed police soldiers fully armed with guns and live ammunition.At this moment, they also saw Wang Haoming and Er Mao, looking at them in fear.

"Those people don't want to take out the treasures in the field? There were people in the village who dug before, but they were captured by the government. These people are not afraid, and there are soldiers standing guard for them."

Ermao was a little unconvinced. In his opinion, the things in the land would naturally belong to whoever dug them. Why should they not be able to dig while others can.

"There are also tomb robbers in your village?" Wang Haoming asked curiously because he didn't know about it.

After Wang Haoming's words.Ermao said angrily: "That's not called tomb robbery. How can you steal the crops in your home when you dug up the soil? The government is unreasonable. They even sent people to confiscate them all."

"Hehe, Ermao, there are regulations. Unearthed cultural relics belong to the state and are not allowed to be kept privately. Although the crop land you plant belongs to your use, it does not mean that the underground things also belong to you. Yes."

Wang Haoming casually explained to Ermao while walking towards the scientific expedition team.

"Then they can blatantly dig it? Who knows if they dug it out and hid themselves?" Wang Haoming didn't realize that Ermao was still a little cynic.

Ermao looked around and said to Wang Haoming in a low voice: "Brother Wang, let me tell you, the one who was caught stealing oil in the county town this time was a person from our village, who is also a relative of our family. That man's daughter-in-law asked Brother Tao to intercede yesterday."

Wang Haoming now understands that someone in Ermao's family has been arrested, so he won't explain to him now, and walks straight to the place where the group of people gathered.

"Stop, what are you doing?"

The two of them were just 30 meters away from the dug hole when they were stopped by an armed policeman. The combination of these two people made them somewhat confused.

Ermao is naturally from the village, they have seen it before, but looking at Wang Haoming's clothes, it is definitely not.

"My sister-in-law is working there, and I came to deliver a watermelon. This is our distinguished guest, and it's not a thief. Why don't you let us pass?"

Er Mao shouted at the top of his voice, he is not afraid of these soldiers, he also has a gun, and there is an old cannon barrel for shooting wild boars at home.

Several armed police soldiers glanced at each other and nodded, indicating that they could go over.

When they were sent here to perform duties, the above explained it.As long as the archaeological excavation site is not attacked, conflicts with the locals are not allowed. Although Wang Haoming is not a local, he does not look like he is here to grab things.

When he got closer, Wang Haoming realized that the pit was not shallow, but had been dug into a ladder shape.Layer by layer down, very flat.So it doesn't look deep, but in fact, the diameter and depth should be three to four meters.

The area of ​​the pit is about forty, about square meters. More than a dozen middle-aged women, some are digging the soil with palm-sized shovels, and some are actually holding a brush to brush the soil layer by bit. Lose.

Ermao said next to him: "Brother Wang, this pit was dug out by the old men. After digging, they drove them away, as if they were going to steal something, but they dug them out openly. I took away my things, why?"

Ermao had a deep resentment for the 50 yuan that day, and he never forgot.

Wang Haoming lazily explained to Er Mao, a half-grown child, and said casually, "They are official thieves, while yours are private thieves. It's different."

Unexpectedly, before Wang Haoming finished speaking, a crisp voice sounded from Wang Haoming's side: "What are you talking about? We were entrusted by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage to carry out rescue excavations. Did the official steal? Make it clear, otherwise I will never end with you."

When Wang Haoming heard what he heard, it was a mouthful of crisp Beijing movies, and he couldn't help but secretly groaned in his heart. It was originally a joke, but it was overheard. This is really a disaster.

Judging from the voice, it should be a young girl, but the girl is wearing a straw hat, and her back is facing the sun. Wang Haoming looked down on her appearance for a while.

Thinking about what I said just now, it was really inappropriate, so I wanted to go down and explain to the girl.

"Don't come down, this is an archaeological excavation site, not everyone can enter." The girl raised her hand, making Wang Haoming stand there awkwardly, neither up nor down.

"Big sister, Brother Wang didn't say anything." Er Mao couldn't see it anymore, and explained to Wang Haoming.

"Who is the eldest sister, bah, bah, I am a young and invincible beautiful girl."

The girl who was offended by the sentence "big sister" got upset, climbed up from the bottom of the pit, and took off the straw hat on her head.

"Eldest sister, what do I mean?" Er Mao understood the meaning of the last few words except for the word "bai".

"I said you are not allowed to call me elder sister anymore, what does er mean, what does I mean."

The girl stomped her feet angrily, but there was nothing she could do about it.He couldn't help turning his anger to Wang Haoming, saying: "Just now you said that we are official thieves, and you haven't settled the score with you yet."

It wasn't until the girl turned to him that Wang Haoming saw the girl's appearance clearly, and couldn't help but praise from the bottom of his heart, she is really a young and invincible girl.

The big eyes, long eyelashes, slightly straight nose, and the small mouth that pouted because of anger added a bit of cuteness to the whole person, and Wang Haoming looked a little pleasing to the eyes by pretending to be angry.

However, this is just pure appreciation.Because the girl seems to be a little younger, she should only be seventeen or eighteen years old.

"What are you looking at, Brother Zhou Tong, Brother Liu Kan, someone is here to mess things up." The girl gave Wang Haoming a fierce look, and the words she shouted almost made Wang Haoming stumble.

"Smash the scene?" Wang Haoming didn't have such an idea, he just wanted to see it.

"Xiaoxin, you are bullying again. If your grandfather finds out later, you will definitely be scolded."

"I didn't bully anyone, Brother Liu Kan, this person said we were official thieves."

The girl named Xinxin only now remembered the reason for calling them two, and pointed the finger at Wang Haoming again.

"This gentleman knows the word official robber, so he must know a lot about archaeology, right? Isn't it inappropriate to say that?"

This boy named Liu Kan looks like he is 22 or [-] years old. He looks like a student, but when he speaks, he is quite sophisticated and trembling.

The village where Zhao Chengtao lives is called Zhaojiazhuang. It is said that he has lived here since the Tang Dynasty. Although it has gone through thousands of years of changes, most of the people in the village are still surnamed Zhao, and there are only two foreign surnames. .

"I said a few, I really didn't mean it, I just said it casually, and besides, I said I was an official thief, is that wrong?"

Wang Haoming originally wanted to see this field archaeological excavation, but he didn't expect this little girl to be so difficult to deal with, and the one who came up was also aggressive, so he simply pushed back.

"Of course it's different." The girl named Xiaoxin retorted unwillingly at that time.

(End of this chapter)