The few pendants that were polished from the leftover scraps of the old sandalwood plaque in India were not worth much, only three to five thousand at most, so they were not sold in exhibitions. There were five pieces in total. He and Fatty Wang divided them up and planned to give them away. , the most suitable.
"Uncle Han, this is a piece of my mind. Please accept it. It is polished by old sandalwood from India. It has a natural fragrance and can repel mosquitoes and have a soothing effect. It can be worn by my aunt." Xue Chen gave it to Han Jinsheng.
"What a shame, I can't accept it. You have already done me a big favor." Han Jinsheng refused.
After Xue Chen's repeated insistence, Han Jinsheng accepted. Naturally, his attitude toward Xue Chen became more affectionate, and he treated Xue Chen like an uncle or nephew.
After sending Han Jinsheng away, Xue Chen thought about it. Absorbing spiritual energy was the top priority, and his priority was higher than all other things. He didn't want to waste a day and planned to report tomorrow.
"Huh, I have no choice but to take another vacation with Uncle Shen."
He called Shen Wanjun and told him that he planned to join the archaeological team to "fulfill his dream." Shen Wanjun understood his request for leave.
"It's good to do what you want to do while you're young. You can gain experience and increase your knowledge at the first site of ancient tomb excavation. You don't have to worry about things in the store."
Seeing Shen Wanjun being so considerate, Xue Chen felt moved in his heart.
The big tomb is said to be in the mountains, more than 200 kilometers away from Haicheng City. He can't drive back and forth every day. He must live in the nearest county and village and won't be back for a while. After thinking about it, he called Ning Xuanxuan. I made a phone call and planned to talk to her.
"Hey, little brother, do you miss me, sister? But you can't see me because I'm sunbathing on the beach in Bali. Don't be sad. I'll go back in three days. Don't miss me and make you sick. ." Ning Xuanxuan's lazy and charming voice came over the other end of the phone.
Xue Chen secretly thought, no wonder he didn't come to torture him these days. It turned out that he was traveling.
Hearing that Ning Xuanxuan was teasing him, the corner of his mouth curled up: "Sister Xuan, it's okay. I have a secretly taken photo of you on my phone. Whenever I miss you late at night, I will look at your photo. ……hey-hey."
After a long time, Ning Xuanxuan's scream filled with shame and anger came from the other end of the phone: "Xue Chen, you actually took my photo... You are so shameless, delete the photo quickly, otherwise I will never be done with you~"
No woman can tolerate a man holding a photo of her obscenely... not even Ning Xuanxuan.
Xue Chen laughed proudly and hung up the phone.
On the other side, under the blue sky, on the golden beach, Ning Xuanxuan, who was wearing a purple bikini and lying under an umbrella to enjoy the sun and sea breeze, sat up and let out a scream that shocked the coast with a radius of three kilometers, shocking the tourists around. They all lost their countenance and the frightened lifeguards almost fell from the high observation platform.
"I'll fly back tomorrow, Xue Chen, you're dead!"
When Ning Xuanxuan flew thousands of miles back to Haicheng City and drove straight to Xue Chen's residence, planning to "kill" the shameless Xue Chen, Xue Chen himself had already taken a long-distance bus to Yang'an, the capital of Yunzhou Province. city.
Yang'an City is the political and cultural center of Yunzhou Province, Hehai City, and Sunan City are the three largest and most developed cities in Yunzhou Province, and are known as the troika of Yunzhou Province's economic development.
Entering the Cultural Relics Bureau with two stone lions standing in front of the door, Xue Chen found one of the leaders in charge of the excavation of the ancient tomb. Han Jinsheng had already done everything, so he successfully obtained a work permit from the Cultural Relics Bureau.
"You can come over at any time. The archaeological team will be at the Jinyuan Hotel in Nantai County in the evening. You go and report to Professor Pan, the general manager of the archaeological team, and he will assign work to you." The staff of the Cultural Relics Bureau who received Xue Chen
After explaining, he lowered his head and continued to play Landlords on the computer with concentration.
Although it was getting late when he left the Cultural Relics Bureau, Xue Chen didn't want to waste another day, so he decided to leave immediately for Nantai County, the county closest to the tomb.
When we took the last long-distance bus and arrived at Nantai County, which is eighty miles away from Yang'an City, the sky was completely dark.
Xue Chen arrived at the Jinyuan Hotel in Nantai County and stayed in a single room on the second floor. He inquired with the front desk and learned that the archaeological team of the Cultural Relics Bureau had booked ten guest rooms on the fourth floor, but he did not immediately
Go up, because it's already very late, and everyone on the archaeological team should have rested. It won't be too late to report back tomorrow morning.
At around five o'clock in the morning, Xue Chen went to the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel to have breakfast. To his surprise and joy, he happened to meet a dozen people from the archaeological team having breakfast in the restaurant.
He swallowed the buns in his hand in three mouthfuls, walked towards the archaeological team, glanced around, and locked onto an old man in his sixties, wearing a gray jacket and navy blue pants.
"Excuse me, are you Professor Pan from the Cultural Relics Bureau?"
"Who are you?" Professor Pan raised his head and glanced at Xue Chen.
"I'm here to report and participate in the archaeological excavation. The leader of the Cultural Relics Bureau should have spoken to you on the phone." While speaking, Xue Chen took out his temporary work permit and handed it to Professor Pan with both hands.
Professor Pan glanced at his work permit and said suddenly: "Oh, I remembered. Yesterday I received a call from the bureau, saying that a comrade from the Geological Survey Bureau was going to be dispatched to assist in the excavation work. You have worked hard all the way. I also
I thought you would arrive in two days."
The people in the archaeological team sitting around were eating and looking at Xue Chen. Suddenly, a bearded man gnawing on steamed buns asked in a rough voice: "Are you from our Geological Survey Bureau? Which department are you from?
Why haven’t I seen you?”
Regarding this question, Xue Chen was well prepared and said: "I am a temporary employee hired by your bureau not long ago. I am not a regular employee, so you have never seen me."
"Oh." When the man heard this answer, he didn't ask any more questions.
Although Xue Chen is not handsome, he has a strong body, strong features, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He looks very bright and good-looking. As soon as he appeared, he immediately attracted the attention of several young women in the archaeological team.
Sitting next to Professor Pan was a young man about the same age as Xue Chen. He had a long face covered with shiny acne. Seeing that his young female colleagues who usually didn’t look at him in the eyes were commenting on Xue Chen, they were slightly
He frowned, stared at Xue Chen with his slender eyes, and asked indifferently: "Temporary worker? I see that you are here to report, and you seem quite happy."
Xue Chen glanced back at the long-faced young man and said casually: "Well, because I prefer our country's ancient history and culture, and I am also very interested in unearthed cultural relics."
"If you are interested, you can't have any evil thoughts. You know, it belongs to the country." The long-faced young man warned.
Xue Chen frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
"What do I mean? I'm just kindly reminding you to avoid making mistakes. I'm full."
The long-faced young man stood up and walked away with a nonchalant expression. If he were a member of the official establishment, he would not say these words, because it would be inappropriate if he met a relative of a leader. But after hearing this
Xue Chen was just a small temporary worker, so he didn't take him seriously at all, and he didn't have any scruples about what he said.
Xue Chen watched the long-faced young man leave with cold eyes. If he had been in another place and dared to say that he was a traitor to his face, he would have beaten him to pieces.
Professor Pan also murmured a little in his heart. Archaeological excavation is a tiring job. People transferred from the Geological Survey Bureau are very reluctant, but Xue Chen is very active. The most important thing is that he is not an official employee of the Geological Survey Bureau.
The employees are temporary workers hired from outside not long ago.
This couldn't help but make him careless. After all, the value of the unearthed cultural relics was very high, and it was inevitable that someone would be tempted and wait for an opportunity to steal them.
"Well, we set off at seven o'clock. You go downstairs ten minutes early to gather. When we get to the excavation site, I will arrange work for you." Professor Pan stood up and said.
"Okay, thank you Professor Pan." Xue Chen nodded.
At seven o'clock sharp, the archaeological team, consisting of less than twenty people, all boarded a chartered bus and left Nantai County. After an hour and a half's drive, they stopped at the foot of a barren mountain.
Along the way, Xue Chen heard and saw that the long-faced young man was named Li Wenbo. He was an official employee of the Cultural Relics Bureau. He seemed to have some background. In the archaeological team, in addition to respecting Professor Pan, he also respected everyone else.
He was bossy and chatted with the only three young girls in the archaeological team along the way.
After getting off the bus, the group walked nearly two kilometers on the mountain road before arriving at the excavation site of the ancient tomb.
The site is a relatively flat open space, about 200 square meters. The weeds and trees have long been cleared away. A rectangular pit has been excavated on the surface. The edges of the pit are trapezoidal steps, making it easier to go up and down.
It is about three meters deep, and the bottom of the pit is divided into different areas, which seem to belong to different locations in the ancient tomb.
There was a tent set up next to the large tomb that was excavated. At this time, three armed police soldiers with submachine guns came over. They were obviously sent to guard it to prevent it from being excavated at night.
Seeing that part of the archaeological team was preparing to go down to the tomb, Xue Chen walked up to Professor Pan and said, "Professor Pan, please arrange work for me."
Professor Pan hesitated and asked, "What do you think you are suitable for?"
Xue Chen recommended himself: "Professor Pan, I graduated from Haicheng City with a major in archeology. I know a lot about ancient cultural relics. If there is a job of cleaning up unearthed cultural relics, I think I can do it."
Naturally, he hopes to get as close to the unearthed cultural relics as possible, so that he can have a chance to absorb spiritual energy.
At this time, Li Wenbo was walking towards the tomb from the side. He glanced at Xue Chen and curled his lips and said: "You know how to choose. The job of cleaning up unearthed cultural relics is the easiest. You don't have to be exposed to the sun. It is assigned to the two girls in the team.
Yes, I think you are tall and strong, so you are quite suitable for transporting the excavated residual soil."
Professor Pan was somewhat wary of Xue Chen, whose origin was unknown. When he heard that Xue Chen wanted to clean up the unearthed cultural relics, he even suspected that his purpose was impure, so naturally he would not agree to this request.
"The clean-up work should be left to the careful and skillful female comrades. Xiao Xue, why don't you just transport the remaining soil. This job is not tiring. Go over there and talk to Xiao Zhao from the Exploration Bureau. He will tell you how to do it."
Li Wenbo sneered and turned around and went down into the tomb. Professor Pan also went towards the tomb. (To be continued)