"Oh..." Chen Zhi didn't show any special emotions after hearing Xiaomi's words.
He just looked at Fat Wei, and then looked at Xiaomi again:
"I understand what happened to you. It is human nature to buy souvenirs. We will go to your friend's store to have a look when we have time!
You go and do your work first!"
"Okay!" Xiaomi didn't notice the changes in the scene at all, turned around and left.
After watching Xiaomi running downstairs, Chen Zhi looked at Fat Wei again. His expression immediately became extremely serious and his voice was very low.
"Do you think what he said is true?
Are there other factors involved? For example, he heard about what we were doing and was defrauding us in exchange for benefits!"
"Not too possible……",
Fat Wei’s face is also very serious,
"I don't think there's any chance he's lying!
Because before he came up, we just put this piece of paper there casually, and he didn’t know it beforehand.
Besides, the two of us usually keep a tight lid on each other. No one knows about this except the three of us. How do ordinary people know what kind of Sogdian language this is? Unless he knows it.
If he didn't recognize it, how could he open his mouth and say it?
It’s really tnd, the world is big and full of wonders, but this time I really got lucky. I didn’t expect that this kid was really not bragging. He was really a descendant of the Sogdians?
That's not right..." When Fat Wei thought of this, he shook his head,
"I remember hearing you say that Sogdia was destroyed by the Mongols a long time ago? Even the few lucky ones left have been Chineseized and have long forgotten the language of their ancestors!"
"A nation, especially a royal family, is not so easy to be destroyed."
Chen Zhi lowered his head and said softly,
"Human beings have a strong desire to survive. They will hide their identities and extend their lives at all costs.
In ancient times, in order to survive, there were Han nobles who did not hesitate to pretend to be descendants of Mongolians, do the most menial jobs, and marry the lowest Mongolians. Finally, when the Yuan Dynasty fell, they found out that their ancestors were from the royal family!
But now I'm worried that the Sogdian language has been passed down for so many years without a language environment to cultivate it. Even if he knew it, he wouldn't know much.
If we tell him these things, if he fails to do anything and instead talks nonsense about these things, we will be in great trouble..."
"Hey! Can you let him know everything?",
Fat Wei smiled and said to Chen Zhi,
"I noticed that this guy has been bragging all the time. He is a talkative person. This kind of person has no scheming intentions and is easy to buy.
And what he says about his family’s affairs is very reliable!
He said that their family was an authentic Sogdian family. His father and mother were gone a long time ago, leaving only his great-grandmother. That great-grandmother had some Alzheimer's disease and had long since left him alone.
I said he was bragging, and this guy actually fell out with me!
He said that no one cares about him now, otherwise when his parents were alive, he would not be allowed to talk nonsense about his status!
When he was a child, he would be whipped when he came home if he said something nonsense.
It seems these things are quite reliable!”
"Um!",
Chen Zhi listened to these words and nodded slightly.
"If this is really the case, then we are lucky, but we still can't completely believe him!"
"Of course not~", Fat Wei took over and said.
"If you ask me, let's just find two paragraphs that don't matter among these words and let him translate them first...
If it were true, we would have solved a big problem.
Even if he is not, how can he know anything based on just two paragraphs?"
When Fat Wei said this, he turned back and looked towards the yard downstairs...
The window is in a very good position and everything in the yard is clearly visible.
Downstairs, Xiaomi was chatting with the two technicians about the allusions of Guazhou. When they first talked about the Sogdians, Xiaomi was beaming with pride, and his face was full of pride!
Fat Wei looked at him and smiled evilly.
"Hehe, this kid is quite a trick!
If he really knows a few words of Sogdian, we might as well let him read it first, and then cut out his tongue after he has finished translating it for us, so as to save him from going out and talking nonsense, and letting him find ways to defraud us along the way.
!",
After Fat Wei finished speaking, he looked at Chen Zhi proudly,
"How's it going? Now that I'm talking, the dark wind is becoming more and more organized, right?"
"There are many ways to remove people's memories. Xiqi never takes human life lightly...",
Chen Zhi also stood up and looked at Xiaomi downstairs.
"Tell him to come up and try it!
Let's see how much he can know, even just a little bit, it will be of great help to our current analysis of ancient Sogdian writing.
But speak softly and don't scare him!"
"Hello!",
After Fat Wei finished speaking, he waved to the window and shouted:
"Hey~~~, Director Mi, come up here!
We have something good for you..."
"ah?",
When Xiaomi was called by Fat Wei, she immediately raised her neck and looked upstairs.
"What's going on? Do you want to go shopping for souvenirs with me?"
"of course……",
Fat Wei smiled and said,
"We just discussed it, and we really need to bring back a large amount of local products, but we are busy and don't have time to go to the store you mentioned, so you should help us purchase them!
Come on, come upstairs, let’s talk in detail, the price can be easily negotiated!”
"OK!",
When Xiaomi heard that there was money to be made, she immediately burst into laughter and walked quickly downstairs. Then she ran up "dong, dong, dong" in a moment.
"The bosses are indeed people of status! People with status have more friends.
When you come to Guazhou, how can you not bring back some local products? You are also laughed at, right?
What do you two want to order? The honeydew melon, wheat, grape, licorice, cynomorium, and cistanche here are all local specialties. They are available fresh and dried. They are all of first-class quality. It will be absolutely decent to take them back.
.
If you want to help me buy it, I can also give you a discount..."
"You can take care of this, I can trust you!",
Chen Zhi replied, and then handed Xiaomi a piece of paper with a short paragraph of Sogdian script on it, which Chen Zhi had just copied.
"I have one more little thing to ask you for help with!
I am usually interested in archeology, which is considered a personal hobby. I have always wanted to write an academic paper on the ancient Western Regions.
I have obtained these ancient Sogdian texts, which I find quite interesting, but I just don’t understand what they mean.
It seemed like you understood it just now, could you help me find out what this means..."
I have obtained these ancient Sogdian texts, which I find quite interesting, but I just don’t understand what they mean.
It seemed like you understood it just now, could you help me find out what this means..."
I have obtained these ancient Sogdian texts, which I find quite interesting, but I just don’t understand what they mean.
It seemed like you understood it just now, could you help me find out what this means..."