HPDBC Vol. 1 Ch. 8
Vol. 1 Ch. 8
I also pulled out my snake-skin cloth bag and squatted down, stuffing the bronze artifacts into it.
The round and square cauldrons were heavy, so I struggled a bit. Sun Lao San took care of me and asked me to pick up the smaller items.
I ended up picking up the bronze beans and smaller bronze cups. These types of bronze artifacts stacked together weren’t unusual, as during the Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods, such items were commonly used as kitchen utensils.
The bronze cauldrons were used to cook meat, the cups were for drinking wine, and the bronze beans were for holding salt and seasonings. The bronze beans served a similar purpose to what we today use for dipping vinegar when eating dumplings.@@@@
It was like using a sack to collect money — I was literally doing just that.
I’m relatively thin, and not very strong, so when I noticed my sack was nearly full, I decided to take it up for a trip first.
I twisted my head left and right, and at that moment, the headlamp shone on a corner of the ear chamber.
"Eh? What’s that? A water jar?"
"Er Ge! Look! There’s a jar!"
Sun Lao Er, who had been focusing on stuffing a bronze cauldron into his bag, jumped in shock at my sudden loud voice.
"Shit, Yun Feng, what the hell are you shouting for? You scared the hell out of me."
I said, "Er Ge, there’s a big jar in the corner of the wall."
Without lifting his head, he replied, "That’s just a coarse pottery jar. What good is it? It’s too big to carry down the mountain, and it wouldn’t even be worth a thousand or eighteen hundred. We don’t need that kind of junk."
After hearing Sun Lao Er's words and looking at the large water jar with its stone lid, I decided not to go over.
Struggling under the weight of the full sack of bronze artifacts, I waded through the water back to where we came from. At that moment, a rope was lowered from the ceiling of the tomb passage.
Wang Ba Tou’s voice came from above: "Yun Feng, tie the snake-skin bag securely, make sure it’s tight. After that, come back and pack more. Hurry up, we don’t have much time left."
I twisted the top of the sack full of bronze artifacts a few times and tied it to the rope. Then, the sack slowly started to rise as Wang Ba Tou pulled it up from above.
In the next hour or so, we worked hard, and by the time we were done, we had moved out eight full sacks of bronze artifacts.
Just then, Wang Ba Tou's voice came through the intercom, urging us: "You three, hurry up and get up here. It’s almost dawn. We need to get down the mountain quickly."
Do you know the game "stacking people"?
I was first lifted to the ceiling using a human pyramid by the Sun brothers. Then, Wang Ba Tou above lowered a rope, pulling me up.
Back at the small guesthouse in Shunde, I was crouched by the sink brushing my teeth, thinking about where to dispose of the green and white soil later.
Just then...
"Slap!" A heavy smack landed on my backside from behind.
I was brushing my teeth at the time, and with such a slap, I didn’t manage to spit out the mouthful of water I was holding. I ended up swallowing it all.
I spun around in anger, only to see Yike Zhi wearing a tank top, laughing at me.
Although Yike Zhi was a few years older than me, her body was still in excellent shape. It was clear that she took good care of herself, thanks to her wealth and the best skincare products she used. The pink tank top she was wearing exposed her long legs, which were so fair that they made my throat dry just looking at them.
With a teasing smile, Yike Zhi said, “Hehe, little Yun Feng, I heard from Lao Er yesterday that you’ve never even held a girl’s hand? Is that true?”
Blushing, I mumbled, “None of your business.”
Seeing me embarrassed, Yike Zhi burst into laughter, her body shaking, and her laughter was so loud it seemed almost provocative.
She beckoned me with her finger, “Little Yun Feng, don’t you want to be the 45th man for your sister?”
At that time, I was still young and didn’t fully understand the intricacies of adult relationships, so I blurted out, “I don’t want to. By the time you’re 40, I’ll have to wear 99 green hats! You shameless woman, don’t even think about it, Xiang Yun Feng is not falling for it!”
When I insulted her, Yike Zhi got mad. She grabbed the mop in the guesthouse and started chasing me around the yard.
By noon, since it was meal time, I slung my black backpack over my shoulder, dressed like a high school student, and wandered around Shunde city aimlessly.
My backpack was stuffed with green and white soil, and I needed to find a suitable place to dispose of it.
As I walked, I couldn’t stop thinking about one thing.
For some reason, the large water jar in the corner of the west ear chamber in the tomb last night kept lingering in my mind.
I just felt like something was off about it.
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