Zhou Qu originally just took the expert advisory group to take a look, but the work here is progressing so smoothly, he should hurry up and finalize it to avoid further disturbances.
Together, they went back to the base to rest at night, and brought their luggage to the workstation the next day to welcome the ensuing long field trip.
Batu has been stationed at the workstation for a long time, and the rest are the ones returning.
Vehicle bumps.
Chu Qianli was shaking in the car, she was dizzy when she got off the car, so she could only pull Tan Muxing's schoolbag shoulder strap, and slowly followed him back to the base: "Why do I feel like I've been in the car these two days? "
"You feel right."
"This commute time even exceeds that of first-tier cities."
Pan Yicheng also arranged for the work of other members of the expert advisory group, while Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing first went to the cafeteria to eat, and then went back to the house to pack up and rest, preparing to start again tomorrow.
In the dormitory, Chu Qianli finally had a smooth internet connection. She made a video call to her family and explained her life for the past two days to her parents.
Yu Xin asked with concern: "Is Qianli used to living there? Is the dormitory environment good?"
"The decoration of our dormitory is not to forget the original intention." Chu Qianli obediently held the mobile phone to show, she walked around the room, and said with a smile, "What I want is this kind of hard work and simplicity, and the feeling of leading by example."
Yu Xin was worried that her daughter would not eat well or drink well when she was out of town, so now seeing her laughing and joking, she responded with a smile and said that she should pay attention to the weather changes.
He Zhenghe: "Then when will you be back?"
When He Shichen heard this, he, as the only careerist, reminded from the side: "...shouldn't I ask her about the progress of the project?"
"Of course the project went well. I only received two pieces of clothes after I came here for two days." Chu Qianli recalled the shaman's robe and added, "Maybe I won't be short of clothes when I go back!"
He Shichen looked puzzled: "What clothes? Project overalls?"
"... It's reasonable to say that it is work clothes."
After Chu Qianli reported his safety to his family, he began to pack the things he brought to the workstation, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the robe he brought back from the village. After thinking for a moment, she still put the robe into the box, planning to take it away tomorrow.
The next day, Pan Yicheng arranged for others to go to work elsewhere, and brought Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing to the workstation. The group put away their luggage and visited the village again.
The environment in the village was the same as before. The aborigines were friendly and enthusiastic. They smiled and waved to Tan Muxing, but they respected Chu Qianli and saluted seriously.
Pan Yicheng said with emotion: "I didn't expect that our little classmates are the most popular."
Chu Qianli couldn't accept the villagers' worship, so he could only bow politely all the way back. When she arrived at the place where yesterday's ceremony was held, she felt exhausted and sighed, "I'm afraid of this kind of situation. Every time I go back to the village, I only contact Pingping. I didn't expect it to happen here."
Tan Muxing smiled and comforted: "This means that everyone recognizes your ability."
"But it would be very troublesome to bear other people's expectations. It's better to feel that I am nothing." Chu Qianli said helplessly, "Oh, after the location of the altar is determined, I will stop coming to the village."
Today's animal bone divination went quite smoothly, the old lady finished the ceremony and led everyone to leave.
The old lady's name is Sa Ren. It is said that there was a shaman in her ancestors, but unfortunately she has no such ability and can only simply follow the rules of her predecessors. She knows some simple healing methods, and then has some life skills, and occasionally presides over sacrificial activities, all of which are experiences passed down from her predecessors.
The surrounding environment is harsh, natural disasters occur frequently, and there are basically no traces of human life. The shaman led the people to settle here, and it became one of the few remaining villages in this area, leaving a glimmer of life in the desolate area. Therefore, the villagers respect the shaman very much. It can be said that the shaman is the core figure who maintains the clan.
Somewhere not far from the village, the expert advisory group discovered the altar under the guidance of Sa Ren, which was indeed a very small shaman ruin.
Sa Ren worshiped respectfully in front, while Chu Qianli and the others observed carefully, exploring the totems and paintings next to them.
Pan Yicheng: "It's not really big, but it's been a while."
Tan Muxing held up the camera and asked tentatively, "Can we take pictures here?"
Sa Ren agreed with the expert advisory group to take photos and collect information. She stood by and waited quietly, occasionally explaining something.
"Is this the history of the village?" Chu Qianli admired the primitive and rough paintings, inexplicably associating countless images in her mind, especially the sky full of stars in the picture.
"She said it was the story when the village was built. The shaman observed the stars in the sky and led the wandering people on the grassland all the way forward, and finally found a place where they could settle."
Sa Ren looked at Chu Qianli, and said a lot more solemnly, his eyes were very serious.
The colleague said: "She also said that the shaman appeared again, there must be a reason."
Chu Qianli showed panic: "Good guy, grandma wants to know that I am here to build mountains and build roads, which conflicts with their ideas, will you feel cheated?"
The two sides are able to live in harmony now, because they haven't talked about starting construction yet.
Now that Chu Qianli has finished watching the altar, she is convinced that it is inevitable to start construction. The main reason is that the shaman relics here are not big and the value is far from enough. There are too many famous historical sites in the country, and the level of the village cannot be called a tourist resource.
Pan Yicheng also had an idea early on. Their job was to inspect the ratings. Once the construction was confirmed to be no problem after weighing, Zhou Qu and others would complete the follow-up.
A railway passes through too many villages and regions, and it is impossible to stop for a small village.
It was the first time that the expert advisory group was kindly invited by the villagers to stay for dinner after collecting the information on the altar. Knowing that it was Chu Qianli's fault, Pan Yicheng declined the hospitable villagers and insisted on going back to the workstation for dinner.
At the entrance of the village, Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing stood in place and waited. They were about to return to their workstations, but they saw women and children in national costumes not far away.
The little boy was wearing a cap and a pendant around his neck. He shruggedly pulled the hem of his clothes and hid behind his mother. He secretly looked at the two of them with black pearl-like eyes and lingered on the spot, refusing to come forward.
The woman next to him tried to persuade him. She bent down to comfort the little boy, and smiled and pointed in the direction of the two, showing encouragement in her expression.
Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing were watching this scene, both felt a little puzzled, and were at a loss for a while.
After a while, the little boy finally plucked up the courage to run. He ran quickly in small steps, stretched out his hands to the two people shyly, put something in their hands, and then hurried back to his mother, as if exhausting all his strength.
Tan Muxing said in a daze, "This is..."
Chu Qianli opened her palm, and she found that it was a candy wrapped in a simple candy wrapper.
The two wanted to thank the little boy, but the other party didn't dare to look at the two of them after all this was done. He collapsed in his mother's arms, blushing so hard that he couldn't raise his head to see people, like a little ostrich with its head buried in the ground.
The people at the workstation helped to communicate, exchanged a few words with the mother, and explained: "He said that he hoped that the shaman would like sugar."
Chu Qianli was taken aback, she hesitated for a few seconds, peeled off the candy wrapper, and put the candy in her mouth, it was an unpretentious sweet and sour taste. She said, "Thank you, it's delicious."
The colleague passed the words back, and the mother told the boy again.
The little boy's eyes were shining with sincerity, but he still didn't dare to talk to him, and hid awkwardly in his mother's arms, only quietly staring at the two of them with his eyes.
Tan Muxing waved to him friendly, but he didn't come over for a long time.
Until the group left, the little boy shyly hid and did not communicate with Chu Qianli and Mu Xing.
"It's quite cute." Pan Yicheng smiled, "The children in the village are so simple and cute."
Chu Qianli said softly: "Because she is cute, she will be embarrassed."
Tan Muxing handed his candy to Chu Qianli and asked, "Are you still eating?"
"No..." Chu Qianli replied subconsciously. When she saw the candy in his palm, she suddenly hesitated and said, "Forget it, give it to me."
Chu Qianli didn't eat the candy, but put it away on the table in the dormitory of her workstation.
In the next few days, after inspecting the altar in the village, everyone began to observe the landform and provide suggestions for engineering projects.
Chu Qianli has been doing field surveys recently, and she really didn't go to the village again, and she was ashamed and backache from running around with Pan Yicheng and Tan Muxing all day long.
She did know Fengshui before, but she didn't have much practical experience. Now she has learned a lot from Pan Yicheng, and she also understands some common points of civil engineering knowledge and geomancy, and learns to explain some Fengshui rules scientifically.
Grandpa used to know Feng Shui but not civil engineering. He always only taught the method without explaining the reason. Professor Pan is now making up this lesson.
The three of them gradually became acquainted at work, and occasionally chatted about the past in their spare time.
Chu Qianli talks about peace, Mu Xing sometimes asks about his past deeds with Pan Yicheng when he was a layman in Yetang.
Pan Yicheng took the red crystal compass, he looked at it repeatedly, and thoughtfully said: "This is really an old guy. I don't know how long it has been since I saw it last time. I didn't expect it to be in your hands now."
"I feel really old when I see it." Pan Yicheng smiled wryly, "I went out with your master back then, but now I come out with you."
Pan Yicheng didn't observe for too long, and returned the compass to Chu Qianli.
Chu Qianli asked curiously, "Does Professor Pan know the origin of the compass?"
Pan Yicheng once appeared in Chu Yilie's travel notes, so he may be aware of his grandfather's travels back then.
Talking about Evening Star: "And the stone on the compass."
"Your master also studied it at the beginning, but in the end there is no reason for it." Pan Yicheng thought about it, "I remember that they each had one at the time, mainly because they all had a teacher's inheritance, it seems that I don't have one."
Chu Qianli reminded: "... No, you have a college degree."
"There are only a few schools of well-known spells in China. Although many people will pinch the sect and claim that they are the orthodox one, but to be honest, it has been passed down for a long time, and there are too many branches. But the few people I knew when I was young are indeed true. It's amazing, and the ancestors of their sect basically have adventures, maybe they have similar encounters."
Pan Yicheng pointed to the red crystal in the center of the compass: "Your master wanted to know what the adventure was at the beginning. We both ran everywhere. Of course, I was engaged in engineering, and he came here to eat. Later, he told me that the time was not up." , he seems to have returned to the sect."
Chu Qianli was taken aback: "Cengfan?"
Pan Yicheng: "That's right! We were short of supplies in our era. At that time, I had a high rank and a lot of subsidies, so I could exchange more things. Your master only likes polished rice and noodles. At that time, I couldn't finish it all by myself, so he I often come here for a toothbrush festival..."
"It's embarrassing to think about it. Now is not the time to go hungry. I don't earn as much as his apprentice." Pan Yicheng sighed sourly.
Tan Muxing comforted him with kind words: "But we are still working under the professor."
Pan Yicheng: "Yes! It's right to think so. Your master has eaten a lot of my food, and now his apprentice is fine!"
Chu Qianli: "?"
Chu Qianli suddenly realized that it turned out that what grandpa wrote was not travel notes, but a history of eating and drinking, and he kept the account on himself for eating wherever he went.
Pan Yicheng heard that the two were studying the compass. He speculated that Chu Qianli wanted to get rid of the premature death, and said, "I'll go back and ask someone to help you. I really can't make my old face. I have seen all three things before, but after that I have forgotten it for many years, let’s see if I can borrow it for you to take a look at another day.”
"Except for your master who ran away without saying a word, other people should be able to get in touch." Pan Yicheng sighed, "But he talked to me about his fate, so it's understandable."
Tan Muxing showed doubts: "What fate?"
Chu Qianli calmly explained: "There are five disadvantages and three shortcomings in this business. Grandpa has no relatives to rely on in his later years. It stands to reason that there is no one to bury him. If he is forcibly tied to relatives and old friends, it may arouse even bigger troubles." Contradictions, no matter how good the relationship is, it may be broken."
The five disadvantages are widowhood, widowhood, loneliness, loneliness, and disability, and the three disadvantages are money, life, and power.
Chu Qianli didn't expect Pan Yicheng to know about this. No wonder Professor Pan always said "your master" instead of "your grandpa". Presumably, he was sure that Chu Qianli and Chu Yicheng were not related by blood.
Tan Muxing was startled, Wang Ping once said that Chu Qianli arranged for Chu Yilie's burial alone, and he suddenly had a deeper understanding at this moment.
The workstation has been busy for many days, and finally adjusted the plan to make the railway farther away from the village. This is not to take into account the beliefs of the villagers, but the area of the original plan has been inspected, combined with the future trend of mountain changes, there may be unnecessary safety hazards, it is better to be foolproof now.
The advantage of this is that Batu and others will save some trouble, the new plan is better than the old one, and it is easier to communicate with the villagers.
Chu Qianli inspected the surrounding area. Through the method of imagery, she was convinced that there are many fierce mountains in this place, and it is estimated that there will be no population increase in the future.
Chu Qianli held the candy in her hand, which was a gift from the little boy that day, and she felt quite uncomfortable: "Oh, so once you are expected, things will become very troublesome."
Tan Muxing sensed her entanglement: "What?"
Chu Qianli pinched the candy wrapper repeatedly. She looked at the melted candy in the package and said frankly: "The railway can also be regarded as a way of making money. The old plan is closer to the village, which can slightly extend the vitality of the village, but it conflicts with their beliefs. If the new plan is far away from the village, its influence will be weak... "
"But after all, this place is not suitable for people to live in, and the Feng Shui itself is not suitable enough." Chu Qianli said distressedly, if she can't see it, forget it, the key is that she still sees it, there will be one after another if you don't care.
She must determine the optimal choice, which is the production of karma, and different choices lead to different karma.
Tan Muxing: "But Grandma Saren said at the time that the site was chosen by the former shaman, and that the village was the most livable place."
"That's for sure. That was the limitation at that time. They could only circle around in this area. The position in the village is to pick out generals among the dwarves. There is no better one nearby." Chu Qianli said, "It's different now, you can go outside , there are more options.”
Chu Qianli was dejected: "But this will create a new workload, and people may not be willing to accept suggestions."
Tan Muxing understood that Batu and the others had disagreements about starting construction. Chu Qianli bluntly said that they should not live here, which would even poke the lungs of the villagers, no less than playing disco in a minefield.
Tan Muxing: "How about discussing it with Professor Pan? See if there is another way?"
In the workstation, Pan Yicheng was finalizing the details with Zhou Qu. Hearing their thoughts, he asked in surprise, "Do you want to relocate the whole village?"
"It's inappropriate." Pan Yicheng glanced at Zhou Qu cautiously, lest the other party would furiously refute Chu Qianli's whimsical idea.
Zhou Qu has always been staid and conservative, but now he is quite calm. He glanced at Chu Qianli unexpectedly, and said, "Old Pan, the people you brought are more thoughtful than you think. In fact, we planned to let them move from the very beginning. We even found a good place, but they refused to move."
Pan Yicheng was taken aback: "I don't know about this, I thought it was you who started the trouble."
"No, at the beginning it was planned to move the village away and merge with other villages to form a shaman folk village, that is, those people near our base, and then build a big village again." Zhou Channel said, "But this side is unwilling to leave, Then it developed to Kaishan, and then I called you here again."
Chu Qianli said bluntly: "Is it because the demolition funds have not been paid enough, and eight or ten sets of houses have to be demolished, it should be a joke, maybe the money is not in place."
Zhou Qu: "It's not true. The local support in the folk village is actually quite good, but they don't want to leave. The children in the village now go all the way to go to school, and they don't want to move to a place close to the school."
Tan Muxing hesitated and said, "Is it faith? Worship the mountain god and never leave the mountain."
"I don't know." Zhou Qu looked at Chu Qianli and said seriously, "If you really want to relocate, you don't have to worry about the process. The key is whether you can persuade me or not. I heard that the local people have come to do work several times, and if they can do it, it will be absolutely great. one piece."
Pan Yicheng: "If you really want to try it, you can ask Batu to take you there again. If he appreciates it, he will push forward. If you really don't want to, let it go. The melon that is twisted is not sweet."
The two thought that the possibility of mobilizing people to move to the village was extremely low, but Zhou Qu and others had already considered it, and the only difficulty turned out to be mobilizing the villagers.
On the familiar road, Batu and others walked in front, followed by Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing.
Chu Qianli went to the village again, her mood was completely different, she laughed at herself: "Could it be that I was a shaman before, everyone shouted and beat me after today's chat."
Chu Qianli has a lot of experience as an astrologer. Sometimes when he mentions something that the other party doesn't want to listen to, it may cause others to look at him coldly, but sometimes it's impossible not to say it. She is not sure whether the attitude of the villagers will change, but she can only have a clear conscience.
Batu reassured: "It's okay, they shouldn't be able to beat your friend, at least he beat the villagers in wrestling, so we are really likely to be beaten."
Tan Muxing complained weakly: "Batu brother, there seems to be something wrong with your words of comforting people..."
Chu Qianli got excited when she thought about it, and she clenched her fists with air: "It's okay, there are stars, I guess it wasn't me who was beaten."
Tan Muxing: "?"
Batu already knew the ins and outs. He walked towards the entrance of the village and said, "Although I am working on the project in the workstation, I hope that they can move away from the bottom of my heart. It will be more convenient, but to be honest, I can understand their thinking."
"Don't want to move out?"
"Yeah, the main thing is to move here and there, where exactly are you going?" Batu sighed, "I've moved along since I was a child, but now I don't know which ethnic group I am except for my ID card information."
"My college classmates think I'm a minority, but people from my grandfather's side think I'm not. Many things are broken when I come to me. Sometimes I don't know which side I'm on. Anyway, I live like this." Batu said casually, "I wanted to learn Mongolian for a while, but I gave up when I got tired of it. It's nothing."
Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing quieted down after hearing the words. Neither of them had such experience, so it was difficult to answer the conversation for a while.
Batu smiled bitterly: "Sometimes I'm afraid of forgetting my roots."
They are too closely integrated with the people around them, and sometimes they can't even figure it out themselves, thinking that they should pick up the culture of their own nation, but things get diluted as they become more numerous.
Tan Muxing sensed Batu's disappointment, he didn't know how to comfort him, and said, "Then if there is a chance, let Batu get you to choose again..."
Batu swept away his sentimentality, and said decisively: "That's still a minority, anyway, there are occasional bonus points."
Talk about the speed at which Mu Xing answered him in seconds: "?"
Chu Qianli: "It seems that your subconscious mind has not forgotten its roots."
Batu said gratefully: "Thank you, I am confident right away. If you ask me that, I will never forget it."
Talking about Mu Xing: "..."