The next morning, Luo Ding called Xu Xiangqin. When he received Luo Ding's call, Xu Xiangqin's voice was quite clear, and he must have gotten up long ago. After making an appointment for the time and place of meeting, Luo Ding immediately went to the appointment place.

Luo Ding originally planned to go to the grassland he wanted to see today, but because he made an appointment with Xu Xiangqin and there was still some things to deal with for Zamu's preparations, he postponed it a little.

After Luo Ding left the door of his residence, he walked towards the place he had made an appointment with Xu Xiangqin. At this time, the town was already bustling, and the fragrance floating in the air made people's index fingers move.

Before Luo Ding had breakfast, he bought a large cake at a small stall on the side of the road, and walked while chewing. Of course, he didn't forget to hold a cup of local milk tea in his hand. Such food may not be exquisite enough, but it has a different flavor. Luo Ding is quite used to it.

After arriving at the agreed location, Luo Ding saw Xu Xiangqin waiting for her in a dark green jeep. She was still the same canvas work clothes as yesterday, but the large sunglasses on her nose made her look like a model deliberately wearing canvas clothes for fashion.

Shaking his head, Luo Ding could only admit that there are some people in this world who look good no matter what they wear, and Xu Xiangqin is undoubtedly such a person. What surprised Luo Ding even more was that Xu Xiangqin was engaged in such archaeological work. In theory, she had to bask in the sun outdoors and had been exposed to the wind for a long time, but her skin was still so good.

"Have you had breakfast? Do you want me to buy you a big cake or something?"

Luo Ding raised the big cake in his hand and said with a smile.

Xu Xiangqin shook her head and said with a smile: "No need, I've eaten. You get in the car, I'll take you for a walk."

"OK."

Luo Ding responded and jumped into the jeep. As soon as he got off, Xu Xiangqin couldn't wait to step on the accelerator. The jeep seemed to be suddenly pushed by someone, and the engine roared and rushed forward.

Luo Ding was stunned and then realized that Xu Xiangqin also had her wild side. But it was right to think about it. If she was a delicate girl, how could she have done a job like archaeology? So under Xu Xiangqin's beautiful face, there must be a restless heart.

The jeep was driven by the tent, and Xu Xiangqin was driving at a slow speed, so the wind blew over, Luo Ding bit the cake in his hand, and then said, "Xiangqin, how did you maintain your skin? It's still so good?"

Luo Ding was really curious about this matter, so although it was a bit rude to ask such a question, he still couldn't help asking.

Xu Xiangqin didn't care much about this and said, "I call it natural beauty, and it's not something that sunscreen can do."

Although this sounds bad, it should be a fact. In fact, it is also true. If a person like Xu Xiangqin who works in the wild for a long time only relies on cosmetics, it is impossible.

"Okay, then just pretend I don't ask this question."

Luo Ding shrugged and gave up his problem. After leaving the town, Xu Xiangqin drove the jeep for half an hour, and then went on a dirt road. There were no traces of manual paving on this road, but it was full of car marks. You can tell at a glance that there were many cars driving here recently.

"This is the place our archaeological team found. Recently, many cars have entered, so there is such a road."

Xu Xiangqin smiled and said, "The roads here are all sandy, so it is naturally difficult to drive, but the jeep is quite stable in Xu Xiangqin's hands. This is what you can do with a lot of experience in driving."

Luo Ding nodded. Archaeology like Xu Xiangqin could not have been alone, so there is at least one team so that it is convenient to move. Then there is nothing strange about letting these people step out a way here.

Looking around, there is sand here, and the high or low dunes are even connected to the horizon. If you first arrived here, you would feel good to see such dunes, but if you have been here for a while, you would not be much delighted with such a situation.

For example, Luo Ding now has long been used to such a scenery. But he suddenly heard a hissing sound. Although the sound was small, it sounded quite obvious in the desert. Looking forward along the sound, Luo Ding soon found that something was moving about ten meters in front of him and Xu Xiangqin, and soon left a curved mark on the smooth sand surface as smooth as a mirror.

"That's a rattlesnake, it's so poisonous. When we first arrived here, another team member bit it. Fortunately, we were well prepared and had blood blue so there was nothing wrong."

Xu Xiangqin also saw the snake and smiled. For archaeologists, although such things are not often encountered, they always encounter them. After all, places with historical sites are often in rare places, and it is quite normal to encounter anything like this.

Of course, if the current medical methods are so advanced, life will be guaranteed to the greatest extent.

But even so, when Luo Ding saw the line that appeared on the smooth sand and the shadow of the snake squirming in the front, he felt a little creepy.

After driving for another half an hour, Xu Xiangqin took Luo Ding to a place, which was relatively open. Around this open area were sand dunes one after another, and these dunes wrapped the flat ground in the middle. When the car stopped and got off the car, Luo Ding immediately found that the aura of the place was very calm. He knew that this was related to the surrounding dunes.

When Luo Ding and Xu Xiangqin arrived, someone had already started working in this place, and some places had already been opened in this place. A dozen people were squatting on the ground, holding shovels or brushes in their hands, carefully cleaning something, and there were about ten tents around.

“We will have some people staying here at night, so these tents are also necessary.”

Xu Xiangqin took Luo Ding to those people and introduced the situation to Luo Ding: "We have been here for two months. We have basically determined that this place is a ruin that was left many years ago, but we just can't find the most central place. For example, we found some things left at that time, tools such as "contemporary objects", etc., but for a settlement, after so many years, there are actually not many things that can be left behind, and the most important place for us is of course the cemetery of people at that time."

"The main reason why such a place is that the things inside are buried underground, so they are well preserved, which makes the research more meaningful to us."

"As long as I find such a place, I will definitely be able to find something, because the environment here is relatively dry, with less rain, and things are not easy to break down."

Luo Ding said while looking at some of the situations that had been excavated and found that what was excavated here was something similar to the foundation of a house, but this kind of thing was from many years ago. There was not much left in the wind and sun. Most of them were even damaged and severely damaged. The value of research on such things is indeed not very great.

Therefore, the disappointed tone that Xu Xiangqin had just spoken was not surprising at all.

"Yes, but it's not easy to find it?" Xu Xiangqin said.

This is a desert, and it is good for ordinary people to find such a place in the north. Simply put, it is not only sand here. Moreover, the settlement here has been many years ago. The changes in wind and sand over the years have suppressed the grasslands of this settlement. Perhaps only God knows. Even the small comprehensive track I have found so far has taken a lot of effort, and some people have discovered some problems, and such archaeological funds cannot be supported for large-scale excavation.

Money is always the most important thing, and the same is true for the archaeological team. Although Xu Xiangqin and his friends have the support of local political axes this time, such support also has certain limits and cannot be infinitely expanded.

Hearing Xu Xiangqin say this, Luo Ding nodded. He knew that this was indeed not easy. He did not speak immediately, but looked at the surrounding sand dunes. He discovered a characteristic, that is, the surrounding sand dunes seemed relatively fixed, because there were several half-person-tall trees growing on these sand dunes from time to time.

Although it is not tall, considering the environment here, it is quite difficult to grow trees of this height, and it must take a long time to grow. If a tree wants to grow, the most basic condition is not only to have water, but also to not move these sand dunes.

“These dunes haven’t moved for a long time, right?”

Luo Ding asked.

"That's right. When we studied the soil layer here, we found that the dunes here have not moved for many years, or they are not moving a lot. What's wrong? Why did you suddenly ask this question?"

After laughing, Luo Ding said, "Maybe I can help you, I have a way to find those cemeteries."
Chapter completed!