Chapter 1209 The Returnee's Notes 283

Silence fell upon everything.

Huifa finished chanting and walked to Xie Ning's side. "Mu Yan, how about we make a deal?"

"What transaction?"

"Keep this a secret."

Xie Ning raised an eyebrow, and then saw the message on Huifa's phone screen: the special department would be arriving soon, and they would be bringing archaeologists with them.

To be honest, Huifa's suggestion suited her perfectly, but she couldn't just agree to it so easily.

Huifa clearly didn't want anyone else to take anything from the tomb. Since he represented the authorities, everything here naturally belonged to them.

Xie Ning then took the opportunity to ask for a box of treasures.

Huifa frowned. He thought Mu Yan was a rather indifferent person, since Mu Yan hadn't taken any treasures just now. He didn't expect him to be so materialistic.

After thinking for a moment, Huifa agreed.

After all, he didn't intend to take back what Yuan Ming and the others had just taken. One shouldn't go too far in one's conduct, and he didn't want to reveal his identity.

However, Yuan Ming should be able to guess it, but even if he does, he can only suffer in silence. He will have his own different perspective later.

They all took quite a lot of things; they should be content.

Huifa thought Xie Ning was going to bring a large box of gold and silver jewelry, but she didn't expect that she only brought a wooden box of bamboo slips.

Seeing Huifa's unusual expression, Xie Ning shifted her attention from the unexpectedly well-preserved bamboo slips. "I should be fine taking this, right?"

After all, Huifa had just agreed.

Huifa remained silent, sensing a significant problem, because in his eyes, classical records were the most precious.

Xie Ning looked down at the contents of the bamboo slips for a while. She used to work in the history museum, and was in the work of proofreading. Therefore, she had some knowledge of the language and writing of various dynasties, so it was not difficult for her to understand the contents.

"Don't worry, if needed, I will make a copy of the contents here and submit it."

She would keep the original bamboo slips because she didn't want Qingnu's manuscript to become "someone's" private collection after it was handed over. Even if it were to be made public, she would do so in another way.

To present it to everyone in its original form, without any embellishment.

Throughout the long history of the world, women have always been a part of it.

The more Xie Ning read history, the more she felt that the old order and the new order... a new order broke free from the father-son order. It needed power, and its interests were aligned with those of women. So it incorporated women's power, as if to say that by breaking through that constraint, it gained liberation and rebirth, and so did they.

However, this new order was marked by obvious patriarchal characteristics. As things settled down, women were excluded and treated as outsiders.

Everything seems to have returned to square one.

It began with the rise of women and ended with the fall of women.

Repeating the cycle.

The north wind of deep winter quietly swept past the car window, stirring up patches of crimson clouds that seemed heavy and about to fall, like a painting.

When they returned to the rented courtyard, the snowflakes that had been gathering for a long time began to fall. The little girl, dressed in a thick coat, looked like a round little snowman with a red nose. When she saw Xie Ning and the others come in, she took short steps and ran towards the kitchen.

"Grandpa, my sister is back!"

Because Xie Ning gave her candy, she had a particularly deep impression of Xie Ning.

"Sister, have some pancakes!" The little girl ran out again a moment later.

These are freshly baked meat patties, with some preserved mustard greens added inside. The hot aroma wafts into your nose, and the outer layer is slightly crispy, making them very delicious.

The little girl followed Xie Ning and the still dizzy Ouyang Lin into the room. Xie Ning didn't chase her away, but just told the old man and let the little girl into the room.

There were still many things she had left behind in the room. Xie Ning opened a tin box, which contained some cookies and candies. "Eat up."

The little girl wanted to refuse because her teeth weren't very good, and her grandfather said she couldn't eat so much candy. But she missed the sweet taste, so she peeled one for Ouyang Lin, as if just smelling the sweet aroma would satisfy her craving.

Xie Ning was also somewhat tired. The trip to the ancient tomb had taken a lot of her energy, but she still managed to exorcise the evil spirit from Ouyang Lin first. As for the others, Huifa would take care of them.

Exorcising evil spirits is quite simple; all you need to do is apply the prepared incense ash to both sides of Ouyang Lin's temples, since their fainting was caused by evil spirits entering their bodies.

In addition, Xie Ning lit an incense stick, and as soon as it was lit, she felt much less tired.

Seeing the little girl covering one side of her face and staring longingly at the snacks in the tin box, Xie Ning picked her up and took the tin box with her.

"It's okay if you don't eat it now; you can eat it when your teeth are healed."