Golden Fishing Village

1010.Knowledge is money (4)

The scientific research ship returned to the dock under the moonlight. After the mobile phone had signal, Professor Yin called Li Ji so that when they returned to the dock, Li Ji and Su Penghui were waiting for them.

“Where are the original turtle fossils?”

As soon as the boat docked at the dock, Li Ji shouted.

He is the leading expert on reptiles in China and has been dealing with these things all his life. The more he discovers, the less he feels he understands and there are too many puzzles in his mind.

Sadly, if nothing else happens, he will have to take these puzzles to his grave.

Now, the answer to one of the puzzles has been revealed. How can he not be excited?

At this moment, Professor Yin's mood calmed down. He smiled and said, "Lao Li, don't worry. I brought you the fossils, but how can you thank me?"

"After I die, all my property will be inherited by you!"

Professor Yin immediately waved his hand: "This is nothing more than a thank you. I estimate that you old boy will live longer than me. You are the only one among us who can live longer, and you are the best at maintaining health. You have been drinking wolfberry since you were twenty years old." Soak in water..."

"Don't talk about those that are available or not, can I share my health care experience with you?" Li Ji asked anxiously.

Professor Yin said: "That's not necessary. I just like to smoke, drink, and stay up late playing mahjong. Come on, I won't tease you anymore. A big meal can be exchanged for fossils, right? And when the final research report comes out, I want to add my name!"

"Ten feasts, without adding your name." Li Ji shook his head.

Professor Yin said: "No more feasting, just add my name to the end, okay? I will also give you the research data on the fossil immediately after it came out of the water. You have to know that it took 200 million years for this fossil to leave the air. , and the sudden exposure to air will cause considerable damage to it due to oxidation.”

"make a deal."

Ao Muyang quickly asked: "Hey, hey, teachers, it was I who found the fossil?"

Li Ji said: "I am now working for the protected area in your village."

Professor Yin said: "How about I stay and work in the reserve for the time being? Is it fair?"

Ao Muyang said: "These are nothing. I hope to keep the fossils in our village for the time being. You can bring the equipment and tools needed for research to the village and study them in the village. Of course, our village will take care of the food and accommodation. Dunton is a big seafood Meal, okay?”

"I can't bear the seafood feast." Dou Botao said with a sly smile, "Teacher, I have gout."

Professor Yin said happily: "It's okay. During this time, you can go back to school to do experiments. You don't have to stay with me all the time."

Several doctors immediately looked at each other: they also wanted to stay and eat seafood every day.

The fossil was sent to Li Ji and Su Penghui's room. That night, the room was brightly lit. Ao Muyang temporarily replaced high-wattage light bulbs for them, almost replacing the iodine tungsten lamps around the small square of the village committee.

Starting from the next day, experts and scholars came to the village by boat or car. They came with some tools and equipment, and Ao Muyang found a large vacant room to make a research room for them.

The first study came out as soon as possible. After C-14 testing, it was found that these fossils appeared 200 million years ago.

Then the media arrived. This was Ao Muyang's purpose of leaving the fossil in the village. The fossil was a sycamore tree, which could attract the golden phoenixes of the media.

If the media wants to report on fossil research, it cannot avoid Longtou Village.

Professor Yin and Li Ji also reported Ao Muyang's name very loyally, saying that he accidentally discovered these fossils and brought them back for them to study, and made great contributions to this matter.

Ao Muyang panicked when he learned what they said. He wanted the village to be famous, but he didn't want himself to be famous. He would have had enough troubles if he didn't become famous, let alone after he became famous?

Fortunately, he was worried too much. The media were just here to join in the fun. They didn't care who fished out the fossils, or even who was studying them. They only cared about the significance of these fossils and how many readers' attention they could attract.

In other words, in Lao Ao's anxious anticipation, no one interviewed him...

It’s also a bitch!

Research data is constantly being sent out, and these fossils are called semi-prototle turtles. They connect the evolutionary process from original tortoises to modern turtles.

There are very wide ribs in the carapace of semi-prototerranea. The ribs of modern turtles have been connected with the backbone during evolution. It can be said that the turtle shell is the backbone and ribs of turtles.

However, from a mechanical point of view, the wide rib arrangement is not suitable for protecting itself, which will increase the stress area and increase the possibility of damage after an attack.

In addition, the thickness of the back shell of the fossil turtle fossil is uneven. The thickness gradually decreases from the front end of the thorax to the back, and the front end is also harder. In this aspect, the turtle shell was not originally used by the original turtle to protect itself, but to protect itself. Evidence of burrowing in the ground.

Li Ji demonstrated to Ao Muyang during a meal that when the semi-original turtle digs a cave, it shrinks its head and digs down. Because 200 million years ago, most of the earth was ocean, and the land under the sea was relatively soft. They could dig like Drill down like that.

It may be during this process that turtles evolved the ability to put their heads and limbs into their shells. After all, if you don’t put your head away when drilling a hole, you will easily hit your head...

Ao Muyang thinks this research is quite nonsensical, but if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

The arrival of professors and experts not only increased Longtou Village’s exposure, but also added a scholarly flavor. Now villagers can talk about cultural terms such as ‘Darwin’, ‘evolution theory’, and ‘survival of the fittest’.

In addition, professors and experts all came in luxury cars, with assistants and secretaries serving them, which made the villagers see the power of the saying that knowledge is power.

Look at yourself, if you want to make money, you either have to go out to sea to fish or bow your head to smile at tourists, while professors and experts can make more money and gain fame by sitting in the house looking at fossils and writing a few words. The villagers have realized that they still have to provide their children with a good schooling.

Originally, because of the popularity of tourism in the past two years, many families in the village have made some money and wanted their children to come back to help entertain tourists. Now they have changed their minds and it is better to go to school and become cultural people.

The emergence of this concept scared Ao Xiaojun and other teenagers. They came to Ao Muyang with sad faces: "Uncle Xiaoyang, my father forced me to take the high school entrance examination. I finally finished nine years of compulsory education. Do I have to endure another three years?"

Ao Muyang said: "Study hard and listen to adults. Learning is the hard truth."

Ao Xiaojun said: "I can't learn. I'm not that material. You can see that I have a lot of lumps on my face due to the pressure of studying recently."

"Get out, this is acne!"

"Then acne caused by too much pressure from studying can also explain the problem."

"You are in puberty."

"But I just don't want to go to school."

"It's like this during the rebellious period. This is a physiological reason. It's okay. Just bear with it. You will like school after you get through it."

Hearing this, Ao Xiaojun asked: "Am I in the rebellious period? I have rebellious thoughts because of physiological reasons?"

"Yes."

That night, Ao Xiaojun's parents played mixed doubles against him, and Ao Xiaojun climbed over the walls of several families before escaping.

Ao Muyang went to mediate the fight: "What's going on? Why beat the child like that?"

Ao Xiaojun's father yelled: "This brat deserves a beating! He came back tonight and said he was in his rebellious phase, and then he tore up his homework when asked to do his homework, smashed his bowl when asked to eat, and rolled over when asked to talk nicely. Damn it, I have to beat his rebellious phase away tonight!"