In 1919, Maoshanyu, a town of Jianqiao, Taoyuan County.
At that time, the land of China was in turmoil and strife, warlords were fighting, and this was a rare clean place, where the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the sunrise and sunset rested.
Ai family is an ordinary peasant family here, Ai Xinzhi is the top pillar of the family, there are old and young, the family lives on two acres and three points, he is also facing the loess every day with his back to the sky, although it is hard, but the family can be safe and peaceful, and harmony is the driving force of his life.
Parents are old, rural customs, when the elderly in the family are alive, they must prepare coffins. A few months ago, Ai Xin planted two coffins with the carpenter in the town, and on this day the carpenter told him that it was ready and asked him to carry them back to the town.
Ai Xinzhu found his youngest son Ai Qingyan, let him go to the grandmother's house in a neighboring village to ask someone to carry the coffin, by the way to bring the dung rake over, although Ai Qingyan is only more than ten years old, but the strength is not small, usually help the family to do things, herd cattle, chop firewood, everything can be done.
Ai Qingyan picked up the dung rake and rushed to his grandmother's house, he was walking on the mountain road of the lower Weir List Mountain, and suddenly stepped on a pile of soil on the road, so that the center of gravity was unstable, and he fell heavily.
Ai Qingyan got up from the ground and patted the dirt on his body, thinking that today was really unlucky, just when he was about to continue to move forward, he suddenly found that there was a black thing inside the collapsed mound.
Ai Qingyan often heard people talk about mountain ghosts, and thought that it was the mountain ghosts in the mound? At this time, he felt a cool breath coming from behind him, and when he looked back, there was nothing. Ai Qingyan did not dare to stay longer, and immediately ran back home and told his father Ai Xinzhi about the incident.
Ai Xinzhu knocked on Ai Qingyan's "violent chestnut" and scolded: "You old man, I have never seen any demons and ghosts in my life, and as a result, your boy met?" Go and go, I see you just want to be lazy! ”
Ai Qingyan was so anxious that he was about to cry out, "Dad, I really saw a black thing in the soil!" Trick you into being a puppy! ”
Although Ai Xinzhi didn't believe what the younger son said, he still relied on his temperament and followed Ai Qingyan to the mound, it didn't matter, there was really a black thing in the soil!
Ai Xinzhi looked at his son, and Ai Qingyan said grievously, "I didn't lie to you when I said it!" ”
Ai Xin planted a manure rake and dug out all the surrounding pieces of soil, and saw that this was actually a piece of bronze, shaped like a giant ding, which seemed to have been buried in the soil for a long time, and there was patina on it.
Ai Xinzhi has never heard stories such as "tomb robbery" and "antiques" since he was a child, and he wondered if this is also something inside the tomb? He didn't think much of it, so he moved the huge copper lump home with his younger son and then left it alone.
A few days later, a scavenger came from the village, and Ai Xinzhi took out the copper lump and said, "How much does this sell for?" ”
Cargo Lang fixed his eyes on it, and a bright light flashed in his eyes, saying: "800 oceans, sell or not!" ”
Ai Xin planted a "800 ocean", his heart jumped wildly, he knew that this must be a treasure, and did not promise to sell it on the spot, but let the cargo lang wait for a moment, but he took the lid on the copper lump, went to the nearby school, and asked the principal how much this was worth.
Who knew that one of the regimental commanders of the garrison was also at school, and the regimental commander took a look at the lid and said, "This thing is called bronze, and it is worth a lot of money. ”
Ai Xinzhu was ecstatic in his heart, thinking that this time he had made a fortune, and immediately rushed to his home, shouting while running, "Get rich... Get rich..."
As a result, as soon as he arrived home, Ai Xin was dumbfounded, and the cargo lang and the lower body that had already held the treasure had already fled!
However, later, the regiment leader still used 3,000 oceans to buy the copper lump lid in Ai Xinzhi's hand.
So, what is this copper lump? How much is it worth?
In fact, this copper lump is now a very well-known national treasure dish Fang Wei (罍 pronounced Tonglei), which is a bronze vessel used by the nobles of the Shang Dynasty, consisting of two parts: the body and the lid. After the farmer Ai Xinzhi discovered it, the lid of the dish fangmu was bought by the head of the group, and later after several turns, it was collected by the Hunan Provincial Museum in 1956, and the body of the dish fangmiao was acquired several times over the decades, first by the Japanese collector Shinda Dongyi, and then by a French buyer in 2001, until 2014, when the Hunan Provincial Museum was bought back through Christie's for $20 million.
After that, the body of the dish was transported back to China and merged with the cover, and this national treasure was finally "completed".