In 1971, when the Spring Festival was approaching, veteran Wang Zhankui received a special gift. A lama took a small cloth bag and solemnly handed it to him. Wang Zhankui was about to resign, but the lama told him in an unmistakable tone, "Benefactor, you should accept it, this is my intention!" ”
After Wang Zhankui accepted this small cloth bag, he was not in a hurry to open it, and he secretly thought about taking time to send this cloth bag back. As a veteran, he has always regarded saving people as his duty, and receiving gifts is like deviating from the original intention, which always makes him feel a little awkward.
So when he went back, he put this small cloth bag aside, and after a long time, he forgot about it.
Later, when cleaning up the room, Wang Zhankui found this cloth bag again. Curiosity drove him to open the cloth bag, but found that it was a small mud ball, and what was even more surprising was that after expert identification, this small mud ball was worth 200 million!
So what is Wang Zhankui's identity? Is he really just an ordinary veteran? Under what circumstances did he save the lama? Is this little mud ball really worth $200 million?
The story also begins with Wang Zhankui's experience.
Wang Zhankui was a combat hero and retired from the army due to combat wounds
Wang Zhankui was born in Inner Mongolia in 1940, and when he was young, Wang Zhankui set his ambition to join the army and serve the country. When Wang Zhankui was in junior high school, he used to want to sign up for the army, but because Wang Zhankui was young at that time, coupled with his parents' feelings that he should focus on school, this matter was shelved.
When Wang Zhankui was 18 years old, he was admitted to Xi'an Jiaotong University with excellent results. During his time in school, Wang Zhankui paid attention to the policy of conscription all the time, and the desire to join the army when he was young burned him at night, making it difficult for him to sleep.
When Wang Zhankui was 21 years old, he finally responded to the call of the state and entered the military camp. After a short training camp, Wang Zhankui was assigned to the Lanzhou Military Region as a cable soldier.
Wang Zhankui
After entering the military camp, Wang Zhankui realized that the military camp in front of him was different from the battlefield life of Jinge Iron Horse that he imagined. However, he still adapted to the rhythm of the barracks as soon as possible and tried to make excellent results in his post.
During the training of the troops, Wang Zhankui was praised many times for his excellent performance. A year after Wang Zhankui enlisted in the army, a counterattack on the Sino-Indian border began, and Wang Zhankui immediately took the initiative to go to the front to fight.
During the battle, Wang Zhankui gave full play to the spirit of not being afraid of suffering, tiredness, and death, and was twice awarded the second class meritorious service, and after the end of the war, he was awarded the banner of "Combat Hero" by the Lanzhou Military Region.
After returning to the army, Wang Zhankui trained harder. He finally won the crown in the 1964 all-army competition. This contest made all the soldiers look at him with astonishment, and later Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De even named a hero like Wang Zhankui.
When he saw Wang Zhankui, Chairman Mao was very happy, and even more bluntly said: "In the future, the rejuvenation of the nation will depend on heroes like you!" However, Wang Zhankui had not been happy for a few days, and his body sounded an alarm bell for him.
It turned out that Wang Zhankui was not in good health, and he was seriously injured during the Sino-Indian War, and his old wounds recurred during this all-army competition, and he could no longer continue training. As a last resort, Wang Zhankui could only return to his hometown to work as a driver at the local post and telecommunications bureau.
Wang Zhankui coincidentally saved the lama, and the lama gave him a "small mud ball" to repay the favor.
Wang Zhankui is a warm-hearted person, after retiring from the army, he not only uses high standards to strictly demand himself, but also sees people in need of help on the way to transport goods.
Therefore, Wang Zhankui soon became famous in the local area, and everyone in the locals knew the name of "Enthusiastic Post and Telecommunications Driver Wang Zhankui".
On a snowy night, Wang Zhankui drove a truck to transport cow dung to warm the workers, and on the way, Wang Zhankui found that a person on the side of the road slowly fell.
"It's a snowy night, and if this man falls, 80 percent of him will die!" Wang Zhankui thought like this, and quickly stopped the car to check. I saw a lama dressed in a thin monk's robe lying on the side of the road.
lama
Wang Zhankui did not hesitate for half a minute and immediately carried the lama to the car. The lama was unconscious, but his body was trembling. Wang Zhankui knew that if he did not help this lama to keep warm, this lama would not be able to last this time.
It is extremely inconvenient to travel on snowy nights, and it is also necessary to cross the desert from the post and telecommunications office. Wang Zhankui immediately pulled the lama to visit the yurts of the nearby herders one by one, and finally a kind person opened the door for them.
After entering the yurt, Wang Zhankui found some blankets to warm the lama's body and found a charcoal fire to warm up. After two full hours, the lama finally woke up slowly.
After resting, the lama told Wang Zhankui why he fainted on the side of the road in a thin monk's robe on a snowy night.
It turned out that this lama was the abbot of the Great Buddha Temple in Inner Mongolia, and the little lama was greedy to overturn the oil lamp, and the temple was destroyed by fire, so he had to come to the nearby Kundu Temple to live temporarily.
But the weather in Inner Mongolia has changed suddenly, and I don't have any cold clothes. Coupled with the heavy snow falling in the sky, he lost his way. Tired, hungry and sleepy, he fainted on the side of the road.
Wang Zhankui saw that the lama's situation was so miserable, and he was also moved by compassion. But he still had a task, so he first said goodbye to the lama and sent the truck of cow dung to the post and telecommunications office.
The next day, Wang Zhankui worried about the lama's safety. So he returned to the herdsman's house and sent the lama to the Kundu Temple, which made the lama feel very grateful.
In order to repay the favor, the lama handed the small cloth bag he carried with him to Wang Zhankui and said, "Please accept it, this is a piece of my heart!" Wang Zhankui resigned, but he had no choice but to accept this small cloth bag.
Wang Zhankui did not open this thing, always thinking about when to return the thing. But as time went on, he forgot.
The little mud ball turned out to be the pearl of the night
In 1995, Wang Zhankui reached retirement age. Over the years, he has traveled north and south, working diligently for his work. Now when it's time to rest, he looks back and happily says, "I didn't disgrace the organization!" ”
After retiring, Wang Zhankui decided to use his savings over the years to renovate his house, which he neglected over the years and the wall skin of the home had fallen off.
When all was said and done, Wang Zhankui began to collect debris and renovate the house. It was at this time that Wang Zhankui saw the small cloth bag and recalled the stormy night more than twenty years ago.
Curiosity made Wang Zhankui open the package, and inside was a beautifully looking box! After opening the box again, Wang Zhankui found that it was a box full of wax!
Wang Zhankui felt that there must be something mysterious under this box of wax, so he carefully cleaned up the wax. As he cleaned up, the small mud ball inside the box also came into view.
Wang Zhankui looked at the small mud ball and did not study any clues. So he put this little mud ball into the fish tank, and a very wonderful thing happened that night...
It turned out that when Wang Zhankui was asleep that night, a burst of blue-green fluorescence suddenly appeared in the room. Wang Zhankui hurried to the living room, and this brilliant light was actually sent by the small mud ball!
Wang Zhankui looked at this small mud ball, and a bold conjecture also appeared in his heart: "Could it be that this is the legendary Night Pearl?" But he thought again: "It doesn't make sense, no one can prove the existence of this night pearl, in case it is a fabrication of the ancients!" ”
Wang Zhankui turned over and couldn't sleep that night, and his heart was excited and the joy of discovering the treasure. The next day, Wang Zhankui went around asking where there was an authoritative jewelry appraisal agency.
After learning that Tianjin has the most authoritative jewelry appraisal center in the country, Wang Zhankui hurriedly packed his bags and came there. Hearing Wang Zhankui's account, experts also felt very strange.
What is even more shocking is that after the test of professional instruments, everyone was surprised to find that this small ball was really a night pearl! Li Shiwei, a jewelry appraisal expert, told Wang Zhankui: "This small ball is very hard, similar to the structure of diamonds. But as you can see, it glows, and this should be the legendary Pearl of the Night! ”
After much deliberation, Wang Zhankui donated the Pearl of the Night to the Buddhist Association of China
On the journey back, Wang Zhankui felt very frightened when he took the train. I am afraid that someone will snatch this small mud ball over, or this small mud ball will be accidentally lost.
After returning to his hometown, after hearing the news that Wang Zhankui had a night pearl in his hand, the men, women and children of the whole village stood by the train station waiting for him, which made Wang Zhankui feel overwhelmed.
It can be said that Wang Zhankui's life trajectory was completely disrupted by this night pearl. Later, because an expert denied the results of this appraisal, Wang Zhankui's life fell to the bottom again.
This made Wang Zhankui's heart very upset, and later Wang Zhankui not only found more jewelry appraisal experts with the spirit of not accepting defeat, but also went to Tsinghua University to learn relevant knowledge.
Kung Fu paid off, and Wang Zhankui finally ushered in an opportunity in 2009. Under the identification of a group of jewelry identification experts and more advanced instruments, it was found that this night pearl could emit six rays, and the hardness was far greater than that of diamonds.
This night pearl is likely to be a "visitor from the sky"! This bead is both a meteorite and a diamond and a night pearl, and suddenly has a triple identity, and its value has doubled several times.
According to the assessment of relevant experts, this night pearl is worth at least two hundred million! After Wang Zhankui heard this news, he did not have any waves in his heart, in his opinion, saving people was a matter of duty, he should not have accepted this gift, and his life was also turned upside down by this night pearl, and there was no peace.
So he later donated this night pearl to the Buddhist Association of China free of charge, and this small ball came from the lama's hand, went around, and let it return to the Buddha's Gate!