Text | Ann Wind
Edit | Literary and Historical Insight Officer
preface
When an old farmer in Zhejiang demolished his house, he actually dug out treasures under the ground, and after expert valuation, these treasures were actually worth a lot, and the most important thing was that they did not have to be handed in?
What is buried under the ground of the old farmer's house?
background
The treasure was dug up by Xu Liangsong from Shuangxi Village, Haining City, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province.
According to Xu Liangsong, their family used to be considered a big family. Everyone in Grandpa's generation had a flower hall, which was equivalent to the current villa. At that time, each flower hall was worth at least ten thousand silver dollars. The strength of their family at that time should not be underestimated!
At that time, his grandfather said that he would build a flower hall for each son, but when he built the first flower hall, the old man suddenly fell ill and died, so the construction of the flower hall was shelved.
The flower hall was not caused, and according to the reason, there should be a lot of money left behind, but the Xu family turned the family upside down and did not find it.
Later, there was a legend that there was a lot of money under the ground of the Xu family's old residence. Since childhood, Xu Liangsong has heard people in the village say that they have treasures in the field.
According to Xu Liangsong, during the Cultural Revolution, 1,600 silver dollars were turned over from underground, but all of them were handed over to the state at that time. In order to compensate them, the state gave them subsidies at the price of one silver dollar and one dollar.
Just dig out so much, maybe how many treasures are under the ground?
The Xu family once had the idea of digging an old house, but there is a local custom that digging an old house will destroy feng shui and easily lead to natural disasters.
Therefore, although the descendants of the Xu family were very curious about the treasure under the ground, they never had the idea of moving the old house.
Watching the Xu family's old mansion change from a brick house to a building, no one dared to dig into the ground to find out.
However, the opportunity is about to come.
Long road to digging treasure
Xu Liangsong can be said to be the most curious one in the family. He repeatedly proposed to his family to dig up the old house to find out, but they stopped him.
In July last year, Xu Liangsong had a chance to see the baby. The local plan is to build a wetland park, and their home is within the planned scope and needs to be demolished.
The Xu brothers planned to dig up to see what treasures were under the ground, and they initially judged that those treasures were in the bamboo garden next to the house.
On July 16, several members of the Xu family took tools and walked toward the bamboo garden, and before they could dig a few times, they were stopped by the demolition team.
Xu Liangsong theorized with the demolition team and explained the reason, and he felt that this was their family's yard, and whether they dug or not was their own business, how could the demolition team stop it?
After the two sides talked, the demolition team still did not agree to their digging, and Xu Liangsong chose to call the police. When the police arrived, mediation was given to both sides. In the end, both sides made concessions: the demolition team just came here to demolish the house, and when the house was demolished, they began to dig again.
However, for this matter, the Xu family has never been able to understand. Everyone in the village knows that there is a treasure under the Xu family's ground, so the old man of the Xu family has left an extra eye. Every day, I will go around the bamboo garden to check the situation.
Baby gouged?
One morning, the old man of the Xu family went to check the situation near the bamboo forest as usual, and the result was really wrong. Just where the Xu family suspected that there would be a treasure, two large pits several meters deep were dug.
The Xu family suspected that this pit was not a coincidence, and it was deliberately done. Soon they found the clue, it turned out that the contractor of the demolition team was Wu Songyin, a former cadre in the village, who had long known about the Xu family's underground treasure.
The Xu family is very sure that these two pits were dug by Wu Songyin and used to find treasures. Xu's family called the police.
The police found Wu Songyin for questioning, and Wu Songyin said that he did not know that there was a treasure in the Xu family. The pit was dug next to the Xu family just to facilitate the entry and exit of construction vehicles.
Obviously, this answer made the Xu family dissatisfied, there are so many roads in the village, why did they find such a remote road? They personally went to Wu Songyin's house to find him theorized, but they were told that he was not at home.
After Wu Songyin's wife knew their intentions, she argued with them, and the two families quarreled fiercely and almost fought.
Although the Xu family was very convinced that Wu Songyin had dug a pit to dig up the Xu family's treasure, they had no evidence to prove that there was indeed a treasure under their own ground. So, this matter is so closed.
The Xu family is "dumb to eat Huang Lian, there is bitterness can not be said"! Originally, the Xu family thought that this matter would be over, and they planned to dig near the pit after the demolition team left to explore whether there was a treasure.
Baby poached again?
However, before they could do anything, someone had to strike first.
On that day, Xu Liangsong's wife, Li Meiying, got up early in the morning and planned to plant some vegetables in the field, which was very close to the old house, less than two hundred meters away.
While fetching water, Li Meiying glanced at her old house and found a problem.
Li Meiying saw a black car parked next to the old house, and she was immediately upset. Their family's old house is located in the innermost part of the village, and few people usually come here.
However, before she could relax, she saw several people sneakily carrying a few sacks of things into the car, extremely fast, and when they were finished, they drove away.
Li Meiying couldn't care less about planting vegetables at this time, and quickly returned to the old house to check the situation. Don't look at it, don't know, look at it and be shocked. She found that there was another pit near the bamboo garden, and this pit was in the middle of the two pits dug by the demolition team, and Li Meiying quickly called the police.
The successive big pits made the Xu family firmly believe that there must be treasures under their own ground. So they decided to go to the big pit to study it, and they really found some problems. They saw that there seemed to be a mark on one side of the pit.
The Xu family immediately copied the guy and dug down along that mark, and really dug up something. They dug up a jar.
After opening, the contents can make the Xu family happy and broken, all of them are silver dollars, and there are all from all periods, after counting, there are a total of 877 pieces.
While the Xu family was happy, they couldn't help but feel remorseful. Three large pits have been dug near the old house. They only dug a small corner and there were so many silver dollars, and the demolition team dug two pits so big, wasn't the treasure inside worth a fortune?
The more the Xu family thinks about it, the more angry they become, thinking that the demolition team has already swallowed the treasure they dug up, and now they want to kill it and do not admit it, and the Xu family has no evidence to prove that there is a treasure under their own ground, so they will be safe in the end.
The Xu family also felt that the black car and the demolition team must be a group. They thought that after they dug up the treasures and tasted the sweetness, they still coveted the treasures, so they came to dig again.
While the Xu family was thinking wildly, the police had already found the black car based on the clues provided by Li Meiying.
The "thief" was captured
These people came from Linquan, Anhui Province, a total of four people, one of whom was doing business, and the remaining three were ordinary farmers. They saw reports on television about the Xu family's treasure underground, and the most important thing was that they had a dispute with the demolition team, and finally they couldn't do it.
So they plan to come here to find out, in case they dig up the treasure and get rich overnight? Moreover, they also thought of a foolproof solution, the Xu family and the demolition team were in a serious fight, and even if they dug a pit again, they would not suspect them.
They thought this plan was foolproof, but there are impermeable walls in the world. Their car had already revealed their whereabouts.
The four of them rushed to the Xu family's old house with tools, and it didn't take long to dig a jar. Several people hurriedly moved the jar to the car, and the businessman wanted to continue digging, because he hadn't dug deep enough to dig a jar, and he was convinced that there must be a lot more inside.
But the other three stopped him, because it was already dawn, and it was easy to expose his whereabouts if he dug down, so the four of them drove away.
When they got home, they couldn't wait to open the jar. When they opened it, they found that it was full of silver dollars, which made them happy. After the four people counted, they began to share the loot, each with 150 yuan.
Just as they were soaking up the joy of sudden wealth, the police had come to the door and arrested them.
So how much are these silver dollars worth?
Numismatic collectors in Zhejiang Province said that in the 1960s and 1970s, each silver dollar state gave a subsidy of one dollar, but with the development of the country, the value of these silver dollars has also been rising, several times that of the previous ones.
Therefore, it is estimated that the silver dollars that these four people got were worth hundreds of thousands. The xu family's altar is even more valuable.
Soon, the news that the Xu family had a treasure under the ground spread in the village. In order to prevent accidents, the Xu family sent people to take turns to guard near the old house.
In mid-August, under the mediation of village cadres, the Xu family allowed the demolition team to come to the old house to excavate. During the excavation, the Xu family stared at the demolition team's every move with wide eyes, afraid that their treasures would be secretly taken away.
At the same time, the other villagers in the village were also hungry, and they heard that their families used to be large families, and they also began to dig treasures under the ground of the old house, and they really dug up.
A villager dug a jar next to the deep well of the old house, opened it and found that it was all silver dollars, a total of 200.
But the Xu family was not as lucky as before, staring at the demolition team for two whole days, and did not find any treasure.
However, the Xu family was already very satisfied, and they had already dug out two altars of silver dollars before. Moreover, the police also gave the demolition team an innocence, although they dug two large pits, they did not dig the treasure, and finally found by several outsiders.
According to the custom, the treasures dug out from under the ground should be handed over to the state and owned by the state. However, the situation of the Xu family is more special, and these silver dollars are equivalent to the inheritance left by the old man of the Xu family to future generations.
Therefore, these silver dollars did not have to be handed over to the state in the end, but belonged to the Xu family.