Shanxi old man Lei Yuqi has spent 20 years rummaging through garbage heaps since the last century.
At that time, the general public lacked the knowledge and ability of cultural relics, so many cultural relics would be mistaken for scrap copper and rotten iron, and they would be directly thrown into the furnace and melted.
Upon learning of this news, Lei Yuqi consciously wanted to take responsibility for the country, and he consulted materials to learn about cultural relics.
On the transportation line to the furnace, Lei Yuqi led the team to pick and choose back and forth, which lasted for 20 years.
In these 20 years, Lei Yuqi saved a total of 3200 cultural relics, all of which were donated to the country free of charge.
First, Lei Yuqi, an old man in Shanxi
Lei Yuqi, who was born in 1928, experienced the turmoil of war, and like most people of that era, he saw the broken mountains and rivers at a young age, gritted his teeth and waited until the founding of New China.
The people's mastery advocated by the state made him deeply feel the change of the times, and they finally stood up and no longer lived the oppressed life like their grandparents.
Everything today is because of the state and the party, so Lei Yuqi has always had an idea in his heart: even if it is insignificant, he must do something for the country.
With this idea, Lei Yuqi has been working diligently and soon became the deputy manager of Taiyuan Copper Company.
One day, Lei Yuqi saw such an article in the newspaper, which reported that a smelter in Shanghai had found cultural relics in the process of melting copper scrap.
This incident suddenly struck Lei Yuqi, who also ran the copper company, and he could not help but wonder whether he had inadvertently melted cultural relics in the past time.
Second, look for cultural relics in the garbage heap
Just thinking of this possibility, Lei Yuqi could no longer sit still, and he naturally did not want the country's cultural relics to be wasted like this.
Lei Yuqi, who knew that he lacked knowledge of cultural relics, first went to the experts for advice and learned some relevant knowledge on his own, hoping that he would be able to save these cultural relics from the furnace when he encountered them in the future.
Soon Lei Yuqi found the first cultural relics in his life, and on this day he worked on the assembly line as usual.
Suddenly, he found something very strange-looking.
This thing is in the shape of a T-shape, not at all like what would be produced now.
In addition, from the degree of mottledness of the east and west, Lei Yuqi judged that such a thing is likely to be a cultural relic.
Therefore, Lei Yuqi carefully wrapped the cultural relics and quickly went to the Cultural Relics Bureau to verify the identity.
As Lei Yuqi thought, after the experts of the Shaanxi Provincial Museum looked at it, they determined the identity of this thing: "Good things! This is the currency of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Looking through our entire China, we can only find five such things today, and this currency can be said to be a national first-class cultural relic. ”
Hearing such news, Lei Yuqi was very happy, he knew that his actions really helped the country.
Lei Yuqi, who returned home, was more than excited, but also more sad. He knew that his strength was limited and he could not stand alone against the huge daily workload.
If he is alone, there will be many cultural relics that will not be saved.
In order to be able to reduce the losses as soon as possible, Lei Yuqi spontaneously organized the establishment of a cultural relics rescue team, and he appointed himself as the leader of the group to lead everyone to recover the losses for the country.
When the group appeared in front of the workers, everyone was puzzled, because they watched the group rummaging back and forth through the garbage, and no one knew what they were looking for.
Some people asked about them, and when they heard that they were looking for cultural relics, many people laughed and thought they were talking about dreams.
However, when Lei Yuqi and the members of the group came up with certain achievements, these people instead doubted their intentions: Are you doing this for the sake of profit?
The noise grew louder and louder, and even the investigators at the higher levels were attracted to them.
After three months of investigation, they did not find anything wrong with Lei Yuqi's body.
Although the unjustified investigation made people feel aggrieved, Lei Yuqi knew that this investigation proved his innocence.
Thinking of this, he dropped the grievances in his heart and threw all his enthusiasm into saving cultural relics.
In the whole 20 years, Lei Yuqi's identity as the leader of the group has never changed, but the personnel in the group have come and gone, and they have changed for several rounds.
For a long time, this team rescued five first-class cultural relics for the country, and there were dozens or even hundreds of second-class cultural relics and third-class cultural relics.
According to national statistics, Lei Yuqi and his team handed over a total of more than 3,200 cultural relics, all of which were handed over to the state free of charge.
Third, 20 years of persistence
In 1984, the government thanked Lei Yuqi for his contribution to the country and rewarded the latter with 4,000 yuan in cash and a television.
Lei Yuqi, who received the money, chose to donate 4,000 yuan to a local kindergarten, and then put the TV awarded to him by the state in the factory for everyone to watch together.
The old man did not want to get anything in return from beginning to end, and he silently led the team to save countless cultural relics for the country for a full 20 years.
Through these artifacts, we can briefly cross the distance of time and space to touch the long-gone history with our own hands and eyes.
Some of the artifacts that many people can see in the Shanxi Provincial Museum today may be from Lei Yuqi and his team.
These people and everyone have a time struggle, and with their efforts, we can see the treasures of today, and everywhere comes from the beauty of the past.
Today, Lei Yuqi has ended the task of searching for cultural relics, and after retiring, he has also become a collector, but he does not see any valuable cultural relics in his home.
Because Lei Yuqi always believes that cultural relics should not be privately collected, if he can really get some treasures, then these will be handed over to the state free of charge.
Poverty and wealth are not measured in terms of substance at certain times.
Although Lei Yuqi worked with more than 3,200 cultural relics in his lifetime, he did not become a rich man.
However, mentally he was greatly satisfied, and in the process of searching for these cultural relics, he felt his own value.
Such behavior can also be regarded as giving back to the country and the times to give him the happiness of life.