There will always be some ordinary and great people around us and live forever in people's hearts, and they have not done anything earth-shattering, but they know how to do their best to dedicate their regretless youth to the country.
Lei Yuqi is such a person, in these years, he picked up 3200 cultural relics from the waste pile, all of which were handed over to the state, and he did not want any of the state's rewards.
He felt that he had just done what he should have done, and that might be his greatness.
Greatness is hidden behind the ordinary
Every ordinary person deserves to be respected, as long as there is a heart of selfless dedication, then he must have his greatness.
Lei Yuqi is such a person, he did a thing that touched many people, that is, he picked up 3200 cultural relics from the waste pile.
He believed that these cultural relics could only be used to the greatest value in the hands of the state, so he donated these cultural relics to the state without reservation. It can be said that he has made great contributions to the protection and research of cultural relics on the mainland, and what is even more admirable is that he does not take anything for the rewards of the state, which shows how worthy of his quality is worthy of people's affirmation.
Lei Yuqi was born in Shanxi in 1928 in an ordinary family, and his life was not very good in that era, but this did not hinder his desire to protect.
In February 1949, he resolutely joined the ranks of the Chinese revolution and became a glorious member of the Communist Party, witnessing the founding of New China.
How proud he is of our country! In that turbulent era, he was repaying the motherland step by step with his own modest strength.
It can be said that he dedicated his life to the motherland, he did not ask for any return, only for the motherland to be safe and the people were happy, is this not the greatness behind his ordinaryness?
Save the artifacts under the "Tiger's Mouth"
After the founding of New China, Lei Yuqi chose to return to his hometown to develop, and after returning, he worked in a copper factory as the deputy director there.
At that time, China's economy was developing rapidly, and his copper factory was constantly expanding, so he gradually became the deputy manager of the copper company.
He was mainly responsible for production management, he was a very serious person, especially for work, at that time he did not think of collecting cultural relics.
If it weren't for the fact that he had seen an article titled "Picking Cultural Relics in front of the Furnace in the Shanghai Smelter", he probably wouldn't have thought about it.
From watching the article, he knew that in the past war-torn era, many cultural relics were lost, and even some were destroyed.
And because many ordinary people, they do not know any cultural relics, do not regard it as a treasure, and directly treat it as ordinary scrap copper and rotten iron to be refined.
So Lei Yuqi wondered, is there such a situation in his factory? How important these things are, they are of great research value to the country, and it is a very sad thing to be refined in this way, that is, because of this idea, Lei Yuqi paid special attention to those broken copper and rotten iron.
But at this time, the headache that made Lei Yuqi appeared, he was just an ordinary person, he didn't understand these antique relics at all, so it was difficult for him to distinguish which one could be smelted with confidence and which one was not.
But as if the heavens were helping him too, he soon noticed something resembling a shovel.
Lei Yuqi's first feeling was that this thing was not simple, so he gave it to the experts for identification, and sure enough, this was a currency of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and its research value was extremely high, and it belonged to the national first-class cultural relics.
After this incident, Lei Yuqi's determination to protect cultural relics was also strengthened, so Lei Yuqi specially hired some experts to form a cultural relics appraisal team to identify these cultural relics and prevent them from being unintentionally destroyed.
It is because of such an unrequited initiative that 3200 cultural relics have been saved and saved from the "tiger's mouth".
Twenty years as a day without forgetting the original intention
Since Lei Yuqi's foothold in the work of saving cultural relics, he has not received much support, and they will even wonder about his measures.
It can be said that the group he set up did not bring him any benefits and gains, looking back at that period, many people were still worried about food and clothing, where did they understand this!
The significance of cultural relics to mainland china is not just for viewing, they are the testimony of historical periods, and they are the marks left by those eras.
Imagine how the 5,000-year history of Inheritance in China came about? Is it made up out of thin air? Of course not, historians have obtained it from the study of various cultural relics.
Lei Yuqi knows this very well, so in his opinion, no amount of money can be compared with cultural relics, which shows how long-term his vision is.
Lei Yuqi was also immersed in the joy of this work, and he was particularly happy every time he found one, just like this, he worked day and night for 20 years, how admirable!
Selfless dedication promotes the spirit
Twenty years of selfless dedication have left us with more than fifty tons of cultural relics, which really amazes us, from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, spanning more than 3,000 years.
It can be said that his actions have made a significant contribution to historians, because because he, historians have more objects of study, but also provide us with the opportunity to return to antiquity.
It is commendable that Lei Yuqi did not take these for himself, nor did he want to use these ill-gotten gains, but firmly donated them to the country free of charge.
In order to reward him for such behavior, the state rewarded him with 4,000 yuan in 1995.
In 1995, 4,000 yuan was a lot of wealth, but what moved us was that Lei Yuqi did not put it in his pocket after receiving this money, but donated it all to the local kindergarten, and the reward TV set was also installed in the factory for the workers to share together.
epilogue
Lei Yuqi's life is great, he dedicated his twenty years to the protection of cultural relics, no complaints and no regrets.
His choice is also correct, cultural relics are the witness of history, the footprints of human civilization progress, and the symbol of China's five thousand years.
There are still many such characters in our lives, they are all using their youth to serve the motherland, and their lives are also valuable.