In 2013, Liang Ping, who lives in Qingdao, and his son were rollerblading in the park, and the son accidentally hit the garbage can, with a loud noise, so frightened that an old man walking in front of him did not stand firm and fell to the ground.
Liang Ping: "Uncle, this big guy has seen it, it wasn't us who hit you, you can't slander us!."Old man: "You send me home, or I won't get up!."”
Liang Ping thought to himself, if this is sent back, if the old man's children hold on to him, it will be impossible to tell!Liang Ping: "You better go back by yourself!."I still have something!"With that, he was leaving.
Unexpectedly, the old man grabbed him and said, "You can't go, you have to send me home, otherwise I'll say that you knocked me down", which made Liang Ping a little crying and laughing.
He patiently said to the old man, "I have been kind enough to support you, why are you like this?"The old man said, "Anyway, I don't care, if you don't send it, I'll say that you knocked it down!."”
Seeing this, the old man lay on the ground and shouted, "Someone hit me!."At this time, the onlookers asked Liang Ping to send him back, and in case the old man slandered someone, they would testify against him.
Liang Ping was so angry that he stomped his feet, and he wanted to slap himself twice, but when things got to this point, he couldn't help it. I had no choice but to send the old man home.
Liang Ping asked his son to go back first, and he sent the old man home, to the mouth of the dark alley, walked in to take a look, only to see that the old man lived in a dilapidated iron house, after entering the house, the room was full of dust, and the corners of the wall were covered with cobwebs, which made Liang Ping feel a little sad.
After Liang Ping sat down with the old man, the old man let him pour himself a cup of hot water, and then said: "Young man, I see that you are very good, thank you for sending me home."
Liang Ping stared at the old man, looking at him with kind eyebrows, not like a bad old man, and suddenly his heart was warm, and he was a little moved. Liang Ping talked with the old man for a while.
It turned out that the old man lived alone, had no children under his knees, and lived by scavenging on weekdays, and often donated the money from the sale of waste products to charities.
Just as he was about to get up to say goodbye, he took out the only hundred yuan in his trouser pocket and left it for the old man. The old man said that when he saw it, he said, "Wait a minute, I have a gift for you." Liang Ping said: "No, you can't open the pot yourself, and give me a gift." But the old man insisted on getting it out of bed.
Liang Ping helped the old man to walk to a rice jar, the old man took out a round bucket, and said mysteriously: "This is something that my ancestors brought out from the palace, I met you, a destined person, I will send you a thought today, come to this place again in the future, remember to see my old bones!."”
Liang Ping said: "We met in Pingshui, how can I ask for your things for nothing?"Immediately, Liang Ping felt all over his pockets, they were empty, and his trouser pockets were cleaner than his face.
He suddenly had an idea, took off the watch given by his wife from his hand and gave it to the old man, but the old man refused him and said, "I'm so old, what's the use of these things outside my body?"”
Liang Ping said: "Then I can't ask for your things in vain, he said that he dropped his watch and turned around and ran out, along the way Liang Ping was thinking, what the hell is this, after returning home, Liang Ping couldn't wait to open the barrel, only to see that there were two golden sticks inside, carved with exquisite dragon patterns, the appearance was simple and heavy, and it felt like a fairy possessed in his hand.
He was concentrating on admiring the golden stick, when he was suddenly slapped in the face, and Liang Ping was so frightened that he picked up the golden stick and was about to die. Liang Ping turned his head and saw that it was his wife, and he said angrily: "You want to kill me?".”
The wife looked at the golden stick in Liang Ping's hand and asked, "What is this!."Suddenly, the smile on his face froze there, and he asked Liang Ping, where is your watch?
Liang Ping saw that he couldn't hide it, so he told his wife the ins and outs of the matter. It's good that his wife didn't listen, but after hearing it, she was furious and scolded: "That's what I bought for you on your wedding anniversary, and you actually gave it to others at will, I don't think I can live this day!."”
The wife was crying and making trouble, packing a big bag of luggage and going back to her parents' house, Liang Ping couldn't pull it, his wife picked up the burden and fell on her shoulder, I don't know if it was too hard, or the inertia was too great, and even people with bags lay on the ground.
Liang Ping's eyes were quick, he grabbed the collar, but he didn't expect to tear his coat, his wife fell to the ground and hugged his head and cried, Liang Ping had no idea for a while, he didn't know how to comfort, he remembered what the old man said, the golden stick is something from the palace, then it must be worth a lot of money.
So he said to his wife: "You can buy it again if the watch is gone, this is a treasure from the palace, if you miss it, you will never meet it again in your life!."”
The wife said disdainfully: "Aren't they just two-stirring sticks!."Also out of the palace!If it's really as mysterious as you say?He won't give it to you easily!The two argued endlessly, and neither could say that they could not convince anyone.
Liang Ping decided to find an expert to see, if it was a fake copper, he would go to the old man to change the watch back. If you want real gold, sell it.
After the couple packed up, they went to the local museum and wanted to ask experts to help identify them, but they were stopped by the security guard at the door and said, "What are you two doing?"Break in without asking!”
Liang Qiang said that he would ask an expert for identification, and the security guard: "Have you made an appointment?"Liang Ping shook his head, and the security guard said that he only accepted donations, and if he wanted to be identified, he would go to the Cultural Relics Bureau.
The couple came to the local cultural relics bureau again, and when the experts saw the golden rod in their hands, their eyes were straight, and they were speechless with excitement.
Experts told Liang Ping that the golden stick was a coiled dragon golden whip in the Tang Dynasty, which may have been a weapon used by Yu Chigong, and after expert identification, Liang Ping and his wife's coiled dragon golden whip was initially estimated at about 600,000 yuan according to the carving and age.
The expert communicated with Liang Ping, hoping to hand it over to the state for safekeeping, but Liang Ping politely refused the expert's request.
Liang Ping: "Because these two coiled dragon golden whips were given by others, and because of this, there are quarrels between us, there is sweetness, and it carries our sweetness and pain, which is a testimony of their love." Because it is a private collection, the experts also respect their choice and wish them happiness. This coiled dragon golden whip also has a perfect home.