Not long after, Wang Xiao's verdict was finally delivered.
Upon learning the truth, everyone gasped in shock. No wonder this guy was so skilled at selling cultural relics; it turned out he came from a family with a long tradition of such trade.
His family used to be involved in the business of stealing and selling cultural relics. A large number of precious cultural relics were lost overseas through their hands, causing incalculable losses.
Tracing his family's past could fill a thick book. Later, after being reported, he was already sentenced to be demoted.
But Wang Xiao's father took a large number of antiques and cultural relics that his family had hidden and fled overseas. He didn't even care about his own father and son and ran away alone.
You have to admit this family is ruthless.
His father was thinking of fleeing overseas, and Wang Xiao was not idle either. This man was ruthless and the things he did were even more outrageous.
His aunt has a child who has intellectual disabilities and has been left in the countryside.
That year, the child was brought back to the city for the first time during the Spring Festival, but unexpectedly, his life, which was only a teenager, came to an abrupt end, as he was killed by Wang Xiao.
Wang Xiao then took over the child's household registration.
Although his aunt didn't usually care much about the child, he was still her own flesh and blood, and she couldn't get over being murdered by her own nephew.
So after the Wang family was sent to the countryside, they directly kicked Wang Xiao out of their home.
In the end, Wang Xiao still managed to threaten his aunt and return to that home, but no one cared about him. Long-term hunger and cold turned Wang Xiao into the same destitute person everyone had first met.
Wang Xiao signed up for this rural assignment because she sensed that her aunt's power was about to crumble and wanted to protect herself.
Even after arriving in the countryside, he remained restless.
Having been influenced by their elders for a long time, they are quite sensitive to matters related to ancient tombs.
After several deliberate attempts to probe, he became convinced that there was an ancient tomb hidden in Xiliu Village.
Moreover, he was quite "lucky" to discover a group of people who coveted the ancient tomb. Although this group knew there was an ancient tomb there, they could not find the entrance.
Wang Xiao, through some unknown means, actually managed to find it.
So Wang Xiao reached an agreement with them: he would help open the ancient tomb, and they would get 20% of what they found.
At first, those people were unwilling, but they only agreed when Wang Xiao suggested that Wang Yindi could help transport the cultural relics out.
Thus, by the time the army took over the ancient tomb, one-third of the artifacts inside had already been removed.
Wang Xiao's original plan was to use the things inside to accumulate enough capital to go abroad and find his father.
Xie Yan was truly shocked when he heard these details. He never expected that Wang Xiao was even more ruthless and terrifying than he had imagined.
There wasn't a single good person among the Wang family.
He couldn't help but frown. "Would he be shot dead by a gun?"
Gu Bin nodded solemnly, "The cultural relics bureau will come and remove the rest of the items inside."
Xie Yan looked at him. "What about compensation? What's the plan?"
Gu Bin lowered his head slightly, an embarrassed look on his face, and stammered, "You know, the country isn't wealthy to begin with..."
Xie Yan sighed softly; in fact, he had already guessed that this would probably be the outcome.
Although I was inevitably a little disappointed, it was still acceptable.
Just then, Gu Bin continued, "So, my grandfather only managed to get fifty yuan per family and a spot in an advanced production brigade."
"What!"
"real?"
Yu Yuehui and Xie Yan exclaimed in unison, their faces filled with incredulous joy, their eyes instantly lighting up.
Seeing this, Gu Bin still felt somewhat ashamed. "My grandfather said that this is really nothing compared to those lost cultural relics, so he even suggested applying for a tractor for our village."
At this point, Xie Yan could no longer sit still.
You see, tractors are absolutely essential for a village.
Putting aside other things, the tractors saved a lot of manpower and time when it came time to deliver grain to the state each year, greatly improving efficiency.
Yu Yuehui jumped up excitedly, her eyes sparkling with excitement, and asked eagerly, "Did you really get the tractor?"
Gu Bin nodded vigorously.
Before Gu Bin could finish speaking, Yu Yuehui excitedly ran outside like a gust of wind.
Gu Bin looked at Xie Yan with some confusion, his face full of doubt, "What's this?"
Xie Yan explained with a smile, "I went to tell my father-in-law the good news."
Gu Bin looked at Xie Yan, still feeling guilty, "But you also know that these things are indeed far too few compared to those cultural relics."
Xie Yan quickly shook his head and said earnestly, "That's enough, it's really not too much. Write a letter to thank your grandfather on behalf of the villagers. If it weren't for his efforts, we wouldn't have received these."
Before they could finish speaking, hurried footsteps came from outside, accompanied by a cloud of dust.
Turning his head, Xie Yan felt a blur before his eyes and saw his father-in-law, Yu Shan, rushing in in a panic.
Yu Shan, who usually had a stern face, was now beaming with enthusiasm, his voice trembling slightly with excitement, "Xiao Bin! Is what Yue Hui said true?"
Gu Bin was used to the captain's serious demeanor, so he was a little uncomfortable hearing such an enthusiastic voice. He stammered, "Really, really, Uncle."
Xie Yan turned his head and saw his father-in-law smiling like the Big Bad Wolf tricking Little Red Riding Hood, his eyes narrowed into slits, and he said with a big smile, "Oh, then you have to thank your grandfather for me."
"By the way, when will this tractor be ready? Oh! And there's a spot for the advanced brigade." After saying that, she stared intently at Gu Bin, her eyes filled with eager anticipation.
Xie Yan couldn't help but laugh at their eagerness.
But upon closer reflection, I felt a pang of sadness.
Life in the village was tough, so every little improvement seemed so precious.
Gu Bin replied with a smile, "Uncle, don't worry, my grandfather said it should arrive soon, probably next week."
Yu Shan was so excited that he stood up abruptly, slammed his hand on the table, and exclaimed, "That's wonderful! That's really wonderful! With the tractor, we can not only harvest the wheat earlier this year, but we also won't have to queue up so early when delivering the grain to the state."
"Hahaha! Just wait until the bald guy next door is green with envy!"
Yu Yuehui and Qian Hong, who followed behind, happened to hear this last sentence.
With just that one sentence, Qian Hong's previously anxious heart instantly calmed down.
Her husband had been at odds with the brigade leader of the neighboring brigade his whole life. That bald guy next door wasn't a very good person; he would come over and brag about any little good thing that happened to him.
Yu Shan, who was usually quite composed, couldn't help but jump up and down whenever he saw this bald man, Li.
This time, we were able to completely crush the neighboring brigade, which is enough for Yu Shan to boast about for years to come.
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