That evening, Grandpa Sun handed the ancient book and its transcript to the Luo family father and son, giving them a few days to compare the contents of the ancient book with the transcript. Although it was called a transcript, it was actually nearly a hundred years old.
In addition to the transcript brought over today, the Sun family also has another transcript.
Luo Changgeng and his son were deeply moved by the Sun family's trust in them. To live up to their trust, Luo Changgeng carefully locked the two ancient books in a safe.
Although someone was always at the Luo family's house, it was still better to be cautious just in case. After doing this, Luo Changgeng personally wrote a receipt similar to a letter of commitment to the Sun family father and son, and he and Old Master Luo both signed and stamped their fingerprints on it, promising to return the original ancient book in three days.
After resolving this matter, Mr. Sun breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he could finally sleep soundly today.
His father had gotten into trouble because of this incident. His restaurant was burned down and he died of anger. Although the culprit was never caught, his mother knew very well that it was all caused by that ancient book.
He was truly terrified by the matter of the ancient books, fearing that he might accidentally bring disaster upon his family. Now that he had given the books away, he felt a sense of relief, and felt that his family's life could finally have a direction.
After Luo Changgeng got such a treasure, he arranged all the affairs of the Chinese medicine clinic and simply stayed at home for three days without going out, wanting to finish proofreading the copied copy as soon as possible.
Three days later, Sun Aimin came to take Sun Mian to study. Luo Changgeng returned the original document as promised. Old Man Sun also came with him, took out the letter of commitment and tore it up on the spot. During these days, the two families felt like they were meeting in an underground party.
Afterwards, Sun Aimin contacted the National Museum of Classic Books and successfully completed the donation, receiving a donation certificate. In addition, the museum also applied for a 2,000 yuan subsidy for Sun's family.
Because this ancient book has high research value, the news also made special coverage of the donation ceremony.
In Jiangyuan City, Zhan Jinhua's third brother-in-law, Zhan Tiehua's husband, Qin Xingzhou, watched the ancient book covers flash by on the TV news. His body, which had been slouching on the sofa, suddenly straightened up and unconsciously pointed at the TV screen, saying, "This, this couldn't be the treasure my grandfather had always dreamed of, right?"
The grandfather Qin Xingzhou mentioned was Sun Aimin's second grandfather, and Grandpa Sun's second uncle. This old man was a gambler when he was young, and it was precisely because he owed a lot of gambling debts that he wanted to take the ancestral treasure.
When he failed to get the money back from Grandpa Sun Aimin, he became resentful and started the fire himself. The two families lost contact and never met again.
Later, because Old Man Qin could not pay off his gambling debts, he was beaten half to death by debt collectors and one of his legs was left disabled.
He blamed all his misfortunes on his eldest brother's failure to save him. Even though his eldest brother was deeply traumatized by the fire and passed away soon after, he still did not give up the idea of monopolizing the family heirloom.
After much inquiry, he finally discovered the whereabouts of his eldest brother's widow, Grandma Sun Aimin. Because they lived in poverty and the Sun family was large and prosperous, he was unable to force the Sun family to hand over the treasure.
He could only spy on the Sun family's every move in secret. Coincidentally, his only son, Qin Xingzhou's father, was accidentally beaten to death in his twenties after a conflict. Qin Xingzhou was only five years old at the time. This happened twenty-five years ago.
The man who had killed Qin Xingzhou's father had a small amount of power in Qingyang City and went to negotiate a private settlement with the Qin family. In the end, Old Man Qin proposed a settlement: in addition to a generous financial compensation, he also used the evidence he had that the other party had accidentally killed someone and asked the other party to monitor the movements of the Sun family and trap them in the village.
He only told the other party that the two families were enemies, but he didn't explain the specific reason. He was worried that if the treasure he coveted was targeted by someone else, he would have no chance of obtaining it. This was also the reason why the Sun family had no luck in Qingyang City.
At that time, Qin Xingzhou was still young, and his mother, as a single mother in that era, had a hard time imagining.
After receiving his son's death compensation, Old Man Qin gave half to Qin Xingzhou's mother, saying that it was the full compensation. With this money, Qin Xingzhou's mother finally got rid of her hardship and raised Qin Xingzhou well.
It is precisely because of this that Qin Xingzhou's mother has always been kind to Old Man Qin and Old Lady Qin, and promised to take care of them in their old age and see them to the end of their lives.
Today, Qin Xingzhou's mother has passed away due to myocardial infarction for eight years, and Mrs. Qin also passed away two years later. However, old man Qin is still alive and well. Apart from Alzheimer's disease, he is still in good health.
Old man Qin is now 88 years old and has suffered from Alzheimer's disease for more than ten years. It was from that time that Qin Xingzhou's father's murderer was no longer subject to the threat of old man Qin, and the Sun family gradually got rid of the situation of living under the surveillance of strangers.
Qin Xingzhou only heard from his mother that his father died in a fight with someone, but his family never told him who the other party was.
However, Old Man Qin often mentioned the treasures in the hands of the Sun family. Every time he talked about it, he gritted his teeth and said that the Sun family had robbed the Qin family of their treasures.
Now, Qin Xingzhou saw the ancient book described by Old Man Qin on TV, and the news mentioned that the donor's surname was Sun, which made Qin Xingzhou think of the treasure that his grandfather often mentioned, which even the enemy country wanted.
He pointed at the TV news and cursed angrily, "Is this family crazy? Don't they know that the treasure is priceless? What's the difference between giving it two thousand yuan and giving it away for free? Have they really gone crazy from poverty over the years?"
Afterwards, he hurried back to the house and helped the sometimes lucid and sometimes confused old man Qin out of the house, saying, "Grandpa, look at this on TV. Is this the treasure you mentioned?"
Old Man Qin's mind was in a state of chaos at this time, but when he heard Qin Xingzhou mention "treasure", his eyes immediately lit up: "Treasure, treasure, my treasure, it's worth a lot of money. Take it back, sell it for money, sell it for money..."
The ancient book passed down from the Qin family seemed to have become Old Man Qin's lifelong obsession. Even at his octogenarian age, when his mind was already confused, he still had not forgotten that very valuable treasure.
Qin Xingzhou frowned and said, "I would like to take it back and sell it for money, but now it has been sold to the state. Do I dare to take it back?"
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