There's no time like the present. Since Liu Xiangdong isn't opposed, we might as well accept the marriage.
The bond between family members is truly ordained by heaven. Qin Meihua said that if Liu Yihang hadn't saved Luo Minsheng, they wouldn't have discovered what happened afterward, and they wouldn't have been able to reunite today.
Besides the gift, Luo Minsheng directed Liu Yihang and the others to solemnly carry a large box out of the room.
“These things all belong to my eldest brother. Back then, my parents specifically told me to find him and give these things to him.”
Later I found him, but he had become like this, and these things have been kept with me ever since.
Now that we've found his descendants, Xiang Dong, I'm entrusting these things to you." With that, Luo Minsheng opened the box.
"When my parents took my brother and me and moved the whole family abroad, they sold off their family property."
Antiques are valued in prosperous times, while gold is valued in chaotic times. They exchanged many of their family's possessions for carefully managed gold bars and other items, leaving behind only a few ancestral properties of the Luo family and some treasures that were difficult to take with them, which were buried underground.
Later, the two old people passed away, and these things ended up in my hands.
This box contains half a box of gold bars, some gold and silver jewelry, antique paintings and calligraphy, and a deed to the ancestral home, which Mother entrusted to leave to my eldest brother before she passed away. Now I'm passing it on to you.
Liu Xiangdong waved his hands repeatedly: "Please keep it. I'm doing alright now and don't need these things."
He always felt that accepting valuable items from others suggested that he was only acquainted with them for money.
"Xiangdong, accept it. This is the old man's wish before he died. It's something your second uncle has been talking about all his life."
"Your second uncle and I have no children. Regardless of whose children they are, everything in the Luo family will eventually come into your hands," Qin Meihua advised.
Luo Minsheng picked up a small box and handed it to Liu Yihang: "Inside are the deeds and keys to the Luo family's ancestral property, as well as many other valuable items left by our ancestors."
Your grandfather and I have spent our entire lives researching, but we don't understand these things. This is what you're learning. From now on, all these treasures left by the Luo family ancestors will be passed down to you.
Compared to this half-box of gold bars, the contents of this small box are the most important thing—the root of the Luo family.
Liu Yihang was too embarrassed to accept such an expensive gift from someone he had just met as a relative.
However, Luo Minsheng and his family's attitude warmed their hearts.
"Uncle, you should keep it." He can rely on himself in the future.
Luo Minsheng wanted to persuade him again, but Luo Haisheng did something that no one expected. He snatched the box from Luo Minsheng's hand, stuffed it into Liu Yihang's hand, and said with a smile, "Dongdong, take this, it's good stuff!"
He made everyone in the room laugh.
"Alright, I'm superfluous. Since my elder brother has said so, you must accept it, otherwise you don't consider us family."
Liu Xiangdong and Liu Yihang had no choice but to agree.
Finally, everyone discovered that the markings on the two gold bars in the box Liu Yihang brought were exactly the same as the markings on the gold bars Luo Minsheng had taken out.
This further confirms that Liu Xiangdong is indeed the child born to Luo Hai back then.
They stayed at the Luo family's house until after dinner before preparing to go home.
But a problem arose before they left: Luo Haisheng absolutely refused to return to the retirement home and insisted on going home with Liu Yihang.
No matter how Luo Minsheng tried to persuade him, it was no use.
In the end, Liu Xiangdong took it upon himself to take him back and care for him for a period of time.
If Luo Haisheng goes home with them, they can't stay in the courtyard house anymore. The environment there is complicated, and they're afraid he might get lost if he's not careful.
The family had no choice but to return to Jinlong Bay.
Liu Xiangdong and Lin Guihua took great care of Luo Haisheng.
Luo Haisheng always pestered Liu Yihang, insisting that he was the real son, Dongdong.
Liu Yihang could only bring Luo Haisheng along when Liu Xiangdong and the others were busy. Luo Haisheng was very obedient to Liu Yihang and was a very lovable old man.
The box of porcelain shards that Liu Yihang hadn't had time to sort out was indeed difficult for him to do by himself, so he simply moved it to Xiang Tianhong's shop and the two of them sorted it out together.
Unexpectedly, Xiang Yizhai was also very interested in sorting through this pile of porcelain fragments with them.
After they sorted and pieced it together, the box of fragments turned out to contain fragments of three porcelain pieces.
A Song Dynasty celadon glazed jar and a Qing Dynasty famille rose vase—these two are fairly normal.
This last item shocked Xiang Yizhai; it was a fragment of a Yuan Dynasty blue-and-white plum vase.
"What a pity! Such a good thing!"
With his keen eye, it wasn't hard for him to tell that these were genuine items.
Upon learning that Liu Yihang had bought the porcelain shards from England, Xiang Yizhai slammed his fist on the table and exclaimed, "These damned foreign devils have destroyed all of our good things!"
"Master Xiang, can these... still be repaired?" Liu Yihang thought that since he was a restoration master, perhaps he could find a way.
When Xiang Yizhai mentioned his expertise, he was very confident: "Of course I can repair them! But I have to warn you in advance that these things will definitely not be as valuable as they were when they were intact after being repaired. I can only try my best."
"Alright then, Master Xiang, I'll leave the item with you. After the restoration, this Qing Dynasty pink porcelain will be considered your labor fee." Xiang Yizhai's craftsmanship is worth the price.
"Then I'll shamelessly take this job!"
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After handing the porcelain shards to Xiang Yizhai, Liu Yihang devoted himself entirely to his final exams at school, as they were crucial to his graduation.
He wasn't worried at all about what was in the books.
The practical exam was quite interesting; it involved going to an antique street to find an "antique," any type of antique would do.
At that time, you will need to publicly explain why you chose it and how you judged its authenticity.
Archaeology professors would form a judging panel to publicly determine the authenticity of the "antiques".
It was also a great opportunity for hands-on practice.
Liu Yihang decided to visit the antique street again to see if he could find anything good.
The problem is that he's so famous now that it's really inconvenient for him to show his face. If he walked down the street with that face, he'd be recognized like a movie star.
"Hey, aren't you that young man who flies the plane?"
"Oh, you're that young man from the newspaper!"
…
Liu Yihang could only ask Lin Guihua to make him a few masks so he could wear them when he went out.
Fortunately, it's winter now, so it's not conspicuous.
Once this period passes and the news loses its luster, everything will be fine.
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