"What! Why is it a book?" Li Wangan knelt down after seeing the book in the box. He thought it was at least a valuable treasure, but it turned out to be an ordinary book!
In fact, there was another item in the box, which was two hairpins. One was very ordinary, and the other was a gold hairpin, but it was not as valuable as the descendants of the Li family thought.
Zhao Deshan, holding the box, said to the six young men from the Li family, "Oh, the dust on this box doesn't look new. You say it's newly buried? I think you're just fooling us!"
"Wang'an, what else do you guys have to say!" Li Changhe was very disappointed. Not only did these six guys cause trouble, but they were also not honest!
Lin Tongxi took the book and began to flip through it.
There is no record of any earth-shattering events in it, only the past of Qingshi Village.
"Village chief, would you like to take a look?" Lin Tongxi handed the book to the village chief.
The village chief rubbed his eyes, and since it was too dark to see clearly, he handed it to his son Li Wenyuan.
Li Wenyuan took it and read it, and immediately understood what the book was about.
"This is not a treasure... This is a book written by an ancestor of the Li family, and it also talks about the Zhao family." Li Wenyuan made a judgment after reading it.
"Is it related to my Zhao family? Tell me about it." Zhao Deshan became interested.
"This place is too close to the river, let's go up first." Li Wenyuan took the torch and returned to the distance.
The other onlookers gathered around again and listened to Li Wenyuan talk about the past.
There was once a scholar in the village, but that was a story over a hundred years ago.
Once upon a time, he was just an ordinary villager named Li, until one day he met a girl from the Zhao family, and the story of the two changed.
The two gradually developed feelings for each other, but at that time the Li and Zhao families were still in conflict.
During the drought, the Li family secretly dug a canal in order to compete for water, but was seen by the Zhao family.
This then led to a dispute over water sources, during which both families shed a lot of blood and developed a grudge against each other.
Although the two developed feelings for each other decades later, this incident left a lasting mark on the hearts of both tribes.
The scholar once wanted to propose to the girl named Zhao, but as expected, his parents strongly opposed it.
So he eloped with the girl named Zhao, but they were discovered by the villagers and were severely punished.
In order to persuade their daughter to give up the idea, Zhao's parents found a wealthy landlord to discuss the engagement.
The landlord's son was seriously ill and coughing to death, so he wanted to find a woman to marry to bring good luck. It just so happened that the parents of the girl named Zhao came to him.
So, the two sides hit it off and got engaged.
"The girl surnamed Zhao is so pitiful." As Su Ruoxue listened, she lamented the girl's fate.
"...It's so sad." Chen Yunxuan was also in a heavy mood.
"Alas... feudal society is cannibalistic." Only then did Lin Tongxi realize how dark the ancient society was. People had no freedom and their fate was controlled by their parents.
Zhao Deshan's face darkened. He knew the history of the village very well. As soon as he heard it, he knew who the "girl surnamed Zhao" mentioned in the book was referring to. She was his ancestor.
"Stop talking! This is a scandal between two families!" Zhao Deshan got angry.
"Old Zhao, don't be angry." An old man named Liu came over and comforted Zhao Deshan.
"That's right. It was more than a hundred years ago. What does it matter?" Another old woman named Zhou also came over.
"Mr. Zhao, maybe there was a misunderstanding at that time?" another villager said.
"What other misunderstandings are there! Do I need to say those two words out loud? The Zhao family will never acknowledge that this unfaithful woman is our Zhao family's ancestor!" Zhao Deshan was very angry.
Li Wenyuan fanned himself and said calmly, "Mr. Zhao, please listen to me. There may be something hidden in this."
It turned out that in order to avoid marriage, the girl surnamed Zhao secretly pretended to be pregnant with the boy surnamed Li.
This trick did make the landlord break off the engagement, but it also caused rumors in the village, and both families were criticized behind their backs by the villagers.
Originally, the Zhao family compromised and was willing to marry their daughter to the Li family, but the Li clan members, out of hatred, firmly opposed the marriage between the two and even locked Li Jialang in the room, not allowing the two to meet.
In the end, Miss Zhao couldn't stand the rumors and committed suicide by jumping into the river.
"What... So... That's how it is!" Zhao Deshan was speechless for a moment. He had heard this story before and had sneered at this ancestor at that time. He didn't expect that there was such a hidden story behind it.
Lin Tongxi and the other two also looked dejected, not knowing what to say.
The villagers who had been listening to the gossip excitedly now fell silent.
After the girl surnamed Zhao died, Li Jialang seemed like a different person. He left the village and studied hard. After wandering outside for a few years, he finally passed the imperial examination.
However, he and Miss Zhao were already separated by life and death, and to express his longing for her, he secretly buried the box by the river.
In addition to the books recording past events, this box also contains two contrasting hairpins.
One was the hairpin that the girl from the Zhao family had worn before, and the other was the golden hairpin that Li Jialang had promised her.
When you win the first prize in the imperial examination, I will personally hold the golden hairpin to adorn you.
"..." Lin Tongxi didn't expect that the original fight would lead to such a touching thing.
As she listened, Su Ruoxue became sad, and it seemed as if tears were rolling in her eyes.
Lin Tongxi patted her on the back and sighed weakly.
On the last page of the book, there are only the words that Li Jialang left for future generations.
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