Uncle went to the county town to go to the market. On the way back, he picked up an radish and a cabbage in a cave. After taking it home, he asked his wife to stir-fry it for rice, but found that these two dishes were not eaten.
1972, a peasant woman in Shangqiu, Henan was sitting in the yard washing vegetables, planning to stir-fry the rice at noon. While washing, she felt something was wrong and hurriedly called her husband: "Come and come and see, these two vegetables cannot be eaten."
The peasant woman's wife is Lao Hu. These two vegetables were picked up on the way back from the county market early in the morning. Because there was a heavy rain last night, the ground was very slippery. I fell down while walking and somehow fell into a small cave. At that time, these two dishes were hidden on the left side of the cave.
Lao Hu thought to himself that this fall was not in vain. He picked up two dishes. The dishes for the lunch this day were considered to be inauspicious. Thinking of it, he put the radish and cabbage into the bamboo basket he carried with him and continued to rush home.
When I heard my wife say that this dish cannot be eaten, Lao Hu was still angry. Why can’t he eat the two dishes that were obviously watery?
Lao Hu took the cabbage from his wife's hand, touched it carefully with his hands, then pulled up a leaf and teared it hard, and suddenly cursed: "Who is so immoral? I have made these two dishes to deceive me!"
Since it is a "fake dish", it is naturally impossible to eat it. Lao Hu was so angry that he carried them back with great effort, but he couldn't eat it in one bite. My wife suggested: "I see this dish is so realistic. Maybe we can exchange it for a little money when we sell it at the market?"
A few days later, Lao Hu came to the county market again. Soon, in front of his stall, there were many people who came to watch the fun.
Everyone looked at these two dishes, and they all praised the superb "fake" skills. However, no matter how strange it is, no one is willing to pay for these things that cannot be eaten. At that time, it was not easy for farmers to make some money, so how could they be willing to spend money to buy these two "artworks" and go home?
In the end, Lao Hu still failed to sell these two "vegetables". There was no way, after Lao Hu took the "vegetables" home, he put them in the Zhangmu box, just pretending that he had never picked up any vegetables.
htmlIn the early 1990s, the Henan Museum was preparing to expand, but because the museum was not as large as the number of them, they began to go to the countryside to collect cultural relics.On this day, they came to the village where Lao Hu was located. Someone told the staff that Lao Hu’s family had two vegetables with high simulation levels, and I don’t know if they were considered cultural relics. When the staff heard this, they immediately became interested. They found the village chief, explained his purpose to him, and expressed their hope that Lao Hu could show them these two "vegetables".
Lao Hu cooperated very well and took out the "fake dishes" that had been pressed for decades and ran to the staff excitedly. The staff held a magnifying glass and carefully admired the two "vegetables" in front of them, but the more they looked, the more excited they became.
This vegetable looks vivid and fresh on the surface, not made of ordinary materials. When you look closely, you find that it is made of ivory.
After further identification, the staff concluded that these two "vegetables" were from in the middle of the Qing Dynasty .
On the site, the staff took out the tape ruler he carried with him and started measuring. The length of the radish was about 27 cm. There was a grasshopper lying on the vegetable leaves on the head of the radish. The fluff on its legs were clearly visible, which showed the fine workmanship and the exquisite skills.
Ivory cabbage is also lifelike. The tender yellow leaves are like freshly peeled cabbage hearts, and a fresh daisy dotted among them. A small red ladybug and a small grasshopper are parked on the leaves. The veins on the back of the leaves are also clear.
At this time, the staff saw some sludge on these two vegetables and thought, Lao Hu didn't wash it and put it in the box. After a closer look, this is not sludge, it was actually made after post-coloring. Such exquisite workmanship made the people present admire each other.
So, why do they appear in Shangqiu ?
staff analyzed that according to this exquisite craft, these two "dishes" should be objects in the palace.Hundreds of years ago, the thieves stole these two treasures from the Beijing Palace and rushed to Shangqiu, which was thousands of miles away from Beijing. I don’t know if he encountered some danger at that time, so he temporarily buried the “vegetable” somewhere.
has been hidden for hundreds of years. Due to the heavy rain, the cave collapsed, so the hidden things were accidentally picked up by Lao Hu. This is really a great fate.
Finally, the staff told Lao Hu that these two "dishes" were priceless cultural relics, and to test whether he was willing to hand them over.
Unexpectedly, the simple Lao Hu actually said, "This is the country's thing, whom is not given to the country?" The staff of
were very moved and suggested that he could give him some compensation. Lao Hu refused at first, but finally a villager shouted, "Lao Hu, just accept it. You can take this money home and treat my wife." My wife has been in poor health over the past few years, but she felt sorry for the money and endured that she had not been to the hospital for examination.
After hearing the villagers say this, Lao Hu finally accepted the 800 yuan handed to him by the staff.
Nowadays, the vegetables made from these two ivory trees have been rated as the first-class cultural relic of in my country, becoming the treasure of Henan Museum .
Friends who are interested can go and take a look. The wisdom of ancient skilled craftsmen is really amazing. #Telebrity Creation Challenge#
