The radio was very short and it was finished in a few words, but it was said back and forth twice or three times on the radio, for fear that everyone would not hear it. The general meaning was that the meeting in the ancestral hall would be held at two o'clock in the afternoon, and each family would be asked to send one person to attend. After the radio was finished, Ji Wenyu said in surprise: "Dad, aren't the meetings in the village always on the village committee? How can I ask the meetings in the ancestral hall to have a meeting today?"

Ji Mingli said: "I don't know much. It's probably related to the ancestral hall. A few years ago, our village organized the revision of the family genealogy. Wasn't it just a meeting in the ancestral hall?"

Nowadays, everyone is busy making money, and they are not interested in those clans, ancestral halls, etc. Only those elderly people are organizing some things to do. The Ji Family Ancestral Hall was used once when everyone was reorganized to compile the genealogy a few years ago. It has almost become an activity center for the elderly. I don’t know if there is anything that needs to be a special meeting in the ancestral hall today?

The eighteenth master next to him suddenly said, "The day before yesterday, I heard that something was lost in the ancestral hall. Maybe the thing I lost was full of flaws."

Master Eighteen is the largest in the entire family. Although he doesn’t care much about the affairs in the village, there are any disturbances in the village, especially when it comes to clans, ancestral halls and other matters, someone in the village will notify him as soon as possible.

"What did you lose?" Ji Wenyu was also a little curious.

Master Eighteen said, "It's a stone monkey at the entrance of the hall. I don't know who stole it."

"Stone Monkey? What can that thing do? Someone wants a broken stone?" Zhou Huizhen was puzzled.

Ji Mingli said: "What broken stone? Do you know it is an antique? Have you not read the news of the previous two years? A stone man lost a stone man in the Northern Song Dynasty imperial tomb. He was found when he went out of customs. The stone man even weighed at least a dozen tons. The freight from us alone to foreign countries is tens of thousands. If the stone man is not worth a lot of money? Who would put such a lot of effort?"

Ji Wenyu also heard about this because Jijiazhuang is also on this axis, eight Northern Song Dynasty imperial tombs are from north to south, two of which are just in the fields not far from Jijiazhuang.

The Northern Song Dynasty imperial tombs have been stolen many times in history and have no archaeological value, so they are almost never developed. Only the two in the county town and the national highway have been opened into parks, and the rest stand in the wilderness.

Although the treasures were stolen, the stone people, stone horses and other cultural relics on the ground were still there, not because the tomb robbers showed mercy, but because the stone sculptures were too big and could not be stolen. Despite this, many of the stone sculptures were still chiseled off and became headless people. There are dozens of stone sculptures in each imperial tomb, which are used to by locals, and no one cares about children climbing up to play.

There is no problem with the imperial tombs and stone sculptures placing the wind and sun, but once someone has a bad idea, it will be a big deal. Two years ago, someone set up a shed next to him. The locals thought it was maintenance of cultural relics, but they didn't take it seriously. One day, the shed was removed and everyone discovered that a stone sculpture was lost. Later, after many twists and turns, they intercepted it when the cultural relics left the customs.

This incident was a big deal and gave the locals a lesson on cultural relics protection. No one expected that the broken stone was so valuable, and someone dared to risk beheading and tried every means to poach the big stone weighing more than ten tons in the wilderness.

From an inland area like Huanghe County, a stone carving weighing more than ten tons to foreign countries will be calculated in 10,000 yuan. If the value of the stone carving is not high, who will spend so much effort when he gets into the brain? At least it will be worth hundreds of thousands, right?

Seeing that Zhou Huizhen was shocked by her own words, Ji Mingli said again: "I heard that the stone monkey has been placed in the ancestral hall for hundreds of years, at least it is a cultural relic from the early Qing Dynasty. Although it is incomparable to those stone carvings of the Song Dynasty, thousands or tens of thousands are always worth it, right? Those idle second-rate people in the countryside who even steal chickens and ducks. Do you think they will be moved?"

Zhou Huizhen still didn't understand it very much and said, "The stone sculptures of the imperial tombs were used by the emperor, so of course they are valuable. Who would treat the things in our ancestral hall as treasures except us ourselves?"

Ji Mingli said: "No matter what, the stone monkey is something of the age, and it must have certain value. Otherwise, how could anyone steal it?"

Ji Wenyu was worried that his parents would fight, so he quickly changed the topic and said, "Master, do you know the origin of the stone monkey? Why do the village attach so much importance to it?"

Master Eighteen said: "It is said that when our Ji family ancestor moved here, he also raised a pet monkey. The monkey is quite spiritual and has a deep relationship with the ancestor. After the monkey died, the first ancestor of our Ji family carved such a stone monkey with his own hands. Later, the ancestor passed away, and the descendants built the Ji family ancestral hall in the village, and the stone monkey was placed at the door of the hall to guard it."

The eighteenth Master said, Zhou Huizhen and Ji Mingli just took it as a story, but in Ji Wenyu's heart, he got some surprise. In the morning, he also asked the master if the first ancestor of the Ji family had any treasures left. Now he heard the news about the stone monkey carved by the first ancestor. It was really a natural will in the dark.

Now Ji Wenyu has broken through the seventh level of the Mai Opening Realm, and it is urgent to improve his cultivation. His mind is full of things about Star Beads, so when he hears this news, he will think about this aspect as soon as possible. Well, he must participate in this matter and see if he can find out the whereabouts of Star Beads.

Ji Wenyu was still thinking about his own affairs, and the eighteenth master said again: "Huizhen said it well. The stone monkey is from our ancestral hall, and it was left by our ancestor. Our Ji family regarded him as a treasure, but outsiders did not think so. When they found that the stone monkey was lost in the village the day before yesterday, they reported it to the government office. Unfortunately, the thing was not worth the valuation of the thing. The official officer took a look and left, and didn't take it seriously at all. In desperation, the matter of looking for the whereabouts of the stone monkey can only fall on ourselves. The stone monkey has been lost for almost three days. I notified everyone to have a meeting at noon today. I guess there is a clue."

After hearing this, Ji Wenyu suddenly realized: "So that's it. The stone monkey can be said to be a relic left by our first ancestor. Even if it is not a cultural relic, even if it is worthless, we, as descendants of the Ji family, cannot let him wander outside."

"Yes, that's the reason." Master Eighteen nodded and said.

The stone monkey left by the first ancestor of the Ji family is probably the only thing that can be found that is related to the first ancestor? No matter whether you can find the star beads or not, you must participate, because this is the only clue at present.
Chapter completed!