Farmer finds “strange piece of wood”, takes it home hoping to become a millionaire, but his son turns pale upon seeing it and immediately notifies the police!
An old farmer found a strange-shaped piece of wood and thought it was valuable, so he took it home in the hope of getting rich. However, his son turned pale when he saw it and asked his father to hand it over to the police.
The website soha reported the story of Mr. Chueng (pseudonym), who was originally a farmer living in a small town near a forest in Sichuan, China. His family had some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine. So in his free time he would often go to the mountains to search for and collect herbs to sell. Hoping to earn some extra income for retirement.
Everything went on like that until one day when he went deep into the forest to search for medicinal plants, he accidentally came across a very strange-looking piece of wood. The outer shell was ivory white. The inside was yellowish pink. And the inside had layers of wood grain running down like a pair of slender legs. Looking very flexible and soft.
Although Mr. Chuang did not know what kind of wood this was, thanks to the faint fragrance emanating from the log. He was certain that it must be some kind of valuable wood, and that if it was sold, he would earn a lot of money. With that thought in mind, he used all his strength to carry the log back home.
However, while Mr. Truong was happily thinking about becoming rich. His son who lived in another city happened to visit him. He excitedly told him about the log he had found and asked him to help find a carpenter to see what kind of wood it was. But when his son went to the back of the house and saw the log, he immediately turned pale. Soon after, he took a picture of the log. Sent it to someone, and talked on the เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา phone for a long time.
After hanging up the phone, the son advised his father to hand over the strange-shaped wood to the police immediately.
Because he immediately suspected that it was a “cypress” , a rare wood that is on the protected Class 1 list of prohibited exploitation and trade in China. Violators may face heavy fines. However, to be sure, he asked a friend who had many years of experience. After receiving confirmation, he immediately advised his father to hand it over to the police.
Mr. Chuang, after listening to his son’s advice, to avoid the worst case, agreed to let his son call the police to inspect the piece of wood immediately.
In 2021, a man from Hubei Province was arrested for cutting down two trees from a cliff and taking them home, unaware that this was an illegal act that harmed the country’s defense plants. The man was later fined 5,000 yuan (about 25,000 baht) and sentenced to 4 years in prison.