"Can you have the final say?" Zhang Li said, giving him a blank look.

Ji Ao said solemnly: "I can just have the final say." ”

"To be honest, I don't really understand the behavior of 'collecting books', and I can understand it when I collect the books I like, but the books I never read are also collected like priceless treasures, and I can't understand it if I build a special building to preserve them, books are used to see, the value of a book lies in its content, not in how long it has a history, what version it is, how much it is worth, don't you say?" Zhang Li took out a book from the shelf.

She flipped through a few pages, looked at it, and said, "The hard work of several generations certainly has its value, but it doesn't depend on how much it is worth. ”

"To tell you the truth, I really don't understand what my great-grandfather meant by locking so many books in the building, and what was the point? If no one came to see them, the books in the building would be unhappy, wouldn't it?

"What about the books in this building?" Ji Ao was a little anxious.

"It's not my turn to worry about it!" Zhang Li didn't raise her head, and replied nonchalantly.

"What if I leave them to you?" asked Ji Ao eagerly.

"I don't want it—it's not as simple as a book on the first floor, it's a trouble on the first floor............" Zhang Li quickly waved her hand and shook her head to refuse.

Ji Ao looked nervous, and he asked seriously, "I want to ask you now, if you really hand over the library to you, what will you do with it?"

"For you. Zhang Li smiled playfully at him.

She knew that Ji Ao had been working hard to get her the ownership of the library so that the library could be preserved, but, on the one hand, she didn't have this ability, and on the other hand, she didn't want to be locked up by this building for the rest of her life. Of course, it would be nice if the books in the building could be preserved, but if she had to take care of them...... Zhang Li admits that she can't do it.

She turned her head, looked at him apologetically, and said, "Ji Ao, you are the most suitable owner of the library, if you don't want to continue to take care of it, donate it to the library, I know that you are most afraid of losing these books, but unfortunately I am not the kind of person who has devoted my life to collecting books, I don't think it's worth it, I'm sorry." ”

Ji Ao took a deep breath and leaned against the wall, smiling self-deprecatingly.

Zhang Li didn't expect him to be so frustrated, she didn't know how to convince him, and she continued to talk without words, but Ji Ao never spoke, so she had to leave silently.

"Alas...... I can't ......" Ji Ao let out a long sigh as she walked away, he patted the wall and muttered to himself, "What else can I do? Shall I eat all his children and grandchildren......?" Ji Ao, Ji Ao, when you meet a human being, there is still something you can't do after all......"

Although he didn't promise it personally, Ji Ao promised Zhang Honglin in his heart: but now, it seems that his promise is really impossible to fulfill. For seven hundred years, he had never been stumped by anything, and even in the face of life and death, he just laughed it off, but this time he had done his best, but the result was not satisfactory.

"Human...... Ji Ao giggled, his heart was bitter, he had never been so depressed and distressed, if in the past, if human beings made him unhappy, he grabbed it and ate it, but now he is not facing Japanese soldiers, nor is it a bad guy who came to make trouble, but the descendant of his life-saving benefactor, but Zhang Li......

"It seems that this is the only last resort. Ji Ao stretched out his arms and hugged the pillar.

"We've been together for more than sixty years, and now we're having to be separated! I really can't bear you!" he pressed his face to the pillar, and didn't lift it for a long time......

"Will!"

As the visiting lawyer spoke, the living room resounded with the creaking of chairs and tables moving wildly, and everyone gathered around the lawyer to ask questions loudly and in amazement.

The lawyer looked at them with some confusion, took out a document from a large sealed envelope, and cleared his throat: "To be precise, this is not a will, but a certificate of transfer, which is a certificate signed by Mr. Zhang to transfer his collection to the collection of the city library. ”

"Ping Pong"

As soon as the lawyer finished speaking, at least two people sat on the ground with their butts on their butts, making the sound of things falling to the ground, and more people stared at the lawyer with fierce eyes.

Zhang Zhongyu, who was standing closest to the lawyer, snatched the will in his hand, read it hastily, and then looked at the ground with a blank expression, Zhang Zhongguo beside him hurriedly took the will from his hand, and passed it on like this, and it took the Zhang family more than an hour to read it, they all read the will, and finally passed it to Zhang Li.

Zhang Li read the will as quickly as she could, showed an indescribable smile, and glanced at these relatives.

The Zhang family looked at each other, no one knew that Zhang Haonan signed this transfer certificate before his death, it should be said that this is a will, but Zhang Haonan had donated all the books before he died, and he only made three requests to the library on the premise of free donation:

The approximate meaning of these three requirements is: when the descendants of the Zhang family are unwilling to preserve and manage the collection, they will donate to the library, and the library has the right to borrow and collect, but has no right to sell books, only with the consent of all the descendants of the Zhang family, the library can sell the collection, and all auction proceeds do not belong to the library and the descendants of the Zhang family, and must be donated to charities for education in poor areas.

The contract was written clearly from beginning to end, with all formalities and strict conditions, until finally the old man wrote down his signature and solemnly pressed fingerprints with a trembling hand.

Zhang Li finally understood how far-sighted the always taciturn great-grandfather was, he had long foreseen that once he died, none of his children and grandchildren would be willing to use all his hard work and even his life to protect this library, and the valuable collection of books would immediately cause family disputes and even robbery, the greed of his children and grandchildren, and even the possible conflict of interests in the future, all of which he expected.

"The collection of books doesn't just belong to him, why did he donate a piece of paper?" Zhang Zhongsheng shouted out first, he reached out to pull Zhang Li, wanting to tear up the will. There were a few other people who thought the same as him, and they walked towards Zhang Li with angry eyebrows.

"What are you doing!" Zhang Zhiyuan jumped in front of Zhang Li to protect her, he deserved to be the "genetic mutant" of this scholarly family, tall and burly, he got a body of muscles because of his love of sports, he stood there with angry eyes, and those uncles and cousins who were scared did not dare to go further, Zhang Li took two steps forward and handed the will back to the lawyer, the lawyer's eyes met Zhang Li's gaze, and he nodded to her understandingly.

"We won't admit this document!"

"Yes, we're going to sue!"

"Give me the papers!"

All eyes turned viciously to the lawyer.

The lawyer calmly said in an official tone: "If you have any objections, you can resolve them through legal means, and there is another document here for everyone to see." ”

This document is the formalities and keys to the items that Mr. Zhang Haonan kept in the safe deposit box of the bank during his lifetime, which were a pair of Song Dynasty vases, which are now worth about seven million yuan. He said as he pulled out another document.

He held up the document for everyone to see, and at first there was a lot of discussion about the contract for the transfer of the collection, some people were frustrated, some people were angry, but when they heard the offer, their eyes lit up immediately, and they immediately quietly focused their eyes on the lawyer's hand.

The lawyer paused for a moment to let everyone see clearly, and then said sternly: "Mr. Zhang Haonan left a last word for everyone: The descendants of the Zhang family can sell antiques, houses, land, children, and daughters, but they cannot sell books! The value of the vase plus the value of the land is obviously not enough to satisfy all your wishes, but their value is enough to offset the collection of books, I hope you will do it yourself." ”

The lawyer finished these words word by word, looked at all those present, and there was something in their eyes that made them dare not look directly at him.

Zhang Li's tears dripped from her eyes.

The great-grandfather's final arrangement not only prevented his children and grandchildren from staring at the collection with greedy eyes, but also made an arrangement from the perspective of the children and grandchildren with great understanding.

With these 7 million yuan, there are many ways to keep the library building, but the children and grandchildren will get nothing, the great-grandfather's decision has made the best arrangements for the library and the people of the Zhang family, and the relatives who have always thought that he loves the library more than his children and grandchildren, should be able to understand something, right?

All the people gathered around the lawyer to listen to him explain the documents, the lawyer's eyes crossed everyone, looked at Zhang Li who was standing at the back, and after handing over to the people of the Zhang family, he also looked at Zhang Li and said, "I have done everything I can do for you, and I have taken my leave." ”

Then he nodded slightly and turned to leave.