HCB Chapter 282: Can you imagine how shocked you would be?
Chapter 282: Can you imagine how shocked you would be?
Lin Panpan looked at him and said:
"Old Jia, let me tell you something you may not like to hear. You guys can't continue your business of tomb robbery for long.
As you know, the country now attaches great importance to this aspect, the crackdown is getting more and more severe, and strict investigations and crackdowns are being carried out everywhere.
If you’re not careful and get caught by the police, you’re done for and will spend the rest of your life in jail.”
Old Jia sat there, rubbing his hands nervously, and sighed heavily:
"How could I not know? I knew it all in my heart, and I have been thinking that it is time to quit this illegal business.
But you said, I have spent half my life wandering around in ancient tombs. Now if you ask me to do something else, what can I do?
If you ask me to farm, I can't even hold a hoe properly. I don't know when to plant the seeds or how to take care of the crops!
Lao Jia's voice was choked:
"You don't know what our village is like now. It's deserted and deserted.
The younger ones, if they have any means, go out to work and don't want to get involved in tomb robbing anymore.
Take the life expectancy of the men in the village, for example! Sigh, I don’t know if this is really retribution.
Few people can live beyond the age of forty. I am considered to be a long-lived person. Fifty or sixty years old are considered rare, not to mention seventy or eighty years old.
Sometimes I can’t sleep at night because I think about these things, and my heart is burning with anxiety, but I don’t know what to do.”
He paused, a trace of pain flashing in his eyes:
"I also want to accumulate some virtue for future generations, but I don't have any other skills except tomb robbing.
It's so hard to change careers. It's like being trapped in an invisible net and no matter how hard you struggle, you can't get out."
Lin Panpan looked at him with a smile and asked softly, "Is it that difficult to change careers? You should know a lot about antiques, right?"
Upon hearing this, Lao Jia nodded confidently, his tone full of pride:
"Of course! I've been exposed to all kinds of antiques since I was a child.
I can say with confidence that none of the people in the antique market have the same keen eyesight as me.
As long as it's an ordinary antique, I can basically recognize it, without any mistakes!"
Lin Panpan nodded with satisfaction and said directly:
"Lao Jia, let me ask you, are you willing to work for me?
Or is there anyone from your village willing to come?"
When Lao Jia heard this, he was stunned at first, his face full of surprise, and he subconsciously repeated: "Work for you?"
Lin Panpan nodded again and said affirmatively: "Yes, work for me, but we have to sign a contract."
Old Jia stared at Lin Panpan seriously and asked slowly, "What do you need us to do? If you want us to rob a tomb, I can..."
Lin Panpan waved her hands quickly and explained anxiously:
"Don't get me wrong! We are all great young people, the future of our country.
How could I let you do something illegal like that?
Although I collect some antiques, that's because I don't know what will happen to these treasures if they fall into the hands of others, and I may not be able to get a reasonable price for them, so I sell them.
I'm not a serious businessman, but I was thinking that if you're willing to lend me a hand, I'd like to open an antique shop in the future and specialize in the formal antique business.
If you are willing to do it, come to me at this address the day after tomorrow."
Lin Panpan gave them an address and said, "By the way, let me see your goods. I'm in a hurry to go back. My brother is getting married tomorrow, and we have to go back to prepare."
Lao Jia nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back and think about it."
Lin Panpan meant to let Lao Jia work with her, so he had to go back and discuss it.
Lin Panpan sent Gu Mobai back directly, then picked out a more low-key Hongqi sedan and went home.
After returning home, Lin Panpan planned to give some of the things in the car to Liang Ruozhu. There were four rooms in the educated youth dormitory.
Now Liang Ruozhu, Ye Xuanxuan and Qian Fang are irreconcilable, so Liang Ruozhu, Li Na and Zhao Huanxi have moved to another room.
As soon as Lin Panpan and Lin Weihua arrived at the educated youth dormitory, they saw several people standing outside in a suspicious manner.
In a dim corner, three men huddled together. One of them, a slightly frail man, lowered his voice, his tone trembling slightly: "What if we do something like this and get discovered? This is no small matter!"
Wang Mazi sneered disdainfully and glared at him fiercely:
"What are you afraid of? If you're timid, go back now! I tell you, it's not easy to find educated youth like this.
What's more, these educated youth are so beautiful, especially Liang Ruozhu, who has a curvaceous figure. I've had feelings for her for a long time."
Wang Sixi's eyes flashed with ill intent, and he shrilled, "That's right! If I could sleep with a woman like this every day, it would be worth dying for!"
Lin Panpan squatted on the grass nearby. Wang Mazi sighed and said, "Ye Xuanxuan, Qian Fang, Zhao Jingjing, and Shen Chuxia are quite ruthless!"
"Bah! Aren't these women just jealous of them?
Shen Chuxia said that she would not let them have an easy time tonight. She would wait until the people from Linjia Village came over and opened the door tomorrow morning. Hahahaha...
Can you imagine how shocked you would be?" Wang Sixi said.
Lin Weihua was so angry that his face turned blue. Lin Panpan patted his hands and said that these were all people from Xiaoyang Village, which meant that these people might have been sent by Shen Chuxia.
She didn't expect Shen Chuxia to return from the capital so soon. The purpose of these people was very obvious, which was to rape these educated youth.
By the time they pick up the bride tomorrow, it will be too late. Liang Ruozhu and the others will have no way to defend themselves. In this day and age, how can they survive?
Lin Panpan stared at them coldly. The six people from Xiaoyang Village had already climbed over the wall.
Lin Panpan and Lin Weihua followed and saw several men crouching near the window through which faint candlelight was coming from.
The leading man took out a stick of incense from his pocket, lit it skillfully, and threw it in through the window.
Suddenly they felt a slight movement behind them, and subconsciously looked back, only to see countless powders falling down.
Before they could react, they were hit by a strong feeling of dizziness, their legs went weak, and with a few "thumps", they fell straight to the ground, raising a cloud of dust. After their limbs twitched a few times, they became motionless.
Lin Weihua, who was not far away, heard the noise and quickly walked to the door. He lowered his voice and said, "Ruozhu, open the door!"
"Why are you here so late?" Liang Ruozhu asked softly.
But when she looked down at the ground, the smile on her face froze instantly, her eyes filled with fear, and she subconsciously took a step back and asked, "What's wrong with these people?"
Lin Panpan asked, "Who lives in that room over there? Who lives in the room next door?"