Chapter 22 : Waste station
Chapter 22 : Waste station
Lin Lin left the alley and entered her space hurriedly .
There she glanced at those 6 trunks with proud eyes . She did a good job at her first try .
Now She must change her outfit again to go to the waste station before going home .
All the MC in those novels that she read before ends up finding treasures in that place .
She must follow their steps too .
Lin Lin changed into a simple dark grey shirt and black pants . Then removed the three layers of foundation and started painting her face again .
This time she made sure to make her facial expression softer but with yellow skin .
Satisfied with her transformation, Lin Lin got out of her space and headed toward the wasre station .
After fifteen minutes walk , Lin Lin found herself before in the waste station .
This station is made of three warehouses surrounded by high walls .
Lin Lin saluted the old men keeping watch in the waste station .
"Hello grandpa , I want to get some paper to burn fire with at home ."
The old man nodded and said while pointing to the first warehouse
"You can find lots of junk paper over there but don't take anything else "
Lin Lin nodded obediently then left the old man to sleep again .
Lin Lin opened the door of the first warehouse to enter then started looking around in a hurry
The whole place is in turmoil , papers , books , broken antiques filled the place .
However, Lin Lin didn't loose hope and kept looking around till a big bundle of books making a small heap gained her attention.
These books had different complex Chinese names that are most like ancient Chinese .
Although, Lin Lin didn't know what exactly are they but she knew that they must be valuable ancient ones so she started collecting those that are unharmed and in a good state .
While she was collecting, Lin Lin noticed that under this huge amount of books seems to be several jewelries .
Slowly, Lin Lin's suspicion turned right .
She found six gold bars and a black cloth bag that contains hundreds of golden taels .
Lin Lin eye's shined as she kept stuffing those things in her space and looking around for more .
After a few more minutes, lin lin was able to find some bowels and antiques from the yuan and Qing dynasties .
After finishing her search in the first warehouse , Lin Lin slowly and secretly made her way to the second one without waking up the old man .
Unlike the first one , lin lin found the second warehouse filled to the brim with antiques.
She slowly made her way around collecting books , porcelain bowels , antiques , paintings, gold bars , jade bracelets... from the warehouse.
She took over half of the warehouse things before leaving for the third one where she did the same .
However, in the third one she found several heavy treasure chests in the back pilled together.
Although, she couldn't open them . Lin Lin took the seven chests and put them inside her space . Having been here enough , huang Lin took a bundle of paper and went out to the old men .
The old men was waken up again by Lin Lin who seemed to have took nothing from the warehouse other than the bundle of paper in her hands .
Nodding in satisfaction, the old men weighed the paper before asking for a dime in return.
Lin Lin payed the men and gave him an additional packet of rabbit toffee candy making the men eyes pop out .
"Girl , What is this for ? "
Lin Lin smiled and said with all the courage that she had .
"Uncle , I have an offer for you . It may change your life forever, what do you say ? "
The old men gulped with his eyes fixed on the packet of candy that the girl put before him .
"Girl , this .. this..."
Lin Lin smiled reassuringly to the old men
"Uncle , you don't have to be afraid. I mean you no harm . I just want to suggest some work for you that will benefit both of us . How about we go have a talk after you finish your shift ? "
The old man calmed down and took the packet from the table hiding it in his pocket .
Then he said to Lin Lin in a serious tone
"Girl , i will close the door of the station so we can talk comfortably "
Lin Lin nodded and took a seat while the old men closed the waste station door then looked around with vigilance before sitting down before Lin Lin waiting for her to talk .
"Uncle , you can call me sister Lin . But I still didn't have the honor to know your name yet "
Hearing Lin Lin speaking eloquently , the old men couldn't help but have some suspicion.
"Sister Lin , you can call me grandpa yang . I want to know what this offer of yours is about "
Lin Lin smiled gently before starting to explain the crazy idea she just came up with .
"Grandpa yang , I'm here because my boss really needs help from people like you .
These things in the waste station may not hold any value in your eyes but they do for my boss.
He simply wants to take these back for the Chinese families to keep "
Hearing Lin Lin idea , grandpa yang face paled .
This is smuggling goods . He never thought that he will ever hear about this in his whole life face to face .
Lin Lin saw grandpa yang changes and hurriedly explained before he rejects her offer
"Grandpa yang, rest assured . All that we ask from you is to do your job like usual but ones the date of getting rid of all of those goods comes closer we want you to gather everything that is unharmed in big barrels and leave them inside the warehouses for my boss to take on his own . "
Lin Lin paused for a moment to see grandpa yang expression has returned to its initial one
"Grandpa yang , this job is very important for my boss so naturally Your share will be 200 yuan a month . But , If the goods you provide are in a good state and the quantity increases in the future.
Boss will be even more generous for you and your share will even reach 400yuans . So what do you say ? "
Grandpa yang heart almost burst from his rib cage at the mention of this huge amount of money . It's enough to feed his family for the rest of their life ah .
This is a huge opportunity that will not come by everyday.
But he will be committing a crime .
If he was found out ...
Lin Lin watched as grandpa yang expression changed repeatedly and couldn't help but give one final stroke
"Grandpa yang , I understand that you are reluctant to take this risk but as the saying goes 'the coward dies thousands times , the brave but one '. So what do you want to be a coward who fears his shadow and can't even feed his family or a brave person who will take the risk and provide a better life for his children and grandchildren? "
Grandpa yang listened to Lin Lin eloquent speech and found himself agreeing with her in his heart . What's the use of being a coward if he can't feed his wife and children.
Moreover, all he has to do is let those men take the waste from the warehouse before it goes to the dumpster .
"Sister Lin , If I agreed to work with . How about my coworkers. They are the ones who transport those things to the dumpster not me"
Lin Lin smiled brightly , almost blinding the poor man
"Grandpa yang , my boss will let you convince them and choose those who are trustworthy enough to work with us . He will also give you an additional 250 yuans to pay those who are willing to work with you . You will find the money inside the warehouse the next day after we get the goods . Sometimes we will ask you to take them somewhere else for us to take but that will not happen for now unless Boss trust you enough "
Then she took out 500 yuans for grandpa yang making him tremble with shock at the sight of the huge amount of money
"This is your pay in advance for this month . I want to know when you will the goods be prepared?"
Grandpa yang took the money with shaking hands and explained
"We dump those things twice a month , every two weeks on the last day of the two weeks .
We already dumped a batch the day before yesterday. So we Will dump everything in another two weeks ."
"Good , I will visit you tomorrow to check how many people you had convinced to work for us . Then on the day of the waste dumping that we will call day of joy as a code , i want you to leave only the warehouse door open and we will deal with everything "
"I understand Sister Lin "
"One more thing Grandpa yang , my boss is a really viscous and cruel person if you dare to betray him so you better do your work very well and watch out for the police because my boss is also at risk if this gets related to him in any way he will do everything to destroy both of us and our families so please don't let me down . I have seen many people suffer from that men's earth and believe me you don't want to even witness it "
Grandpa yang nodded and reassured Lin Lin in a serious tone
"Sister Lin , rest assured I will not let you down and I will do my best to satisfy the boss "
Lin Lin showed a relieved expression at
Grandpa yang words making the old men wonder inside at how cruel and scary this boss of theirs can be .
He must not offend him or make any mistakes ah or his life will be hell .
Lin Lin said goodbye to grandpa yang and left .
Just like before , she entered an empty alley and went into her space to change but this time back to her original outfit to go home .
Back at the town entrance, everyone was gathering slowly to go home .
One of the aunts who listened quietly in the morning to Lin Lin and aunt xu talk asked Lin Lin if she managed to get a job
"No Auntie ,the factory has no spare space "
Answered Lin Lin with a sad tone .
The Aunties felt bad for Lin Lin and started encouraging her and coaxing her like child that even Lin Lin felt touched
"Thank you Aunties , I will go to another factories and try my luck again "
Everyone sighed with relief and encouraged Lin Lin more .
Lin Lin just smiled at them and nodded from time to time .
Soon enough, they reached the village .
However, Lin Lin found her uncle waiting for her . Zhou San sighed with relief when he saw Lin Lin coming down from the wagon .
Lin Lin smiled knowingly at her uncle and said teasingly
"Uncle , did aunt threaten not to let you in the room if you don't come fetch me up ? "
Zhou San sighed and shook his head at his mischievous niece before turning around and leaving her behind so that she does not see his smiling face .
Lin Lin sighed at her rigid uncle and hurried behind her uncle and the two went home .