Chapter Forty-Five: Intercepting the Spoils

When Lin Baozhu came out of Lin Erlang's house, it was already half an hour later. She was wearing a brand new light yellow dress, with her hair in a fishtail braid and a matching headband. She also wore small yellow beaded earrings. The yellow color made her look even whiter and more delicate. Many people turned their heads to look at her as she walked down the street.

"Oh my, whose daughter are you? I've never seen you before!"

"Auntie, I am Lin Erlang's sister. I came to town today to visit my brother and sister-in-law."

"Oh my, Lin Erlang is just average-looking, but I never expected his sister to be so beautiful. Girl, do you have a boyfriend yet? My son works at a machine factory, a permanent employee, earning twenty-three yuan and fifty cents a month..."

Before the woman could finish speaking, Lin Baozhu quickly waved her hand and said, "Auntie, I have a boyfriend, and we're getting married in a few days."

Upon hearing this, the woman looked disappointed: "What a pity, what a beautiful girl."

Otherwise, her family's ugly genes could be changed.

Just then, a thin but energetic woman came running over, saying as she ran, "Oh dear, something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened to Director Zhang's family!"

The woman glared at the other woman: "Eldest daughter-in-law, what nonsense are you spouting? What could possibly happen in broad daylight? What, did his son beat the little mute to death?"

The woman, holding her knees and catching her breath, said, "Mother, Director Zhang's house was robbed of everything. There was even a big pit dug in the house. His wife is sitting in the yard crying her eyes out. She said that everything was fine when she left home, but when she came back, everything was gone."

"How skilled must that thief be to empty a house in less than an hour?"

"What? Is that so? Let's go take a look..."

Lin Baozhu followed them towards Director Zhang's house...

At this moment, at Director Zhang's house, the obese woman was crying with snot and tears all over her face, and there were several women around her trying to comfort her.

The people who had just arrived stared in disbelief at the scene in the yard: "This... if Director Zhang's wife really only left for less than an hour, it's impossible for a normal person to move all the things in such a short time. Look inside the house, all the cabinets and stuff are gone. There are people living around Director Zhang's house. If they were to move those cabinets, beds and stuff, there would definitely be dragging sounds and traces, right?"

Besides, the house was completely emptied, leaving nothing behind. How did they manage to take everything? By truck? But look around, are there any tire tracks? What could possibly take all this stuff away without anyone noticing?

The woman's words sent chills down everyone's spines and made their scalps tingle!

Someone passed by their house today, and everything seemed normal. How long has it been? Their house has been completely emptied, and done so quietly!

"In broad daylight, even if there's something shady going on, they should be hiding. Why are they causing trouble?"

Listening to the murmurs in the crowd and looking at Director Zhang's wife, who seemed somewhat flustered, Lin Baozhu said, "If there really are unclean things in this world, why would they haunt Director Zhang's family? Unless the person being haunted has done something to offend them, why would they move into their house when there are so many other families around?"

One sentence made the woman, who had just been crying, look around warily. Her flustered appearance was enough to make even the most oblivious person notice something was wrong.

Although the country has been emphasizing the importance of believing in science and not being superstitious, most Chinese people still have a strong belief in the power of ghosts and gods. She didn't believe in it before, but after time travel happened to her, she started to believe in it to some extent.

“Director Zhang’s family, our residential compound has been burgled. This is a big deal. If things get bad, we should report it to the police. They’ll know who it was and they’ll catch them quickly.”

"Yes, yes, call the police, go call the police right now. Auntie, could you please keep an eye on my son for me?"

After saying that, he wiped the tears from his eyes and ran frantically towards the door...

"I have a bicycle at home, you can ride it faster..."

After Director Zhang's wife left, Lin Baozhu muttered softly, "Such a big thing happened at home, why hasn't her husband come back? The house was robbed clean, even the most important work should be put aside!"

Upon hearing this, the group exchanged bewildered glances, each harboring their own doubts. Finally, someone strode off towards the machine factory...

Seeing the small groups of people, Lin Baozhu didn't stay there any longer. She was going to the dock to rob Director Zhang of the goods he was trying to smuggle out of the country.

Lin Baozhu went straight to the port. Director Zhang only said that he would send the things away from the dock, but he did not say which dock.

This port is only one kilometer long, which is nothing compared to the super-large ports of later generations. But even this one kilometer took her a lot of effort. Fortunately, hard work pays off. As evening approached, she heard Director Zhang's hoarse voice coming from not far away.

She peeked out from between the goods and saw Director Zhang directing people to move boxes bearing the logo of a certain shipyard onto a larger ship. She saw many men in sailor uniforms standing on the ship, each one burly and muscular, their eyes gleaming as they watched the people coming and going below...

Despite their best efforts to conceal the murderous aura emanating from the people on the ship, Lin Baozhu, with her keen senses, still managed to detect it.

"Be careful, everyone. If anything in here breaks, you couldn't afford to pay for it even if you sold your whole family. Hurry up."

He and his brother-in-law went to great lengths and spent a lot of money to get an hour of time in the evening!

Just then, a man carrying goods passed by her. She immediately knocked him unconscious, put his clothes on her, tied her long hair with a ribbon, and put a dirty towel on her head. Fortunately, the man was similar in build to her, and she smeared her face with black paint and used the moonlight as cover, so these people couldn't tell that she had been switched.

Lin Baozhu and the others carried the goods onto the ship, observing as they went. Good heavens, there were already dozens of the same boxes on the ship!

When she was transporting the goods into the Forbidden City, her fingers subtly traced the outer boxes. These boxes appeared to be neatly arranged in their original positions, but in reality, the contents inside had already been transferred into her spatial dimension.

This was a new skill she had worked hard to learn.

Using the same method, she shoved the large boxes outside into her space, and then, under the cover of night, she hid again in the gap between the boxes.

As two of them lifted the box, they exclaimed in surprise, "Boss, this box doesn't feel right!"