Luo Jingyan's destination was clear: once she arrived in the county town, she went straight to the scrap yard.
It has to be said that the scrap yards in the county town are not as good as those in Beijing. The things they collect are worse and more broken, and there are basically no valuable items.
An old man was squatting in the courtyard, tidying up the scattered candy wrappers on the ground. Luo Jingyan walked in and said, "Grandpa, I'd like to buy some newspaper for wallpapering."
This is a universal excuse that can be used at any junkyard.
The old man looked up at her, then pointed to a pile of scrap paper next to him and said, "Go look there."
"good."
Then the old man started tidying up the candy wrappers again.
Luo Jingyan arrived at the pile of waste paper, pretending to look for newspapers inside, and secretly released Black Tiger from her spatial storage.
"Go check if there's any treasure here."
Luo Jingyan didn't have high hopes. Generally speaking, the treasures that appear in the scrap yard are almost always forgotten by their owners who carelessly put them in old furniture, or they are deliberately placed in ordinary items to avoid being noticed and are mistakenly sold here.
Besides, how could she find such a treasure on her first visit? The odds are about the same as winning five million with a two-dollar lottery ticket, or being struck by lightning on the street.
She searched through the pile of waste paper for a while and found a few old newspapers. To her surprise, she also found some fragments of calligraphy and paintings.
Because of the "Destroy the Four Olds" campaign, many people had their old paintings disposed of, and I don't know if this is one of them.
She tried her best to find the fragments, pieced them together, and discovered that they were indeed genuine works by ancient masters. She took them back and glued them together, trying her best to restore them to their original state.
She collected the fragments and wrapped them in newspaper.
A short while later, Black Tiger returned: "Master, there's treasure in the house."
Luo Jingyan stood up and asked the old man, "Grandpa, may I go inside and take a look?"
The old man waved his hand dismissively: "Go on, go on." After all, it's just junk inside anyway.
Luo Jingyan led Black Tiger inside. "Black Tiger, where's the baby?"
Black Tiger jumped onto a bamboo pole.
"Master, the baby is inside the bamboo pole."
Luo Jingyan picked up the bamboo pole, which was about a meter long and about the thickness of her index finger.
She picked up the bamboo pole and looked inside from both ends, but found nothing unusual.
However, the bamboo pole is quite heavy, so there must be some hidden secret inside. Black Tiger's statement that there is treasure inside must be true.
"Black Tiger, is there anything else good?"
Master, watch your feet.
"oh."
Luo Jingyan quickly stepped away and realized that she had just stepped on a bronze mirror.
The bronze mirror was rusted, as if it were covered in green mold, and its luster was obscured. It was stuck in the mud, so no wonder it was still lying here unharmed.
She took the bronze mirror out of the mud, but didn't wipe off the mud yet.
"Okay, Black Tiger, you've worked hard. Is there anything else?" It wasn't that she was too greedy, just a little greedy. If there was anything, of course she would take it all herself and never leave anything for the female lead.
Black Tiger shook its head: "Master, we're out for now. We can come again later."
"Okay." Luo Jingyan was already satisfied: "I'll make you some meat when we get back."
【Great! Long live Master!】Black Tiger’s eyes sparkled, and he stuck out his cat tongue to lick his lips.
Luo Jingyan wrapped the bronze mirror in a newspaper, then took the items she had chosen and went to find the old man to ask how much it cost.
Seeing that there was nothing of value, the old man only asked for a dime.
Luo Jingyan left the recycling station and prepared to go home.
When you go to find the oxcart, you have to pass by the state-run restaurant. It's already noon, and there are many diners coming and going at the entrance of the state-run restaurant.
Everything seemed normal until Luo Jingyan noticed something unusual about a couple passing by the state-run restaurant.
The couple looked to be in their fifties, and the woman was holding a sleeping baby in her arms.
This wouldn't have been a problem in itself, but what was strange was that the couple were dressed in tattered clothes covered in patches, while the baby the woman was holding was wrapped in a swaddle made of fine fabric and looked brand new.
Furthermore, the two people were in a hurry, as if they were thieves. They walked very fast, but the baby in the woman's arms was sleeping soundly without making a sound. Generally speaking, babies are sleepy, but even if they are sleeping soundly, it is impossible for them to be completely still when they are being jostled.
Luo Jingyan quickly came to the conclusion that the two adults were likely human traffickers.
Human traffickers are ruthless and heinous, causing countless families to be torn apart. How heartbroken and worried those children's parents must be right now.
For human traffickers, what they get is a baby and a substantial income, but for the family that loses their child, it could be a devastating blow.
No, she couldn't let those two get away with it; she had to rescue the abducted baby.
However, without conclusive evidence proving that the two people were human traffickers, she could not rashly identify them. Otherwise, she would not only fail to save the baby, but would also be falsely accused by the human traffickers.
So, she walked up to the middle-aged woman holding the child as if by accident. As she brushed past the woman, she deliberately let the woman's shoulder bump into her. Then she immediately fell to the ground and grabbed the woman's arm, preventing her from leaving.
"Hey lady, why did you bump into me? Ouch, you bumped into me and I sprained my ankle. My foot hurts so much, I think there might be a problem with my bones. You have to take me to the hospital."
As Luo Jingyan observed the baby in the middle-aged woman's arms, even though she shook the woman, the baby remained sound asleep without making a sound.
The middle-aged woman said, "I didn't hit you, you hit me. I have things to do, so I won't argue with you. Please let me go."
"No, you hit and injured me. Don't think you can get away with it. You have to come with me to the hospital to get my injuries treated, or you're not leaving."
She held onto the woman's arm tightly, and the woman, unable to break free, had no choice but to plead for help from the middle-aged man beside her.
The middle-aged man walked up to Luo Jingyan and said, "Young lady, you should be reasonable. You're so young, my wife could easily have injured you. You're not pretending to be something you're doing, are you? Trying to extort money from us?"
Upon hearing his words, Luo Jingyan put on an even more aggrieved expression.
"Uncle, what are you saying? Do you think I'm that kind of person? I'm perfectly fine, and not only am I injured, but you're also blaming me like this. What will others think of me? Here's what we'll do: since you say I was faking it, come with me to the hospital for a checkup. If the results prove I was faking it, not only will you not have to pay for my medical treatment, but the police won't let me off the hook either. I wouldn't dare lie. Let's go, let's go to the hospital now."
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