"We really couldn't bring the big items over, so we sent them all to your house in Beijing. We brought everything we could, but we didn't dare send them here. The car is parked outside, just waiting for you to tell us where to unload them."
Let me tell you, girl, you'd better hide these things somewhere safe. If anyone sees them, not only us, but you probably won't be able to escape either.
You have no idea how worried we guys were on the way here, afraid that someone would find out.
Another person sighed and said, "Jiang Hong, what do you need those junk things for? They're inedible and useless. People would smash them and not even care about them. But you, you specifically want these things."
Jiang Hong poured everyone a full glass of wine. "This is my only hobby. Luckily, I have my brothers to help me out. Otherwise, even if I had this hobby, I wouldn't be able to get so much stuff. Thank you all for your hard work, brothers. Come on, let me toast you all. I'll drink first."
Seeing that everyone had been drinking, Jiang Hong seized the opportunity to talk about her own business: "After Zhao Jianjun leaves, you all come with me. I have a very safe place where no one knows about it."
When Jiang Qiao saw Zhao Jianjun return, Jiang Hong automatically cut off the conversation. As for why Jiang Hong was unwilling to talk about what she had brought back in front of Zhao Jianjun, Jiang Qiao thought that this woman was probably not stupid.
She didn't dare tell anyone about the many things she lost back then. This time, she finally managed to get them back, and she couldn't afford to make any more mistakes. She felt that it would be impossible for these people to help Jiang Hong without spending some money.
Where did Jiang Hong get the money? She guessed that it was most likely stolen during the chaos, or perhaps she knew some treasure hiding places based on her experiences in her later life.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Zhao Jianjun left first, and Jiang Hong claimed she would take them to the guesthouse, and then she followed them out.
Jiang Qiao followed behind. Jiang Hong had sent so many things from so far away, and she couldn't let them fall into Jiang Hong's hands. Although the two siblings wouldn't cause her any trouble for the time being, she couldn't say for sure what would happen in the future.
So, she should keep these things safe. As for the place in the capital, she'll go there later and take them all.
It was already a pity that these things were destroyed, but now that someone has helped, it's much easier for her.
Jiang Qiao was surprised that these people had brought several trucks. But thinking about it, it made sense. Each truck was different, so it had to be like this. Besides, there were escorts on each truck to watch over them.
However, she couldn't help but admire Jiang Hong's skill in this regard. All these items must be high-quality products; otherwise, she wouldn't have gone to such lengths to deliver them to her.
Putting aside the shipping costs, Jiang Hong will probably have to spend a lot of money on labor alone.
Jiang Hong was still not at ease, so she checked each vehicle one by one, then waved her hand, got into one of the trucks, and directed the group to follow behind.
Jiang Qiao, on the other hand, hopped onto the car, hid in the space, and managed to follow the other party all the way to their destination.
When Jiang Qiao saw the place in front of her, she understood everything.
Back then, her grandfather and Grandpa Qiao disguised themselves as beggars and went from street to street with those children, asking around for information. What nook or cranny of things didn't they find out?
If she remembered correctly, there should be a secret basement in this place, and it should be the largest of those places.
Jiang Qiao had no idea where Jiang Hong had gotten this information. To be honest, most people wouldn't know about this place.
This place should be a sanitation waste landfill. Of course, there are also buildings here for storing scrap materials. According to the information I had inquired about, the basement is located below the building where the scrap materials are stored, but the mechanism and the passage are outside.
Jiang Hong fiddled with it for a while, and Jiang Qiao discovered an entrance on the ground.
Jiang Hong urged people to quickly carry things inside. Boxes were unloaded from the truck and then gradually moved into the underground storage.
Jiang Qiao watched from a distance. These people had been busy for almost two hours before they finally delivered all the items inside. When Jiang Hong came out, she distributed some items to the group. Although they were somewhat hidden, she estimated that they were probably gold bars or something similar.
He sighed inwardly; it seemed that Jiang Hong had really been swindling a lot of things these past few years.
After Jiang Hong and the others left, Jiang Qiao began to act. She had clearly seen that entering the underground storage was not a difficult task for her.
Seeing the boxes inside, Jiang Qiao opened them and took a look. She had to admit that there was a wide variety of items, just as she had expected. They were all high-quality items, and even the inferior ones wouldn't have been worth the cost of the long trip.
Jiang Qiao was really not polite and took everything. While she was taking the things, she comforted herself, thinking that she was just contributing to the protection of cultural relics. To be honest, she didn't need these things, but if Ma Liu saw them, he would definitely feel sorry for her.
So many old things, we mustn't let them be destroyed, and even more so, we mustn't let them be taken outside. The old man still occasionally talks about the good things that were destroyed and looted by the Eight-Nation Alliance back then.
Thinking this way, Jiang Qiao felt much more at ease. She wasn't stealing; she was doing a good deed.
When she went outside, Jiang Qiao sighed helplessly. There was no ride available. It wasn't that she didn't want to release the car from her spatial storage, but it wasn't appropriate at this time. So she took out her bicycle and rode it home in the middle of the night.
When she got home, she was starving. Luckily, there was a fire burning in the stove that morning, otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to stand the cold room.
As for food, she didn't bother to cook. She took out some snacks from her storage space, heated up some milk, and made do with that to fill her stomach.
Lying in bed, Jiang Qiao was still pondering Jiang Hong's matter. Why did these people listen to Jiang Hong's orders? They even came all the way here to deliver things. It didn't seem right to say it was just for the money. After all, they hadn't even received the money yet. Weren't they afraid that Jiang Hong would break her promise?
On second thought, she seemed to understand. Who was Jiang Hong? She was a person with prophetic abilities, someone who came from the future. She knew some things, and perhaps these people had received Jiang Hong's help or guidance.
After Jiang Qiao fell asleep, large snowflakes began to fall outside. Everything that happened that night was covered by the snow, and no one in their sleep knew what had happened that night.
Even Jiang Hong was unaware that someone knew about what she considered her most secret place, and that her treasures had been stolen while she was dreaming.
Actually, Jiang Hong hadn't planned to reopen that place in the past few years. She was waiting for the right opportunity, for the right conditions, to move these things to another location, and once they were ready to be sold, she would auction them off. With her current mind, she couldn't even begin to calculate how much that would cost.
Jiang Hong wasn't unmoved by the loss of the last item, nor was she unangry, but she simply dared not make a sound.
After all, the item was obtained illegally, and if that item were made public, she'd probably be close to death.
Privately, she could only console herself that what's gone is gone. She would ask someone to help her get more later. She had things on hand now and didn't care about the money. She could store them in several places and refused to believe that they would all be lost.
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