Chapter 21: A safe under the plank
When Delia saw the clothes, she stopped talking several times.
According to the local customs of the volcanic island, people believe that the soul of a person is immortal after death, and often comes back to bless his descendants, and there are living things such as "Ma Shu", which refers to the spirit and spirit obtained from distant ancestors and gods, but ordinary people have very little Ma Shu, and they can always get it from God like chiefs and priests, which is why chiefs and priests can maintain a high status.
In order to protect his own hemp puff, people are very taboo about their own close-fitting clothes for other people, and they will not take the initiative to take other people's clothes, so Delia wants to remind him.
Lin Xiaobao doesn't care about these, he should take it or take it.
In the past few days, I feel like I'm naked every day, and the two little beauties in the family are very worried about being embarrassed, if they weren't afraid of getting dirty, I'll put them on now.
Knowing that Lin Xiaobao was different from others, Delia simply didn't say more, when she didn't see anything, she even became an "accomplice", scraping the ground everywhere together, except for the tatters.
Mona was also searching around.
She is a person of few words, and many times she is extraordinarily quiet.
Now.
Mona crouched down at the dining table and noticed a number written on it under the broken wooden floor, so curious, she found a broken chair leg and tried to pry open the wooden board that was in the way.
Unexpectedly discovering her actions, Lin Xiaobao's eyes lit up, his right hand clenched into a fist and smashed into his left hand, and he said in surprise:
"That's right! The decoration building materials are also good things, there are so many wooden planks on the ship, all of them are pried back and spread in the house, and they are forced to come up!
Seeing that Mengna was extremely struggling and unwilling to give up, Lin Xiaobao leaned over and prepared to help.
When I came to her, I was about to speak, and I looked down at the fracture, and I saw the knob with the number under the crack in the floor.
This thing sounded familiar to him, as if it were a ...... Safe?
Observe again.
It was found that the planks on the ground were sealed, just like the surrounding floor.
I think it's a bit strange, because ordinary people don't seal the safe, like a piggy bank with no hole underneath, in case it is too much trouble to open it.
Slightly puzzled, Lin Xiaobao patted Meng Na on the shoulder and said, "Let me come, help me move the table away first...... This table is good, find a way to take it away when the time comes. ”
I picked up too many things that I had no owner for, so much so that I subconsciously thought about continuing to pick them up.
In addition to the floor, the tables and chairs were also targeted by Lin Xiaobao, thinking that when the time came to move back to the thatched hut called the palace, it would be much more exquisite than the furniture made by the islanders with simple tools.
He asked Mona to help move the table to the side.
Lin Xiaobao squatted on the ground, stretched out his hand and used his strength to eat, and directly lifted the broken wooden floor, the material looked like black walnut, even after all these years, it was still strong.
Looking inside, there was a safe, the outside of which was black and peeling, and it was already rusty.
It was so well hidden, and it was still under the dining table, sealed with a wooden plank, if it hadn't been for the cracks that appeared after the impact that year, how could it have been easily discovered.
On the spot, I was shocked and suddenly excited.
Looking up first, Lin Xiaobao put his finger to his mouth and made a gesture to ask Mona not to speak, he was not worried about Delia, but he couldn't trust the three villagers who came with him.
Immediately after that, continue to be busy prying the floor.
A small safe with a length and width of about 40 centimeters and a height of about 30 centimeters, the bent fingers make a loud sound, as if there was only a thin layer of iron sheet.
Sweating profusely, his arms aching, and after a moment of busyness, he finally managed to find enough space to get out of the safe.
When Lin Xiaobao moved the safe, he could hear something inside collide with the iron sheet, making a metallic sound.
Instantly more excited.
There were jewels, gold and other objects, which flashed through his mind, and his eyes were so bright that they were about to glow.
With a gentle movement, he carefully lifted the safe out and got up and rested it on the table.
Lin Xiaobao tried to turn the knob, but found that it couldn't be twisted at all, and it was estimated that after so many years, it had already rusted inside.
The tin sheet is indeed very thin, like the cheapest kind of safe, and there is a chance to open it directly.
He looked around for tools at his disposal.
In the kitchen and dining room, whether it is knives, forks or spoons and iron pots, as early as more than 20 years ago, the freighter was emptied shortly after it ran aground, and there was no usable object, so it was impatient to go out and hurriedly went down to the basement boiler room.
After looking for it again, I almost jumped to my feet.
Thinking that those people were too dark, not to mention shovels, there was not even an iron rod left, and everything that could be taken away was taken away.
Lin Xiaobao searched carefully and finally found a wrench.
Hurriedly took it back to the small dining room, managed to pry a nail from the board, used a wrench as a hammer, and made a hole in the top of the safe.
Ding, ding, ding, ding.
It rings non-stop.
The voice drew Delia and the others over.
Delia didn't know what Lin Xiaobao was doing, and told her, "We should go back, or it will be dark." I didn't bring a torch when I went out, and I couldn't walk at night. ”
"Wait a minute, wait for me to open it and go. ”
Lin Xiaobao wiped his sweat.
He couldn't remember the last time he was so serious, when it happened, he was out of breath, his hands were still busy, and he successfully made a row of small holes in the top of the safe, and then just pried it open.
At present, the most important thing is to see what is inside, if it is not worth it, then there is no need to continue to toss.
Delia looked closer, she had never seen anything like it, and she didn't know what people in the outside world often used to carry in this kind of iron box.
Without further urging, I walked quickly on the way back, and I had time to get back to the village before it got dark.
Together with Mona, she just stood by and watched.
Lin Xiaobao continued to nail holes one by one, and after penetrating the steel nail through the safe, he withdrew it and continued to lay down the next one.
Minutes and seconds passed.
The sound of tinkling finally stopped.
Lin Xiaobao tried to take a wrench, put one end on the iron sheet, and pressed it hard, and finally succeeded in making a small piece of iron sheet dent.
The next step is easy.
continued to pry open the wrench little by little, and after seeing the contents inside, Lin Xiaobao was suddenly a little dumbfounded...... He saw a wheel first, and bullets.
Plus a thick envelope and a package containing a white powdery object.
Too much time has passed, and I don't know if it is due to the oxidation and discoloration of the plastic bag, and the package looks yellow.
He suddenly understood what the crew of this ship was engaged in.
No wonder the safe is so well hidden.
No wonder it was specially sealed with a wooden plank, and it was still under the dining table, it turned out that it was engaged in smuggling!
People are gone, and time has passed.
After thinking about it for a moment, I felt that there was no need to make too much of a fuss, it was normal for this kind of thing to happen back then, and it is still quite common today.
Poke with your finger, and sure enough, it contains powder.
Afraid of breaking the package, Lin Xiaobao said to Delia and Mona: "You go out first, this thing is not clean, it will be fine soon......"
His attention was on the envelope.
Waiting for the two girls to leave obediently, Lin Xiaobao's movements were more gentle, and it took a while to take out the old gun engraved with the word "Python" first, and next to the old gun, there were still a lot of bullets left in the box.
As for the envelope.
After opening it and reading it, Lin Xiaobao really didn't let Lin Xiaobao's efforts be in vain.
The green dollar bills contained in it were all hundred-dollar bills with Franklin's portrait, which were relatively well preserved, and the smell of ink could still be smelled, and the thickness should be about 20,000 dollars.
It seems that some of the crew members on this freighter back then, or the captain himself, had unclean hands and feet, and transported some "dirty things" by the way by the way through the channel of running transportation at sea.
After continuing to rummage in the safe, I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was also a gold chain, estimated to have hundreds of grams, and the shape was the common one.
On top of that, there are only three packs of unknown stuff left.
Lin Xiaobao felt that it couldn't be flour anyway, so he didn't delve into what it was.
Afraid of accidental contact, he simply carried the safe out, and before packing up and getting off the boat, he asked a villager to help make a fire and burn it.
Soon after.
Smoke billowed behind him, and Lin Xiaobao, Delia and others walked back with large bags of things.
It included two bags of aged laundry detergent and several bars of soap, and he didn't know if it would be used or not, so he was going to go back and try it......