Divorced woman with child travels through time

Needless to say, Chen Wenfang bought a whole pig and a sheep. Beef was hard to find, so she managed to buy thirty jin at the market. There were fresh fish in the pond, and Chen Wenfang planned to net the pond again before the Lunar New Year, catching as many as she could to eat fresh.

When Chen Wenfang went shopping, she never hesitated to pay. Before she knew it, she realized her cart was overflowing with goods, so the two of them decided to make a second trip to load them. Wang Erniu watched over the grain shop clerk as he unloaded the goods from the back of the cart, while Chen Wenfang sat leisurely on the front, munching on a bag of candied fruit and looking around at the bustling market. Her eyes darted everywhere, and she noticed a blacksmith's shop not far away, with many small furnaces piled up in front of it—almost every household had one, and there were quite a few customers. It seemed her initial suggestion had benefited many people…

There were two people at the door examining the knives inside, their backs turned. One of them was quite tall, Chen Wenfang remarked. Next to him was a short, fat man. Why did these two figures look so familiar? The short, fat man casually turned his head to the side for a moment, but didn't see Chen Wenfang turn away again.

"Oh my god, that silhouette, that face shape... these two bad guys..." Chen Wenfang was both excited and worried. She bit her lip to calm herself down and slowly got off the carriage normally. She thought to herself, "These two probably didn't see me. I need to inform Wang Erniu first."

Chen Wenfang kept glancing in that direction out of the corner of her eye. After getting out of the car, she quickly went around to Wang Erniu's side, nervously grabbing his hand and saying, "Brother Erniu, I saw those two people who robbed our family's grain last time. They're at that blacksmith shop!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Erniu patted Chen Wenfang's hand to signal her to relax, glanced at the two people sideways, and said to Chen Wenfang, "Go to the shop first and don't come out. If you want to watch the excitement, go upstairs and hide behind the window."

Chen Wenfang obediently prepared to enter the grain store next door, but after thinking for a moment, she whispered, "How about we go to Lord Tongma Liu's place first?"

Wang Erniu waved her hand to let her in, saying, "I know what I'm doing. You should hide first, so you don't get hurt when things get chaotic."

Wang Erniu quickly scanned his surroundings. There were too many people; if the two escaped, it would be difficult to catch them. He was confident he could take them down in a fight, but if they had knives, they might pose a threat to others. Wang Erniu pretended to be a customer and entered the blacksmith's shop. After secretly observing them for a while, he came out and noticed that neither of them had any weapons. Huh? They didn't even have long knives? Looking down, he saw leg wraps on their feet, which suggested they might have daggers. Both of them were disguised; someone who wasn't paying close attention might not recognize them.

Wang Erniu hesitated to act rashly, so he could only watch from the sidelines. He noticed two constables approaching from a distance, and this was his chance.

Wang Erniu stepped forward and grabbed one of the constables as he got closer. He turned and went into the cosmetics shop next door, asking as he pulled him along, "Young man, could you please help me choose some lip rouge for my wife? Which one do you think is better?"

The constable inexplicably followed them inside. It was mainly because Wang Erniu was strong and couldn't break free, so he was pulled inside. The other constable was also confused and followed them in as well.

As soon as they entered, Wang Erniu slipped to the side and hid behind them, preventing anyone outside from seeing what was happening inside. He then spoke to the two men, “I apologize for the intrusion, sirs. There are two prisoners at the blacksmith’s shop ahead. They are the ones who broke into Madam Chen’s house to steal some time ago. They are very dangerous. I suspect they are carrying knives and could be quite dangerous. I was afraid they might accidentally injure someone, so I took this drastic measure and brought you in to discuss this with you.”

Among the constables who were pulled back was Wu Qi, who was very surprised to see this. "You mean those two Wang Mazi and that Horse-Face guy?"

Wang Erniu said, "That's right, it was Madam Chen who recognized her. I was afraid that she would be recognized by the two of them, so I told her to hide on the second floor of the rice shop."

Wu Qi said, "That's good. Don't worry, the two of us will go and arrest those two right away."

Wang Erniu said, "I also know a little about martial arts. Why don't I go and hold one of them down first, and then you two can attack from both sides to prevent him from escaping?"

Wu Qi and his companion looked at Wang Erniu, who was almost a head taller than them, and after thinking about how much force he had used to pull them up, they nodded.

Wang Erniu went to the blacksmith shop first as usual. He walked straight over, stood behind the two men, and squeezed between them using his height. He pointed at the knife that Wang Mazi was looking at and said, "Shopkeeper, bring me that knife to take a look!"

Wang Mazi was furious. This was the knife he had his eye on! Didn't this guy know the difference between first come, first served? They were haggling over the price! Without another word, he tried to push past Wang Erniu, saying, "What are you looking at? This is the knife I've got my eye on!" After trying to push for a while and finding he couldn't move, he looked up at Wang Erniu's angry glare and his large size, and hesitated before changing his mind, saying, "If you want to look, you can take a look first." Ma Tieniu, who was standing nearby, also noticed this but pretended not to see anything.

Chen Wenfang, who was watching the commotion upstairs, and the two constables on either side of him were almost laughing. Wang Erniu thought to himself, "These two bandits are actually so soft-hearted. They bully the weak and fear the strong. If you give in, how can I argue with you?"

Wang Erniu glanced at him sideways without any politeness, ignoring him completely. With a forceful push of his arm, he shoved Wang Mazi away with his elbow and stomped firmly on Wang Mazi's instep, yelling, "I can look if I want, do you have to give way to me? Who do you think you are!"

Wang Mazi lost his balance and fell to the ground with a "thud," while Wang Erniu conveniently withdrew his foot.

"You son of a bitch!" Wang Mazi was furious. He scrambled to his feet and threw a punch at Wang Erniu's waist. Ma Tieniu, standing beside him, also threw a punch at Wang Erniu's head.

Wang Erniu raised an eyebrow with a cool air and said, "Oh ho, you can even team up!" He calmly used his foot to block Wang Mazi's attack, then used the momentum to catch Ma Tieniu's fist, and with a forceful pull and a smooth motion, he sent Ma Tieniu flying.

Wu Qi and the constable rushed forward, each grabbing one of the men and capturing them. Chen Wenfang, watching from upstairs, found the fight quite thrilling. Wang Erniu seemed like a completely different person during the fight; he was sharp and elegant, his movements light yet graceful, like a hunting beast, precisely capturing the movements of his opponents. He was truly handsome.

Chen Wenfang came downstairs and looked the two people over. Wu Qi saw them and asked, "Madam Chen, are these the two of them?"

Chen Wenfang thought for a moment, then stepped forward to take a closer look. She reached out and tore off the fake beards from their faces, then casually wiped their faces with a rag from a nearby shop to confirm that they were indeed Wang Mazi and Ma Tieniu.

Wang Erniu, standing nearby, felt a little sorry for them. These two were too weak; they were captured after only two moves.