Divorced woman with child travels through time

The bandit, who looked like a stool, was astonished. Before he could speak, Lü Xiong covered his mouth and struck him on the neck, knocking him unconscious.

"Second Brother? What should we do? Should we just leave it here?" Lu Xiong asked, embarrassed.

"What's the point of keeping them! Just throw them off the cliff." Wang Erniu had no good feelings towards these bandits; none of them were kind people.

"Alright!" Lü Xiong easily hoisted the man up and laid him flat on the edge of the cliff. Then he kicked the man in the lower back, and the man fell silently down the cliff. Wang Erniu swept away the footprints they left with a branch, and the two quickly descended the mountain. A faint scream echoed from the foot of the mountain...

Wang Erniu and Chu Yi exchanged a glance and quickened their pace down the mountain, soon meeting up with Chu Yi at the foot of the mountain.

"First day of the month, go back now and tell Lord Li that they plan to rob the village on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Their route is from Yunlei Mountain, across the small path, directly down to Dayao Mountain. If there are no surprises, it should be the route we followed. There are about a hundred bandits. He needs to send more men immediately." After Wang Erniu finished speaking, he took out a flag from his pocket and stuffed it into his hand. "This is evidence. You go alone. We'll check the situation. If anything changes, we'll send someone back to report. Understand?"

"Okay!" Chu Yi didn't waste any words, took the flag, put it in his pocket, and turned to leave.

Wang Erniu and the others quickly hid themselves. Wang Erniu and Lü Xiong, who hadn't slept all night, had Wang Xiaoguang keep watch while the two of them took the opportunity to doze off.

In Wangjiazhuang, everyone who had spent the night was exhausted when they got up. During the tense period, no one could sleep well. Although the traps had been set, the soldiers had not come, and everyone was a little uneasy.

Yesterday, the purchasing caravans were notified that tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the staff will need to rest for two days. No orders will be accepted today or tomorrow, and deliveries will resume after the holiday. Therefore, there are very few merchants today, mainly ordering mooncakes. Chen Wenfang had a sudden idea this year. Seeing that the oven had been empty, she thought of trying to make mooncakes. Unexpectedly, it was very successful. Sure enough, things without additives are popular. In just two days, she has already received orders for nearly 300 boxes of mooncakes. These days, no one in Wangjiazhuang has done anything else. The houses and the whole village are filled with the aroma of mooncakes. However, this cannot dispel the fear of the approaching bandits.

After a quick lunch, everyone went to work on making mooncakes. Several children didn't go to school either. Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. When Wang Fuzi of Wangjiazhuang saw this situation, he was afraid of taking on too much responsibility, so he let the children go home for the holidays early. Chen Wenfang didn't supervise the work, and Aunt Liu was already capable of taking on the main responsibility, so she didn't need to keep an eye on things all the time.

Inside the room, Chen Wenfang held an embroidered plate, hung it on the wall, rolled up her sleeves to reveal the hidden arrows inside, aimed at the red dot in the center of the embroidered plate, and clumsily but earnestly shot the arrows again and again, only to have them fall down. She would then pick them up, put them away, and continue shooting. Chen Wenfang practiced like this out of boredom.

It's been a day and a night. Wang Erniu left yesterday at noon, and there's still no news this morning. Chen Wenfang is very worried, but she knows she can't ask anyone. She has to trust him, but she's still very worried. After overthinking, she still feels she can't hold him back. Last time she saw some children practicing with hidden arrows, Chen Wenfang wanted one too. So, the doting husband Wang Erniu made a few more sets. Chen Wenfang isn't stingy either. Aunt Liu was very envious that Chen Wenfang, a woman, could play with this, so Chen Wenfang gave each of her female friends a set. It has to be said that when it comes to weapons, the liking doesn't discriminate between men and women. Aunt Liu was overjoyed to receive the gift. As a young woman, she practiced very seriously. After all, who doesn't dream of being a heroic female knight? In the end, it developed into the women secretly exchanging and practicing, comparing who could shoot the most accurately.

Chen Wenfang had to travel between Chenji and Wangjiazhuang, and also go out to discuss business, so she practiced the least. She only realized this when the bandits were coming and the girls talked about it. It turned out that she was the worst shooter.

Then, seeing that Aunt Liu and the others had these toyed with, Uncle Liu Hai couldn't resist taking Aunt Liu's sleeve dart and going out to show it off. This stirred up a hornet's nest. Wang Erniu's brothers all berated Wang Erniu, saying he was biased. Helpless, Wang Erniu went to Qi Lue and got a batch of sleeve darts. Of course, Ma Liu knew about these black market items, but in these extraordinary times, he could only pretend not to see them. Moreover, he also made an excuse to take a look. These sleeve darts were indeed very small, about the size of a palm. They were only good for playing with; they probably couldn't kill anyone, but they could hurt someone. They weren't military supplies, so it was difficult to control them.

Chen Wenfang had only practiced for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn when Chen Xuanyu, who had unexpectedly returned to his room to get a drink of water, saw his mother practicing archery, a rare sight in a century. Concerned for his mother, Chen Xuanyu couldn't stay out playing and ran into the room to watch Chen Wenfang practice archery.

After watching for a while, she couldn't help but say, "Mother, you're doing it wrong, no wonder you can't hit the target!"

"Then how do you shoot?" Chen Wenfang asked humbly.

"Lower your hand a little, point the arrow a little higher, like this!" Chen Xuanyu demonstrated for her, and with a "whoosh!" he hit the red dot steadily.

"Wow, my boy! Let me try." Chen Wenfang sincerely praised him, then imitated him, "whoosh..." Of course, she missed.

"Sigh, I guess I'm just not cut out for archery!" Chen Wenfang said dejectedly, and subconsciously touched the hairpin in her hair. Luckily, she still had this to save her life.

"Mom, don't rush, practice slowly, you'll hit the target. I'll go find Xiao Hao, he's a good teacher." Seeing that his mother wasn't in a good mood, Chen Xuanyu immediately ran out and called Xiao Hao in, and Shiwu followed him in.

"That's easy, Mom. Look at how I shot..."

"And me, godmother, look at me, my aim is amazing..."

The two of them showed off, and after they finished showing off, Xiao Hao taught himself how to shoot arrows, and Shiwu taught him how to throw stones. Chen Wenfang lived up to expectations and couldn't master either of them.

"Mom, don't worry, practice your aim first. Once you've improved your aim, you'll hit the target," Xiao Hao comforted her.

"Yes, godmother, don't rush, practice slowly. I've been secretly practicing in the bathroom at night for a long time." Fifteen didn't hesitate to reveal his own secret in order to comfort her.

"Oh... that explains why you're more accurate at throwing than me." Chen Xuanyu immediately grasped the key point.

Fifteen quickly explained, "I also want to practice my martial arts well so that I can protect my godmother in the future."

"Good boy." Chen Wenfang patted his head. "Mom, I will protect you well too!" Xiao Hao also hurriedly pledged his loyalty.

"Me too, me too," Chen Xuanyu quickly chimed in, both of them such sycophants.