Divorced woman with child travels through time

Chen Wenfang looked at the group of children with amusement, feeling a warmth in her heart. However, when she saw that her embroidery plate had been torn to shreds by these show-off kids, well, she was speechless.

"Alright, alright, let me practice on my own. You all go out." Chen Wenfang chased the group of children out, straightened the embroidery plate, and continued practicing. She didn't stop until after lunch. In the afternoon, she saw Li Huanqiu, who had first gone to see Brother Nie and then came straight to see Chen Wenfang. After that, he had to go to the county government office.

"Second sister-in-law, second brother has found the bandits' lair and sent me back to inform the government troops. I know you're worried about them, so I ran back to tell you first. I'm going to the county town now." Li Huanqiu quickly explained the situation and turned to leave.

"Wait, are you alright? Did your second brother or the others get hurt?" Chen Wenfang pressed.

Li Huanqiu laughed heartily, "I'm fine, my second brother and the others are fine too, sister-in-law, don't worry, I'm going now." With that, he ran off quickly.

Watching from behind, Chen Wenfang thought to herself, "We should buy a few more horses. Running around like this is too tiring." With that, she went to the front yard to find Uncle Liu Hai and asked him to find someone to go to town and buy a few horses.

"Buying horses is easy, but Fang'er, how many should we buy?" Uncle Liu asked with a smile. Our family is buying things again, and he didn't seem worried about the bandits at all.

Chen Wenfang couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, why aren't you worried at all?"

"What's the use of worrying? They'll come anyway. Besides, we're prepared now. And Brother Nie is here; he's capable of handling things. There's also Erniu. The officials are even staying at our village. What's there to worry about?" Uncle Liu Hai said with a smile as he kneaded the dough, his hands never stopping. The mooncake orders weren't even finished yet.

Chen Wenfang wasn't infected either. Was she worrying too much? "I should buy three more horses. If we can find some good ones, four would be fine too. The tea recipe will be sold after the Mid-Autumn Festival. Once the merchants get started, customers will find that our tea is cheaper. Next year's business will probably double." Chen Wenfang thought to herself, "I still haven't made the brown sugar. When my sugarcane harvest is plentiful, people will probably be even more eager to get it."

"Okay, I'll go tomorrow," Uncle Liu Hai replied with a smile.

"There's no rush now, let's go after the festival." It's better to wait until the bandit matter is resolved before making the purchase, after all, it's a big deal. After worrying about it, Chen Wenfang went back to archery practice. She doesn't know how to deal with these things, so she might as well take good care of herself. Anyway, Brother Nie will take care of everything, and everyone trusts him.

Sure enough, after receiving the news, Brother Nie immediately led his men to the back mountain and arranged two sentries, Wang Hanyang and Wang Xiaoming, along the path in the distance.

Because they didn't know which path the bandits would take down the mountain, they dug many traps along the trails leading down the mountain, leaving only one path for entry and exit. They also notified all the villagers, who cooperated very well. It was already autumn, and most of the crops on the mountain had been harvested, leaving only vegetables. Winter wheat hadn't been planted yet, but the late rice in the fields was almost ready for harvest, which worried the villagers. However, they figured the bandits probably wouldn't bother harvesting it, as they were afraid of setting it on fire. Of course, Brother Nie noticed this and specially arranged for people to help harvest the late rice from the villagers' fields that was almost ripe. As for the rice that wasn't ripe yet, there was nothing they could do but wait. Every household also brought out their spare water tanks and filled them to the brim, sleeping fully clothed at night. Those who owned dogs even gave them to the patrolmen to take along. Luo Xiaohei was very proud of this, walking around the village with his head held high.

As evening approached, Li Huanqiu finally returned in Dazhuang's carriage, accompanied by Lord Li and a dozen or so officials. The villagers of Wangjiazhuang were finally relieved.

Ah Li had a cordial conversation with Brother Nie and Li Huanqiu and others. When Brother Nie learned that the county magistrate had personally gone to mobilize troops, he felt even more at ease.

Ah Li arranged for the staff to stay in the villagers' homes that night, so that they could be taken care of in case of any trouble. In this special period, even the usually fearful people were willing to have the officials stay in their homes. Ah Li was also a familiar face and had a good reputation.

As dusk approached, Wang Hanyang spotted Chu Yi rushing towards them from a distance in the distance of Dayao Mountain and immediately went to meet him.

"Chu Yi, it's you back?" Wang Hanyang helped him up.

Chu Yi, panting heavily, said, "Uncle Erniu sent me back to deliver the message. Where is Lord Li? Is he in the village? Take me to see him."

"I'm here? You must be tired!" Wang Hanyang said with concern.

"It's...okay!" Chu Yi stubbornly insisted. He didn't feel tired while running, but when he stopped, he found his legs were trembling.

Wang Hanyang noticed this carefully, whistled from afar, and Wang Xiaoming responded with a bird call. Wang Hanyang then used both hands to lift Chu Yi onto his back and hurried towards the village.

Chu Yi didn't make a fuss and let him carry her, only silently saying, "Thank you, Uncle Hanyang."

Wang Hanyang replied in a low voice, "Don't be so polite with me."

They soon arrived at the village. Chen Wenfang and several children had run to the courtyard early in the morning and greeted them. Ah Li and the others followed behind.

"Brother!" "Brother Chu Yi!" Several children called out to him.

"Chu Yi! Are you alright?" Chen Wenfang asked anxiously, her face filled with fear as she saw him being carried on someone's back.

Chu Yi grinned and laughed, "Godmother, I'm fine. I was just tired from running, and Uncle Hanyang felt sorry for me and carried me on his back, hehe!"

Hearing the worried Fifteenth roll her eyes and swallowed the words she was about to say.

Wang Hanyang carried him into the courtyard, with Chen Wenfang and the others following beside him. As they walked, they said with concern, "That's good, that's good! Are you tired? Are you hungry? I asked Aunt Liu to prepare hot water, and there's still food in the pot."

"I'm not hungry. Let me report the situation to the adults first." As they spoke, they entered the house, and Chu Yi got off Wang Hanyang's back.

Chu Yi bowed to Ah Li, took out the Yunlei Mountain flag from his pocket, and told Ah Li about the personnel distribution and the intelligence he knew. Ah Li received the information and immediately called Ma Liu, who rode the horse to deliver the things to Magistrate Ouyang. Meanwhile, Chen Wenfang arranged for Aunt Liu and others to prepare dinner for the officials.

Around 9 PM, Ma Liu returned and reported to Ah Li that Lord Ouyang had obtained the troop mobilization order. Soldiers would enter the manor the following afternoon, where they would lay in ambush. Ah Li breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving the news. Chu Yi had said that even if the hundred or so bandits on Yunlei Mountain were unskilled in martial arts, their mere ten or so constables couldn't defeat them.

Aunt Liu and her family finally managed to finish all the mooncake orders on the last day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Da Zhuang delivered them back to town overnight.