It turned out that the old woman had discovered a thief had broken in and had gone out to catch him.

She hadn't heard the thief coming, but her mother-in-law had, which shows that her mother-in-law's sensitivity was far beyond that of ordinary people.

She lit the kerosene lamp, put on her clothes, and went outside. She could still hear the man outside begging for mercy and struggling.

The kerosene lamp illuminated the entire living room, and Lin Zhiheng came out of the house to help Grandma Lin subdue the thief who had broken in.

Granny Lin had one foot planted on the thief's chest, and the thief was whimpering, "Heroine, spare my life! Heroine, spare my life!"

"Spare you? No way."

When Lin Qingyan saw that Granny Lin looked so heroic and valiant, she really resembled a female knight-errant from a martial arts drama.

However, this female knight-errant is currently only wearing a vest and a pair of floral trousers, which is quite an unseemly sight.

She quickly went back into the house and put a coat on Grandma Lin, but what could she use to cover her lower body?

She asked Lin Zhiheng, "Can you subdue this guy by yourself?" She wanted Grandma Lin to go back and get dressed.

Lin Zhiheng held Sanmazi tightly: "I'm fine."

Sanmazi, who was being held down by Lin Zhiheng, had no way to express his suffering.

He originally came to see the little girl, but instead of seeing her, he was grabbed by an old woman.

Yes, it was an old woman who wasn't wearing any clothes, although she was skinny and not very attractive.

Even a mosquito bite is still meat, no matter how small. So, let the old lady be the old lady.

But he was caught before he could even see the old woman's body.

Lin Zhiheng tied up Sanmazi with a rope, and Granny Lin followed Lin Qingyan into the house to get dressed.

Next came the question of what to do with Sanmazi: should they hand him over to the brigade leader, or should they resolve the matter privately?

If it's handed over to the brigade leader, the brigade leader might not hand Sanmazi over to the police in order to get the collective commendation. It's better for them to handle it themselves, give Sanmazi a good beating, and then throw him out. That way, Sanmazi won't dare to come back again.

“Xiao Heng, he came here in the middle of the night, he almost scared me to death. If it weren’t for Grandma, I don’t know what he would have done to us.”

As she spoke, she kicked Sanmazi hard, and then kicked him a second time. She winked at Lin Zhiheng, and Lin Zhiheng began to teach Sanmazi a lesson as well.

The siblings practically used Sanmazi as a punching bag, punching and kicking him relentlessly until he screamed in pain.

Grandma Lin watched from the side, nodding repeatedly: "This child is teachable! This child is teachable!"

After Lin Qingyan and Lin Zhiheng finished their fight, it was time for her to make her move.

Sanmazi was being beaten so badly that he screamed and lay motionless in the living room, afraid of being beaten again.

Granny Lin thought it would be better if she didn't move. She aimed at the door, raised her foot, and kicked Sanmazi flying.

Sanmazi, forced to perform a parabolic motion in mid-air: "..."

This old lady is even more violent.

Grandma Lin kicked Sanmazi into the yard, then asked Lin Qingyan to open the gate. Lin Qingyan laughed and said, "Grandma, are you going to kick him like a ball?"

Grandma Lin nodded, walked up to Sanmazi, aimed at the gate, and kicked him far away.

"The little ball is round and round, the Malan flower blooms eleven times, go to hell with you!"

This time, they kicked Sanmazi out the door and he was nowhere to be seen.

Lin Qingyan didn't want Sanmazi lying at her doorstep, so she had Granny Lin kick him far away, away from their place.

After dealing with Sanmazi, they went back to their room to sleep.

Grandma Lin refused to go into the bedroom, pointing instead to the living room: "I'll sleep here."

After saying that, he was about to lie down on the ground.

"Mother-in-law."

Lin Qingyan grabbed her: "Are you afraid that more bad people will come?"

"Yes." Grandma Lin nodded.

"But you can't sleep on the floor."

“But there’s no bed.” She suddenly thought of something, went straight to the yard, and brought back some dry straw: “I’ll spread these on the ground and sleep on the straw.”

Lin Qingyan helped her carry some more: "Grandma, sleep for two nights first. If no bad people come again, go back to your room to sleep."

"Uh-huh."

Lin Qingyan took another set of sheets and blankets from her own trunk and laid them out for her, and also took a quilt to make sure she wouldn't catch a cold while sleeping.

Lin Qingyan returned to her bedroom but did not go to sleep immediately.

Now that she's all alone, he wants to go into the space to take a look.

She hadn't checked the space carefully for a long time, and all the grains inside had ripened. She used her mind to store them all in the warehouse and then sowed new seeds in the same spot.

Since Grandma Lin isn't sleeping with her tonight, she'll just sleep in the space.

She could hear and see everything happening outside from inside the space. If Grandma Lin needed to find her, she could wake up when she heard the sound of her knocking on the door.

She slept soundly for the rest of the night and was not woken up by any noise.

She woke up naturally and left the space. Looking through the window covered with white paper, she found that the sky outside was only just beginning to lighten.

Lin Zhiheng had to go to work in the county town early, so she had to get up and make breakfast.

She got dressed and opened the door. "Mother-in-law."

However, Grandma Lin was not seen on the living room floor.

Where did Grandma go?

She went outside to look again, but there was no sign of Granny Lin in the yard. Could she be in the toilet?

Lin Zhiheng also got up, and the little guy scratched his head with sleepy eyes: "Why don't I see Grandma?"

"She should be in the toilet. Grandma, Grandma." She wanted to confirm whether Grandma Lin was in the toilet or not, but after calling out several times, no one answered her.

She was a little confused. Could it be that her mother-in-law had run out again like that morning?

She didn't go into the toilet to check, but instead turned to look at the main door and found that the latches on both doors had been removed.

Where did Mother-in-law go out to do?

She was worried that Grandma Lin might get lost on her own, so she was anxious to go out and look for her.

“Sister, if you’re going to find Grandma, I’ll go with you.”

"Okay, let's go together, that way we can find her quickly."

The two went out, not knowing where Granny Lin usually liked to go. Lin Qingyan asked Lin Zhiheng to check the thatched pile where Granny Lin used to live, while she went somewhere else.

Grandma Lin had been pacing back and forth for a long time by a small bridge at the foot of the mountain.

"The photo, where is my photo? Why can't I find it? My dear, when will Mommy find you?"

When Lin Qingyan saw her, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, she noticed that Granny Lin was pacing back and forth by a bridge, looking anxious and distressed, with her head down as if searching for something. She could also see that Granny Lin was talking to herself.

"Grandma."

She swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

Is my mother-in-law looking for that photo again?

To verify her hypothesis, she chose not to disturb Granny Lin and quietly went over on her own.