Ruyi was supposed to stay in the villa that day to take care of the spiritual plants, but Cheng Yunle pulled her out, saying that she suddenly wanted to go find her maternal grandfather and brother.
"Want to go find them? Didn't you just see them yesterday? You little rascal, I think you're tired of playing at the villa and want to go play at a new shop, right?" Cheng Ruyi thought she had seen through her youngest daughter's thoughts and couldn't help but chuckle to herself.
"No, that's not it! Grandpa and my brother need us, Mommy~~ let's go see them quickly~~"
Huh? They need us? Cheng Ruyi immediately understood. Her youngest daughter's talent skill had probably been triggered again, but the system hadn't issued any tasks. Generally speaking, this meant the situation wasn't serious, but since it involved Cheng Yan and Yun Ping, she still needed to be cautious.
Cheng Ruyi squatted down, took her daughter's hand, and patiently asked, "Yunle, did you dream again? What did you see this time?"
To everyone's surprise, Cheng Yunle shook her head. "I wasn't dreaming. I just suddenly heard it. I heard Grandpa and my brother calling us!" She then pointed to her chest with her chubby little finger and added, "They were calling us from here! I heard them!"
Alright, staying here and guessing isn't going to solve anything. We might as well hurry over there and check the situation.
Although the new furniture store is doing good business, it is not particularly profitable, especially since their production cycle is very long. In addition, they do not have any monopolies or hoard anything, so they should not offend their competitors. So what kind of accident is most likely to happen there?
The most likely explanation is that someone disliked them and hired a group of thugs to cause trouble.
Thinking of this, Cheng Ruyi didn't want to bring her youngest daughter along. Who knew what might happen if things got chaotic?
So she quickened her pace, leaving Yunle behind, and deliberately took a detour to bring the Meng family father and daughter along. She pulled them towards the donkey cart, but she didn't expect that her eldest daughter, Cheng Yun'an, was already sitting on the carriage with Yunle in her arms, waiting for her.
Cheng Ruyi: "......"
"Mom, I was feeding the donkey here when I suddenly saw Yunle run over and say you were going to see Grandpa. I wanted to go see him too, so I held her and waited for you here. Come in quickly~~" Cheng Yun'an said with an icy expression, then pulled his sister into the carriage.
What else could Ruyi say? She could only quickly get into the carriage and then let the You family father and daughter drive to the county town.
When the group hurriedly arrived at Nanhou Street, they were not surprised to find that the area in front of Cheng's shop was already crowded with passersby.
When Cheng Ruyi heard someone shouting that if they didn't pay protection money, they would be dead, she was so frightened that she immediately pushed through the crowd and entered the shop. Unexpectedly, the first thing she saw after entering was Cheng Yunping protecting two apprentices as a large wooden box hit him on the back.
The wooden crate was smashed to pieces, and Yunping fell to the ground due to the force of the impact.
"Yunping!" Cheng Ruyi's heart almost stopped. In that instant, she thought of Lin Xiaoman and Cheng Mande. They couldn't be without their husband and father!
Upon seeing this, Meng Fu rushed over immediately. Although he did not know martial arts, his huge size and terrifying appearance were enough to make the onlookers take several steps back, and the thugs were also frightened and scattered.
Ruyi handed her two daughters to Meng Daya and took the opportunity to run to Cheng Yunping's side. Instead of helping him up immediately, she asked with concern, "Yunping, how are you? Is anything bothering you?" Seeing that her son was trying to get up, she quickly stopped him, "Don't move! You might worsen your injury!"
"Mother? What brings you here?" Cheng Yunping touched his slightly sore back, feeling alright, but he was puzzled as to why his mother was here instead of staying at the other courtyard.
"Is this the time to ask that? You should be worried about your health!" Cheng Ruyi felt a little relieved to see that her son could still answer her question so clearly and calmly.
Ignoring his mother's attempts to stop him, Cheng Yunping sat up abruptly. "My body? Oh, speaking of which, that wooden box was really heavy, but it doesn't seem to bother me. Right! Grandpa, Grandpa's still inside..."
"I'm fine. Look at you, so young and your skills are worse than mine. What are you doing learning martial arts? Tsk tsk tsk~~"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Ruyi and Cheng Yunping looked up at the inner courtyard and saw Cheng Yan carrying a wooden stick in his left hand and supporting the old master craftsman in the shop with his right hand as he walked out quickly, with two limping thugs struggling to chase after him.
Ruyi immediately released her son, ran to the inner courtyard, took out a peach wood sword, and knocked out the two slow-moving thugs with one sword each.
When she returned to the shop, Xu Cui and Meng Fu had already taken down all the thugs present, instantly eliminating the danger and bringing the situation under control.
"Aunt Cui? What are you doing here?" Cheng Ruyi was stunned. Xu Cui should be helping out at the snack shop in the old house right now. Could it be that she has also awakened a sense of crisis?
Xu Cui walked into the inner courtyard, picked up the two unconscious thugs, and casually threw them on the ground before slowly replying, "Hey! Thanks to Xiaoman, she said she heard a lot of noise over here and even heard Yunping shouting, so she sent me to check it out. I didn't expect something like this to actually happen!"
By the way, Lin Xiaoman seems to have had more sensitive senses than others before, but I didn't expect that she could hear the sound from several streets away now. It seems that I can experiment with it when I have time.
Seeing that there was no danger, Cheng Ruyi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, there was a reason why the system hadn't given her a mission. She guessed that whether she came or not wouldn't have made much of an impact.
"Tie them all up. My father and I will go to the county government to report this to the authorities and send them all to jail first!" Ruyi felt a little strange. Logically speaking, even the county magistrate's wife came to support the opening day, and the Zhou and Wen families also sent people to give gifts. So many people saw it, who would dare to smash the shop so openly?
After much thought, only the Zhang family would dare to do it, but do they have such a deep grudge against the Zhang family? Could it be that the bald man is an important figure in the Zhang family?
The Cheng family members joined forces to tie up the thugs and threw them at the shop entrance. Ruyi was about to go to the county government office with Cheng Yan when they suddenly heard Cheng Yun'an shout, "Mother! Be careful!"
Upon hearing this, Ruyi nimbly turned around and easily dodged the short knife wielded by the bald man who rushed out of the crowd. Just as she was about to take out her peach wood sword to fight back, the bald man was punched several meters away by Xu Cui, then fell heavily to the ground, coughed up blood, and immediately lost consciousness.
After Xu Cui knocked the man away, she was startled herself. She quickly hid behind Ruyi, touching her chest and shouting, "Oh my god, that was terrifying! How could someone rush out with a big knife?! I was so scared!"
This scene stunned the onlookers. Whether it was someone wielding a knife in the street or an unassuming middle-aged woman knocking a thief away with her bare hands, it was quite shocking for ordinary people.
Cheng Ruyi glanced at Xu Cui, who looked panicked, and then at the bald man lying unconscious on the ground. She sighed deeply. What a mess this is!
Come to think of it, this bald man didn't have any deep-seated hatred for their family, so how did things come to this? And I never expected him to dare to openly wield a knife and injure someone in the street. Could it be that the Zhang family can now act with impunity in the county government?
Regardless, she still told Meng Fu to tie up the bald man as well.
"Mother, let's tie up this person too."
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