She thought the old lady must have gone to the toilet, and wondered if she might have encountered a thief.
Thinking of this, she quickly sped up and rushed out.
The commotion woke up the other passengers in the carriage, and some stood in the aisle to check what was happening.
Luo Jingyan walked through them and went one carriage forward. She saw a group of people gathered at the junction of the two carriages ahead, presumably because the thief had been caught.
Was it Xue Yanchen and Zhao Jun who did it?
She quickly walked over and immediately spotted Xue Yanchen, who was nearly 1.9 meters tall and stood out from the crowd like a crane among chickens.
If the goal is to catch a thief, why are you standing so straight? Shouldn't you be in a pose as if you're subduing the thief?
Walking further ahead, pushing through the crowd to the very back, I finally discovered the truth. There was a thin man with a pointed mouth and monkey-like face, grinning and lying on the ground. On his back was a foot wearing a black embroidered shoe. Looking up, I realized that the foot belonged to Old Mrs. Xue.
Grandma Xue had one foot on the thief's back and both hands pinned behind his back.
"You little thief, how dare you steal on a train! I caught you red-handed, you're definitely not going to get away with this."
Xue Yanchen said, "Leave him to me."
The old lady gestured with her hand: "No need."
No, we won't use it yet. Her granddaughter-in-law hasn't seen it yet. We'll give it to him after she sees it and praises it.
Luo Jingyan remained silent, while the other passengers praised the old lady.
"Auntie, you're really skilled!"
"Auntie, what amazing skills! You're still going strong at your age. You can still catch thieves at your age. You're truly a woman who doesn't yield to men."
"Auntie, you are a heroine, even more amazing than the young people."
Grandma Xue didn't care much about the praise. She looked around the crowd and finally saw her granddaughter-in-law. She waved to the people and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing. You flatter me. It's just catching a thief. It's a piece of cake."
Luo Jingyan smiled and gave her two thumbs up.
The old lady raised her chin at her, then looked at Xue Yanchen: "Why aren't you holding him down right now?"
Xue Yanchen and Zhao Jun took the thief together, and the thief had no chance of escape.
At this moment, the train police arrived, assuming that Xue Yanchen and Zhao Jun had caught the thief.
Seeing that they were both wearing military uniforms, I said, "Thank you for your hard work, comrades!"
"We didn't arrest the person."
Xue Yanchen and Zhao Jun looked at Grandma Xue, but there was no one there anymore; Grandma Xue had already left with her granddaughter-in-law.
She was someone who always stood up for what was right, and if she wanted to praise someone, she would only praise her granddaughter-in-law; praise from others was unimportant.
Xue Yanchen said, "My grandma caught it, and she handed it over to us after she caught it."
"Your grandma?"
The train police officer was shocked. What kind of old lady was she? At her age, she could still catch a nimble and quick-reacting thief.
The thief was also puzzled.
Is this old lady a new species from Earth?
He had been stealing for years without ever failing, but he never expected to be caught by an old lady today.
Luo Jingyan accompanied Grandma Xue back to the private room and asked her, "Grandma, how did you spot the thief?"
Why didn't they hear anything?
“I got up to go to the toilet, and when I came back, I happened to see that guy stealing someone else’s things, so I grabbed him.”
"Oh, is that so?"
After the train police took the thief away and locked him up, they made a special trip back to see the unusual old lady.
I also praised the old lady and presented her with a certificate.
"Auntie, you are really great, you are amazing, you are not an ordinary old lady."
Grandma Xue waved her hand: "As long as the thief stops doing evil, praise is not important."
Your praise isn't important.
"The old lady is truly a righteous person."
Afterwards, the person who lost the item came over to thank Grandma Xue, and after the lively exchange, the train returned to calm.
It's not safe on the train, so Luo Jingyan wanted Grandma Xue to sleep in the middle bunk, but the old lady refused: "Didn't you see how skilled Grandma was just now? It's alright, if there are any more bad guys, Grandma will catch them without hesitation."
Luo Jingyan and Xue Yanchen stayed with her until the old lady fell asleep again, and then they returned to their own bunks.
One day later, the train arrived at its destination.
After the five people got off the bus, Zhao Jun and Qin Zhenzhen took the things that Xue's mother had given to Old Mrs. Qin and returned to the Qin family home, while Xue Yanchen, Luo Jingyan, and Old Mrs. Xue went directly to the Shengli Brigade.
The old lady was going to stay here for a while anyway, and planned to meet with Mrs. Qin again in a few days.
It's currently the coldest time of winter, and also the season for hibernation.
It's freezing cold outside, and everyone is trying to stay home as much as possible.
During the time Luo Jingyan was away, Luo Changtian basically spent all his time in the cowshed.
After Luo Jingyan and Xue Yanchen's grandmother arrived, Luo Jingyan opened the front door and went inside, only to find the house empty.
They put their luggage inside, and Xue Yanchen quickly lit a fire in the stove to warm the room as soon as possible.
Luo Jingyan was afraid that Old Madam Xue had never been to such a cold place before, so she spread out the quilts on the kang and let Old Madam Xue crawl into the quilts to warm up. Before long, the kang was warm.
Luo Jingyan boiled a kettle of water, then quietly took out two hot water bottles from her spatial storage. She filled one and gave it to Grandma Xue, filled the other and gave it to Xue Yanchen, and kept the one she usually used.
The three of them sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) for a while until their body temperature finally returned to normal.
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