At the end of summer, the weather was still hot, and there were pairs and groups of pedestrians either hurrying on their way or taking a stroll on the road.
The Qin Family Village was located on the south side of the county, and to get back from the train station, one did not need to pass through the county. When Lin Chuxia was passing through a secluded alley, a figure suddenly darted out.
The other person moved very fast, with a clear target in sight, and in an instant, they were in front of Lin Chuxia. Before she could react, she felt her shoulder tighten, and the pouch of money on her back was snatched away.
Lin Chuxia, due to inertia, was dragged off the tricycle and stumbled a few steps forward, managing to brace herself against a nearby wall to avoid falling.
Seeing the thief running away with her money pouch, Lin Chuxia almost instinctively yelled out, “Catch the thief, I’ve been robbed, stop him…”
At this time, although there were pedestrians on the road, most of them were just out for a walk after dinner. Seeing such an incident, not only did they not chase after the thief, they even stepped back a few steps, keeping their distance.
Lin Chuxia glanced at the handcart beside her, gritted her teeth, and was about to chase after him when a figure dashed past her and headed straight for the thief.
The person moved very quickly and caught up with the thief in less than a hundred meters, tangling together with him.
Lin Chuxia took this opportunity to catch up and saw that the thief was still clinging onto her money pouch. He even pulled out a knife from his pocket, but Lin Chuxia stepped forward and grabbed his wrist.
“Dare to rob your granny’s bag, are you looking for death?”
Her grip kept tightening. The thief had not taken Lin Chuxia seriously at first, but then found himself unable to move his wrist, which was held by the seemingly thin and frail woman. Not only that, his wrist hurt more and more until the knife clattered to the ground.
“Damn woman, let go!”
“I’ll let go of your grandpa!”
Lin Chuxia no longer cared about the money pouch and grabbed the thief’s arm, performing a shoulder throw and slamming him heavily onto the ground.
The thief was dazed by the fall and hadn’t come to his senses before his collar was vigorously lifted, and he was confronted with the enlarged face of a girl.
This girl was really pretty.
Just as the thought flashed through his mind, he took a heavy punch to the stomach.
“Ugh…”
Before he could vomit anything out, he suffered another violent hit to the back, and with a thud, he was face down on the ground.
Before him was a pair of broken floral cloth shoes with thick soles.
Now he finally realized that he had provoked a vengeful spirit today, and a female one at that.
So, the surrounding onlookers, who were indifferent and just wanted to watch the commotion, saw an unbelievable scene.
A slender and seemingly weak girl was punching and kicking a man, while the previously blustering robber was now crying and begging for mercy.
“The public security officers are here!”
A kind-hearted person called over the nearby patrolling officers.
Hearing this, the thief seemed to see a savior, waving his arms frantically toward the approaching uniformed officer.
“Comrade, save me… Please, quickly save me, they’re going to beat someone to death…”
The righteous Public Security officer Sun Hao: “…”
Who could tell him what was going on? Wasn’t there a report of a robbery?
This was clearly a case of fighting and brawling.
Regardless, Sun Hao still stepped forward to stop the two people, or more precisely, to stop Lin Chuxia from beating the other party unilaterally.
Lin Chuxia smoothed her disheveled hair and pointed at the man on the ground, filled with righteous indignation, “Officer, he committed a robbery. He almost stole my money pouch. Quick, arrest him. People who endanger public safety and property like him should be made to sit in prison for life.”
The freshly risen robber on the ground, “…”
Who indeed endangers the safety of the people, just look at his battered face and body.
“Officer, I didn’t…”
The robber began to defend himself unconsciously when he was interrupted by a voice.
“I can testify, this man did indeed snatch the lady’s purse, we’ve been chasing him from over there.”
Only then did Lin Chuxia clearly see the person who had helped chase the robber.
A man in his 30s, not tall, with an honest face, yet showing a hint of weathered experience from the years.
Sun Hao was originally alerted to a robbery here and came over; now with the victim and witness present, to further verify the facts, it was still necessary to take the person to the police station for a written statement.
Lin Chuxia picked up her purse from the ground, relieved that she had installed a zipper on it, as the money inside hadn’t spilled out. After reloading her cart, she followed the officer to the police station.
After giving a clear account and finishing the written statement at the police station, it was already dark outside. Under the streetlight at the entrance, Lin Chuxia solemnly thanked the man.
“Brother Su, I truly can’t thank you enough for today.”
At the police station, Lin Chuxia learned that the brave man who stepped forward was named Su Wensong.
Su Wensong smiled simply, “No need to be polite, I didn’t really help much.”
Besides initially stopping the robber, he hadn’t retrieved the purse, and the rest was done by the lady herself.
Still, he was impressed that such a gentle and frail-looking lady could beat a big man without allowing him any chance to retaliate.
“How could you say you didn’t help? Having Brother Su come forward as a witness was incredibly helpful,” she was almost counter-accused by the robber.
Lin Chuxia knew it was wrong to hit someone, but at that moment, she was just too angered.
She also wanted to test her own skills.
In her past life, it was only through the guidance of a professional coach and her daily dedication to practice that she had honed her skills.
Now, reborn, she still remembered her moves in a flash, but her body had not yet been trained. She hadn’t personally tested how effective the spiritual spring water was.
She was very satisfied with the outcome of today’s experiment.
She wanted to invite Su Wensong for a meal to express her gratitude, but he refused. Lin Chuxia could tell that Su Wensong was indeed an upright and righteous man.
With this delay, it was very late by the time she got home.
Hearing some noise, Mrs. Qin came out of the room, “It’s quite late, were the vegetarian buns hard to sell? Steam fewer of them tomorrow.”
Lin Chuxia didn’t elaborate to avoid worrying the elderly woman. Seeing that her elder brother and sister-in-law’s room was still dark, she changed the subject, “Haven’t brother and sister-in-law returned from selling vegetables yet?”
Mrs. Qin sighed, “Not yet, they picked a lot of vegetables today, selling them little by little, how can it be easy to sell all?”
Lin Chuxia knew it wasn’t that selling the vegetables piece by piece was the issue, rather that this season too many people had planted green beans and eggplants.
As they were talking, Qin Han returned, pushing his bicycle, with Zhang Guilan trailing behind, carrying a basket of vegetables.
“Didn’t sell them all, did you?”
Approaching them, Mrs. Qin asked in surprise upon seeing the vegetables still in their baskets.
“We couldn’t get a good price today, we’ll sell them tomorrow,” Qin Han casually remarked.
Zhang Guilan muttered under her breath from behind, “What good price, they wouldn’t even buy at two cents a pound. Others selling vegetables have already sold theirs in heaps, can’t figure out why there’s such an oversupply of green beans and eggplants.”
In the first half of the year, green beans and eggplants sold for a good price, and those who planted them made money. So, naturally, many planted the same crops in the second half. Everyone present understood this reasoning, so the conversation didn’t linger on this topic.