The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 91 - 88 Chaos

Ruo Hang: "..."

Ruo Bo: "..."

Ruo Xian: "..."

The three brothers were almost scared silly!

The road just now?

Which "just now" exactly?

And which road are they referring to?

Weren’t they together the whole time just now?

Why didn’t they hear anything?

Does Xuanbao know that lying to the Lord County Magistrate can get you spanked?

Only then did Granny Lei realize Xuanbao’s true purpose in finding the Lord County Magistrate.

If she didn’t know Xuanbao’s real talent, she would have completely believed she was there to sell her bamboo fungus.

County Magistrate Zhang, after hearing this conversation, also felt something fishy was going on. He didn’t plan to overlook any suspicious clues and asked, "Xuanbao, besides hearing these, did you hear anything else?"

Ruo Xuan shook her little head: "No, just now, we brushed past those two people and happened to hear just that bit; we didn’t hear anything else!"

Seeing that Ruo Xuan didn’t know anything else, County Magistrate Zhang had no time for small talk, as saving people was urgent. He patted Xuanbao’s small shoulder, "Xuanbao, this time you may have made a great contribution again! When the time comes, there’ll be a reward from the Governor’s Office, oh!"

Ruo Xuan’s eyes lit up, "Can you really earn silver like this? Lord County Magistrate, does the Governor’s Office have any other tasks with rewards? Give them all to me!"

County Magistrate Zhang: "..."

This girl... how can she be so adorable!

Granny Lei quickly said, "Regardless of the reward, it’ll be good to rescue the children! We won’t delay Mr. Zhang from saving people any longer!"

Xuanbao, you naive girl are too honest!

County Magistrate Zhang couldn’t help but smile, "There’s nothing else for now; I’ll tell you if there’s anything later."

Actually, there was something—a reward was being offered at the Governor’s Office for capturing a notorious thief. Not only did the Governor’s Office offer a reward, but many rich families that were robbed also offered high rewards.

But there was no need to tell Xuanbao about this; how could she possibly catch the notorious thief at just over three years old?

County Magistrate Zhang and Granny Lei bid farewell, and had two government officers move two baskets of bamboo fungus to the backyard, then he hurriedly went inside to arrange for people to investigate the whereabouts of the two men Xuanbao mentioned.

Kidnappers are very cunning; the moment there’s the slightest hint of trouble, they’d change their location. He had to plan meticulously.

After the officers politely moved the baskets off the cart, Granny Lei took the children and left.

It was only when the cart was far from the Governor’s Office that Ruo Hang asked, "Xuanbao, when exactly did you hear those words just now?"

Ruo Bo also said, "Yeah! Why didn’t I hear anything?"

Ruo Xian added, "I didn’t hear it either."

Ruo Xuan said, "It was just now, when two people passed by us, that’s all!"

The three brothers: "..."

When exactly was it just now when two people passed by them?

Not only did two people pass by them just now, but the streets were crowded with people—there could have been two hundred people passing by them!

Granny Lei, noticing the speechless expressions on her three grandsons’ faces, changed the subject with a laugh, "Xuanbao, shall we go check out the shop now?"

"Yes, let’s go see the shop!"

With another hundred taels, they could buy a better, bigger shop and open a bookstore.

Granny Lei then led several children toward the Tooth Market.

The market day in the county town was bustling; the streets were lined on both sides with stalls, and there were many street performers showing off their arts, such as breaking rocks with their chests, eating broken porcelain, sword swallowing, fire breathing, plate spinning, and so on.

Ruo Xuan had never seen such things, and although Ruo Hang and his brothers had, these kinds of street performances were endlessly attractive to children.

Ruo Xuan said, "Granny, I want to watch that."

The three Ruo brothers also said, "Granny, I want to watch too!"

"I want to watch as well!"

"I want to go too."

Seeing that all the children were eager to watch, Granny Lei said, "Grandma will take you to see, but you’ve got to hold hands tightly and not get off the cart. And you can’t run around, you can only stand on the cart to watch, understand?"

The children nodded vigorously.

So Granny Lei pushed the cart closer for the children to stand on and watch.

But there were too many people, and many adults were letting their children sit on their shoulders for a better view, which only made it harder to see.

Being small and short, Ruo Xuan and the rest could hardly see anything even from atop the cart.

Granny Lei stepped forward to lift Xuanbao up, allowing her to have a quick look.

Ruo Xuan, held aloft by Granny Lei, finally saw what was happening.

Ruo Xuan saw a man opening his mouth wide as a long flame dragon burst forth!

As he moved forward, continuing to breathe fire, the crowd screamed and retreated whenever he came near.

Having glimpsed each spectacle for just a moment, Xuanbao quickly realized the trick and wondered if she should perform like this to earn silver. Knowing that her brothers were waiting, she said, "Granny, I’ve seen enough! You can lift up my brothers now!"

Granny Lei put Xuanbao down, picked up Ruo Xian, then Ruo Bo, and finally the eldest, Ruo Hang.

Just as Granny Lei lifted Ruo Hang, something unexpected happened.

Granny Lei felt a slight movement at her waist.

She looked down to find her money pouch was gone!

Looking up, she saw a figure swiftly making an escape against the crowd.

"Thief, catch the thief!" Granny Lei shouted.

Xuanbao was already running after them in no time!

Seeing their sister jump off the cart and chase after the thief, Ruo Xian and Ruo Bo quickly followed!

The crowd panicked, everyone checking their money pouches.

At that moment, the fire-breathing performer accidentally set a person on fire.

The person’s clothes ignited instantly, and in fright, he ran wildly about trying to extinguish the flames.

The spectators scattered in terror.

The scene descended into greater chaos!

Granny Lei let go of Ruo Xian and grabbed his hand to chase after them, "Xuanbao, San Lang, Si Lang, don’t run!"

Hearing Granny Lei’s cries, Ruo Xuan used a spell called "Immortal Technique" to freeze her two brothers who were chasing after, and shouted, "Brothers, don’t run! Tell Grandma I’ll be back soon!"

Granny Lei quickly caught up to her grandsons.

Ruo Bo and Ruo Xian, who had been running forward, suddenly turned and started running back, unable to control their direction no matter how hard they tried. They were so frightened they nearly cried, thinking they had encountered a ghost!

Luckily, Granny Lei caught up and grabbed them. They could move normally again, otherwise, they would have been scared to death.

"Grandma, sister is up ahead!" Ruo Xian exclaimed anxiously.

All three brothers were on the verge of tears, unsure whether they were scared or worried for their sister.

"I know, hold tight and don’t let go. We’ll chase after Xuanbao together!" Granny Lei was frantic with worry but feared losing Xuanbao. She considered running after Xuanbao alone but worried about losing her three grandsons as well.

Dragging her grandsons along, she was in a state of panic as they chased after Xuanbao.

If Xuanbao were lost, Granny Lei couldn’t face living!

The entire street was in total chaos, and amidst the turmoil, someone shouted, "Where’s my child? My child’s gone! Yuhe, Yuhe...."

"My grandson, my grandson’s disappeared too! Wenwen, Wenwen... has anyone seen my Wenwen?"

"Jiejie, Jiejie, where are you?"

"Miss, Miss...."

...

The patrolling government officers arrived on the scene quickly, but the situation was too chaotic to control immediately.

Zhao shi emerged from an alley, watching from afar as Granny Lei chased someone with her grandkids in tow. A vicious look crossed her plump face: Tsk, this is the retribution of the Ruo Family for divorcing me!

She was holding a silver note of two hundred taels as she walked with big strides towards the gambling house.