Chapter 172 Liao Zhaoji Steals Meat (1)_1
He remembered that when they left the house, the front door had been locked, which was unusual as they normally didn’t lock it. However, as everyone from their team was busy working in the fields, and a stranger could enter the village unnoticed, people generally locked their doors. The Ruan Family had done the same.
But now, the door was ajar, and the lock was open!
Could it be that a thief had entered?
Ruan Chi put down the teapot he was carrying in the corner by the wall and pulled out a relatively large stick from the pile of firewood stacked against the wall. He pushed Ruan Jiaojiao behind him, "Sister, you stay outside, don’t come in. If you hear your brother shout, run as fast as you can! Don’t come in no matter what, got it? Go back to the fields and call Grandma and the others!"
Seeing his serious expression, Ruan Jiaojiao was also nervous. She grabbed his sleeve and nodded. After nodding, she still felt uneasy, "Brother, shouldn’t we call Grandma?" She was afraid that his slight frame wouldn’t be a match for the thief.
"That won’t do. What if the thief runs away in the meantime?" Ruan Chi said, reassuring her, "Don’t worry, I’ve got a stick in my hand. I might even be a match for the thief. Just remember to run and don’t come in, got it?"
"Okay!" Ruan Jiaojiao nodded vigorously.
Only then did Ruan Chi grip the stick in his hand firmly and cautiously pushed open the door, tiptoeing cautiously inside.
Once inside the courtyard, he held the stick to the right side of his face, first checking his own door, which was open. Frowning, he considered entering to take a look, but then he heard noises coming from his uncle’s house directly opposite.
Had the thief seen there was nothing to steal in his house and moved on to his uncle’s?
Ruan Chi retracted the foot that was about to step towards his own door and walked instead toward his uncle’s house.