Chapter 781
Encountering Strange Bandits
As soon as Chen Shishi's feet touched the carpet, she felt a soft sensation coming from the soles of her feet, as comfortable as walking on cotton wool.
Overjoyed, she completely forgot that she was in the residence of the revered Mountain God. She paid no attention to anything else and just kept happily spinning around on the soft carpet, even starting to sing and dance, letting out silvery laughter.
Xu Bo'an was also affected by Chen Shishi's happy mood, and the boredom he had felt earlier had long since disappeared.
Xu Bo'an sat down on the sofa and listened quietly to Chen Shishi's beautiful singing voice. However, because Xu Bo'an hadn't enlarged Chen Shishi, she was still a tiny little person the size of a melon seed, and Xu Bo'an couldn't actually see her graceful dance moves clearly.
It wasn't that he couldn't see clearly, since Xu Bo'an's eyesight was excellent; rather, many movements weren't clearly visible, so the overall viewing experience was somewhat worse.
Just like watching a dance on a 100-inch 4K ultra-high-definition TV versus watching the same dance on a 20-inch plasma TV, the viewing experience will definitely be different.
The difference between the two TVs is like this: In a famous TV series, if Gao Qiqiang had given the Tang brothers a TV with an ultra-high-definition LCD screen, they wouldn't have thrown his second-hand plasma TV out the window.
Nevertheless, Xu Bo'an was quite happy. This was the first time he had placed the miniature figures from the Bonsai World into his residence, and he had to admit that it was quite interesting. It was much more fun than watching TV or scrolling through short videos.
At least in Xu Bo'an's opinion, this new gadget was a better way to pass the time when he was bored.
At this moment, Xu Bo'an quietly enjoyed Chen Shishi's dance and melodious singing, living a peaceful life of "nothing to do today, just listening to some tunes." Time passed quietly for quite a while, and then Xu Bo'an's doorbell rang.
Xu Bo'an checked the time; it was almost 11:30. The phoenix crown that the gold shop had sent should have arrived.
Xu Bo'an was about to get up to open the door and get his things when he suddenly remembered that little Chen Shishi was still in the basement of his living room.
After all, Chen Shishi is still too young. Xu Bo'an was worried that if Chen Shishi ran off to some corner of the house while he was away, it would be hard to find her later.
Thinking of this, Xu Bo'an scooped Chen Shishi up and stuffed her into the pocket of his pajamas, thinking it would be safer that way, before walking toward the door.
Xu Bo'an didn't care, but Chen Shishi cared a lot.
While inside Xu Bo'an's pocket, Chen Shishi felt her vision suddenly darken. Confused, she wasn't afraid because she felt that with the protection of the mountain god, she would be safe.
It was getting late, and Chen Shishi was tired. Being in such a dark environment, she was instantly overcome with drowsiness and soon fell asleep without realizing it.
Xu Bo'an walked to the door, glanced at the video phone, and sure enough, saw a woman in a uniform from the gold shop standing outside. Xu Bo'an opened the door, verified the information with the woman, opened the phoenix crown packaging box, inspected the goods, and then signed for it.
After closing the door, Xu Bo'an took the phoenix crown upstairs to his bedroom and placed it on the table next to him.
Thinking back to how he had hurriedly put Chen Shishi into his pocket in his haste to sign for the golden phoenix crown, he quickly reached into the pocket of his shirt and carefully took Chen Shishi out, only to find that she had already fallen asleep.
Seeing that Chen Shishi was sleeping soundly, Xu Bo'an did not wake her. He then gently placed her on the bed in the fishing port ecosystem he had created for her and covered her with a blanket.
It was already quite late, so after settling Chen Shishi in, Xu Bo'an went to bed to rest.
When Xu Bo'an brought the miniature figures from the bonsai world into his real-world home for the first time, Chen Shishi's curious expression at everything she saw amused him greatly. He found the experience quite enjoyable.
In the future, I can bring Chen Shishi into the real world more often. This will help Chen Shishi alleviate her depressed mood and also help me pass the time.
As Xu Bo'an pondered this, he soon drifted off to sleep.
Silent all night.
Because he went to bed very late the night before, Xu Bo'an didn't wake up until eight o'clock the next morning.
He opened his eyes groggily and saw that it was already late. He felt like he had missed something. When he saw the phoenix crown on the table, he slapped his forehead and suddenly realized what had happened.
Oh, I remember now, today is Li Qingshi's wedding day! At this time, Li Qingshi must already be on his way to pick up his bride. If nothing unexpected happens, they will arrive in Shanyang County in at most half an hour.
Yesterday I was thinking of getting these gold jewelry ready as soon as possible so that I could hand them over to Li Qingshi before his wedding procession set off today. But I was so relaxed listening to music that I overslept.
However, there should still be enough time, since the wedding procession is quite complicated, and there might still be some time to spare.
Furthermore, he himself was the Mountain God Grandfather in the Bonsai World, and Li Qingshi and his wedding procession had quite a few people, so they should take the main road. There was only one main road from Kaoshan Village to Shanyang County at present, so Xu Bo'an only needed to look into the Bonsai World and follow the road from Kaoshan Village to find them quickly.
With that in mind, Xu Bo'an didn't delay any longer.
Without further ado, Xu Bo'an focused his attention on the bonsai world. He first checked Li Kanshan's house and confirmed that Li Qingshi had indeed left. Only then did Xu Bo'an shift his gaze to the outside of the city wall of Kaoshan Village. After that, he carefully observed the only main road leading from Kaoshan Village to Shanyang County.
Xu Bo'an looked ahead and soon saw Li Qingshi's wedding procession. Sure enough, Xu Bo'an realized that Li Qingshi and his group were almost in Shanyang County. Fortunately, he hadn't arrived too late.
On the other hand, it wouldn't be too late for Xu Bo'an to give these things to Li Qingshi after he brings Sun Weiwei to Kaoshan Village. However, in order to make Li Qingshi look better in front of Sun Weiwei's family, it would be better for Xu Bo'an to give these things to him earlier.
Xu Bo'an was also a meticulous person in this regard, after all, it's better to give gifts sooner rather than later!
For example, when giving gifts to your boss at work, if you can deliver them early, your boss will know your intentions sooner and think that you are more thoughtful than others, and will have a better impression of you than others.
When you give a gift, they'll most likely greet you with a smile and chat about everyday things. But if you arrive later than others, the situation will be quite different.
If someone else arrives earlier than you, the leader's mind is already focused on entertaining them. He's also heard plenty of nice things from others, so even if there's some cake, the leader might have already tacitly agreed to give it to someone else.
If you go there now, there won't be any crab legs left. At most, they'll just exchange a few polite words with you, and might even think to themselves, "I value you so much and promote you, but you don't care about me at all," which would be quite frustrating.
Although Xu Bo'an gave Li Qingshi and Sun Weiwei the gifts to congratulate them, delivering them to them sooner would make the young couple happy and also make them look better.
Xu Bo'an saw that Li Qingshi's wedding procession was quite large, with more than a dozen strong young men from the village. Most of them were old acquaintances, but the scale of the wedding was still a bit lacking.
Of the dozen or so people, only three, including Li Qingshi, were riding tall horses; the rest were riding mules or even donkeys.
It looked extremely discordant and lacked any real substance. However, Xu Bo'an also knew that this was the greatest sincerity Li Qingshi and his group could offer at the moment.
Xu Bo'an was just thinking about whether he should tell Li Qingshi about the gold jewelry when he suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the bushes.
Because he had been focused on Li Qingshi's wedding procession, Xu Bo'an paid less attention to those around him, which is why he only noticed the unusual situation now.
Xu Bo'an looked in the direction of the sound and immediately saw several masked men in the bushes carrying knives, clubs and other weapons, staring menacingly at Li Qingshi.
With that kind of attire, even a fool could tell that the visitor was no good!
Seeing that these people were up to no good with Li Qingshi and his group, Xu Bo'an thought of helping Li Qingshi resolve the matter quietly. After all, today was a joyous day for Li Qingshi and his group, and encountering such a thing was quite upsetting, just like when people get married in modern times and their wedding cars are blocked.
Imagine being robbed on your wedding day. They say they want to bring good fortune, but they ask for cartons of cigarettes and red envelopes containing hundreds or thousands of dollars. Who wouldn't be upset?
Besides, these masked men are carrying knives, so what they want is probably even more!
Xu Bo'an intended to arrest these people quietly, or at least cover them up with a lid before making any decisions.
However, since these masked men are currently hiding in relatively scattered locations, Xu Bo'an is afraid that making a move at this time might alert others, making it even more difficult to capture them all in one fell swoop.
If these people escape, they might cause even more trouble. Xu Bo'an thought about it and decided not to make a move prematurely. He simply kept an eye on their movements and waited for the right opportunity to strike.
As soon as Li Qingshi and his group approached, several masked men rushed out from the bushes and blocked their path.
Only one person remained in the bushes, observing the situation.
The wedding party following behind Li Qingshi trembled with fear upon seeing these unexpected people blocking their way.
They knew they had encountered highway robbers.
For ordinary people, bandits are still very frightening, after all, they are guys who make a living by killing and robbing, and they are ruthless!
Li Qingshi wasn't too afraid. After all, he was highly skilled and daring, and he also had a government background. These people were like a cat seeing a mouse in his eyes, so how could he be afraid?
However, Li Qingshi was still quite puzzled, after all, this was his wedding day, and a smooth process was the most important thing.
But who would have thought that just as they were about to reach Shanyang County, and they were thinking that the journey had been going very smoothly, suddenly they saw so many masked people, each holding a large knife, appear and block their way.
After feeling depressed, Li Qingshi felt a little uneasy again.
It's not that Li Qingshi was afraid of them; after all, Li Qingshi was born with superhuman strength, and his martial arts skills were quite good.
But the people he was leading now were not his own officials and yamen runners, but a wedding procession composed of the elders and villagers.
The masked men in front of him were all carrying large knives. If he were to fight them head-on, it would take some effort. Moreover, most of the people from Kaoshan Village that he was with did not know martial arts, and it would be bad if he accidentally injured them.
After all, they came to fetch the bride with good intentions. If he couldn't bring them back safely, how could he explain it to the villagers?
Moreover, the red sedan chair for his wedding and the musicians playing the lively music were all rented in Shanyang County. After he arrived in Shanyang County, he could not go directly to Weiwei's house to pick her up. He had to go to the place where he rented the sedan chair and the musicians playing the lively music to pick her up before he could go to pick her up.
This back-and-forth will waste a lot of time. If we directly confront them, it will definitely delay our wedding time, and it would be bad if we missed the auspicious time for the wedding.
Another point is that Li Qingshi didn't want to shed blood on his wedding day, as he felt it would be unlucky for him and Weiwei.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Li Qingshi decided to first negotiate with these bandits blocking the road. If they made exorbitant demands, he would have no choice but to resort to force.
Thinking of this, Li Qingshi first reassured the people who had come with him to fetch the bride, and then cupped his hands to the masked bandits in front of him, speaking in a tone of courtesy before force: "May I ask you gentlemen, what is the meaning of blocking our way?"
Li Qingshi finished speaking, but strangely, no one answered for a long time.
The masked leader looked around and, not seeing his employer, replied directly, "Is that even a question? Can't you tell we're robbing people on the road? You're so ignorant! You're not old women, and men can't rob women, so of course we're robbing money!" (End of Chapter)