"Big sister, big sister!!" Running back, Cheng Zheng Yuan found his sister in the vegetable field. Wiping away the sweat on his forehead, he said, "Big sister, there are a lot of people coming our way. Over 100! And they are about to enter the village!"
"Oh…" Cheng Xiao Xiao slowly stood up, looking nonchalant. She had already knew about that and didn't care. Looking at her younger brother, she smiled, "No rush, so they came. We have nothing to be afraid of!"
"Ugh…." Cheng Zheng Yuan paused for a second, then smiled and nodded, "I get it. Big sister, what do we do now?"
"Nothing, the usual!" Cheng Xiao Xiao picked up the basket full of cabbages and told her brother, "Zheng Yuan, why don't you go to the back of the house. Dad can take care of the Willow Village. He won't need your help, go to the back of the house!"
"Back of the house? Big sister, you mean the few villagers who were here to help out?" Cheng Zheng Yuan read his sister's mind.
Cheng Xiao Xiao nodded, "Exactly, go check out quickly. We don't want anything to happen to them. That wouldn't be very good!"
"Yes, big sister, on my way!" Cheng Zheng Yuan understood the seriousness of it, he turned around and ran toward the back of the house.
Cheng Xiao Xiao stood there elegantly with her vegetable basket. She took a look toward the entrance of the village. She gathered the folks would arrive within a couple of hours. With a leisurely pace, she walked toward her own house.
Back in the courtyard, Mrs. Cheng, Zheng Bin, and Lan Lan were all reading quietly and didn't let the arrival of others disturb them.
"You are back, Xiao Xiao?" called Mrs. Cheng tenderly at the one returning with the basket full of vegetables.
Cheng Xiao Xiao nodded slightly and smiled. Lightly she said to her mother, "Mom, you keep reading with Zheng Bin and Lan Lan, I'll go into the kitchen and make some steam buns for you all."
She made a fair amount of white flour from the wheat grown in the dimension. She had always had an interest in buns and all and very happy to make buns in the kitchen, and the family quite enjoyed the food that she made.
"Need some help?" asked Mrs. Cheng as she put down her book.
Cheng Zheng Bin put his book down as well, looking at her sister with his gleaming eyes, he smiled, "Big sister, you want me to start the fire for you?"
"Big sister, I know how to start a fire too!" smiled little Lan Lan.
Cheng Xiao Xiao shook her head and declined their offer, "No need. I need to knead the dough first, no need for the fire just yet!"
People were almost here. She wouldn't really have time to steam any buns, but she wasn't going to explain herself. She went into the kitchen with her basket of vegetables.
Clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop….
You could hear horses approaching. Cheng Xiao Xiao, who was adding flour to a wooden tub, didn't need to be notified by little Yuteng. She looked out the kitchen window and saw a group of people on the little dirt path leading to her house.
A troop of horses approached with great speed and leaving a trail of dusts behind them. Through the window, she could tell the one at the very front was Ning Xunzong!
Seeing him all lively again, Cheng Xiao Xiao lifted the corner of her mouth and a cold look flashed past her eyes.
The noises outside startled those inside the courtyard. The mother and the sibling screamed. Cheng Xiao Xiao ran outside with flours all over her hand.
"Xiao Xiao, many have came!" Mrs. Cheng was nervous, "Your dad went to the village and hasn't returned yet. What should we do?"
The two young ones didn't make a noise but looked at their older sister wisely. Their older sister called all the shots at home.
Cheng Xiao Xiao walked over and comforted them with a smile, "Mom, what you worry about? Have you forgotten that we have pets now? Nobody can hurt us. Anyone break in here, just release your pets on the. Don't worry, nothing will happen. I will go check it out outside!"
"Xiao Xiao, be careful!" Mrs. Cheng was a bit flustered and never occurred to her to take care of the newcomers herself, just telling Cheng Xiao Xiao to be careful.
The young Cheng Zheng Bin stood up, puffed his chest and said loudly, "Big sister, don't worry, I will project mom and little sister!"
"Good, you do that!" Cheng Xiao Xiao smiled at her brother, "Don't be afraid to hurt any of the intruders. And don't let your mom and little sister be frightened or get hurt!"
"Okay, big sister, I will fulfill my duty!"
"I trust you!"
After encouraging her young brother and comforted her mom and younger sister, Cheng Xiao Xiao walked outside nonchalantly. She walked over to the vegetable field and nonchalantly watched arrival of the quickly approaching horses and people.
Seeing her appearing, all the riders stopped the horses and dismounted one by one and walked toward her.
The girl in front of them, unadorned and refreshing looking, everybody figured she was the maiden of the Cheng's – Cheng Xiao Xiao.
Mu Qingtong, the instructor, was a bit surprised while looking at the Cheng's maiden. She wasn't exactly a beauty, but she certainly possessed a kind of out-of-this-world elegance that made even those who had seen all sort of beautiful women knew that she's a fair lady.
Of course, what surprised him even more was her careless and nonchalant mannerism, as though she has been expecting their arrival. She didn't seem a bit surprised at all.
What was going on?
He pondered about this. All the others who followed him here also couldn't help but to looked her up and down. Her elegance and her mannerism definitely was not that belonging to a common village girl. She could rival any girls from their school.
Cheng Xiao Xiao was indifferent to all the looks. She focused her attention on only one individual. The marital spiritualist was the strongest rival she had seen thus far.
"Cheng Xiao Xiao, you nasty little girl, I am back!" The arrogant Ning Xunzong shouted at her even though his instructor was right there.
A jerk would always be a jerk. Cheng Xiao Xiao didn't even bother looking at him. She looked only at one person – Mu Xingtong, the instructor from School of Divine Condor.