Chapter 204: The Old Lady’s Test

Yin Yuan was the slowest runner because of his outstanding weight, and he was soon caught up by Xia Yu.

To his pleasant surprise, Xia Yu ignored him and continued running forward.

Xia Yu reached the side of the front man, knocked him down, and then turned back to deal with others.

Because Yin Yuan was lagging behind, he gained the opportunity to react. He ran back, but due to his poor physical strength, he was still caught by Xia Yu.

Finally, Xia Yu pressed Yin Yuan to the ground and sighed in relief.

The direct confrontation didn’t cost him much strength, but chasing these people left Xia Yu quite exhausted.

It would be great if he could obtain a physical skill again. No matter where, physical strength was always useful.

Because the pursuit of the last five people lasted a bit long, the first three people who were knocked down had already regained their fighting ability. However, they didn’t stand up for revenge but continued squatting, pretending they were still unable to recover.

“Now let’s talk about reason. Grandma I am a reasonable person,” Xia Yu squatted down and looked at Yin Yuan.

Yin Yuan looked back at his fallen brothers: “Grandma, your reasoning seems somewhat superficial.”

“You still understand the superficial?” Xia Yi was surprised and gave the reason, “I was afraid you wouldn’t calm down and couldn’t talk reasonably, so I helped you calm down.”

“You are the most uncalm one!” Yin Yuan thought in his heart.

But he dared not say it out loud.

“The matters of the younger generation should be resolved by themselves,” Yin Yuan persisted in his belief. He looked into Xia Yu’s eyes, hoping his will could be conveyed to the other party.

Xia Yu picked up a nearby helmet and slammed it onto the ground in front of Yin Yuan’s face. The dust stirred up by the helmet made Yin Yuan cough violently.

Xia Yu sighed: “It seems you are still not calm enough.”

“No, no, I’m calm now. I understand. When I go back, I will discipline those kids and make them detour when they see your child,” Yin Yuan hastily assured.

“Forget it. Grandma suddenly feels that your saying about the younger generation handling their own matters is not wrong either.” Not waiting for Yin Yuan to be happy, Xia Yu continued, “So from now on, if any problems arise, Grandma won’t bully the young anymore. I will come directly to find you.”

“What? Grandma, would you rather find them?”

This was outside the small town, where no one saw. But if it had been within the town and he had been beaten by the old lady in front of him, Yin Yuan felt he would have completely lost face.

Thinking about this, he looked again at his comrades lying on the ground pretending to be dead, bitterness rising in his heart:

He had thought that he was only coming to warn an old lady. After all, what could happen? Bringing nine brothers along had already been an overreaction.

But he had not expected that his ten brothers had truly fallen into the hands of the old lady in front of them.

What kind of person was this old lady? She was too fierce!

These were ten strong men!

You are an old lady!

How could you defeat us one after another so quickly!

This was because Xia Yu’s moves were quite insidious. Thanks to Xia Dongyang, Xia Yu had often encountered those belligerent troublemakers and learned some techniques from them.

In addition, level 2 combat skills gave him a deeper understanding of how to exert force and subdue others.

After a friendly conversation with Yin Yuan, Xia Yu rode his motorcycle back home.

He continued practicing making medicine.

At 2:30 in the afternoon, he rode his bike to pick up Yin Ling in the town.

“Tonight we are going to my younger son’s house for dinner,” Yin Shulan suddenly said in Xia Yu’s mind.

While Xia Yu was using her body, Yin Shulan had remained quite quiet, and Xia Yu had no interest in the old lady’s voice either, so unless there was something important, they wouldn’t talk to each other.

Perhaps because of this, Yin Shulan’s bonus was still at level 1 and showed no sign of promotion to level 2.

After picking up Yin Ling, under Yin Shulan’s guidance, Xia Yu arrived at an old residential area.

There were only ten buildings in the community, each with six floors.

Yin Shulan’s youngest son lived on the first floor.

Knocking on the door, Xia Yu saw a middle-aged man with a receding hairline open the door for him.

“Mom, you’ve come,” the middle-aged man showed a happy expression. He was Yin Shulan’s third son, named Yin Dingjie.

Being called “mom” by a young woman was acceptable, but being called “mom” by a middle-aged man, especially one with a receding hairline, left Xia Yu in a complex mood.

“This is for my grandson,” Xia Yu handed over the Penguin Star milk.

“Mom, you’re too polite,” Yin Dingjie happily took the Penguin Star milk and shouted toward the nearby bedroom: “Shunshun, your grandma is here, come out quickly!”

After a while, the bedroom door opened, and a teenager-looking boy walked out.

This was Yin Shulan’s grandson, Yin Shanshun.

Yin Shanshun’s mood wasn’t high. He called “grandma” in an ordinary way and followed his father’s intention to take Yin Ling to his room to play.

“Mom,” Xia Yu’s daughter-in-law also came out to greet her.

Xia Yu simply nodded.

Coming to his son’s house was an unprecedented experience for him. He didn’t know how to act properly. Fortunately, Yin Dingjie was a talkative person. By answering various questions from Yin Dingjie, Xia Yu barely maintained the image of an elderly mother.

After talking for a while, Yin Dingjie took out a bundle of red bills.

“Mom, this is the money I’ve saved recently. Take it. Now Xiaowan’s illness has been cured, and we have repaid the debts together. There won’t be any issues anymore,” Yin Dingjie put the money into Xia Yu’s hand.

Xia Yu felt the thickness, probably around six or seven thousand.

Six or seven thousand was not a small amount in the countryside. It would take Yin Shulan at least half a year to save that much by herself.

According to the information, Yin Dingjie had a small storefront in the town, doing some renovation business. He earned more than Yin Shulan, but it was still limited, after all, it was just a small rural town where many families only had cement floors without tiles.

Moreover, this was definitely not the first time Yin Dingjie had given money.

Xia Yu thought again that among the ten thousand debts Yin Shulan had mentioned earlier, her three sons were not included. How could her three sons not have contributed?

“Take it first. I still have two sons coming. Let’s see how they are,” Yin Shulan said in Xia Yu’s mind.

Xia Yu understood that Yin Shulan had some plans in mind.

He calmly put the money away.

After a minute, the door was knocked again, and his other two “cheap” sons walked in.

The one who was a bit fat was Xia Yu’s eldest son, and the thin one was Xia Yu’s second son.

The second son gave Xia Yu a thousand, saying that business had been bad lately and the children needed a lot of money.

The eldest son didn’t give any money directly, saying that his wife had been ill recently and they had spent all the money.

Yin Shulan coldly snorted in Xia Yu’s mind.

After gathering together briefly and chatting about family matters, Xia Yu took Yin Ling back home, citing the reason that Yin Wan was still at home.

Tomorrow was Qingming Festival. It was the Yin family’s tradition to gather together the day before Qingming. Due to Yin Wan’s illness, this tradition now included a fundraising component.

Yin Wan and Yin Ling, as mother and daughter, needing money for expenses was exactly what fundraising was for.

From the performance just now, the third son, Yin Dingjie, was the best. The second son was also okay, while the eldest son was somewhat indifferent.

Xia Yu couldn’t help but sigh, thinking that although Yin Dingjie had a receding hairline, he was a good kid.

Xia Yu could guess Yin Shulan’s thoughts. The old lady was quite shrewd too. It was estimated that she wanted to use this opportunity to see the character of her three sons. Undoubtedly, the third son, Yin Dingjie, would be blessed.

Yin Shulan’s bank account currently had nearly 400,000 yuan.

When the eight-hour time limit arrived, Xia Yu returned to his own body.

He was now on a bus heading to the countryside.

Tomorrow was Qingming Festival, and he and Youxue would return to their hometown together to pay respects to their ancestors.