It doesn't sound like there's anything special about the boy. If anything, it's just that he's particularly pitiable. But if he was really an orphan who was picked up and raised by the villagers, from whom did he learn Qinggong?
According to villagers, the boy was picked up by Mr. Yu when he was very young. He had to do heavy farm work and extra housework every day.
He probably doesn't have time to secretly learn martial arts from anyone.
In order to avoid alerting others, I only sent Wen Mian to the village to inquire about it. Yun Zhou and I did not enter the village.
A young man named Yu Nie has never left the village since he stole the travel notes last time.
Those travel books were too rotten to read. He hid the bag under the mattress, wondering if he wanted to keep a souvenir.
I bought corn from the villagers and took Yun Zhou and Wen Mian to roast the corn under the tree.
In the evening there were noises in the village, the most prominent of which were women screaming insults.
Occasionally, he shouted the name "Yu Nie" a few times, and it was so unpleasant that he cursed her.
Then there was a woman's murderous scream, which sounded deafening to us at the entrance of the village.
"It's amazing, killing people——"
"Young student, you have no mother-in-law, how dare you hit your elders!"
"Grandpa has just left. If you continue to make trouble and make his departure uneasy, I will kill you all." The young man with a clear voice said murderous words.
"Okay, you heartless thing..." the woman cried, grabbing the boy's face.
The boy dodged her hand and punched her in the eye.
"Ah!!!" The woman covered her eyes and backed away, and was supported by a man of medium height.
"Head of the household, are you going to watch your wife being beaten?" The woman fanned the flames and encouraged the men to rush to the front line.
As early as when we heard the first scream, Yunzhou, Wen Mian and I ran into the village holding roasted corn.
The three of us stood at the outermost edge of the crowd. They were both tall, so there was no need to climb higher to watch the excitement.
I had no choice but to let Yunzhou carry me on his back and lie on the shoulders of the 'giant' to watch the fun.
The villagers, like us, stood aside and watched the excitement, and no one stepped forward to persuade or stop them.
It seemed that they were happy to see the two couples from the Yu family being beaten up.
The old man at the entrance of the village said that neither of Mr. Yu's two sons were filial. If it weren't for Yu Nie's presence, the old man would have died long ago.
Half a year ago, Mr. Yu suddenly fell ill, and his two sons refused to receive treatment. Yu Nie insisted on treatment. He went out alone, and when he came back, he collected the medical expenses and medicine expenses.
After taking the best medicine for half a year, Mr. Yu still left today.
Mr. Yu's two daughters-in-law scolded Yu Nie almost every day for being a prodigal and not knowing how to keep the money for living people instead of spending it on those who must die.
Yu Nie didn't care about them for the old man's sake. The old man left today, and Yu Nie obviously didn't want to endure it anymore.
He beat up Mr. Yu's two sons and daughter-in-law.
They were beaten until they clamored to report them to the officials. Yu Nie sneered and said that he had money and let them report them casually. Then he would spend money to bribe a group of officials to see who would be thrown into prison or sent to the army.
It is rare to see people who talk about bribery in such an honest way.
Moreover, the Yu family's son and daughter-in-law knew that he was rich, so they could really do such a thing.
They hated it, probably because they didn't know where Yu Nie got the money.
If it is said that he stole it, then there must be evidence.
No one knows how much money Yu Nie got, and there is no way to frame him because they don't know the specific amount. No one in the village or nearby towns has heard of anyone losing so much money.
Yu Nie spent nearly a hundred taels of silver just to buy medicine for Mr. Yu. He didn't feel any pain at all when using the precious medicinal materials.
He also opened a small stove for the old man, eating fish, meat, eggs and supplements every day and every meal.
The two sons and daughter-in-law of the Yu family have long been jealous.
But they knew very well that if the old man was gone, this boy would not give them a penny.
Yu Nie did not want to bury the old man with dignity and spend money on the coffin, shroud, and funeral as others thought.
Uncharacteristically, he wanted to cremate the old man and then bury the ashes in water.
When it comes to 'death', he doesn't give a damn.
Differences and disputes arose from this, and Yu Nie exposed the two couples' little thoughts in front of the villagers.
He said that they wanted to give the old man a grand burial, not out of filial piety at all, but because they wanted to secretly replace and sell the old man's funeral supplies.
If Yu Nie spent one hundred taels on a coffin, they would replace the expensive one with a coffin worth five taels of silver and paint it with the same exterior paint.
The coffin needs to be customized, and they are the old man's immediate family members.
After Yu Nie paid the money, they went to the coffin shop to find out the style and dimensions of the coffin, and then found another coffin shop to make an identical one using cheap wood.
They believed that Yu Nie would not be able to see how a child like him knew anything about coffin wood.
As for the people who were busy with the funeral, they all used the two daughters-in-law's parents' families, without any help from the villagers.
The Yu family has no relatives in this village. They have several distant relatives in other countries and have long lost contact with them.
In addition to the coffin, they were also concerned about the old man's shroud and funerary objects. Some items could not be imitated, so they asked their uncle and brother-in-law to dig the grave, dig out the funerary objects, sell them, and divide the money among several people.
The son teamed up with his brother-in-law and brother-in-law to dig up his father's grave to make money. This would be breaking news in any time and space, whether ancient or modern.
After Yu Nie said it, Mr. Yu's two sons immediately scolded: "Nonsense, you didn't spend a penny on my father, you made all this up!"
"Yu Nie, you are so cruel. You have been eating and drinking in our house for all these years, and you don't care if you don't repay your kindness. You still slap a bucket of shit on us and want to ruin our brother's reputation. You are simply not a human being!"
The two brothers are responsible for condemning, and the two daughters-in-law are responsible for crying.
Seeing that Yu Nie was unmoved, he insisted on cremating the old man and spreading the ashes. In fact, the villagers also felt that this was inappropriate, and future generations would not have the opportunity to visit the grave.
But think about it from another perspective, will Mr. Yu’s two sons go to visit the grave?
I'm afraid that even if a grave is built, it will turn into a barren grave with weeds as tall as one person.
Mr. Yu's two sons and daughter-in-law are inconvenient and ruthless people, 'dead people' who can't squeeze out any profit. You can't even get a bunch of free wild flowers from them.
As I listened, I murmured in my heart. What Yu Nie had just said angrily to the Yu brothers was very specific about the burial objects. It was not explained in one word.
I observed his emotions and found that he was telling the truth.
Maybe these things really existed and were buried with the old man?
Yu Nie was picked up by the old man when he was three years old. Before he was sixteen and ten years old, the old man was in good health. His son and daughter-in-law wanted to arrange heavy work for Yu Nie, but the old man stopped him and took on the responsibility himself.
But a few years ago, the old man was exhausted and could not do heavy work, so Yu Nie worked early in the morning and late at night. Mr. Yu's daughters-in-law also arranged for him to do laundry, feed chickens, sweep the floor, etc., which was originally their job.
His sleeping time is almost squeezed out every day, so he has no time to practice martial arts.
Since he arrived at Yu's house, he hasn't gone too far. He has only been to town twice with the old man.
He suddenly has more martial arts skills, knows where to get money, and seems to have a 'memory' that others don't have.
An answer is imminent.
(End of chapter)
