I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 93 Grandpa, I want to check the goods

Chapter 93: Chapter 93 Grandpa, I want to check the goods

Suizi deduced from the voice that the crying didn’t come from Wang Cuihua. As long as it wasn’t her own family being bullied, she felt relieved.

The old woman was sitting on the ground, wailing for quite a while without a single neighbor coming out to watch.

Not just anyone dared to witness the spectacle at Yu Jingting’s house.

Even their curious neighbors only dared to peek through their curtain gaps.

If they dared to come out and spectate, they’d better prepare for Yu Jingting’s verbal assault from atop the wall.

Suizi chuckled at the thought of him shouting from atop someone’s wall.

Yu Jingting led Suizi into the courtyard and casually glanced at the mess on the ground, feigning courtesy as he asked:

"Oh? Auntie, have you eaten?"

A simple greeting, filled with the respect and care of a younger generation for their elder.

If one discounted the container of golden unidentified liquid, he was incredibly polite indeed.

Upon hearing this, the old woman’s crying turned into a twisted wail, pointing at Yu Jingting and cursing:

"You conscienceless little bastard! What on earth did you give me?"

Wang Cuihua, wrapped in a thick coat on the stairs, yawned while asking Yu Jingting:

"What actually happened? She says you gave her a pot of piss?"

She said this with such extreme nonchalance.

"I grabbed the wrong one by mistake." Yu Jingting approached the old woman, bent over and asked, "Auntie, you’re looking much better? How much did you drink?"

"Yu Tiegen! You’re a total scoundrel! There’s not a single good thing in your house! Back when the old man was still around, your father stole the silver and gold bars from home, causing our big family to be destitute. Your father paid for it with his life, and if you don’t compensate me thirty yuan today, your wife will give birth to a son without-- Ah!"

Halfway through her rant, a shovel suddenly brushed past her.

The soft snow was scooped away, with Yu Jingting stepping on the shovel, his eyes filled with unhidden amusement.

It was an icy sound that chilled to the marrow.

"Didn’t catch that. Could you repeat your nonsense?"

With a bit of force, Yu Jingting thrust the shovel through the thick snow and into the frozen earth, making a grating noise.

The old woman leaped up in fright, she even forgot to howl.

The sharp sound of the steel shovel scraping on the ground felt as if it was scraping on her bones; it hurt just hearing it.

"What, what?! Your family’s the one in the wrong first! Am I supposed to be afraid of you? You gave me that piss and it made me sick, you’re not off the hook until you pay up!"

"Even if Jingting had given you real medicinal alcohol, you’d still be lying on the ground claiming it made you sick. You didn’t even take a sip of that piss, why bother to come here and make a scene?" Suizi spoke outs at the right time.

The old woman was horrified at Suizi’s words.

"How did you know-- Ah!"

Such a fool was easily tricked into revealing her secret. The old woman covered her mouth, regretting her thoughtless words.

"Just because you say so, it’s thirty yuan? You’re nothing but a scam artist. Jingting, I’m not good at this cursing thing..." Suizi looked to Yu Jingting.

She was fine at reasoning, but not this nonsense. She had to leave it to him.

Yu Jingting hummed in acknowledgment.

"Today, I am in a good mood and don’t feel like dealing with such filth."

He walked over to Wang Cuihua, patted her on the shoulder, and said:

"I’ll leave this one to you — Hasn’t your mother-in-law aged? Why are you wasting your time over such trivial things?"

Wang Cuihua waved dismissively.

"I was just curious about what tricks she’d pull. Who knew you two would be back so early? Okay, lead Suizi inside quickly, it’s freezing here. I’ll handle this."

With that, to Suizi’s astonished gaze, she took out a hand drum from her waistband - how on earth was the woman able to tuck that thing into her waistband?

Suizi was curious, keeping turning her head back.

Wang Cuihua stormed up to the old woman, drum in hand. They had been at odds since they were young; now, old grudges kindled fresh hostility.

"Ah~~~ the sun rises in the west~ Zhang Daya, why is your x growing on your face?"

"Pfft!" Suizi burst into laughter, her mother-in-law’s "divine dance" song-cum-insult was hilarious.

This unrestrained, organ-scattering style of cursing was completely different from Yu Jingting’s.

Suizi was enjoying the drama when she felt a sudden warmth in her ears - Yu Jingting had cupped his hands over them.

"You’re pregnant, don’t listen to all sorts of things!"

"And you’re not also cursing?"

"Wouldn’t you say I curse more eloquently than our mother unlike me?" Yu Jingting wanted to show off his skills to his wife.

The old woman couldn’t withstand Wang Cuihua’s barrage and fled in a puff of smoke.

Yu Jingting threw up his hands, full of talent with nowhere to display it.

"Mother, why did she accuse grandfather of stealing taels?" Suizi remembered the old woman uttering such words earlier.

"They’re just trying to pin the blame on our family. What taels? I’ve never seen them in all the years I’ve been married into this family."

The two sisters-in-law had been bickering for many years, always bringing up those unseen taels.

Wang Cuihua told Suizi to rest early and retired to her room yawning.

Ever since Suizi got married, she had set down rules for Yu Jingting: no getting into bed without washing his feet, brushing his teeth, or cleaning his privates.

The couple soaked their feet side by side, chatting away.

"Our ancestors were bandits. They robbed a fleeing prince and got a box full of treasures. Several generations later, they buried it in a mountain."

When the times were peaceful again, the brothers went to dig it up and couldn’t find it.

The family was thrown into disarray, scattering in various places and breaking off contact with each other.

Some years later, those who buried the taels had died or had lost their minds. No one knew who had dug them up, it was an unsolved mystery of the Yu Family.

By the time of Jingting’s grandfather’s generation, two branches of the family had moved away. Only Jingting’s grandfather stayed. Before he died, he kept mentioning Jingting’s father’s name.

The uncles and aunt thought that the grandfather had dug up the money and secretly left it to Jingting’s father.

"Our father was capable when he was alive. He was an excellent hunter, and our family never had to worry about food and clothes. The rest were just jealous, claiming that grandfather was biased and left the money for our father."

After Jingting’s father’s death, the grandmother and other family members bullied Cuihua and her mother, hoping that Cuihua’s family had some money hidden. Even after they were confident there was no money, they would still annoy Cuihua under the pretense of an unsolved mystery.

All Suizi knew was that Jingting’s ancestors were bandits. She had no idea about this "treasure tale".

"Do you still keep in touch with the other branches? Could their elders have taken the money and moved away?"

"Perhaps our ancestors were just playing a joke. It’s just a fun story."

"Hurry up and wash! I need to inspect after you’re done!" Such self-assuredness.

"Inspect what?" Suizi was perplexed. What was he smirking about?

"Our family were once bandits, we had ’white paper fans’ in our bandit camps, we all call them ’Master’."

"The meaning is the same, it’s just a difference of titles."

"The Master not only devised strategies but also calculated accounts when splitting the money. He should be good at abacus, his hands must be nimble."

"Oh, have you not seen how I use abacus? I can use dual hands."

"Just having abacus skills won’t cut it. According to the rules of Jianghu, the hands of the Master should be ’agile’ and he should be efficient. I need to... um... examine you later!"

He nudged her, wasn’t this "important matter" better than worrying about the money of the deceased?

"Since when did Jianghu establish such shameless rules?" Suizi was speechless.

"I, the great master, have just set them, and if you don’t pass, you’ll be disqualified!"