She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Seeing that they left reluctantly, Grandma Xia began to coax her granddaughter to sleep.

"Grandma, I did something bad today."

Grandma Xia opened her eyes wide. What bad things could this little kid do?

"what happened?"

Chen Lingling: "When I went to talk to Yingying, I overheard Uncle Hu saying that the fat brother who came to our place before is gone."

Grandma Xia thought of many things in an instant: ...Could it be that Hu Jie killed that person?

"Why not?"

Chen Lingling shook her head: "I don't know, Uncle Hu said it was good that he died."

Grandma Xia: "Anything else?"

Chen Lingling: "I talked to Yingying today, and she seemed to react."

Grandma Xia: "That's truly a blessing from the Bodhisattva. This child will get better eventually. You should go to sleep now."

She quickly coaxed her granddaughter to sleep, then jumped out of bed to find Grandma Yin and ask her about the situation.

When Grandma Yin heard this, her eyes dimmed slightly. "He's really gone. When they found him, he was washed away to the village next door. But don't worry, it wasn't Xiao Hu who did it, otherwise they would have arrested him long ago."

Grandma Xia: "Oh, I'm so worried, I'm afraid he'll do something stupid."

Grandma Yin: "I don't know the specifics."

Grandma Xia: "Anyway, it's alright as long as Xiao Hu is okay."

On the other side, Hu Jie looked at the letter in his hand and smiled eerily. His ex-sister-in-law got married, and he went to the wedding and even gave a gift of money. As a result, he was scolded by his mother, but he didn't care. This wasn't his purpose in coming back; it was just a pretext to get the letter of introduction.

Later, when Hu Bin saw him return, he asked if he had brought any treats. Being a good uncle, he naturally said he had and gave him a bag of sweet pastries.

“Nephew, don’t let your friends see this. Otherwise, they’ll demand you share their food, or they’ll fight you, and you’ll be at a disadvantage,” Hu Jie said.

Hu Bin thought it made sense, but he was at a loss for where to go.

Hu Jie kindly pointed him to a place, which was behind an abandoned house near the river, a place where few people usually went.

Hu Jie said there was no one there, and that Hu Bin could come out after he finished eating, so Hu Bin went over there like a fool.

What he didn't mention was that it had rained the night before, and the area was overgrown with weeds and close to the river. To avoid being discovered, one would have to stand behind a tree on the large rock at the very edge of the river. And that large rock was very slippery after the rain.

Summers there are prone to rain, and at this time the water level has risen considerably, and the river is flowing rapidly...

As expected, Hu Bin did not return home until late at night. Hu's mother was extremely worried and searched for him for several days, but they could not find him.

In the past few days, he has been either at home or at the village chief's place, and everyone can testify that he did not abduct the child, so Hu's mother did not suspect him.

Finally, the date on Hu Jie's letter of introduction arrived, and he had to go back to work.

A few days later, Hu Jie's body was found. Someone from the village delivered a message to him, and he felt the anger in his heart dissipate a little.

Although what Hu Yingying did was beyond the capabilities of a child, he had stolen so many of her good things since they were little, and his existence nearly cost her her life twice. The first time was because they gave him her food, causing her to almost starve and die from illness. The second time was because they wanted to take over her things for him, leading to her being sold.

They've already done things like this, and they still want to raise their eldest grandson to carry on the family line? He wouldn't let them succeed. He felt he was worthy of being Hu's parents' child; sometimes, when he was ruthless, he didn't care about anything.

No more children will be born into the Hu family. He is the last male in the family, and he will not have any more children. Later, we'll change Yingying's surname to her mother's; his surname is just too unlucky.

After reading the letter, Hu Jie immediately wrote a letter to his father, who was still undergoing reform at the farm, to tell him this exciting... no, it was sad news.

On the other side, after sighing for a while, Grandma Xia saw a flustered Chen Xiangnan rushing over to find her.

"Mom, something terrible has happened! Dad and the third son have had their faces scratched by them."

Mrs. Xia:?

While holding his mother's hand, Chen Xiangnan recounted the process of them going to ask for the things back.

“My dad and the others are still over there. I came here first to let them know. We just went to the first house. The family there was all women except for the third brother’s friend. As soon as they heard that we were there to ask for something back, they started to make sarcastic remarks. Later, when they couldn’t argue with us, they became shameless and refused to open the door. I did what you said and told them that I was going to report the case to the police. As a result, they rushed out and started hitting us, saying that we were bullying their women.”

“They are women, so we couldn’t fight back. We could only try to reason with them while dodging. When I realized we couldn’t win, I ran back first.”

Grandma Xia: "So you didn't report it to the police?"

Chen Xiangnan: "Mom, they only stole the third son's sweet potatoes. No one else saw it. The sweet potatoes aren't very valuable, and there's no evidence. How can the police accept this case?"

Grandma Xia: "So you want me to go now, are you planning to have me fight them?"

Chen Xiangnan muttered, "Well, a good man doesn't fight with a woman. If the three of us men get into a fight with an old woman, wouldn't we become a laughingstock?"

“But Mom, you’re different. If you break through, we’ll follow you and say we can’t stand seeing them bully the weak and that we’re here to help you.”

"Help me? I'm the one who caused this mess?"

Chen Xiangnan grinned obsequiously, "You're the one who helped us. We're useless. In the end, we'll punish Lao San."

"I'm not going. I said, whoever caused the trouble should deal with it. The third son learned from your dad, so let your dad handle it. If he can't, I'll take care of them all. I have to do everything. What good is your dad besides making money? Is he a father who just throws his hands up and doesn't care about anything?"

Chen Xiangnan prayed for them in his heart, but thinking about his father's salary, he still tried his best to persuade Grandma Xia, "Mom, we have to take it step by step. My dad is much better than before, right? He has no experience in this matter. After you show your prowess, we can all learn from you. It will be easier to handle things in the future if we have experience."

“Before, my dad didn’t care about us at home. But after this period of time, he has started to buy things for my mom. As for me, I went to Shanghai and was thinking about home the whole time. When I bought things, I thought about my family. I would never have thought of these things before. All of this is thanks to you, Mom.”

In the end, after some persuasion from him, Old Lady Xia went over.

When she arrived, Old Chen's face was scratched, and he was cursing in a harmless manner. The third brother was squatting on the ground, his eyes brimming with tears of grievance, saying that his brothers were not human.

The two of them were completely useless.