"Then, Second Grandfather, can you tell me if my name, Xu Li, is on the family genealogy?"

Master Xu blurted out, "Of course, male members will be recorded in the family genealogy."

Are you sure I'm on the family tree?

"able……"

"Alright, we're not some prestigious family. We don't need a big fuss about opening an ancestral hall and getting our family genealogy. I have firecrackers and incense in my car. Let's open the ancestral hall and let me see the genealogy."

Master Xu was at a loss for a moment. The Xu family genealogy was very simple, with only a few people added each year, and everyone could recite it by heart.

In his memory, Xu Pang's name was not on the family genealogy because he had become a eunuch in the palace, which Master Xu considered unlucky.

Xu Li sneered, "I'm not even on the Xu family's genealogy. What right do you have to ask me to revise the genealogy and repair the ancestral hall?"

Master Xu: "You, you scoundrel..."

"Ah~ Second Grandfather, where are my second and third brothers?"

"They've all gone out to work."

"Where are you working? I'll send someone to look for you today. If you find it, everything will be fine. If you don't find it, can you take responsibility?"

"..." Master Xu turned to Xu Tiezhu and said in a pretentious tone, "Why don't you tell your brother where Erlei and Sanduo are?"

How could Xu Tiezhu possibly say that?

Liu Ermei shouted, "They have legs of their own, if they run away, where are we supposed to find them?"

"Didn't they say yesterday that Second Brother was working as a servant in a wealthy family in the prefectural city? And that Third Brother was transporting coal with them?"

"That's what they said when they left, how would we know?"

"Didn't you say you'd send a letter for the Mid-Autumn Festival? Where's the letter?"

"..."

Xu Tiezhu and Liu Ermei were both speechless.

Master Xu scolded Xu Tiezhu angrily and said to several young men in the clan, "Take the couple to kneel in the ancestral hall. They can only be released when they remember where their brother is."

Liu Ermei burst into tears. Where could she find them?

When I sold it, I didn't leave any contact information at all.

Xu Erlang couldn't help but say, "Fourth Uncle, I can tell you the address, but you have to give me the money to find Second Uncle and Third Uncle. My parents don't have any money to go out and look for them!"

Xu Li said, "Tell me where they went first, without asking them to spend money to find them."

Xu Dalang said, "Fourth Uncle, my wife is pregnant, and the doctor said she's in poor health. Could you lend me two hundred taels of silver to tide me over?"

"You..." Xu Li was truly astonished; he actually wanted to exchange it for two hundred taels of silver?

He glanced at his eldest nephew, one of the men who had killed him with a hoe in his dream.

That's ruthless!

Xu Erlang had been watching from behind. When he saw Dalang ask for two hundred taels of silver, he walked up to Xu Li and said, "Fourth Uncle, I know where Second Uncle and Third Uncle went. I don't want the silver. Please take me away, Fourth Uncle. I don't want to stay in Xu Family Village anymore... I'll be your son from now on and take care of you in your old age, okay?"

As Xu Li looked at the second executioner, his mind was filled with images of his brothers wielding hoes.

Ouch! That hurts! That's terrible!

Want to be my son? Want to take all my assets? You're not worthy!

"Alright, tell me where your second and third uncles went, and then come with me."

Xu Erlang was overjoyed and was about to side with Xu Li when Xu Dalang grabbed him, saying, "Do you want to abandon your parents?"

Xu Erlang said righteously, "Fourth Uncle misses Second Uncle and Third Uncle, and I miss them too. If you won't go look for them, Fourth Uncle and I will go look for them together."

Xu Dalang looked at him darkly and warned, "Don't try to eat it all by yourself!"

Xu Erlang had already run to Xu Li's side and said, "Fourth Uncle, Second Uncle was sold by Father to the county brokerage firm. Father got the money back, and then Second Uncle was sold to the Wang landlord's family. The Wang landlord sold him again, and then he was bought by a lord in the prefectural city. After that, he disappeared."

Xu Li asked about the addresses of the broker, Landlord Wang, and that other gentleman.

Xu Erlang said, "Fourth Uncle, I'll take you there. After Second Uncle was sold to the Wang landlord's family, my father always went to Second Uncle to ask for money. Later, he even stole grain from the Wang landlord's family. Second Uncle was beaten by the Wang landlord and then sold again."

Xu Tiezhu went to Xu Erlei to ask for money because Xu Sanduo was seriously ill.

Xu Erlei had no choice but to give money to Xu Tiezhu again and again. Later, he helped Xu the landlord collect rent. On the way, he met Xu Tiezhu, who, along with Liu Ermei, tricked him into leaving the mountain and stole two bags of rice. Erlei was then beaten up and sold.

After hearing Xu Erlang's words, Xu Li didn't want to say another word to Xu Tiezhu, and directly said to Changming and Bo Mu, "Let's go!"