According to the records, the Xu family has lived in Yukou Village for generations. The ancestral family was not particularly wealthy until his great-grandfather bought a small farm, gradually prospered, and began trading in medicinal herbs near the pier, becoming increasingly affluent.
As a result, Xu Yin's great-grandfather entered a school to study, and later several Scholars emerged from the family.
With several generations of accumulated wealth, Xu Yin's father, Xu Zhan, passed the provincial examination at twenty. However, he failed repeatedly in the capital's metropolitan examinations, and at twenty-seven, he again did not make the list. At this time, the war reached his hometown, and his parents and relatives moved their entire family; thus, he set out directly from the capital to travel the world.
During those years, the Righteous Army was marching northward, with wars raging everywhere. Many people were displaced and homeless, and Xu Zhan's situation was not uncommon.
