The elderly woman originally didn't want that old man to stay. She was just an old lady, and people in the village loved to gossip. Those who didn't know might think that at her age she'd gotten lovestruck and found an old companion.
The chubby kid said that this man was a veteran who survived the Battle of the Celestial Gate Pass. With him around, it would be much harder for anyone to bully the family.
From the woman's perspective, Xu Qing saw the crippled veteran often practicing in the yard early in the morning. The three or four hundred jin stone roller seemed as light as a clay marble in his hands.
Judging by those moves, he was at least a Meridian Passage Martial Master of the third realm.
Exchanging a senior Meridian Passage Martial Master for an unknown young lad, even if he's a crippled martial master, was indeed a bold gamble.
"That chubby kid has quite an eye."