Chapter 244: Wishful Thinking
"If Mother still holds me as your son in her heart, and still expects me to support you in your old age," Song Chongjin sneered as he looked at Mother Song. "Then you should do less for my sake!"
"Otherwise, if Mother is so good to me, I won’t be able to resist repaying some of that kindness to all those cousins of the Song Family! I’m sure they would be very happy to accept such favors from me!" After saying this, he gave Mother Song a meaningful glance, the threat in his eyes unmistakable.
Mother Song, upon seeing the wolf-like ferocity in Song Chongjin’s eyes, couldn’t help but shrink back a step in fear, "You... you..."
"Remember what I said today, Mother! For every bit of kindness you show me now, I will repay your beloved nephews and nieces tenfold!" Song Chongjin dropped this sentence and entered his own room, slamming the door shut with great force.
Mother Song collapsed weakly onto the floor, it took her a long time to recover her senses, then she clambered up quickly and scurried back to her own room, getting on the kang bed.
Despite the summer heat, she burrowed herself into the blankets, trembling like a sieve, mumbling words that no one could understand.
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Wang Family.
When Wang Yongping returned, he was sent by Old Granny Zhang to find the household scales used for weighing grain.
Then they moved out the dried meat that had been smoked over the past few days, and upon weighing, indeed, there was a little more than forty-five catties.
Old Granny Zhang’s grin was so wide her eyes disappeared, the twenty-odd silver pieces were securely within reach.