Chapter 326: Crying for Dad and Calling for Mom
"Whether you’re around or not, it doesn’t make any difference to the Wang Family, and yet you have the nerve to come back? What are you here for? To swindle money from your old mother again and waste it cavorting about, eh? At your age, in the prime of your life, doing nothing proper all day long; whatever you do, you fail at it, and whatever you eat, you don’t leave a scrap. And when you come back, you still strut around like you’re hot stuff. I told you to roam about and not care about your family—your sons, daughters-in-law, parents, not even your old father. I told you, roam, just roam..."
With every scolding word, there came a thrashing.
Each and every blow landed on Wang Yonggui’s body.
Old Granny Zhang had both Wang Yongping and several grandsons to practice on, improving her skills at beating her sons to perfection. Wang Yonggui, who hadn’t experienced the loving education of his mother’s stick in a year, was rusty in his evasion skills. So, he could only be cornered by Old Granny Zhang and beaten mercilessly. His brand-new clothes were all wrinkled from the thrashing.
"Ow... Mother, please, hit me lighter... Mother, dear mother, I really won’t leave again this time. I’ll never leave in this lifetime. I’ll just stay at home and be filial to you and father, protect you and sister, and if anyone ever thinks of bullying our Old Wang Family, they’ll have to ask if Wang Laosan agrees..."
Old Granny Zhang was used to his promises and tall tales and dismissed them as hot air: "Your evil assurances mean nothing to me! When have you not made the same promises to your old mother? Your words are as good as farts, never holding any value! The last time was the same, you barely stayed for two months before you secretly racked up a gambling debt of two taels of silver."
"Your poor son was just born, and you, his father, disappeared without a trace. While your old mother was worried about your daughter-in-law’s confinement, she had to go looking for you, a good-for-nothing. Eldest Brother and Laosi went out and searched for you for a whole day without finding a sign of you. Your daughter-in-law thought you had gotten drunk and drowned in a ditch, crying her eyes out."
"As for you, without so much as a peep, you slapped your ass and ran off to hide from your gambling debts, leaving your old mother to pay them off. And you talk about being filial to your old mother? I would be lucky if that day ever comes without the sun rising from the west! It’s a miracle your old mother hasn’t been worked to death by a Debt-Collecting Ghost like you. Why hide? Hide again and I’ll switch to thrashing you with a thorny branch!"
Upon hearing that she was going to switch to a thorny branch, Wang Yonggui dared not hide anymore.