Chapter 188 - 183: Mom on the Move (Fifth Update)
In the evening, when all the other households in the village had finished their meals and gone for a walk, Granny Kong shakily carried two large bags of garbage home, eliciting not a shred of sympathy from the villagers.
Over the years, Kong Wenjun had been spoiled by her to an extreme degree, often stealing chickens and dogs from these households, and there wasn’t a single one he hadn’t troubled. Yet Granny Kong was unyielding, saying what’s the big deal if her eldest grandson took a few things from them? If he made something of himself later, he could repay them.
With Kong Wenjun’s thuggish ways, they all felt it was only a matter of time before he’d end up in prison. Have a bright future? Dream on! They thought about reporting him to the police, but the stolen items never met the threshold for filing a case. So, these households could only keep their distance. Thankfully, Kong Wenjun grew up and started to disdain the trivial offerings of the village. The incidents of the past were left unresolved, but the Kong Family was already on their blacklist, so there was no question of sympathy.
Speaking of the Kong Family, they were often the subject of idle gossip in the village, especially since Kong Lizhi went to prison, after which their family had never recovered.
Granny Kong was unreasonable, raising her youngest son to be just as unruly. After Kong Lizhi got out of prison, he was said to be borrowing money at high interest rates to start a business, only to end up with nothing, hounded by creditors. Kong Zhenzhen, the younger daughter, got married after graduating from university and hasn’t returned for years. Even when she did come back a couple of years ago, her clothes and complexion suggested she wasn’t faring well either.
The villagers all sighed. Kong Lizhi had been so prestigious back when he was married, running a big company in the city, residing in a mansion, driving a luxury car — everyone in the village envied the Kong Family. Alas, he couldn’t control his own desires, upholding the antiquated notion of preferring sons over daughters. Now he reaped what he sowed!
Through the Kong Family’s ordeal, the other households in the village learned a lesson. Favouring males over females was unacceptable, and keeping mistresses and illegitimate children was even worse. Everyone cherished their peaceful and prosperous life, adamantly rejecting feudal ignorance and always promoting truth, goodness, and beauty. Especially some of the elders, after seeing Granny Kong’s plight, were more diligent in educating their sons, insisting on treating grandchildren equally, and completely abandoning any form of favoritism.
Indeed, since the villagers had this epiphany, their quality of life had been steadily improving. Their village had transformed from being infamous for favoring males to becoming a model of civility, with everyone enjoying newfound prosperity.