Chapter 497: Chapter 497

The old lady was talking when she suddenly heard Zhou Guangsheng’s voice coming from afar, "Ma, why are you here?"

Fang Xiu and Fang Pingying heard Zhou Guangsheng’s voice, felt a rush of joy, and both went over to the doorway.

But as soon as Zhou Guangsheng approached, the old lady showed no mercy and pounded him with several harsh punches, cursing, "You dead child, you’ve only been in the city for a few days and you’ve learned all this rubbish. How dare you divorce Xiao Jing and get together with this vixen? Are you trying to kill me?"

Zhou Guangsheng was stunned by his mother’s beating, and when he came to his senses, he stood with the dignity of a soldier and shouted, "Ma, stop it, cut it out!"

The old lady did stop beating him, but she then turned to point at Fang Xiu and continued to scold fiercely, "I will cause a ruckus, indeed I must teach this vixen a good lesson today."

"You keep this up, and I will leave right now. After you’re done causing a scene, when you have time, you can talk to me slowly, then I will come to find you," Zhou Guangsheng said. He seemed serious about leaving, even taking the time to greet Fang Xiu and Fang Pingying, "Big sister, Xiu’er, sorry to trouble you. If my mom continues to make a fuss here, just let her be and close the shop earlier if you need to. Don’t worry about other things."

With that, he turned around as if he was really going to leave, completely ignoring his mother, "I’m returning to the unit now."

Seeing this, Fang Xiu urgently wanted to stop Zhou Guangsheng, "Hey, Guangsheng, you..."

But the old lady was quicker, actually afraid her son would ignore her and leave her behind, she immediately went forward to grab Zhou Guangsheng, "Son, are you really leaving , not caring about your mother?"

Zhou Guangsheng actually understood his mother’s temper and intentionally frightened her. Hearing his mother’s voice soften, he stopped in his tracks, turned around, and asked somewhat angrily, "Are you done causing a scene?"

The old lady indeed got quieter, she pouted and said softly, "No scene anymore."

"Alright then, let’s go to the guest house first, I’ll settle you in." After saying that, Zhou Guangsheng reached out to pinch Fang Xiu’s hand. He knew Fang Xi must have been wronged today, but it wasn’t appropriate to speak openly amongst everyone, so he just said, "Xiu’er, I’ll take my mother over for now, and I’ll come back later to take you to meet my mother."

The old lady was not pleased with their hands together and she pulled Zhou Guangsheng’s hand back, grumbling, "What ’our mother’? I’m not her mother, I’m only your mother."

Fang Pingying chuckled upon hearing the old lady’s words and said half-jokingly, "No one’s missing a mother like you, old lady, don’t worry about it."

"You..." The old lady got choked up and then glared fiercely at Fang Pingying, "Hmph."

Zhou Guangsheng heard this, turned his head to Fang Pingying with an apologetic smile, and after greeting her, he took the old lady to a nearby guest house.

Being frugal in the countryside, when the old lady saw Zhou Guangsheng paying ten yuan to the guest house for a four-day stay, she immediately said, "I won’t stay for four days, just tonight will be enough. Get my son’s money back."

The guest house was not far from Fang Pingying’s shop, and everyone was quite familiar, being practically neighbors. The girl looking after the guest house immediately explained with a smile, "Old lady, it’s no problem, we charge by the day, and if you don’t stay for four days, we’ll refund you the money."

The old lady was half-convinced, "Really?" For original chapters go to N()velFire.net

Zhou Guangsheng laughed and said, "Yes, Ma, these people are all acquaintances; they won’t cheat us."

Then the old lady followed Zhou Guangsheng to the room without another word.

Actually, the guest house here was not considered anything special in the city, just the most ordinary one, so naturally, the environment wasn’t all that impressive.

But for the old lady, this was her first time staying in a city guest house, with a cost of two and a half yuan per night, which was quite expensive for her. They had a hard life in the countryside, and a whole family’s monthly living expenses weren’t even ten yuan. She thought it was very fancy here.

Before, the old lady had also visited the military unit, but she always stayed directly in Zhou Guangsheng’s unit.

Moreover, the old lady generally didn’t want to trouble Zhou Guangsheng and Bai Jing, so after coming to the unit, she finished her business, saw her daughter-in-law, and went back.

She touched the white walls of the guest house and sighed, "Guangsheng, why spend the money? Couldn’t we just go back to your unit’s place like before?"

"I’ve mentioned it in the letter, I’ve been transferred to the military district, the housing here is different from there, a bit smaller, and I can’t take you to stay there," Zhou Guangsheng said and then realized it was strange for his mother to suddenly come to the city without prior notice, so he asked, "Right, Ma, why did you suddenly come to the city without writing a letter or calling to tell me?"

The old lady looked around the guest house while saying, "You know what it’s like back home, making a call is expensive, writing a letter takes time, I was in a hurry so I didn’t notify you."

Conditions in his countryside were much worse than in Luojia Village. To go to the market, they had to walk a long way, and now many villagers didn’t even have enough to eat, let alone have a telephone. If one wanted to make a call, they had to go to the town or county.

He didn’t dwell on this topic and just said, "What’s the hurry in coming over? I was planning to take Xiu’er back to see you all tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, the old lady stopped wandering around the room and sat on the bed, pouted, and asked Zhou Guangsheng, "Is Xiu’er that vixen?"

Zhou Guangsheng corrected with some displeasure, "Ma, what vixen? Xiu’er is my partner; we are planning to get married."

Speaking of marriage, the old lady got excited again. She reached out and hit Zhou Guangsheng, scolding, "That’s right, I still haven’t cleared this up. Why did you divorce Xiao Jing? No matter how she pleaded, you were determined to divorce her?"

She paused, then said, "Son, you shouldn’t be blinded just because that vixen looks decent. I heard she is no good, she’s been divorced, has a child, and even made a scandal in your unit."

It seemed the old lady knew what she shouldn’t and was ignorant about what she should know. Something was amiss.

Zhou Guangsheng asked with a puzzled face, "Mom, how do you know all these things?"

But soon, Zhou Guangsheng realized and quickly asked, "Did Bai Jing write you a letter? Did she ask you to come here this time?"

"Indeed, it was Xiao Jing who asked me to come over," the old lady said and then suddenly remembered something, her face lighting up as she added, "And I also took the opportunity to come and see my grandson."

"Your grandson?" Zhou Guangsheng was genuinely startled and hurriedly inquired, "Where is he?"