Jubo

Text 002. Papa Wang and Mama Wang

Author: Yin Ya

Translator:
Renkun27, thatbirbmaster

Proofreader:
lonelycauliflower

As ever, Shiquan County's marketplace was bustling with familiar and traces of unfamiliar faces. Most people would take the initiative by coming and saying hello to Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng's face was stiff. As he smiled, the corners of his mouth would often twitch. As a result, others would put on an air of cheerfulness. Someone even walked toward him and persuaded him not to take the matter to heart... Fuck, what does he look if he was taking things too hard?

It had been more than half a month since the old monk's death. All the people in town should have already known about it. Even all the children knew that the old monk who lived in the temple for a long time, had passed away. Most of them had sympathetic thoughts for him. For this reason, they were a little warmer than usual. At every turn, they would look at him with a pair of eyes that said 'my condolences' or 'poor boy.' It was as if he did not have anything to rely on anymore as soon as the old monk died.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back."

Wang Cheng passed through the bustling marketplace and arrived in front of his household's door, but did not enter the door just yet. His loud shout, imbued with a spirit that conquers mountains and rivers, began resounding first. Suddenly, those cursed chickens in the yard flew up and down. He could vaguely hear a loud voice coming from inside. A middle-aged woman with a broom in her hand came out in a rage. Seeing him made her immediately open her eyes wide in a circle.

"Little Wang Cheng, are you courting death? Every time you come back, you would always scare your old mother's chickens. Believe it or not, your old mother won't let you eat chicken later?"

Mama Wang's broom seemed to greet him in the next second, but Wang Cheng knew it was just a bluff. He has been doing this kind of thing for more than ten years. She only used this broom with all of her might to greet him, but never once did she really hit his body when he was especially naughty. Speaking of which, these were all vague events in the past.

"Mom, I'm just helping them boost their courage, so that our family's chickens will grow very fat. Their meat can be especially tasty and chewy." Wang Cheng shamelessly hugged Mama Wang's arm with his cheek rubbing against it. He was smiling, particularly to curry favor with her.

Usually, Mama Wang would definitely make a few sarcastic remarks, 'Boost what courage!' but today, she just gave him a look, told him off with the sentence "How big this person is, still acting like a spoiled brat,' then turned back to the yard to continue feeding the chickens. This time was usually the time to feed the chickens, so there would be that scene of those cursed chickens flying up and down.

Wang Cheng eagerly caught up.
Papa Wang, who was inside the house, heard the sound coming from outside so he poked his head out. He caught sight of Wang Cheng, then yelled at him: "Cheng Cheng, haven't eaten?"

"I've eaten. Dad you're busy. I'll help mom feed some of the chickens." Wang Cheng took the rice from Mama Cheng's hands. After he was done feeding the chickens in the yard, he went inside the house and walked over beside Papa Wang. There were some debris on the floor. Beside the mess laid a few big pieces of wood, which was used by Papa Wang in making a new bed. "Dad, I haven't seen you for a while. Your craftsmanship is getting more and more exquisite."