"Even if we're just sponging off someone, we can't make it too obvious!" City folks look down on country people the most. Although she was going to her own son's home to sponge off of him, those neighbors had nothing better to do than gossip about her!
Therefore, in order to wring more out of that deadbeat son, she had to make a big show of it.
So that no one could criticize her.
"So, according to what you're saying, Mother, what should we do when we get there?"
Meng Xingping didn't think sponging off his own brother was something to be ashamed of, but he always listened to his mother. Hence, whatever his mother said, he would do without hesitation.
