McDull: Me & My Mum Page #4

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After Pot King,

the station followed and folded.

But mom and me were rich.

The following day, mom

bought me a new suit.

From now on, you must dress tidy.

'K'.

And walk straight,

walk tall.

You're a rich kid now.

'K'.

But play it cool,

we don't want people to know we're rich.

'K'. What about May?

Don't even tell May,

girls have a big mouth.

If the badass hears, they'd kidnap you.

'K'.

Turn and let's have a look.

A bit tight.

Slim cut is in.

'K'.

Be a good boy, learn hard...

Be a rich, orderly and smart kid.

'K'.

Mom, will we be moving to a luxurious flat?

But we don't want to alert

people that we're rich!

Oh, right. Will we buy a nice doggie?

Have you seen a hog walking

around with a doggie in town?

Huh...

Maybe we'd get one later.

But you can be my doggie

for the time being.

Bobby, Bobby, Come on! Bobby!

Don't go, Bobby.

How about go around the world?

People wouldn't see us if

we go around the world.

You want to go around the world?

I do. I want to visit Japan

to eat a lot of sushi...

To see Godzilla got beaten, and

to relax in the hot spring.

And to the North Pole to visit Santa Claus

to thank him for his presents.

And Korea too!

Do you know

what delicious dishes they serve...

Mom, do we still haggle

now that we're rich?

Of course! Ever heard of a miser?

Hurray!

That'll do! Come on! Cut the

loss and we all go home!

It's not fresh. Cut the

loss and we all go home.

The next stall is cheaper

Let's first pretend we're going abroad...

We'd do the real thing when all is quiet.

Hurray!

As with mom's Meaty Vege Composite...

I'd never be sure

which time we travelled for real...

Till now, I can hardly differentiate

a genuine vege dish from a fake one...

and that's me.

After kindergarten, I didn't go to Eton.

Most of my classmates'

families were fishermen,

mom said...

You don't say, they make big money.

Big-eyed fish comes with big eyes.

Yellow fish is dressed in yellow.

Finally the rebuilt arrived.

Our whole building was

reallocated to public housing.

Mom and me... we actually moved with them!

But mom had her way to turn it

into a luxurious flat.

Being at school all day,

I saw mom less and less.

Playing poor, she kept her job,

at times two...

She said that made it authentic.

As for traveling, we basically stopped.

Mustn't forget me if you win!

Of course I won't forget you!

Then, mom had to go to space again.

The doctor from the Space Centre came

and said something.

I'd tell it was nothing good.

I was worried,

and wondered that was no

way how rich guys live...

Finally, I said to mom...

Mom...

What?

Maybe I'd quit school...

Why? Are you bullied at school?

What have the mantis shrimps done?

No... if I quit school I'd

keep you company and go places.

I don't want you to play poor

and go to space all by yourself.

You silly hog, look how you have grown up.

Here.

What? You bet on the numbers I drew!

I'd always bet on your numbers.

Your hands, forever tender and soft

not shitty at all.

Mom!

She said...

Even when the whole world doesn't trust you

I trust you.

Even when the whole world doesn't love you

I love you.

Mom!

She said...

I love you with my intestines.

I trust you from head to toe.

Isaid...

Wow!

What else can I say? I love my mom.

Mom!

Question how do you trust

someone from head to toe?

It's a way of saying things.

Zombie!

Wah!!

Relax! He's waking up, you see.

He had a bite too much of

the cake and passed out.

But the safe...

The safe is where I put my cake.

What on earth happened

to the forensic people?

I called the forensic,

but they arrived in no time at all.

Where is he now?

Here.

What the...

Do we need an ambulance?

We're here already.

Ah... Mr. Mak...

No trouble. Fei, let's go.

Go? No way, Jose!

But you haven't got to the part

of becoming Detective Bobby yet!

Right! Finish it!

Finish! Finish!

Actually... I really

don't know how to tell.

Just tell it as it is!

Whatever you want to say!

Alright, maybe I'd start

with the Lemon King.

The Lemon King?

"Dried lemon, wonderful stuff."

"it turns your eyes round."

"Have a taste, it's so sour..."

After the station,

Chief moved on to sell

homemade dried lemon.

Alas, a pack of dried lemon lasts years...

So, business was slow.

Mom took up jobs and saved enough money...

She opened a mum-purpose barbershop

at our village house.

Done. Next.

Wingie, your hair needs a cut.

Wow, look at you, all down and out today...

Come on in and I'll give you a massage.

Mom, I'm on my way to school.

Study hard.

After that, mom sent me out for my haircut.

After the RICH bubble burst

nothing changed with our living.

But knowing that we weren't rich

That feeling... somehow

made things different

But how so? I couldn't tell.

Maybe that was why mom kept the secret

from me for so long.

Then mom sold the barbershop,

And invested in Lemon King.

But with mom,

you can bet it wouldn't

just be selling dried lemon.

Mum-purpose is the word,

Let's sell fishballs, ice-cream, etc. etc.

And plumbing too, why not?

In the name of Real Estate,

we can just throw in about

every kind of service.

We're here to serve,

who cares to specialize.

Forget about Mark 6. We'll get rich, silly.

Yes

After secondary school, I started working.

I didn't stay long for any job.

Yeah, right, just... like, do it...

Kiddo, you're making me very nervous.

At times I did wonder...

If mom loved me less,

Trusted me less...

And bet on the six numbers I didn't draw...

Would I be living in a better world?

I know, it's shitty of

me to think like that.

Unexpectedly, Miss Chan got

pregnant and took her leave.

Better than wandering around

I got recruited by mom.

Just like that, I officially

became shitty hand.

Another sewage job, Bobby?

Sew-your-Bob!

At last, I took fly.

I hooked up with my classmates

and decided to follow their

trade and became a sailor.

Good, go and see the world.

Grab every chance to study,

that'd be useful.

I know.

Take care of your back.

Wait, here's a pack of mushroom.

"Yummy Yum, Yummy Yummy Yum..."

"This number gets me itchy."

"I can't stop but twist and twist."

"My unwholesome body

flows with the rhythm."

"My butt comes to life to its ugly twist."

"This is a hard time to make a living"

"What little we make we lose in betting"

"But let us all be happy now."

"When the sky falls we say, Wow."

"Let us be happy and raise our cups,"

"Bottoms up!"

"Yummy Yum, Yummy Yummy Yum"

From one to another, I jumped ship.

And went from one port to another.

Which port didn't matter

As time was on my side.

"Fishing gets me itchy."

"What little we make we lose in betting"

"But let us all be happy now"

"When the sky falls we say, Wow."

"Let us be happy and raise our cups,"

"Bottoms up!"

In the beginning, I phoned

home every other week.

Then it became less frequent.

As I grew UP.

I talked to mom less and less.

There was nothing to say.

"Fishing gets me itchy."

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