She Was Repaying Their Kindness

Others might be oblivious, but Jin Gen's mother sure knew about it. She dared not even step a foot outside the village, even though she continued to boast about how Jin Gen would bring her out to the city and so on. 

In actuality, it was all her vanity talking. She desperately wanted to move to the city and live a luxurious life. However, Jin Gen refused to bring her over, no matter what she said. Even the allowance that he sent to her was pitifully little.

If she left the village, she would not be able to survive. The large sum of money that she swindled from Changsheng's mother and the villagers had all been taken away by Jin Gen, leaving only a few dozen yuans for her. Now that she had learned how to scam money from the other villagers, she would have about 600 yuans if each family gave her about 100 to 200 yuans. This amount would help her live comfortably in this village for some time.