Neighbours (Long story, but shortened a lot due to my memory of a goldfish)

Life-saviour neighbours are one kind, (Thank you. I will always remember.)
Unhelpful neighbours are another. Urgh!
Insane neighbours are what my mother is facing everyday for the past few years.
(I'll confirm with her the next time I call, but I don't really want to spend precious time talking about people whom we don't like. Total waste of time and energy)

I feel so unfilial for not being there for her.
I wasn't there before, I was at school/overseas?/work.
I'm not there now, I am in another country...

A few years ago, an old couple moved into the flat next to us.
It's not exactly next to, 'cos we are the 'corner flat', so it's sort of sideways to us.
Everyone has to walk past their flat to go take the lift.
Anyway, the old couple have 4 sons. I don't know what happened to the rest, but 1 of them married this insane woman. All hell breaks loose.

In the beginning, I guess things were still ok. The old lady was nice and everything was peaceful.
Then their son got married. His wife got pregnant and gave birth to a girl.
One day, the wife threw the old couple out of the flat.
The old lady was crying, I think the old man too. I heard they had to go live at some old folks' home or with one of their sons. (OK, now I think it's the eldest son's insane wife)

I saw the old couple during New Year once, I made some dumplings and she said they were nice :)
The wife got pregnant again and I saw the old lady sometimes. Probably taking care of the baby for her.

Now, I can't remember when it started, the insane wife scolded my mum out of the blue. My mum told me when I came home. She was totally stunned. You see, nothing happened. My mum was minding her own business, watering her flowers and stuff. Suddenly, this mad woman came and vomit shit on my mum. Damn. (Warning, I might get angry as I continue writing, excuse the language.)

Things started getting worse.
She tries (yes, even now, present tense) to pick on my mum every time she sees her pruning the plants. My mum has green fingers. Everything she grows, flowers. I mean, she can just stick a stick in the soil and it will flower! I mean it!
Sorry, I've digressed again.

So this insane woman scolds my mum. She tried writing stupid remarks on big posters and pasting them on the walls. She hung some mothballs(?) near our plants. (She says they stink. And ants are entering her flat. Duh. Trust me, she LIES.) She throws rubbish near our place. She puts her unwanted stuff in the cupboard where the ..., I don't know what it's call, the ticker that measures how much electricity/water you use, is concealed. And she blames my mum when the things are gone. WTF. Oh my god, she even burnt some of our plants by deliberately placing her bin for burning incense papers near them. Double F. Recently she hung some kind of gourd where she prays, outside her flat, in front of our door. Cantonese out there, I think it means for bad luck to fall upon my home? How low can you go!!?????
There are other stuff, I guess my mum is too tired to tell me.

This insane woman, I don't know what else to call her. My mum is probably suffering from the tremendous pressure build up. I hope she knows how to laugh it off.
Well, sometimes when the insane woman tries to write and say something intelligent, it is funny, or rather stupid. That proves her ignorance. Bah.
The latest one I heard from my mum yesterday was, she tells her little girl my mum is a 'ne-ne'. Like huh? No offence to Indians, but I just don't understand what she's trying to do. My mum and I are totally bewildered. Then she started chanting '君子度小人之腹'. Huh????

For those who understand mandarin, she is probably trying to say '以小人之心度君子之腹', meaning 'A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as he himself', but she got it all wrong. It doesn't have a meaning, the closest I can get is:
In her own words, the man of honor thinks the mean person has a big heart..?????? Duh.

Anyway, my mum's the one with a big heart in the end. Ha.
The rest living on the same floor have also had unpleasant encounters with the mad woman. One even resorts to taking the lift one floor below instead of walking past her door. That person was accused of 'dirtying' her corridor. WTF?????
But I think she picks on my mum the most. I really cannot understand her resentment. Maybe nobody wants to talk to her, so she attempts to interact through this way. What applaudable social skills!

I wonder how her children will end up. Either they become someone like their mum, and the world has 2 more insane neighbours, or they grow up understanding how terrible a person their mum is and they dig a hole and die there. Whatever it is I hope they move out soon.

I like where my flat is. Peaceful, quiet, greenery, wide pavements. It's a little inaccessible but I still like it.

I wanted to write that I hope bird shit falls n her every time she steps out.
She steps on dog shit every time she buys new shoes.
All taxis don't stop for her, but then she may never have enough money to take one.
A rain cloud follows her around and it rains only on her.
She becomes allergic to all things flora and fauna, since she hates them. I think she might cook my cat/dog for her dinner if I ever get one.
Everything she did goes back to her twice! Thrice! No! HUNDRED THOUSAND TIMES!!!!

Opps, I've wrote down what I think. Forgive me.
I've always loved animals and nature.
Pigeons out there, help me please.


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P.S. My friend's maternal grandpa passed away. Hope she is fine.