When I was small, Mom used to watch me poke around at my what I did and say she was afraid I'd go hungry even as a ghost. At least she can comfort herself that this unworthy son of hers hasn't wound up in such a miserable condition.
… … 小時候媽媽常看我做事慢條斯理，怕將來『做鬼也搶不到金紙』，至少媽可以放心我這不肖的兒子，還不到那麼淒慘的地步。