Gu Le comforted Chang Xiaobao and then left the town health center.

He was a little annoyed with his cousin Gu Tian. That day, he hit the deputy mayor Chang Xiaobao with a stick, but the blow was too light. If it had been harder, it would have been better to leave Chang Xiaobao paralyzed in bed, neither dead nor alive.

"Damn it, this Gu Tian is more trouble than he's worth."

To evade investigation, Gu Tian slipped away and returned to his hometown.

Unexpectedly, my father fell ill again, and a check-up at the county hospital revealed that he had stomach cancer.

The doctor said, "Pay a hospital deposit of 50,000 yuan and have the surgery as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the cancer cells metastasize, there will be no hope for him. Your father still has early-stage cancer, so perhaps the surgery will cure him."

Where can Gu Tian get 50,000 yuan in cash?

He was completely helpless, unable to get help from anyone.

He thought of his cousin, Gu Le, again.

Gu Tian worked as a handyman in Qinglong Town and helped his cousin Gu Le a lot.

On one occasion, a staff member of the town government clashed with Gu Le and even shouted, "I'm going to file a complaint against you in the county. You're all-powerful in the town and run your own show."

Gu Le hated this clerk to the core and wanted to find fault with him, but he couldn't find any fault with him for the time being.

So Gu Le said to Gu Tian, ​​"This clerk has a son in the fifth grade of elementary school. On your way home from school, beat up his son and tell him, 'Tell your dad to behave.'"

Gu Tian spent a week lying in wait near the office of this official and got to know the official's son.

It was raining heavily that day.

The officer's son came home from school, carrying an umbrella.

There were hardly any people on the road. Gu Tian covered his head with a silk stocking, leaving only his eyes showing.

In a secluded spot, he pinned the officer's son against the wall, slapped him hard across the face several times, and threatened, "Go back and tell your father to behave himself, or next time I see you, I'll smash your head in."

The official's son went home crying.

Upon hearing about this, the officer sighed and said, "This must be the mayor's doing behind the scenes. I... I can't beat the mayor. I give up."

The following evening, the official and his wife brought several boxes of pastries to the town mayor's house to apologize.

The clerk knelt before the town mayor, slapped himself several times, made a profound self-criticism, and swore: "From now on, I will listen to whatever the town mayor says, and I will be the town mayor's loyal servant."

The town mayor patted the clerk on the shoulder and said in a friendly tone, "Old Liu, we've worked together for over ten years and we know each other very well. I know that when you talked back to me that time, it was just a momentary impulse. Actually, I didn't take it to heart. It was just a few words."

"Mayor, thank you for your magnanimity."

The town mayor said half-jokingly, "Old Liu, there's an old saying: 'The ruler is the ruler, and the minister is the minister.' In Qinglong Town, I am the ruler, and you are the minister. Tell me, shouldn't a minister listen to the king?"

“You should listen, you absolutely should listen. Not only should you listen, but you should also obey, obey from the bottom of your heart.”

"Haha...that's right, Lao Liu. I'm not one to believe in 'those who obey me prosper, those who defy me perish.' But I can't tolerate people talking back to me to my face. Tell me, if you talk back to me and he talks back to me, how am I supposed to do my job as the town mayor?"

"Mayor, I will write a profound self-criticism and post it on the town government's bulletin board to warn all staff members to listen to you."

"Hehe... I think your idea is great. I hope you write a more profound self-criticism so that everyone can learn from your experience and be constantly reminded of the importance of self-reflection."

This official wrote a 5,000-word self-criticism overnight, filling ten pages and covering the entire bulletin board of the town government.

Since that incident, no one has dared to contradict Mayor Gu Le anymore.

Gu Tian felt he had done a lot for his cousin, but his cousin only paid him three hundred yuan to get rid of him.

Gu Tian felt he had been cheated, so he decided to return to Qinglong Town and borrow 50,000 yuan from his cousin.

He hid in the alley opposite the town government building, secretly watching, hoping to call out to Gu Le when he went out.

My cousin lives in the town government compound, but he doesn't dare go there, afraid that people will recognize him.

The county public security bureau might be looking for him. Gu Tian waited for two days, and finally Gu Le left the town government, but there were always people accompanying him, making him afraid to greet them.

On the third day of his wait, he saw Ma Yunfei and called out softly, "Little Ma!"

When Ma Yunfei heard someone calling him, he turned around and saw a man wearing a straw hat with the brim pulled low, making it impossible to see his face.

Ma Yunfei found it strange; who was this odd person?

Ma Yunfei asked warily, "Who are you? Take off your hat and let me see."

Gu Tian lifted his straw hat up slightly, forced a smile, and said, "I'm your cousin."

Ma Yunfei was taken aback; he never expected that Gu Tian would dare to return to Qinglong Town.

"Ah! It's Uncle! What brings you here? This is incredible! I heard the police are after you. They say you're involved in a case and that you're on the run."

Ma Yunfei deliberately scared Gu Tian.

Gu Tian asked in surprise, "The police really issued a warrant for my arrest?"

"How could it be fake? There are a lot of wanted posters in Qinglong Town, and they even have your picture on them."

Ma Yunfei certainly didn't want Gu Tian to return to Qinglong Town. He was a stick in the hands of Mayor Gu Le, and also a vicious dog raised by Mayor Gu Le.

"Little Ma, I want you to do something for me."

"Uncle, just tell me what you need. As long as it's within my power, I'll do it for you right away."

"Xiao Ma, tell the mayor that I'm back. Tell him to find a time and place to meet me. I have something urgent to discuss with him."

Ma Yunfei immediately agreed, "Uncle, wait for me, I'll go to the town government to find my godfather right away."

He immediately went to the town government, only to find the mayor's office locked. The secretary said, "The mayor went to the grassroots level early this morning and may not be back today."

Ma Yunfei ran out of the town government building again and said to Gu Tian, ​​"The town mayor has gone to the countryside and I don't know when he will be back."

Gu Tian pleaded, "Xiao Ma, I'm in a difficult situation. My father has cancer and needs 50,000 yuan for treatment fees. I came back this time to borrow money from my cousin. Xiao Ma, do you have any money?"

Ma Yunfei deliberately sighed and complained, "Uncle, you've lent to the wrong person. Others may not know, but do you not know my situation? This yam business is impossible to continue. The last two deals not only didn't make any money, but I also lost more than a thousand. I'm now heavily in debt and wish I could hang myself."

"You lost money in the yam business?"

"Uncle, look at my face, haven't I lost a lot of weight?"