Liu Fei pointed at Baldy Ma and asked, "Son, is this guy the village chief?"
"Pah! How could someone like him be the village chief? Mom, he's the village chief's nephew. The village chief made him the militia captain out of personal favoritism. He's like a crab, running rampant in the village all day long."
Liu Fei said angrily, "Hang him up for three days and three nights, let him taste what I'm capable of!"
With tears streaming down his face, Baldy Ma pleaded, "Brother Yunfei, please have mercy on me, I... I really can't take it anymore."
Ma Yunfei asked, "Baldy, let me ask you: since you became the militia captain, how many people have you hanged from the roof beams?"
"Let me think... it's seven, no, it should be eight."
"You hung me up before, didn't you?"
Ma Yunfei thought: In my past life, I was a gambler, and I must have been tricked by Baldy Ma.
“Brother Yunfei, I have never hung you up, really, you can ask the villagers if you don’t believe me.”
Ma Yunfei asked loudly, "Folks, Baldy Ma said he never hung me up. Tell me, is he lying?"
An old woman said, "Yunfei, Baldy Ma didn't lie. He never hung you up. Really, I'm an old lady, and I never lie."
Another old man testified: "Yunfei, the bald man wasn't lying, he really didn't hang you."
Ma Yunfei was a little puzzled. His predecessor was a notorious gambler, so how come he hadn't been disciplined by the militia captain?
That doesn't make much sense.
Baldy Ma explained in a low voice, “Brother, I tried to hang you from the roof beam three times, but you were very clever. The first time, you secretly slipped me fifty yuan, and I let you go. The second time, you gave me a hundred-yuan bill, and I let you off the hook again. The third time, you had no money in your pocket and gave me an IOU for two hundred yuan, and I was lenient with you again.”
Ma Yunfei sneered and said, "So it turns out you're a corrupt official who's trying to extort money from me."
“Brother, you…you’ve been gambling for ten years, everyone in the village knows that. I can’t just ignore it, can I? I was faking it all three times. Each time, I used a belt to whip the pillar. To outsiders, it sounded like a cracking sound, but you weren’t hurt at all. Brother, please forgive me this time, since I haven’t laid a finger on you.”
At this moment, village chief Ma Bajin walked into the village committee compound with his hands behind his back and a pigeon-toed gait.
He noticed something was wrong; a large group of villagers had gathered in the village committee's courtyard.
"Hey! What are you doing? The village committee is an office, not a place for you to watch the show. Get out of here, all of you!"
A villager said, "Village chief, something terrible has happened! Your nephew, Baldy Ma, has been hung from the roof beam."
The village chief was taken aback and asked, "Who did this? It's incredibly audacious."
"Village chief, Ma Yunfei brought an old woman on his motorcycle. This old woman is very fierce. As soon as she entered the village committee, she slapped Ma the Bald twice and even had the militia hang him up."
"An old woman came?"
“Village chief, this old woman is quite imposing. She’s obviously not an ordinary person. I suspect she’s the county magistrate’s wife.”
"Get lost. If the county magistrate's wife comes, she won't be riding a motorcycle; she'll at least be in a Santana sedan."
Full of doubts, the village chief walked into the village committee warehouse.
He spotted Liu Fei immediately, shuddered, and quickly stepped forward, saying respectfully, "Madam, you've arrived! Why didn't you let me know beforehand so I could greet you at the village entrance?"
The village chief spends all his time in meetings in town and frequently visits the town mayor's house to deliver gifts, so he naturally knows Liu Fei.
Liu Fei said coldly, "So you're the village chief of Majiawan."
Ma Bajin bowed and said meekly, "Madam, I didn't know you were coming. Please forgive my rudeness."
Liu Fei pointed at Baldy Ma and asked, "I heard he's your nephew?"
"Yes, it's my good-for-nothing nephew. Madam, he has offended you, and I will not forgive him. He will be dismissed from his post immediately."
"Village chief, so you're a nepotist, aren't you? You've actually put your relatives in the village committee. I think you're tired of being the village chief."
Ma Bajin's knees buckled, and he almost knelt on the ground. At that moment, he wished he could kowtow three times to Liu Fei and beg for her forgiveness.
"Madam, I will remove his militia captain immediately."
Seeing that the village chief ignored him, Ma Yunfei, who was standing to the side, said angrily, "Village chief, quickly call all the people from the village committee here. Madam wants to give you a lecture."
The village chief then noticed Ma Yunfei and asked in surprise, "You...you came with your wife?"
Ma Yunfei put his hands on his hips and said proudly, "Village Chief, your wife is my godmother. She's coming to the countryside for an inspection, so of course I have to accompany her."
The village chief was so frightened he could hardly believe his ears.
Ma Yunfei said he was the mayor's wife's godson, which means that Ma Yunfei was also the mayor's godson.
What exactly happened?
A few days ago, I heard that Ma Yunfei was the godson of Longwangshan Yiqiang, and today, Ma Yunfei has become the godson of the town mayor.
This...this is just too unbelievable.
The village chief thought he had misheard and asked, "Yunfei, what did you say?"
“Village chief, stop pretending to be deaf and dumb. Can’t you understand human language? I’m the town mayor’s godson. I’m here with my mother to inspect the village today. You should report the village’s work to my mother right away.”
The village chief finally understood.
He thought it was simply a fantasy. Ma Yunfei, this gambler, seemed to have had a stroke of good luck and had actually become a professional godson.
"Okay, okay."
The village chief bowed deeply, like a shrimp, and said respectfully, "Madam, please come to my office. I will report to you on the village's work immediately."
Baldy Ma, who was hanging from the roof beam, also heard what Ma Yunfei said. He couldn't believe his ears, but he had no choice but to believe them.
Baldy pleaded, "Uncle, please save me! Put me down quickly, my arm is about to dislocate."
Ma Bajin glared at Ma Tuzi and said angrily, "You blind fool, you deserve to be hanged!"
The village chief accompanied Liu Fei and Ma Yunfei into his office and had two cups of good tea quickly brewed.
The village chief handed the first cup of tea to the town mayor's wife, and then picked up the second cup and handed it to Ma Yunfei.
The village chief cursed inwardly, "Ma Yunfei, you bully who relies on his master's power! You actually dared to climb up to the town mayor and act all high and mighty in front of me. Damn it, one day I'll settle the score with you."
The village chief cursed Ma Yunfei in his heart, but on the surface he put on a respectful appearance and said, "Nephew Yunfei, you know our village's situation best. Later, if there are any omissions in my report, you can fill in the gaps."
Before giving his report, the village chief arranged for someone to prepare lunch, specifically instructing: "Kill an old hen, then go to the market to buy two pounds of beef. Oh, and invite Chef Ma from our village to cook."
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