Ma Yunfei said gratefully, "Godfather, I will never forget your kindness. If it weren't for you, my family of three might be starving."
“Godson, although you only have an elementary school education, I think you have a good head for business. Even a college student probably can’t match you.”
"Godfather, you flatter me."
Mayor Gu Le looked at Ma Yunfei and asked, "Is someone giving you pointers behind your back?"
"Hehe... Godfather, I really wish I had a master to guide me, but unfortunately I'm just a country bumpkin, how could I possibly meet a master?"
"That's true. Majiawan is very remote. As far as I know, no college students have ever come from Majiawan. The only one who is relatively shrewd is a man named Ma Suanpan, but he can only do small business and doesn't have a big mind."
"Godfather, our village chief Ma Bajin is also very powerful."
"Hehe... If it weren't for the fact that Ma Bajin is always so obsequious in front of me and sends me local specialties every now and then, I would have dismissed him from his position as village chief long ago."
“Godfather, as far as I know, Ma Bajin is a capable man in Majiawan and has a good reputation. Please let him continue to be the village chief.”
Gu Le patted Ma Yunfei on the shoulder and said, "Godson, I heard that the village chief doesn't treat you very well. He's tried to tie you up and send you to the town's police station several times. It seems you don't hold a grudge."
“Godfather, the character ‘Ma’ is difficult to write in the same way as ‘Ma Bajin’. After all, Ma Bajin is a distant uncle of mine. Since he wants to be the village chief, let him continue to be one.”
“Godson, since you’re pleading for him, I’ll let him serve another term.”
Ma Yunfei was very happy. He had pleaded for Ma Bajin, the village chief. As long as this news reached Ma Bajin's ears, Ma Bajin would be overjoyed and would treat Ma Yunfei as an honored guest from now on.
The skinny monkey got drunk and started snoring as he lay on the table.
Liu Fei pouted and said with dissatisfaction, "Honey, your cousin is such a rude person. He doesn't know his limits when drinking. Look how pathetic he looks."
Ma Yunfei quickly asked, "Mom, where does Uncle live? I'll take him back."
Mayor Gu Le replied, "Skinny Monkey lives at number 2 in the last row of houses. His home is more than 50 li away from here, and he goes back once a month."
Ma Yunfei carried the skinny monkey on his back and went to the last row of dormitories.
The door to room number 2 was unlocked; it opened with a push.
I turned on the light and saw that there was only a small bed, a two-drawer table, and two square stools in the room.
A washbasin was placed on a stool, and another stool was placed next to the bed.
There were some dirty clothes piled on the bed, and the whole room reeked.
Ma Yunfei put the skinny monkey on the bed, took off his shoes, and covered him with a sheet.
The skinny monkey mumbled, "Mom, I...I earned another three hundred yuan, and I'll...I'll send it back to you tomorrow..."
Ma Yunfei casually asked, "Uncle, who else is in your family?"
“I…I only have one mother. She is sick and needs surgery. I…I need to earn more money so that my mother can have the surgery sooner.”
Ma Yunfei was somewhat surprised and quickly asked, "What illness does your mother have?"
“My mom always has stomach pains. The doctor said she has gallstones and the surgery will cost more than a thousand yuan.”
"Uncle, how much money have you saved up?"
“I work as a general laborer and only earn 52 yuan a month. I also do odd jobs on Sundays and sometimes do some odd jobs at night, so I can at least earn an extra 20 yuan.”
"Uncle, you said you recently earned another three hundred yuan. How did you earn that?"
"This...this is a secret. My cousin said I must never tell..."
Needless to say, Ma Yunfei could guess that the three hundred yuan was the reward the deputy mayor gave him last night for hitting him on the head.
Ma Yunfei wanted to ask a few more questions, but he was worried that if the skinny monkey woke up, he would doubt himself.
Skinny Monkey is a very cunning person; such people generally don't tell the truth to others.
Ma Yunfei found it strange. The skinny monkey was only about 1.5 meters tall and very thin. He didn't seem to have much strength. How could he knock out the tall and strong deputy mayor?
It seems that the skinny monkey adopted a surprise attack tactic, catching the deputy mayor off guard and striking him in the back.
Ma Yunfei returned to the town mayor's house.
Liu Fei asked, "You took the skinny monkey back to his room? He didn't say anything, did he?"
"I said so."
Liu Fei asked nervously, "What did the skinny monkey say?"
The skinny monkey said: I want to drink more, I can still drink.
Liu Fei curled her lip and said, "Damn it, he finished a whole bottle of good wine, and he still wants to drink more. Does he think I own a winery? Your godfather is really something, insisting on inviting him to drink. In my opinion, just giving him some money would have been enough."
Ma Yunfei quickly asked, "Why should you give your uncle money? Is your uncle going to do something for you?"
Liu Fei realized she had let something slip and quickly tried to take back her words, stammering, "Skinny Monkey just does odd jobs for me, like moving things or buying things."
Needless to say, it was clear from Liu Fei's tone and expression that last night, Skinny Monkey must have hit the deputy mayor with a stick.
Ma Yunfei took Chen Yuyan and Yueyue back to Majiawan.
On the way, Chen Yuyan repeatedly reminded him, "Honey, watch the road carefully. If you see anything wrong, brake immediately. I'm really worried that someone might trip you up with a tripwire."
"Hehe... I'm afraid not."
Now, Mayor Gu Le has established a good relationship with Ma Yunfei, and he will no longer instruct the skinny monkey to do dirty tricks to him.
That evening, Ma Yunfei thought it over carefully and decided that it was necessary to cultivate a good relationship with the skinny monkey.
The skinny monkey is like a stick in the hands of Mayor Gu Le; wherever the mayor points, the stick will strike.
However, this stick is, after all, a person with a mind of its own; as long as it's human, it will have some feelings.
Ma Yunfei needs to cultivate a good relationship with the skinny monkey and build some rapport. That way, if the town mayor tries to harm him again, the skinny monkey might give him a heads-up, and even if the mayor does harm him, the skinny monkey might show mercy.
The next afternoon, Ma Yunfei went to the town government.
He saw the skinny monkey sweeping the yard, so he went over and said respectfully, "Uncle, are you busy?"
"Are you blind? I'm sweeping the floor."
"Uncle, we're relatives now. Tonight, I'd like to invite you to dinner at Baixing Restaurant."
The skinny monkey looked up, glanced at Ma Yunfei, and asked, "Why are you inviting me to dinner?"
"Uncle, it's because we're relatives."
"What kind of relative are you! You're just the mayor's godson, there's no blood relation between you, what kind of relative are you?"
"Uncle, you're being a bit too polite. Although I'm just the mayor's godson, a godson is still a son."
The skinny monkey demanded, "Is your surname Gu?"
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