Ma Yunfei said, "Uncle, you have a really sharp nose. You can even smell what brand of wine it is."
"Little Ma, what are you doing wandering around outside so late?"
"Uncle, I was drinking with some businessmen, and we just finished. I'm heading back to Majiawan now."
"It's getting late, you should go now."
Ma Yunfei feigned concern and said, "Uncle, you should go back to sleep too. It's so late at night, you're still out taking a walk. Be careful you don't run into a ghost."
Ma Yunfei mentioned ghosts, which made Gu Tian a little scared. He looked around and mustered his courage to say, "I'm not afraid of ghosts at all."
Ma Yunfei noticed that Gu Tian was afraid of ghosts, so he said to him, "Uncle, look, that's the cemetery over there. I heard that it's been haunted."
Gu Tian shrank his neck, glanced at the cemetery, and said, "I have to go home and sleep."
After saying that, he walked away in twos and threes.
Ma Yunfei stared at Gu Tian's back, and the more he looked at him, the more he saw the dark figure that had tripped him up that day.
Suddenly, Ma Yunfei remembered something.
Gu Tian's mother has gallstones and needs surgery, but they are short 300 yuan for the surgery.
Ma Yunfei planned to give Gu Tian 300 yuan to win him over.
Thinking of this, he turned around and began to chase after Gu Tian.
He discovered that Gu Tian had turned into a small alley.
Ma Yunfei quietly followed them.
Gu Tian walked to the side of a courtyard and nimbly climbed over the wall.
Could Gu Tian be a thief?
Ma Yunfei hid in the corner, wanting to see what Gu Tian was up to.
Not long after, a loud crash was heard from the yard, and it sounded like a glass had been broken.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Tian was seen climbing out of the yard, crouching low, and running away.
Ma Yuntian quietly followed behind and saw Gu Tian enter the town government's courtyard.
It seems that Gu Tian has finished his task for the night and gone home to sleep.
Ma Yunfei returned to Majiawan in the dark.
He knocked gently on the door and called out, "Wife, open the door!"
Chen Yuyan opened the door, her eyes still sleepy, and asked, "Honey, where have you been? Why are you so late?"
Ma Yunfei exhaled and explained, "I'm having dinner with a few businessmen to build relationships."
"Honey, did you sell all the yams when you went to B City this time?"
"Hehe... Not only did it sell, but it sold for a good price, one yuan and two mao per jin."
"Ah! That's great."
"Honey, how's the yam harvest going these past few days?"
"That's great, we harvested 13,000 jin today."
"Honey, if we keep working like this for another three months, we'll be millionaires."
"Honey, keep your voice down, or the walls might be overhearing you."
"Honey, even though we've made a lot of money, we must continue to pretend we're poor."
“Oh! Yesterday, I took Yueyue to town. She kept asking for snacks, but I didn’t dare to buy any. In the end, I only bought her a sesame seed cake, just in case people suspected that our family had made a fortune.”
"Honey, buying some snacks won't hurt. By the way, could you take some time to patch up all my clothes?"
"Honey, is it really necessary? Those clothes of yours are all brand new."
"Because it's new, we have to patch it up. Our family has to keep pretending to be poor. Now that I've started a yam business, people are keeping an eye on our family."
Chen Yuyan sighed and said, "I never thought that having money would bring so many troubles."
"Wife, let me tell you: having money also means having danger, so you must never flaunt your wealth."
The next morning, Ma Yunfei went to Qinglong Town and made a special trip to that alley.
As soon as you enter the alley, you'll find a group of people gathered in front of a house.
Ma Yunfei pretended to be nonchalant and casually asked, "What happened to this family?"
An elderly woman replied, "Last night, someone smashed this family's window with a brick. The bed is right below the window, and the brick hit the person on the head, almost killing them. Luckily, they were very fortunate. Last night, they happened to have a headache, so they were wearing a hat. The brick hit the hat, which blocked it, and they only got a bump on their head. Just now, they called the police, and the police are inside the house."
Ma Yunfei then asked, "What does this family do?"
"The family's son works at the town government; I heard he's an office secretary."
Ma Yunfei immediately understood.
This secretary must have a good relationship with the deputy mayor, so the mayor asked Gu Tian to threaten the secretary.
The deputy mayor was hit on the head by Gu Tian and is still in the hospital. I heard that he has developed a headache and is writhing in pain when it hurts.
The investigation into the murderer yielded no results, and they eventually suspected that it was a transient criminal.
The window of the deputy mayor's secretary's house was smashed again. The secretary must know why his window was smashed.
Ma Yunfei went to the town government.
He saw Gu Tian sweeping the yard with a broom, so he went up to him and said with a smile, "Uncle, did you get home safely last night?"
Gu Tian frowned and asked, "Are you hoping something will happen to me?"
"Hehe... Uncle, I was just worried you might run into a ghost. I heard that the town has been haunted lately. Just now, I passed by an alley and overheard some people talking about how a ghost broke into someone's yard last night and smashed their window."
Gu Tian kept his head down, focused only on sweeping the floor, and didn't say a word.
Ma Yunfei continued, "Uncle, I think you should change your habit of taking walks at night. It would be best if you didn't go out at night. If you happen to run into a ghost, that would be troublesome."
Gu Tian remained silent.
“Uncle, last time you told me that your mother had gallstones and needed surgery, but you were short three hundred yuan. Luckily, I’ve made some money from my business recently, so I’ll give it to you to help out in this emergency.”
Ma Yunfei looked around and, seeing that no one was in the yard, took out the three hundred yuan he had prepared and stuffed it into Gu Tian's pocket.
Gu Tian was a little surprised and asked in delight, "Why...why are you being so nice to me?"
"Hehe... Uncle, I'm just trying to save my life."
Gu Tian asked in surprise, "What...what do you mean by this?"
Ma Yunfei said mysteriously, "Uncle, tonight I'm treating you to dinner and Wuliangye liquor. I'll tell you something earth-shattering then."
Ma Yunfei turned and left.
Gu Tian took out the money from his pocket, counted it, and found it to be exactly three hundred yuan.
He stared at Ma Yunfei's retreating figure with bewildered eyes, muttering, "This kid lent me money, saying it was to save his life. What does that mean?"
In the evening, Ma Yunfei arrived at the town government and saw Gu Tian sitting in the reception room.
"Uncle, let's go to Baixing Restaurant. I'll treat you to Wuliangye."
"Kid, you've struck it rich?"
"Uncle, he did make some money. He made a few hundred yuan by running a few business trips."
The two entered the Baixing Restaurant.
The young widow came up to him, looked at Gu Tian, and greeted him with a smile: "Uncle, you've arrived."
Gu Tian remained silent with a gloomy face.
"Sister Meng, cook us a few dishes and a bottle of Wuliangye liquor."
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