Su Chunfeng and Chen Xian returned home. After waiting for a while, Su Chengcheng came back with Chen Yufan and the driver Xiao Du who had bandaged his head.
Chen Xian, who was in an urgent mood, couldn't care less about any more useless talk, and immediately stood up to say goodbye. After the enthusiasm of Su Cheng and Chen Xiulan, he decided to leave, but this time his attitude was different from before. He was very cordial and sincere.
He promised that he would definitely come to visit his home again when he had time. He did have some urgent matters today, so he couldn't stay for lunch.
This decision is exactly what Chen Yufan wants.
Chen Yufan, who had always been beaten up by his subordinate driver and was humiliated by the rural thug himself, was extremely angry and had a straight face. He did not give any good looks to his cousin's family, and was extremely reluctant to stay at the house of his poor relatives in the countryside for dinner.
Even though their family's financial situation seems to be good, they are still nouveau riche bumpkins who waste their money after making a little money! If it weren't for my father who seemed to have the idea of returning to his roots after retirement, he was particularly approachable and enthusiastic towards his poor relatives in the countryside.
Jin'er, and my cousin-in-law Su Cheng's conscious attitude in taking the initiative to advance the medical expenses this time, I had to call the police today to arrest that brat! I turned against them!
Seeing that they couldn't stay, the Su and Cheng couple had no choice but to escort the car out of the long alley until they reached the street, then waved goodbye.
Su Chunfeng also had a naive and honest look on his face, not at all as ferocious and vicious as when he beat up the driver Xiao Du.
The car drove away from Hetang Village quickly.
In the car, Chen Yufan's fair and gentle face was full of anger and disgust, and he said angrily: "The rude and barbaric rural people are so abominable! Xiao Du, your injury doesn't matter, right?"
"Fortunately, it just hurts a little, so it's okay." The driver, Xiao Du, grinned bitterly, looking aggrieved.
"If his father hadn't taken the initiative to pay for the child's medical expenses, and if his parents hadn't apologized sincerely..." Chen Yufan snorted coldly and said, "I have to take that naughty kid to the police station today! It's just ridiculous.
It’s lawless, it’s so abominable!”
The driver Xiao Du grinned. He failed to save Mayor Chen today, but instead humiliated him. He was also worried that Mayor Chen would give him little shoes when he returned. He never thought that Mayor Chen was not angry with him. It seemed that he was still angry.
She was particularly concerned about him and thought of venting her anger on him.
However, Mr. Chen, the mayor of his family, doesn't seem to be very happy.
I saw Chen Xian, who was sitting next to Chen Yufan in the back row, with a livid face, breathing heavily, and his chest heaving rapidly... Suddenly, he couldn't help but waved his hand and gave his son Chen Yufan a big mouth.
Snapped!
Crisp and loud!
"Dad, why did you hit me?" Chen Yufan was stunned by the beating. He covered his face and asked with surprise and anger - his father had never slapped him since he was a child! Besides, now that he is good
He is also a man in his thirties, a township head, and a high-ranking national cadre! No matter what the reason is, he can't just wave his hand and slap him in the mouth?
Moreover, he beat him in front of his driver...
How can this be justified in terms of face?
The driver, Xiao Du, was even more frightened, but he did not dare to look through the rearview mirror. He endured the constant pain in his head and tried to drive the car as steadily as possible on the bumpy dirt road in the countryside.
He thought anxiously: "It's over, it's over, I'm really looking down on others today. If this old man vents his anger on me, in the future..."
Chen Xian glared at his son angrily, slapped his thigh hard, and scolded in a low voice: "You are the mayor of the township, how can you be so domineering and arrogant? You are simply childish and stupid! With such a mentality, what will happen in the future..." At this point,
Chen Xian glanced at Xiao Du, the driver in front of him, swallowed the words on his lips and said, "You are not worthy of being a township head! There are other people in the world, so don't always think that you are so great! From now on, how should you treat your relatives in your hometown?
Everyone, be polite! Be polite! Know how to be humble, and know that you should lower your status! Especially your sister Xiulan’s family, and her eldest son Su Chunfeng! You must respect them even more!"
"Why?"
Snapped!
Another slap slapped Chen Yufan in the face: "As an official, you must be low-key and approachable! You must have a big heart! If you don't even take your relatives seriously, how can you take the common people seriously?"
Chen Yufan received two scratches on his ears and immediately became silent.
But in my heart, I seem to have gradually realized a lot - my father suddenly became so bad-tempered, probably because he hates iron and cannot be transformed into steel, which is understandable. Alas, this year, in order to save the reputation of his family and himself for half his life, his father
He was forced to apply for medical leave in advance and withdraw from the Binh Duong political arena. At the same time, the faction belonging to his father was basically pushed to the edge of power in Binh Duong City. My father was already under a lot of pressure and helplessness, and now my sister
Suddenly he lost his mind and was admitted to a mental hospital... You can imagine how troubled he was.
In addition, as a small township leader, I also lost my strong backing...
The current situation can be described as walking on thin ice, so we need to be more careful.
However, why did the father emphasize his cousin Chen Xiulan's family, especially his fifteen or sixteen-year-old nephew Su Chunfeng's name?
Do you still have to respect them?
Why?
After his anger was released, Chen Xian also secretly regretted it.
Of course he knew that the act of beating his son just now was inappropriate - after all, the child was already an adult in his thirties and had a family, and he was the head of the township, and in front of his subordinates. So Chen Xian's expression softened slightly.
After a while, he said calmly: "Xiao Du, you should pay more attention to the impact outside in the future! You dare to be violent to a child, why don't you have any self-cultivation? Don't think that you are driving for the mayor, that's how it is in the countryside.
What a great person!"
"Yes, I will definitely correct it in the future, I will definitely correct it." Xiao Du nodded hurriedly and agreed with a smile, but he was relieved in his heart. He has been hanging around with the township chief for many years, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, he can barely be considered well-informed.
Guang, Xiao Du could tell from the words of Township Chief Chen's father that his job as a driver was saved.
The car drove back to Pingyang City. Chen Xian did not go to the hospital, but went home directly.
Downstairs of the Municipal Party Committee Family Courtyard, after Chen Xian got off the car, he told Chen Yufan not to enter the house and to quickly return to Fengtou Township, Wucheng County.
After driving away his son, Chen Xian returned home alone.
As soon as he entered the house, he rushed into his daughter Chen Yufang's room without taking off his coat, rummaged through the boxes and cabinets and began to look for the suspicious objects Su Chunfeng had mentioned.
The room was quickly turned into a mess.
Finally, he found a dark brown and reddish puppet in the gap between the mattress and the headboard of his daughter's single bed - a very strange carved handicraft, just over half a foot tall, like a human being.
, but there are three faces on the head, all of which are ferocious and terrifying. It holds a small mallet in its right hand, a bowl in its left hand, and a strange flower standing on its feet.
Chen Xian, who was originally suspicious and had been reminded by Su Chunfeng, when he saw this thing, he immediately thought of the legendary "witchcraft" in his mind.
He angrily threw the puppet to the ground, breaking it into several pieces.
Suddenly thinking of Su Chunfeng's advice, Chen Xian hurriedly took a small bag, squatted down and picked up all the broken pieces of the puppet, leaving not even a scrap.
Next, he rummaged around the room again, prying open all the locked drawers of his daughter's desk, leaving no corner untouched. He found all the jade jewelry and all kinds of materials and collected them together. Then
, he went through all the rooms in the family again.
It wasn't until the evening that he stopped, sweating profusely, and sat down on the sofa to rest.
The house was already in a mess by him.
A total of three suspicious items were found, a puppet, a jade pendant bought by my daughter after the Chinese New Year, and a jade bracelet that my wife had purchased before.
Jade pendants and bracelets are very valuable.
Chen Xian was a little reluctant to throw it away, thinking that Su Chunfeng's previous instructions only mentioned the suspicious items that Chen Yufang had recently purchased, so after hesitating for a long time, he put the jade bracelet back.
Just when he was about to go out to burn and throw away the puppets and jade pendants, his wife Jiang Ruying came back from the hospital looking exhausted.
As soon as she entered the house, she saw that the floor was in a mess, as if a thief had messed it up. Then she saw her husband, who was sweating profusely but sitting on the sofa wearing a cotton coat and smoking. Jiang Ruying was shocked - her daughter was mentally ill and was still in the hospital.
Here, please don’t let the old man in the family have problems because of the blow in his career. She hurried over with a worried look on her face, but she didn’t dare to speak loudly or be anxious, so she could only ask carefully and softly: "Old Chen, at home
What's going on? Have you been robbed? Why are you sweating so much? What kind of coat are you wearing at home? "
"Oh." Chen Xian seemed to have just come to his senses. He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's nothing, I'm looking for something."
"What are you looking for?"
"Forget it, I've already retired. If I can't find it, I won't look for it." Chen Xian responded quickly and perfunctorily, then put the bag containing the broken puppet and jade pendant into his coat pocket, got up and walked out.
While saying: "You clean up the house, I'll go out and I'll be back in a while."
Jiang Ruying responded with a confused look, but didn't ask anything else. She sighed softly and started to clean up the messy home.
A bad year...
Is this family going to collapse? Jiang Ruying suddenly felt a little scared.
…
One month later.
It happened to be the weekend, and Chen Xian, who had retired and was idle at home, took a bus alone and walked a rural road. He once again came to the home of his niece Chen Xiulan in Hetang Village to visit relatives, and told Su Chunfeng in private that his daughter Chen
Yufang has recovered from her illness and will be able to go to work in a few days.
Su Chunfeng didn't feel any surprise or surprise at all. He had long been sure that this was the result.
Moreover, after Chen Xian left last time, Su Chunfeng did not perform secret arts from a long distance in Hetang Village as he had promised, which was purely bragging...
Because there is no need and he can't do it.
Regarding the puppet that Chen Xian asked with lingering fear, was there someone behind the scenes who deliberately harmed Chen Yufang? Su Chunfeng just denied it with a smile, and reassured Chen Xian not to worry, telling him that as long as he keeps an eye on Chen Yufang in the future, he would not be exposed to these things.