low-key warlock

Su Chunfeng and Chen Xian returned home. After waiting for a long time, Su Chengcheng came back with Chen Yufan and the driver Xiao Du who bandaged his head.

Chen Xian, who was in an urgent mood, didn't bother to chatter any more useless homely chatter, and immediately got up to say goodbye.After the enthusiasm of Su Cheng and Chen Xiulan, he still decided to leave, but this time his attitude was different. He kindly and sincerely promised that he would come to visit again when he had time. There were indeed important things to do today, so Can't stay for lunch.

Such a decision is exactly what Chen Yufan wanted.

Chen Yufan, who has always been beaten by his subordinate driver and insulted by the rural thugs, is very angry and stern, and does not give the cousin's family any good looks. Even though it seems that their family's financial conditions seem to be good, they are still nouveau riche bumpkins who burn their bags after earning a little money!If it weren't for his father's enthusiasm for being very approachable to poor relatives in the countryside because of the idea of ​​returning to his roots after retirement, and the conscious attitude of his cousin Su Cheng who took the initiative to advance the medical expenses this time, he would have to call the police today. That brat was taken away!It turned against them!

Seeing that Su Cheng and his wife couldn't stay, they had no choice but the whole family escorted the car out of the long alley, and only waved goodbye when they reached the street.

Su Chunfeng also had a simple and honest look on his face, not at all as fierce and vicious as he was when he beat up the driver Xiao Du.

The car left Hetang Village quickly.

In the car, Chen Yufan's clean and gentle face was full of anger and disgust, and he said angrily: "Ruth, savage rural unruly people, it's really disgusting! Xiao Du, is your injury okay?"

"It's okay, it's just a little pain, it's okay." The driver Xiao Du grinned wryly, with an aggrieved look on his face.

"If it wasn't for the child's father who took the initiative to pay the medical expenses in advance, and if his parents' apologies were not sincere..." Chen Yufan snorted coldly, and said, "I have to arrest that brat and send him to the police station today! Lawless and outrageous!"

The driver, Xiao Du, just grinned. He failed to keep the mayor Chen, but humiliated the mayor. He was also worried that the mayor Chen would wear shoes for him when he returned.It never occurred to me that Chen Xiangzhang was not angry with him, he seemed to be very concerned about him and thought of venting his anger on him.

However, Mr. Chen's old man doesn't seem very happy.

I saw Chen Xian sitting next to Chen Yufan in the back row with a livid face, breathing heavily, and his chest rising and falling...Suddenly, he couldn't help but gave his son Chen Yufan a big mouthful with a rare wave of his hand.

Snapped!

Crisp and loud!

"Dad, why did you hit me?" Chen Yufan was stunned by the beating, covered his face in surprise and asked angrily - his father had never slapped him since he was a child!Besides, I am now in my 30s, a township head, and a dignified national cadre!No matter what the reason, you can't just wave your hands and slap your mouth, can't you?

Moreover, he hit him in front of his driver...

This, how can I justify this face?

The driver, Xiao Du, was even more frightened, but he didn't dare to look through the rearview mirror again.Enduring the constant pain in his head, he tried his best to drive the car as steadily as possible on the potholed dirt road in the countryside, thinking anxiously: "It's over, it's over, today is really a dog's eyes, if this old man gets angry For myself, in the future..."

Chen Xian glared at his son, slapped his thigh vigorously, and reprimanded in a low voice: "You are the head of the village, how can you be so domineering and arrogant? You are simply childish and stupid! With such a mentality, what will happen in the future..." Speaking of this, Chen Xian glanced at the driver Xiao Du in front of him, swallowed the words on his lips, and said: "You are like this, you are not worthy of being a village head! There are heaven and earth outside the world, so don't always think that you are so great! From now on, treat the relatives in your hometown. Ladies, 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 have to respect them even more!"

"Why?"

Snapped!

Another mouth slapped Chen Yufan's face: "To be an official, you must keep a low profile and be approachable! You must have a big heart! You don't even care about your relatives, how can you care about the people?"

Chen Yufan was scratched twice in a row, but he didn't say anything at the moment.

It's just that in my heart, it seems that I have gradually realized a lot - my father suddenly became so irritable, probably because he hates iron and steel, and it is understandable.Alas, this year, in order to protect his family and his half-life reputation, his father was forced to apply for medical retirement in advance, and has since withdrawn from the Pingyang political arena.At the same time, the faction belonging to the father was basically pushed out to the edge of power in Pingyang City.The father had already endured a lot of pressure and helplessness, but now his sister suddenly became insane and was admitted to a mental hospital... It is conceivable how troubled he is.

In addition, because of the loss of his strong backing as a small village head...

The current situation can be described as walking on thin ice, and we must be more cautious.

However, why did the father emphasize the family of the cousin Chen Xiulan, especially the name of the fifteen or sixteen-year-old nephew Su Chunfeng?

Have to respect them?

Why?

After venting his anger, 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 30s with family affairs, and he was the head of the township, and he was in front of his subordinates.So Chen Xian's face softened a little, and he said lightly: "Xiao Du, you should pay more attention to the influence outside in the future! You dare to be rough on a child, why don't you have any restraint at all? Don't feel that you are a poor boy. Long drive, what a man in the country!"

"Yes, yes, I will definitely correct it in the future, I will definitely correct it." Xiao Du hurriedly nodded and agreed with a smile, but he was relieved in his heart.He has been with the mayor all the year round, and he can barely be considered well-informed under the influence of his ears and eyes. From the words of the mayor Chen's father, Xiao Du can tell that he has saved his job as a driver.

The car drove back to Pingyang City, but Chen Xian didn't go to the hospital, but went home directly.

Downstairs in the Municipal Party Committee's family courtyard, after Chen Xian got off the car, he told Chen Yufan not to enter the house, and hurried back to Fengtou Township, Wucheng County.

After driving away his son, Chen Xian returned home alone.

As soon as he entered the house, without taking off his coat, he rushed into his daughter Chen Yufang's room, and began to search for the suspicious objects Su Chunfeng mentioned.

The room was quickly turned into a mess.

Finally, he found a dark brown and red puppet in the gap between the mattress and the headboard of his daughter's single bed—a very strange carved handicraft, only more than half a foot high, resembling a human. , but there are three faces on the head, all hideous and terrifying, holding a small mallet in the right hand, a bowl in the left hand, and standing on a strange flower with both feet.

Su Chunfeng reminded Chen Xian, who was suspicious at first, when he saw this thing, he immediately thought of the legendary "Witch Gu"

He angrily threw the puppet to the ground, and it broke into several pieces.

Suddenly thinking of Su Chunfeng's instructions, Chen Xian hurriedly took a small bag, knelt down and picked up all the broken pieces of the puppet, not even a little bit left.

Next, he rummaged through the room again, prying open his daughter's locked desk drawers, leaving no corners untouched.As for all jade jewellery, Chen Xian, who is like a soldier in grass and trees, found them all and collected them together.Then, he went through all the rooms in the house.

It wasn't until the evening that he stopped sweating profusely and sat on the sofa to rest.

The inside of the house has already been messed up by him.

A total of three suspicious things were found, a puppet, a jade pendant bought by the daughter after the Chinese New Year, and a jadeite jade bracelet bought by the wife.

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 still put the jade bracelet back.

Just as 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 exhausted.

As soon as she entered the house, she saw the mess all over the floor, as if she had been robbed. Then she saw her husband sweating profusely while wearing a cotton coat sitting on the sofa smoking a cigarette. Jiang Ruying was startled—this daughter is insane and still in the hospital Here, the old man at home should stop having problems because of the blows in his official career.She hurried over with a worried look on her face, but she didn't dare to speak loudly or worry, so she asked carefully and softly: "Old Chen, what's wrong with the house? Have you been burglarized? You, why are you sweating so much? What coat are you wearing at home?"

"Oh." Chen Xian seemed to have just reacted, 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, so I won't look for it if I can't find 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 outside, Said at the same time: "You clean up the house, I will go out for a while, and I will be back in a while."

Jiang Ruying replied with a puzzled expression, but didn't ask anything else, she sighed and started to tidy up the messy home.

Unfavorable fleeting time...

Is this family going to collapse?Jiang Ruying suddenly felt a little scared.

……

A month later.

On the weekend, Chen Xian, who had already retired and stayed at home, took the bus alone, walked a small country road, and came to the house of his niece Chen Xiulan in Hetang Village to visit relatives again, and told Su Chunfeng privately that his daughter Chen Xiulan Yu Fang has recovered from her illness and will be able to go to work in a few days.

Su Chunfeng didn't have the slightest sense of surprise and amazement about this, he had long been sure that this was the result.

Moreover, after Chen Xian left last time, Su Chunfeng did not perform secret techniques at a long distance in Hetang Village as he promised, which was completely bragging...

Because he didn't need it, he couldn't do it either.

Regarding the puppet that Chen Xian raised with lingering fear, did someone deliberately harm Chen Yufang behind the scenes?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 and does not touch these things in the future, nothing will happen again.

Others, Su Chunfeng didn't say much.