Chen Qingdong turned his back to them and smiled slightly, then picked up the teacup and drank two sips of water, before slowly walking in front of Ma Zhonglin and them, sitting on the chair, and smiling: "Well, then we can continue to talk." ”

Ma Zhonglin and Ma Zhongyu didn't speak, waiting for Chen Qingdong to continue.

And Guo Yufeng gave Chen Qingdong a look, meaning that Chen Qingdong would talk according to his own wishes.

Chen Qingdong responded to Guo Yufeng with a look, and then said to Ma Zhonglin and Ma Zhongyu: "You all say that Uncle Ma hanged himself because the Civil Affairs Office and the cadres of your village branch collaborated to detain his things. Well, I can promise you now that we will investigate this matter thoroughly, and if it is really the cause of this, then we will definitely deal with the person involved seriously. At that time, we will also inform you of the specific handling situation. ”

Ma Zhonglin and Ma Zhongyu didn't speak, although what they kept asking for was that the town government gave them this explanation, but when Chen Qingdong really gave them this promise, they didn't have any intention of being happy, because their ultimate goal was to ask for money, and they really didn't have any interest in caring about whether the town government was dealing with those people.

Seeing them like this, Chen Qingdong was amused in his heart, paused, and continued: "In addition, we are all very sad that Uncle Ma has this kind of thing, and considering that Uncle Ma is a five-guarantee household and has no children, then his future affairs will probably fall on you nephews." ”

When Ma Zhongyu heard this, he immediately stood up and shouted: "Whoever hangs him should pay for his funeral! ”

"What are you anxious about? Can you listen to me?" Chen Qingdong said as he looked at Ma Zhongyu with an indifferent face.

Ma Zhonglin pulled the corner of Ma Zhongyu's clothes at this time, and Ma Zhongyu sat down stupidly again, twisting his face to the side, deliberately giving Chen Qingdong a look.

Chen Qingdong ignored him, looked at Ma Zhonglin and said: "We actually have a comprehensive consideration, each of you may have its own difficulties, so Uncle Ma's funeral affairs will be handled by you, and you may have financial pressure, so our town government is willing to take out 10,000 yuan to help you deal with Uncle Ma's funeral." However, this money is not compensation for Uncle Ma, but because Uncle Ma is a five-guarantee household, so the town government paid this money to bury Uncle Ma, you must know this. ”

Knowing that the town government was willing to give 10,000 yuan, Ma Zhonglin and Ma Zhongyu were very happy, they just thought that the town government was really unwilling to give a dime!

However, Chen Qingdong only promised to give 10,000 yuan, and they felt that it was a bit little.

For Ma Shengli's funeral, even if it is a simplified form, it will cost two or three thousand yuan, and the remaining seven or eight thousand yuan, they are so many cousins, and everyone really can't share a few dollars.

Ma Zhongyu shouted unwillingly: "Just such a little money, it's too little!"

Chen Qingdong glared at Ma Zhongyu and said, "Less, even if you give Uncle Ma a little mourning scenery, you can't use 10,000 yuan, right?"

"It's useless to just mourn, but ......" Ma Zhongyu was halfway through his words, and he was embarrassed to continue. After all, he is still not thick-skinned enough, and he is embarrassed to completely make his idea of wanting money completely clear.

Since Ma Zhongyu still wants to save face, Chen Qingdong naturally won't completely pick out this matter, and then said: "Ma Zhonglin, Ma Zhongyu, I have just emphasized, this 10,000 yuan is actually the money that the town government is willing to give out out of humanitarian considerations because Ma Shengli is a five-guarantee household, and there are no children to support him for the elderly! In the end, it wasn't the relatives of these five-guarantee households who pooled money to send him a funeral!"

Ma Zhonglin and Ma Zhongyu both lowered their heads and did not speak.

Chen Qingdong felt that his words had played a great role, and said like a chase in the wind: "Ma Zhonglin, I say this, maybe you won't believe it, but I still have to tell you, maybe you think that if you come to the government to make trouble, or go to the county town to petition, you can make the government succumb, whatever conditions you talk about, we can accept it, but think about it carefully, is this possible?" If anyone comes to make trouble, the town government will pay for the gifts, hehe, then the town government doesn't have to do anything else, and the people don't have to do anything else, just come to the town government every day to make trouble!"

"Don't you take seriously some stories of successful petitioning, are they all true? Have you all seen them with your own eyes? It's just a legend that everyone adds fuel to the fire! In fact, there are still many people who have been making trouble for several years, and they have spent a lot of money, but in the end they still haven't solved the problem, and their home doesn't look like a home, and they themselves are like a homeless man! Have you ever heard such a story?"

Ma Zhonglin and Ma Zhongyu both lowered their heads slightly and did not speak, but the expressions on their faces were much more serious, obviously thinking about the pros and cons of this matter.

Chen Qingdong saw that the heat was no longer bad, so he said: "What I told you today is all heart-wrenching, and the town government is willing to give you this 10,000 yuan, which is already the best result." If you continue to make trouble, I promise that you won't get any of them? Do you believe it or not? Zhonglin and Zhongyu, I am not forcing you to agree to this matter, but I am completely thinking about you. You are all adults, so consider the pros and cons of this matter before making a decision. In addition, there is another point I must remind you, you brought the body to the government to make trouble today, Secretary Zhang and Mayor Guo took into account your grief, did not blame you for the past, and were willing to take out 10,000 yuan to help you bury Uncle Ma, which is already very face-saving for you. You are all from Shuangshan Town, and in the future, your children will go to school, become soldiers, or something, and you will inevitably pass the town government, if you are completely deadlocked with the town government for this little money now, will you not come to the town government to do things in the future?"

Chen Qingdong's last sentence was extremely lethal, especially Ma Zhonglin was immediately faced with the matter of registering his son for superbirth, if he really had a complete stalemate with the town government this time, then it can be imagined how difficult it was for him to get his son's household registration.

Ma Zhongyu is not married yet, so he doesn't think about it as much as Ma Zhonglin, and he doesn't have this personal feeling, but he is also thinking about whether it is worth it to stiffen the relationship with the town government for this money, after all, it is impossible to say when the town government will be used in the future.

Ma Zhonglin couldn't hold his breath at first, and said in a snort: "Mayor Chen, 10,000 yuan is indeed a little less, can you add a little more appropriately?"

Although Ma Zhonglin was still putting forward conditions, Chen Qingdong could hear that Ma Zhonglin's attitude was already very weak, which was to leave a step for his compromise.

Of course, Chen Qingdong still said firmly: "No, I can't add a penny." ”

Guo Yufeng also said at this time: "Ma Zhonglin, you have to make it clear, the town government has no reason to pay this money, this is completely for your sake, we took out this money in violation of regulations! Especially Qingdong, in order to solve this matter for you, but I have not said a lot of good things to Secretary Zhang and me! If I don't give you a penny with my temper, let you make trouble, and see what results you can make! When the time comes, Ma Shengli can't be buried in the soil, see if the people in your village poke the backbone of your people!"

Guo Yufeng's words were just right, and they played the role of icing on the cake, Ma Zhonglin and Ma Zhongyu's hearts were further hit, and they couldn't hold on anymore.

Chen Qingdong stopped talking and gave them some time to think about this matter clearly.

The four of them sat silently and smoked, and the atmosphere seemed very depressing for a while.

About a minute later, when Chen Qingdong's cigarette was about to run out, Ma Zhonglin finally opened his mouth to break the silence, and he said to Ma Zhongyu: "Zhongyu, otherwise, just do what Mayor Guo and Mayor Chen said, forget it." ”

Ma Zhongyu took another puff of cigarette and pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, although he still looked a little reluctant, but finally said: "You are the brother, I listen to you, you can do what you say." ”

Guo Yufeng and Chen Qingdong were relieved at the same time!

However, Chen Qingdong did not show any joy on the surface, but continued to advise: "Zhonglin, the funeral expenses of 10,000 yuan given by the government are actually not in accordance with the rules, and if other five-guarantee households know about it, I am afraid that there will be a lot of sequelae, so you have to promise, after you get this money, you are not allowed to talk nonsense." ”

Now that the overall situation has been decided, Ma Zhonglin and Ma Zhongyu naturally have nothing to disagree with about this small detail, so they both agreed.

At this point, this matter was completely resolved, Chen Qingdong breathed a sigh of relief and asked Guo Yufeng: "Guo Zhen, do you have anything else to say?"

Guo Yufeng said to Ma Zhonglin and Ma Zhongyu quite seriously: "I ask you for a little, Ma Shengli's funeral, you must do a little better." Ma Shengli has been lonely all his life, when he was alive, no one cared about his business, he is dead now, and he must mourn well!"

Chen Qingdong showed a smile, thinking that Guo Yufeng was still a master of acting, and his tone of voice was so serious, on the surface, he was telling Ma Zhonglin to handle Ma Shengli's funeral well, but in fact, he was sarcastically saying that they didn't care about Ma Shengli's affairs when he was alive, and only came to join in the fun when he died, so as to give them more mental pressure.

Ma Zhonglin looked very embarrassed and said: "Don't worry, Mayor Guo, we will definitely handle the funeral of the second uncle well, even if the ten thousand yuan is not enough, if our brothers make up the money, we will definitely bury my second uncle in a beautiful way!"

Regarding Ma Zhonglin's statement, Ma Zhongyu looked quite unhappy, and the corners of his mouth moved a few times, but he didn't say anything in the end.

"Well, you just have to have that attitude. Guo Yufeng said.

Ma Zhonglin rubbed his hands and said with some embarrassment: "Mayor Guo, what about my son's household registration......

Now, the roles of the two sides have been completely reversed, it is no longer Guo Yufeng begging Ma Zhonglin and them not to make trouble, but Ma Zhonglin begging Guo Yufeng to do something for him in turn!

Guo Yufeng really suffered a lot of anger just now, and there was no place to be angry at this meeting, of course, he would not easily promise Ma Zhonglin, but said with a full shelf: "You will bury Ma Shengli first, and your son will come to me later." ”

Seeing that Guo Yufeng was unwilling to promise this matter easily, Ma Zhonglin had no choice but to say: "Okay, Mayor Guo, then I will come to you later." Then in order to please Guo Yufeng, he promised again: "My second uncle's funeral, I will definitely give him a beautiful scenery, Mayor Guo, you can rest assured!"

Guo Yufeng snorted from his nose and said impatiently: "Okay, that's it, you go back to the management and see what to do with the funeral!"

After Ma Zhonglin and Ma Zhongyu left, Guo Yufeng said to Chen Qingdong with some helplessness: "Damn! The work in the township is simply impossible to do! When we encounter this kind of people, we can't do anything about them, and we have to compensate them in turn! Grass! When Ma Zhonglin's son comes to register for the household registration, see how I make it difficult for him!"

"Yes, Guo Zhen, I also think that it is really difficult to work in the township government! There are many things to do, and the salary is small, and the most important thing is that our work is often not recognized by others! Now that the Internet is developed, I often see people on the Internet posting posts scolding the staff of the township government for not carrying out their work humane enough! In fact, if any of us don't want humane work, who wants to be angry with your people! If we can work for the welfare of the people, we will definitely do much better than those who can only post on the Internet! It's just that some things can't be solved just by being humanized, just like today's incident, if we humanize Ma Zhonglin and them, they still have to kick their noses and eat us?" Chen Qingdong said with emotion.

Guo Yufeng also said indignantly: "Qingdong, what you said is really too right! I have also read those articles that scold our township and town governments, telling me that those people really don't have a backache when they stand and talk! Who can't write this kind of article full of benevolence, righteousness, morality, and flaunting humanity? Although I am not very good at writing, I want to write it, and I am no worse than them! But if they let those people come to us to do their work in a down-to-earth manner, I don't think any of them are qualified! Just do it according to the kind of humanity they say, and almost all the work does not need to be carried out! Every time I see this kind of article, I am half angry!"

Chen Qingdong said with a smile: "Hehe, Guo Zhen, it's all for work, let's not think so much, I'm angry about my body for work, but I'm guilty." In this way, tonight, I will say hello to Liu Chun in advance, and ask him to prepare lamb and red rooster, let's go to his place to have a good drink, and relax!"

When it came to drinking, Guo Yufeng became interested and said with a smile: "Okay! Liu Chun, this kid has been decorating the restaurant recently, and he hasn't eaten his fried dishes for a while! Now his restaurant is finally ready, and he must go to the tooth sacrifice!"

Chen Qingdong pouted again: "Guo Zhen, why don't you go and ask Secretary Zhang to see if he has time, let's have a drink together?" I think there was a while, we didn't have a good drink together, right?"

Guo Yufeng nodded and said: "Well, yes, I drank a lot of wine during the Chinese New Year, but I was so tired from drinking that wine! I will personally go to Secretary Zhang in person, if he has time, let's drink some together at Liu Chun's place tonight! Qingdong, this matter can be handled so neatly today, you have made a great contribution, tonight, Secretary Zhang and I will have a drink with you!"

Chen Qingdong smiled modestly: "Guo Zhen, you really won the award, this is what I should do." ”