At 8 o'clock in the morning, Ma Wei washed up, ate two slices of butter bread, drank two cups of black tea, and came to the church.

According to the old rules, he first distributed a day's meal to the cats, then swept away the hair that had fallen on the ground and opened the church door.

Ma Wei Ke has no idea of throwing away these cat hairs, he wants to keep them, and when he accumulates a certain amount, he can mix some cotton to make a big blanket for cats to use in the winter.

Since the heavy rain of the previous day, the weather has become even colder, the wind blows on the face like a knife, and the pedestrians are wrapped in collars, buried their mouths and noses deep in their scarves, and walk quickly with their hands in their pockets.

"Frozen to death, frozen to death..."

Levine stumbled into the kitchen, took a cup of hot black tea and a slice of butter bread, and walked into the church: "This hellish weather, it's getting colder and colder every day..."

As he spoke, he conjured up a thick cashmere coat and wore it on his body.

Nibbling on bread, he glanced at Ma Wei, who was standing in front of the statue and flipping through the register, and asked casually, "Which believer's house are we going to go to later?" ”

"Mr. Patton, Mr. Ronan, the furniture maker, and Mrs. Clark, the clerk, worked in the city office.... Not far away, they all live on Kerr Street, which is only a ten-minute walk. ”

"I heard from Mrs. Cecil that there were 78 believers who came to register yesterday, and is it too small to go to only three?"

"You don't have to go all, just pick a few suspicious ones." Ma Wei put down the register and said, "Kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys." ”

"You're going to expose their misdeeds of cheating on repairs?"

"Goddess Yunia is kind, she loves her followers, so even if the believers deceive her, she will not throw the believers into hell.... On the contrary, the goddess will also fulfill the lies of the believers and make the believers the most honest people. ”

Levin, who was nibbling on bread, was stunned for a moment, then slapped his leg and laughed: "In order not to let them lie, to fulfill their lies?" Boss, Boss, I really didn't expect you to be such a black-bellied person! ”

"All for the church, all for the truth, and..."

Ma Wei said lightly: "I will deduct 5 shillings from your salary to repair the confessional room that you destroyed last night." ”

“......”

On the first day of work, half of his salary was deducted, and Levine couldn't be happier.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no time for the believers to come to the house, Mavi asked Fat Orange to continue training the cats, and Blackie stayed behind to help Mrs. Cecil look after the house, while he took Unia and Levine to Mr. Barton's residence.

Barton Williams, who works in the city office, is not poor, and like other residents living on Kerr Street, he earns between 4 and 10 gold pounds a week, which is much more generous than the residents of South Street.

Even so, there are still people who want to cheat the repair money, even if it is only 1 gold pound.

Barton Williams rented at No. 51 Kerr Street, which was a small apartment, and was previously occupied by an elderly woman, who was in poor health last year, and was taken to the royal capital by her son to recuperate, and the empty house was listed for rent, because it was an urgent rent, so the monthly rent was only 3 gold pounds, which was cheap and affordable.

When the three arrived at the apartment at 51 Kerr Street, they saw Mr. Barton, dressed in an overcoat and a round hat, ready to go to work, open the door.

"Priest?"

Barton was stunned for a moment, then smiled, raised the brim of his hat slightly, and saluted briefly: "Good morning, are you going out?" ”

"Almost." "Mr. Barton, when you came to the church yesterday to report the damage to the house, you said that there was a crack in the beams of your house, and this matter was too urgent, so I asked an expert in the construction of the house to come here to see the damage, and if it is serious, we will start the construction immediately." ”

"What?"

Hearing this, Barton Williams looked puzzled: "I didn't go to church yesterday.... Damn it! ”

His face suddenly changed slightly, he cursed secretly, turned his head and rushed into the house, and yelled at the woman who was busy in the kitchen, "Liz, did you go to church yesterday!" ”

"Why are you so atmospheric?" The woman named Liz turned around, waved the maid to go out, and admitted calmly, "I did go to the church and register the damage to our house. ”

"What damage! Do you know what you're doing! ”

Barton was furious: "Our family obviously has no loss, but you went to the church to ask for repair funds, this is the behavior of a liar!" You go out to me right away and apologize to the priest!" ”

"Are you crazy?!" Liz screamed, her nasolabial folds quickly elongated: "Absolutely no apologies!" Once you apologize, you are admitting that you lied, and it will affect your work! ”

"Why did you go to church and lie about the situation when you knew it would affect my work?!"

"Mrs. Lepe from the house next door also went, and when she came back yesterday afternoon, she swore to us that there would be no problem...."

"She didn't go to church at all!!" Barton yelled, "Yesterday afternoon, I saw her go shopping on Ross Boulevard, and she is not a believer in the Church of Truth, what is the report?" That's a lie! ”

Liz looked at Barton in shock, speechless for a while.

"Come out with me! Apologize to the priest! ”

Gragging his wife's arm, Barton returned to the hallway, took off his hat, and solemnly explained the situation to Mavey.

"I'm sorry, Father, but I was too busy with my work to notice that Liz was so strange that this happened..."

"It's okay, your honesty proves that you're a man of integrity, Mr. Patton." Ma Wei bowed his head and said: "I am very relieved that people like you are willing to become believers in the Church of Truth, this matter will end here, and no one else will know.... Truth comes first. ”

"Praise the mercy of the goddess."

Bidding farewell to Barton Williams, the three of them walked towards the house of the furniture maker Ronan Wood, and on the way, Yunia suddenly asked, "Dad, should we forgive them in a situation like just now?" ”

"There is no pure good and evil in this world, if you do something wrong, you must be honest, and you can't be wrong again and again in order to hide your previous lies." "Mr. Barton's behavior was really unexpected to me, and he knew very well that once his wife's lying was revealed, his work in the office would be affected, and in serious cases, he would be fired, but he still chose to be honest and put the choice in our hands, which was very brave," Marvey said. We should advocate this kind of behavior, but how to do it depends on the situation at the time, and we cannot generalize. ”

As they spoke, the trio came to 23 Kerr Street, a shop with a variety of handmade furniture in the window, beautifully styled, and a scary label underneath.

Mavi pushed the door open and entered the store, gently ringing the bell hanging in the doorway.

Jingle bells...

An old man with gray hair lifted the curtain of the door and walked in from the backyard, when he saw the person clearly, his wrinkled face immediately showed a smile, stained with sawdust, and his calloused right hand wiped it on his body, and stretched out to Ma Wei: "Father, you haven't been to my store for a long time, do you want to customize any furniture this time?" ”

"Mr. Wood, I'm not here to customize the furniture this time."

Ma Wei shook his head with a smile and stretched out his hand to shake his hand: "I heard that there is damage to your house in your house, so I invited an expert to come to check and inspect." ”

"Huh?"

Old Man Ronan's reaction was exactly the same as that of Mr. Patton, he was stunned at first, and then his eyes widened: "I don't have it at home...."

"Father!"

At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from behind Ma Wei.