Father Mavie

Chapter 70 False report or something else? (Ask for votes and follow-up!!!)

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Mavi washed up, ate two slices of bread and butter, and drank two cups of black tea before arriving at the church.

According to the old rules, he first distributed the food expenses of the day to the cats, then cleaned the fallen hair on the ground, and opened the door of the church.

Ma Wei has no intention of throwing away these cat hairs. He wants to keep them. After a certain amount is accumulated, he can mix some cotton with them to make a big blanket for the cats to spend the winter.

Since the heavy rain in the past few days, the weather has become colder, and the wind stings like a knife on the face. Pedestrians wrapped their collars, buried their mouths and noses deeply in scarves, put their hands in their pockets, and walked fast.

"Frozen to death, frozen to death."

Levin gasped, rubbing his hands, with a toothbrush pinned to his ears, and ran into the kitchen, took a cup of hot black tea and a slice of buttered bread, and walked into the church: "This damn weather is getting colder every day."

As he spoke, he conjured up a thick cashmere coat and put it on.

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

"Mr. Barton, Mr. Ronan, the furniture maker, and Mrs. Clark, the clerk, are working in the city office. Not far away, they all live on Kerr Street, and it only takes ten minutes to walk."

"I heard from Mrs. Cecil that there were a total of 78 believers who came to register yesterday. Is it too little to go to only three?"

"You don't need to go to all of them, just pick a few suspicious ones." Ma Wei put down the register and said, "Kill chickens to scare monkeys."

"You want to expose their crimes of defrauding maintenance money?"

"The goddess Junia is kind, she loves her believers, so even if the believers deceive her, she will not throw the believers into hell. On the contrary, the goddess will also realize the lies of the believers and make the believers become the most honest. people."

Levin, who was eating bread, was stunned for a moment, and then he slapped his legs and laughed loudly: "In order not to let them lie, do they realize their lies? Boss, Boss, I really didn't expect that you are still 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."

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

Taking advantage of the leisure time in the morning, when there was no time for believers to visit the door, Ma Wei asked Fat Ju to continue training the cat people, Xiao Hei stayed to cooperate with Mrs. Cecil to look after the house, and he took Junia and Levin to Mr. Barton's house to the residence.

Barton Williams, who works in the city office, is actually not poor. Like other residents living in Kerr Street, his weekly salary is between 4-10 gold pounds, which is much richer than the residents of South Street.

Even so, some people still want to defraud the repair money, even if it is only 1 gold pound.

Barton Williams rented at No. 51, the middle section of Kerr Street. It was a small apartment. An elderly woman lived there before. She had a medical condition last year and was taken to the Royal Capital by her son for recuperation. The empty house is listed for rent. Because it is an urgent rent, the monthly rent is only 3 gold pounds, which is cheap and affordable.

When Ma Wei and the others came to the apartment at No. 51 Kerr Street, they just saw Mr. Button, who was wearing a coat and a round cap, and was about to go to work, opened the door.

"Father?"

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

"Almost." Marvey said straight to the point: "Mr. Button, when you came to the church to report the damage to the house yesterday, you said that there was a crack in the girder of your house. This matter is too urgent, so I invited an expert in house construction. , come here to see the damage, if it is serious, we will start construction immediately."

"what?"

Hearing these words, Barton Williams looked puzzled and said, "I didn't go to church yesterday, damn it!"

He suddenly changed his face slightly, 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 angry?" The woman named Liz turned around, waved her hand to the housemaid to go out, and admitted frankly: "I did go to the church and registered the damage to our house one time."

"What damage! Do you know what you are doing!"

Barton was furious: "Our family didn't have any damage, but you went to the church to ask for repair funds. This is the behavior of a liar! Get out immediately and apologize to the priest!"

"Are you crazy?!" Liz screamed, and her nasolabial folds stretched quickly: "You must never apologize! Once you apologize, it is equivalent to admitting to lying, which will affect your work!"

"Since you know it will affect my work, why do you go to the church and lie about the situation?!"

"Mrs. Leippe from the house next door has also gone. When she came back yesterday afternoon, she swore to us that nothing would go wrong."

"She didn't go to church at all!!!" Barton yelled: "Yesterday afternoon, I saw her go shopping on Ross Avenue with my own eyes. She is not a believer in the Church of Truth. What is the report? That is lying to you! "

Liz looked at Button in shock, unable to speak for a while.

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

Pulling his wife's arm, Barton returned to the entrance, took off his hat, and solemnly explained the situation to Ma Wei.

"I'm very sorry, Father, I was busy with work and didn't notice Liz's strangeness, which caused this to happen"

"It doesn't matter, your frankness proves that you are an upright person, Mr. Barton." Ma Wei nodded and said, "I am very pleased that a person like you is willing to become a believer in the Church of Truth. Someone else knows. Truth comes first."

"Praise the Goddess for her mercy."

Saying goodbye to Barton Williams, the three of Ma Wei walked towards the home of the furniture maker Ronan Wood. On the way, Junia suddenly asked: "Dad, should we forgive them for the situation just now?"

"There is no pure good or evil in this world. If you do something wrong, you must be honest. You can't make mistakes again and again in order to hide the previous lies." Ma Wei said: "Mr. Barton's behavior is indeed beyond my expectations. He knows very well that once his wife's lying is leaked, his work in the office will be affected, and if it is serious, he will be fired, but he still chooses to be honest and puts the choice in our hands. He is very brave. We should advocate This kind of behavior, but how to do it specifically depends on the situation at the time, and cannot be generalized."

While talking, the three of them came to No. 23 Kerr Street. This is a shop with all kinds of handmade furniture in the window, with exquisite styles and scary labels.

Mavi pushed the door open and entered the store, and gently rang the bell hanging at the door.

Jingle Bell.
A grey-haired old man lifted the curtain and walked in from the backyard. When he saw who was coming, a smile appeared on his wrinkled face, and his right hand, stained with sawdust and calloused, wiped his body and stretched out to Ma Wei. In front of him: "Father, you haven't come to my shop for a long time, do you want to order some furniture this time?"

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

Ma Wei shook his head with a smile, and reached out to shake hands with him: "I heard that your house has been damaged. I invited an expert to come and check it."

"Ok?"

Mr. Ronan's reaction was exactly the same as that of Mr. Button. He was startled for a moment, and then his eyes widened: "My family doesn't have one."

"Father!"

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

(End of this chapter)