Things took a turn for the better six years later. The previous county magistrate's six-year term in office had expired and he was ordered to be transferred elsewhere. The new county magistrate took office. After observing for a period of time, the merchants in the county discovered that the two had completely different behavior styles. , and then gradually relaxed.
Some merchants who want to find a better location for their business, or whose shop leases have expired, have turned their attention to Changqing Street in front of the Yamen Gate. After six years of silence, the place is finally beginning to regain its former bustle.
After discovering the changes on the street, Lu Abo also rekindled the hope of increasing the rent of his shop. In the more than six years since his shop was rented to the Yu family, the prices in the county have increased by an unknown amount, and the prices of the shops in the house have also increased. Prices are also rising, but the Yu family is still occupying their own good shop at a rent that is much lower than the market price eight years ago. This rent is going to rise no matter what.
I thought that this time the Yu family would no longer have those high-sounding excuses, and the rent increase would be a matter of course. After all, the previous taboos were gone, and there were more tenants. At worst, it would be the same if they just changed tenants.
But who would have thought that as soon as Lu Abo started talking about raising the rent, the Yu family immediately cried and complained that business was difficult to do and that their lives were difficult. They pulled him and started crying about poverty. His attitude seemed to be not only inappropriate, but If the rent is increased, the rent should be lowered for him.
Lu Abo was so angry at the Yu family's rogue behavior that he said on the spot that he wanted the Yu family to move out of their yard, and that even if the shop was empty in the future, he would not rent it to them again.
The three members of the Yu family were not even willing to increase the rent, and they were not willing to move out of such a cheap shop easily. They immediately found the newly signed lease, and took Lu Abo to talk to the neighbors to argue. "The neighbors are here to comment. The Lu family thinks that my man is a cripple, so they bully us and my wife. The lease of this shop has not expired yet, so they force our family to be kicked out to sleep on the street. Ah, is there any justice left?"
Ms. Liu and her daughter Yu Ling were sitting on the street in front of their shop, crying so hard that their hearts broke. The male owner of the Yu family, Yu Fugui, was lame and was also limping along with Lu Abo. When he came to the door, he sat down on the threshold, beating his bad leg, cursing that it was all because of his incompetence and that he had harmed his wife and daughter, so he might as well have died here.
In this situation, Lu Abo couldn't explain it even if he was justified. He was really tired of arguing with the Yu family, so he could only get rid of Yu Fugui's entanglement and retreat to the east courtyard of his house.
But as the saying goes, clay figures still have a bad temper. After Ruab went back, he became more and more angry. On the second day, he directly found his son-in-law, nephews, etc. to help him.
A group of people went directly to the shop in the west courtyard and gave the Yu family an ultimatum, telling them to move out of the Lu family's shop as soon as the lease came. Otherwise, they would find someone to throw the three of them out. It's no use even if your voice becomes hoarse from crying.
The Yu family saw that Lu Abo seemed to be serious this time and was really thrown out of the shop, so they became a little worried. The next day, they knocked on the door of the east courtyard with some cakes and said that everything was fine. After discussion, they decided to continue renting the Lu family's shop. The two families were so close and looked after each other, so they should get along well.
That night, the Yu family set up a fine banquet in the shop in the west courtyard to entertain Lu Abo. Not only did they solemnly apologize to Lu Abo and his wife on the spot, they also agreed to increase the rent of the shop. Regarding the matter, I just ask the Lu family not to kick them out.
The attitude of the Yu family was surprisingly good, and Lu Abo was relieved. The major issue that had been on his mind for many years was finally solved. He was in a good mood that night and drank a few more drinks. He didn't even know when he got drunk.
I thought that the matter was settled perfectly like this. I just waited for the six-month lease period to be up and the two families to sign a new lease. But who would have thought that when the lease period was up, they waited around and couldn't wait to find Yu Jia. Pay the money to re-sign the contract yourself. If you come to ask, just say that you are busy at the moment and wait for two days.
Lu Abo could only lead people to the Yu family's shop again, and asked in front of all the neighbors: "Yu family, do you still want to rent a shop? If you don't want to rent, just rent it from my shop." move out!"
Yu Fugui and his wife Liu stood behind the counter of the shop, holding their shoulders and watching Lu Abo's face turn red in anger, as if he was being questioned and watched.
It's not like they are average.
"Old man, I also want to ask you what caused this trouble. We all signed a lease and gave money to him a while ago. Now you are looking for someone to make trouble again. You want to play tricks on me. Why don't you blackmail me? It’s not enough money!”
Lu Abo was so angry that his chest was tight and he was short of breath. His hand pointing at Yu Fugui could not help but tremble: "You! You, you scoundrel! The first half of the year has already arrived. Your family is either busy or busy. Seriously, when did I sign the lease with you?"
As if she had been greatly wronged, Mrs. Liu shouted: "Is there any more justice? My family has obviously signed a lease and paid you rent for ten years, why do you come to make trouble again!"
Yu Fugui also took out a piece of paper with writing on it from the box under the counter. It was the signed lease of the two families: "Look! It's written in black and white on this piece of paper. I rented it for ten years at a time." , it’s only been a few months, and you, the Lu family, want to break the contract but you can’t!”
Chu Yi couldn't help but feel a little puzzled as he listened to Lu Abo's narration. He interrupted and asked, "Since you didn't sign the lease, why didn't you report it to the official?"
Lu Abo sighed: "I reported it. I reported it to the official on the spot, but after comparing it, the Yamen said that the fingerprints and handwriting were mine, but I clearly didn't sign it, and I never received any money at home! Since then, , then the Yu family never paid rent again, and just kept occupying my shop. I really had no choice, and recently I thought about selling these two houses, so I went to find them. My nephew’s friend.”
The boss of Yahang, a friend of Lu Abo's nephew, quickly explained: "Boss Chu, I definitely don't mean to trick you. It's just that your request matches the Lu family's house, and the price is really cheap. I Just thinking that you and Capt. Ding are friends, as long as we invite Capt. Ding over, it won't be a piece of cake to solve this matter?
Why do the Yu family dare to play tricks in front of Ding Captou? When you get a cheap and satisfactory shop, the Lu family will have solved a major problem in their heart. It's a good thing that kills two birds with one stone. Why not do it? no? "
Chu Yi glanced coldly at the owner of the bank, then walked out: "You'd better find someone else to buy this shop."
Upon seeing this, the boss of Yahang hurriedly chased after Lu Abo: "Boss Chu, Boss Chu, listen to me, for three hundred taels in this area of the county, this shop is really the cheapest. Besides, it helped Lu Aren’t we doing good things here?”
Seeing that Chu Yi was unmoved, the two of them stopped directly in front of the Lu Family Courtyard, blocking the way: "Boss Chu, I saw it that day. The relationship between Ding Captou and you must be unusual. Just do it." This matter is what Ding Ding first said. As long as he comes to kick out the Yu family, we can immediately sign the deed and go to the Yamen to register again. It's such a big and cheap thing to just throw it away. Don't you feel bad? ?」
"If you stop me again, I will tell Capt. Ding that you lied to both of us!"
At first, he stopped Chu Yi and the two of them, but he hesitated again, especially the boss of Yinghang. He just wanted to do a favor to his friend's elders and make some money on the way, but he didn't want to offend him because of this. The head catcher in the county government office.
Seeing this, Chu Yi no longer paid attention to the entanglement between the two, pushed away the hand of the Yahang boss who blocked his hand, and walked away.
When Shen Luzhu heard that Chu Yi had learned about the Lu family and the Yu family after returning home, he couldn't help but feel a little sad for a moment: "When Brother Ding went to travel with us that day, I still thought that God was helping me. Brother Ding was here. Follow me, that Yao Xing doesn’t dare to fool us, but we didn’t expect that someone would dare to set his sights on Brother Ding. Fortunately, Chu Yi, you weren’t fooled. It seems that we have to change this Yao Xing.”
"After leaving Lu's house, I went to find another bank. The layout of the house in Lu's house is really good. Uncle Azhu, you will definitely like it when you see it. I have already told the people at Ya bank about our needs. , and asked them to help keep an eye out for similar patterns, but I don’t know if they can find anything similar.”
Shen Luzhu just listened to Chu Yi's story and liked it very much, but no matter how much they liked it, they didn't want to wade into this muddy water. Then they comforted Chu Yi and said, "Maybe there is a better one. Besides, we want to buy it. Since it is It’s your own, so you can’t change it no matter what you want.”
Uncle Chu also said: "Yes, Ayi, you did the right thing. This kind of thing is always fair."
The public is right, the mother-in-law is right. You can't just listen to the Nalu family's words. Who knows if there are other hidden things in it, so it's better not to get involved. It's not that he reported to the government back then. Since the government couldn't help him get his home shop back, how can we have the ability to do something that even the government can't do! "
Chu Yi nodded and replied: "Uncle San is right. They just want to take advantage of Brother Ding's influence. It doesn't matter whether it is true or false. It doesn't matter to us. We just want to buy a shop. There is no need to mix it up." and go in."
Uncle Chu remembered another thing and asked, "Do you need to talk to Ding Tou about this?"
Chu Yi did struggle with this matter on the way back: "I was originally thinking about whether I should call Brother Ding in advance so that he could be prepared if the Lu family came to him again. But after thinking about it, I let it go. The boss of Yinghang and Lu Abo originally stopped me from leaving, but they were scared off when I told him that I wanted to tell Brother Ding. I guess you didn’t have the courage to go to Brother Ding directly. It’s a big holiday. It’s better not to disturb Brother Ding.”
Uncle Chu nodded: "That's right. Ding Baotou was kind-hearted to help, but it's not good for us to talk about this matter."
The Mid-Autumn Festival was just two days away, and the young couple quickly put this matter behind them. The next day, they happily drove the bullock cart and took the whole family to the town to do shopping. They said they were pregnant. Finally, Shen Luzhu had not gone to town to visit shops or markets for a long time. Zhengzheng, now seven months old, was much more energetic than before. Activities such as going to town, which were not long distances, were already completely enjoyable. You can take him with you.
At this time, in the county town, the boss of Yinghang, who had just been rejected by Chu Yi, was pacing uneasily in his yard, fearing that Chu Yi would sue him. As a result, he failed to complete the deal. He also offended Ding Baotou because of this, it was really a waste of money!
