"I was just wondering why people were not allowed to be quiet so early in the morning. They were planning this stupid idea together! They even tricked the officials into coming. So what if they were called? We have the lease in hand. ! Even if the county magistrate comes today, don’t let us move out. Lao Yu, bring our lease and show it to these short-sighted people. Whoever yells at us to move out again? I just picked out his eyeballs, both of them are blind, it would be a waste to keep them!"
One of the younger officials who came today saw that Mr. Liu was getting more and more exaggerated, so he stopped him and said, "Younger of the Yu family, please be careful what you say!"
Liu kept talking like a barrage of words, and there was no chance for Lu Abo to interrupt. If the official had not interrupted him, Lu Abo would have been sprayed with blood.
Mrs. Liu was still quite scrupulous about the two official servants, and was a little reluctant to do so, but she still kept her mouth shut. After thinking about it, she became a little angry, and turned towards her man: "Lao Yu, can you please hurry up?" Order it!"
Only then did Lu Abo intervene: "I won't argue with you, a woman, so just bring me the lease right away."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Fugui trotted out of the shop, shook off the lease deed in his hand, pointed to the words on it and said: "Open your eyes and see clearly, the Lu family will be at the entrance of the East Erhutong of Changqing Street." The shop is rented to the Yu family at the price of two taels of silver per month, and the settlement is due once every ten years. Party A: Lu Abo, Party B: Yu Fugui. The writing is clearly written in black and white. Who can be short-sighted and say that my house is due? ?」
The young couple looked at each other in shock. Although they had known for a long time that the Yu family rented the Lu family's shop at a very low price, they still couldn't help but eat it when they heard that the Yu family's monthly rent was only twenty taels. Startled.
It is said that although the Lu family's shop was difficult to rent because of the previous county magistrate, it was still necessary to rent it for three, two or four taels a month. The Yu family only gave two taels, but this Lu family actually You even agreed to it, which is really your own fault!
Even if the Yu family didn't take out the lease and read it word for word, another older official could almost memorize it. He was there when he first went to the government, and the handwriting of the widows in the yamen was specially checked. The fingerprints and fingerprints all belong to Lu Abo himself. I really don’t know what the Lu family is still causing trouble.
He dug his ears, which were so painful from the shock of the Yu family, and turned to look at Lu Abo and asked, "Have you not seen this lease several times before, but what else do you want to say?"
At this time, Lu Abo was also riding a tiger and couldn't get off. He quietly glanced at the Chu family in the crowd, swallowed and said, "There is nothing wrong with this lease."
When the young official heard this, he was even angrier than the Yu family: "There's nothing wrong with you. What are you causing trouble today?"
"Official, official, please listen to me. This lease was signed ten years ago. Not long after the previous county magistrate took office, my original tenant changed his shop. It happened that Yu's family came to rent a shop at my house. We signed This lease, now, doesn’t it look like it’s been ten years now?”
The official was stunned, and the onlookers also murmured: "I remember that the previous county magistrate stayed with us for more than six years, less than seven years, and then he retired and returned to his hometown. Now the current magistrate Xin is here. How many years have you been here?"
The older official said faintly: "Officials in Daqian are elected for three years, and Xin County Magistrate will be elected for one term by the end of this year."
The onlookers said, "Ah, isn't that ten years already?"
"Yes! It's been ten years. The Lu family has the final say on whether to rent this shop or not. The Yu family should make room for others."
When the Yu family heard this, they quickly interrupted: "What a fart! You can't free up space! The lease of my house was signed two years ago, and now it's less than three years. It's already ten years!"
Ruabo shook his head and stepped forward: "No, it was signed by the previous county magistrate ten years ago, not long after he took office!"
The old lady of the Lu family also stepped forward to help: "Yes, yes, I remember that not long after the former county magistrate took office, he said... No, the tenant of my house at that time went to other streets because of some incident. We went up to rent a shop, and then we signed a lease with the Yu family. It’s almost ten years now, and we, the old couple, don’t plan to rent it anymore. It’s not good for the Yu family to keep occupying it!”
Although what the old lady of the Lu family said was somewhat unclear, the old neighbors on Changqing Street,
Who doesn't know what happened back then? As soon as these words came out, they immediately remembered the county magistrate who had done evil back then, which caused the price of their house to drop a lot.
With the same anger towards the former county magistrate but dare not speak out, now everyone looked at the Yu family who had taken advantage of the situation and suddenly lost the good looks of watching the fun. It was as if the Yu family had taken advantage of all of them and shared the same hatred. Glaring over.
"Hey, this Yu family is really good. They have taken advantage of them for so many years. Why are they still relying on other people's shops now? How shameless!"
"No, the Lu family's stall has really brought bad luck to their family for eight lifetimes!"
Mrs. Liu couldn't bear this anger. She pulled up the lease and shouted it in front of everyone: "Who told you that it was signed ten years ago! It was three years ago! Three years ago! You bunch of talkative bitches, don't you dare to You are yelling nonsense, I am tearing your mouth off!"
Although those women were disgusted with Yu's behavior, they were not willing to fight for other people's affairs. They only muttered: "You said three years is three years."
When the young couple heard this, they knew that the old couple of the Lu family did not do what they said. Shen Luzhu and Chu Yi were blocked outside the Lu family that day and were forced to watch the excitement. They had seen this in Ding An's hand. I didn’t feel anything was wrong with the lease at that time.
It was only when I was chatting with Chu Yi afterwards that I remembered that the lease didn't seem to say when it was signed or when the lease ended. I don’t know if it was an oversight when I wrote it, or if the person who forged it did it deliberately in order to take advantage of it for a few more years in the future.
At the time, the officials in the government probably only focused on checking handwriting and fingerprints. They did not delve into the format of the deed written by the common people, but it was not important. As long as this loophole remained, The other party can take advantage of this to dominate the shop and refuse to retreat, and the Lu family can also use this to force the other party to return the shop.
Therefore, according to the method Shen Luzhu told the Lu family, in addition to killing the lease that was signed ten years ago in front of everyone today, he also asked them to do two things in advance. One is to quietly find someone to help Yu. To add some obstruction to the family, they spread some rumors about the bad feng shui of the shop to let the Yu family know about it, so as to shake the Yu family's determination to occupy the shop.
The second is to make sure that the lease was signed ten years ago. Every detail has to be finalized. Recently, I have to mention it to my neighbors more often, and I need to be aware of the direction of public opinion, especially when my shop was closed overnight. The neighbors have all experienced the price drop, and they will definitely have more resonance. In this way, when it comes to sharing, the Xinlu family will have more talents.
But looking at the behavior of the people present now, and what the aunt learned from them just now, the young couple can basically conclude that the Lu family must have done nothing, and they are thinking of getting over this matter in a fool's errand. When the time comes, Shen Luzhu will If this method fails, they can logically sell only the east courtyard.
Shen Luzhu was not confident enough to think that whatever he thought of would be possible, but the other party tried and failed, which is completely different from tricking people and treating them like fools from the beginning.
Thinking about it, if it weren't for the limited time they were on duty at the yamen, by the time they arrived at the county seat, the Lu family's drama would have been finished!
But fortunately, Shen Luzhu came here by chance, and there was nothing she could do to make the Lu family have everything they wanted. Thinking of this, Shen Luzhu suddenly took two steps forward and came in front of the lease held by Mrs. Liu, as if he was studying something, and then said: "This lease doesn't seem right, why don't we even have time to sign it?" , who knows when it was signed. Auntie, were you too careless at first?"
Chu Ping spoke up and said, "That's right. How did you get this lease? If you don't know, you might think it's a fake!"
Hearing this, Mrs. Liu suddenly took back the lease in her hand: "Where are you these scoundrels? Did I forget to write it down when I signed the lease? It's not your turn to point fingers!"
Shen Luzhu was not annoyed, but continued to talk to Mrs. Liu in a good-tempered manner: "Hey, Auntie, you brought this thing out just for everyone to see. You are right, who has forgotten things all the time, but This lease is usually made in two copies, but the other one is in the owner’s hands? I can’t forget to write that one too!”
"Where is there another one?"
Ruabo and his wife
Shen Luzhu was confused by the sudden involvement of Shen Luzhu, and he didn't know what to do at this time. It could be seen that the other party looked at him sharply, but he still subconsciously replied: "The lease of the Yu family is fake, where did we get another one?" One serving".
Upon seeing this, the daughter of the Yu family quickly helped her mother-in-law to smooth things over: "They must have destroyed the other lease, just because they didn't want everyone to know that it was signed three years ago, so as to slander my family!"
Yu Fugui also said: "The yamen have compared it. This lease is genuine. You surnamed Lu should stop spouting nonsense!"
As if hearing this for the first time, Shen Luzhu looked at the two officials in surprise: "Have the officials already compared it?"
Seeing that the two officials almost nodded, he turned to Mrs. Liu with a smile on his face and continued: "What else is there to say? That must be what your family said is the truth. This lease must have been signed three years ago." , Auntie, you have a kind face at first sight, and no matter how you look at it, you don’t look like a liar, deceiver!”
The situation took a turn for the worse. Not only the Yu family and the Lu family were stunned, but even Chu Ping was stunned. They shouldn't have helped the Lu family get the shop back. Why did his cousin still help the Yu family speak up? Already?
Subconsciously he called out: "Cousin sister-in-law..."
Before the third word could be uttered, Chu Yi quietly pulled down his arm. Hearing the sound, Shen Luzhu turned around and smiled at his husband. Then he turned around and continued to say to Mrs. Liu, "Auntie, what kind of business is your family doing?" Yes? Our family also plans to do some small business in the county in the future, but there is no way at all. We haven’t even found a shop yet. Auntie, you look like you are a good businessman. Your business at home must be good, right? !」
Only then did Chu Ping seem to realize something and silently shut up. Mrs. Liu also recovered from her shock and said with an immodest smile: "You little lady is pretty good at judging people. My family is open The business of the grocery store is indeed good, what are you planning to do at home?"
