Ignoring the incomprehensible expressions on the faces of the Lu family couple, Shen Luzhu directly chatted with Mrs. Liu: "My family used to make coffins, and I have been looking at shops recently, but the shops in this county are too expensive. None are suitable."
"This is the county seat, so naturally it cannot be compared with those small towns and villages."
Shen Luzhu leaned forward with a very affectionate look: "Auntie, I just saw that you only need two taels of silver a month to rent this shop, right? Auntie is really amazing. How did you negotiate the rent?" At such a low level, how can you not make money in any business with your intelligence? Auntie is really capable and kind-hearted, can you also teach me?"
Due to Liu's temperament, even if she didn't fight with others, she would never be praised to the heavens like this. At this moment, if she weren't in front of so many people, she would really want to hum a few lines. Come and add to the fun.
Mrs. Liu, who was so coaxed by Shen Luzhu, hurriedly shared her experience of renting a shop with Shen Luzhu: "It is indeed much cheaper than others, but in addition to relying on brains, you also have to do this. When times are good, you have to look for the times when the store is in recession so that you can lower the price. When there are many people renting it, who cares about you?"
"Then, Auntie, you are really very capable. No one else has it. You can rent it so much cheaper! Auntie, your monthly rent of two taels of silver has been like this from the beginning? Oops, Hasn't it been almost ten years? How much money will be saved?" Kanshu La
Ms. Liu said proudly, "No, there won't be a second rent for this rent not only on Changqing Street, but also in the entire Xing'an County! At first, the Lu family didn't agree with anything. It took a long time." , it is true that no one came to rent the shop, so we negotiated it, and it was still a grind. The rent had to be paid every six months and the lease signed. It was very troublesome, and they refused to pay it every year or two regardless of anything. "
Shen Luzhu seemed a little confused and asked confusedly: "Ah? Why is that? Didn't you sign a ten-year lease?"
"Sign the lease every six months so that you can raise the rent at any time! But who am I, Liu Ying? They all have shame, who can make trouble more than me! I don't know how many times his family has raised the rent, but which time is it? Didn’t the price go up? Later, he even asked to rent it to us, but you see, after a few bottles of wine, he still got the ten-year lease!"
Shen Luzhu smiled, brighter than every time before: "Oh! So that's it!"
After saying that, she ignored Mrs. Liu who still wanted to brag. She walked back to Chu Yi and turned to look at the Lu family standing aside: "Uncle of the Lu family, this ten-year lease, Aunt of the Yu family said it is for three years." It was signed years ago, do you agree?"
Lu Abo, who was suddenly asked a question, was stunned for a moment. He remembered Shen Luzhu's earlier explanation, telling them that they would be killed today. This lease was signed ten years ago, but it seemed that he had already let it slip just now. For a moment I didn't know how to respond.
But the old lady of the Lu family said hurriedly: "No, no, we have never signed a ten-year lease with the Yu family!"
This old lady thought simply, thinking that her plan was about to come true, but she was suddenly interfered with by this little wife, so now she couldn't cooperate with the other party even if she was beaten to death, she just didn't want to call her Shen Lu Zhu bought both shops.
But who knows, Shen Luzhu seemed to have expected that the other party would say this. After getting the answer, his smile became even sweeter. He turned to the two official servants and the crowd of watching neighbors with a smile: "Everyone, the answer is already very clear." It’s clear, it’s really time for the Yu family to move out!”
Mrs. Liu, who was still immersed in Shen Luzhu's admiration and praise, couldn't help herself, suddenly became furious: "What did you say! Who told you that my family should move away! You stinky and shameless crazy woman, you just said that my family said It’s the truth, but then you turn around and say my family should move out, I think you are mentally ill!”
"No one told me, but you just said it yourself. There is something wrong with the lease in your hands, and the Lu family happens to not recognize the ten-year lease. From this point of view, it is indeed your responsibility to The shop should be returned to the Lu family."
The neighbors who were watching were a little confused as to why things suddenly took such a big turn. They all said, "My dear lady, didn't you just say that it should be the Yu family's fault? Why did you change it again?"
"That's right. Didn't the Lu family say it was signed ten years ago this morning? Why are they saying it has never been signed now?"
"The lease deed has been compared with the government. The handwriting and fingerprints are all Ruabo's. How can this be fake?"
When Ms. Liu heard that someone was helping her family, she immediately became energetic: "I think she was hired by the Lu family to help her, and she came specifically to rob my shop! What kind of evil has my family done? Let's rent a shop to do business. Who can We know that we are dealing with such a boss, and even after signing the lease, he refuses to acknowledge it, and he is thinking all day long about kicking us out. It is really bullying!"
Shen Luzhu ignored Liu's behavior at all, and just said to the onlookers: "It's time for you to hear what the Yu family's aunt said. She said that the Lu family felt that the rent was too low, and they were only willing to sign a lease every six months. , the rent is paid every six months, and they have been trying to increase the rent in the meantime. It can be seen that the Lu family is very dissatisfied with the rent of twenty taels per month. If they are so dissatisfied, why did they still sign the rent with the Yu family? Change, but the lease lasts for ten years, is it crazy?"
After Shen Luzhu said this, everyone did feel that this matter was indeed a bit strange, but some people still had different opinions: "Then why did the government say that the handwriting and fingerprints were mostly Ru Abo's? The government had already done the comparison, what else could there be? Fake? "
"The handwriting and handprints are real!"
The old man who asked the question was a little confused: "Then you still say that the lease is fake?"
Shen Luzhu smiled: "The government said that the handwriting and fingerprints belonged to Lu Abo, but they never said that there was nothing wrong with the lease, right? If the government determines that the ten-year lease is valid, then these two The family wouldn’t have been arguing endlessly for so many years, and things like this wouldn’t have happened!”
"You, my little daughter-in-law, have confused people. According to you, the Lu family is not satisfied, but she actually signed. Is it possible that her brain is really damaged?"
Shen Luzhu smiled and said, "Auntie, you are right. This uncle of the Lu family really has a broken brain. In other words, when he signed this word, his mind was not clear at all!"
"What?" The man was obviously even more confused.
"Actually, I didn't understand it at first. It wasn't until the Yu family's aunt said something that she would get the lease after a few bottles of wine, that I made a guess. At that time, the Lu family already had a lease agreement. Please give the Yu family some thought. The two families must have been having a bad fight. Why did Lu Abo go to the Yu family to have a drink? It seems that the Yu family wanted to continue renting a shop and gave in, so Lu Abo went. At the banquet, I am afraid that the problem also arises from the drink. It is not a difficult thing to trick an old man who has drunk several bottles of wine into signing a lease. It may not be difficult for the Yu family to do it at that time. What I told Ruabo was to sign the same six-month lease as before."
"You fart! Stop talking so nonsense, or I'll tear your mouth apart!" Mrs. Liu's face instantly turned pale, and she rushed towards Shen Luzhu, but fortunately, she was blocked by Chu Yi, who had quick eyes and quick hands.
Who is Ms. Liu? She is a woman who has been fighting against all the wives for many years, and she can do tricks and act rogue as often as she wants. She lay down on the ground and started crying: "Here, let's hit someone! Oh my god, is there any justice? They are bullying our family! Bullying my man for being a cripple, bullying me for not having a son!"
Seeing Ms. Liu lying on the ground, Yu Ling hurriedly ran forward and cried with her mother-in-law about her family's misfortune. Yu Fugui rushed up and asked with an attitude of protecting his wife and children: "You are all employees of the Lu family." Are you here to rob my shop? You are forcing our family of three to die!"
How could Chu Ping let this family of three slander his cousin at will? He immediately shouted: "Come on, everyone, come and see, you are blackmailing someone in broad daylight! He can change his face faster than the opera singer, no If you’ve seen it, come over and have a look!”
As soon as Chu Yi saw the reaction of his family, he knew that it must be the ones his wife guessed, which made the Yu family angry.
So he stepped forward and stood in front of Shen Luzhu, grabbed Chu Ping who was still scolding the Yu family, and bowed to the two official servants: "Two official servants, the results of the previous comparison by the government are not wrong, but There seems to be some problems with the origin of this lease. There is only one copy, and there is no date of signing. Now it seems that one party may have been coaxed into signing it after being drunk. The Lu family also claims that this has never happened before. thing, this
Can both parties be brought to the Yamen for investigation? "
Chu Ping echoed: "That's right, hit him a few times and you'll be all set!"
Shen Luzhu also said: "However, whether the Lu family signed the lease and refused to acknowledge it, or the Yu family tricked the Lu family into signing the lease, I guess it was all for money. It should not be regarded as an ordinary neighbor dispute. The woman doesn’t know if this is considered fraud, but if it is, the two officials should report it to the county magistrate as soon as possible, otherwise it will not be a good thing if other merchants follow this example in the future."
After hearing what Shen Luzhu said about "fraud", the two officials did not respond. The Lu and Yu families blew up the temple first, shouting that they had been wronged.
"Sir, Lord Official, please don't listen to this crazy woman's nonsense. Where did we commit fraud? Didn't our yamen compare this contract? It's true. It's true. It's the Lu family who refuses to admit it!"
"Our family is the one who was deceived. The shop at home has been occupied by the Yu family for who knows how long. It was them who defrauded them. The Yu family are all liars, a whole family of liars!"
I really didn't expect that the two officials were there. I thought they were just here to make a fuss. After all, the two families had been having trouble figuring things out for a day or two. Who would have thought that things would actually turn around today.
Let alone catching the fraudster, which would be a great achievement. If the dispute between the two families could be resolved this time, the brothers in the government office would also be clean.
Without saying a word, the two of them picked up Liu's mother and daughter who were lying on the ground, and said, "Let's go, come with us to the Yamen!"
The Yu family naturally refused to go at all: "Brother Guan Cha, it's not like we've never done this before. You can't just listen to Fengpo's words!"
"Stop nagging, let's go!"
