The local gritted his teeth and answered, "Rent!"
They have no choice but to rent it out now. After Zhang Yumei and the others made such a scene today, they probably won't be able to charge high rents to people from other places anymore.
When Zhang Yumei was shouting, many tenants nearby came out to watch the commotion.
Some of the bolder ones have even started arguing with their landlords.
The locals felt a chill run down their spines as they were looked at with resentment by the other landlords.
She felt wronged, as it wasn't her intention to expose it.
Who knew Xu Hongxia could speak foreign languages!
After collecting a month's rent from Zhang Yumei and her family.
The locals, recalling the looks others had given her, figured she probably wouldn't have a good time here from now on.
So after thinking about it, she turned back.
When Zhang Yumei saw her return, she stared at her with wide eyes: "You're not going to change your mind, are you?!"
"We've already paid the rent and signed the agreement!"
"No, no! I have no regrets."
The local waved his hand, his attitude completely changing 180 degrees.
She smiled ingratiatingly at them and asked in a low voice, "So, do you want to buy a house?"
"I'll sell this house to you directly. Do you want it?"
The Xu family: ? ? ?
Zhang Yumei looked at her with a puzzled expression: "No, we're not from Guangzhou, what's the use of buying a house?"
"Isn't that a really outrageous question?"
A local, brimming with righteous indignation, exclaimed, "You can buy a house even if you're not from Guangzhou!"
“You can simply buy the house and then rent it out.”
"To be honest, I can earn several hundred yuan a year just from this house!"
"I think we're destined to meet. How about this, I'll sell you the house for three hundred dollars?"
Of course, that was in the past. As long as you could rip off out-of-towners, the monthly rent was already eighty yuan.
But things might change after today; they probably won't dare to cheat outsiders here anymore.
Before the truth came out, local landlords all gave the same answer: the rent was the same price even for foreigners.
But Zhang Yumei's outburst today directly exposed the truth.
Zhang Yumei isn't stupid. If she could earn several hundred yuan a year by renting out the house, why would she be willing to sell it for only three hundred yuan?
"No need, we don't need to buy a house. We're only staying in Guangzhou for a month."
"Why don't you ask someone else?"
After saying that, Zhang Yumei immediately told them to go home: "We need to rest. If you don't have anything else to do, you can go back now."
The landlord wasn't angry about being evicted; he even said kindly, "I know you must need to think about it."
"Okay, I'll come back to see you in a few days, and you can give me your answer then."
After saying that, she left immediately.
As Zhang Yumei and the others packed their luggage, they asked curiously, "Qinqin, why does she suddenly want to sell the house?"
"Is there something wrong with this house?"
Huang Qinqin shook her head: "The house should be fine, after all, she didn't know that we understand foreign languages and that we would come back to fight us."
She glanced around and found that everyone's luggage was basically packed.
He suggested, "Mom, how about I take Ping An and An out for a walk with you?"
"Let's ask around the area with the locals."
"Sure, but let's bring your dad along too."
Zhang Yumei felt that since they were unfamiliar with the area, they would feel more at ease if a man accompanied them when they went out.
......
As soon as Zhang Yumei and Huang Qinqin stepped outside, they felt the intense gazes of their neighbors.
If they hadn't sensed no malice, they probably would have already turned around and gone back inside.
Zhang Yumei looked around and finally struck up a conversation with an aunt who was also holding a child.
"Hello, ma'am, I'd like to ask if you're from around here?"
The aunt shook her head and said kindly, "I'm not a local. I'm also from out of town and I rent a room here."
"Thank you so much for today, little sister!"
Zhang Yumei looked bewildered: "Huh? Why are you thanking me?"
"This should be the first time we've met, right?"
"It is indeed our first time meeting, but you have been a great help to me!"
The aunt pointed excitedly to the house behind her and said, "You don't know, I've been renting this house for more than three months."
"The rent is seventy yuan a month, and that's only because the landlord said he gave me a discount since I've been renting for a long time."
"But right after you exposed them, the rest of us tenants went together to confront the landlords."
"Because the landlord didn't dare to confront us directly, he refunded the overcharged rent to us."
God knows how thrilled she was when she received her rent refund!
They came to Guangzhou to see a doctor, even though their family was relatively well-off.
But medical treatment is expensive, and they already had a monthly rent of seventy yuan. Add to that food, drink, and other necessities, and they were extremely worried.
But now, not only have I gotten back 165 yuan, but my monthly rent will also only be 15 yuan.
That's a huge difference in money!
All of this is thanks to Zhang Yumei and her colleagues.
Zhang Yumei herself never imagined that she had not only saved herself rent, but also saved other people's rent.
"Is that so? But these local landlords are really ripping people off, aren't they?"
"Aren't they afraid that if the rent is too high, no one will want to rent a place?"
"Sigh, it's precisely because so many people need to rent that they feel so emboldened."
The aunt glanced around and, seeing that the landlords had all left, dared to continue.
"Because it's close to the train station and the port."
"So there are a lot of people from other places and foreigners who come here to rent rooms."
"Moreover, many foreigners will pay a month's rent even if they only stay for a few days."
"And the foreigners renting rooms are like weeds in a field, one crop after another!"
"There are also some, like me, who have sick family members and need to stay in Guangzhou for several months."
"Renting a house is definitely more cost-effective than staying in a guesthouse."
"So they don't lack tenants at all. If you hadn't discovered this, I estimate our rent would have remained this high."
After hearing this, Zhang Yumei felt somewhat saddened.
Surprisingly, the rent they make from renting out a house is more than the wages of a worker.
"So where do we eat here? And...?"
Huang Qinqin watched Zhang Yumei and her aunt chatting, her eyes starting to wander.
He pondered to himself: So why did that landlord want to sell the house?
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