Chapter 101 Collecting Rent
In the 1980s, Shichahai was still full of ancient charm. The first thing they saw when they got off the car was the farmers' market, which was very lively.
Du Feng walked beside Su Ying and couldn't help but look at the other person's stall.
"Sister-in-law, the house the chief bought is in a great location. There's even a huge vegetable market here. I just saw that the vegetables are really fresh, especially the big cabbage, which is so juicy."
Su Ying also looked over there and smiled.
"This is the largest farmers' market. There are many people living in this area, so this farmers' market is naturally bustling."
The two followed the address Gu Jinghong gave them and walked into an alley after turning several corners.
After confirming again and again, Du Feng said.
"Sister-in-law, this should be the one."
The foundations of the houses in this area are similar. The buildings are a bit old, but not dilapidated. There are just a lot of things piled up in the yard.
There was a quadrangle courtyard with seven families living in it. There were children playing in the yard. When they saw Su Ying come in, they all looked at them curiously.
Du Feng went over and asked.
"Where is your master?"
The child looked into the house and shouted.
"Mom, someone is coming, and there's a very beautiful sister."
Su Ying was stunned.
Du Feng touched the little boy's head.
"You are a very good eye boy."
Soon, a woman wearing an apron came out of the room.
"Who is it? Who's here?"
As she walked out, an old lady came out from the next room, holding a basin of water and was about to pour it.
Du Feng said quickly.
"The landlord asked us to come and collect the rent. You haven't paid rent in two years, right? Just pay it all at once this time."
The woman and the old lady were both shocked and stared at Su Ying and Du Feng.
"Who are you? We rented a house from a young man named Gu. Who are you to collect rent?"
The old lady was old, but she had a loud voice, which attracted other neighbors to come out.
Du Feng saw a lot of people coming out and pointed at Su Ying and said.
"Her surname is Gu... She's the young man's wife, and it was her husband who asked us to collect the rent this time."
Du Feng was a little uncomfortable calling his leader "young man".
After saying that, he glanced at Su Ying secretly, thinking that his sister-in-law must also find it funny.
Su Ying felt that her husband Gu was not that old. He was only thirty years old and still a young man.
She pulled a stack of contracts from her bag and showed them to the tenants.
"This is the rental contract you signed. I also have the receipt for your last rent payment. It's all very clear."
The tenants looked at each other, and the woman in the apron spoke to Su Ying first.
"Comrade, why don't you go inside first? We haven't paid the rent for two years, but it's not that we didn't pay, it's that the landlord hasn't come to collect."
Su Ying nodded and followed the woman into the house.
The other tenants looked at each other and followed in.
These people were relatively reasonable. Su Ying took the contract, receipts and other things to them for verification, and they all expressed their willingness to make up for it.
But the old lady looked at Su Ying with some embarrassment.
"Well, Xiao Gu's wife, my family doesn't have that much money this month, and we can't pay it all at once. Can I give you six months' payment first, and then pay the other six months' payment next month?"
Since the other person cooperated, Su Ying naturally wasn't the type to make things difficult for them, so she smiled and said.
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