Chapter 100 Rent Increase
"So noisy?" Lin Ziqiu pretended to be surprised, "Then didn't you raise any objections? It's a bit too much to affect everyone's rest like this."
"Who says it's not true?" someone next to him said, "But people have to listen to it!"
"I heard that the person who rented that yard is very important. The landlord doesn't dare to offend him, so he can only turn a blind eye!"
Lin Ziqiu didn't expect that Zhong Zhiyang would protest against the marriage arranged by his family, but still use the Zhong family's name when renting a house.
How could a truly responsible man behave like this?
"The young man here is from the military compound! I heard a quarrel last time, and it seems that he hid here to escape marriage. That woman is not a good person either. She is a second-married woman whose husband died and she is trying to marry a rich man!"
"Keep your voice down so no one can hear you!"
"Shh! Stop talking!"
The old woman who spoke first winked at the other two. After all, they were people of important backgrounds, and if too much gossip spread, they would be the ones who would suffer in the end.
She glanced at Lin Ziqiu and said earnestly, "Hey! We have no other choice, so if you want to rent a house, please rent it far away!"
Lin Ziqiu pursed her lips and smiled, and an idea came to her mind. "Do you have the contact information of this landlord?"
"Hmm? You want to rent this room?"
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Zhong Zhiyang has been having a hard time these days.
Without the protection of the Zhong family, it would be extremely difficult for him to find a decent job.
He brought some money with him when he left home, but he was used to spending lavishly and had spent all the money long ago.
Later, when he couldn't pay the rent, he had to use Jiang Nianyue's money to pay for it.
Ever since grandma and the others came to the house and threatened to sever ties with him, no one from the Zhong family has ever come forward to persuade him to go back.
Jiang Nianyue cried and told him at that time that no matter what happened in the future, she would stay with him.
But later, when he had no money, she seemed like a different person and no longer cared about him as before.
She would ridicule him for being useless, complain that he earned too little money as a laborer, and say that he would be a waste after leaving the Zhong family and what would he have to offer her for a future.
Zhong Zhiyang didn't talk back at first, but after being talked about too much, he became irritated.
He even felt a little regretful that he should not have severed ties with the Zhong family because of Jiang Nianyue.
So the two of them began to quarrel endlessly.
This caused neighbors to come to my door many times.
After getting the landlord’s contact information from the neighbor, Lin Ziqiu went straight to the door.
The landlord lived nearby. There seemed to be only a middle-aged woman in the house, sitting in the main room, warming herself by the fire and sewing insoles.
Seeing someone coming, she looked up in surprise, "Girl, what can I do for you?"
Lin Ziqiu walked in and explained his purpose directly.
Zhang Cui politely refused, "Miss, my yard has been rented out."
Lin Ziqiu, "To be honest, the person who rented your yard is my ignorant child. He has been reluctant to go home. Isn't it almost the New Year? The elderly at home are worried about him. Please help."
"You...you are from the Zhong family..."
"My husband is Zhong Heyang."
Lin Ziqiu stated his identity without being humble or saying anything.
Zhang Cui was stunned for a moment, and looked Lin Ziqiu up and down. She saw that she looked calm and did not seem to be lying, but she still refused to give in.
Although she no longer doubted Lin Ziqiu's identity, it was precisely because Lin Ziqiu's identity was sensitive that she became even more hesitant.
She had heard about the Zhong family coming to ask Zhong Zhiyang to come home.
Originally, she had thought about not renting the house to Zhong Zhiyang anymore, but no one from the Zhong family came to contact her, so she decided to mind her own business.
Even when the neighbors behind reported to her about the quarrel between Zhong Zhiyang and his friends, she turned a blind eye, not wanting to bring trouble upon herself. As long as the rent was paid on time every month, she was too lazy to get involved in the mess.
Now that Lin Ziqiu has come to her house, they are all women. She is worried that Lin Ziqiu’s action is a deliberate revenge on Zhong Zhiyang.
Seeing that she was slow to speak, Lin Ziqiu seemed to have sensed something, so he continued, "Don't worry, since I was able to find you here, it must be the intention of my in-laws."
"You can tell Zhong Zhiyang directly that the rent has increased. If he can afford it, you can continue to rent it to him. If he can't afford it, then I will rent the house."
"I think you know how unhappy the neighbors are because you rented the house to him, and you don't want to ruin the harmony among the neighbors because of him!"
Lin Ziqiu took a two-pronged approach.
Zhang Cui was finally moved. "Then you have to promise that if he knows that I rented the house to you, you won't let him come here to make trouble! I don't want to get involved in your family affairs!"
Lin Ziqiu, "Well, I promise you that this will never happen."
In the evening, the aroma of various dishes wafts through the alley.
Zhong Zhiyang sat alone at the door, his stomach growling with hunger.
Jiang Nianyue went out after having a big fight with him in the afternoon.
Has not returned yet.
There was nothing to eat at home, and he had almost forgotten what meat tasted like.
Zhang Cui came over wrapped in a coat, "Xiao Zhong, you are at home, are you alone? Where are your wife and the others?"
Since they moved here, Jiang Guifang gave up the house in Liuxiang and moved here together.
When Zhong Zhiyang saw that it was her, he looked a little nervous, "They are out, why are you here, Aunt Zhang?"
Zhang Cui walked past him into the yard and looked around pretentiously. "You've been here for a while. I don't want to bring this up, but it's not a good idea for you two to quarrel all the time. Why don't you move somewhere else?"
Zhong Zhiyang suddenly became anxious, "Aunt! We really have nowhere else to go! I...I promise I won't quarrel anymore in the future, please don't chase us away!"
Zhang Cui didn't expect that he would pray to her like this.
He was obviously the son of a high-ranking official in the compound, but he gave up his family and future for a woman.
How confusing.
She said with a straight face, "It's no use for you to promise me. Since you don't want to move out, I can only increase the rent."
Zhong Zhiyang has no money in his pocket now. He used to be moving things at the dock, but he was fired two days ago because a strong man came who was stronger than him and could carry more goods.
He returned home like a lost dog and didn't dare to tell Jiang Nianyue.
But this kind of thing could not be concealed after all, so Jiang Nianyue scolded him in the afternoon and told him to get out.
Zhong Zhiyang swallowed and asked, "How much...how much will the rent increase?"
Just as Zhang Cui raised her finger, a sharp female voice came from behind her.
"You are so heartless! Why do you suddenly raise our rent?"
It was Jiang Nianyue who came back, followed by her mother Jiang Guifang.
Jiang Guifang glared at Zhong Zhiyang fiercely, her eyes full of contempt and disgust, then turned around with her hands on her hips and angrily scolded Zhang Cui, "We haven't reduced your rent before, and you just raise the price as you say, that's too unreasonable!"
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