Forget about meals included, even if the rent doesn't increase this month or next, landlords feel like they've lost money buying the property.
Su Xinyi also looked at Ye Beiping, unsure how to explain this to her father.
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Su Qingwen became even more anxious.
"Say something! How much rent have you paid? Take me to see it now, or I'll get ripped off. You're so young; if you don't know anything about renting, you should at least ask us first."
Seeing that his father-in-law was about to come over and pull them to the newly rented house, Ye Beiping immediately said, "Um... Xinyi is starving, why don't we eat first?"
"Why are you still eating? You've been scammed, how can you still be in the mood to eat?" Su Qingwen couldn't understand Ye Beiping's thoughts, and even had a bad impression of him.
Faced with such a father-in-law, Ye Beiping could only take a deep breath.
"Xinyi is pregnant."
Su Qingwen calmed down a bit and glanced at Su Xinyi's lower abdomen.
Indeed, at this moment, nothing, no matter how big, could stop Su Xinyi from eating; Su Qingwen could still distinguish between money and life.
"Let's go eat first, and then we can go see the apartment you're renting. There are too many scammers in Hangzhou these days. A few days ago, a state-owned factory was scammed out of hundreds of thousands of yuan worth of goods, and the factory manager was arrested."
Cough cough!
Ye Beiping nearly choked on his water.
Such a scheme to cheat state-owned factories could probably only happen in this era.
With incomplete identity information, one could simply obtain an ID card, invest some money in a set of clothes, and be able to smuggle a large quantity of goods from a state-owned factory.
Resell it at a low price and you'll make a huge profit.
Later on, the scammers stopped scamming goods and started scamming the factories out of money, claiming it was for purchasing equipment or something.
Even worse, when some factories went out of business, the factory manager and management colluded with outsiders to secretly sell the factory's equipment—all of which were businesses with no initial investment.
Su Xinyi stopped Su Qingwen from continuing, saying, "Dad, I'm all sweaty, I'm going to take a shower first."
If we let my father continue, who knows what earth-shattering news he might reveal.
State-owned factories that are scammed usually keep the news under wraps, because revealing it would damage the factory's image and could even trigger a wave of employee protests for unpaid wages.
More and more state-owned factories are facing closure due to poor performance.
Therefore, it is very important to be careful with your words and actions in this era.
After Su Xinyi interrupted, Su Qingwen realized he had talked too much and looked around to make sure there were no people around.
I suspect no one heard what I just said.
The two sisters, Su Xinyi and Su Xinwan, went back to their room hand in hand, while Ye Beiping and Su Qingwen waited at the hotel entrance.
However, Su Qingwen was still unwilling to give up on the previous topic and kept asking about renting a house.
Ye Beiping originally wanted to brush it off, but Su Qingwen wouldn't let it go, so he could only say helplessly, "Dad, I'll take you to see it tomorrow and you'll see. Besides, the agreement has already been signed."
"It's not a scam, so don't worry."
dad?
Su Qingwen was stunned, and Ye Beiping was also stunned.
An unintentional address left two upright men stunned on the street.
You should know that Ye Beiping hadn't called out this word in a long time, so it was completely unexpected that he did it now.
He pursed his lips, subconsciously reaching into his pocket to see if he had any cigarettes, hoping to light one to ease the awkwardness.
These are all bad habits left over from past lives. Sharing cigarettes is the most common practice in social situations, except in high-end occasions, where people no longer share cigarettes.
The practice of smoking is mainly popular among the lower social strata.
In high-end settings, no one shares cigarettes anymore; everyone smokes their own. Most people have chosen to quit smoking.
The two looked at each other for a moment, then immediately separated.
The older man was unaccustomed to having such a grown son, while the younger man, thinking of his own father, didn't know what to say.
After a standoff of about half an hour, Su Xinyi came out wearing a different outfit, followed by Su Xinwan, who had also changed her clothes.
These clothes were all bought by Ye Beiping for Su Xinyi when they were in Pingba Village. Even after coming to Hangzhou, they are still very fashionable clothes.
It's all thanks to my eye for choosing clothes from my past life.
"Dad, let's go have dinner first." Su Xinyi spoke first, sensing that the atmosphere was tense.
I don't know what happened between the two of them just now. The main thing was to let Ye Beiping make a good impression. It's only natural for a son-in-law to treat his father-in-law to dinner.
Su Qingwen glanced at Ye Beiping's embarrassed expression, seemingly guessing something, and could only nod, intending to secretly ask his daughter what was going on.
He's a scholar, after all. If he didn't understand basic social etiquette at his age, he wouldn't have gotten to this position.
The four of them walked along the street and, led by Ye Beiping, went directly into a state-run restaurant.
Su Qingwen initially thought it was a waste and refused to go in, but Su Xinyi said something that forced him to go in.
"Dad, your son-in-law is inviting you to dinner, so don't refuse."
These words made Su Qingwen purse his lips and walk into the state-run restaurant. Let alone others, even with his salary, he wouldn't dare to easily come to a state-run restaurant. What kind of people frequented such places? Could ordinary people afford to eat there regularly?
A simple meal costs seven or eight yuan, and if you add a bottle of wine, it will cost more than ten yuan.
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