In addition, let's talk about the house. Your family has occupied Xu Zijiang's house for fifteen years. For the first seven years, Xu Zijiang also lived in your house, but only occupied one room. Your son and daughter-in-law moved to Xu Zijiang's house and occupied two rooms. So for those seven years, we only charge you for one room. Xu Zijiang's house was still very new back then. Charging you only one yuan a month is not unreasonable, is it?
Over those seven years, that's eighty-four yuan. Later, Xu Zijiang joined the army, and your family completely took over the house. He didn't live with you anymore. The rent was three yuan a month, for eight years, three yuan a month, totaling two hundred and eighty-eight yuan. Three hundred and eighty-eight yuan minus eighty-four and then two hundred and eighty-eight leaves you owing Xu Zijiang fifty-three yuan and seventy cents.
"Also, your family's land plot is nearly one-third larger than Xu Zijiang's. When dividing the family property, the land plot should be divided fairly. You need to pay Xu Zijiang for this portion. It will be seventeen yuan for you. To make it round up, you need to pay Xu Zijiang a total of eighty yuan."
"I didn't make a mistake, did I? I'm good at math. If you can't figure it out, it's okay. I'll wait for you. You can take your time."
Seeing Xu Liang and the others struggling to count on their fingers, Yu Jiu slightly curled her lips, raised her head proudly, and said arrogantly and disdainfully.
Little brat, trying to squeeze more money out of them? She'll make them give back the money they got from Xu Zijiang!
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Xu Liang and his sons were confused. What a great starting point! More than 800 yuan. How did it turn out to be a negative number after all the calculations? It turned out that their family owed Xu Zijiang money!
"Impossible! This is impossible! How could we owe Xu Zijiang money! He should be giving us several hundred yuan more! I'm not convinced! I disagree!"
Unable to figure it out, Xu Liang decided to resort to shamelessness again and started howling.
"Oh, that's not up to you, Grandpa Sun. Do you agree with what I'm saying?"
Yu Jiu looked humbly at Sun Jihai, the middleman.
As early as when Xu Zijiang went to get the account book, he had already brought out a few stools for Sun Jihai and Yu Jiu to sit and talk. And when Yu Jiu started to do the accounting, Sun Jihai’s son and grandson cleverly went home to get his ancestral abacus.
Sun Jihai used to be an accountant; he was an expert at bookkeeping.
Sun Jihai clattered away on the abacus, not answering Yu Jiu's question. Instead, he frowned and focused intently on the abacus. After a few moments, he stopped and nodded in agreement and satisfaction.
“You’re right. It’s a shame that Yu Zhiqing isn’t an accountant. She’s calculated the accounts so clearly. Not only are they correct, but even the cents are right. Xu Liang’s family owes the team leader eighty yuan. Pay up.”
"You proposed the division of the family property, so whatever the result is, you have to accept it. Or, if you have any doubts about any part of the money, you can bring them up and we can recalculate it. But trying to renege on the debt is impossible. Xu Liang, since you've settled the accounts openly, don't even think about hiding your head and acting like a rogue anymore. Otherwise, no one in the team will respect your family in the future!"
If you want to stay in the team, you can't renege on this payment!
The highly respected Sun Jihai issued an ultimatum: the money must be paid today!
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What does it mean to lift a rock only to drop it on your own foot? This is it!
Xu Liang and his sons gritted their teeth, no longer daring to renege on their promises. They could only desperately search for loopholes, trying to find out where Xu Zijiang had spent their money, but they couldn't find any. Apart from the years when he ate and drank at their house, their family really hadn't given him a single penny!
Xu Liang had no choice. Even if he couldn't ask for more money, he couldn't at least make him cough up eighty yuan! He could only bite the bullet and argue again.
"Why should we pay him so much rent? Three yuan a month? He's robbing us! The house is empty anyway, we're only staying here for his own good, to prevent his house from falling into disrepair. A house without people will collapse soon, won't it? This money should be taken from our accounts!"
"So, if you don't spend your money, it'll just be letting it maggot in. Why should I let it stay for you? I'm doing this for your own good. How about this, you take out all your money, and I'll spend it for you, okay? Otherwise, it'll be useless if it gets maggot-infested and eaten by rats and ants. I'm doing this for your own good, so don't be ungrateful!"
Yu Jiu crossed his arms and looked down at them with a cool disdain.
"How can they be the same! One is money, the other is a house, me!!"
"The money Yu Zhiqing collected wasn't much. Zijiang's house was big and new, but you've made it look old. Three yuan a month isn't much. Besides, you were only charged one yuan a month for the previous seven years, which already gave you a lot of benefits. You live in the big house at Xu Zijiang's house, while Xu Zijiang lives in the remote and cramped storage room at your house. Don't think everyone has forgotten that, right?"
She's already been incredibly kind of you, giving you one room to offset another. That's non-negotiable. Is there anything else you're unhappy about? Tell me quickly.
Sun Jihai wouldn't tolerate their family's shameless behavior.
"Besides, the twenty catties of grain I mentioned before was already many times more than what I gave you. You've already taken advantage of us. Why didn't you just say that Xu Zijiang doesn't even eat ten catties of grain a month in your family? You're allowed to take advantage, but others aren't allowed to speak up for justice?"
He stroked his beard and asked in return, glaring angrily at Xu Liang's family.
He knew, of course, that the family couldn't possibly give Xu Zijiang that much food, but if he didn't increase the initial amount, they wouldn't agree to continue settling accounts. As long as they didn't settle, it would be a messy debt that Xu Zijiang would owe them forever.
So Sun Jihai had actually made thorough preparations for today, intending to make Xu Zijiang suffer a loss, give them about twenty yuan, and settle the matter. He didn't expect Yu Jiu to be so good at math and so good at talking, able to squeeze money out of everything. In the end, Xu Zijiang not only didn't have to pay a penny, but also managed to get the other party to pay him eighty yuan. She is truly a clever and shrewd girl.
Xu Zijiang is so good at finding a wife! Even after being an accountant for so many years, he can't help but admire her.
"But, I..."
"Is there any doubt about the accounts? Otherwise, let's recalculate the account of Xu Zijiang eating grain at your house. Let's see if he actually ate twenty catties of grain a month while he was at your house?"
Yu Jiu asked deliberately.
"No need, no need, there's no problem with this account, no need to calculate it!"
Xu Liang quickly shook his head. He was joking. If the money here decreased again, wouldn't he have to spit out all the money he had spent on Xu Zijiang before? He wouldn't just lose eighty yuan, he would lose two hundred and eighty yuan now!
"Even if all of that is fine, how can you guarantee that the money hasn't been calculated incorrectly? I just don't believe that one or three yuan a month can add up to this much money! He initially owed me more than eight hundred yuan! You need to calculate it again, calculate it properly for me!"
Xu Liang made a desperate attempt to hope that the two men had miscalculated the bill, since it had initially been over eight hundred yuan! He had almost fainted from joy when he heard that number, but now he was so angry he was about to faint too!
"Alright, since you don't believe us, we'll calculate it for you again. Take a good look. If you still don't believe our calculations, you can go find two more people you trust, and we'll settle this score with you slowly!"
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