The landlord and his wife burst in with unfriendly expressions.
Zhao Qinglan and the others also came out.
The landlord and his wife hadn't expected Zhao Qinglan and her soldier husband to be in the shop, but they still couldn't contain their anger.
"What's wrong? What are you trying to do?" Mrs. Sun asked, displeased.
The customers sitting in the shop looked a little frightened.
"So you've stopped paying our rent properly, huh? You've found a new place and are planning to move." The landlady sneered.
Although their original intention was that if the mother and daughters didn't do as they asked, they should get rid of them and take over the shop for their own business.
But when they suddenly learned that the other party had already chosen another store, they felt as if they had been "betrayed".
"Hey, explain yourself clearly. When have we ever underpaid our rent? It's you who are arbitrarily increasing the amount, and we just didn't agree to it," Zhao Qingju said indignantly.
"So you secretly found a new storefront without telling us? Isn't that cheating us?" the male landlord accused.
Zhao Qinglan gestured to her husband to watch the child and then came out.
"I thought it was our own business whether or not we found a new storefront, and there was no need to inform us."
After all, they were doing well here, and they wouldn't have moved out of the way if the landlord hadn't maliciously raised the rent so much.
Even if they don't say it, the other party is still at fault first.
"Isn't this just ripping us off? What will we do if you just pack up and leave without renting to us?" the landlady questioned.
"Heh, I didn't know we'd have to worry about whether your house would have tenants. Now that you all know, let's get this straight today."
“We don’t agree to raise the rent again. We’re not renting this place anymore after the lease expires. There are still a few months left, so you can look for the next tenant.”
"Ha, you think you can just say you won't rent it? Either pay the rent for the remaining months, or you can all get the hell out of here right now," the landlord threatened.
Zhao Qingju was so angry that she wanted to come up and argue, but Sun stopped her.
"Oh, so this is a forced sale, a rip-off? We signed a rental agreement back then, and we even put our fingerprints on it," Zhao Qinglan said calmly.
"That agreement is now null and void. You have two choices: either pay up or move out now," the landlady shouted.
"You think that agreement was just for show? If you unilaterally void it, I can sue you," Zhao Qinglan said speechlessly.
"Go ahead and sue me, I don't believe it! It's my own house, can't I make my own decisions?" The landlord's clothes had an arrogant, "What can you do about it?" look on his face.
It's terrifying when people don't understand the law. When faced with someone who can't explain things clearly and is also unreasonable, Zhao Qinglan really felt like giving a helpless facepalm.
"Do you think the country's laws are just for show? Otherwise, why would we need to sign those agreements and contracts when renting or buying a house? They are all protected by law." Even though she had no choice, she still had to explain the pros and cons.
“Even if the house is yours, the rent and lease term are clearly stated in the agreement. If you unilaterally breach the contract, that is a breach of contract and you need to compensate me.”
At this moment, Zhao Qinglan was very glad that she had the foresight to include a clause on breach of contract compensation when she drafted the agreement.
"What the heck? This is my own house. I don't want to lose money if I don't rent it out?" The landlord and his wife were dumbfounded.
"Who are you trying to fool?" the landlord shouted.
"Whether I'm lying to you or not, just go back and take a good look at the agreement we signed. It was clearly written that if one party breaches the contract, they will have to pay three times the amount in compensation."
Seeing that Zhao Qinglan spoke so eloquently, and considering that when the landlord came to collect the rent before, Sun Shi had happily mentioned that her daughter had been admitted to university, Zhao Qinglan's words now seemed particularly weighty.
"You just wait and see, we'll be back." With that, the landlord and his wife hurriedly left.
"Qinglan, is everything you said true?" Madam Sun asked quickly.
"Mom, what's the truth? The landlord and the others looked really angry when they left." Zhao Qingzhu asked, puzzled, as she entered the room with Zhou Jingsheng.
"Second sister, you're finally back! The landlord was acting tough just now," Zhao Qingju quickly told her sister.
The matter is not complicated; it can be explained in just a few words.
"Thanks to my eldest sister's skill, she managed to scare them away." Zhao Qingju looked at her older sister with admiration.
Even Zhao Qingzhu became curious. "Sister, are you serious? If they do something wrong, we'll have to pay them compensation?"
“Absolutely true,” Zhao Qinglan said with a smile.
"That's wonderful!" Mrs. Sun felt a surge of relief.
"Mom, even with the compensation restrictions, this isn't safe anymore. We need to get the renovations done quickly over there. We have to speed things up." Who knows, their shop might have to close down one day.
"Okay, I was looking at things before. Starting tomorrow, I'll get on with the arrangements."
Thinking that she would soon be living in her family's district, Ms. Sun felt that time was running out.
Zhou Jingsheng sat there talking to Li Huai, and Sun Shi quickly told her second daughter that she also needed to discuss the plans after the marriage with her son-in-law.
Zhao Qingzhu had indeed overlooked this, and she learned a great deal from his words.
Fearing it would be too late to get back, Zhao Qinglan and the others didn't stay long and drove home.
With school starting soon, both the older and younger kids are a little worried, since not many children genuinely want to go to school.
Only the second child in the family was excited. He was thrilled at the thought of going to school with a new schoolbag.
She had just arrived home when Wu Mei came over.
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