When the child saw his mother crying, he also followed her and cried at the top of his voice. The mother and son were quite miserable.
Many of the onlookers did not know what had happened, so they surrounded Li He and scolded him for being heartless.
Those with a sense of justice would sympathize with the weaker side. This mother and daughter pair were obviously weaker, so they pointed at Li He's nose and scolded him.
"They're orphans and widows, you can't bully them like this."
"You're going to force people to death just for a little rent."
"Yeah, it's too inhumane."
Li He was a little annoyed. He hadn't said anything yet, but he had already started to mention the matter of rent. Before he could say more than ten words, the woman began to cry.
The mother and daughter lived in a pair of master bedrooms. The furnishings in the room were very exquisite. The tables and chairs were complete, the walls were clean, and there was even a TV, which was new.
Li He glanced at the woman's clothes again. The hairpin was new, and her face was white and clean. It was definitely not snow cream. Li He could smell the cheap snowflake cream with just a twitch of his nose.
The beige dress matched her willowy waist. Tears streamed down her face. A man with exuberant hormones would feel a sense of pity when he saw her.
Li He looked at the brand-new red leather shoes on the woman's feet. She was indeed an actor.
The woman had occupied the moral high ground the entire time. I'm an orphan and a widow, I'm pitiful, I have no money, so what right do you have to ask me for rent?
Li He did not know if the previous owner had encountered this problem or how he had solved it, but it just so happened that he had encountered this unlucky incident.
"Big Sis, stop for a moment. I just mentioned the rent and didn't say anything else, right? What are you crying for? "
When the woman heard Li He's words, she looked at the people around her, as if she wanted to say something but was hesitant.
A young man next to her stepped forward and said loudly, "Sister, we're all old neighbors. If you have any grievances, just tell us. If he dares to bully you, we won't let him off."
The woman was so touched by his words that she squeezed out a few more tears. She wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and forced a smile. "Brother, how can I feel wronged? It's only right that they collect rent. If you want to blame someone … I can only blame myself for not being capable. What can I do? My child's father passed away early, and I'm just a widow and an orphan …"
After saying that, she continued to cry.
Li He felt that this woman was really scheming. Her answer was not wrong at all. However, her answer was ambiguous and led Li He into it. Everyone thought that Li He had been forced and wronged. Moreover, she was good at gaining sympathy and all the men were her brother.
Li He really had no experience dealing with women. If it was a man, he would have slapped him.
"I only said one sentence when I came in. I said, 'I'm here to collect the rent.' In the end, you cried. Don't cry anymore, or else I'll really have yellow mud dripping from my pants. "
A middle-aged man in his forties pointed at Li He's nose and said, "So, our sister has wronged you? Look at yourself, how could our sister have wronged you? Your words are too disgusting. What do you mean by yellow mud dripping from your pants? Hurry up and scram, or I'll chew you. Don't think that everyone in this courtyard is easy to bully. "
Li He pointed at the woman and asked the middle-aged man, "Is this your wife?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? This is my man." A woman immediately pulled the man to the side.
"They seem to know each other so well. Those who don't know better would think that they're a couple living in the same house."
Some of the people around them couldn't help but laugh. Some of the old women were already dissatisfied with this woman and called her a little vixen in private. She dressed up all day and pretended to be weak and fragile, but no one knew who she was trying to impress. Seeing how their man was so infatuated and how this woman was so spineless, these old women naturally didn't have a good impression of this woman.
"You …" The middle-aged man took a step forward and was about to continue scolding Li He.
"Hurry up and go home. I don't need you to do anything about other people's business." The man's wife dragged the man out of the house.
Since there was a model, naturally no one would easily step forward. Their old women were all at the side, so they decided to wait and see.
The woman coaxed the child again, as if she didn't care about the episode just now. She lowered her voice and said to Li He in a low voice, "Then can you see if you can give me a break?"
Li He was even angrier when he heard this. This woman was still trying to set him up. He smiled and said, "Big Sis, I'm not forcing you to pay rent. I'm just informing you that you have to pay rent today. When I first took over this house, I told everyone that I would collect rent once every six months, and everyone agreed. Your house is 4 dollars a month, and it's only 6 months of rent, which is 24 dollars. Which is also the matter of you buying one less pair of shoes. "
He then deliberately lowered his head to look at the shoes on the woman's feet.
"Hua, you're the cashier of the factory. You get 37 yuan a month. Plus your husband's pension, you get at least 50 yuan a month. How much do you and your mother have? How can you not pay the rent?" "Hua, you're the cashier of the factory.
"That's right, that's right. We only get 23 dollars a month, and we have two kids. We can't handle it."
Some old women who didn't get along with women disregarded their own men's advice and started to add insult to injury.
"This elder sister is right," Li He praised in a timely manner.
The woman called Ah Hua couldn't help but feel embarrassed when she saw the people around her tearing apart her background. However, she still said softly, "My child just got sick a few days ago. Everyone in the yard knows that. It's like a hole in the hospital. Brother, give me a few more days, and I'll definitely give it to you. "
Li He definitely didn't believe her. He shook his head and said, "The rent is my only source of income. How am I going to survive without the rent?"
"Then I really don't have money," Ah Hua cried again.
"How about this? If you're really in trouble, you can move to the empty house in the corner. I won't charge you a single cent for that house," Li He pointed at a small cubicle in the corner and said, "I'll think of a way to sell your house and earn some rent."
"No way. That house can't even fit a bed. How can you live there?" The woman stopped crying.
"That's why I'm discussing it with you."
"Sob sob …" The woman hugged her child and continued to cry in a fit of pique.
Li He didn't say anything else. He walked out of the house and leaned against the door frame to smoke.
The others saw that there was no more drama to watch, so they left like a gust of wind.
Li He sighed. As someone who had been reborn and was going to be a billionaire in the future, he actually argued with a woman over 24 yuan.
Along the way, a few young men sneaked into the house to comfort the woman.
Some of them even offered to pay the rent for the woman. Li He didn't even look at them and asked, "Does your wife know?"
"Hey, why are you so dilly-dallying? It's just rent. Can't I just give it to you?"
Li He shook his head. "That won't do. Every debt has its debtor."
The man walked away in a huff.
Another young man tried to force the money into Li He's hands, but Li He said, "Your house is in the room next door, right? Fine, I'll take it first and give it to your mother later. It'll be the same."
The young man was so angry that he took the money and left immediately. "Fine, you're ruthless."
Li He was deeply worried about the IQ of this group of men whose brains were filled with sperm.
The woman kept glancing at Li He from the corner of her eyes. Seeing that Li He had sent them away with a few words, she became even angrier. When she saw Li He enter the door, she let out a disdainful snort.
Li He moved a chair and sat at the door. He couldn't hit or scold her, and it was useless even if he called the police, so he really had to waste time today. Seeing that the woman was going to prepare dinner, he called out, "Big sister, make more dinner, I have a bigger appetite."
"Dream on, there's no part for you." The woman didn't bother to hide anything and did whatever she wanted.
Some people deliberately passed by the door to see what was going on. Seeing that Li He was still sitting on the big chair at the door, they expressed their disinterest and began to cook.
At six o 'clock, there was a burst of fragrance in the front and back of the courtyard. Some women began to call their children to go home for dinner.
There were also people who came back from work and expressed their curiosity towards Li He, who was sitting at the door. Li He ignored them all.
"Yo, fried crispy fish, braised eggplant, they're both my favorites." Seeing that the woman had finished cooking, Li He took the bowl and chopsticks and didn't stand on ceremony. He directly sat at the table. "Then I won't stand on ceremony."
"You scoundrel." Ah Hua was so angry that her teeth itched.
Li He pretended not to hear her and picked up a piece of eggplant for the little girl beside him. "Here, eat more and grow up quickly."
The little girl was still not nimble with the chopsticks, but she still took it shyly.
Seeing that Li He didn't need much effort to finish two bowls of rice, Ah Hua said, "You're the reincarnation of a starving ghost."
"Sorry, I didn't have lunch." Li He was also in a hurry at noon. He wanted to finish as soon as possible and go home for lunch. He didn't expect so many things to happen.
There were still people deliberately passing by the door and pointing at the house. Even if Ah Hua didn't care about her reputation, she couldn't help it. She said angrily, "Fine, hurry up and leave after eating. I'm a widow and an orphan. I can't explain myself."
"You went to school? That's a very accurate description. "
"It's none of your business! If you don't leave after eating, I'm really going to call the police. "
"Fine, call the police. Let's see if the police chase you away or me away. I'm the owner of this house, and I want to see how the police deal with people who don't pay the rent."
"What do you want?" Ah Hua was already in a state of rage.
"Pay the rent." If this woman couldn't collect the rent, then Li He wouldn't be able to collect the rent from the other houses. "It's fine if you don't pay. I'll have three meals a day. Isn't there an empty house next door? I'll move in tonight and settle my meals and lodging. How great is that? "
"Fine, you win." The woman turned around and stood up. She pulled out a pink wallet from the corner of the pillow on the bed and took out three bills. She handed them to Li He and said, "Give me the change and leave."
Li He took the money and gave the woman six dollars in change. He chuckled and said, "Look, it's so much easier this way. Why did you have to go through so much trouble?"
"You …"
Li He patted the hair of the little girl who was eating next to him and said kindly, "Eat well and say goodbye to uncle."
The little girl said crisply, "Bye bye."
When Li He left the house, he purposely slapped the three bills loudly and started to collect the rent from each house.
This time, it finally went smoothly. The houses only muttered a few words, but Li He still got the full amount of rent.
When Li He left the house, the sound of cursing could be heard from the courtyard.
By the time he reached home on his bicycle, it was already nine o 'clock at night.
He Fang was curled up in a chair reading a book. She asked Li He, "Why did you come back so late? I'll go heat up the food. Let's eat quickly."
The food was covered on the table. Li He opened it and saw that there was stir-fried lettuce with pork and braised intestines. He hadn't eaten his fill yet, but he still wanted to eat. "Okay, anything will do."
He lay on the chair and didn't want to move. He had finally worked hard for a day, but all he encountered was trouble.
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