However, this was Chen Dadi's own business and he did not care.
Before he had a sip of tea, he received a call from Pinsong. "Brother, Princess Grave is being demolished. You have to go there by yourself."
"You can handle it." Li He was too lazy to run. All these years, Pinsong had been managing all his properties, including collecting the rent.
"You bought those houses yourself and the property certificates are with you. I can't handle it."
"Alright, I'll go by myself."
It seemed like he had to go by himself.
The next morning, he started to rummage through the cabinets.
He Fang asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
"I'm looking for the property certificates. I'm going to handle the demolition of Princess Grave." Li He rummaged through the cabinets, but he did not find anything.
He Fang said angrily, "Your memory is terrible. That night when you moved the furniture in this house, the basement happened to be empty, so you put them all in the basement."
"Sigh, I'm such a pig brain." Li He patted his head in annoyance and went to the basement.
Just as He Fang said, his property certificates were in the basement. The thick bag was full of property certificates. He did not know how long it would take him to rummage through them one by one. Moreover, the lighting in the basement was not good.
He took all of them out from the basement and put them in the trunk of his car.
After breakfast, he went to the post office to mail the parcel that Chen Wei gave to Chen Dadi. Then, he went to Princess Grave.
There were demolition slogans and dilapidated walls everywhere. After he finished his work in the demolition office, he went to the old house to inform the tenants of the moving date.
It was still bustling when he entered the courtyard. It was almost noon. There were people washing clothes, cooking, beating children, quarreling. Not a single household was idle.
"Uncle Li, are you here to collect the rent?" A young girl in a school uniform greeted Li He with a cabbage in her arms.
"No, ah, you?" Li He did not know the girl.
"I live in this house."
"Wang Xiaohua is your mother?
"Yes, she is not at home today. She is still working." The girl nodded.
"No wonder they look so alike." Li He didn't think that the little girl with a runny nose had grown up so much. The little girl was so tender, tall, and had big eyes. She was even better than Zhang Xiaohua. If she really grew up, she would definitely be a great beauty. Li He thought to himself.
Pooh!
Li He despised himself for being filthy. He shifted his gaze and smiled. "You're in high school now?"
"I'm in my third year of high school this year." The girl had long been used to this kind of wolfish gaze. She even felt a little proud of it.
Li He exclaimed, "Amazing, amazing. Another university student."
"Of course!" The girl didn't have the slightest intention of modesty. She held her head high and was rarely proud.
"Your grades are good?" Li He was amused.
"Of course. I always get the first place in our school." Seeing Li He continue to ask so sincerely, the girl became more impatient to show herself.
Li He said, "Then let's work harder and create more glory."
"Hey, landlord, our rent is not due yet, right? What are you doing here? "An old woman threw her clothes into the basin when she saw Li He. Her face was full of displeasure.
Li He was amused. It was his own house. Was it against the law to come here?
He really couldn't understand this logic.
"Excuse me, everyone, please come over. I have something to tell you." Li He finally started to get busy with his business.
"What is it?"
"Don't think about increasing the rent."
"That can't be possible, right?"
"If you want to increase the rent, I'll move tomorrow!"
"Then let's move together. Let his house be empty and grow mold …"
Before Li He could say anything, the old women and men in the neighborhood quickly formed a united front.
"They haven't increased the rent for eight years. The rent in the neighborhood doubles every year." The little girl spoke weakly. Her voice was as soft as a mosquito. However, when she was glared at by everyone, she quickly lowered her head in fear.
It was better not to offend everyone.
"Everyone wants to move, right?" If that was the case, Li He couldn't be more satisfied.
"If you dare to increase the rent, we will dare to move." A woman in a coffee-colored trench coat threatened.
Li He smiled and said, "I won't increase the rent. If I wanted to increase the rent, I would have done it a long time ago. Everyone, touch your heart and say, is there such a good landlord like me? You can look around with a lantern. You can't find such a cheap house in the whole of Sijiu City. "
He then turned to the woman in the coffee-colored trench coat and said, "I see that you came out from the outer room. If I remember correctly, your room is 35 square meters, and the rent is only 17 yuan a month, right? I won't talk about the houses far away. I'll just say that in the neighborhood. If you don't have 80 yuan a month, don't even think about renting a house like this! "
He couldn't do a good deed and be wronged, so he was willing to argue here. Otherwise, people would think that he was really stupid.
When they heard what Li He said, many people felt inexplicably awkward. Li He was speaking the truth. With inflation, everything was going up, not to mention the rent. Otherwise, they wouldn't be reluctant to move after living here for so many years. They had lived here for at least five or six years.
Only a few of them were willing to move because they had bought their own houses.
"You can't say that. We're renting for a long time. Do the math, I've been renting here for eight years. A year's rent is 204 yuan. Eight years is 1632 yuan!" The woman in the trench coat adjusted the bridge of her nose. She was still unconvinced and said, "You're using our rent to do business. You don't know how many times your capital has increased!"
"That's right, that's right."
"Who doesn't know that you're doing business?"
"A few hundred yuan is enough for those who start business early."
Everyone agreed.
Li He smiled bitterly. There was no way to reason with them.
He sighed and then said loudly, "I'm not here to collect rent, and I'm not here to increase the rent. Everyone should have heard some rumors, right? It's that this area is going to be demolished! "
When this heavy bomb fell, the crowd burst into an uproar!
"Looks like it's true." Some people had already heard the news and were not flustered.
"If it's demolished, where are we going to live?"
"Yeah, where are we going to live?"
"You guys can continue renting." Li He did not care where they lived. He was not their father. "The demolition is planned by the government. We have to obey unconditionally and focus on the big picture! We must all move out no later than next spring! "
He said it with righteousness!
"We're not moving! My house was just cleaned a few days ago, and I bought a new washing machine! Who is to blame for this loss?! "
"Yeah, why should we?! My floor is also newly changed! I'm the one who changed the roof tiles! "
"My radiator is a new one! I might not even have a spare! Scourge! This is! "
Everyone was filled with righteous indignation!
"Yeah, landlord, if you had informed us earlier, we wouldn't have suffered such a huge loss. You have to compensate us for this loss!"
"Let me put it this way. Yesterday, the demolition office informed me, and today, I came here as soon as I could." Li He took a demolition notice from the demolition office and handed it to the little girl. "Niece, get me some paste and stick it on the wall for everyone to see."
"Okay, I have some tape." The little girl happily went back to the house to get something to stick on the wall.
"Yingzi, your mother will scold you to death when she comes back." In the eyes of the crowd, the little girl's behavior was purely a traitor.
"Let her scold me, it's not like I'll lose a piece of flesh." Yingzi had an indifferent attitude.
"Landlord, what about our loss?" Someone asked Li He directly.
Li He said, "Everyone, let me put it this way. I haven't increased the rent for eight years, and I've already let you guys down. If you guys want to ask me for my loss, I won't agree."
If he agreed, he would be a fool.
"How about this, landlord, we haven't paid the rent for the second half of the year. Let's stay until next spring to make up for our loss." The woman in the trench coat took the initiative to propose a plan.
"That won't do, that won't do." Li He shook his head without thinking.
"Even if you can't do it, you have to do it. No matter what, we won't pay you the rent for the rest of the year!" A tall man held his neck high and was very tough.
"Yes, yes, we won't pay you!"
“.....”
It could be said that they were united as one.
"Let me put it this way, I will definitely collect the rent. Believe it or not, I dare to apply for water and electricity cuts right now! If you guys have the ability to continue to stay, I won't charge a single cent. I will do what I say. "Li He was so angry that he was amused.
Everyone was stunned and scolded Li He for being heartless.
Li He was too lazy to bother with them. He turned around and left. The rest was Pinsong's business. Pinsong was not a good person. Only in front of him would he be as obedient as a dog.
"Uncle Li, Uncle Li." Yingzi actually followed Li He out of the house.
"Yingzi, what's the matter?" Li He was curious why the little girl called him.
"My name is Hao Yingming." When the girl said her name, she was embarrassed and blushed.
"So wise, that's a good name." Li He praised. He took advantage of the homonym and continued to ask, "What's the matter?"
He lit a cigarette and looked at her.
Hao Yingming mustered up her courage and said, "I just want to thank you."
"Thank me for what?" Li He was a little puzzled.
Hao Yingming smiled and said, "Don't think that I was young at that time. I was eight or nine years old at that time and I can remember things. I know everything. It was you who forced my mother to send me to school."
"Oh." Li He then remembered, "Let me put it this way. All mothers love their children. Maybe it's just that the way they express it is different. She still sent you to high school."
Wang Xiaohua's character was at the level of scum. He also hated her very much. However, it was undeniable that she still loved her children very much. It was just that she did not do it well. It was because she was a widow, and her life was thinner than paper. She did not have much patience and a good face.
"Thank you, Uncle Li."
Li He thought for a moment and took out his phone book from his pocket. He tore off a page and said, "This is my number. If you have any difficulties in the future, call me."
"Thank you, Uncle Li." Hao Yingming happily took it and then watched Li He's car drive away.
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