village assistant

Chapter 193: Becoming a fat sheep with hair shaved off (1)

Bai Hongyu: "This place is very good."

They walked to the old street, and the simple Republic of China style immediately attracted Bai Hongyu's attention.His eyes lingered greedily on those ancient buildings, the purple-gray sky, the dim sunset, the rose-colored banana trees and neem trees, "just like Monet's paintings."

"I like the sunrise and dusk here very much. So after the new store is renovated, we will leave a large terrace so that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Shazhou Village."

They walked side by side slowly, and Xiaoye proudly introduced the origins of the buildings on the street to Bai Hongyu one by one.

Bai Hongyu said: "I am really ashamed to say that I, a local, have never known that the scenery of Shazhou Village is so unique and charming."

"You are not even a local. Your family has already extended its business to the whole country."

"My household registration is still in Baishi Village."

"Okay, then, this is called darkness under the lamp."

Bai Hongyu laughed.

Passing by a shochu shop, he bought half a catty of farm-brewed bulk rice wine.Su Xiaoye looked scared: "I don't drink."

"I drink it myself. In our family, the amount is one catty."

"It's amazing. If I see anyone named Bai in the future, I won't drink with him."

Bai Hongyu laughed again.

When I'm with Su Xiaoye, I can tell endless jokes and feel happy and relaxed.Business is usually busy and it is rare to have such an opportunity to laugh.

"Xiaoye, what's your store like?"

"Did you see the building over there with light yellow walls and limestone exterior? That's it."

Bai Hongyu saw it, and at the same time he also saw the new house Xiaoye was planning to buy next to him. He didn't know it belonged to Xiaoye, and said: "The house is very unique. There is a 'swallow's nest' in such a small building. The house next to it is too unsightly. , what kind of mosaic is posted, a mixture of old and new, nondescript.”

Su Xiaoye said calmly: "That's my new store."

Bai Hongyu was embarrassed.

"Sorry, I do not know……"

"It's ok."

Looking at Xiaoye's calm face, Bai Hongyu didn't know what to do. He wanted to defend but didn't know where to start.His usual sharp tongue is completely useless now.

Suddenly, Su Xiaoye spoke: "Peel off the mosaic wall to expose the gray reinforced concrete, renovate the roof, plant 'Parade' and 'Manet' varieties of vine roses, and cover the square-headed railings into a flower wall... …Do you think the effect will be better?”

Bai Hongyu imagined it for a moment and was pleasantly surprised: "It's really good!"

"November next month is a good day, so we can start construction."

"I am looking forward."

He began to look forward to it. Xiaoye saw a group of people gathered at the door in the distance, and an ominous premonition flashed in his heart. He frowned and walked forward quickly.

"Xiaoye, wait for me!"

Bai Hongyu chased after him, only to find a fat woman sitting in the house.Xiaoye talked to her, and the sound of her voice came from far away.

"Master Gu, we agreed to sell it for 35 yuan, how can we temporarily reduce the price?"

"It's not a temporary offer, it's just that I don't want to sell it to you anymore."

"why?"

"When you bought this house, you didn't say you were going to use it for business. I don't want to sell it."

"I bought my house, what do you care what I do with it?"

"You can't say that, you can't just be allowed to prosper alone!" Mrs. Gu's fat face trembled, her small eyes gleamed with a greedy light.

Only then did Su Xiaoye understand the key point of the problem.

No one is plowing the thin fields, but those who are plowing them are fighting over them.

She smiled bitterly, is this a weakness of human nature...

Mrs. Gu said: "This is the liquidated damages, it belongs to me. Take it."

She pushed a big thick envelope to Su Xiaoye, and Xiaoye took it, her lips trembling with anger.Mrs. Gu glanced at the banknote detector that had been prepared nearby. Xiaoye took out a stack of banknotes from the envelope and counted them, no more than 200. "Okay. Okay. Okay."

She had no connections or power in the local area, so she broke the contract when the other party said she would break the contract, which made no sense.

What's even more depressing is that she can only accept it silently!

Xiaoye left the house with 2 yuan in his bag, his face so gloomy that it could drip.

……

Bai Hongyu witnessed the whole process from the side and followed him, filled with indignation: "You just accept it like this? Don't you want to argue with them?"

"Theory? What are you going to tell them?"

"The spirit of the contract. Or, find a lawyer to sue them. Don't you have a lawyer?"

"It's not that simple."

Xiaoye didn't want to mention it more, but Bai Hongyu didn't intend to let her go easily and pursued her closely: "At least let them pay something!"

Xiao Ye stopped, but Bai Hongyu couldn't stop the car and almost hit her.She raised her head and stared at Bai Hongyu and said, "You go back first, I have something else to do. Don't tell the people in Fuzhen what happened here today, okay?"

Bai Hongyu looked at her disappointedly, shut up and left.

Xiaoye returned to his coffee shop. During this period of business, there were no customers in the shop during the off-season.She saw the Tiffany lamp leaning in the corner of the cashier counter, and felt distressed as she went over to help it up: "I didn't help it up if it fell over."

There were faint voices coming from somewhere.

"Did she really leave after taking the deposit?"

"Yes."

"That went pretty well."

The voices belonged to two women, one of whom was quite familiar. Su Xiaoye's ears perked up and she followed the voice.He searched outside along the base of the wall, and finally found Gu Meiling in the back alley.

There was someone standing opposite Gu Meiling, who was blocked by the pillars and couldn't be seen.The voice didn't recognize him, and said, "You're smart enough to know this good business. Good business, of course we have to keep it for ourselves."

"Fourth Aunt, you should go back first. We are being unkind, so please don't tell others."

"Ok."

Gu Meiling breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, and unexpectedly came face to face with Su Xiaoye, stunned in place.

Su Xiaoye said: "Who were you talking to just now?"

"Oh, it's just a relative." Gu Meiling knew that she didn't see the person she was talking to, so she breathed a sigh of relief, "It's my aunt."

"She wants to ask you to borrow money?"

"Why do you say that? No?"

"I heard about the deposit. Meiling, your family is not well-off."

Gu Meiling lowered her eyelids to cover up the flash of panic in her eyes: "Oh, that's what happened. My aunt left some deposits over there before building a house. She couldn't get it back, so she came to me for advice."

Su Xiaoye nodded without any suspicion and said, "Come in, I have something to discuss with you."

Gu Meiling followed Su Xiaoye into the house.

Xiaoye sat down and said, "Sit down."

She looked solemn, and Gu Meiling didn't know what she had to say, so she became anxious again.

Su Xiaoye said: "Meiling, the house next door is not for sale. The landlord broke the contract and just refunded double the deposit."

"Ah...it's such a pity." Gu Meiling expressed "disappointment".

(End of this chapter)