I was back home just after seven o'clock tonight. After we finished eating, the children all slept. My daughter-in-law and I watched blockbuster movies on the computer. When it was almost ten o'clock, there was a sudden knock on the door of the house. My daughter-in-law and I looked at each other and asked in our hearts, "Who is it?"

"It can't be the same people as before, right?"

The daughter-in-law thought of an object almost reflexively, and her face turned a little pale. I shook my head: "No, there are still two or three days left before the repayment deadline, and they won't come to the door so quickly." ”

The daughter-in-law frowned when she heard this. At this moment, the door was knocked twice. "Who is it?" asked my daughter-in-law in a loud voice. "The landlord. There was an immediate response from outside the gate, but it was a young woman's voice, obviously not the landlord Aunt Zhao, who was already in her fifties.

"It's Aunt Zhao's daughter. ”

As soon as my daughter-in-law heard this, she answered the question in my eyes with certainty, and then got up and walked to open the door. I reached out and turned off my computer, feeling uneasy.

"It's Xiaoru, come in and sit. ”

The door opened, and my daughter-in-law greeted the other party and wanted to welcome him into the house. But the other party just smiled stiffly, and then said, "I won't sit down, I'm just here to ask you." When will the rent be paid?"

This caught me and my daughter-in-law off guard. I don't know how to answer. I got up from my seat, walked to the door and said, "Come in and sit down and have a glass of water." ”

"You're welcome. ”

The other shook his head and reached out and pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose. "Just tell me when the rent will be paid - those who have rented like this have been renting for half a year, and they haven't paid a penny of rent. Are you going to live like this and never have to pay rent for the rest of your life?"

When Xiao Zhao said later, his tone was already very unfriendly, and an angry expression appeared on his face.

My daughter-in-law and I were embarrassed and embarrassed.

"Not so... ”

I stretched out my hand and gestured, "It's really difficult... ”

"I know you're having trouble. ”

Xiao Zhao responded to me very directly, "But if you have difficulties, you don't have to pay rent, can you live in our house for nothing?"

My daughter-in-law and I were speechless.

"Let me tell you. Everyone has compassion, but I'm not my mother, and I'm not as soft-hearted as her. It's your family's own business how difficult you are, don't drag us into the water. I don't care about your difficulties in one way or another. I rent the house to you, and I will collect the rent. If you can't pay the rent, don't come and rent our house. Okay?"

My daughter-in-law and I looked at each other, and both of our faces burned badly.

"Okay. Now tell me - when will the rent be paid?"

The other person looked me in the eye and stared at me like that, waiting for my answer.

I let out a long sigh and said to her, "Give me some more time." ”

"How many days?"

The other party immediately asked me.

--How many days?

I was torn in my mind and didn't know how to answer.

"Good. ”

The other party nodded, "You can't answer, I'll answer for you - three days, I'll give you three days to pay the previous rent." After three days I couldn't get the rent. And you will move away. I'm not renting it to you!"

After the other party finished speaking, Hao turned around and left without hesitation, and closed the door for us with a "bang". My daughter-in-law and I stood inside the door and were stunned for a long time before staring at each other in pain. My daughter-in-law's eyes were red, and tears flowed down her eyes before she knew it. I took her into my arms.

"It's fine. ”

I comforted my daughter-in-law in pale language, "Let's think about it again." ”

-- What can we do? What can we think of? Successive debt crises will pile up in the next two or three days. There is so much money, and no one can do it without it. What else can I think of?

I put my arms around my daughter-in-law, and I couldn't help but lament in my heart, constantly calculating those limited wealth.