Lin Yao returned to Hangzhou on Saturday afternoon.

During the week she went to Guangzhou, she stayed at the exhibition during the day and worked late at night, so she didn't have time to review the materials for the graduate school entrance examination, so as soon as she returned home, she gave herself a set of real questions.

At night, just when Lin Yao was addicted to the sea of questions and couldn't extricate herself, her mobile phone rang.

Lin Yao couldn't help but wonder, who would call her at such a time? The caller ID is Zhang Xiang, who is her landlord.

Lin Yao hurriedly picked up the phone, "Hello." ”

Zhang Xiang said in a dissatisfied tone: "I said what's the matter with you, can you rent my house yet?" ”

Lin Yao reacted at this time, the lease of her house was about to expire, "Rent, I'll rent!" I don't know when it will be convenient for you to renew your contract? ”

Zhang Xiang snorted coldly, "But I don't want to rent it to you." ”

Lin Yao was very puzzled: "Why? "I think she rented a house in the east of the city, and when she left, the landlady over there tried her best to keep her...... Why did she get to Zhang Xiang, but she fell to the point where she was going to be swept away?

"Why? Because I don't want to rent my house to you. Zhang Xiang sneered, and said in a disdainful tone: "I have so many tenants, all of them paid the rent to me in advance, only you, not to mention that the price is too low, and every time you are stuck to pay the rent." ”

Zhang Xiang is not a few years older than Lin Yao, and he said "so many tenants", which means that he has a lot of houses under his name?

Why is there such a big gap between people and people?

Lin Yao was devastated......

This is not the point, the point is that Zhang Xiang is very dissatisfied with her!

Lin Yao was stunned for a moment and argued: "But the contract stipulates that the time to pay the rent is 25 days, and I pay it on the 25th and have never extended it." ”

It's also true that never in advance.

"But the contract says before the 25th!" The landlord said angrily: "Other tenants pay half a year or directly every year, you are good, a total of so much money, but also pay every three months, I am not happy to rent a house for you!" ”

So, what does he really mind is paying every three months?

Lin Yao was very tight when she rented this house, so she almost wore out her mouth at that time before she got Zhang Xiang to agree to pay three mortgages and one.

The current situation is different, and it is no longer a problem for Lin Yao to pay half a year.

The only problem is that with the tenant Xiao Li's temperament, she may not agree to change from three months to six months, but that is not too much of a problem.

"So?" Lin Yao groaned: "Then I'll pay it half a year, okay?" ”

"No way!" Zhang Xiang refused without thinking about it, "I don't want to think about how much the housing prices in Hangzhou have risen in the past year?" You still want to rent my house at such a low price? ”

He's going to raise the rent?

Lin Yao's hand holding the pen subconsciously tightened, and the housing prices in Hangzhou have indeed risen very quickly recently.

She asked tentatively, "Then how much are you going to rent?" ”

Zhang Xiang was prepared, he casually said a number, and emphasized, "I won't rent below this number." ”

Lin Yao didn't pay special attention to housing prices, but she has a good memory and has accidentally seen reports about rising housing prices.

She blurted out, "In the past year, housing prices in Hangzhou have risen by less than 30%, but you want to increase my rent by 50%?" ”

"Whatever you want!" Zhang Xiang's tone was stiff, "Love to rent or not!" ”

Housing prices have risen since the end of last year, and when Lin Yao rented this house, it hadn't started yet.

Lin Yao tried to communicate with Zhang Xiang, "The house price has risen, but it hasn't increased by 50%, and the house I live in is still the same, and it didn't let you add anything, so there is no reason to suddenly increase the rent so much, right?" ”

As soon as he said this, Zhang Xiang was in pain, "I didn't count any of the 30% increase last year with you, and I don't know how much it will rise in the next year, I only rose by 50%, which is already less." Besides, do you think it's possible that after the house with a total price of 1 million has appreciated to 3 million, the rent is still the same as before? ”

That's really impossible.

Lin Yao was speechless, she didn't agree to the price increase, but she couldn't accept that the rent would increase by 50% all of a sudden, "Can it increase a little less?" ”

"Impossible!" Zhang Xiang's tone was not without mockery, "The rent will increase by 50%, and the rent will be paid once every six months, otherwise there is no need to talk about it." ”

There was no room for negotiation at all, Lin Yao sighed secretly, "Then I'll think about it." ”

"You'd better give me an accurate answer tomorrow." Zhang Xiang sneered, not without a threat: "If I delay my search for a new tenant, you will bear the corresponding losses!" ”

He had decided that he couldn't afford to rent the house and couldn't wait to sweep himself out of the house.

Lin Yao was helpless, "Okay, I'll get back to you tomorrow." ”

Zhang Xiang hung up the phone arrogantly.

Lin Yao sat weakly on the small bed, it wasn't that she couldn't afford to pay the rent, but why?

In the past few years in Hangzhou, what makes her feel the most sad is that whenever she saves a little money in her hands, it is time to pay the rent.

Finally, wages have gone up, and so have rents.

So what exactly is the point of her hard work?

The rental contract signed by Lin Yao and the landlord is for one year, and it expires in a week.

If she doesn't agree to the price increase, then she will soon have to move again......

Lin Yao looked at the room that had been decorated by herself a few months ago, and her heart was infinitely sad.

However, she didn't have time to grieve, and she had a lot to do, such as saying hello to the person next door.

Lin Yao got up and knocked on Xiao Li's door next door.

Xiao Li was applying the mask, and she rolled her eyes in displeasure, "What's the matter with looking for me so late?" ”

Lin Yao said straight to the point: "The landlord called me just now and said that he wanted to increase the rent. ”

Xiao Li was taken aback, took off the mask, and asked, "How much?" ”

Lin Yao briefly repeated the landlord's request, "The rent will increase by 50%, and the rent will be paid every six months." ”

"What?" Xiao Li was so shocked that his eyes were about to fall out, "This is too outrageous, right?" Did you promise him? Tell you, I won't say yes! ”

Lin Yao knew that she was reacting in this way, so she looked at her for a long time, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Xiao Li's eyes rolled quickly, and he said, "You will pay him as much as you promise the landlord, but I will still pay you according to the original rent, or every three months." ”

For a moment, Lin Yao wanted to look in the mirror, did she look so much like a wronged leader?

"You mean, in the future, I will bear 75% of the rent alone, and the two of you will only pay 25%?"

Xiao Li said as a matter of course: "I don't care what you talk to the landlord, in short, I will follow our contract." ”

Lin Yao tugged at the corners of her mouth, "I only signed a three-month rental contract with you, which expires in a week." ”

"How is this possible?"

Xiao Li hurriedly returned to the room and rummaged through the cabinets to find the contract, which was really signed for three months!

At that time, she hurriedly signed just by looking at the rent.

Who would have thought that the lease period was only three months!

"How can anyone rent a house for three months? Are you kidding me? Xiao Li said indignantly: "At the beginning, you said that you would renew the contract with the landlord, and I just moved here, otherwise, who would be happy to move once every three months?" ”

Moving once every three months is really a painful thing, Lin Yao understands this feeling better than anyone else, she sighed, "I want to renew the lease, but the landlord asks for a 50% rent increase, and it will be paid every six months, otherwise there is no need to talk." ”

Xiao Li sneered, "You are responsible for what you promised!" ”

Lin Yao explained: "You should know that now it is not that I want to increase the rent, but the landlord's request, and the landlord said that if we don't agree, we will move out." ”

Xiao Li snorted coldly, "I don't believe that the landlord would be so unkind, and why did he suddenly ask for such a rent increase, did you offend him?" ”

The landlord wants to increase the rent and blames her?

Lin Yao didn't want to pay attention to her a little, but she still patiently explained: "I can't believe it either, but he really asked for it." I'm discussing with you now to see if I want to continue renting this house, but it's really not possible, let's still follow the contract. ”

Their contracts expire in a week.

Xiao Li was angry, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it!" You give me the landlord's phone number and I'll talk to him! ”

The problem is that the landlord doesn't know who she is at all, and it is useful for her to call the landlord?

But if Lin Yao doesn't give it, she probably won't give up.

Lin Yao closed her eyes and took a deep breath, and said, "I can give you the landlord's phone number, but I want to remind you that his attitude is not very good." ”

Xiao Li hooked the corners of her mouth slightly, she didn't believe that the landlord would really rise so much, it must be Lin Yao who was the obstacle.

She must be unwilling to pay so much rent alone, so under the pretext that the landlord wants to increase the price, she actually wants to make herself bear more.

The more Xiao Li thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case!

She must debunk Lin Yao's tricks!

Xiao Li's tone was not without sarcasm, "I don't know how you offended the landlord so badly, and there was no room for a turnaround, so I had to come forward." ”

Lin Yao saw Xiao Li's cautious thoughts, but she didn't bother to care, "I didn't offend the landlord, the reason why he raised the rent was that the house price had risen." ”

Xiao Li was stunned, in the past year, Hangzhou's housing prices have risen like crazy.

Three months ago, her previous landlord proposed to raise the price because of this, and she saw Lin Yao's shared house advertisement on the Internet, so she moved over.

As a result, the landlord here is also going to raise the rent.

Didn't she move for nothing?

She was unwilling to say: "You give me the landlord's phone, and I'll talk to him!" ”

Lin Yao glanced at Xiao Li, went into the house and took out the rental contract she had signed with the landlord, and put it in front of Xiao Li.

"There's the landlord's phone on it."

Lin Yao's attitude was frank and calm, which seemed to be different from what she thought.

Xiao Li gritted her teeth and dialed Zhang Xiang's phone, her face immediately switched to a smile, and she said softly: "Hello! Is it Mr. Zhang? I? Uh, I'm here in Building 1 of Chaoyang Community, yes, I live with Lin Yao, and I want to discuss with you about the rent. I'm sure you also know that we girls love cleanliness, so we rent you this house...... Feed? Feed! ”

Xiao Li looked at the mobile phone that had already shown the end of the call with a stunned face, and only reacted after a while, "He, he hung up on me!" He actually hung up on me! Boom ......"

Xiao Li cried and went to her boyfriend for comfort, and Lin Yao said to her back, "The landlord asked us to give him accurate information tomorrow, otherwise we will deduct our deposit?" ”

Xiao Li was angry, she turned around suddenly, and said with tears streaming down her face: "Why? Why is he? We didn't pay the rent less, we didn't pay the rent late, and we made his house so clean, why did he withhold the deposit? ”

Lin Yao sighed, "Why? Just because he is a landlord, who he wants to rent to, who he doesn't want to rent, it's his freedom. ”

Xiao Li was so aggrieved that he choked up and said, "Isn't it great to have a house?" ”

"It's better to have a house than not to have one!" Lin Yao sighed and reiterated: "The landlord has raised the rent, I will bear up to sixty percent, rent or not, the decision is up to you." I've made things clear to you, and you can consider the rest for yourself, and you can also take the opportunity to take a look on the Internet and compare. ”

"Bang!"

Xiao Li deliberately slammed the door heavily in front of her.

She understands Xiao Li's grievances, but she is also very helpless, she bears sixty percent of the rent alone, and the two of them bear forty percent of the rent, which is the limit of what she can accept.

If they don't agree, then go their separate ways.

Lin Yao shook his head and returned to his room.

She had thought that this would be her comfort zone, but who would have thought that she would have to move out in just a few months.

Lin Yao glanced at the half-finished real questions on the table, and she was not in the mood to do the questions, so she simply put away the real questions, turned on the computer, and searched for nearby properties.

The room was silent, except for the sound of her keystrokes and mice.

It was so quiet that she could hear Xiao Li's intermittent crying from the small room next to her.

It's good to have a boyfriend, and when she is wronged, she has a place to cry, she is more miserable, and she has to carry everything by herself.

I don't know why, Xiao Li's sentence "Isn't it amazing to have a house?" "It was hovering in her ears all the time.

Isn't it amazing to have a house?

Of course.

For a working-class person like Lin Yao, the most desirable thing is nothing more than having her own house, even if it is not big, new, or luxurious, at least it can make her say goodbye to her lack of residence.

When will she have a house of her own?

Lin Yao's heart moved, her deposit had exceeded the 100,000 mark, plus the rice yuan given by Mr. Wen, and Lingyun's commission, her entire assets had reached more than 300,000.

It's impossible to buy a house in full, but what about a mortgage?

The big ones can't afford them, but what about the small ones?

What about the city center that you can't afford, but what about the surrounding areas?

Thinking of this, Lin Yao suddenly came to his senses.

After carefully checking the listings, she found that although the housing prices in the urban area have risen rapidly, the increase is mainly in the new houses in the urban area, and the prices of old houses are relatively stable.

The same is true for the surrounding houses, where the increase is limited.

In other words, her plan to buy a house can be implemented in advance.

******

Early the next morning, the tenant Xiao Li said to Lin Yao with red eyes: "Tell the landlord that I won't rent his small broken house!" ”

Lin Yao had already prepared for this, and asked casually, "What are your plans next?" ”

"What else can I plan, let's find a house. Like you said, the house belongs to the landlord, who he wants to rent to, and how much rent he collects is his freedom. Xiao Li sighed softly and continued: "My boyfriend said that the rent on the side of his colleague's house is much cheaper, and it is paid every three months. But the environment was not very good, and I didn't want to go there. Now, I don't want to deal with a black-hearted landlord anymore. ”

Lin Yao knew that the house she said was like this when she lived in the east of the city, but she would not return to the east of the city.

However, the black-hearted landlord?

Lin Yao raised her eyebrows.

Zhang Xiang has a lot of houses at a young age, a proper winner in life, he looks down on Lin Yao, a poor tenant who has to bargain for rent, and bargain for rent, which is a normal situation.

If you want people to look down on, then make yourself strong!

After Lin Yao got Xiao Li's clear answer, she called the landlord, "Zhang Xiang, discuss something with you." ”

Zhang Xiang hadn't woken up yet, "If you want to bargain with me again, I advise you to rest that thought!" ”

"I'm not bargaining with you." Lin Yao smiled and said, "I'm just asking, haven't you found a new tenant yet?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Xiang hesitated: "What do you want to do?" ”

Lin Yao proposed: "Since you haven't found a new tenant yet, then let me stay for an extra month, there should be no problem, right?" That way, you won't have to refund my deposit. ”

Stay for an extra month with the original one-month rent?

"No way!" Zhang Xiang shouted on the spot, "Then I'm thankful." ”

"How can you lose?" Lin Yao analyzed: "After I move out, you can't spend time looking for new tenants? It's not easy to find a new tenant at your current rent, right? But now that housing prices are still rising, you will definitely take your time to find tenants, right? ”

If he is in a hurry to rent it out, he can only put up a low price.

If he slowly finds a new tenant, then there will be no rent for the time vacated in between.

Zhang Xiang lifted his spirits and asked, "So what?" ”

Lin Yao suggested: "During my temporary stay here, can I still help you with hygiene?" Tenants who come to see the property are guaranteed to be in the best possible condition. ”

Zhang Xiang hesitated: "That's it? ”

Lin Yao took another dose of fierce medicine, "When people come to see the house, I still praise this house and you by the way, how about it?" Is there a deal? ”

"This can be there." Zhang Xiang smiled, "But in a month, if I find a tenant......

"I'm only going to live for a month, and I'm not going to leave without leaving." Lin Yao teased: "Where are you suffering, you obviously picked up a month's house price for nothing." ”

Zhang Xiang really didn't want the house to be vacant, let alone take out the money that had already gone into his pocket, "Okay, deal!" ”

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

This month should be enough time for her to find a suitable house!