Chapter III Rent Collection
Su Yan, who was driven out by Su Ming, took a grass in his mouth and dangled on the street, and there was a figure in the bustling crowd who was very familiar, the dark robe was spotless, and the hair like splashing ink was flowing in the wind.
I suddenly remembered that when I was a child, Master always liked to wear a dark cloth shirt, which made a face very good-looking, maybe children naturally love to be around good-looking people. So when I was a child, I always liked to rely on him, even if it was just a hug and a smell, I was satisfied.
Thinking about it, she bumped into a person head-on, she took a few steps back and took a closer look, the man was looking at herself suspiciously, this person was none other than Zuo Qing's thousand-year-old ice!
She asked angrily: "What are you doing when you come out to wander around?" ”
"Buy some dry food for the road."
"Dry food? Are you leaving? Su Yan couldn't believe it, "Why don't you stay a few more days?" There are so many fun places you haven't been to yet! Your injuries have not healed, how can you get on the road? ”
Zuo Qing looked at the arm that was wrapped by Su Yan indiscriminately, and hesitated.
Su Yan said again: "It will take 100 days to break the muscles and bones, and if you don't take care of it well, you will leave hidden dangers!" I'm a person from the past, and I think that when my master broke his leg, it was because he was in a hurry to go to see Tofu Shih Tzu, and the wound has not healed. Don't look at him now, it's because you haven't seen his kung fu before he was injured, it's a great effort, but it's a pity that it's useless now! ”
He was a little puzzled: "In this way, this person should be Su Ming." ”
"Why are you still on the tip of the bull's horns!" Su Yan said angrily, "You love to walk or not, be kind as a donkey's liver and lungs!" ”
"Anyway, the injury is not completely healed, and I can't go for the time being." He said.
"You're not leaving?" Su Yan couldn't believe it.
"Hmm."
"Then come with me to collect the rent, and I'll treat you to a good meal!"
"You're trying to steal the rent?"
Su Yan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You don't care about this, the most important thing for us now is to collect rent." ”
With that, he grabbed his shoulders and walked into the alley around the corner.
Mr. Bai's antique shop is located at the end of the alley, but the doors of his shops on the left and right are closed, and the whole alley looks extremely deserted. The antique shop is also a simple group, there are few high-quality goods in it, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a shop opened by a charlatan, it is hard to imagine that this shop was the most profitable in Kuaifeng Town a few years ago, but I didn't expect that just a few years, things are wrong.
As soon as Su Yan entered the door, he felt a cold inside and out, and hurriedly pasted to Zuo Qing's side, nervously searching for Mr. Bai's figure.
Zuo Qing was surprised: "Your martial arts are above me, but you are hiding behind me?" ”
Su Yan was a little embarrassed: "No matter how high the martial arts are, there are natural enemies, and I am also afraid of those demons and monsters." You are a man, you should stand in front of our weak women to ward off demons and exorcisms! Don't ink, you go and see where others are. ”
When Zuo Qing heard the three words of the weak woman, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and laugh.
Mr. Bai was originally a foreigner, he came to the town more than ten years ago, when he first arrived, he was just a poor scholar, he didn't have a penny on his body, and he earned a shop with a three-inch tongue, and later became Su Ming's tenant, which is needless to say. It's just that Mr. Bai's origin is unknown, and since he opened this shop, he has had a lot of treasures for no reason, and the money he makes is naturally unimaginable. As for his real name, it is strange to say, even Su Ming, the landlord, does not know his real name, sometimes Su Yan curiously flips through the contract to look left and right, and there are only three words: 'Mr. Bai'!
Besides, most of the things sold by Mr. Bai's family are treasures from the Western Regions, not to mention in Kuaifeng Town, even in Chucheng, which is considered a rare thing. Su Yan has always been curious, Mr. Bai is so poor and sour, where did he go to cheat so many treasures? Now that you have a baby, why did you fall into such a destitute end today, and you have dragged on the rent for three months, and you haven't settled it yet!
Zuo Qing looked into the inner room of the shop, and seemed to be attracted by something, Su Yan leaned over, and saw a row of containers behind the dilapidated door curtain, there were not many things in it, but there was a bronze statue of a beast face that was very interesting. She poked Zuo Qing and said, "You go over and see what kind of treasure it is, if you still can't collect the rent today, we'll take this back!" ”
Zuo Qing was really embarrassed, and when he was hesitating, an old man walked out, his chin was faintly blue, and there was a knife wound in the corner of his eye.
"Little girl, we haven't seen each other for a long time!"
Su Yan always felt that his face was not only gangster, but also yin, and every time he saw it, he felt uncomfortable. Holding back the acid water in his stomach, he complained: "It's better not to see it." ”
"I haven't seen you for a year, but people have become more beautiful, but this little mouth is still so tricky and mean. Why did you come to see me today, did you miss me? Mr. Bai said and laughed, and the furrow on his face seemed to be able to trap a fly.
Su Yan didn't bother to talk to him, and spread his hand straightforwardly: "My master asked me to come to collect rent!" ”
Mr. Bai looked embarrassed: "Can you give a few more days?" ”
Su Yan knew that he would say this, so he had already thought of a countermeasure on the way over, and said to him: "You are three months in arrears!" It is said that people who have read books are about credibility, you have to express yourself today, don't lose your face, if this spreads, your Mr. Bai's reputation is not good, I will be ashamed of you! ”
"Little girl cares about me so much? Lao Bai, I also die without regrets! Tut-tut, it's a pity that the little girl doesn't know how to live a hard life, do you know how to live if you don't have money? It's not that your master doesn't know my situation, if you really think about it, I'll go back and tell your master that the rent has been collected. ”
The anger in Su Yan's chest was already rushing up and down, but when he heard him shirk like this, the fire suddenly exploded, and after a few steps, he grabbed him and scolded: "Old man Bai!" You shameless person, my master has been lenient with you for a long time, but you have to inch in, I don't know what to do, today you will either pay the money or close it! ”
Under Su Yan's indiscriminate bombardment, although Mr. Bai had a powerful mouth, his physical strength was no better than that of a woman, and after a few pushes, he was pushed down in the corner.
Mr. Bai smiled awkwardly, and finally begged for mercy, "I just put forward my opinion, if you don't agree, we can discuss it again, don't do it!" ”
"Discuss? Now the best negotiation is not negotiable, if there is money to give money, if there is no money, I will just take a few treasures back to pay the difference, oh no! I should take a few of the best things back, my master's greedy goods will definitely pick thorns, and it will not be me who is unlucky at that time! As he spoke, he searched the shelves around for valuable treasures.
Zuo Qing, who had been silent all the time, couldn't help but laugh a little, and couldn't hide his smile.
Mr. Bai was so flustered that he didn't know what to do, and hurriedly hugged her thigh and cried: "Miss Su, please leave a way to live!" I'll live on this, if you give a few more days, I will definitely take the money to apologize, and if you give me a few more days, it's just a few days! ”
His cries drew a chord of neighbors, dozens of people huddled in the doorway and looked inside, chattering and not knowing what they were discussing.
Su Yan didn't care about their gossip, broke his hand and said: "It's really funny, I think that when I saw you a year ago, I was so frightened by your obscenity that I didn't dare to come out, and then I hid when I saw you, but now it's feng shui in turn!" What does it feel like to be scared to the point of urine? Is it a heart beating wildly, a dry mouth and tongue, weakness in the limbs, chest tightness and shortness of breath? Still have the illusion of syncope? ”
Su Yanzheng was proud, thinking that his majesty would definitely scare him, but he didn't expect Mr. Bai to suddenly change his attitude, jumped up, retreated to the door and said: "This is broad daylight, it's the first time I've seen a bright person robbing money, I said that there is no money, what can you do with me?" ”
"You ....." Su Yan's words just came to her lips and she didn't know how to refute it, she stared at him angrily, but she felt that there was a powerful aura around her surrounded her, and a voice sounded in her ears, "Robbing money won't waste time with you here, your treasures here are among the best, just grab a few pieces to pay the rent, if it weren't for the fact that you have rented this shop for so long, we won't talk nonsense with you at all, it's all about this, you can do it." ”
Zuo Qing, who had been watching coldly, suddenly spoke, Su Yan was surprised and delighted, and he had confidence in his heart.
Mr. Bai also came and protested hysterically against him, but he said to the neighbors outside the door, "How can I say that I am also an old tenant of this shop for several years, and now I am unlucky and can't pay the rent, so you will force me to die!" You go back and ask Su Ming, I only gave him a lot more rent for so many years before, not to mention other benefits, is he too ungrateful! After crossing the river, he will tear down the bridge, and he will have the ability to spit out all the benefits I gave him before, which can be mortgaged for three years' rent! The big guy gives a comment, although my old white usually cares, but which one of the people who opens the door to do business is not concerned about living? After so many years of hard work, I didn't save a penny, but I coveted it all for Su Ming, not only did it not remember my good, but it was aggressive, you say, how many lifetimes have I been moldy? ”
Su Yan and Zuo Qing looked at each other, and they didn't know how to refute for a while.
Often many times, even in the case of good and evil, once one party cries and pretends to be pitiful, he will definitely be able to win the sympathy of everyone.
Zuo Qing ignored the people outside the door who pointed at them, and said to Mr. Bai: "It is natural to repay debts, even if you have a pitiful background, not to mention that you are not poor." As he walked towards him, Mr. Bai only felt a cold wind hit him, and a chill came out of the cracks in his bones. Zuo Qing lifted his coat and revealed the dark red jade pendant around his waist, "How can a poor person wear a jade pendant, look at this brocade robe is also a high-grade brocade, you are not poor, you are pretending to be poor." ”
Mr. Bai panicked and dodged: "You must have a certificate to speak, if you don't have a certificate, don't talk nonsense!" ”
Zuo Qing was in danger: "You hand over the account book to everyone to see, it is clear whether it is true or false." ”
Mr. Bai was silent, his eyes went back and forth between surprise and resentment, and his old face was white and red, looking extremely funny.
Everyone coaxed, and one person asked Mr. Bai to hand over the account book in unison.
Su Yan was impressed with him in his heart, this kid can still come in handy at a critical moment! Turning his head and asking Mr. Bai, "How?" ”
He grinned and quickly changed his attitude, "This, the ledger is a personal item......"
Zuo Qing snorted coldly: "Needless to say, pay the money or go to the government?" ”
The people outside also coaxed, shouting in unison for him to pay the money, and Mr. Bai had nothing to do about it, so he had to admit it. He took out the money bag from his bosom, spread it in the palm of his hand and counted and counted, sighing and sighing. Su Yan looked impatient, grabbed it, raised the money bag and looked proud, "If you pay next month's rent in advance, we will have a period later!" He turned to Zuo Qing and said, "With money, why don't we go to Vientiane Tower for a meal?" ”
"But your master ...... him"
Su Yan hurriedly protected the money bag in his arms, "You already know my selfishness, even if it is a grasshopper on a line, if you dare to betray me, I will drive you out!" ”
Zuo Qing smiled dumbly, "Okay." ”
"The children can be taught!"