Black Lotus is reborn. Hush! Just lie down and be quiet.

Xia Qingqing directly stated her purpose and sighed, looking helpless and pitiful.

"What? Did Yang Guozhu bully you?"

Sister Xu, who was cleaning the cupboard with a feather duster, suddenly became alert and stopped cleaning the cupboard and asked in a low voice.

"No, it's just me and my father-in-law at home now, it's inconvenient, so I want to move out!"

Although Xia Qingqing denied it, the fear on her face could not be hidden from Sister Xu's sharp eyes. She secretly cursed Yang Guozhu for being a good-for-nothing and felt even more sympathetic towards Xia Qingqing.

"There is a room, but it's a pavilion. It's cold in winter and hot in summer. Can you stand it?"

Sister Xu knew everything that happened in the alley, but she felt that Xia Qingqing looked too delicate and might not be used to living in a small room.

"As long as I can get used to it and have a place to sleep, it's fine. Besides, I don't have much money, so I can't afford a good place!"

Xia Qingqing smiled sheepishly and asked, "Sister Xu, how much does the pavilion cost per month?"

"It's not expensive. It's Teacher Liu's. It's three yuan a month. You have to pay for water and electricity. If you want to rent it, I'll go talk to Teacher Liu and I'll give you a cheaper price!"

Sister Xu was very enthusiastic and planned to bargain with Uncle Liu.

"Thank you, Sister Xu. I want to rent it. It would be best if I could move in today."

Xia Qingqing seemed very anxious and said that she had already packed her luggage and could move at any time.

"Speak of the devil, here he comes, Teacher Liu, come here!"

Sister Xu's eyes were bright. When she saw Uncle Liu coming over with a basket of vegetables, she shouted and waved.

Uncle Liu walked over quickly, followed by Uncle Li. Although these two were sworn enemies, they were inseparable and stuck together every day.

"What's the matter?"

Uncle Liu asked.

"Qingqing wants to rent the pavilion in your house. Please give her a discount!" Sister Xu said directly.

"Three dollars is already a discounted price. Although my room is a small one, it is very spacious and clean. The bed and chair are ready-made. I can move in right away. It's very comfortable!"

Although Uncle Liu also sympathized with Xia Qingqing, it was impossible for him to get any advantage. When it came to the money, he refused to give in even a little bit!

"Liu Shimei, have some shame, your room is too small to be used as a chicken coop, it's hard to even turn around. The bed and chair are ready, but Xiao Xia is lame, and it's just that Xiao Xu is light. If someone lies down on it, he will collapse. How dare you charge three dollars? Two dollars is just skinning Xiao Xia!"

Uncle Li exposed the shortcomings without hesitation, but his words offended two people.

Uncle Liu and Sister Xu both rolled their eyes at him.

"Teacher Liu, your house is empty and you won't make any money. You might as well rent it out at a low price. It would be great to have some income every month. Two dollars and fifty cents a month. That's it. I'll tell you some big news later. I guarantee you'll love it!"

Sister Xu took out a fresh melon as bait, which made Uncle Liu itchy. And what Sister Xu said was right. His room had been vacant for half a year and had never been rented out. It would be nice to rent it to Xiao Xia for 2.5 yuan, which would be an extra income every month!

"Okay, that's it, but it will take half a year to pay..."

Before Uncle Liu finished speaking, Uncle Li confronted him: "There is no rule in Shanghai to pay for half a year. It's three months at most. Xiao Xia is not someone else. Do you have the nerve to charge for half a year? Xiao Xia, don't listen to him, just pay for three months!"

"Okay, okay, just three months. When are you going to move in, Xiao Xia?"

Uncle Liu was too lazy to argue, three months would be fine, he asked Xia Qingqing in a friendly manner.

"We're moving today, Uncle Liu. This is three months' rent. Thank you!"

Xia Qingqing took out a handful of crumpled money from her pocket and counted out a five-yuan note, a one-yuan note, and two fifty-cent notes. She was still short of fifty cents, so she took out a few coins from her trouser pocket, one, two, and five cents each, and finally made up seven yuan and fifty cents for Uncle Liu.

Her action made Sister Xu and Uncle Li feel very uncomfortable and their noses were sore. Uncle Liu also felt that the money in his hand was heavy and he almost impulsively said something stupid like "do not ask for rent".

"I'm going back to get my luggage!"

Xia Qingqing ran back home.

"Why does Xiaoxia suddenly want to move out?" Grandpa Li asked in a low voice.

"Shh!"

Uncle Liu winked and they all shut up because Old Man Yang was coming over.

"Master Yang, what happened to your face? Did a cat scratch it?"

Sister Xu screamed in surprise, and Uncle Li and Uncle Liu looked over with sharp eyes, and indeed it was a scratch.

"Well, there was a wild cat in the house last night!"

Old Man Yang did not deny it. If he had mentioned the crow, no one would have believed him, and he did not dare to mention the incident of prying the door open.

When Old Man Yang walked away, Sister Xu spat at his back and cursed, "You old bastard!"

"what happened?"

Uncle Li and Uncle Liu both smelled the scent of the big melon and asked in unison.

"Do you know why Qingqing is in a hurry to move out?" Sister Xu asked back.

The two uncles shook their heads.

"It's because of that old man Yang Guozhu. I asked Qingqing this morning, but she refused to say anything. She was so scared that she said it was inconvenient for her and her father-in-law to live together, so she wanted to move out. Humph, Yang Guozhu must have done something bad, otherwise why would he be scratched in the face!"

Sister Xu felt that she had guessed the truth. It must be that Yang Guozhu had intended to do something bad last night, and Xia Qingqing fought back and scratched the old man, so she escaped and thought of moving out.

"No wonder there were screams last night. Damn... he's such a jerk. Why didn't you poison him to death?"

Uncle Li suddenly realized what was going on and started cursing.

Uncle Liu also cursed: "Sure enough, he is a bad guy and will be infamous forever. His wife and daughter just died, but Yang Guozhu still has that thought in his mind. He is really a piece of shit!"

A few middle-aged women came back carrying vegetable baskets and joined them. Soon, everyone in the alley knew that Yang Guozhu, the old man, wanted to do something bad to Xia Qingqing, but was scratched on the face instead, forcing Xia Qingqing to move out.

"Bah, old gangster!"

After hearing the news, the people in the alley all had the same reaction and were extremely disgusted with Old Man Yang.

Xia Qingqing acted quickly and came out with a small suitcase that morning. She looked so pitiful. Uncle Liu's wife was kind-hearted. Seeing that Xia Qingqing didn't even have a bed or bedding, she gave her clean bedding from home and told her to stay there without worry as there was no rush to pay the rent.

When Old Man Yang came back from doing some good deeds outside, he found that Xia Qingqing had moved out. He was relieved instead. He didn't even dare to close his eyes when sleeping with this evil ghost living under the eaves.

Old man Yang is now exhausted both physically and mentally. He went to find Director Huang, who said he could help but asked him to give him two shops first. He agreed, because he would not be able to feel at ease until his son came out.

He made an appointment with Director Huang to go to the Housing Authority tomorrow to transfer the property, not directly to Director Huang, but to "sell" it to Director Huang's father-in-law.

Old man Yang was so tired that he didn't go to work and lay down at home to rest. He didn't know that Xia Qingqing had sent a signed letter to the Commission for Discipline Inspection, which only had one sentence written on it -

"In Director Huang's safe, there are 300,000 yuan in cash and a lot of gold bars. He also used his power to demand my family's five stores. If I don't give them to him, he will shoot my two sons. I have no choice but to write this letter. I hope the leader will make the decision for me!

Yang Guozhu reported it under his real name.