The Little Beauty in the Courtyard

Chapter 21-25

　　Chapter 21 Sea View Room

　　The two groups arrived at the village committee with different thoughts.

　　The village committee includes the village party secretary Xia Dongtian, the middle-aged female director Qiu who coordinates neighborhood relations, and two village cadres.

　　When everyone saw them coming, they looked at the Zhou family and Liang Zhaocheng, but they all smiled and greeted Lin Xi, saying, "Xiao Xi, you are here. Do you have something to do with the village committee?"

　　Lin Xi smiled and said "hmm", then said to Director Qiu, "It's like this, Director Qiu, Uncle Zhou and his family have decided to move to Xin'an these days. They want to rent two rooms in our house like everyone else. So I drafted a lease and wanted to ask the village committee to stamp it."

　　"That's no problem, no problem. Just bring the lease over, and both of you sign or put your fingerprints on it, and we'll stamp it for you."

　　Director Qiu said with a smile.

　　They were not surprised at all, because they had already heard about this matter from Aunt Xu, the aunt of the village chief, and other people in the village a long time ago.

　　Lin Xi then took out the lease from her shoulder bag, put it on the table, and said with a smile: "Well, I've brought the lease, and I've signed it. Director Qiu, please take a look. If there is no problem, I'll ask Uncle Zhou to sign it or put his fingerprint on it."

　　Director Qiu nodded, took the lease and read it over, then handed it to Zhou Laigen and said, "There is no problem with the lease. Please sign it."

　　Zhou Laigen took the lease. He was also literate, so he looked at it and called Zhang Xiumei, saying, "Let me see. Xiumei, you sign it..."

　　But before he finished speaking, his eyes were fixed on a line of words on the lease, and his eyes suddenly widened, because he saw that it said, "Room 0102, 3rd Floor, Building 06, Linxia Village, monthly rent is 320 yuan, excluding water, electricity, gas and other miscellaneous expenses." He knew the rent of Linjia Building very well. Li Quan and Sun Shuwen's family of four rented two rooms downstairs, and it only cost 250 yuan. She was her own mother, and she didn't ask for a cheaper price, but actually charged 70 yuan more? !

　　You know, he only gets 280 yuan a month as a fireman in a factory! He works very hard at a construction site, but only gets 380 yuan a month. If he works in other places, a government official would only get a hundred yuan a month!

　　She charges 320 yuan a month for rent, and it doesn't even include water and electricity?!

　　This is a money grab!

　　Zhou Laigeng's face suddenly fell.

　　He forgot to say anything else, and only stared at the rent and asked Lin Xi: "Xiao Xi, what's the matter with this rent? If I remember correctly, the rent for Li Quan's family downstairs is only 250 yuan. Why do you charge 320 yuan for your mother's place? No one in this village charges such a high rent!"

　　Lin Xi smiled and said, "Yes, Uncle Zhou, Uncle Li and Aunt Sun's rent is indeed 250 yuan, but there is nothing we can do about it. You have been in Xin'an for a while, and you should know how fast Xin'an has developed now. The prices and rents are changing every month. Uncle Li signed the lease a year ago, and the price was that at that time. Before that, their rent was only 180 yuan. In another year, when their lease expires, they will definitely adjust the rent, but that is a matter for the future. But Uncle Zhou, if you sign the lease now, of course you have to follow the current market price."