allendalepharm Chapter 733 The dove takes over the magpie's nest
Chapter 733 The dove takes over the magpie's nest
Qian Chongen is not a pretentious person, but they have different feelings.
The next step was to play two games of chess. After having lunch at Qian Chongen's place, Jiang Youzhen planned to return to his own house.
Jiang Youzhen hadn't been back to his house in the capital for a long time, so he planned to go and take a look. There were two maids there to clean the house, and an old man as the doorman.
"Please attend the students' banquet in six days!" Jiang Youzhen handed the invitation to Qian Chongen. In fact, she didn't want the teacher to bother going such a long distance, but if the teacher didn't go to the top scholar banquet, there would inevitably be rumors.
"Okay! Master will definitely be there!" Qian Chongen nodded.
Jiang Youzhen looked at Qian Chongen, who had obviously aged, and swallowed the words that he wanted to persuade him to go further.
Perhaps, this is a good thing. Professors are still the most respected in the provincial school, and they don't have to deal with the intrigues in the court. It is a good place to retire.
As long as she survives, Qian Chongen doesn't need to filter anything.
"Master, Madam said that the eldest daughter is back. Please go back." Suddenly, the steward beside Qian Chongen came to report.
"Ru'er is back?" Qian Chongen frowned. Why did she come back at this time?
Jiang Youzhen was a little confused, but Qian Chongen said, "Go and tell me I'll be there soon."
Jiang Youzhen stood up at the right time and said, "Then I will take my leave now. You have something to do and you should go back first!"
It must be something he has to do, and Jiang Youzhen will naturally not delay him.
"It's Ru'er returning to her parents' home."
"Junior sister got married?" Jiang Youzhen was surprised. Didn't they say they were dating before? How come it happened so soon?
"Why didn't you tell your students? I should prepare a gift. We are senior and junior brothers and sisters, and our relationship is extraordinary."
Naturally, her relationship with Qian Ru is not that good, but isn't Qian Chongen stuck in the middle?
"We got married just two months ago. You were an official in the capital at the time. The journey was too long and you couldn't make it back. Besides, you were new to the court, so how could I let you be distracted? That's why I didn't tell you."
Qian Chongen then said, "You are coming to the city to stay for two days? Let's go back to Qinghe Village together. You can stay at my house for the next two days, so you don't have to look for another place to live."
Jiang Youzhen quickly refused, "My house in the city is still unsold, and I plan to stay there for two days. Teacher, don't worry about me."
"Then I won't keep you here. Wait till your mistress prepares the food in the evening and you can come over to eat."
Jiang Youzhen did not refuse this time, as he used to often eat at Qian's house.
"Then excuse me!"
"When did you become so polite?" Qian Chongen said dissatisfiedly.
Jiang Youzhen smiled, and the two of them came out together.
Jiang Youzhen watched Qian Chongen hurriedly get on the carriage, looking very anxious.
It was she who neglected it. Qian Chongen didn't mention it in the letter, probably because he didn't want her to spend money. But such a grand wedding couldn't be without it, otherwise it would be unacceptable.
"Let's go! I'll make a list and you go prepare it in the afternoon and send it to the Qian Mansion in the evening." Jiang Youzhen instructed Qingyan.
Qing Lang had already returned to the house first. He had to go back and check it out. He would be staying for two days, so he had to make some preparations.
Jiang Youzhen's carriage arrived at the house and went directly to the outer courtyard from the corner gate.
But as soon as he entered the door, Jiang Youzhen found something wrong.
The yard was a little desolate. There used to be a lot of flowers and plants here. No one lived there, so they weren't lush, but they couldn't all be wilted, right? That meant they hadn't been taken care of properly.
She remembered that before she left, the manager Dou Zhun said that he had hired a gardener to take care of the garden from time to time, and that the money could be withdrawn from the account of Fuyun Pavilion in the capital city, but the owner of Fuyun Pavilion would come back to look after the garden from time to time. Who could have thought that it would become like this now?
Jiang Youzhen's face darkened, and there was a sudden noise in the second courtyard. There were several unfamiliar voices and Qing Lang's scolding.
"My master asked you to stay to take care of the house, but you were so bold as to rent it to outsiders. Did you forget that the indenture agreement still held the master in your hands?
You bastard, how dare you do such a thing as deceiving your superiors and subordinates and taking the master's house for yourself."
Jiang Youzhen understood the general idea after hearing these words. She couldn't help but sneer. Although she didn't care about this house anymore, it didn't mean she could tolerate others occupying her house.
"Where is the doorman? Call him over." Jiang Youzhen said coldly.
Qingyan immediately went to call the doorman, who was trembling all over when he came over. He knew that the matter had been exposed and he would definitely be punished.
He fell to his knees with a thud, tears streaming down his face.
"Please spare my life, sir. I was instigated by those two old women. They said that this house has been uninhabited and will easily fall into disrepair. It's empty anyway, so why not rent it out? We can get more rent money to live on."
The concierge trembled as he recounted, "I didn't agree at first, but they ignored my wishes and secretly found a tenant. I didn't know until the tenant showed up that day. It's a done deal, so I... I can only let them do what they want."
"You said it as if you were threatened by them. I think you were greedy for the rent money. I gave you benefits, and you thought that the master was far away in the capital, so you had thoughts about it."
Qingyan was very angry and stepped forward and kicked the doorman in the heart, "You cunning servant, you actually tried to occupy the master's house, who gave you the courage?"
In fact, Qingyan did not dare to use too much strength, after all, the doorman was old. If something went wrong, it would not be good to spread the news.
"You didn't report this to the shopkeeper of Fuyun Pavilion, which means you had selfish motives. The young master felt sorry for you and the two old women, and thought that you were helpless, so he wanted to keep you to enjoy your old age. You actually turned evil into kindness, which is simply unreasonable."
Jiang Youzhen, who was standing by, watched coldly, and then said to Qingyan, "We'll deal with him later, let's deal with the tenants first."
"Why? We have paid the rent, why should we move out?" a sharp female voice came.
"You said you paid the rent, but do you have the red lease deed from the government?" Qing Lang's voice turned cold.
"We signed the deed ourselves, but we paid one year's rent for the entire second-floor house, a total of eight taels of silver." A somewhat old male voice was heard.
When renting a house, many people will not go to the government to register the red deed, in order to save some taxes. Some people find it inconvenient to go to the government to register, and there must be a reason for this. Anyway, white deed is very common, but once there is a dispute, it is useless to report it to the government.
"It sounds like there is more than one tenant." Qingyan said angrily when he heard this.
It’s disgusting to think about a nice house being messy.
"You didn't go to the government to sign the red deed, so you suffered the loss yourself. Even if you didn't know at first that these two old hags were just servants, but after living here for so long, it's impossible that you didn't find out, right?"
"So what if they find out? We have already signed the deed, and there is no way they can return the money to us."
"That's right, are you going to compensate us with silver?"