Chapter 135
Shi Wuwei went back to the school to borrow someone to borrow a car, and when he came back, he brought Prof. Dai with him.
Prof. Dai is even more powerful, he drove the principal’s car.
The principal is naturally clean and honest, but in and out of some occasions, can’t own back and forth in a yellow car, and occasionally receive an investor or returnees, can’t let people sit in a yellow car ah.
Therefore, the principal of the “public for private interests”, with public funds to add a small car.
However, he will not drive.
Buy a car can be, specifically for the car to hire a driver is too much. It would not look good on the school’s books either.
So, after the car was bought, the principal didn’t use it once, but only occasionally let the boys in the school “push” it out of the garage, wash it, and push it back in.
Fortunately, the cars on the street now are as new as the bicycles of the old Buddha. Why the principal’s car was pushed around, no one can guess the real reason is that the principal does not know how to drive, the rest of the reasons are various, even driving a car need to look at the yellow calendar such a reason appeared.
On behalf of the driving skills of the professor is in school to take the classmate’s car practiced, all the way across the road, encountered obstacles instead of stopping to avoid, but to increase the gas pedal.
That tells you what he does for a living.
Bandit, pure and simple.
But this kind of driving skill is surprisingly praised by others in a British school.
On behalf of the professor returned to China, found that the principal has a push around the car, thought the car broke down, took the initiative to help the principal to repair the car, once repaired found the car quite good ah, automatically brought to drive.
Principal in the upstairs heard the campus students wailing cheers, from the window to probe out to see, on behalf of Professor driving a small car is in the campus back and forth around it.
From then on the little car was ready to go out on the hill.
But on behalf of the professor also confessed to the principal, his driving skills are with the British aristocratic children to practice, those foreign sons of the car are not rules, because they are to drive in the battlefield, the family also has money, do not worry about crashed without the means to replace the new one.
The principal did have so much worry after hearing this.
But if he didn’t let Prof. Dai drive it, no one in the school would drive it.
So, in the end, the automobile was allowed to be driven by Prof. Dai.
So Prof. Dai drove the car out of the garage from time to time and pretended to do something for his own benefit.
Today, he took the initiative to drive the car to Zhu Family Building just to pick up Ms. Zhu’s mother and daughter to go to school.
He elegantly strides up the stairs and says as he enters: ”If Ms. Zhu moves out, it’s still better if she doesn’t move. Think of it as a visit to a friend’s house, and don’t let the neighbors see the clues.”
Zhu Yanshu saw him drive up from the balcony, and then after hearing his golden words, her eyes sparkled and moved, and she was moved to squeeze her handkerchief tightly and said, “Mr. Dai is thinking of my family, how could I dare to disobey?”
This was certainly better.
Right now the wind is at the top and everyone is in danger, but the people are still in a state of peace. Dance halls, restaurants and hotels are bustling with traffic every day, and the newspapers are singing praises every day.
Although the days of the common people are not good anymore, they don’t want to believe that the world is really going to be bad.
Because if it really is bad, they can’t do anything about it.
Zhu family is also famous in this street.
Zhu Yan Shu’s family of women may have to move back in the future. Today, they ran away with great fanfare, and the people on this street were victimized behind them, so they might hold a grudge against them. Then how can they come back?
Not to mention the future, now the Zhu family ran out of shadow, home things can not be moved, small thieves broke in □□□□ how to do?
So Prof. Dai’s words are truly for the Zhu family’s mother and daughter to consider.
Su Chunjun heard this and said, “The professor is still thoughtful, it’s me who thought of one less step.”
Yang Yuyan took his hand and stood with him, whispering, “I don’t blame you.” Didn’t she also not think of it?
Zhu Yan Shu laughed, “Even I didn’t think of this, how can I blame you, a small child?”
She pushed Yang Yucicang and Yang Yuyan and said, “Go, all go back and change clothes. Dress nicely as if you’re going to be a guest, don’t let people see it.”
Zhang Ma said, “Then how are we going to move these things down?”
Professor Dai said, “Ms. Zhu and Miss can go in my car. Zhang Ma, you slow down a step, when Wuwei comes in a while, you pretend to be the family point when things, let him bring people to move the things is.”
Zhu Yan Shu hurriedly said, “Right, right, right, so why don’t we really pawn some things, see what unused things there are in the house, furniture and whatnot, pawn a few pieces to fill up a look.”
Su Chunjun laughed, “I know where there are pawnshops, the nearest one is called Cui, it’s on the street behind.”
Prof. Dai then said, “Then why don’t you run faster! Go find someone.”
Zhang Ma was pulled by Su Chunjun to see what could be pawned.
“Ouch, you want to pawn this too?” Zhang Ma looked at all the things are a pity, all refused to be pawned, pick pick pick pick, and finally picked up a few rolls of carpet in the unused house, all good things, when the special order, and then the family did not have so many subordinates, there is no way to clean, so they all had to be rolled up and piled up in the corner.
Su Chunjun said, “These carpets can’t be used again, surely the inside are called insect bites, even if our family lay carpet again later, another buy new is not good? These are all pawned.”
Mrs. Zhang laughed at him for being too loud: “Yo, yo, yo, this is blowing up? I’ll keep it in mind, I’ll wait.” Su Chunjun laughed, “We’ll buy a new one later.
Su Chunjun laughed: “Mrs. Zhang, you still don’t trust me? I will definitely let Yan Yan and all of us have a good life in the future.”
Zhang Ma shook her head and moved the carpet rolls with him, saying, “Do you think I haven’t seen a good life? Or do you think the Zhu family hasn’t had a good life?”
Su Chunjun was stunned, no matter how good he was, he couldn’t compare to the Zhu family who had made their fortune during the Qianlong era, and it was then that he realized he was really too big of a mouthful, and admitted, “It’s me who said it wrong, alas, I really can’t compare to that then.”
Zhang Ma glared at him and said in a bad mood, “If Madam really wants to marry the second young lady to a rich man and bring the whole family with her, then it’s not your turn to do so! It’s enough for you to live a peaceful life with the second miss.”
Su Chunjun’s heart was stabbed.
He dared to say that he would let Second Miss Yang and the Zhu family’s mother and daughter all live a life of wealth and prosperity, but he didn’t dare to guarantee a lifetime, the time was too long and there were too many accidents, he didn’t dare to make this statement.
When the two had rolled the carpet rolls into the hallway, he sighed and said, “I’ll try.”
He’d certainly ballooned in the meantime. Power came too easily, and so did money, causing him to suddenly lose some of his poise.
But he knew better than anyone else that power and wealth could not bring peace. Rather, what fell under power and wealth was precisely peace and quiet.
Before he entered the Finance Bureau, he didn’t simply pursue power and wealth, he did it to realize his ambitions and ideals.
But now, after he truly possessed power, it seemed, as if he had lost a bit of it.
He only came to his senses today when he was hit on the head by Zhang Ma.
He had fallen too deep into power.
The mayor’s weakness made him fearful, and he wanted to grab more power. And the security that power brought made him go after it even more.
If Zhang Ma hadn’t used the Zhu family to remind him today, he didn’t know when he would have seen it clearly.
“If there’s an old man in the family, there’s a treasure.” Su Chunjun murmured.
Zhang Ma heard straighten up, “I’m old!”
Su Chunjun hastily changed his words, “You are not old, of course you are not old!”
Zhang Ma: “Hmph! Since you say so, then you should do it all, move all these to the first floor.”
Su Chunjun sighs and can only take off his suit jacket and hitch it to the stair banister, dragging the carpet rolls down the stairs.
Ma Tianbao heard the sound and ran up to give him a hand.
When Su Chunjun saw him, he thought for a moment and said, “You can help look at a car later.”
Although he hadn’t slept all night, Ma Tianbao was also a person who was used to hard work, and immediately agreed, “OK.”
Zhu family in the building so move up and down, the only three tenants left in the building came out to see the fun, there are two men also came out to help.
After they finished helping, the women asked Su Chunjun, “What’s going on here, Mr. Second Aunt? What are you doing?
The tenants all pricked up their ears to listen.
Su Chunjun smiled and said, “Nothing, nothing.” He didn’t say anything.
Then he went out to call the pawnbroker.
The pawnshop people came very quickly, I heard that it is pure wool, the British carpet, or the whole piece, even if there is a little wormhole does not matter, please skilled workers will be patched up the hole, and then cleaned a bit, turn can be sold, that is, the rent can be collected a good price.
Su Chunjun used to be a regular customer, and Cui shopkeeper father and son to talk about the price, Cui shopkeeper directly called his son pulling the cart over.
When you enter the door, there are four rolls of carpet on the floor of the foyer.
Cui shopkeeper on the hands of a touch, and then measure the thickness, and then unfolded a small half to see the pattern of the weaving, concluded that the sale can not lose.
He knew that the Zhu family used to be a big businessman, a big tycoon, and now there are three women in the family, no income, it is normal to be poor when something. Since it is a good thing, he is also sincere business, so he pulled Su Chunjun aside to bargain.
Boss Cui: “We’ve been around a lot, and I’m not going to give you an inflated price. The more big the item, the lower the price.” Su Chunjun smiled and said: “I’m not going to give you a false quote.
Su Chunjun smiled and said, “Shopkeeper Cui, what do you think the price of a wool carpet ordered from England would be? Less than five thousand, can you buy it? It’s half a percent, you’d have to give me three hundred to do so, right?”
Three hundred dollars for one carpet, four carpets would be twelve thousand dollars.
Of course Boss Cui refused to pay twelve thousand, he said, “Eight hundred.”
Su Chunjun shook his head, “This is definitely not possible. If my mother-in-law thinks I’m hiding money, I won’t be able to afford it.”
Boss Cui said, “I won’t take advantage of you, so I won’t give you money, how about I give you three silver bars?”
Money is worthless now, but gold bars and silver bars are hard goods that retain their value.
Su Chunjun agreed without further bargaining.
Cui shopkeeper with it, immediately took out a paper bag from his pocket, open is three Xu family gold store silver bars, a ten taels.
Cui shopkeeper put in the heart of the hand weighing, handed to Su Chunjun.
Su Chunjun received it, and sent off Cui’s father and son with a smile.
The Zhu family is obviously pawning things.
The Zhu family has not yet mentioned the house price.
The Zhu family still did not mention the rent, the rent in the surrounding houses is already a very cheap price. This is of course because the Zhu family mother and daughter thin skin, embarrassed to raise prices.
But the family is not good, the Zhu family has been reduced to the point of pawning things, the tenants can not possibly gloat, all panicked.
Su Chunjun sent away Boss Cui, closed the door, and turned around to see the tenants standing on the stairs. Now that the Zhu family is moving out, it’s not appropriate to leave these tenants behind, knowing that internal thieves are never the most aggressive.
It just so happened that Boss Cui was also seen by them.
Su Chunjun’s brain turned, deliberately raised his voice and said meanly: “Right, I forgot to say, now this market way everyone knows. Our Zhu family has always been peaceful and has never raised the rent, but now we can’t afford not to, or else the family won’t be able to uncover the pot.”
A male tenant hurriedly asked, “Then how much will it go up?”
Su Chunjun laughed, “What are the prices of the houses around here? You don’t know? You’re playing dumb, aren’t you?”
A female tenant’s face changed in fear, “That, that, that ……”
Su Chunjun said loudly, “Thirty dollars a week, one hundred and twenty dollars a month, only silver dollars and silver bars, no paper money! Neither fiat nor pounds will be accepted. This month it’s going to be paid at the rising rate!”
The tenants clamored.
The male tenant turned red with anger: “You can’t be unreasonable!”
The female tenant also screamed, “How can you suddenly raise the price? What does this make us do?”
“Aigoo, this is drilling into the eyes of money!”
A female tenant shouted loudly, “Second Auntie, you’re not even surnamed Zhu! Are you going to be the master of the Zhu Family Building? Zhang Ma, you don’t speak either!”
Zhang Ma had been watching with cold eyes, and at this moment, holding both hands, she said, “What is wrong with what our Aunt said? For so many years the price hasn’t gone up, isn’t it our Zhu family’s favor to treat all of you? You do not know grateful, now rise back to scold us, if I had known today, I should have asked Mrs. rose rent! I should have asked Mrs. Zhu to raise the rent earlier, so that I wouldn’t have to spoil all of you who don’t know how to be thankful!”
The tenants quieted down, and then made more noise.
“How vicious!”
“A subordinate, an outsider, coming to be the master of the Zhu family. I’ll have to tell Ms. Zhu not to lead the wolf into the house!”
“Ten times in one breath, this is not asking us to live!”
Someone saw Ma Tianbao standing aside and not saying anything, and purposely called out to him, “Classmate Ma, classmate Ma, aren’t you going to say anything? Can you pay?”
Ma Tianbao had a clever mind and knew that there must be a reason for the Zhu family’s sudden price hike. Of course he was on the Zhu family’s side.
He said coldly, “I won’t scold people even if I can’t pay.”
The tenants couldn’t get it off their faces when he said that, so they all turned around and scolded him.
“You’re noble! With a paralyzed father, a sick mother, and a cripple yourself, I’ll see how you can pay! No one would want you even if you went out to sell your labor!”
“You’re a college student, and you pick up the leftovers from the Zhu family every day!”
The noise up and down the stairs almost toppled the roof of the house.
At this exact moment, Zhu Yanshu, all dressed in pearls, brought her two daughters, accompanied by Prof. Dai, came out.
As soon as the door slammed, everyone up and down the stairs shut up.
Yang Yuyan was the youngest and best suited to come out and play tricks.
Although they didn’t know the cause and effect in the house, as soon as Su Chunjun said he was going to raise the price, Professor Dai and Zhu Yanshu understood that he was trying to drive the tenants away.
A few people in the house also discussed, Yang Yuyan came out and said loudly: “If you think it’s too expensive, you can leave, what are you yelling about?”
A female tenant was furious, it was just too unexpected and sudden.
She said, “The second young lady and her aunt are really on the same page, what’s the matter? Already treating the Zhu Family Building as your own dowry?”
Yang Yuyan: “My mother’s surname is Zhu, the Zhu family building is naturally our sisters’. It won’t be yours anyway, what are you worrying about?”
Another male tenant said, “You’re not a big one either, it’s not your couple’s turn to make decisions about this. Ms. Zhu, Mrs. Yang! You come out and say something.”
Everyone thought Zhu Yanshu was a big lady with a thin skin, so she must be too embarrassed to say anything about the gold and silver.
Zhu Yanshu covered her face with a handkerchief and gave a loud sob.
As a gentleman, Prof. Dai naturally couldn’t keep his voice quiet.
He said politely, “This gentleman, since the guest does not deceive the master. This building is owned by the Zhu family, and if the Zhu family wants to raise the rent, whether it’s Second Miss Yang or Mr. Su, it’s always better than you to have a say.”
The male tenant said, “That can’t be raised by as much as they say!”
Prof. Dai: “Buying and selling is not a matter of benevolence. If you think it’s too expensive, just don’t buy it, you can’t force the seller to accept the price you offer, right?”
The female tenant, seeing that the male tenant was speechless, cried, “What should we do then? Where can we get so much money? This is just kicking us out!”
Although it was indeed driving people away, Prof. Dai also had something to say.
Professor Dai: “In the past, the Zhu family has never raised money, and this is on the basis that we have been neighbors for many years. But it is the biological parents also did not raise children for life, let alone the Ping Shui met people? I wish the family and everyone, used to get along well, which has the benefit of all of you, but also the grace of the Zhu family. Now the time has come for the seat to end and the people to part, the Zhu family has its own difficulties, if you all think of the previous love, or do not force too much good.”
A word of reason, the tenants also have a number in their hearts, know that it is impossible to let the Zhu family lose money to rent a house for them to live, just think in their hearts to play a rogue can still continue to live.
But now the Zhu family is no longer a mother and daughter of three poor, before Su Chunjun, after the generation of Professor, there is a Ma Tianbao standing there.
The tenants are not willing to argue any further. The tenants are not willing to argue any further. If they continue to argue, Su Chunjun will call in the two gendarmes outside the door, and no one will want to live well.
Seeing the tenants backed down, Zhu Yanshu then stepped in, a pair of eyes red, as if pear blossom with rain, she slinking leaning on the staircase railing, choked and said, “It is me, it is me who can’t do right to all of you …….”
Alas, the time and place, heaven and earth, the whole world’s reasoning is in the Zhu family here, even with the elimination of the fight, the first to show the knife and then reasoning, after some singing and reading and fighting, the tenants can no longer raise the heart of resistance.
Not to mention Zhu Yanshu this last cry, but also the finishing touch.
At least the male masters of those two households, by Ms. Zhu’s crying and sobbing, all of them were not good at being forceful anymore, and all of them picked up their gentlemanly manners and turned to comforting.
“Ms. Zhu, you shouldn’t be too upset.”
“Yes, yes, the world is like this, it’s tough for you guys too.”
The great lady of the past was now also suffering, which stirred the ambition of the male hearts. Even though they couldn’t reach out and help Ms. Zhu, there was no harm in verbally expressing it.
A storm started with Su Chunjun’s dominance, went out with Professor Dai’s reasoning, and died with Ms. Zhu’s single tear.
When Zhu Yanshu walked down the stairs with her daughter, the tenants seemed to have turned into the most reasonable people, all willing to get along with the Zhu family.
Zhu Yanshu went out and got into Professor Dai’s car, took out the powder to see if her face had cried and blurred her makeup.
Professor Dai smiled and said, “In ancient times there was Hua Mulan, today there is Ms. Zhu.”
Zhu Yan Shu snapped closed the mirror, said with a smile, “How do I have the might of Hua Mulan? A little bit of women’s tricks, just don’t make people laugh.”
Professor Dai said, “Being able to subdue someone without a fight is a superior strategy in all the art of war, Ms. Zhu must not be too modest.”
Zhu Yanshu stared at him and saw that he wasn’t saying the opposite, which made her happy.
Professor Dai said to Yang Yuyan and Yang Yucan in the back, “Sit tight, I’m driving.”
Yang Yuyan was still puzzled, when she saw Professor Dai kick the gas and the car popped out!
She hurriedly grabbed the leather cover of the front seat to stabilize herself, and then looked at Zhu Yanshu and Yang Yucan who also grabbed something to stabilize themselves.
Prof. Dai’s little car then ran on this wide road.
His foot was always on the gas pedal!
She hadn’t been in many cars, but wasn’t this keeping her foot on the gas not quite right!