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Chapter 102 When Mustache Meets Second Uncle
Chunying thought of Hu Fei.When I was at his house that day, I thought about going over to help clean the house when I had time, but who knew that she hadn't opened Yunxiang Pavilion these days, and now she was leaving again. For an acquaintance, she had to say hello.

Second Uncle Lu didn't object, so he drove the carriage to the end of Funing Street, and when he reached the entrance of the alley, he heard whispered voices coming from the alley.Chunying raised the curtain of the car and looked around, only to see a lantern lit in front of the small courtyard of Cheng's house. It was quiet inside, but there were three or four burly men standing in front of the door, staring at the small courtyard of Hu Fei's house, chatting with each other. whispering to each other.In the distance, a few neighbors peeked from corners.

What's wrong?Did someone come to trouble Hu Fei again?Chunying hesitated for a moment, then looked back at her second uncle, who stared at those people calmly, and asked in a low voice, "Which family are you going to?" Seeing Chunying nod, she said, "If you recognize People in the corner, let's go inside." Chunying understood, and accompanied Uncle Lu to avoid those men and came to the neighbors who were peeping.One of them was the woman from the neighboring courtyard of Cheng's family, and she hurriedly took her hand: "Shhh! Brother Hu, I don't know what's wrong, the owner suddenly brought someone to the door!"

Chunying was taken aback, and hurriedly looked at Hu Fei's small courtyard.Hu Fei's conversation with a strange male voice could be faintly heard in the courtyard.

The male voice said: "Second Young Master, I didn't mean to make things difficult for you, it's really... I didn't expect this to happen. I'm just a commoner and I can't afford to offend noble people. You can just move out?"

Chunying was a little worried. Hearing what the owner said, it must be Young Master Hu playing tricks again. Hu Fei wouldn't be impulsive, would he?
Several men at the door stared at the courtyard, but did not move. Hu Fei spoke, with a hint of anger in his voice: "You also have the face to say that you have read the book?! The book says that no one can believe it. Li, I have already paid the rent and signed the paperwork, how can you go back on your word?!"

The homeowner said awkwardly: "This...I didn't say that, it was all forced...Second Young Master, although the book tells people to keep their promises, it also says that people should be filial to their parents. What about you Son... well, it's disgraceful after all, why do you stay here to pester me? I heard that you are hanging out with some rough people in the market, and you don't know what you are doing all day long. Let the outside know, your father is here Under the Nine Springs, there is also shame on the face. You... you better move away!"

There was a silence.Chunying heard the anger outside, thinking that the Hu family is too much, Funing Street is two streets away from the Hu family's mansion, Hu Fei didn't steal or rob, and supported himself down-to-earth, how could they Can't even tolerate this? !Could it be that, as Hu Fei said, they wanted to force him to leave in order to conceal the scandalous things they had done? !

Chunying was still angry here, and the neighbors privately expressed a few words of sympathy for Hu Fei, and she followed suit, but she didn't notice a flash of light in the eyes of the second uncle beside her, looking at the old courtyard wall, if there was any Thoughts.

It didn't take long for Hu Fei to say, "It's not impossible to ask me to move out." Chunying was taken aback when she heard that, and the neighbors immediately stopped whispering and looked at each other.

The homeowner was overjoyed: "Really? Second Young Master, you really..."

"But I have conditions!" Hu Fei interrupted him, "At the beginning, my mother and I only planned to find a place to stay, and originally wanted to rent for a month, but you insisted that we pay three months' rent before moving in. We paid a total of six taels. Now I have only lived for half a month, and you want me to move out, and you have to return five taels of silver."

The homeowner's face was a little embarrassed, but he still responded: "Okay, I'll just..."

"Besides that!" Hu Fei interrupted him again, "When the lease was signed, it was agreed that if either party breached the contract within three months, they would have to pay three times the amount of money! Now it is You breached the contract, you have to pay me... 22 taels! We trade in cash, you give it to me tonight, and I will move out tomorrow morning!"

The homeowner was dumbfounded when he heard this: "This..." At the beginning, he thought that the mother and son would either be driven away or taken back to Hu's house, and they would not be able to live for three months. He was just planning to earn more money. How could he think that now he is unlucky.He secretly calculated and calculated distressedly, and suddenly said happily: "Even if you have to pay, it is 16 taels! Where is 22 taels?!"

"The rent returned is five taels, plus the compensation, why isn't it 22 taels? If you really want to calculate it carefully, the amount of compensation should be calculated according to the full rent, which is a total of 23 taels. But It was a great help that you were willing to rent the house to my late mother and me, and I didn’t care about it with you, so I only charged 22 taels. Ah, by the way, there are some furniture and sundries in the house, all of which are mine. The boy packed it up, and it’s not convenient for me to take it away, so I’ll sell it to you at a discounted price, three taels of silver, including the 22 taels, it’s 25 taels. When do you plan to pay?” Hu Fei’s tone was very calm, “ You don't want to? You know it's all written in black and white, if you want to break the contract... even if you go to the Yamen, you can't get it right!"

Chunying was dumbfounded when she heard it outside, but the homeowner was already dumbfounded in the courtyard, and then he looked angrily.Obviously it was Hu Ershao who distorted the original intention of the document, but he said it as if he was showing mercy.The things in this house are also worth three taels of silver? !The so-called clean-up by the young man is nothing more than buying new buckets, pots and bowls, repairing the original broken tables and chairs, repairing a few broken tiles, and re-pasting the windows of the main house. The weeds in the corner of the inner wall have not been cleaned up, and it is exactly the same as when they didn't move in. It will cost him three taels of silver, what a lion!
However, the words of Young Master Hu sounded in his mind again, "Don't alarm others", "I don't want outsiders to know that my brother has done such a scandal", "If that person doesn't know what to do, they will make a scene, just ask your fault", "If you can't do it, you can return the shop to me, and I will rent it to someone else." Every sentence is very heart-wrenching.In desperation, he had no choice but to respond: "Okay... I'll give the silver right now..." Thinking that Young Master Hu might compensate him for the loss, he felt better, took out two ten taels of silver bills, and put He collected five taels of broken silver that he carried on his body, piled it on the stone steps, and said angrily: "25! Get out early tomorrow morning... let's go!" Then he left in a huff, seeing He felt another pain in his heart for the person he brought at the door.If he had known that Second Young Master Hu would nod so simply, he would not have needed to invite someone to embolden him. Although they are all friends, the money for a meal is unavoidable.This time it was really a big loss, and the Hu family must make up for it tomorrow!

As soon as they left, the alley returned to calm, but it immediately became lively again.The neighbors were all chattering at the landlord for being unkind, and an old man walked to the gate of Hu Fei's small courtyard with a cane, and said loudly to him: "Brother Hu, this is because the Wang family boy is unkind. After renting it out, how can you drive him away in a few days? I will go to find his father tomorrow and teach him a good lesson!"

Hu Fei smiled lightly, stepped forward to comfort the old man and said, "Master Song, don't be angry. It's a waste for me to live in such a big place by myself. Besides, he is the owner of the house and wants to drive me away. What's the point of me staying here?" What do you mean?" He took out a few silver ingots, "Here is five taels of silver, and I helped my mother that day, thanks to the help of uncles, uncles, aunts and wives, this is the money owed to you at that time, please help Mrs. Song Give it back to everyone, and if there is more, I will invite everyone to have a drink. I have lived here for half a month, and I have been taken care of by everyone. This kind of friendship... I will never forget it! If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely repay it... ..."

"What are you talking about?!" Mr. Song was angry, "You are a good child, you have been forced to do this, the big guys help you because you are filial to your biological mother and don't put on airs, not for the money! You, you are really..." Then a man stepped forward to support him: "Father, Brother Hu is also grateful to everyone, so he will pay back the money. You can collect it for everyone." After that, he turned to Hu Fei: "I also I understand, the rich elder brother in your family can't tolerate you anymore, so it's better if you leave, lest he do any tricks. It's just that you have a place to stay, and you need to send a letter back, so don't make everyone worry about you. "

Hu Fei's eyes turned red, and he lowered his head and made a bow: "Dare not to obey orders."

Mr. Song sighed, and helped his son back home with some sadness. Other neighbors also came up and said a few words to Hu Fei, asking when they planned to leave and where they were going. Where did Hu Fei come from? what idea?One by one smiled and comforted them, and sent them back respectfully.

At this time, he saw Chunying and Uncle Lu standing in the dark, and was a little surprised: "Sister Xiaochun? It's so late, why are you here?!"

Chunying held back the sourness in her nose, walked over and said, "I'm leaving...my second uncle came to pick me up, and I don't know when I'll be back, so I came here to say goodbye to you, I didn't expect...you're leaving too ..."

Hu Fei was stunned, a little dejected: "I didn't expect it... I thought that since the landlord rented the small courtyard to me, he would not suddenly want to return..." He sighed, looked up at Uncle Lu, reluctantly He saluted with a smile: "In a hurry, the reception is not good enough, please don't blame me. Miss Xiaochun has known me for many years and has helped me a lot..."

Uncle Lu smiled and waved his hands: "You don't need to be so polite, you and my niece are old acquaintances, and you are my friend, but I don't know what to call it?"

Hu Fei hesitated for a moment before saying: "My surname is Hu, Hu...Wangshan." He chose to name himself after his father's surname.What the homeowner said just now caught his attention. There are many people who know the name Hu Fei. No matter what he does, others will recognize him as Hu Fei, and he has nothing to do with the Hu family. It is really troublesome. .He didn't want to be found by Hu Peng no matter where he went, so he simply changed his size.It's Chunying's place, I'll explain it later.But her second uncle...does he really not know who he is?Chunying didn't mention it?He always felt that there was something different in the other party's eyes.He has been with his father for several years, and he has seen some things in the world, and he still has some experience in seeing people.

Second Uncle Lu's eyes moved slightly, and he said with a smile: "So it's Brother Hu. It sounds familiar to me, I seem to have seen it somewhere, but I can't remember it for a while. I just heard a few words outside, and I didn't know Get it, you... seem to be in some trouble? But is there any dispute with the family?"

Hu Fei laughed at himself: "Home? Where do I have a home now? It's just that I'm alone. After tonight, I don't know where I'm going." He felt a little relieved, probably because he happened to I've seen it, Chunying's second uncle is naturally also a servant of the Hou Mansion, and I sometimes meet him when visiting friends.

"Oh?" Second Uncle Lu looked at the small courtyard a few times and pondered for a moment, "Well, there are a few empty yards near my house, all of which I take care of for others temporarily. There is only an old couple guarding the gate. It's really hard for them alone. Chun'er has to live there again, which is really worrying. If you don't mind, you can go with me. The place is not as big as here, but there is still a vacant room in the concierge. It’s just that you have to patrol around by yourself at night, and do whatever you like during the day, and I’ll cover your board and lodging. When you find a place to live, it’s not too late to move out. How about it?”

Hu Fei looked at Second Uncle Lu unexpectedly, and was a little moved. Chunying was already overjoyed: "Second Uncle! You are so kind!" She turned to Hu Fei: "Young Master Hu, come on? My Second Uncle will not drive you away Let's go!" Hu Fei looked at her, then at Second Uncle Lu, and nodded with a faint smile.

(Although it is a bit late, I still want to wish everyone a happy Lantern Festival...)
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