Landlady who likes to hoard land

Before he could ask, Tian Jing spoke first.

"Chengyu, you know how tough things have been for your brother and me. Business was finally starting to pick up this year, but this rent increase means we won't have much left. Since you're going to rent out your factory anyway, how about you rent it to us?"

Looking at her sister-in-law's hopeful eyes and her brother's weathered face, Wang Chengyu felt a pang of sadness.

"Brother, sister-in-law, I've come here today to discuss this matter with you. I'd like to rent the factory to you."

Upon hearing Wang Chengyu's words, Tian Jing's face immediately lit up with a smile.

"Oh, Chengyu, this is great! Whoever wants to rent this dilapidated factory can rent it. Your brother and I will rent your factory from now on."

Tian Jing paused for a moment, then said somewhat awkwardly, "Cheng Yu, how much are you planning to pay us per year?"

Wang Chenggong chimed in, "Even this shabby factory costs 50,000 a year. Cheng Yu's newly built factory can't be priced lower than that. Cheng Yu, I'll also price your factory at 50,000 a year."

Tian Jing glared at Wang Chenggong. She was thinking that her sister-in-law was shy and could give them a discount, but Wang Chenggong offered 50,000 yuan right off the bat. What could she say?

Tian Jing had a good idea. If Wang Chenggong didn't ask, her sister-in-law would definitely give them a lower price. Her sisters-in-law never took advantage of their maternal family and often helped them. Tian Jing was confident that as long as she asked, lowering the price by 10,000 would be no problem.

Since Wang Chenggong had already said that, she couldn't really refute it, after all, she had recently received many gifts from Wang Chengyu.

Wang Chengyu knew that her brother didn't want to take advantage of her, and she also understood her sister-in-law's intentions. She understood her sister-in-law's thinking; even when renting from a stranger, one should still negotiate the price.

“Brother, sister-in-law, I bought that factory building so that you could use it. You’ve had a tough time these past few years. Mom’s hospitalization this year also cost a lot of money. I’ll give you 20,000 yuan for the first year, and 30,000 yuan for the second year.”

Tian Jing was delighted to hear this and smiled broadly.

Wang Chenggong disagreed upon hearing the amount.

“I know how much your factory cost to build. If you rent it out like this, when will you be able to recoup your investment? Let’s say it’s 50,000.”

Wang Chengyu smiled apologetically.

"Brother, I'm not doing this to make money. I can make money by renting it out to others, but I can't make money by renting it out to you. I just hope you can make more money so that our parents can live more comfortably."

In the eyes of Mr. and Mrs. Wang, no matter how rich their daughter is, she belongs to someone else; only when their son is rich can they stand tall.

"Brother, it's settled then. You have the keys to the factory too. Find a day when your factory is on holiday and move there. I'll raise the rent for you when you make a lot of money in the future."

Wang Chenggong felt a tightness in his chest. As the eldest son in the family, he felt uncomfortable having to rely on his younger sisters for help, but he had no choice but to accept it.

He knew his sister was rich, but he couldn't keep taking advantage of her.

The Wang family was really poor. He started from scratch. Only he knows how hard it was. In order to save on transportation costs, he would drive his tricycle for two hours in the middle of the night to deliver goods to the city, even though it was only a half-hour journey. When the factory was first built, he could only sleep two or three hours a day.

Without money to buy goods, he would use all his persuasive skills to get some materials on credit, do some work, and then pay them back after selling the finished products.

Once, he had just enough materials to make that batch of goods when a worker accidentally ruined a sheet of iron. He had no choice but to swallow his pride and borrow two sheets of iron from a colleague to make up the missing pieces for the batch.

There are countless similar stories. He has parents to support and a wife and children to raise. He can only grit his teeth and bear it. He secretly sheds tears in the face of countless difficulties, and after shedding those tears, he can only continue to work hard and persevere.

Since starting his factory, he has seen enough of the cold looks from his relatives and tasted all the bitterness. Some people kicked him when he was down, some helped him wholeheartedly, some raised prices on the spot, and some did not care about returns.

He was grateful that his family members were kind and had always supported him silently.

"Chengyu, I will definitely work hard and make something of myself."

"Yes, let's all work hard and make those who look down on us regret it."

Seeing her brother so sad, Wang Chengyu was deeply moved, while Tian Jing quietly wiped away her tears.

After returning from Wang Chenggong's place, Wang Chengyu was unable to calm down for a long time.

The connection of blood is truly strange. It is precisely because of the various emotional bonds that such a complex creature as humans has developed and become better.

Thinking of her two sons, Wang Chengyu felt a surge of sweetness in her heart.

After picking her two sons up from school, she would take them to eat what she considered junk food, but what the children considered gourmet food.

The two children were thrilled and were still discussing it on the way home.

As soon as Wang Chengyu stepped off the elevator, he saw three human stakes standing in front of his house.

My mood instantly turned from sunny to cloudy.

"Grandpa, Great-Grandpa, Aunt and Grandma," the two children greeted.

"Dad, Uncle, Aunt, when did you arrive? Why didn't you call?"

Wang Chengyu deftly took out the key and opened the door.

"Come in, come inside and sit down."

Three men entered the house one after another.

"Xu Wen and Xu Yao, go back to your rooms and do your homework."

"Dad, Uncle, Aunt, please have some water. We're out of tea leaves, so please have some plain water."

Wang Chengyu sent the two children back to their room, went to the kitchen to call Xu Jianren and ask him to come back, and then poured three glasses of water and placed them in front of them.

Xu Chenxing picked up the cup to warm his hands, secretly marveling at how comfortable it was to have a heated house.

"Jianren isn't home?"

"He's gone out, he'll be back in a bit."

The group remained silent. Xu Chenhui and Xu Aimei had come last time and hadn't gotten anything good; in fact, they had almost been taken advantage of by Wang Chengyu. So this time, they simply kept quiet.

Wang Chengyu was too lazy to play games with them, so the group remained silent until Xu Jianren returned.

Xu Jianren entered the room and sat down at the coffee table, looking quite relaxed.

"What do you elders want from me so late at night? Tell me."

He couldn't even be bothered to address him properly anymore. Xu Chenxing secretly regretted going too far in the riverbed fishing, which had alienated his son from him.

“Jianren, even if your father is wrong, he is still your father. Besides, he came in person today. What kind of attitude is this?”

Xu Chenhui was very dissatisfied with Xu Jianren's attitude.

"Grandpa, I didn't mean anything by it. I just suddenly realized that my dad seems to be making empty promises all the time. He doesn't care about me, his son, at all." Xu Jianren adopted a "what's the use" attitude.

"Jianren, you're not telling the truth. Your parents love you the most out of the three of you. What good food wouldn't they save for you?" Xu Aimei started using the family appeal strategy again.

"Aunt, you're wrong. What you've seen is just what my parents want you to see. My parents love their daughter the most, not me. The three families are the closest. I'm an outsider."

Xu Jianren's words were like knives, piercing people's hearts with every strike.