vrcanaries Chapter 287 Rent out
Chapter 287 Rent out
The stall owners sitting below panicked when they saw Steward Wei leading a group of people and holding a stack of contracts.
Lai Lao Er stood up anxiously and started to act shamelessly.
"Why should you take away our stall? It's not like we don't pay rent."
"that is!"
Several stall owners began to echo their sentiments.
Shen Cao glanced over, but before she could speak, Wei Siyu spoke up first, "Why? Because that stall belongs to us, because it's clearly written in the contract."
After he finished speaking, he asked Steward Wei to read a clause from the contract.
"If the lessee fails to meet the lessor's requirements and the revenue does not reach the monthly rent, the lessor may take back the lessee's stall according to the actual situation, and the lessor is not required to return the deposit."
Lai Lao Er still tried to deny it, saying, "You're just taking advantage of our illiteracy. How would we know if you added this on the spot?"
This time, few stall owners echoed their sentiments.
It seems that when they signed the contract, with all three parties present, Steward Wei specifically sent someone to read each clause to them.
It seems like this was said before, but they didn't pay attention to it at the time.
Mr. Zhao is now filled with regret for listening to his wife and joining in the fun this morning.
He was so angry that his hands trembled and cold sweat poured down his face.
It's over, completely over.
When Lai Lao Er realized he couldn't win the argument, he got up and tried to cause trouble.
Shen Cao gestured to Steward Wei to bring the person in.
Butler Wei led in a guard team composed of members of the Axe Gang.
These men were all burly and had fierce expressions.
When Lai Lao Er saw these people, his legs went weak with fear.
Since things had come to this, they had no choice but to obediently follow Butler Wei to get their deposit back and process the lease termination.
Otherwise, you won't even get your deposit back.
News of what happened at the management office quickly spread throughout the dock.
Taking this as a warning, the remaining stall owners who wanted to take shortcuts and cut corners all gave up the idea.
After seeing off Li Quan, the clerk, Wei Siyu said to Shen Cao, "Cao'er, you really have a way."
"If you keep using this combination of carrot and stick, the stall owners at the docks will probably quiet down for a while."
Shen Cao nodded. She had her reasons for not making these things clear at the beginning of the rental process.
There are people like that everywhere. If you make it clear from the beginning, they will not only not listen, but will also think that you are meddling too much.
You can't learn something from someone teaching you; you can learn it in one go from something you've experienced it.
After this incident, I believe that stall owners will think twice before causing trouble for no reason in the future.
"Oh, right," Shen Cao suddenly remembered what the stall owners had just said, and turned to ask Wei Siyu, "They said that a lot of food stalls have appeared at the dock, and they're trying to sell the food we make."
Wei Siyu waved her hand, "Don't worry, I've checked. It's true that in the area of the dock where there were no stalls before, a lot of stalls imitating our food have appeared recently."
"Some of them have even learned about 80% of what we have on our stall."
“I secretly sent someone to eat there. The food sold at their stall didn’t taste good and was nothing to worry about.”
Shen Cao nodded. She had actually expected this day, but without her secret seasoning, the food from those stalls didn't taste as good as theirs.
Actually, Shen Cao deliberately left that area as a path for those people.
Even if their food doesn't taste good, it still attracts some customers because they make it according to the food sold at their stalls.
Over time, they will continue to optimize and perhaps even create new flavors.
She never intended to dominate the market.
A single flower standing out in a garden is often less beautiful than a hundred flowers blooming together.
She simply provided the environment; whether it would ultimately achieve her desired outcome was not her concern.
These foods she eats were created by the working people themselves in her previous life.
After returning from the dock, Shen Cao saw that it was still early, so she went to the Hundred Herbs Garden with Wei Siyu.
Although Baicaoyuan's business wasn't as booming as it was during its opening days, the lobby was still packed with people.
No wonder Wanyue said she's been so busy these past few days that she hasn't had a good rest.
She searched everywhere but couldn't find Wanyue or that figure.
After thinking for a moment, she went straight to the fourth floor.
Wanyue was indeed in the "Plum Blossom" private room.
Upon seeing Shen Cao, Wanyue immediately rose from the soft couch to greet her, "Sister Cao'er, you've come!"
"So, has the matter at the dock been resolved?"
Shen Cao nodded. "It's resolved. I just finished resolving it, and now I'm here to deal with your matter."
Wanyue smiled and clung to Shen Cao, saying coquettishly, "I knew Sister Cao'er loved me."
After saying that, she rolled her eyes at Wei Siyu, who was standing next to her.
This guy clearly promised to find her a helper as soon as possible, but a whole day has passed and he still hasn't seen the person.
Wei Siyu lowered his head. He couldn't be blamed; such a thing had suddenly happened at the dock.
Shen Yu'an didn't know where he went today, so he could only deal with things at the dock first.
After sitting down, Shen Cao suddenly noticed the soft shoes on the ground.
She had asked Wanyue about the soft shoes that day, but she didn't expect that the soft shoes were not prepared by her.
After thinking about it carefully, she realized that the soft shoes were actually prepared by Ji Lingfeng.
I never expected him to be so thoughtful.
However, she had been there for quite some time and had not seen him.
Wan Yue noticed that Shen Cao seemed a little absent-minded, and that his gaze lingered on the soft shoes on the ground for a while.
She joked with a smile, "It seems Uncle Ji went out early this morning."
Shen Cao quickly looked away and said somewhat awkwardly, "Why did you suddenly bring him up? I don't want to know where he went."
You'd better not know.
Wanyue ignored him and continued, "By the way, Uncle Ji is almost fully recovered. He said he'll be leaving soon after he's taken care of things at the Hundred Herbs Garden."
Is she leaving already? Shen Cao didn't know why, but she felt a little bittersweet and reluctant to part.
Seeing that Shen Cao was in a bad mood, Wei Siyu quickly changed the subject, "By the way, Cao'er, the symbols you invented for recording numbers are so useful."
"This way of keeping accounts is so convenient."
"I want to promote this symbol, I wonder if you would be willing."
Shen Cao nodded. "Of course I'm willing."
She was certainly willing to promote Arabic numerals.
This can be considered as her contributing a small amount of effort to the Great Xia Kingdom.
You see, those numbers written in traditional Chinese characters on the ledger were incredibly difficult for her to decipher.
Shen Yu'an and Ji Lingfeng arrived at the foot of a mountain. Ji Lingfeng frowned as he looked at the steep terrain in front of him.
Are you sure the person went into this mountain back then?
Shen Yu'an nodded. "My men followed them for two days and saw them go into the mountains with their own eyes."
Ji Lingfeng knew this place; a group of bandits lived there.
They have been living and working here for more than a decade.
The village's name seems to be Shifeng Village.
This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, which has been a headache for the local government for many years.
If Dongfang Ming really finds Shifeng Village, then things will be difficult.
Meanwhile, something both funny and sad happened in Shifeng Village.