Because it's pointless.
Although Wen Jiu didn't ask, the white-bearded old Taoist who came out from the good house to pay rent did speak up.
"Steward Li, why did the rent suddenly increase? Didn't you say before that the rent at the outskirts of the market wouldn't go up?"
Steward Li's face turned cold, "Old fool, stay if you want to stay, leave if you don't. Now that the war troubles outside Lianwu Mountain are becoming more frequent and the demon beasts causing havoc are increasing, why shouldn't the rent change?"
The white-bearded old Taoist was left speechless, not daring to speak again since he was only at Qi Cultivation Third Layer. If he really angered Steward Li and got kicked out of the market, it would cost him dearly.
Helpless, he could only sigh. He glanced at Wen Jiu and then turned to go inside, "Snowfalls are heavy; the moment the snow doesn't melt, the ways to make money decrease. And now the rent has gone up... how are we supposed to live?"
