"Do you believe what he says?" Lu Yao asked.

"What's so suspicious about that? I don't think he's lying. Ning Hao said.

"Hmph! I see that the water is getting deeper and deeper, and it is getting muddy. If you still hear what I'm saying, come with me now, and don't wade into this pool of water again. Lu Yao said.

"Lu Yao, please don't always look at Fang Fang with a scrutinizing eye, okay? To this day, I haven't found anything bad about Fang Fang. Don't persuade me anymore, I won't go with you. Ning Hao said.

"Have you seen Fang Fang today?" Lu Yao asked.

I asked Sister Li, who was looking at the store downstairs, and she said that Fang Fang has been very busy recently, and she has been on a business trip to other places, and she may not come back for a while. Ning Hao replied.

"Okay, you can stay and continue to work! I hope you remember what I said, don't be used as a gun! I'm going back to move things, I'll be living in the factory dormitory from tonight, and if you want to find me, go to the factory." After Lu Yao finished speaking, he stood up and prepared to go downstairs.

"Do you have to move things now? Do you have to move everything in the room? I'll go with you, you haven't recovered yet, how can you have the strength to move things? Don't add new injuries to old injuries before they are healed. I don't want to accompany you to the hospital anymore, I've smelled enough of the disinfectant water inside, and now I feel sick to my stomach when I think about it. Ning Hao stood up and rummaged through his coat on the messy sofa.

"You still have to do something in the afternoon, so you don't have to go over, I just have to move my own things. The factory is across the road, very close. Lu Yao said.

"What should I do with the things in the house? That's what Wu Jingsheng gave him money to buy, it's all new, what a pity to throw it away? When I rented the house, I also paid three months' rent at once, as well as a one-month deposit, a total of two hundred and forty yuan. I moved after only one day, and I had to get my landlord back. Ning Hao said.

"Did you sign the lease contract when you paid the money? Is there a stipulation on how long you have to stay before you can check out?" Lu Yao asked.

The landlord is an old man in his sixties who can't walk steadily, can't even speak Mandarin, and most of them can't read. On the day of the rent, when I went to his house to pay the money, I saw a little girl about ten years old, probably the granddaughter of the old man. It took a long time for the little girl to be the translator, and I was able to communicate with the old man. Ning Hao said.

"Did they give you a receipt?" Lu Yao asked.

"No, the old man said that he would not be able to issue a receipt until his son came home, and that he would send us to the rental house in a few days. Ning Hao replied.

"You don't have to go, it's useless to go, and people won't refund the deposit and rent to you. Lu Yao said.

"How is that possible? I paid him so much money for one night, and at least he had to give us back the deposit and two months' rent! and two brand new wooden beds and brand new kitchen utensils, I had to give him a discount. Let's go, let's go to the old man's house first and ask him to return the money. After Ning Hao finished speaking, he walked downstairs in a hurry.

Half an hour later, they came to the door of the landlord's yard and knocked on the door for a long time, only to see a little girl about ten years old, holding an oil-paper umbrella, supporting an old man who was hunched over and limping to the door.

The old man opened the iron door tremblingly, and looked at it with cloudy eyes for a long time, and then asked in the local dialect: "You are tenants, are you here to get the receipt?" My son has not returned for the past few days, and he has not yet finished writing. After he finished panting, he looked at Lu Yao and Ning Hao first, and then at the little girl.

After they listened to the little girl's intermittent translation, Ning Hao said: "Little friend, tell your grandfather that we won't rent a house anymore, and we will return the money." ”

"Ning Hao, forget it! You see that people are so old, their health is not good, and they still have a little granddaughter, it is not easy, we will not return the money. Lu Yao said.

He saw that the clothes worn by the old man and the little girl were very old, and the seams on the old man's shoulders had been mended. Although the house they live in is a small courtyard, it is similar to the house they rent, they are all bungalows, but there are two more rooms together. It seems that their situation is not too good, and Lu Yao is moved by compassion.

"Your compassion is starting to flood again, isn't it? What is our situation now? We have just found a job, and we are still burdened with Fang Fang's debt of fifty or sixty thousand? Who sympathizes with us?" Ning Hao asked with a glare.

At this time, the little girl said timidly: "Uncle, my grandfather said that he spent your money on medicine, and now there is no money at home, and he will not be able to return it to you until my father takes the money back." ”

The old man stood against the door frame, his whole body shaking, and he looked like he was about to fall to the ground at any moment. The little girl's left hand tugged at the old man's right arm, looking a little difficult.

"What?"

"Ning Hao! Forget it, little friend, you tell grandpa that we won't refund the money. We'll bring the keys later after we've taken our luggage out. Can you still help Grandpa into the house, do you need our help?" Lu Yao said, stretching out his hands to help the old man.

"No, I can. Uncle, you can put the key under the threshold, and I'll go and get it myself later. Thank you!" the little girl said, slammed the iron door shut, held up the oil-paper umbrella, and helped the old man to walk into the room.

"Damn! Isn't this an open hot land, full of gold? How can there be such a poor family? Poorer than my family!" Ning Hao turned around angrily and hurriedly walked forward, his mouth still complaining.

"It's not been a long time since it was opened, and we've walked through it inside and outside the gates, and in addition to some newly built factories and a few high-rise buildings, most of the villages are full of these bungalows, and there are also a lot of adobe houses. Before it was opened, it was a small fishing village, and all the villagers made a living by going out to sea to fish, and life was no better than our hometown. Lu Yao said.

"Come on! Let's go, let's try to move everything we can, don't cheapen the people who collect the scrap. Ning Hao said.

"How can you be a cheap collector of scrap and stay in the room for the next tenant. It may not be possible to rent it at a high price, but it can also help the old man and his little granddaughter solve some problems. Lu Yao said.

"Didn't the little girl say, let's put the key under the threshold. Later, as soon as we walked on our front feet, the people from the scrapyard at the entrance of the village would come into the house and remove everything. Those people are thieves, wandering around the streets and alleys all day long, and when they see what they can steal, they steal it immediately. Ning Hao said.

"No, isn't it? There are still joint defense members in this village, and they dare to steal things? Besides, it's a rainy day again, what are those waste collectors doing here?" Lu Yao asked.