Boss Shi is about 50 years old, living here, naturally relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, relying on rent to eat rent, his subordinates not only have this façade, but there is also a yard after entering the alley, but in recent years, students have become renting houses, and the yard has become an illegal building, and both rows have been covered into small cubicles.

The external propaganda also said with a shy face that the single room, in fact, the room is not as big as the toilet, just like a beehive, two rows past, and the middle is a narrow aisle for people to enter and exit.

If you want two people to go in and out at the same time, you must turn sideways and give way, otherwise one man and one woman will definitely shout hooligans at night.

The first floor is not bad, the second floor of this room is also covered, the landlord in order to isolate the house as much as possible, cut out two-thirds of the room where he sleeps, and the old couple is crammed into a room that is slightly larger than the ordinary rental room.

The population density of this entire courtyard is definitely several times greater than the population density of the total land area, and the students living here can make up a class.

This landlord, Old Man Shi, is actually not old, but he can't stand the old people in the countryside, and his wife's daily task is to cook, cook, cook.

Of course, it's not for yourself, it's for students, so many students, what a pity not to open a private canteen? This is also a way to make money.

How could the shrewd old man Shi let go of this opportunity? In addition, there is also a way to make a fortune, that is, to open a commissary in his own house, beer, drinks, mineral water, melon seeds, peanuts, ham sausages, everything, buy from the wholesale store not far from the door, pull them to his own home, and then sell them to students, which is not a lot of money this month.

In addition, there is a car storage fee, it stands to reason that if you live in your house, the car will have to be parked at your house, but because there are too many students living in their house, there is really no place to park, so he drew a piece of land at the gate, specially stored the car, 5 yuan a month, these fifty or sixty students add up, that is hundreds of income.

I earn a lot every month, but the old man Shi and his family are not rich, Ma Tianyao once heard Sun Sanxi mention that the old couple has a son in the field, and they say that they are doing big business, and they haven't gone home for several years.

She saw that everyone said that her son was doing a big business, but she had to remit thousands of yuan to her son every month, and no one knew what her son was doing.

Old Man Shi's daily work is to hold a teacup, scurry around with a cigarette in his mouth, repair the windows in this room, and repair the light bulb in that room.

If it's okay, I'll hold a teacup and squat at the gate to bask in the sun, I heard that I used to occasionally play 5 cents 1 piece of small mahjong, and then there was a loss too much, since then, he didn't participate in activities above 10 yuan.

But Ma Tianyao analyzed, this old man probably still wants to save some money for his son, the more he saves here, the more he will lose the façade rental fee, and he originally didn't want to rent the façade to these messy southerners, selling this and that scammer all day long.

But I can't stand this lot is not good, the locals have no one to rent at all, being idle is a waste of money, and wasting money is a waste of life, which is even more unforgivable for him.

So as long as someone rents, no matter whether the other party is a man or a woman, a person or a ladyboy, as long as the money is given, let alone the annual rent, even by the day.

This has also led to this façade completely becoming a concentration camp for swindlers, these swindlers often only rent for a day or a week, and retreat after defrauding a group of people, for which many fooled people and the landlord Old Man Shi have also fought.

Then there is a vicious circle, the more he can't rent out, the more he rents to scammers, the worse the reputation of the façade becomes, and in the end, many people say this, and directly call it a 'scammer shop'.

Ma Tianyao arrived at the door, did not find the old man with the teacup that Sun Sanxi said, after entering the courtyard, because the students had not yet finished school, the whole courtyard was pitch black, exceptionally quiet, the narrow passage was black and there were no fingers, because there were many people living there, so although the door was locked, she could still smell more than five different foot odors.

Walking closer to the inside, she didn't dare to go, it was too dark, for fear of hitting the pillar, so she stopped, and could faintly hear the sound of the weather forecast upstairs.

"Anyone?"

She raised her head and shouted, but there was no movement, she raised her voice and shouted again.

As soon as I finished shouting, there was a creaking sound of opening the door upstairs, and at the same time, the lights in the yard were on, and it was dusk and yellow, Ma Tianyao said in his heart, uncle, don't you save the use of 15-watt light bulbs, right?

"The house is rented!"

The old man upstairs was shirtless and smoking a cigarette, and his attitude was quite kind.

Ma Tianyao looked up, because the light was too dim, he didn't see what the person looked like, and he could only roughly see the cigarette butt in the old man's mouth flickering and extinguishing.

"Uncle, I don't rent a house, I want to rent your shop!"

"Rent a shop?"

The old man was obviously suspicious when he heard this, and looked at Ma Tianyao carefully, estimating that he couldn't see it clearly, so he shook his head and waved his hand.

"You're local? ”

Let's go!

There was another light in front of Ma Tianyao, although it was still 15 watts, but it was obvious that this light was enough for her to see the steps upstairs.

The steps were narrower than the aisles in the courtyard, and they were clearly built illegally, and they were welded with steel bars.

After going upstairs, the two looked at each other face to face, and the uncle was even more puzzled, and confirmed again.

"You want to rent a shop?"

In the uncle's opinion, Ma Tianyao is not very old, although his shop is cheap, but it is not cheap enough for such a young girl to rent.

Ma Tianyao smiled and explained.

"Uncle, don't you remember me? I'm the one who sells white porridge next to the station, that is, ...... You've been to my stall several times!"

"Oh! remember, hehe, come in! It's hot outside, come in and cool down!"

Ma Tianyao excitedly thought that there was an air conditioner inside, but after entering, he regretted it, it turned out to be a ceiling fan, and it was a first gear, swaying and creaking like an old cow, it was not as cool as a fan.

This room is separated, the whole room is only half a window and a wooden door, there is a bed and a few stools, a dining table, a black and white TV is placed on the dining table, and there is a can hanging on the metal antenna, which is supposed to be used to close the table.

Old man Shi's wife was wearing reading glasses to look at the weather forecast, and when she saw Ma Tianyao coming in, she hurriedly got up with a smile and poured water.

Ma Tianyao looked at it, this hot water bottle didn't know how many years ago, the red plastic shell had weathered into half white and half red, and quickly waved his hand to refuse the old man's kindness.

"I'm not thirsty, thank you. By the way, uncle, how do you rent your shop? You probably tell me, if you can, we will sign the contract immediately, if not, I will ask the other one. ”