Chapter 35: A world of its own
"Landlord, I'll help you dry your clothes!" Wang Wei saw that the landlady had put the washed clothes in a large laundry tub, and she was still washing a few dirty clothes. Wang Wei walked over and took the washed clothes and even the basins and walked to the courtyard, where a wire was pulled, and there was enough space from the door to the opposite wall to dry the clothes.
Usually other people in the yard wash their clothes and hang them here, so there are always clothes of different sizes and colors hanging on this wire, some men and some women, and I don't know who also hung their underwear and underwear here, and when you come in through the gate, you will inevitably have to pass through the middle of the clothes, because the stairs are at the other end.
Speaking of drying clothes, it can be regarded as a technical work here, in order to dry wet clothes and absorb some sunlight, they have come up with all kinds of tricks, you can see when you look up, there are people upstairs using bamboo poles to dry clothes, half of the bamboo poles are outside the window, half are fixed in the window, and the half outside the window can dry clothes. There is also a better technique, is to dry clothes between two buildings, sometimes you walk downstairs, feel that there is water falling on your head, probably because the water droplets hanging on those clothes between the buildings, often provoke passers-by to scold, but scolding, the people who live here ignore these, they continue to dry clothes here.
"You put it away, I'll do it myself! I'm embarrassed to let you dry your clothes." The landlady was still a little reluctant to accept Wang Wei's help, and she couldn't repay Wang Wei.
"It's nothing, it's just a gesture, and I'm idle anyway, so I'll pass the time. "Wang Wei is most afraid of staying alone in the house now, he will be cranky alone, and his mood will become very bad, but doing something will forget those troublesome things and get temporary happiness.
"You haven't eaten yet! It's just time I'm going to cook, so don't go out to eat tonight, eat here with me! In the future, you don't want to go outside, squeak, I'll do a little more, isn't it just an extra pair of chopsticks?" Wang Wei helped the landlady, but the landlady had nothing to repay, so she had to leave Wang Wei to eat, she knew that according to Wang Wei's habits, she must not have eaten at this point, and she would have to go out in a while.
"This is not very good! I haven't done anything, I'm too embarrassed to eat here with you, I'd better go eat out!" Wang Wei was a little embarrassed by the landlady's kindness, he didn't ask her to dry her clothes in return for him, just out of instinct, he was like this to the people in this yard, who was a little favorable, let him meet, he would also help, this is a gesture for him, but it can be convenient for others, why not.
"Why do you say that you scholars have so many rules, not just a meal, and whether it is meritorious or not, if you let you eat, you just stay to eat. "The landlady doesn't have much culture, she doesn't care about Wang Wei's words, since she has already said it if she asked Wang Wei to stay for dinner, she has to count, she can't just count it.
"Landlord, I have a reluctant request, I hope you can agree. Wang Wei further made a request to the landlady, and he knew that she would usually agree at this time.
"If you have anything, just say it, don't beat around the bush when talking to the eldest sister. "The landlady is a straight person, this is like a man, don't say it, she really does things and talks exactly like a man, if it weren't for her fierce character, she really can't hold down the people in this yard, and they are really going to be bullied.
"I want to go to the roof to sit and blow the wind, the house is too stuffy, I don't know if you can agree?" Wang Wei made his request, a few days ago he saw a door leading to the roof, but the door was locked, and a layer of dust fell on the handle of the door, and no one should have gone up for a long time. He could see through the crack in the door that there was a small house with a lot of garbage scattered on the roof. Such a place is not good for others, but for Wang Wei there is some longing, he hopes that there is a place that belongs only to him, where he can do what he wants, in his opinion, this place is far better than the house he rents. The house is too stuffy, the air is not circulating, the door is too stuffy, and there are too many disturbances when the door is opened, he can't read if he wants to read, so he wants the landlord to give him the roof, as long as he cleans it, it's still okay, this season, this hour sits on it and blows the evening breeze, and reading is a very good choice.
"That's it!" The landlady went to the room after speaking, and Wang Wei didn't know what she was going to do.
"This is the key to the door, and the other is the key to the tin house above, if you don't think it's dirty, you can go up!" The landlady went in to get the key, and she agreed to Wang Wei's request.
"I won't dislike it, I'm too late to be happy. Wang Wei is so excited, he finally has a place of his own, so that he can sit on it and read books when he is free, read all the books that he didn't like to read in college for four years, strive to pass the exam, and successfully get the graduation certificate, he has been a year later than others, and there can be no mistakes.
"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, there is a chaise longue in the tin house above, although it is a little old, but it can still be used, you can see if there is anything else in it that can be used, you can take it yourself! However, you don't want to touch the contents of the box inside. The landlady not only agreed to Wang Wei's request, but also gave him the right to control the iron house on the roof, which was an unexpected gain, he originally just wanted the landlord to agree to let him go to the roof, and he didn't have the luxury of asking for anything else.
"Thank you landlord for making it happen, I know how to do it. Wang Wei took the key and went straight to his dormitory, he took a broom in the dormitory and went directly to the roof, he wanted to clean it before it was completely dark, and tomorrow he could read here.
Looking at Wang Wei's excited expression, the landlady also smiled, Wang Wei just now was completely a child, how could he look like a college student!
Wang Wei opened the tin house, there were a lot of things in it, but they were all neatly placed, there were all the things he needed, in addition to the chaise longue that the landlady said, there was also a table in the house, and a few small plastic stools. He was still thinking that it would be perfect if there was a table, but he didn't expect it to be all right now. The house is really as the landlady said, there are many boxes inside, and they are all locked, and the landlady does not let him touch these boxes, there must be something valuable locked inside! But since they are valuables, why should they be placed here? Wang Wei was full of doubts when he saw these boxes, but the landlady did not let him touch them, so he could not touch them, and even if there was gold in them, it had nothing to do with him.
Wang Wei took advantage of the fact that it was still dark and quickly cleaned out a piece of land, and then moved out the table, reclining chairs and those small stools to wipe the dust off them, and a leisure place began to take shape. After getting off work, I brought a cup of tea and sat here with a book in my arms.
"It's a nice place to let you clean up like this. "The landlady saw that Wang Wei had cleaned up this place so beautifully, even she wanted to sit here. Young people really enjoy it, and even in this kind of place, they can make it so romantic.
"Landlord, why did you come up?" Wang Wei was busy cleaning up here just now, and he didn't notice when the landlady came up, and he didn't notice her until she was talking to him.
"You were so involved in your work just now that you didn't notice it when I came up for a while. It's a nice place, but I always feel like there's something missing, but what is missing, I can't remember for a while. The landlady helped Wang Wei think that there was something more to be done to make this place more perfect.
When the landlady said this, Wang Wei also felt that something was missing, it was very spacious here, and the table was too monotonous to be placed here, if there was anything to dress up, it would be perfect.
"I know what's missing, a sun umbrella, so I'm not afraid of the sun, I'm not afraid of the rain, I'm moving a few pots of flowers here, it's perfect. The sun umbrella will not be found for a while and a half, but the flowers are ready-made, and the flowers in the yard below are brought up, and they can't even see the sun when they are placed in the yard. Putting flowers here can not only bask in the sun, but also avoid human damage, it will definitely be better than growing in the yard below, and these places also need these flowers and plants to decorate it. However, the task of fertilizing and watering the flowers will be left to you in the future, and you have to make sure that my flowers do not die here. "The landlady is a good person to the end, since Wang Wei likes it here, she will clean it up a little better, she will give him those flowers in pain, so that he can really have a place of his own.
"Don't worry, landlord! I will definitely take care of those flowers, and I promise that they will not die, and they will grow better than before. "Now that everything is ready, tomorrow he can enjoy the surprise.
"It's almost done, let's clean up the rest tomorrow! It's getting dark, let's go down to eat first! I'll be waiting for you." The landlady came up to ask Wang Wei to go down to dinner, and she promised Wang Wei to eat where she was tonight, so she couldn't break her promise.
The landlady sincerely invited him to dinner, Wang Wei couldn't refuse the kindness of others, there were few people in this city who could invite him to dinner, although it was just a simple home-cooked meal, but his heart was very touched and warm. The city is not as cold and cold as it looks.
When Wang Wei followed the landlady into the house, there was an extra person in the house, the landlord's daughter, named Liu Jian, who came back from school. The landlord's daughter is now in high school and rarely comes here, and Wang Wei has only seen her once or twice.
"Don't stand, sit down! You're welcome, it's all my own family, this is my daughter Liu Jian, who just entered high school this year, usually lives in her grandparents' place, and rarely comes here, so you shouldn't have seen it." It's Saturday and I've called her over, I haven't seen her in a long time, and I've missed her. The landlady introduced her daughter Liu Jian to Wang Wei and served Wang Wei a meal. In front of her daughter, this woman couldn't see her fierce appearance at all, and all the tenderness revealed in her eyes was gentleness.