Chapter 17: When the Wind Goes Well and the Sail (2)
The next day, Wang Yongliang found Li Huachen and Liu Quan and told them about opening a maintenance department.
"I want to rent a house in Nanji, the kind in the front and back yards. It doesn't matter if the location is good or bad, the rent is more than two yuan, and it is no problem to have two less yuan, the key is to be quiet, and the yard has to be a single courtyard. In addition, the minimum rent is two years, and the rent is settled in January, and if the rent is increased in the future, it will go with the market. Are you familiar with this place, see if you can rent such a house?" asked Wang Yongliang.
"Hey, coincidentally, I have such a house in my family, and I haven't rented it out. After school at noon, you go to see it first, if you are satisfied, you can go and live, what money is not money, you can't rent it out anyway. Liu Quan said excitedly. He always wanted to slap Wang Yongliang, but Wang Yongliang was always lukewarm to him, which made him feel bottomless, for fear that Yongliang would remember the events of that day and give him another meal.
"Okay, then I'll take a look after school, and I'll talk about the money after I see the house." Yongliang couldn't think of such a coincidence, if it was really suitable, he was also willing to deal with Liu Quan, after all, he was a classmate, although he had an unhappy past, but it was a young man's righteous fight, and there was no hatred, besides, Li and Liu were also obedient, and it is estimated that they would not dare to have any demons in the future.
After school at noon, Wang Yongliang, Xiangwen, Li Huachen and Liu Quan walked to Liu Quan's house together.
Liu Quan's house is on Nansi North Street, facing east from the west, and there are two stores away from the intersection, and the location is not good.
Liu Quan ran home, took the key, and opened the front room.
There were two rooms in the front room, there was nothing in it, it was empty, and a door was opened on the west wall of the north room, which communicated with the courtyard inside.
When I entered the yard, I found that the yard was quite large, about a quarter of the ground. There are four north rooms with a gate, the door is open to the east and faces north, and the four north rooms are the main house, and the two rooms are separated. There are also two west rooms, one on the north side is a kitchen, the south one is for sundries, and the toilet is in the southwest corner, separate for men and women. There is also a plane tree and a fig tree in the yard, both of which are more than a house high. To the south is the back wall of another house, behind which there are about a lot of vegetables such as tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers.
Yongliang went into the north house to take a look, and found that the furnishings were complete, although the furniture was not very new, but it was not very old, and even the kitchen utensils were complete, and you could move in by cleaning.
Yongliang read it and was very satisfied. It's just tailor-made for yourself!
"Very good, I'm satisfied. Quan, you can take me to meet the old man. ”
"Good. Liu Quan hurriedly agreed. He had been looking at Yongliang's face just now, for fear that he would be dissatisfied with something, and when he heard him say this, he was very happy to know that this matter was basically done, which meant that he had the opportunity to get closer to Yongliang.
Liu's family is adjacent to this courtyard, and the family goes out of the gate to the west. When I entered the gate, the layout of this courtyard was almost the same as that of the east courtyard, except that the front room was missing.
Liu Quan is an only child and has a younger sister. His father and sister were at home, and after listening to Liu Quan's introduction, his father said happily: "You are Yongliang, you are talking about you all day long, saying that you are smart and good at studying." Sit down!Sit down!" hurriedly beckoned a few people to take their seats.
Liu Quan's father's name is Liu Honglin, he is in his forties, he has a loyal face, and he doesn't look like a slippery and difficult person. Liu Quan's mother is also an ordinary rural woman, she is very tall, but her face is also full of kindness, and she doesn't look like she is scheming, so she is relieved.
"Uncle, aunt, I came in a hurry today and didn't bring any gifts, it's rude. Yongliang first said humbly.
"What kind of gifts do you bring?" Liu Honglin hurriedly said: "You are all good friends, and you are so polite, we hope that he will associate with children like you and save himself from fighting with some children all day long." ”
When Liu Honglin said this, Li Huachen smiled embarrassedly.
"Let's just talk about you, what are you laughing at! I don't learn well day by day. Liu Honglin seems to be very familiar with Li Huachen, so he has no scruples when he speaks.
"Hehe, isn't this a good way to learn from Yongliang? Don't worry, uncle, I won't let your old man worry about it in the future. "Li Huachen's mouth is really sweet.
"Just you, kid would say. Liu Honglin scolded with a smile. He turned his head and said to Yongliang: "Yongliang, do you have something to do today?"
"It's something, uncle. That's right, I want to open an electrical maintenance department on our street, and it just so happens that your house is not rented out, so I'm just here to ask, can you rent it to me?"
"Okay, what to rent or not, you can use it, anyway, if you are idle. Liu Honglin said briskly.
"That's not good, my brother still has to settle accounts. So, uncle, I inquired, the rent of a house like yours on our street is about fifteen yuan a month, and I will give you twenty, and I will use the furniture in that courtyard first, so that I can buy it again, do you think it's okay?" Yongliang said. People say they don't want money, nine out of ten are polite, if you really admit it, then you are a fool.
"No, no, no, you kid, you're only fifteen, how can it still rise if you don't drop here? Let's talk about it, what about the rent, I don't want it now, when you earn money, give it to me at the end of the year. If you can't make money, you will live in the house for nothing, and I don't want a penny. Liu Honglin said very sincerely.
"How's that going to work? Or just like the others, fifteen. "Yongliang is embarrassed to take advantage of others.
"Kid, don't talk about it, it's just ten dollars. If you don't spread the word, people will say that I bully children!" Liu Honglin refused again.
"Okay, uncle, then you're welcome. Wang Yongliang saw that Liu Honglin was really kind, and if he wanted to refuse again, I was afraid that he would hurt his feelings. Of course, he was not embarrassed to mention the agreement, so did the family still need to be on guard? Besides, if he made money, he would not treat others badly.
"Uncle, this is the end of the matter. I'll be cleaning up the house tomorrow, and I'll have the keys. Yongliang saw that the matter had been negotiated, and he stood up and was about to leave.
"Uncle, you eat, I'll go out with a few of us to eat, and we have to discuss something. ”
"Okay. If you want to be short or something, let them all come and get them, don't be polite. ”
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The group came out of Liu's family and went to the Wang's tofu brain shop at the corner of the street.
This shop is an old shop, his tofu brain is tender and refreshing, poured with the marinade boiled in large ingredients, and then a few drops of old cotton oil, put some fried chili peppers, not to mention how beautiful!
The shopkeeper's name was Wang Zheng, and when he saw four people coming in, he hurriedly beckoned him to give up his seat. Yongliang each ordered a bowl of tofu brain and four steamed buns, and Wang Zheng hurried to get busy.
"I'll take a day off tomorrow, come and clean up the house, and Xiangwen will come and live with me in the future, so I don't have to run home every day." Yongliang said to the three of them.
"Needless to say, I'll follow you in this life, don't you want to get rid of me!" Wang Xiangwen was not polite at all. Turning his head, he said to Li and Liu domineeringly: "I will live here in the future, if anyone dares to bully you, come to me, brother covers you!"
"Are you covering us? Who are you relying on? Not by Brother Liang?! He is not afraid of Xiangwen, but he is really afraid of Yongliang in his heart.
"Okay, let's not cause trouble, but we're not afraid of it!" Yongliang said.
"Yes, yes, yes. Brother Liang, don't worry, we will never cause trouble. With Yongliang's promise, both of them were very excited. Liu Quan immediately flattered and said: "Brother Liang, anyway, the three of us are not learning materials, tomorrow we will all take a day off, come over to help clean up, you just move your mouth, we will run errands." ”
"Okay. That's it. Yongliang thought that tomorrow would really be useful to them, so he agreed to come down.
After eating, the four of them only spent a total of four cents. Yongliang sighed: In this era, prices are really low!