203 CHAPTER XXV
This is the anti-theft chapter Lu Ying really regretted it in his heart, he had been a "canary" for seven years, and was kept at home by Qin Weifeng without asking about the world, plus Qin Weifeng was indeed rich, so that he had already lost his normal judgment of the prices in the world, he didn't know that now even vegetarian buns are sold for two yuan and fifty-one, a bowl of oyster sauce beef rice bowl costs twenty-two, and the accommodation is even more expensive. Before leaving, Lu Ying returned all the credit cards he got from Qin Weifeng very well, and only hastily discounted his personal expenses from the manual work he had spent cleaning and cooking over the years and Qin Weifeng's remuneration for "sleeping with him", and took more than 5,000 yuan. Now that I've been wandering for almost two months, I haven't spent all the money yet, but when I think about it, it's obviously not okay to go on like this.
Lu Yingyi lamented, He left home at the age of eighteen, had no education, no background, no work experience, and wandered in society for a few years, and then spent seven years in Qin Weifeng's house, thinking that no one would hire him with such a resume. The light of the street lamp sprinkled down, dim as Lu Yingyi's state of mind at this time, he was thinking about whether to sleep in the park tonight or go to the station and hospital for a night, suddenly, a signboard in front of him attracted his attention.
"Rose Hill Homestay, breakfast included, fifty a week. Lu Yingyi read this line three times, thinking that there was really nothing to deceive him, so he swallowed the last two bites of the bun and followed the sign.
There is a narrow alley at the end of the path, and after walking a little further, an old building appears in front of you. The appearance of the small building is a bit out of the West, it is not clear which country style it is, there are both blue brick paving, and the carved iron door is surrounded by the outside, and the roses that bloom at the end of April reveal incense from the crack in the door, quite a bit of the artistic conception of "dark fragrance floating moon dusk".
Lu Yingyi stared at the signboard of "Rose Villa Family Hotel" hanging under the eaves of the door in confusion for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth, pushed open the door and walked in. The front yard is not large, lush with many flowers and trees, and there are floor lamps erected next to the blue brick and stone road, sprinkling warm yellow light, quiet and stable. Lu Yingyi gently pushed open the door, there was a small living room inside, there were several dining tables, and a woman was keeping accounts behind the counter, when she heard the sound, she raised her head and shouted, "Welcome." ”
As soon as Lu Ying walked in, he asked a little uncertainly, "Is this a hotel?"
The woman looked twenty-seven or eighteen years old, dressed plainly, and had an introverted personality, she nodded and whispered: "Yes, Rose Mountain Villa Family Hotel, stay for fifty weeks for a week, including breakfast, and you can also add money to partner." ”
Lu Yingyi asked again: "Fifty is ...... Renminbi?"
The woman nodded again: "Well, yes." Seeing that Lu Yingyi still looked uneasy, he immediately explained, "I'...... Our store is not very good, and the owner is doing business for interest, so the service is not so particular, and the fee is not high. What if you ...... If you don't feel at ease, you can try to stay for one night before making a decision. ”
Lu Ying asked with an "oh", "Can you give me the cheapest room?"
The woman said: "Fifty a week is the cheapest price for a single room, but you can't see the view in the room, and the bathroom and toilet are shared, is this okay?" The woman didn't know, the more she said this, the more relieved Lu Ying was, it was already like a pie in the sky to have a single room at this price, and pies are usually not so easy to eat.
Lu Yingyi said, "Okay, then I'll try it for one night." He handed over the ID card, and the woman took it and looked at it, and did not comment on the address of the luxury community registered on it, but just copied and issued the bill with her hands and feet, and then took the key and gave it to him, "The last room at the end of the corridor on the second floor." ”
Lu Ying climbed upstairs. The building is full of traces of time, with wooden escalators covered with old woven carpets, and walls lined with old photographs, the earliest of which look from the first half of the last century, with a beautiful woman throughout. Lu Ying thought about it for a while, and felt that the woman in this photo was quite similar to the woman behind the counter just now, and she didn't know what the relationship between the two was.
There is a row of rooms in the corridor on the second floor, without a door, and there seems to be a first floor up again. There was no light on the porch, and if it weren't for a window at the end of the hallway, I wouldn't have been able to see anything clearly. Lu Ying slowed down her steps, slowed down her breathing, and pricked up her ears to listen. The sound of a television coming from behind two doors showed that there were people inside. Someone, it's fine.
As soon as Lu Ying found his room, the door number said 222, he suddenly felt a little funny, inserted the key, and opened the wooden door.
In the early morning of the second day, Lu Yingyi woke up in the sweet fragrance of flowers. Sunlight shines through the cracks in the blinds, illuminating the interior. I didn't take a closer look last night, but when I got up this morning, I found that this hotel was really good, although the room was small, but it was neatly furnished, and there were all the living utensils that should be there, and the furniture was still old-fashioned wooden furniture, exuding a good smell, and it was many times better than the dirty and smelly basements where he had lived in the past.
As soon as Lu Ying got up, took the toiletries, and was about to open the door, he thought of something again, he bent down, first felt a thin transparent line in the corner of the wall, slowly pulled it out, put it aside, and then stepped over and opened the door. The bathroom was in the middle of the corridor, and when Lu Ying passed, someone happened to come out, but he couldn't see it clearly, only a back, a very tall man.
The overall decoration of the bathroom is good, hygienic and tidy, and there is even a vase on the washstand and a blooming rose. Lu Ying looked at the blooming flower, and his mood couldn't help but improve, he hummed the song "Purr" to clean up for himself, took a shower, and went back to change into clean clothes before going downstairs. The breakfast room of Rose Hill is the living room downstairs, and there is already a table of people sitting at this time, looking like a family of three coming out to play, the woman I saw last night is gone, and behind the counter is a man who is busy.
That is probably the man Lu Ying had seen in the morning, a very tall man! Lu Ying himself is not short, 1.83 meters tall, but in front of this person is still about half a head, Lu Ying suspects that this person must be at least 1.95 meters or more, at this time he is wearing a short-sleeved vest, showing his toned figure and performing an omelette. Lu Yingyi's eyes were cast, and the latter immediately raised his head and said accurately to his position, "Good morning." ”
"Good morning. Although he was slightly surprised in his heart, Lu Yingyi's face did not show it, he stepped forward and said, "I am a tenant in Room 222......
The man said, "Yes." Sit casually, and breakfast will be delivered to you. ”
Lu Ying picked a position against the wall and sat down, watching the man work behind the dining table. Looking at a man with five big and three thick, his movements were incredibly light and agile, he skillfully fried eggs, boiled noodles, and cut out the shape of a small animal with a knife. Lu Ying looked at those hands and thought, this is really a good pair of knives!
After a while, the man finished his work and served food to Lu Ying and a few people one after another. The family of three served with Italian bacon pasta with omelette, two slices of butter toast per person, a vegetable salad with a glass of fresh orange juice, and a child's pasta replaced with Chinese-style rotten noodles with carrot slices that were sliced into small animals. As soon as Lu Ying got his hands, he got a bowl of light vegetable and lean porridge with three small plates of pickles, and a large bun. Lu Ying wanted to ask how the breakfast was different, but before he could speak, the man had already brought the kitchen utensils to the back to clean, and Lu Ying was drinking porridge and listening to the family next door chatting.
The woman at the table next to her was saying that the hotel was good, the charge was so low, and I thought it was a black shop, but the accommodation conditions were quite good, and the man said, yes, we were lucky this time, if it wasn't for Xiao Wang to book the wrong hotel for us, we wouldn't have the opportunity to live here, and we can come again next time. Lu Ying was drinking the fragrant porridge, and was listening energetically, when he heard the sound of "dong" in his ears, he was startled, followed by the sound of a "click" piledriver, which shook the whole house.
"What's the matter?" the family was startled, and put down their knives and forks and stood up. Lu Yingyi's seat was facing the floor-to-ceiling glass window, and when he looked at it from afar, he saw a huge excavator waving its steel arm and digging with a shovel on the nearby ground.
The man from before came out of the back kitchen and said to a few people: "It's construction site, don't panic, I'll talk to them." He pushed the door open and walked out. Lu Ying saw him talking and gesturing with a man wearing a hard hat and a suit, and after a while, the two walked away together.
Lu Ying had nothing to do, so she went back to her room and lay down after breakfast and paid a month's rent. Qin Weifeng previously said that he sleeps in addition to eating every day, in fact, there is nothing wrong, Boss Qin is rich and hires part-time workers to clean the house, unless Lu Ying cooks, there is not much housework to do, and at the same time, Lu Ying has neither a job nor hobbies, so he can only focus on eating and sleeping. He looked at the ceiling, his ears were full of "click-and-click" sounds, and the building trembled, and the lamp on the ceiling swayed with him, as if he was about to fall.
The family of three checked out after eating, they were originally because the person who booked the hotel made the wrong time, so they would be one night, and another small couple was noisy by the noise of the construction. Lu Ying thought about it, no wonder the charges for such a good hotel are so low, if it is so noisy every day, it is really unbearable.
He lay down for a while, bored and noisy, and decided to go to the third floor to have a look. Just now he heard the family of three say that the third floor was an attic library, and Lu Ying thought that he could find a newspaper to see if there was a job posting to give it a try. He climbed up to the third floor, pushed the door in, but saw a room of about 100 square meters full of sunshine, the walls were full of bookshelves, a person sitting in a wheelchair was selecting books, hearing Lu Yingyi's movement, the person turned the wheelchair and turned back, it was an old woman with a graceful and luxurious temperament.
When Granny Luo arrived at the door, she suddenly asked, "Does anyone have a mobile phone?"
Lu Yingyi didn't have such extravagant equipment around him, he looked at "Li Yanyan", "Li Yanyan" smiled regretfully and said, "I usually don't bring that when I go out to work." Lu Yingyi knew that she didn't want to reveal every useful phone number she had.
Zhuo Yang took out a mobile phone from his pocket, Lu Ying glanced at it, and immediately laughed out loud. What age is it, there are still people who use non-smart small LCD screen mobile phones, and this mobile phone looks very old, the outer paint shell has fallen off, mottled with the vicissitudes left by the years.
Granny Luo seemed to want to reach out and take it, but her fingers were trembling, and after a while, she had to give up and say, "Please dial a number for me." ”
Lu Yingyi's eyes were a little complicated when he looked at Granny Luo, at this moment, he felt that Granny Luo might not have completely lied to them, her previous stroke recurrence should be real, but she woke up with her own perseverance, did she remember something important that she hadn't done? Zhuo Yang dialed a number as instructed, and then put the mobile phone to Granny Luo's ear, and after a while, the phone was connected.
Granny Luo said: "Hey, please pick up Liu Wenjun for me, who am I? You can say that I am Luo Wanling, the widow of Hu Yingqi, the former owner of Qiangwei Villa, that is, Qiangwei Dart Bureau." ”