Chapter 3 Landlords and Rents
Yu Xia and Shui Yin walked all the way to the traffic post on the right side of the restaurant, and he let go of his hand and said nothing.
Shui Yin lowered her head shyly, she had never been scratched by a boy, and her long glass-blue hair fluttered in the breeze, like blue satin.
"I'm sorry......" both said almost simultaneously.
"It's okay......" was said at the same time.
Then there was a short period of calm, and both of them were reddened, and they didn't know what to say.
Shui Yin raised his head, but found that Yu Xia was looking at him with a particularly gentle look, and his brown eyes reflected his restrained self.
She hurriedly turned ninety degrees, and was about to speak, but was preempted by Yu Xia.
"Looking for a job?" He asked. "I'm looking for a place to stay...... When I saw that I could eat and live here, I applied for a job......," she replied.
"Where to live?" Yu Xia paused, "There is an intermediary next to my house, do you want to go and have a look." ”
"Hmm...... Okay, excuse me. ”
The two of them walked down the street one after the other, Shui Yin looked at Yu Xia's back, and felt that he didn't look like a "young master", he gave people the feeling of being an ordinary person.
The two walked through a few streets and came to the intersection of Wajin Street and Guangtian Road. This is the poor area of Hailing Town, and Shui Yin is familiar with this place, because her original home is just one street away. Shui Yin thought to herself, how could Yu Xia bring her here, could it be that she was afraid that others would not be able to raise her head when they saw her?
"Here we are." Yu Xia stopped at the traffic post, and the sound of water came up in small steps.
The dilapidated buildings were built next to each other, and there was indeed a small two-story building at the intersection with the door locked. Next to this detached house is the intermediary that Yu Xia said, called "Hanhai Intermediary", on Guangtian Road. On the other side of the house is a barber shop, on Wato Street. At the junction of the detached house and the barber shop is a small store house, which looks like it has been abandoned for a long time, and there are many miscellaneous items piled up in it.
"This ...... Is this Mu Chen's home? Shui Yin couldn't believe it.
"Yes, and the little store." Mu Chen replied briefly and walked into the intermediary.
The intermediary was a kind old lady who smiled and handed him a glass of water when she saw Yu Xia coming.
Shui Yin followed from behind and saw that Yu Xia was talking to the old lady about something.
"That's her." Haxia pointed at her.
The old lady walked up to Shui Yin and said in a slow and clear voice, "Little girl, what kind of house do you want to find?" ”
"The rent is cheaper, it's closer to Star Language High School." Shui Yin described.
The old lady picked up a thick book, rummaged through it for a long time, and said, "There is a cheap one, which is relatively close to the school, and the rent is 1,000 yuan a month. ”
"A thousand yuan ......" Shui Yin's face was full of disappointment, "Is there anything cheaper?" She asked again.
"There's still 800 yuan a month, but it's quite far from the school." The old lady replied.
The sun had set outside, and the darkness had enveloped the entire town of Hailing, and the sound of the water knew what that meant.
The two walked out of the intermediary and walked to the traffic post again, without saying a word.
"Where are you going?" Yu Xia looked at the anxious and frustrated water sound, and felt strange in her heart.
"Huh...... Looks like I can fall asleep looking at the stars tonight. Shui Yin smiled bitterly, she was indeed strong, but setbacks destroyed her strength again and again.
"I had an idea." Yu Xia said. Shui Yin instantly set his eyes on him, as if he had seen a life-saving straw.
"You can stay in my house." Yu Xia said. Shui Yin didn't seem to understand it, but she didn't dare to think too much when she saw Yu Xia's serious expression.
"Don't think too much, I mean I happen to have a vacant room, and I won't charge you less for the rent, what do you think?" Yuxia asked her.
Shui Yin hesitated, nodded and said, "Let me take a look at the room first." ”
In this way, Shui Yin followed Yu Xia to the front of the single house. She is still very cautious, if Yu Xia wants to play any tricks, she will definitely make him look good.
Haxia took out the key and unlocked the door, he pushed the door open, and turned on the light in the house. The two stood in front of the entrance, and Shui Yin carefully looked at the home of this so-called "young master".
On the right hand side of the door is a shoe cabinet, and in front of the shoe cabinet is the floor, on which is a pair of slippers. Looking inside, the staircase leading to the second floor is next to the wall on the right. There are two rooms on the left-hand side, with the innermost sliding door ajar, which looks like a kitchen and dining room.
"Please come in." Yu Xia casually put her schoolbag on the shoe cabinet and took out a pair of slippers from the cabinet.
Shui Yin changed into his shoes and looked around. "I'll show you around." Yu Xia said and walked in front of Shui Yin. "Your room on the left." Yu Xia pushed open the first door on the left, it was an empty bedroom, the furniture was ordinary: a bed, a writing desk, and a wardrobe. The quilt was neatly folded on the bed, and the floor was clean.
Shui Yin leaned against the door and looked in with her big eyes open, and Yu Xia knew that she had to stay here tonight when she looked at her.
"Put down your bag first, and I'll take you to another room for a visit." Yu Xia didn't interrupt her again, her saliva was going to run down the floor.
"This is the bathroom, remember to lock the door when you use it." Yu Xia pointed to the second room on the left. "I've got a lot of clutter under the stairs, don't move." He pointed to the right again. Indeed, the small corner under the stairs feels dirty, in contrast to the clean floor.
Yu Xia walked in again, opened the sliding door, and said, "This is the dining room and kitchen. "The dining room and kitchen are connected, with magazines, water and leftover slices of bread on the table. The kitchen was clean, the cutlery was neatly arranged in the pantry and the spices were arranged in order.
Yu Xia withdrew and said to her, "Upstairs is my bedroom, do you still want to see it?" ”
"Nope! No need......" Shui Yin blushed and excused himself.
"Oh? If you change your mind, you can enter! Always welcome. Yu Xia said this deliberately.
"It's a nice place, how much is the rent?" Shui Yin gave him a blank look.
"Five hundred a month, how?" Haxia held out five fingers.
"Okay, then I'll move in today." Mizuin readily agreed.
"In that case...... "Yu Xia pulled out a piece of paper from the pile of clutter at the bottom of the stairs and shook the ash on it. I filled in this check-in. Haxia handed her a piece of paper that resembled a form.
Shui Yin took it and looked at it, thinking to himself, how could he still prepare this? "It's all going to be filled." Yu Xia conjured a pen out of nowhere and handed it to her. Shui Yin took the pen and looked at Yu Xia's innocent eyes, always feeling that something was wrong.
"I'll fill it in, wait a minute." Shui Yin turned and walked into her bedroom, where she remembered that there was a writing desk. Yu Xia nodded, turned and walked up the stairs, a smile appearing on his usually indifferent side face.
The other end of the staircase is stopped by a door with a layer of ash on the handle, which is locked with an iron lock. Yu Xia took out the key from the pocket of her clothes, and the lock was unscrewed with a "pop". When I opened the door, it was pitch black, and the moonlight could be seen through the window of the house. Haxia fumbled with her hand against the wall, looking for a switch that would light up the room.
"Click." The switch was flapped, but the room didn't light up. Yu Xia let out a sigh of relief and walked gently into the room.
The size of the room on the second floor is the same as the size of the restaurant. Although Yu Xia's footsteps moved very slowly, the floor still made a "creaking, creaking" sound. Haxia walked over to one of the windows, and the windowsill was covered with a layer of dust. His brown eyes looked at the night outside the building against the moonlight. On the inside of the building is a vegetable market, which is deserted at this time, and the spring night always gives people a feeling of emptiness, silence and mystery. Yu Xia seemed to miss looking out from this angle, like a habit that had been cultivated a long time ago.
Shui Yin entered her room, pulled out a chair and sat at the desk, straightened the "check-in procedure", and read it word by word.
"Name, phone number, gender, date of birth...... "Shui Yin wants to see what kind of medicine Yu Xia sells." My advantages? Shui Yin's eyes swept here and he was stunned, how could he ask this about the check-in procedures? She continued to look down suspiciously, and it turned out that except for the first few items, none of the subsequent problems were related to renting a house! "What kind of fame is this Muchen!" Shui Yin turned the whole paper over, and the questions that followed made her cry and laugh even more: my wishes, what I do best, what I want to say to you...... "What is this!" Shui Yin was taken aback, although he had never rented a house and had never filled in this kind of formalities, but no matter how you look at it, this is not what you should fill in for renting a house!
Shui Yin muttered in his heart, but he still decided to fill it up from the beginning, and he couldn't let Mu Chen underestimate him! After filling in the first few items, Shuiyin began to "introduce himself". She wrote the word "strong" in the "My strengths" column; In the column of "my shortcomings", the sentence "self-esteem is too strong, and when I encounter unsatisfactory things, I often mess up"; In the column "What I can't bear the most", I wrote "lateness, cheating, hurting relatives"; Fill in "everything I haven't tasted" and "sweets" in the "favorite food" and "least favorite food"; "Favorite movie genre" is filled in "except horror films"; "The sport I want to try the most" is filled in with "billiards...... Before I knew it, I had filled in most of the sheets, and there were still three blanks left: what I do best, what I want, and what I want to say to you. Shuiyin thought about it for a while, and proudly filled in the first blank "make bread and take care of the children". The second blank reads "I hope my father recovers." And in the end, Shui Yin was silent for a few minutes, then picked up the pen and wrote a sentence on it, and smiled with satisfaction.
After the formalities were filled out, Shui Yin took it out of the room, only to find that Yu Xia was missing. "Mu Chen? Mu Chen-san? Shui Yin asked downstairs.
The voice reached the ears of Yu Xia, who was looking out of the window in a daze, and Yu Xia relieved himself and turned away from the window. He stood in the middle of the room and said very flatly, "Looks like I'm going to live here again." ”
Ha Xia came down the stairs and saw the sound of water waiting for him. "Oh? Filled out so quickly? Yu Xia stretched out her hand. Shui Yin slapped the procedures of forming a cylinder into Yu Xia's hand and said, "Is there anything else you want to inform me?" Landlord. ”
Yu Xia held the formalities in her hands, pointed to the kitchen and said to her, "There is food in the refrigerator, take it yourself when you are hungry." Breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided by yourself, and if you want to make your own, there are all ingredients in the refrigerator, which are provided free of charge. It's okay to pay the rent today next month, right? Haxia took out a key and handed it to her.
"No need, just pay the rent at the end of the month, it's easy to remember." Shui Yin was confident that she would be able to scrape together 500 yuan before the end of the month, and she didn't want others to pity her.
"It's fine." Yu Xia expected her to say that, he knew her character. "Oh, yes." Yu Xia stopped just about to go up the stairs, "If the rent is not paid, you must replace the rent of the month at the cost of 'kissing one of my parts', and you can't pay it even a second late." Yu Xia looked at Shui Yin strangely, wanting to hear how she answered.
"I'm sure I'll pay my rent on time, perverted landlord." Shui Yin looked at him with a little disdain.
Yuxia and Shui Yin returned to their respective rooms, and Shui Yin closed the door and locked herself inside. "Caution comes first when you're out there." She reminded herself. Yu Xia went upstairs and closed the door, he walked to the only locker in the house by the moonlight, and opened the door, the smell of dust hitting his nose. He took a candle and a box of matches from it. The faint light from the candle was also dazzling in the dark room, and he placed the candlestick on the windowsill, unfolded the "check-in procedure" in his hand, and read it carefully by the candlelight. When he saw the last column, "What I want to say to you", his almost paralyzed face actually smiled happily. It reads: Do you want me to write the measurements as well, perverted landlord!
Shui Yin turned off the light, lay on the bed, and looked at the ceiling to think about his thoughts.
I'm so familiar with the smell in this room...... What does it smell like? Shui Yin recalled. Forget it, whatever! It's better to go to bed early, Ming'er still has to find a job......