After standing alone at the intersection for a while, I followed the road I had come from and walked in the direction of the "Sycamore Hotel". This afternoon, I didn't have anything else to do except find a rental house for myself and Xiao Ai to move in, but my mood was not leisurely, I hope that the place I am about to rent can give myself and Xiao Ai a sense of home.

I stopped at the door of the "Wutong Restaurant" again, and then went in and ordered a pot of Pu'er tea. Although in the past few years, "Wutong Hotel" has become bigger and bigger, and it has become more and more like a brand, it is still affectionately called the neighborhood restaurant by the people around it. So on the big blackboard at the entrance of the hotel, there have always been all kinds of rental information left by the neighbors on it, and there are even blind date information asking for a single order.

I sat down on the blackboard closest to it, and sipped my tea while browsing through the rental listings. If you think it's appropriate, you'll make a phone call and ask. However, most of them are commercial houses in the traditional sense, and there are no open rooms that I particularly like. In fact, this is my greed, because in Nanjing, a place where every inch of land is valuable, people have long been accustomed to living in lattice houses, and that kind of small courtyard feeling is almost non-existent in the tide of housing commoditization.

I also thought that these neighbors have gained temporary benefits because of the demolition, but what about 70 years later? Will their children and grandchildren be particularly eager to live in the small courtyards they once had in the increasingly crowded urban space?

When I was losing my mind, An Lin, the little owner of the "Wutong Hotel", sat down in front of me, and then picked up my teapot and poured herself a cup of tea for herself, and said to me after taking a sip: "Jiangqiao, I haven't seen you for a few days, where are you going to be chic?" ”

"It's been a trip abroad."

An Lin looked at me who was absent-minded, smiled again and said, "I feel that your heart is a little heavy." ”

I looked at her too, then took a cigarette from the cigarette case and lit it, took a puff and replied, "Your feelings are not wrong, I want to be quiet for a while now." ”

An Lin didn't care about me at all, but leaned in front of me and said: "Jiangqiao, we have been neighbors since we can run in the field, you and I don't need to see each other, what do you have to say to Sister An Lin, not to mention helping you get rid of the disease, how can I show you a bright way to go......" After a slight pause, she added: "I guess you are trapped in a dead end of life and can't get out!" ”

"If you don't charge me for tea, I'll tell you."

An Lin replied very happily: "Okay, I've been bored all morning. Take a pot of tea for a sad story to listen to, no loss at all! ”

I looked at her with her chin on her lauding face, and immediately took out the tea money from her wallet and slapped it in front of her, saying, "You take the tea money, I have changed my mind, and I don't want to say a word to you now." ”

An Lin laughed "haha", obviously having achieved the purpose of making fun of me, and only after a while did she say to me again: "Actually, if you don't say it, I know that Chen Yi came to me for tea a few days ago, and we talked about you while chatting." She said, you went abroad to find Xiao Ai...... Actually, it doesn't matter what you're thinking, I'm just curious if you've found it. ”

"I really want to press you in the teapot and drown you...... You don't have to do that. ”

An Lin laughed again, and then said very embarrassedly: "I remember the last time I saw Xiao Ai, it was more than two years ago...... By the way, there were two men who came that day, it seemed to be her senior brother. The three of them worked together seamlessly, breaking the score record on our singing software, so I was particularly impressed! ”

I nodded, and thought of the man Yuan Zhen again. He engraved the word talent on his face back then, but now he has left this world. Come to think of it, this is the biggest change Xiao Ai has experienced in her life, and of course it is my regret. Especially at this moment, An Lin talked about him again, and my heart was even more sad. So much so that after a long time, he asked An Lin: "Is your activity of singing with a high score and exchanging consumption vouchers still running?" ”

"Yes, every year when it comes to the season of eating lobster, it is lively! …… By the way, if you reunite with Xiao Ai, let her ask those two senior brothers to come to our Wutong Hotel again, no matter how many people they bring, eating and drinking will be mine, as long as everyone is happy! ”

I replied in a low voice, "I can't come." ”

An Lin was a little displeased: "Hey, Jiang Qiao!" Didn't you take the joke I just made to heart? Otherwise, there's no need to be so uncooperative, right? ”

"I really can't come......," I said, I looked at the time, and said to her, "Let's not talk about it, I also asked a few landlords to look at the house, and I have to get a place to live before tonight." ”

An Lin looked at the "Tulip Hotel" standing not far away, and then replied with an incredible expression: "You're not mistaken, your mother's five-star hotel is open next to it, and you still have to find a place to live?" ”

I replied cleanly: "That's commercial, I'm living by myself, the difference between the two is big!" ”

Just as I was about to leave, An Lin suddenly grabbed me, and she asked in a chattering voice, "Jiangqiao, I have a house there, do you want to rent it...... However, the layout of the house is a bit fanciful, I have been renting it online for two months, and no one in the whole city of Nanjing dares to have the courage to rent it...... However, this rent is really expensive, and ordinary people can't afford to rent it. ”

I was immediately interested, sat down and asked her, "What house, do you have any pictures?" ”

An Lin immediately took out the mobile phone from her pocket, then found the photo from the album, showed it in front of me, and said to me: "I always feel that there is a problem with people's lifestyles now, so I took advantage of the spare money in my hand to find a relationship to rent all the top platforms of the highest flower god international on our tulip road, and then built four glass houses on it, and made an artificial grassland, and there is a vegetable field next to the grass, you can grow anything you want to eat." At night, this glass house is not only a city view room, but also can be used as a starry sky room, which can not be enjoyed at the same time in the city or the countryside alone, so I named this piece of land Urban Farm, isn't it very whimsical and creative? ”

I was disappointed and replied: "Hehe, I haven't rented it out for so long, I must be losing blood, right?" ”

An Lin gave me a big roll of the eye and said, "Hurry up, just say whether you rent or not?" ”

"How much is a month and how do you pay the rent?"

An Lin thought for a while and replied: "A glass room is 10,000, depending on how many you have rented, the outside garden is shared, since you are the first to rent, it can be completely at your disposal at present, so Jiangqiao, don't miss the opportunity and don't come again!" ”

"Why don't you let me sell my kidney?" I said, picking up my money and packing it as if I was leaving, but I still hoped that she would call out to me, because this is the perfect house in my heart, and it is the closest thing to the sky on this tulip road. During the day, we may be intrigued, but at night, being able to sit in the small garden and make a pot of tea, and then drink tea while watching the stars is also a kind of compensation for the day. So, of course I wanted to rent it, but the rent was just too much! If I rent two rooms, it will be 240,000 yuan a year, even if I rent a shop of the same size, I will rent it.

An Lin really grabbed me again, and explained in a good voice: "Jiangqiao, it's really not that I want to rent so expensive, you have to consider my construction cost?" Think about it, how difficult it is to build a bathroom with water and electricity in such a high place? And many building materials can't be transported up by elevators, so they can only be pulled up manually with ropes, so at this price, 10,000 yuan a room, it's really not expensive! ”

"It's not expensive, then you can rent it out."

"Aren't there only a few people who are rich and know how to enjoy it, and today I happened to be met by you, so you should rent it as fate...... For this matter, my parents have been complaining about me for a long time, because I used my house as a mortgage of 1.6 million yuan to build this urban farm, and the repayment pressure is really a bit big! ”

"Then you can't make me pay for your dreams. I really can't rent it at your price, it's too expensive...... Really, I also advise you to think about it, people who have spare money to rent your house to live in have at least several apartments in their own hands. But if you have a house, why should you spend this money to rent your house? …… So, when you question the lifestyle of the whole city, you don't think about the relationship between supply and demand in the market...... An Lin, don't struggle, you're really going to lose this loss. ”

An Lin said with a bitter face: "In the past few years, I have run the Wutong Hotel well, so this self-confidence will inevitably swell, thinking that this city is so big, there will always be people who will pay for this fantastic lifestyle, but the market really doesn't buy it!" …… Well, you name the number, and if I can rent it, I'll rent it to you. ”

I thought about it for a moment and said, "Each room, 5,000 yuan per month, if you can accept it, I will rent all four rooms...... The rent is paid annually for a period of six years. ”

An Lin looked at me incredulously, and only replied after a while: "Since you are so bold, I won't go to market with you...... I'll rent the house to you, and you don't have to go to other places to see the house, let's sign the lease contract now. ”

……

I spent the whole afternoon talking to An Lin about the details of renting. By five o'clock, I had finally got the keys to the courtyard and the four glass houses. ”

The reason why I want to rent four houses together is that I have an idea in my heart.

She doesn't have the resources to do that, but I do. Because my mother built a five-star hotel not far from Huashen International, and the source of customers is quite sufficient, as long as there is a little customer drainage from there in the peak season, the extra two rooms can be rented out as hotel rooms, and it is still an absolutely high price, because An Lin has been almost extravagant in the decoration of the house, and almost all the cabinets and bathrooms are used by international brands. Therefore, when the tourist season comes, you can rent a room at least 2,000 yuan a night. Don't forget, in addition to the extravagance of the décor, it is also the tallest room with a city view and a starry sky on Tulip Road.

Yes, I am no longer a person who only pursues dreams and does not want to wake up, while giving myself and Xiao Ai a comfortable living environment, I also hope to earn the money that should be earned. And that's what life should be.

It's just that this time I still used Yang Jin's resources, but it's nothing, because now I have the same idea as Xiao Ai, we don't want to fight fearlessly with those who use the wrong way, but in our bones are for our good people. What we urgently need to do is to tell them that even if we are together, life will not change anything because of this, and that it will be happier, and this is the outcome they want to see in the end, but this process needs to be managed together to show them. Therefore, pandering and hard work is the smartest way to solve this complex situation.

I think that when everyone calms down, I will take the initiative to talk to Yang Jin, and by the way, we will also talk about attracting some customers from the hotel, although this is not a problem for her, but it temporarily solves my livelihood problem. At the same time, it is also to show her that he does not fight. And what we really need to fight is those wicked people who hide behind their backs and release cold arrows.

……

Standing on the rooftop with an extremely open line of sight, I finally had the first comfortable smile in a while, and then sent a message to Xiao Ai: "We have a home, you will definitely like it!" ”