Chapter 43: Settling In
The house rented by Wang Xinling and Li Lin is located on the edge of the Fifth Ring Road in Huaxia District, Dujun, and is a bungalow of less than 20 square meters, with a total of 15 such houses side by side. Eight households are occupied, two are occupied by a family of four, three are kitchens, toilets and bathrooms, and the remaining two have not yet been rented out. These houses were built by the landlord himself in the early days, and now the county no longer allows private people to build houses, otherwise, you will wait for a temporary worker from a certain unit to demolish your house.
Just such a house, it costs 750 yuan a month in Dujun, and when the two first came to Dujun, this house was less than 300 yuan a month.
When Wang Xinling and Ou Haitao arrived home, several families had already fallen asleep. Wang Xinling skillfully opened the door and entered, but Ou Haitao stopped two meters from the door and hesitated.
"Come in!" Seeing that Ou Haitao was a little embarrassed to enter the door, Wang Xinling beckoned and shouted at the former.
"I'm so dirty, don't go in."
Wang Xinling looked at Ou Haitao's twisting and pinching appearance, how could he still be giggling when he was in college, it seems that his begging life for nearly a month has affected his personality a little.
"Then you wait outside for a while, I'll get you something."
Seeing that he was reluctant to enter the house, Wang Xinling sighed helplessly, and did not force him. After a minute or two of going back and forth in the house, Wang Xinling came to the door again. At this time, she carried a pink bath basket in her left hand, which was filled with various toiletries, and in her right hand, she was holding two clothes, a loose T-shirt and a large blue-black pants.
"You go to the public bathroom over there first, there are toiletries and clean clothes."
Looking at the scene in the room behind Wang Xinling, Ou Haitao was also full of questions at this time. But now is not a good time to ask, so let's wash yourself first.
"Thank you."
Ou Haitao took the things and walked towards the bathroom. After Ou Haitao entered, Wang Xinling took two packets of noodles and some green vegetables and walked towards the kitchen in the corner of the corridor.
The kitchen and bathroom are next to each other, and Wang Xinling is cooking noodles while thinking about how to arrange a place for Ou Haitao to live for a while. Although he is now free, he can't always live in the same room with a man for no reason, and this man is still a good friend of his ex-boyfriend.
When Wang Xinling was cooking a bowl of noodles, Ou Haitao hadn't come out yet. After about four or five minutes, Ou Haitao came out of the bathroom wet.
After coming out, the cool summer breeze blew on his body, and Ou Haitao only felt a burst of comfort and happiness on his body, and couldn't help but make a **. Wang Xinling was very careful, and when he changed his clothes, he found that there was still a pair of underwear hidden in the big pants, and it looked new.
When Ou Haitao came to the door, Wang Xinling was sitting on the bed watching TV, and there was a bowl of steaming clear noodle soup on the table.
"Bang Bang!" Ou Haitao knocked on the door gently.
"Come in."
The door was slowly pushed open, and Wang Xinling saw Ou Haitao's appearance clearly. Ou Haitao's appearance is not bad, although he is only 1.72 meters tall, but his well-proportioned figure gives people a very upright feeling, his skin is a little tanned, his unshaved beard has a little vicissitudes, and a pair of sword eyebrows looks extraordinarily handsome, but the clearly visible scars on the exposed calves make people look a little shocking.
"Wow. I've cooked you a bowl of noodles, so you can eat the rice first. ”
Seeing that Wang Xinling said a word and turned to continue watching TV, Ou Haitao wanted to say thank you, but swallowed it back. He hadn't eaten for a day, his stomach was already rumbling with hunger, and when he saw the fragrant noodles on the table, he couldn't help but run over, and before he could sit down, he began to feast.
It didn't take a few minutes for him to eat a large bowl of noodles, and even the soup was drunk. As soon as Ou Haitao finished eating, Wang Xinling handed over a glass of warm water in a timely manner, and sighed in his heart again for the latter's carefulness, and Ou Haitao drank the whole glass of water in one go.
After this series of eating and drinking, the stomach was finally no longer empty, and after a few seconds, Ou Haitao looked at Wang Xinling gratefully and said, "Thank you so much." ”
Wang Xinling smiled slightly, "It's nothing." We are classmates, and this is how it should be. ”
"That's right. Didn't Li Lin and you come to Dujun together? Did you go overtime, why haven't you come back yet? I haven't seen him in two years, and I don't know what has become of this kid. After Ou Haitao ate and drank enough, he finally couldn't help but say the doubts in his heart, and finally showed a smile on his face when he mentioned his good friend.
Wang Xinling said softly with a gloomy expression: "We broke up, and he no longer lives here." ”
Ou Haitao didn't expect that the two had broken up, realized his gaffe, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry." I said the wrong thing. ”
"It's nothing, it's all in the past."
Seeing the smile on Wang Xinling's face, Ou Haitao didn't believe that she was telling the truth, and comforted at the moment: "Don't be sad, you want to open up." You're lucky, at least you're much better than me. ”
"I just told the landlord, you can stay in the fifth room on the far left for the time being, this is the key."
Wang Xinling went to the landlord after cooking the noodles, fortunately the landlord hadn't slept yet, otherwise it would be really difficult for her to arrange Ou Haitao's accommodation on this big night, unless she spent money to live in a hotel. When the landlord heard her say that she wanted to rent another house, she could only pay one month's rent and had no money to pay a deposit, and the former agreed without even thinking about it. In the landlord's opinion, this house can't be rented out for a while anyway, and earning an extra day is a day.
However, the landlord also put forward a condition, if someone in the middle wants to rent for a long time, he will take back the house immediately, of course, the excess money will be returned to her. Originally, most of the rented houses were mortgaged to pay three, that is, to pay four months' rent at one time, but now she only pays one month's rent, and the landlord's request is not excessive, which is completely reasonable. So the two hit it off and negotiated the matter within a few minutes.
Ou Haitao took the key, and originally wanted to ask Wang Xinling for Li Lin's phone, but after thinking about it, forget it, at least he had to wait until he found a job and got his salary. Although theoretically he came to Dujun as a guest, Li Lin should have invited him, but he couldn't say anything if he didn't bring a dime. Now that he has a place to live, he is not in a hurry to find Li Lin.
Thinking that Wang Xinling had arranged a place for himself so quickly, he couldn't help but glance at Wang Xinling gratefully. When he saw Wang Xinling's slightly sad face, his heart throbbed inexplicably. A girl is working alone in the city, and he finally has a trace of experience of the hardships at this time, and there is an urge to protect her in his heart. But this impulse only appeared for a moment, and he forcibly threw it out of his mind, the woman in front of him is a woman who is a good friend and a good brother, even if it is a breakup, in his concept, he can't have half a thought.
After Ou Haitao took the key, he was stunned for a while, said good night and left.
Wang Xinling has been thinking about other things just now, and she is a little absent-minded. Now that Ou Haitao left, she said to herself with a little anger: "The day he got the rent money happened to be the day Ou Haitao came, and Ou Haitao was robbed that day." Just now Ou Haitao said that he hadn't seen him for two years, it seems that he cheated me, where did this guy's money come from? ”