Chapter 12: Settling In
The house was old-fashioned, with wooden beams, already a little mottled, and the window lattices were covered with vermilion paint, which was washed away a lot by the rain, and the remaining spots of red paint were somewhat like blood stains.
In the main room of the house, a striking bronze mirror is hung, which seems to be used to suppress evil spirits, but the mirror has long been rusted and blackened.
Pushing open the main room, there was a table with a broken leg, two small stools, nothing else, empty, the eaves were covered with cobwebs.
Overall, this house gave Lin Qingyao a cold feeling, which made her a little uncomfortable, but in the end she decided to stay.
What can I do if I don't stay? She doesn't have much money on her, and the days ahead are still very long, so save some if you can, although it is not necessarily expensive to rent that kind of collective dormitory with others, but she has a secret now, which makes her instinctively want to avoid the crowd.
Lin Qingyao paid the money and drafted a contract casually, and Xu Ran became the witness and signed the contract.
Lao Yao got the money, so he smiled and said, "I won't stay more, I'll leave!" He walked out of the door quickly, as if he was afraid that something would chase after him.
Lin Qingyao looked at the messy barren grass in the yard and the dusty house, rubbed her head, it is to clean up, it will be cleaned up for a few days, right?
Xu Ran reached out and touched Lin Qingyao's arm, pulling Lin Qingyao back to reality from her contemplation.
Lin Qingyao reflexively wanted to dodge, looked up, saw Xu Ran's open gaze, and laughed at herself in her heart, although she walked at the bottom of the cliff and her skin was much better, but her fat body was ...... Who can watch it? It's the good guy who blames himself.
Xu Ran didn't expect Lin Qingyao to misunderstand him, and in his opinion, Lin Qingyao was a "big sister" who was older than himself. So he didn't have so many scruples, if Lin Qingyao was the girl of today's twenty-eight flowers, he was afraid that he would be embarrassed to stay with her in this unpopulated place.
"Eldest sister, you really want to live here, I feel a chill down my spine when I stay here, and that old Yao, panicked, it's too suspicious!" Xu Ran persuaded again.
Lin Qingyao smiled bitterly: "I'm a lone woman, I have to have a place to stay, right?" Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts calling the door, let's stay first. ”
Xu Ran looked at the bronze mirror that was swaying on the beams of the room, how could he feel that this place was weird, hesitated for a moment, and then said to Lin Qingyao: "Eldest sister, I ...... Think...... Discuss something with you. When he said it, his tone was a little difficult.
Lin Qingyao smiled and asked in a clear and pleasant voice, "What's the matter?" ”
"I don't have a place to go...... I see that your yard is quite big, eldest sister, can you take me in for some time? When Xu Ran said this, his face turned crimson because he was a little embarrassed.
Before Lin Qingyao could reply, Xu Ran hurriedly explained: "Eldest sister, I'm not a bad person, and I don't mean anything else, I really don't have a place to live, and I look at you alone, eldest sister, living here, it's a little unsafe." ”
He paused for a moment and added, "Don't worry, I will also work, and I will share the rent with you." ”
When Xu Ran said these words, he had some considerations in his heart, one was that he really had nowhere to go, and the other was ...... He actually has some sympathy for Lin Qingyao in his heart, a woman, living alone in this deserted and one-person six alleys, how much will it be a little difficult, right?
And he always felt that this house was unlucky, and he had a faint feeling, as if something bad was going to happen, he was a hot-blooded man, and he saved Lin Qingyao once, which had already made the kind of heroism in his heart sprout, which made him feel that his own existence was very fulfilling, so he thought about helping Lin Qingyao again.
Lin Qingyao looked at the fence around the courtyard overgrown with green vines, this small world was really covered and cold, she hesitated for a moment and nodded. She could see that Xu Ran was a good person, and she shouldn't have any ideas about herself, not to mention, she had nothing now, and she had nothing to worry about.
Although she comforted herself that she didn't have to be afraid, where could she not be afraid at all? Now that Xu Ran proposed to stay, it is naturally good, and it can also give her courage.
Xu Ran saw Lin Qingyao nodding and grinned: "Eldest sister, then let's clean up the house together." ”
Lin Qingyao nodded, this clean-up, naturally, tools are needed, there is nothing here, why can't you clean it up empty-handed? So the two of them went out of the yard again, intending to buy something, but did not lock the door...... There is nothing in this courtyard, and there is nothing to worry about the thief.
Out of the six alleys, to the south, about half an hour, only to find a small shop, the owner is a fat woman, saw Lin Qingyao, who was fatter than herself, a little sympathetic.
"I said big girl, did you just move here?" The fat proprietress saw that Lin Qingyao had bought a lot of cheap towels, as well as mops or something, so she asked with concern.
Lin Qingyao smiled and nodded.
"Where do you live?" The fat proprietress shouted with a smile in her voice.
"Six Hutongs." Lin Qingyao's voice sounded like a jade bead falling on a plate.
Let the fat lady take a look at it more, this voice is really good, wait...... She just said where she lives? Six Hutongs? The fat proprietress wanted to say something, but she saw Xu Ran at a glance, and saw that Xu Ran's face was pale, and a cool breath rose from behind, and she choked back what she wanted to say.
"Big sister, I'll give you half price for this thing." The proprietress took the initiative to say.
"Huh?" Lin Qingyao didn't react a little, but the fat proprietress had already found her the extra money at this time, and she didn't want to say a word.
Lin Qingyao enjoyed the inexplicable enthusiasm and coldness, touched her nose for some unknown reasons, and then lifted things and walked out of the store.
In another roadside stall, I bought two mattresses, plus two mattresses, and two summer quilts, and I had to cook and eat, so I bought a rice cooker, an electric wok, and some simple kitchen utensils, which were broken in bits and pieces, and Lin Qingyao saved the flowers, and spent almost a thousand yuan.
Lin Qingyao touched her wallet, which was gradually flattening, she had a headache, and when she was settled, she should try her best to find a job.
There are a lot of things, but Lin Qingyao is no longer reluctant to take a taxi, so she picked up the fifty kilograms of rice in one hand and a woven bag with a lot of things in the other.
Straight to Xu Ran, this eldest sister is born with divine power, right? Even if it's me, I'm afraid I can't carry so many things.