Chapter 2 Stingy Landlords
"Wow, wow, isn't this our eldest young master back?"
Ke Zihua had just entered the house, and the landlord, who was watching a soap opera in the living room, heard the sound and came to the front hall, squinted at Ke Zihua and pursed his lips and sneered, and bent down to salute him as he spoke, but looking at the expression and style, he was obviously laughing at him.
The landlord, Robert, was a middle-aged man in his forties, but he looked much older. is already thin like a hemp stick, but he still has a beard that looks even more sloppy, and the thick plaid shirt has been worn for I don't know how many years, and the corners of the clothes are washed white.
A few days ago, Robert, who was like a guest of honor, just heard that Ke Zihua's bad situation began to become arrogant, and his current appearance made Ke Zihua really cry and laugh, so he could only sigh helplessly: "Where is the polite gentleman before?" β
"Oooo
A beautiful girl walked down the stairs quickly, and when she saw Ke Zihua, she was pleasantly surprised and said, "Zihua, you are finally back, thank God you are going to kill me." β
Ke Zihua looked at the stairs when he heard the voice, "Yes, Su, Su Luo?" β
"It's not me! If you don't show up again, I'm going to call the police! I didn't just have to go out to look for you, and you came back on your own. β
Su Luo is about 1.7 meters tall, wearing white travel shoes on his feet, a pair of loose light blue jeans on his lower body, and a blue tweed jacket on his upper body.
If you look closely, the white face still has a little baby fat, which makes people want to pinch it gently; The straight nose bridge is higher than that of ordinary girls, and the tip of the nose is slightly upturned, which is more pretty and vivid; The cherry-like little mouth pursed up mischievously, and the slightly raised corners of her mouth added a bit of beauty, especially when she spoke, showing two white tiger teeth from time to time, which was a little more cute.
Ke Zihua suddenly felt a wave of warmth welling up in his heart, and at the same time, a series of memories came to his mind, this girl from the capital was called Su Luo, and she was his roommate. He was the same age as him but came two years before him, and although he had only met a few times in a hurry, he was very concerned about him because they were all compatriots.
Su Luo saw that Robert was laughing at Ke Zihua, so he puffed out his cheeks and replied angrily: "Mr. Robert, please don't treat my friend like this, this does not match your age and cultivation. β
Robert was choked by Su Luo, so he put away his playful posture, stood up straight and said to Su Luo seriously: "Su, I'm sorry, I lost my temper, but you can also see that if he can't pay the rent on time in a week, I will definitely kick him out of the house, and I won't be his guardian anymore." You know I'm not racist, but I also need to stabilize my financial resources. β
Su Luo didn't pay attention to him, pushed Ke Zihua to the living room, pressed him to the sofa, and then said softly: "Don't pay attention to him, you're just a stingy ghost, you haven't had dinner yet, I'll go get you something to eat." β
Ke Zihua didn't care about Robert's actions, he really didn't care.
In his previous life, he often walked around the major studios in North America, and he saw a lot of such realistic and snobbish people, don't look at the high-minded appearance at this time, as long as a reward of 200 Canadian dollars, he can grovel and change to another look.
Su Luo comforted him a few words and ran to the kitchen to get him food, Robert also closed the door and returned to the living room, sat down on the sofa with a heavy butt, and then continued to watch his soap opera while eating French fries, and did not pay attention to Ke Zihua next to him.
"Robert, Ke Zihua hasn't eaten dinner yet, isn't there still a steak, where did you put it, didn't you have it in the refrigerator?"
"Well, he slammed the door and left, I thought he wouldn't eat it, so I gave it to Steven."
"What! You've fed the dogs!"
"Robert, you've gone too far!"
"Sue, you can't blame me, it's half past ten o'clock, I didn't give Steven food until a quarter past eight, who asked him to come back so late."
Hearing the quarrel in the living room, a naΓ―ve bulldog came out of nowhere, staggered into the living room, and saw Su Luo hurriedly shaking his head and trotting to her, rubbing Su Luo's calf with his ugly head.
Su Luo was angry and didn't bother to pay attention to it, and stomped his foot so hard that the ugly dog retreated a few steps at once, staring at her innocently with a pair of big eyes.
"Hey, ma'am, you can't treat Steven like this, you see how much he likes you, how can you bear to do this to him?"
"You shouldn't treat Zihua like this, at least he doesn't owe you rent now!"
After that, Su Luo ignored Robert, took Ke Zihua's hand and said apologetically: "Zihua, go, I still have some food." β
Ke Zihua had no choice but to follow behind her, comforting her as he walked: "It's okay Su Luo, I don't eat much for dinner, and there are many times when I don't eat dinner." β
Hearing his words, Su Luo's eyes turned red, and he turned around and said seriously: "Zihua, don't worry, as long as I am here, I won't let people bully you anymore." β
Ke Zihua didn't care about this little episode originally, he didn't just do it out of politeness and politeness, but he really had such a habit.
Grandpa used to say, "Breakfast is a heavenly food, Chinese food is human food, and dinner is ghost food." Therefore, you should eat a full breakfast, a good lunch and a small dinner. β
He was adopted by his grandfather when he was very young and practiced with his grandfather, so he developed the habit of being half-full at dinner since he was a child, and sometimes he didn't eat it after going to Hollywood.
Looking at Su Luo's red eyes and the tears rolling in his eyes, Ke Zihua was also moved by this kind girl, stretched out his hand to gently wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said softly: "I won't let people bully you." β
Su Luo blushed and shook his head, then naughtily rolled his beautiful big eyes, and said with a smile: "What you said, don't go back." β
"Swear to the lamp and never go back!"
Ke Zihua raised his left hand as he spoke, then raised his head with a serious face, and swore to the light bulb on the roof of the shed.
Su Luo waved his hand and patted his arm, "Giggles, who wants you to swear, you think it's beautiful." Let's go, go to my place for a bite to eat, and then take a shower and go to bed. β
Ke Zihua had no choice but to put down his arm and said helplessly: "The post-80s girl is really fickle"
But it feels really good.
"By the way, Zihua, I told my aunt, let her accompany you to the school director, see if I can guarantee you to delay the payment of tuition, and she will come tomorrow." If you don't mind, I'll let her be your guardian. β
Ke Zihua knew that Canada was a place that paid attention to personal credit, and it would be easy to have someone to guarantee this situation, but if it was not a very close relationship, no one would be willing to guarantee it, and Su Luo could take the initiative to find someone to vouch for him, which moved him and greatly relieved.
If someone vouches, Ke Zihua won't have to worry about that damn one-week deadline. This is Wen Gehua, Hollywood's largest film and television production outsourcing base! With his ability, as long as he has enough time, it is not difficult to earn this money.
"Su Luo, thank you for your help."
"You're welcome, hee-hee."
Ke Zihua got up early before dawn, first jogged for half an hour to warm up, and then he began to practice according to the memory of his previous life.
Ke Zihua practiced the "Tai Chi Thirty-six Styles", "Xingyi Five Elements Boxing" and "Xingyi Twelve Forms" several times, and suddenly felt warm and indescribable Shu Tai, and obviously felt that he was getting more and more accustomed to the new body, although he could not be like in his previous life for the time being, but at least the control of the body was strengthened a lot.
The Tai Chi and Xingyi Boxing he practiced are not the common road goods in the park, they are all real kung fu passed on to him by his grandfather! According to his estimates, as long as he can practice regularly every day in the morning and evening, he will be able to almost recover to the level of his previous life in three or five years.
The three major internal boxing, Ke Zihua practiced the two major boxing methods of "Tai Chi" and "Xingyi", and he still has its own uniqueness in the perception and recovery of his own state, he believes that if the conditions permit, it will even be faster than expected, this child's body is good, as long as the foundation is laid, a qiΔ is a matter of course.
So what needs to be solved urgently now is the problem of the place to practice, he can't practice on the street all the time, so he decided to go out and rent a separate house with a basement as soon as he turns eighteen, so that he can have a decent practice room, the key is that he is almost eighteen years old, if he doesn't polish it well, it will be too late.
At the end of the morning exercise, Ke Zihua stretched his limbs while pondering the future plan, I have to say that the air here is really good, the morning air in the tree-lined Wen Gehua is exceptionally fresh, although there is no PM2.5 concept in China at this time, but the air in the big city is not so good.
At seven o'clock, Ke Zihua returned to the dormitory on time, and he was greeted by the stupid dog Steven, "Morning, Steven." β
Rubbing Steven's meatball-like head, Ke Zihua walked briskly towards his bedroom, Robert was busy making breakfast in the kitchen, there was still half an hour before breakfast, he had to hurry up and take a hot shower.
Robert took the initiative to greet him: "Ke, good morning." β
"Good morning."
After saying hello, Ke Zihua saw that Robert looked like he wanted to say something and asked, "Is there something wrong with you?" If I had nothing to do, I went to take a shower, and I was completely covered in stinky sweat when I first exercised in the morning. β
Robert turned off the fire, walked around the dining table to Ke Zihua and said, "Ke, I apologize for my attitude yesterday, I admit that it was not in line with gentlemanly manners, but you should understand me, and I am not under much pressure." My son is also going to high school, and although he is with his mother now, I have to pay child support every month. β
"You know I'm unemployed, and if it weren't for my ex-wife finding a rich husband, she would never have left me all the ownership of this house, so I have to remit child support to her on time, whether she needs it or not, it's all I have to do, you know?"
Ke Zihua shrugged his shoulders, "I understand, I don't care, although your rent is higher than others, I will pay the rent on time, don't worry." β
"Well, a hot shower costs $3 a time, and the one at night counts as rent, so if you take a hot shower every morning, you'll have to pay an extra $90 a month."
"Roger."
I don't bother to argue with him, although Ke Zihua only has a few dozen Canadian dollars now, let's take a shower and eat first.
Half an hour later, the three of them sat down around the table, prayed under Robert's leadership, and began to eat.
"Robert, can you get me two more ham sandwiches?" Thanks a lot. β
The morning exercise just now consumed a lot, Ke Zihua's meal was still very large, and after eating two ham sandwiches, he felt that he was not full, so he asked Robert for another one.
"Ke, two ham sandwiches, one oatmeal, one oatmeal, one omelette. That's what the contract says about breakfast on Friday. β
Ke Zihua asked a little angrily, "Robert, can you not be so stingy?" I said that I won't owe you rent for a day, why do you still care like this? β
Su Luo on the side was also very angry, and said with a tiger face: "Robert, if you treat Zihua like this again, I will definitely tell my aunt, I don't want to live here anymore!" β
Robert also found that he seemed to have gone too far, but still insisted in a low voice: "But, but the contract clearly stipulates that." β
Su Luo still wanted to argue, Ke Zihua waved his hand, "Forget it, how much is a copy?" It's all added to the rent, and this oatmeal porridge is too thin to thicken in the future, and I also want two servings of fried eggs, and one broccoli for me and Su Luo each, without salad. β
Robert thought for a moment and replied, "If it's like this every day, it's 3 Canadian dollars a day, and you eat Chinese food in the cafeteria, so should you add something to dinner?" β
"That's enough, Robert!"
Su Luo couldn't listen anymore, got up and walked to the bedroom, "Zihua, I still have a sandwich left, I haven't touched it, you can eat it." β
Robert had to shrug his shoulders and make a helpless look, and said lightly: "There is always a lot of helplessness in life. β
Ke Zihua didn't care about it, grabbed the sandwich on Su Luo's plate and ate it in a big gulp, wiped his mouth and said to Robert: "From now on, the original conditions in the contract remain the same, plus a hot bath and a hearty breakfast every day, if you don't agree, I'll find someone else." β
"How is that possible? It's written in the contract! β
"By the way, if I'm leaving, I'll take Su Luo with me to find a new landlord."
Ke Zihua's tone was very tough, and Robert had no choice but to agree in frustration: "Well, that's okay." β
Ke Zihua knows that there is only one private high school near here that recruits international students, and if they leave Robert, they will have no income, it will be a nightmare for him, and he wants to pay child support and watch soap operas at home leisurely all day with a stupid dog, and have to eat chips and drink Coke? Dream on.
Although he countered Robert, Ke Zihua was really not happy, not to mention the rent for next month and beyond, not to mention the tuition fee of 6,000 Canadian dollars and the miscellaneous expenses of 2,000 yuan, he can't even afford to sit on the bus now.
The most important thing is that he needs to have his own practice room, so he must make enough money to do his best!
Two trips a day from this residential area to school cost $20, and now he only has $65, so he can only take the bus for three days.
Why not live on campus?
My cousin said: "I'm afraid that you will be bullied when you live in the school, where are there people from this kind of school that accepts international students, and you are not afraid of being beaten all day long with your small physique?" β
It's really considerate enough, because living on campus will reduce a lot of opportunities for him to make money.