After returning to school, Xiyan took advantage of Sunday to solve the problem of accommodation, and went to the website to find the listing information.

Found a few apartments relatively close to the company, Xiyan wrote down the address, made a phone call to the apartment manager to confirm the listing information, and after confirming that it was correct, he went to the school to confirm the apartment.

When he came to the location of the apartment, Xiyan looked at the ten-story building in front of him, which was so dilapidated that it was very old, and there were ordinary civilian houses next to it, and when he was hesitating to go in and see, Xiyan's mobile phone rang, and a strange call was connected, "Hey, hello?" ”

"I'm the landlord, are you here?"

"Well, here we go."

"I'm downstairs in the apartment, come here, I'll show you the room."

After hearing this, Xiyan hesitated, thinking in his heart that he shouldn't judge the house by his appearance, maybe the inside of the house may not be as dilapidated as the outside? After convincing his heart, Xiyan replied, "Okay." ”

Xiyan walked downstairs to the apartment and saw an elderly middle-aged man standing there waiting, and after seeing Xiyan, he walked up to her and said enthusiastically, "You're the one who confirmed the house to me last night." ”

Xiyan nodded.

"I'll take you up and have a look. What type of room do you want, I have single, double, and multiple. The single room has a kitchen, a toilet, and a bathroom. The double room has a hall and balcony. The middle-aged man enthusiastically introduced.

"How much does a single room cost per month?"

"The environment on our side is better than other places, and it's close to the bus station, so it's easy to commute to work. Seeing that you are a student, I will give you a discount in private, 1300 a month. ”

Xiyan estimated in her heart that the rental single room in Shenzhen also starts at this price, "Does it not include water and electricity bills?" ”

"The water bill is 9 yuan per cubic meter, and the electricity bill is 3 yuan at one time."

Xiyan nodded, "I'll take a look first." ”

The owner of the house took Xiyan to a single room on the second floor, Xiyan looked at the gloomy room and shook his head, "It's too dark, isn't there a sunny room?" ”

"Yes, but on the 12th floor, the elevator has broken down recently and is being repaired. If you don't dislike it, I can take you to the 12th floor. ”

Xiyan glanced at the room, the white walls had turned dark white, the poster of Andy Lau posted on the wall was covered with dust, and in the narrow space, there was a 1.2-meter-wide bed and a desk. The same goes for the kitchen!

Xiyan said apologetically to the owner, "I'm sorry, I'll come back next time." With that, he began to descend the stairs.

The landlord seems to be unwilling to give up this hard-won tenant, "Why don't you look at the double room, if you like it, I can give you a discount." ”

"How much is the monthly rent for a double room?"

“3000！”

Xiyan estimated in her heart that her salary during the probationary period was only 2,500, and she couldn't afford the rent even if she didn't eat or drink, so it was better to sleep on the street. With that, he quickly left the rented room.

After coming out, Xiyan made a big × on the book full of the address of the house, and encouraged herself to continue looking for it without being discouraged

Xiyan searched for the addresses on the book one by one and looked for a day. Coming to the location of the fifth property, Xiyan, who was physically and mentally exhausted, stood on the side of the road and waited for the owner to come and pick her up.

After waiting for a while, an elderly woman asked, "Beauty, are you looking for an apartment?" ”

Xiyan looked at the kind-looking and healthy woman and nodded, "You are the one who called just now?" ”

The elderly woman hesitated for a moment and nodded with a smile, "Let's go, I'll take you to see the room, don't worry, I'm not an intermediary, I'm renting my own housing." It's safe. ”

Xiyan looked at her so kind and kind, smiled and nodded, "Okay." ”

The old woman took Xiyan's hand and said as she walked, "My apartment is very close to the bus station, and many office workers come to rent a house with me." ”

"Hmm. Auntie, how much is the monthly rent for a single room here? ”

"The price is very reasonable, look at you so beautiful and polite, if you like it, I can give you a cheaper." The old woman said enthusiastically.

Xiyan nodded and took a look at the surrounding environment, there are hospitals, pharmacies, markets, snack streets, and parks

The further he walked in, the walls of his residence were plastered with apartment rental lists, and Xiyan was a little surprised, "Auntie, are all the apartments here for residential rent?" ”

"Not necessarily, some are intermediaries, and I assure you, I'm 100% residential rental." The old woman emphasized.

After walking for more than 10 minutes, Xiyan found that the more she walked inside, the more damp and dark it became, and she was a little panicked, "Auntie, how long will it take to arrive." ”

The old woman smiled and said, "It's coming soon." That's it ahead. ”

Xiyan began to be suspicious, looking at the damp and dark aisle, which was lined with civilian houses on both sides, "Auntie, it's too far away, I don't want to go in." ”

"Little girl, have you seen it, the house in front is my home, you take a look at the room inside, if you are not satisfied, you won't rent it, you have come here, you can't leave without looking at it." The old woman was seducing.

Xiyan looked at the old woman warily.

The old woman smiled, "Little girl, don't you believe me?" ”

The old woman shook her head helplessly, "Hey, young people like to be suspicious of people now, unlike in our time, strangers can help each other, and young people nowadays are indifferent and ruthless, they don't give up their seats to those who need them, and they don't take the initiative to help the old man when he falls." ”

Xiyan listened to the old woman's words and watched her take her arm and walk forward

Suddenly, the old woman stopped at the door of an eight-story building and said, "Look, I didn't lie to you, this is my home, and I live on the seventh or eighth floor with my family." ”

Xiyan looked at the few tall buildings here and nodded.

"Let's go up and take a look, most of my rooms here have been rented, and there are only two single rooms and three double rooms left."

Xiyan nodded, and persuaded herself in her heart: It's all here, let's take a look, if you're not satisfied, leave and continue looking for it tomorrow.

The old woman took Xiyan to the room on the third floor, it was dark, and there was a kind of panic that the night would suddenly attack.

Xiyan asked dissatisfied, "Isn't there a brighter room?" ”

"The rooms here are all like this. But it's all secondary, you see the room is very clean, and the space is quite large. Although it is a single room, you see I have a big bed of 1.8 here, a desk, a kitchen, and you can cook. There are separate bathrooms and toilets. ”

Xiyan is quite satisfied with the width of this room, but it is too dark, it is obviously 4 o'clock in the afternoon, if you don't turn on the light, there is an illusion of darkness.

"If you think it's dark, turn on the lights." The old woman built yì.

Xiyan pouted, "How much is the rent?" ”

The old woman took Xiyan's hand and whispered, "I rent it to others for 1500, see that you are so polite, I will rent it to you for 1300, what do you think." ”

"How do you calculate utility bills?"

"The water bill was 7.5 yuan per cubic meter, and the electricity bill was 2.5 yuan at one time."

Xiyan asked, "What about the Internet fee?" ”

"Don't worry, I don't charge you for the Internet, every room has a free WiFi, and computers and mobile phones can be connected to the Internet." The old woman said generously.

"There is also a room like this in the dormitory next door, and the price is the same. I'll show you there. The old woman said.

Xiyan nodded. I went to another room and looked at it, I felt that it was about the same, and she was hesitating whether to rent it, and she was not satisfied with the four apartments in front of her: it was cheap far from the company where she worked, and it was too expensive to be close to the company, and it was either too dirty, or too noisy

It's a little far from the company, and it takes 10 minutes to walk from here to the bus stop, and it takes more than 30 minutes to squeeze the bus to the place where you go to work, so you have to get up at least half an hour earlier. Now this park is too far away, too dark, but now it is uncertain, tomorrow I will continue to be tired and come out to look for a day, and the day after tomorrow will start to work, I know that I will have more time to find a house, and I will go to the company to report later, but the company said that the day after tomorrow will go to report on the struggling Xiyan, and suddenly I have no idea.

Seeing her hesitating, the old woman looked at her phone, connected it, walked outside to answer the phone, and after talking about the phone, she walked to Xiyan's side and said, "Have you settled down?" Yesterday two girls came to see the room, she also liked this room, just now she called me and asked me if this room is rented out, if you don't want to rent it now, then I will rent this room to them now. ”

After hearing this, Xiyan was a little anxious when he thought that he was not settled now, and he would continue to look for an apartment tomorrow, and he felt physically and mentally exhausted, and his scalp was numb, and he was busy looking for a job and a house in the past half a month, and he lost two pounds of weight, and he just wanted to solve these trivial things quickly, rest well, and go to work in the best state

"May I think about it?"

"How long?"

"I'll answer you tomorrow, is that okay?"

"No, if you don't have the law now, I'll have to give up the room to them." The old woman said strongly.

After hearing this, Xiyan looked at the old woman with a somewhat blunt attitude at the moment, and was a little anxious, and suddenly panicked, if she missed this family, she would have to continue to look for it tomorrow

"Then after I settle down, do I want to sign the contract immediately?"

"Hmm. After signing the contract, I will give you the room card and key, and you can move in at any time, even if I am not at home. The old woman's attitude softened a little when she saw the heart of the setting sunset.

The exhausted Xiyan was a little dizzy, "Okay, can the deposit rent be given to you later?" I don't have that much money right now. ”

"Do you have an industrial or commercial card or Alipay? Transfers are also available. ”

Xiyan looked at the old women who knew so much, they were all over 60 years old, and they didn't accept old age

"How much is the deposit?"

"A month's rent."

Xiyan nodded, "Then give me this room." ”

The old woman smiled, "Okay, you wait a minute, I'll go get the contract." ”

Xiyan sat on the chair and waited for a while, and the old woman came to the room, "You look at the contract, if there is no problem, we will sign it." ”

Xiyan nodded, although she was a little dizzy at the moment, she still didn't forget to concentrate on reading every clause that had been drawn up in advance, and when she saw something she didn't understand, she asked the old woman to explain it clearly.

After reading it, "Then I will sign for half a year temporarily, is it okay?" ”

"Generally, we don't rent for a short period of time, at least for more than 1 year."

"Well, I don't want to stay that long for a while."

"Okay then, half a year is half a year." The old woman compromised.

Xiyan felt that the old woman was very easy to speak, "Thank you." ”

The two signed the contract, and after signing, the old woman said, "You pay a month's deposit first, and when you move in, you will pay this month's monthly rent." ”

Xiyan nodded and transferred money on his mobile phone. After the transfer was completed, the old woman gave the room card and key to Xiyan and said, "Then when are you moving here?" ”

"Tomorrow."

"Okay, the key and key card are given to you, you can move here whenever you want."

"Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome." The old woman took a copy of the contract to Xiyan, "Keep it." ”

Xiyan took the copy of the contract, left the apartment, and walked from the dark and damp aisle to the bus stop again

While waiting for the bus, Xiyan noticed a set of rental apartments on the side of the road, the rooms of these apartments should be very bright, why did she follow the old woman in a daze just now? Wouldn't it be easier to find it directly here?

This bus is coming, Xiyan gets on the bus, ignores so much, the problem of living is solved, you can sleep until noon tomorrow, and then pack your luggage to the apartment.

As soon as I thought of this, the mind that had been confused for so long was finally solved, and the big stone in my heart finally sank into the sea, which was not easy

Back at school, Xiyan took a shower, packed her luggage, and lay on the bed to make up for sleep, slept until the early hours of the morning, and woke up hungry, so she got up and made a bag of instant noodles to eat.

When I was playing with my mobile phone, I suddenly saw a few missed calls and WeChat messages, all of which were sent by Tong Hao, and Xiyan replied simply: I'm sorry, I was too tired to find a house yesterday, and I fell asleep as soon as I returned to school.

Not long after, Tong Hao replied: Looking for a house?

For Tong Hao's reply, Xiyan was a little stunned, looked at the time on her mobile phone, and at 2:44 in the morning, she replied: Why haven't you slept yet? I slept all the time, and if I hadn't woken up hungry, I guess I would have had to continue to sleep after eating instant noodles at dawn.

Tong Hao: So tired?

Xiyan: /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~/(ㄒoㄒ)/~~+ Yes, for work and house matters, I lost 2 pounds, and it was difficult for others to lose weight, but I did it easily.

When Tong Hao saw it, he called over, "It's me." ”

"Well, I know. It's so late, why haven't you slept yet? Xiyan said while eating instant noodles.

"I'm looking at the case."

"Huh? Still looking at the case so late? ”

"Hmm."

"When are you coming back from a business trip?" Xiyan asked, she hadn't seen him for 5 days.

"I'll be back tomorrow afternoon. The court session will be held on Monday. ”

"It's so hard." Xiyan said distressedly, "Then have you eaten well?" ”

"Well, it's all someone else's treat."

"That's what they should do, you are so dedicated to helping them fight the lawsuit." Xiyan said as a matter of course.

"Don't talk about me, last time I saw your text message, what kind of job did you find."

"A large company, a radio host, a probationary period of 2 months, a probationary salary of 2500, 9 to 6, the day after tomorrow oh no, I will report to the company tomorrow morning."

"Where do you stay?"

"Living in a place far away from the company, it's 30 minutes by bus."

"Direct!" Xiyan replied.

"How's the accommodation?"

"Huh? I think it's okay, except for the bad lighting, everything else is fine. Xiyan said simply, but when she thought of the narrow, damp, dark aisle, she felt a little trepided

"What about the monthly rent?"

"1300 a month, is it expensive?"

"It's ok. Take me to your place next time. ”

"Okay, there should be a lot of opportunities for us to meet in the future. My company is not so far from your law firm, and the distance from where I live to your house is good. Xiyan said happily.

"Hmm."

"I'm full, don't be busy so late, rest early, and if you have time tomorrow, let's have a meal together."

"Good. You go to sleep. Good night. ”

"Good night." Xiyan replied reluctantly.

"Hmm."

Xiyan looked at the phone for a while, and was about to hang up the phone, but suddenly said into the phone, "Tong Hao, I miss you" After speaking, he regretted it, his cheeks were embarrassed and reddened Xiyan secretly scolded himself for being so unambitious, but fortunately Tong Hao was not in front of him

When Tong Hao heard this, the corners of his mouth rose, revealing a full smile, "Well, I know, see you tomorrow." ”

"See you tomorrow!" After speaking, Xiyan immediately hung up the phone. (To be continued.) )