Chapter 5

After nearly three hours of bumping, sweating and almost collapsing, the two finally arrived at the county bus station.

Su Lingling's sister-in-law had no one to pick her up, and Su Nianzhen and Su Lingling, who were tired, hungry and hot, had to carry a big bag on their backs and walk along the dusty cinder road blankly under the sun, and finally saw a small noodle restaurant more than ten minutes later.

"Let's go in and get something to eat, I'm too hungry to walk." Although there are steamed buns and salted duck eggs in the bag, after all, she is a teenage girl, and she is the thinnest when she is the skinliest.

"Good ......" Although Su Nianzhen's family is poor, because of her family, she really hasn't lived a life of coarse tea and light food. It's tired and hot, and she really can't eat dry steamed buns.

The two of them entered the store, and one of them asked for a bowl of cold noodles at the cheapest small bowl. The small noodle restaurant is not only simple on the outside, but also on the inside, with a small space of more than ten square meters, which is full of oil-stained tables and chairs. Fortunately, there is a ceiling fan that keeps turning, bringing a touch of coolness, otherwise with the dirty appearance of the store, it is estimated that no one will spend money to eat here.

"Hey, the county is not at all the same as I imagined, this store is not good yet? The noodles are not delicious either! Su Lingling whispered in Su Nianzhen's ear, she thought that the county seat was as clean and tidy as a big city on TV, full of high-rise buildings, but she didn't expect it to be dirty and messy, worse than their Hekou Township.

"This is a station built outside the city, we haven't entered the county yet, don't be disappointed first." Although Su Nianzhen is also here for the first time, she can be regarded as a little knowledgeable since she was a child, and with the careful observation just now, she can probably guess some basic situations.

"Really? I hope the city can be better, otherwise it will be too much of it to work hard for us......"

"Lingling, you have a sweet mouth and can speak, ask the proprietress about how to go to the lotus market, if we take a small three-wheeler, how much money is appropriate." The lotus market is a famous wholesale market in the county, and I heard that there are many clothing stores and small supermarkets in the township that wholesale things here, Su Nianzhen wants to try her luck and see if she can sell something.

"Why don't we go to my sister-in-law's house first?" Su Lingling is a good mix among her peers, but in the end, she is a little girl who has never seen the world, and she is still a little timid in the face of strange people in an unfamiliar environment.

"Let's explore the way by ourselves first, we can't rely on your sister-in-law for everything." Besides, it's not a matter of whether it's reliable or not. The last sentence, Su Nianzhen thought about it, but didn't say it in the end. The first time her niece came to the county seat, there was no one at home to pick her up, Su Nianzhen didn't want to speculate on people with malice, but she had to think about it more. The family is like this to their nieces and nieces, let alone themselves, a stranger who has no relatives and no reason. Therefore, it is better to rely on yourself than on anyone, so why bother to stick your hot face to other people's cold butts?

"Well, that's fine." Su Lingling is not an innocent little girl who doesn't know anything, and her sister-in-law's style really makes her quite chilling. For so many years, her sister-in-law has never said that it is okay to invite their sisters and brothers to the house once, this is a rare time, and there is no one to pick up, and she is ruthless, she really thinks that she is a poor relative who takes advantage of the autumn wind? ! Hum! I have hands and feet, I don't believe I can't live without their help!

The small noodle restaurant looks cold, and the food is average, and the proprietress is good. Su Lingling had the courage to chat with the proprietress for a while, and soon asked what she wanted to know. Knowing that the two little girls were admitted to a high school this year, this time they came to earn tuition, and the proprietress was even more enthusiastic and provided a lot of useful advice to the two.

"Lao Cai is a famous pedestrian street, close to a high school, whether it is to find a job or sell things wholesale. Why don't we go to Lao Cai to find a house to settle down first, rest and rest before thinking about the future? Seeing that Su Lingling was embarrassed and her face was not very good, Su Nianzhen, who was also sleepy, proposed.

"Okay, I want to take a good shower and sleep now, and we'll talk about it when we wake up in the future."

The two of them stopped a small three-wheeler and went straight to the old street.

"Wow, it's a famous pedestrian street in the city, it's so lively!" Seeing the bustling streets and the lively crowd, Su Lingling, who was so sleepy just now that she couldn't wait to fall asleep while sitting, was like a chicken blood, and she was full of energy.

"It's not early, let's hurry up and find a place to live, and we will have time to go shopping in the future."

Because the old street is next to a high school, it is located in a prosperous area, and there are many places for renting out to students, and the two of them found a few good places to live after a little inquiry.

"Otherwise, it's just here, the whole building is occupied by students from the first high school, and it's relatively safe." As the best high school in the county, Yigao can even rank in the top ten in the province, and the quality of teaching is needless to say, and there are certainly many students who come to visit it. Of course, a well-known high school can't only accept students who study well, and there are many who pay a high sponsorship fee to get in. Many students with such good family conditions are unwilling to live in a dormitory with 12 people in a high school, and their homes are far away, so they can only choose to rent a house near the school. And the house that Su Nianzhen and Su Lingling fancy is dedicated to the business of high school students and accompanying parents. A simple five-storey private building, a square floor with ten rooms; At one end of the corridor is the laundry room, and at the other end is the bathroom; Male students live on the first and second floors, and female students live on the third, fourth and fifth floors; There is also a dedicated dormitory keeper to guard the gate.

"Yes, yes, but isn't the rent a bit expensive?" Su Lingling sighed: "Two hundred a month, the room is so big, not as big as my pigsty!" ”

"The rent is a little expensive, but compared to the places I just saw, it's the best overall, and it's at least safe here." Thinking of the group of yellow-haired gangsters she had just met when she went to look at the house elsewhere, Su Nianzhen shuddered, it was too insecure to live in such an environment.

"Hey, that's right, or that's it." Su Lingling sighed, she couldn't help it if it was too expensive, she just hoped that she could earn back the money from renting a house in the next two months before school started.

The two signed a contract and paid three months' rent, and finally settled down temporarily.

"Heh, the landlord is quite smart, he knows to put a two-story iron frame bed, otherwise such a small room really can't fit two beds!"

The small room of less than twenty square meters, in addition to the double-layer iron frame bed, only has a table and two benches, and there is not even a wardrobe, which is simpler than Su Nianzhen's house. Fortunately, there is a large window on the wall facing the door, so drying clothes and bedding is not a problem. And the window is lush, there are a lot of big trees around the building, the building is very shady, the house is not too hot, and you can spend the summer with the fan on.

"I'll take a shower, you pack up your things first." Su Lingling looked at her already sour clothes with disgust, and went to the laundry room with the basin she had just bought.

Su Nianzhen took out a rope from [home] through the cover of the bag, tied it to the iron hook installed on the wall, made a simple clothesline, and hung up her few clothes one by one, which was used as a wardrobe. After that, I climbed to the top bunk, laid out the blanket and the mat I had just bought, and laid out the daily necessities one by one, and I was almost ready to clean up. I haven't seen rhubarb for a day, Su Nianzhen really wants to go to [home] to have a look, but thinking that Su Lingling doesn't know when she will come back, she can only be patient, prepare her own toiletries, and keep them for a while to take a shower.