Twenty-six years ago, there were no high-rise buildings in Shuiyun City, and some were just wooden houses and earthen houses.

Shuiyun City, which has regressed twenty-six, is extraordinarily pure and natural in Li Jie's eyes.

Not only the environment, but also the relationship between people is a different picture.

In the years when Li Jie was growing up, although the roads became harder and the buildings became taller and higher, the relationship between people seemed to be cut off by an inexplicable distance.

Even people who have lived in a building for many years do not know who lives behind the security door opposite.

There are four days left, and it is the day when Shao Qing comes to rent a house.

Originally, Li Jie was so close that he forgot the banknotes that were printed after 26 years, and they had not been issued during this period, so Li Jie's eating and drinking became the biggest problem. But in the few days that Li Jie was waiting for Shao Qing to come to the door, he could be regarded as appreciating the valuable "folks" in interpersonal communication in this era.

The two small wooden buildings were all houses one after another, and only on the morning of the next day, all the residents learned from the middle-aged man that the nephew of the old Wang family had moved in.

It's as if they know that Li Jie, who has only returned from overseas, has no place to eat, or they think that as a landlord, they should do their part. Almost in a competitive way, every day there will be neighbors who enthusiastically invite Li Jie to his house as a guest.

In a few days, Li Jie not only avoided the worry of eating, but also became familiar with the neighbors in this small building.

The middle-aged man who was the first to meet Li Jie that day lived in the family next door. The middle-aged man's name is Zhou Tongqi, a worker at the city's No. 2 plastic factory.

Originally, Lao Wang, the owner of this house, asked Zhou Tongqi to take care of the house when he left, and also told Zhou Tongqi: If you need it, you can rent out the house, and you can use the money yourself.

Now Li Jie, his nephew, has come and taken over the house. Zhou Tongqi seemed to owe Li Jie something. In fact, he didn't do anything wrong, but he felt that he had posted a rental notice in private.

So every night when he came back from work, Zhou Tongqi would go to the sub-district office to inquire, and after he came back, he would report to Li Jie about the rental of the house.

This made Li Jie embarrassed. In the face of Zhou Tongqi's enthusiasm, Li Jie, who felt slightly guilty in his heart, comforted him: Don't care too much. If someone rents a house, just get it. However, Li Jie specially reminded him that he had a bad problem, because he had been fortune-telling since he was a child, so if the person who shared the house was surnamed Shao, it would be no problem. And it must be a man named Shao Qing.

Zhou Tongqi was suspicious, what is the surname of the person renting this house, who can control it? Otherwise, it would have been better to write directly on the notice of renting a house to find a man in Shao Qing.

Fortunately, people in this era are not unfamiliar with fortune telling, and many elderly people are also extremely taboo about the surnames and zodiac signs of people they come into contact with, just like Li Jie.

After hearing this, Zhou Tongqi didn't say anything anymore and nodded silently. Hurriedly ran to the street office and solemnly admonished: If you are not a Shaw Brothers, you will not rent it! On the same day, Zhou Tongqi was scolded by a group of aunts for feudal superstition and turned red, but he still insisted on this request. In his heart: Lao Wang entrusted the house to him before leaving, which is his trust, and now that the new owner of the house is back, he must give the other party a satisfactory explanation. Even if the house has not been rented out because of Li Jie's strange request for the tenant's name, it is still an explanation......

Li Jie waited patiently and anxiously. He knew that Shao Qing would definitely appear, but he didn't know when he would suddenly leave. The energy that has been poured into Li Jie's head all the time is the only way for him to continue to stay in this era. Li Jie knows that when one day he runs out of energy, that is the day he leaves.

On the evening of the fourth day when Li Jie moved into the house, Zhou Tongqi, who hurriedly ran back from the sub-district office, knocked on his door and told him excitedly as soon as they met: "Someone has rented a house!" I just came back from the street. I was told that the renter would be there in a moment! ”

And Zhou Tongqi also stared at Li Jie with a strange face: "I specially asked the tenant's name, and it was really Shao Qing." Knife ear Shao, clear water. I've got you covered! I was blinded when I heard it! ”

Li Jie, who heard this, immediately jumped up from the wooden chair, happy and grateful for Zhou Tongqi's efforts in the past few days. It's hard to find such good neighbors twenty-six years later.

The happy Li Jie touched up and down, and there was nothing to repay. Then he took out a pack of cigarettes from his arms and politely handed one to him. The latter also fell after finally completing the task, and the big stone in his heart fell, and he was relieved to catch the fire and take two slips.

"This smoke smells so good! Foreign. I've never seen this brand! Zhou Tongqi praised the cigarettes in his hand after more than 20 years.

Li Jie generously stuffed the whole pack of cigarettes into his hand. The latter's excuse was resolutely stopped by him: "I know you've worked hard these days." I don't have anything good either, you're welcome with a pack of cigarettes. ”

Zhou Tongqi happily stuffed this bag of rare goods from "abroad" into his pocket, and then instructed: "The people from the office have gone to inform the tenant." I guess it will come in a while. If you need any help, just say, we are all neighbors, nothing polite. ”

"Yes. It's okay. I'll just receive it myself in a moment. As long as it's called Shao Qing. After Li Jie said a few words of gratitude, he sent Zhou Tongqi away.

After about an hour, I heard someone coming up from the corridor of the wooden building, and I heard someone asking, "Excuse me, which is No. 47 in Langfang?" ”

Zhou Tongqi just went out, and immediately greeted: "We are here in the ridge workshop." You're here to rent a room, right? Is your name Shao Qing? ”

"Yes, yes, my name is Shao Qing!"

Li Jie, who heard the words, hurriedly opened the door and went out of the house, standing at the door and shouting at the entrance of the building: "Shao Qing, I'm here!" ”

At this time, Shao Qing in front of Li Jie was only twenty-five or six years old, with neat short hair, wearing a white shirt and holding a travel bag, which looked very clean at a glance. Where is there still a little bit of the bad appearance of an old beggar in his fifties that Li Jie once saw.

Zhou Tongqi pointed to Li Jie and introduced: "Oh! That's the owner of number 47. If you want to rent a house, go to him. I'm a next-door neighbor, so I'll let you know if I can help. My name is Zhou Tongqi. ”

"Thank you, Brother Zhou." Shao Qing replied politely, and then walked over with a package and a smile on his face.

After Li Jie welcomed him into the house, he immediately said impatiently: "You are Shao Qing." You want housing, right? Well, no problem! ”

Li Jie's excessive enthusiasm made Shao Qing obviously stunned. He bent down and took out his ID card from his bag, handed it over with both hands, and said, "This is my ID card, you can take a look." ”

Although Shao Qing was more than 20 years younger at this time, Li Jie would not admit his mistake from his eyebrows. Li Jie just glanced at his ID card and returned it to him, turned around and pointed to the two houses and said, "You sleep in this room, and I sleep in the inner room." ”

"Uh......" Shao Qing was a little bit of a second monk who couldn't scratch his head. Anyway, he is also a first-time tenant, why did the landlord agree so happily without asking anything. And when he came, he heard that the owner of this house had a very strange temper, and he had to find someone surnamed Shao to rent it.

After a few glances, Shao Qing confirmed that the landlord was not someone he knew. But the landlord gave him the impression that he was an old acquaintance who was waiting for him to come.

"Landlord, we haven't talked about rent yet." Shao Qing looked around and looked at Li Jie and asked solemnly, "I don't know how much the rent of this house is?" ”

Li Jie smiled and stretched out a finger and shook it.

"100 a month?" Shao Qing hesitated. Although he looked at this house inside and out, it looked very tidy inside and out, and it was still a two-story building, and 100 a month was not too high. It's just that he has just worked in the company now, and his monthly salary is only about 500 to 600. This cost him one-fifth of his expenses.

Li Jie smiled: "I mean, you can say as much as you want." I don't care. ”

Shao Qing was a little puzzled, and after staring at the other party a few times, he couldn't help but ask, "Did we know each other before?" ”

"I don't know." Li Jie touched his nose and suddenly reacted that his attitude was too enthusiastic to make the other party wary. Quickly explained: "Oh...... That's right. I had just returned from abroad, and it was a bit boring to live alone. So I want to find a partner. As for the rent, you don't have to worry about it. Just look at it. I'm not short of money! ”

Shao Qing looked at Li Jie's outfit and believed that he was a returnee. After silently calculating, he said, "Yes." I'm just going to work, so the pay isn't very high. Do you think fifty-one months is okay? Even eighty is fine. ”

"Okay!" Li Jie laughed and helped him carry his travel bag into the room, and when he turned around, he was still stunned. said casually: "They are all young people, and they always talk about money and not money." I rent a house, you rent it, it's as simple as that. ”

Shao Qing nodded, his face still a little hesitant. "There's something I have to tell the landlord. If you don't think so, I won't rent it. ”

"My name is Li Jie, just say anything you want." Li Jie smiled, he didn't believe that he was so undemanding, what else could stop Shao Qing from coming to live.

"Yes. Li Jie. Shao Qing blushed and said, "Actually, I didn't live alone. And a friend of mine...... Well, it's a woman. ”

"Oh." Li Jie understood, and hurriedly said, "I don't care about the number of people." Whether you live alone or two people, you pay for a house. ”

"That's not what it meant." Shao Qing thought that Li Jie didn't hear clearly, so he hurriedly raised his voice and said, "It's me who lives with my girlfriend." After saying that, he secretly looked at the door to see if anyone heard him, and his expression was like that of a thief who was stealing.

Li Jie blinked, not understanding. "A woman is a woman."

Shao Qing looked at Li Jie in surprise: "The landlord I lived in before just hated me for living with my girlfriend and ruined the atmosphere, so he kicked us out." Don't you mind? ”

Li Jie laughed and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Young man, I'm coming back from abroad." Nothing I've ever seen. You live with your girlfriend, I don't mind at all. ”

Shao Qing was immediately happy: "Really! That's great. Li Jie, you are such a good person! I made an agreement with my girlfriend to get married at the end of this year, and it was definitely not what others thought. ”

Li Jie put his arm around Shao Qing's shoulder, for fear that he would run away. comforted: "In foreign countries, as long as the two are happy, it is normal for men and women to live together. They are rare and strange. In another twenty years, none of this will matter. ”

"Yes, yes, that's what I thought." Shao Qing was like meeting a bosom friend, and instantly drew a lot of distance from Li Jie. "You're coming back from abroad? Don't know which country it is? ”

"Oceania!" Li Jie smiled ostentatiously: "There is an Empire State Building in Oceania, do you know?"

Shao Qing nodded fiercely: "I know, Imperial Group!" I used to learn it when I was taking a foreign language class at the college. Have you been to the Empire State Building? ”

Li Jie smiled: "Of course! I'll tell you. The Empire State Building has 300 floors, and the tallest one is a computer room...... By the way, you can also talk to me about your work at the company. ”

"Yes!" Shao Qing nodded heavily. In the face of the hospitality that the new landlord has shown from the beginning, and in the face of the returnees he envies, he honestly told everything he had.