Cow Street Crossing.

On the east side of the road north of the main entrance of Xuanwu Hospital, most of the two slippery bungalows on the street are demolished, rented and rented, and built a tobacco hotel, restaurant, bathing center, etc., in the back of the alley is a large bungalow area, the environment is poor, mainly a vegetable market and a lot of small restaurants that are not very hygienic to make trouble, every night, the food stalls and mutton skewers are tossed, so that there is a little smoke miasma here.

I ate noodles at a Malan ramen restaurant in the alley, wiped my sweat with a napkin, got up and went back to the main road, into the yard next to a cigarette stand. This courtyard is not called a quadrangle, it is not the kind of boxy pattern, may be due to the size of the space, the small courtyard has been built a slender type, about nearly 100 meters, there are jujube trees and poplars in it, due to the perennial growth, many tree trunks are crowded with the left and right two rows of people to live, it is also very dangerous to see.

I stood in the courtyard and looked ahead, one on the left, one on the right, roughly counting, about 20 households.

At this moment, the door of the third house in the right row creaked open, and a little old lady came out with a dripping cloth, looked at me suspiciously, did not speak, passed by me, walked to a pile of coal in front of the courtyard that had not been burned last year, and poked the cloth into the transparent plastic sheet covering the honeycomb coal. As soon as I turned around, I had to go back again.

"Auntie." I stopped her, "Hello, I would like to ask, is there a lady surnamed Wang in our hospital?" ”

It may be a little inappropriate for me to ask this, after all, people have a strong sense of precaution now, but Xu heard that my accent is Yanjing, and I am young, so the aunt didn't care too much: "Surname Wang?" How big? ”

I hesitated: "...... In his early forties. ”

Aunt sighed, and the corners of her mouth inadvertently pursed: "She, what are you looking for her?" ”

I said, "I want to rent a house, and I was introduced by someone." ”

The aunt didn't seem to have a good relationship with Ms. Wang, she pointed to the opposite side with her hand: "It's this house, I may go out now, and I'll come back later." With that, the aunt turned around and walked back.

"Thank you."

She was referring to the first house on the left-hand side near the courtyard gate, where the wooden door was closed and a dirty curtain hung on the glass so that she could not see the inside. I took the first two steps and knocked on her door, knock knock, no one answered, it seemed that it was really not there. In desperation, I exited the courtyard and went to the side of the road to buy a bottle of chilled mineral water, and drank it while purring.

Around two o'clock in the afternoon, at the hottest time of the day, a middle-aged woman pushing a bicycle walked past me and pushed the cart into the yard. I once saw Ms. Wang on TV, although I can't remember what she looks like, but just now this person is very familiar, I hesitated for a moment, threw the empty bottle of mineral water into the garbage can made of paint buckets at the door, and quickly followed the courtyard.

"Hey! Who's this dun cloth! Why are you here again! The middle-aged woman kicked the bicycle and said with a displeased face: "And the broom, whoever should take it back!" What is still on our doorstep! Don't I'm still in the trash! ”

The door of the third house on the left, that is, the house diagonally opposite the aunt's house, opened, and a middle-aged man frowned and stood at the door: "I'll tell you, surnamed Wang, don't touch my broom, it's not your family's land, it's a public area!" ”

Surname Wang? Eighty percent can't be wrong!

Ms. Wang said hatefully: "I'll tell you too!" I'll look at the broom and there again when I come out later!" I'll just throw it on the road! ”

After locking the bike, Ms. Wang snorted, turned around and took out the key and stabbed the door of the first house on the left.

It can be seen that the neighborhood relationship in this courtyard is very unharmonious.

"Excuse me......" I looked at Ms. Wang's back and said, "Are you Aunt Wang?" ”

Click, Ms. Wang, who had just opened the door, turned around and looked me up and down: "I am, who are you?" "She has an ordinary face, no makeup, earrings and necklaces seem to be silver, not very valuable, seeing this, I must know that I am not misremembering the time, the current Ms. Wang must not have paid attention to the news that "someone dug up a treasure in the house three years ago", no, to be precise, she must not have found the treasure chest under the ground in her house, and I don't know if she is digging the house now.

"That's ......" I took a look at my words and tried my luck, "I'm here to rent a house, and I heard that you want to rent it, so I came here to ask." ”

Ms. Wang was stunned, walked into the house, and put the keychain on the windowsill: "No, who did you listen to?" ”

I sighed, and when she opened the door, I quickly swept the house, and the ground was clean, at least there were no traces of digging in the living room outside, "...... Maybe I'm mistaken, sorry, uh, take the liberty of asking, do you want to rent this house? The price is negotiable. ”

Ms. Wang laughed and said, "I live well with my lover, why rent a house?" You go and ask someone, we don't rent. ”

Alas, let's just say it didn't go so well. I was unwilling to say: "I'm also anxious to live, so I'll give you 3,000 yuan of rent every month, can you see it?" "The price I offered was a lot higher than the market price.

Ms. Wang was stunned: "That's not rent, it's rented out, where are we going to sleep?" ”

I don't dare to bid too high, otherwise the other party will definitely notice that something is wrong, and if she thinks about digging the house in advance, I can't help it no matter how hard I try. I thought quickly, "...... The geographical location of your house, the orientation, the layout, I like it very much, I don't want to hide it from you, I just want to rent for a month, I want to entertain a friend to live, he doesn't like the hotel, he only said that he wants to experience the big yard of the old Yanjing, well, a month later, I and my friend immediately moved out, no two words, you see? ”

"Just a month?" Ms. Wang frowned, as if she was thinking about something.

I think I'm fooling myself and say, "Yes, you and your wife can stay somewhere else, such as a hotel." Seeing that she was about to speak, I interrupted: "Don't be in a hurry to refuse, of course, we can count the money of the hotel in the rent, well, you can make a price, just one month." "They are all Yanjing people, who doesn't have relatives and friends? I can make do with it for a month, and I don't necessarily have to live in a hotel. When I mentioned the hotel fee, I naturally wanted her to earn a little more and feel that it was affordable.

Ms. Wang may have been moved, and her eyes rolled: "I can't make up my mind, I have to wait for my lover to come back, young man, you give me an approximate price first, and I'll go back and ask him." ”

I groaned and stretched out a finger: "Ten thousand." ”

Ms. Wang's eyelids jumped, and her face did not show too much emotion: "Okay, you can come back in the evening." ”

"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news, goodbye." Compared to the value of the treasure chest, 10,000 yuan is nothing at all.

After walking a few steps out of the courtyard gate, I paused, turned back again, and walked along the slender yard, looking left and right, and after passing out from the other courtyard gate on the opposite side, I saw a little old man with a pampas fan sitting under the telephone pole next to the commissary, so I went up and asked him if there were any other middle-aged women surnamed Wang in this courtyard.

When it was almost evening, although I was not hungry, I still bought two baked cakes with meat to eat in front of a shop selling pancakes in advance, and called my mother by the way, telling her that I and my classmates would not go back to eat at night.

Looking at the hour on my phone, as soon as half past six o'clock, I immediately went to Ms. Wang's house, not daring to let her discuss it with her husband for too long.

Knock knock, I knocked on the loose glass window on the door, "...... Aunt Wang. ”

The doorway rang, revealing the head of a middle-aged man: "Are you?" ”

"Oh, I'm the one who wants to rent your room, Aunt Wang should have told you, well, what do you call it?"

The middle-aged man nodded suddenly, looked at me, and opened the door completely: "I am also surnamed Wang, let's go into the house and talk." ”

As soon as I entered, I smelled the smell of vegetables, and I vaguely saw half a table and a barracuda cucumber in the hut inside. When Mr. Wang closed the door, he stretched out his hand and pointed inward, asking me to go with him. The TV was on in the back room, and the news broadcast was being broadcast, and Ms. Wang was sitting and eating on the chair in the back, and when she saw me coming, she smiled and nodded.

"I'm sorry." I apologized, "Disturbing your family's dinner, that, renting a house?" ”

Mr. Wang was not convinced: "Only rent for one month, rent 10,000 yuan?" ”

I said yes, for fear that they would be suspicious, so I explained again: "The friend I want to entertain is really important to me, and he must like your home regardless of the environment or pattern, so ......"

Mr. Wang's eyes swept around the room, and Ms. Wang also looked up with chopsticks, as if she was wondering where the pattern was good.

After a while, Mr. Wang brought me a chair: "You sit first, well, let me tell you this, if we want to move out for a month, the things in the house will still have to be pounded, clothes, and bedding, you must not be left at home, right?" Seeing that I was about to speak, Mr. Wang waved his hand and interrupted: "So, it's too troublesome, for 10,000 yuan, it's not worth adding to this mess." ”

Ms. Wang ate the dishes on the table and said nothing, it seemed that they had discussed it before.

I hurriedly said, "Then you can make a price." ”

Mr. Wang waved his hand without thinking: "It's not a matter of price, we don't miss that little money." ”

It is true that I can give a higher rent, such as 30,000 or 50,000, which is not a problem, but if I ask for it like this, it will definitely lead to their suspicions, a small bungalow that is broken, who will spend 35,000 yuan to rent it for a month? Unless you're a fool, you'll know there's something in it, and my flawed explanation will never hold up anymore!

What to do? Wait? But Ms. Wang will be digging in a few days!

"Young man, you go to Lunan and ask, we don't rent it."

Mr. Wang sat back at the dinner table, picked up the chopsticks and continued to eat, Ms. Wang was full, so she took the empty plates and empty bowls to the pool in the outhouse, turned on the faucet and soaked in water, "Yes, the environment in that area is also good, there are no restaurants, you can go and see." ”

Look, what I want is your home.

Ms. Wang, who returned to the back room, sat on the bed, looked at Erlang's legs, and dialed the table with the remote control, which was equivalent to giving an eviction order. Suddenly, a Song Dynasty official kiln porcelain popped up on the TV, which was a collection and appreciation column, and Yan Wanru, dressed in white, was explaining antique knowledge to the audience below. I moved my head to that side, and I heard Ms. Wang suddenly say: "By the way, I watched a replay of a show a few days ago, saying that a few years ago, someone dug up a lot of treasures in the old house over there in Shichahai, and there are gold bars, hey, do you think our family will have it too?" ”

Mr. Wang stuffed a mouthful of rice into his mouth, shook his head and said: "People can dig it out, and it is also something that our ancestors buried, and there are no big people in our ancestors, who will bury things in the soil?" ”

Ms. Wang pouted and said, "That's not for sure, maybe your father and your grandfather's generation have hidden something at home, hehe, buy a shovel another day and try it." ”

"You don't." Mr. Wang frowned and said: "I don't think about it without a shadow, I have a good home, and I am blind and ruined." ”

"I'm not here for the good of our family, other people's families can produce treasures, why can't our family?" Ms. Wang looked at me: "Is that a young man?" Do you live in a bungalow? Try it when you go back, even if you dig a gold ingot, it's a good deal. ”

I was terrified, smiled, and hummed in reply.

It's bad, it's going to be bad, Ms. Wang has watched that episode of the show, and she has already moved her mind to find treasure, although she is still joking now, but Bao Buqi will buy a shovel to dig on a whim tomorrow, this kind of thing, no one can say good.

What to do? I can't help it! I can't knock them out in the middle of the night and dig the house, right?

Then, I heard Ms. Wang say to herself: "If I dig out a box of gold bars, I will buy a suite with the third ring first, this small bungalow is not as happy as the building, you look at it now, the tide is back, there are many insects, and those broken neighbors are also competing with us all day long, and they are annoyed to death." ”

Mr. Wang said: "Wait for the demolition." ”

"Demolition?" Ms. Wang looked at me with a pout, stretched out her finger and pointed to the roof of the house: "As for our house, we have been waiting for eight years, and eight years ago we said that it would be demolished and demolished, but as a result, it is still not standing in a good manner?" Hmph, how can those people talk to a quasi-score, I think there will be no drama in five years. ”

I smiled bitterly: "Our family is the same, it has been rumored to be demolished for two years, and there is no movement now." ”

Ms. Wang sighed deeply: "Let's stay up slowly, I don't know when I will be the leader." ”

Since they don't rent it, I can't force others, and I don't have an idea after thinking about it, so I just shook my head: "Then I'll go back, goodbye Aunt Wang, goodbye Uncle Wang." ”

"Okay, goodbye." Ms. Wang politely stood up and sent me out, but Mr. Wang didn't move the nest and ate with the house.

"Huh? Demolition? Suddenly, I had just crossed the threshold of her house, my steps froze, I thought of something, turned around and blinked my eyes, and said with a very straight face: "...... If you don't rent, Aunt Wang, will your house be sold? ”

(To be continued)