Chapter 21: A Place of Shelter
Officer Xia took me to a relatively large hotel. "You just live here! It's also very close to our unit, so it's easy to take care of things. And it's safe here! She comforted me, "Then I'll go back to the office first, it's not early, you can rest!" ”
I thanked the people and watched her drive away before walking in alone with my luggage, my legs still shaking.
Entering the room, I put hot water and threw myself into the tub, a warm stream spread throughout my body, I inhaled hard, tears flowed down my eyes.
The two nights in Qingzhou were a nightmare.
I cried enough, I was tired from the bath, and the warmth made me sleepy, I crawled out of the tub exhausted, climbed into bed weakly, pulled the quilt and wrapped myself tightly, and fell into a deep sleep.
If it weren't for Yuan Meng's call, I wouldn't know how long I would have slept.
I was half-asleep and half-awake when I touched the phone and picked it up, Yuan Meng called on the other end of the phone: "Where did you run again, I came to Xin Mengyuan without you!" ”
"I've changed places?"
"Where's the change? Why am I looking for you? On this day, how do you renovate in a variety of ways, and where do you change the three watches in the middle of the night? What the hell are you tossing around! Yuan Meng complained on the phone.
"I don't know where this is, you wait, I'll tell you, why aren't you at the show?" I hurriedly got up, looked at the name and address on the service sign on the bedside table, and read it to Yuan Meng.
"What do you think? It's not the evening again, the boss let me rest in the afternoon! I can't just collapse on the bed, I'll accompany you, okay, I'll come to you! You wait! After speaking, Yuan Meng hung up the phone.
I hung up the phone and looked at my phone, and found that it was already noon, I quickly got up and washed my face twice, I had to face the facts, I had to find a place to settle down.
It just so happened that Yuan Meng could accompany me to find a house, and suddenly I felt warm in my heart, and it was good to have this 'chatter'.
Yuan dreamed of real speed, as soon as I got dressed, there was a knock on the door, and when I entered the door, she fussed and kept asking me why I changed places.
I had to tell her what happened last night, and she was so shocked that her eyes were about to bulge, "My mother? I said Sister Qi, you can write a book about your experience! Damn, what kind of job are you looking for, this is too bloody, I said, why do you want to change places in the middle of the night? I thought you eloped with that or something! I can't even say the name and address of the hotel where I live, and I still think about what kind of place I can grab! This is outrageous! ”
"Shut up! Anyway, I'm going to be swollen, and the police will explain it when they come later, and I'm still scared when I think about it now! It was a policewoman who pulled me here, and I didn't care about it, so I quickly came in. ”
"Don't you think it's a bit strange here, it's too coincidental for this policeman to come, right? Could it be that God really has long eyes? ”
"Listen to your tone, do you mean that I didn't get forced, and you're sorry?" I glared at Yuan Meng.
"I didn't mean that, I just thought the plot was too powerful. Manqi, people say that if you don't die in a catastrophe, you will have a blessing. It's going to be okay, everything is going to be fine, it's all going to be bad to this extent, what else can it do? Let's go, sister, please eat and suppress the shock! With that, she dragged me out.
"What a surprise! I'm still shocked! If you're really okay in the afternoon, accompany me to find a house! I can't live here all the time, this room is the cheapest, more than 200, I have liver pain. How many days can I live with my money! "I'm babbling too.
"People are iron and strong, and they have to eat enough to be able to walk. I walked and read the rental information while eating. ”
After eating, we also found a few general directions to see the house.
The usual single room cost 1500 a month, and I was remanded for one and three, and I was weak at the time.
Yuan Meng comforted me, "Don't be discouraged, how can you find it so easily, it's a big deal to go back to Jiangcheng with me, it's amazing!" Why do you have to stay here? ”
We had to lower our standards and find houses below 800, but there was no way to see such houses, there were such and such problems, these communities were also some very old communities, in broad daylight, the rats in the alleys were 'swishing' and stringing, I was a little discouraged, I didn't expect this beautiful Qingzhou, there was such a dark corner.
It was going to be evening, and I still didn't find the house that I thought was suitable, and my heart was like the sky at this time, a little bit darkened. We dragged our tired bodies and walked in the alleys in the source of the river, ready to go back. The key is that Yuan Meng still has entertainment at night, don't affect her.
Yuan Meng looked at me silently, and suddenly said to me: "Manqi, let's take a gamble, and then watch the last one, if you still think it's okay, it's okay, no, let's continue tomorrow, and I don't believe it, isn't it just a house?" ”
I knew that Yuan Meng was afraid that I would be disappointed. I nodded.
She asked a grandmother who opened a sewing shop in the alley if there was a suitable house here, and the grandmother was so kind that she actually gave us a phone call. "You look for her, she has a house for rent!"
I called, and soon a neat middle-aged woman came to the sewing shop, looked us up and down, we said the request, she smiled and said, "Come on, just yesterday to retire a house, if you look good, I will rent you!" ”
She took us into a narrow alley, Jiangyuanli is an urban village, the distance between buildings is very small, and the narrow alleys here are like spider webs, connected together. Most of the houses here are small single rooms, which are rented to outsiders like us, so the security here is relatively poor, but the houses are much cheaper.
The alley we walked into was less than 2 meters wide, very dark, with a strong musty smell, and water dripping down our heads, rats, that would definitely be there.
Yuan Meng looked at the dense clothes hanging on his head in the alley, frowned and whispered to me, "Manqi, forget it!" This place ......" she glanced at the woman walking in front of her and swallowed her words back.
I didn't speak, I pushed her, and she had to keep going.
When she reached a door, the woman opened the door, but it turned out to be a unit door, the corridor was very narrow, and she climbed the stairs, and when she reached a door on the third floor, she opened the door and entered. The mouth keeps introducing, where is this house good.
This is an independent single room, very dark, she reached out to turn on the light, the dazzling light turned on in an instant, the room is very small, to the newly cleaned up, it looks neat, all the home only has a bed, a sofa, and a table, there is a toilet and bathroom, but there is no water heater, you can only boil water by yourself in the bath.
I looked inside and out, the white walls, the clean bathroom, it made me very excited.
"Auntie, how much does this one cost?" Yuan Meng saw that I was a little moved, so he asked the woman.
"Oh, for the sake of you being little girls, it's almost 1000! Otherwise, it's 1200 yuan. The houses here are very sought-after, you are not sure now, and there is no one when you turn around, I tell you, there are a lot to order! She had a smug look on her face.
"800 yuan, it's decided now, if it doesn't work, we'll go!" I opened my mouth to say to her.
Yuan Meng looked at me, "Look at it, there is not even a water heater here, and this alley is too messy, don't worry!" ”
"Okay, no!" I looked at the woman, accentuating my tone.
She turned her head in displeasure, and then said disdainfully: "900!" Oh, really, this is still bargaining, what is there to talk about! The little girl is just not good at talking, let me tell you, no one still talks about one or two hundred yuan, you can't ask for the house here, you can shoot in minutes. She grumbled.
"Okay, don't complain, 900 is 900." I looked at her.
"Bet one and pay four, pay the money!"
"What...... What the? Bet one pay four? I looked at her suspiciously, "Aren't they all one to three?" How do you pay four! ”
"We're all like this here, you can go and ask, this is what you want to live in, just pay it early, oops, why are you so troublesome, look at your beauty, why are things so procrastinated!" She glared at me impatiently. "Okay, no, forget it, I'm not difficult to rent, don't waste my time."
I looked at her ruthlessly, I felt pain at all, and I said lightly, if I had more money, I would live here? I sneered.
I exchanged glances with Yuan Meng, and I decisively opened my bag and took out the money.
After verifying all the formalities, we completed the handover, and I walked out of the dark alley with two keys in hand.