Chapter Thirty-Eight: The West Side
"Granny Qian's price?" After Tang Shiyu heard Xu's mother's evaluation, she secretly gave her a thumbs up. They don't have much money, and they are new to the city, so they must stay for a short time, and they should try to be as cheap as possible.
"One or two dollars a month, if you pay the rent for three months in a row, it can be cheaper." Granny Qian snapped her two mouths and said a price.
"That bothered!" Tang Shiyu saw surprise on Xiao Er's face, and although it was fleeting, she still noticed it. It shows that this money mother-in-law is asking for a price all over the sky, so don't blame her for sitting on the ground and paying back.
Granny Qian: "......"
Granny Qian looked at them in disbelief, which scared her away?
"Big girl, don't go! The price is negotiable, although my small courtyard is a little broken, but the residents are not in the way. Granny Qian directly swept past Tang Shiyu and walked in front of Mother Xu.
"This ......" Mother Xu pretended to hesitate and looked at Tang Shiyu.
"One tael a month, but you have to pay for three first." Granny Qian gritted her teeth and admitted, she thought that the two outsiders who came didn't understand the price and could raise the price.
"Yes, but we pay for a month." If they are not happy, they will move out, and there is no need to spend three months in one place.
"No, if you don't say you can't stay, you won't live, where will I find the next tenant." Granny Qian's thinking is equivalent to monopolizing other people's freedom for three months.
"What if we live for less than a month and give you a month's room money?" Tang Shiyu's subtext is, don't blame me for living for a month.
"Cheng, you wait here, I'll go to Baoli to be a witness." Granny Qian feels that it is quite cost-effective, in case the other party only stays for a few days and leaves, then she can still receive a month's house payment, no matter how she calculates, she will not suffer.
After a while, Granny Qian brought an old man in a robe, he is the Baoli of this area, and the responsibilities of Baoli are equivalent to those of a modern neighborhood committee, of course, their power is much greater.
In this way, Tang Shiyu and Xu's mother had a stable nest, although it was temporary, but they were happy in their hearts.
The two soldiers divided into two ways, Tang Shiyu went back to the inn to settle the room money, and took the things casually. Mother Xu stayed in the small courtyard to clean up, and they plan to live here today.
"Little second brother, thank you for today!" Tang Shiyu sincerely thanked Xiao Er, although the other party was because of silver, but it was different for her. She still understands the truth that a strong dragon doesn't suppress the head snake, not to mention that she is not a dragon yet, and she is not even a caterpillar now.
"You're welcome!" Xiao Er scratched his head embarrassedly.
"Dare to ask the little second brother's surname? If the second brother doesn't dislike it, we can be friends. "In this unfamiliar place, multiple friends have many paths.
"What is your surname or not, my name is Zhou Dazhu, just call me a pillar, and I am the eldest in the family." Zhou Dazhu also felt that the little Langjun in front of him was a refreshing person and a person who could be befriended.
"My name is Tang Zhenhai, just call me the sea."
"Brother of the Sea"
In this way, the two brothers chatted well, and the more they chatted about Zhou Dazhu, the more he felt that this friend had made a good friend, so he also reciprocated. Of all the shops on the whole street, which boss was honest and which boss was snobbish, all of them were reported to Tang Shiyu.
This made Tang Shiyu feel more and more that this friend was worth making.
When Tang Shiyu came out of the inn, Zhou Dazhu reluctantly sent her to the door. In the end, Tang Shiyu said that he had time to invite him to his home as a guest, and with the white eyes of the innkeeper, Zhou Dazhu let Tang Shiyu go.
Tang Shiyu looked at the huge Tongguan County, she was at a loss for the future, but she firmly believed that with her own hands, she would definitely be able to break out of her own world here.
She quickened her pace and hurried back, they needed to buy a lot of things, otherwise they would only have to lay the floor tonight, how could they have so much time to sigh for her.
"Mother, have you cleaned it up?" After coming back, Tang Shiyu saw Xu's mother bring out a basin of dirty water from the house.
"There's nothing to clean up!" This small courtyard was originally quite clean, and it must be a clean house that is easier to rent out.
"It's almost noon, let's go out for a bite to eat, and buy something by the way." They don't have any daily necessities, which they have to spend money to buy. If it weren't for Lin An's funding, they would have slept on the street.
"Let's go to the embroidery village to have a look, I just went to pick up some embroidery work, and I can also have an entry." I have a place to live, but my livelihood is a problem.
"Mother, you don't have to worry about this, don't do the embroidery work, otherwise you will be blind, how will you enjoy happiness in the future?" Tang Shiyu doesn't want her mother to make money from this anymore, don't look at her now that she is doing well, when she gets old, those eyes will definitely not be much better.
"You can't go to the dock to carry the goods anymore, you must be a ......" Mother Xu didn't say the words later, but Tang Shiyu also understood what she meant.
"I used to work out, but now I've figured out what to make money on." Tang Shiyu secretly touched the bridge of her nose, she did think of this, if she really didn't work, she would go back to her old job, so that the two of them would not go hungry.
"Okay, my son is filial, and my mother is waiting to be happy." Mother Xu's face was sweet, and she suddenly felt that it was good to leave that place of right and wrong.
They locked the courtyard and planned to go out on a shopping spree, who let them have no luggage. Not long after I walked out, I saw Granny Qian coming back from the other side with a girl, and the two sides happened to take a look.
"Are you going out?" Granny Qian's smile on her face, and her drooping triangular eyes seemed to be a little bigger.
"Go buy some necessities and get familiar with the situation here." Mother Xu's tone was neither distant nor affectionate, just as if the other party was just an ordinary acquaintance, not their landlord.
"Alright, you go! Come to the small courtyard in front of me and recognize the door when you have time. Granny Qian still looked smiling.
However, the girl standing next to her suddenly raised her head to look at Tang Shiyu, and then lowered her head shyly.
Tang Shiyu: "......"
Ouch I'll go! What's going on? What does it mean to look at her with spring in your eyes?
Don't say she's not good, no, don't say she's a woman, even if she's a man, it's impossible for her to harm an underage girl.
Could it be that girls in ancient times were so precocious? She kept complaining in her heart, but she didn't look at the girl more on the surface.
Granny Qian said that she saw her performance in her eyes, and nodded secretly, she felt that this little brother was a person who knew etiquette.
Looking at the temperament of this mother and son, they don't look like a poor person, but it's a pity that they are a poor ghost, and they even have to bargain with her for a house.