Chapter 2 Renting a Room
"Do you have a catch over there?"
Cuckoo wiped the chicken wing sauce from the corner of her mouth with a napkin.
Wei Fang swallowed the rice and vegetables in his mouth, and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand with a big grin. Under the cuckoo's disgusted eyes, he took a few tissues from the napkin box, wiped the back of his hands and mouth, drank a large glass of boiled water, and burped comfortably.
"Hiccup!"
Wei Flail habitually wanted to take out a lighter and a cigarette from his trouser pocket, but not long ago, Du Juan complained that he was dizzy and uncomfortable when he smelled smoke, so Wei Flail promised Du Flail to quit smoking. Now, it is naturally impossible for him to have such things as lighters and cigarettes in his trouser pockets, but the habits of old smokers for three or four years are not so easy to change.
He put the disposable toothpick of the rice in his hand without opening the paper package, as if he were holding a cigarette.
At this time, he sighed and said: "Rest for a while, let's look for it again, if you are tired, rest in the hotel, I will catch the bus back at about six o'clock, and then eat with you." ”
There are basically no rental houses in the newly developed urban area, and all the houses are sold. In the slightly more prosperous areas of the old city, the rent starts at 600 yuan, and there is no water or electricity, only a rough house with cement in the dirt. Some rooms have beds, cupboards, kitchenware, water heaters, air conditioners, and the like. But the price of those rooms is not cheap, almost every house has to start at 800.
And their little couple is currently temporarily settled in a hotel, the environment of the small hotel is not good, the environment is also poorly soundproofed, and the snoring of the guests in the next room is clearly visible. There was no air conditioning in the room, only a small half-faulty fan. The fan doesn't work well, and sometimes it stops and strikes, and you need to use force - a few hard hits to get it to work.
For 50 yuan a day, they rented a single room, which was like an authentic sauna in the sweltering summer heat. The other noises that were ubiquitous added to the annoyance, and Wei Flail couldn't stay in that place any longer. Only when I am tired at night, I will go to the small hotel with my girlfriend Du Juan to take a bath, and then lie in bed to rest.
The cuckoo frowned, and soon, there was more sorrow on his face.
She looked at Wei Flais and asked, "Our savings can stay here for two months at most, right?" ”
The deposit situation Du Juan also knew that she was not speaking like she was expressing doubts, but more like repeating the facts.
Wei Flail and Du Juan have been unemployed vagrants for three months, and if they can't find a job, they have to drink the northwest wind. But Du Juan told the truth so bluntly, Wei Flais couldn't stand it a little, and felt that Du Juan was suspected of looking down on his man.
He said angrily, "Are you blaming me? ”
"Huh?" The cuckoo looked puzzled, not understanding where the anger on Wei Fang's face came from.
But she still explained in a panic: "What stupid thing are you talking about? ”
Her heart was full of grievances, and she sobbed: "Don't you know what I do to you?" ”
The anger in Wei Fang's heart was completely dispersed, but he complained a little that he was cranky and wronged this woman who was all about herself.
"Don't cry, don't cry, you know I'm stupid, I have a tendon in my head, and sometimes I can't turn a corner."
Du Juan listened to Wei Fang's words, although he still felt a little aggrieved in his heart, but he didn't forget to get down to business. She took out a plain rental advertisement from her bag, on black A4 paper on a white background, with the address of the house and the contact number of the owner of the house simply printed on it.
It's just that the above address is one of the deep-rooted sources of terror for a native of Modri.
Wei Fang naturally also listened to the elders of the family tell the story of that place, when he was a child, he went out naughty to play, and often played until late before coming home. His mother told him the story of the haunted old town to scare him, and told him that every nine o'clock in the evening, the ghost of the old town would untie itself and move around the city naturally.
They sometimes trick passers-by who don't come home at night, or catch disobedient children who have lost track of time outside to the haunted house.
Because of this story, Wei Feng did settle down for a while, and he paid attention to the time of going home every day in fear, and for a long time, he returned home at half past eight. Only once, there was a lot of homework that night, and he thought about finishing his homework in the evening self-study and then going back, but when he finished his homework, only the school room was lit up.
The moon was obscured by thick dark clouds, and the wind rustled the shadows of the trees beside his mouth, and Wei Feng couldn't help but think of the ghosts in the old city that his mother had used to scare him, and he began to think crankily, thinking that those ghosts were hiding in his blind spot, and when he relaxed his vigilance, he suddenly jumped out and scared him half to death.
However, the night passed, and he returned home at ten o'clock in the evening, which means that the time on his way home had already passed nine o'clock in the evening. It stands to reason that the ghosts would come and get him, but nothing happened.
He also knew that the ghost story was just deliberately told by his parents to scare him so that he would come home early and not be playful on the road. Later, he also found the original strange story about the haunted house in the old town, and the latter paragraph was added by his mother herself.
And this story did not make Wei Flails cowardly, his courage became more and more big, someone told ghosts and gods in front of him, he was afraid that he would laugh at it, but in his heart he disdained to laugh at the person who told the ghost story.
He was a staunch materialist and never believed in the gods and ghosts.
"This advertisement, I saw it on a roadside telephone pole in the morning, the rent is cheap, and the deposit is not much."
It is indeed cheap, 300 a month, with basic furniture such as beds and tables, one bedroom and one bathroom, the deposit is three months' rent, and you can move in with your bag.
"But, this house ......" The cuckoo wanted to speak and stopped, her small face was written with her inner thoughts, and the fear on her face could be thought of without Wei Fang guessing.
"You want to say the house there is haunted?"
Wei Flails said disdainfully.
He spoke in a loud voice, and the guests at the other tables looked at them slightly, and then involuntarily moved away from them, their limbs showing their alienation and eagerness to dissociate.
"How can there be ghosts in this world? Some are just people who have ghosts in their hearts? Wei Flails spoke in a rambling manner, and the cuckoo hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand.
"It's strange, don't blame you, you adults don't remember villains, don't rest assured of his words."
The cuckoo's mouth was full of words, and then she glared at Wei Flai.
"You speak carefully, don't be open-mouthed, there are gods in your head, what if you are really heard by 'them'?"
Wei Flails disagreed.
I thought: Those miscellaneous little ghosts, if they really come to me, I will use my ruthless iron fist to compare with them.
People are good at being bullied, horses are good at being ridden, ghosts are afraid of the wicked, people are the primates of all things, those ghosts see themselves, it's not too late to hide, what is there to worry about?
He knew that the cuckoo had a weak personality, so he didn't say it in his heart, and he didn't talk about those things again according to the cuckoo's wishes.
"I think this house is pretty good, let's go over and have a look in the afternoon."
Wei Flails made a hasty decision.
The cuckoo still had to persuade Wei Flail again: "I think it's better to forget it...... We, let's go to other places, maybe there is something else, we don't have to live in that place. Think about it? With such a low rent, there must be something wrong with this house, otherwise, everyone is not stupid, with such a house, it has already been rented out, and it is still your turn to get me? ”
Wei Flais pursed his mouth and did not speak, his eyes fixed on his palm, obviously not listening to Du Juan's words.
"Wei Flai!"
The cuckoo shouted, "Where are you looking, looking into my eyes?!" ”
"Were you just perfunctory to me?"
According to the experience of the cuckoo losing his temper with himself, Wei Flathe knew that he couldn't tell the truth at this time, otherwise, the cuckoo would definitely not be good with him at night. Due to Du Juan's thin skin, he has lived the life of a monk for ten days. A delicate beauty, sharing a bed with herself every day, as long as this normal man's name is not Megumi Yanagishita, there will definitely be an inevitable physiological reaction.
Sage Kong also said: "Chromophobia also." ”
Wei Fang's hope is to quickly find a nest to settle in, do some fun between men and women with the cuckoo, and go to the fire that is about to burn his whole body.
"You're wronging me again." Wei Flais preemptively accused: "Didn't you just say that the rent of that house is too cheap to say, and you are worried that there is something wrong with that house?" ”
"I must be listening carefully, you don't just wronged people, you don't know what I do to you?"
"No, that's not what you meant." The cuckoo's mouth stammered, and the ruler in her heart began to wander.
Could it be that he had been listening to me all the time, and I had misunderstood him?
She subconsciously felt that Wei Flail didn't listen to her speech well, so she took advantage of the topic.
"You women are just hard." Wei Flais said unrelentingly: "No wonder Confucius also said that only women and villains are difficult to raise." ”
He shook his head and said.
"Okay, you."
The cuckoo snorted: "Yes, yes, I am a difficult woman, you can find a man, why are you looking for me, a little woman?" ”
Her hugging of her chest highlights her tall figure even more.
"The ancients also said that peony flowers are immortal, and ghosts are also romantic."
Wei Fang said unhurriedly, and finally coaxed the cuckoo well.
"Wife, shall we go to that house in the afternoon?"
Wei Flail persuaded: "Look at it, there is nothing to lose?" Poor and poor husband, his legs are about to break these days. ”
He pretended to be pitiful and looked at the cuckoo, grasping the weakness of the cuckoo's easy soft-heartedness.
"Alright, alright, depending on yours, go over and look at the house in the afternoon."
The cuckoo looked at Wei Fang's emaciated cheeks with some distress.
"Still, we'd better find a house somewhere else that's safer."
"Don't worry, even if we stay in that place. I promise you, as soon as we make money, we'll move to a better place. ”
Wei Flail sat with the cuckoo and hugged her slender waist.
"You're so nice."
The cuckoo leaned happily on Wei Fang's shoulder.