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Saturday, October 15, 1988, sunny and cloudless.

Early in the morning, after breakfast, Gong Yu accompanied his parents out to the town's bulletin board to study the rental information posted on it.

Although there are still two and a half months before the deadline set with Gong Shichang, Gong Shijie wants to find a place to settle down as soon as possible and give Gong Yu a stable learning environment, so as not to disturb Gong Yu's study by Gong Shien for three days.

There are a lot of rental information posted on the bulletin board in the town, but there are very few apartment types suitable for three people, only five or six.

In 1988, landlines were still a luxury, and you had to go to the power station or individual commissaries.

Therefore, the rental information on the bulletin board does not have a phone number, and you need to inquire one by one according to the address provided above.

In one morning, the three of them went to three houses to inquire.

The head of one of the families was not at home, and only asked about the situation of the two families.

But after the inquiry, Gong Shijie and Guo Mei'e both fell into a state of despair and had sad faces.

Although neither of them had ever rented a house, they had also inquired about the market a few days before they came.

Renting a two-bedroom apartment in Fengling County, the monthly rent is about 30 yuan.

But after inquiring, they got the price of more than 80 yuan a month, which more than doubled, which was really unacceptable to them.

And this price has only risen suddenly in the past few days.

In other words, if they had come two days earlier to ask, it would still be more than thirty yuan a month.

This not only made the two of them regret very much, why they didn't come a few days earlier.

When the three of them walked out of the house, it was already past eleven o'clock in the morning.

The warm sunshine can't dispel the haze in the hearts of Gong Shijie and Guo Mei'e.

Gong Yu looked at the frustrated appearance of the two, felt a little guilty, smiled and hooked the arms of the two, and comforted: "Parents, don't worry, isn't there still more than two months to go?" When the time comes, there will definitely be a way. ”

Gong Yu's sensible comfort made Gong Shijie and Guo Mei'e feel warm, and at the same time distressed.

This shouldn't be a problem that Gong Yu should worry about at his age.

As the head of the family, Gong Shijie didn't want to pass on the pressure to his wife and children no matter how sad he was, so he smiled and said: "Wife, Xiao Yu is right, there will always be a way." ”

"Hmm!" Guo Mei'e also nodded heavily and changed the topic: "It's almost noon, let's go to the vegetable market to buy some vegetables and cook at home!" ”

Originally, they originally planned to eat outside, but now that the financial pressure is so great, she still thinks it is more cost-effective to go home and cook it by herself, and it is delicious and healthy.

"Xiao Yu has lost a lot of weight recently, it must be too much pressure to study, it's time to buy some meat and go home to make up for Xiao Yu." Gong Shijie touched Gong Yu's thin chin distressedly.

The family hadn't bought meat for a week.

"I've lost a lot of weight."

After some summing, the three of them walked to the vegetable market they often visited.

"Why are vegetables so expensive today? Do you want to eat my money? ”

"Old sister, there's no way! This price is the price in the whole market. ”

"Wasn't the price of pork yesterday only seven cents a pound? Why do you want a piece of five today? ”

"Five a piece is still cheap, and it may rise tomorrow."

"This purchase price is expensive, don't we have to sell it a little more expensive? You can't let us do a loss-making business, can you? If you want to eat, we also have to feed our families! ”