"You rent a house?" With curly hair, a cigarette in his mouth, a white pajamas, and a look of hanging eyes that always look down on people, this is the charter wife, the earth-shattering hidden master of the lion's roar.

"Yes." Left and right nodded.

Dressed in a white suit, his leather shoes are polished, and his hair is meticulously combed, full of the temperament of a scholar of the old Shanghai school. The charter lady had a little more interest in her eyes: "Look at your dog-like appearance, why did you come here to rent a house?" ”

Zuo Xiaoyou smiled faintly: "Cheap." ”

...... "Okay! This is indeed the best reason, who is not cheap to rent a house here?

"Forget it, I don't want to ask about your past." The charter wife took Zuo Xiaoyou to an empty house on the second floor, opened the door and locked it, and said, "Thirty yuan a month, three pay one, a total of one hundred and twenty yuan." ”

It was a ten-square-meter hut with nothing but a single wooden bed, a square wooden table and a wooden bench. Fortunately, the cleaning is quite clean, and you can live in it by buying a bed and bedding.

Zuo Xiaoyou is quite satisfied, in a place like the pigpen walled city, some sleep well, in fact, the situation is better than he expected.

After paying the rent, Zuo Xiaoyou asked, "Mrs. Landlady, where can I buy futons nearby?" ”

"It's sold downstairs, and I'll help you buy it cheap." The charter lady said as she counted the money.

Zuo Xiaoyou smiled faintly: "Don't bother the landlady, I'll buy it myself." ”

"Don't call it Mrs." After counting the money and confirming that it was correct, she threw away the cigarette butt from her mouth and said, "I'm not used to it, just call me a charter wife." ”

"Is it appropriate?" There was a question in Zuo Xiaoright's eyes, and he seemed to feel that something was wrong.

"You scholars are trouble." The charter lady lit another cigarette and said, "It's okay to call me the landlord and aunt, but don't call me Mrs." ”

"That's good." Zuo Xiaoyou smiled slightly: "Aunt landlord, do you have time at night?" I'd like to treat you to a light lunch with the landlord. ”

"In the end, he is a reader, and there are many ghost eyes." The charter lady showed a rare smile: "It's not easy to see you alone. Dinner was served at my house. Let's talk. ”

Zuo Xiaoyou nodded with a smile: "I can't ask for it." ”

"Then I'm leaving, something calls me."

"Auntie Landlord walks slowly."

After sending off the chartered wife, Zuo Xiaoyou looked at the empty room, thought for a while, and went downstairs to buy bedding and daily necessities.

The quality of daily necessities in this era is not as bad as imagined, and some are even better than modern times, such as wind oil essence and milk, which are twice as effective to use, and absolutely safe to drink.

A young, well-dressed Sven man from the Pigpen Walled City also aroused the curiosity of the tenants here. They all came over to talk to Zuo Xiaoright.

"Where are you from, young man?" After buying the quilt, when Zuo Xiaoyou was looking at the clothes in the dress shop next door, the tailor asked curiously.

Looking at this old rabbit with a feminine atmosphere, the corners of his mouth smiled, who knew that this old rabbit was actually a master of iron boxing in seclusion!

"Uncle, I'm from Beihe."

"Beihe people! No wonder the stature is so tall. The tailor was stunned, and then asked: "Beihe is so far away from Shanghai, are you here to join your relatives?" ”

"It's not." Zuo Xiaoyou shook his head: "I am an artist." Specializing in calligraphy and painting, I came here in search of opportunities. ”

"Yo! It's amazing to be an artist. The master tailor was amazed: "Come, I can choose any clothes here." Count you in 20% off. ”

"That's embarrassing."

"It doesn't matter, if you become a famous calligrapher or painter in the future, just take care of my business."

"That's for sure."

Through the mouth of the tailor, Zuo Xiaoyou made the identity arranged for himself public. The tenants in the pigpen city also know that there is a cultural person and an artist here, which is completely different from the people here. It was as if a fallen prince had come to the poor. But even if the prince is in trouble, he is still a prince, and he is incompatible with everything here.

"Aunt landlord, excuse me."

That night, Zuo Xiaoyou came to the charter mother-in-law's house with a roast goose, and at this time, the charter wife had just prepared dinner, and saw Zuo Xiaoyou carrying the roast goose, and said, "Come in and sit." ”

"Okay." Zuo Xiaoyou stepped in, and saw the chartered justice sitting at the dining table, carrying a bottle of liquor and drinking it by himself. Seeing Zuo Xiaoyou, he smiled and said, "Young man, come and sit." ”

"I'm sorry to disturb Mr. Landlord." Zuo Xiaoyou walked to the opposite side of the charter office, put down the roast goose, and said, "This is the roast goose I bought from downstairs, and I don't know if it suits the landlord's taste." ”

"Yes, yes." The charter man laughed and said, "The young man really knows how to be polite, not bad, not bad, sit down." ”

Zuo Xiaoyou smiled slightly, sat down, and said: "Mr. landlord, I came to Shanghai for the first time, I don't understand anything, there is anything inconsiderate, and I ask Mr. landlord to point it out, I will definitely improve." ”

"Nothing out of the ordinary." The charter man shook the wine bottle: "Young man, do you want to drink?" ”

"Nope." Zuo Xiaoyou waved his hand: "The taste of wine is too strong, I'm not used to it." ”

"It's fine if you don't drink." The charter man laughed and said: "If you drink too much, you will only mess with sex, so it's better not to drink." ”

"Since the landlord understands, I should try to drink as little as possible in the future." Zuo Xiaoyou said softly: "It's good to drink less, but it's too much, after all, the body is your own, and having a good body is more important than anything else." ”

"In the end, he is a scholar, and his knowledge is different from that of the old man." The charter lady came over with a plate of fried vegetables, still holding a cigarette in her mouth, and looked at the charter man: "Did you hear it, drink less wine in the future." ”

"You're not always a smoker, smoking is much more harmful than drinking." The charter man turned his head to look at Zuo Xiaoyou: "Young man, did you say?" ”

Zuo Xiaoyou laughed dryly: "Aunt landlord, what Mr. landlord said is right, smoking is harmful to health, it is better not to smoke or not." If you are not used to it, you can always have a cup of tea ready, and it is still good to drink tea. ”

The charter woman spit out the cigarette butt and said, "Eat." ”

Is this promised? Still didn't say yes?

As charter fathers and charter mothers, their living conditions are still very good, and the nutrition of dinner is relatively rich, with meat and vegetables. The staple food is steamed buns. Compared with rice, steamed bread has a higher nutritional value, so the basic staple food of people who practice martial arts is pasta such as steamed bread, and few eat rice.

"Young man, I don't know your name yet." During the meal, the charter asked openly.

"My name is Zuo Zhan." Left and right: "Left and right, Kou Ning's 咛, the word is small right." The landlord and the landlord aunt can call me left and right or little right. ”

"Then it's better to call you Xiaoyou." The charter man smiled and said, "Xiaoyou, you came to Shanghai to sell calligraphy and paintings?" ”

"Hmm." Zuo Xiaoyou nodded: "Although Beihe is close to the capital, the capital is relatively chaotic now, and my calligraphy and painting can't find a good market and development there, so I came to Shanghai to try my luck." ”

"Young people should come out and run out." The charter man snorted and said, "When I was your age, I had already come out to roam the rivers and lakes, but in the end, I didn't achieve anything, so I could only make a living by renting here with your aunt." ”

Zuo Xiaoyou shook his head with a smile: "Mr. landlord, what he said is not right, in such a big place as the pigpen walled city, even if the rent is a little cheaper, but there are so many tenants, and the monthly income is much higher than that of senior clerks, I think you and your aunt are relatively successful in life, at least not like me, you have to rent a house to live." ”

"Young people, don't be discouraged." The charter lady tore a goose leg and said, "You are a scholar, even if you can't sell calligraphy and paintings, it's not difficult to find a decent job, it's much stronger than the old man who rents a house here." ”

"That's right." The charter man tore another duck leg and said, "Learned people don't worry about work, I'm optimistic about you!" ”

This word is so familiar, it seems to have been heard in the mouth of a certain fast catcher in Seven Heroes Town.

"Thank you two for your good words, I will work hard."

"That's right." The charter man gnawed on the goose leg and said, "Xiaoyou, since you are good at calligraphy and painting, do you have any works?" Take it out and show it to us, although we don't understand it very well, but we can still see the good and bad. ”

"Yes, I'll go get it."

"There's no hurry." Seeing Zuo Xiaoright, he got up, and the charter woman said, "I'll talk about it after eating." ”

"Yes, there's no need to rush it." The charter is fair: "Come, eat vegetables, although your landlord and aunt have a bad temper, this craft is first-class and good, I guarantee that you will eat once and think twice." ”

"Then I'm going to have a good taste." Zuo Xiaoyou smiled slightly, and chatted with the landlord's family while eating, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious. But gradually, it felt a little bit wrong.

The attitude of the charter man and the charter wife towards him was like that of the landlord to the tenant at first, but slowly it changed to the elders to the juniors, and they would mention him a few words from time to time. In the end, he cared about his life, just like his parents treated their son.

“……”

Zuo Xiaoyou remembered that the charter father and the charter wife once had a son, but because of the disputes on the rivers and lakes, they died. Calculating the age, if their son does not die, he will probably be twenty-five or sixteen years old, which is about the same as his current external age......

But what they expect for their son is to study hard and then either become a doctor or a lawyer. These two industries are very well-paid and very stable professions in this era, and even decades or even a hundred years later. It is normal for them to have such expectations of their sons.

But this kind of artist seems to be good, Shanghai is a very developed commercial city, there are a lot of rich people, and the rich people prefer to collect art, because art is the most valuable thing in peacetime.

It is the so-called gold in troubled times, a collection in prosperous times. Although it is now the 40s, Little Japan has just been driven away, and the land of China is in ruins, and in Shanghai, a city that combines East and West, artists are more promising.

After the meal, when Zuo Xiaoyou took out one of his calligraphy and paintings for the charter man and the charter wife to enjoy, the two were more optimistic about Zuo Xiaoyou.

The charter man patted Zuo Xiaoright on the shoulder and encouraged: "Xiaoyou, you must be fine, I am optimistic about you!" ”

The charter lady lit a cigarette and looked at Zuo Xiaoyou's eyes a little hazy. (To be continued.) )

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