The pot-bellied middle-aged man talked about the problem of money, his cold face became even more gloomy, and he put on an inaccommodating demeanor: "Gentlemen, the rent is not something I can decide, you all call me landlord, but I am not the owner of this building, I am just an administrator, if I reduce your rent without authorization, it will be too cruel to me." ”

The fat body squeezed through the two speechless tenants and walked towards the doorway, Carl changed his tone: "Mr. Four, go this way, there has been a problem with the street lamp recently, and I haven't had time to call someone to fix it." ”

Zhou Jinru followed, walking into the doorway one after the other, and the little boy holding the newspaper did not dare to follow behind.

Walking down the stairs, they came to the basement of the building, pushed open a door, and the fluorescent lamp above them glowed slightly, and the tube was blackened, and it looked like it was at the end of its life.

When she entered the door, a little girl who was only four or five years old was trotting in the main hall with her rag doll, and when she saw Carl coming, she quickly stopped and held up her treasure: "Daddy, look, this is a gift from my brother!" ”

"yes, that's good, let's go play in the room, dad has a friend here."

"Oh, goodbye Dad."

The little girl, Roshan, obediently went back to the back room and gently closed the door.

Zhou Jinru listened to Carl's soft tone, and he couldn't see the coldness and gloom on the ground at all, it was obvious that he was trying his best to be a good father.

"This is my youngest daughter, Roshan, and she's a good boy."

Zhou Jinru nodded: "It can be seen that in this hellish era, it is really good to have a good child, and it is even more precious for a child to have a good father." ”

Carl was stunned for two seconds, couldn't help laughing twice, he put away his smile again, straightened his back, and tried his best to show the decency he wanted: "Well, Mr. Four, let's talk about this first, and then fill out the form, this is the requirement of the police department, we as citizens can only comply, right?" ”

The fat man walked to the cabinet, pulled a few sheets from the pile of papers stacked in the corner, picked up the pen pinned to his body, unscrewed the cap, and pondered how to speak.

Sitting in front of him was a man who called himself Mr. Four, with short black and thick hair after taking off his top hat, no racial characteristics on the surface, a hard facial line, no beard, but a blue shaved chin.

At least in terms of physiognomy, this is not a bad man.

Carl has seen many tenants, and he thinks that he has developed a pair of eyes to recognize people, and Mr. Four does not look like a bad person.

"Mr. Four, please show your personal ID."

Zhou Jinru took out a black purse from the pocket of his coat liner and handed a small book with a green cover to Carl.

"Thomas Courtman, 27 years old, from Riboli, from San Arral, Colombia, is an explorer by profession and has a Victorian Border certification stamp."

This document dispelled the last trace of doubt in Karl's mind, and the border control department stamped it, there will be no problem, and even if there is, they will be responsible.

Zhou Jinru took the certificate and said with a smile: "Let's call me Mr. Four, I am a wanderer, but my peers like to call me explorer." ”

Karl lowered his head and quickly filled out the form: "My eldest son often rents some expeditions from bookstores, and I have to say that there are a lot of areas to explore in Colombia, and I wanted to be an explorer when I was younger, but unfortunately I got married. ”

"A lot of times an explorer is no different from a beggar, well, married...... Well, we're like two caged birds, envious of each other's trough. ”

Carl looked at Zhou Jinru and said solemnly: "Believe me, marriage is a man's grave." ”

"When you become an explorer, you may end up without even a grave."

"Alas, you're right, we're just envious of each other, and if we change positions, I'm really not willing."

He pointed to two positions for Zhou Jinru to sign, and after confirmation, the form was completed.

Carl put away the documents with satisfaction, took out a brass key from the key ring behind him and handed it to Zhou Jinru: "Mr. Four, your room is 2-1 rooms, a living room and a bedroom, there are all the furniture that should be there, don't dislike them for being old, because the rent is really affordable, you go and put your luggage first, the rent can wait a while, we provide catering services, as long as you pay an additional fee, to ensure hygiene and cleanliness." ”

Zhou Jinru took the key and was about to get up and leave, Carl hesitated for a few seconds: "I'll take you there, by the way, I can also familiarize you with the environment, it's not bad here, it's really much better than those people outside." ”

"Thank you."

The two men left the basement and went up a narrow staircase to the second floor, where rooms 2-1 were facing the entrance of the stairs, when the tenants who happened to be across the door went out and an elderly couple appeared in front of them.

Under the light at the staircase, Zhou Jinru saw each other clearly, at least sixty years old, time left wrinkles in the corners of their eyes, the old couple supported each other, and the old gentleman was still on a cane.

"We have a new neighbor?"

Carl opened the door and said without looking back: "Yes, Mr. Fourth is moving in today, and he will be neighbors with us for a while." ”

Click.

The door opened, and Carl reached out to turn on the light and stood in the doorway.

After Zhou Jinru took off his hat and saluted, he walked into the room, as Carl said, the furniture inside was quite old, and the style and style could even enter the antique store, but in such an era, antiques did not have much value.

At least it works, and it can live in people.

"It's good."

Zhou Jinru put his luggage on the side of the bed in the bedroom and took off his coat, only then did Carl see a stethoscope hanging around his neck, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Mr. Four, are you still a doctor?" ”

Facing the landlord's unconsciously used honorifics, Zhou Jinru slowly shook his head: "The doctor is only part-time, you know, explorers must know some simple medical skills when they go out, in addition to treating themselves, sometimes I will also earn some travel expenses." ”

"You are such a learned person."

The latter part of Zhou Jinru's words had been automatically filtered into modesty in Carl's ears, no matter what Mr. Four was here to do, at least he was a very capable and successful person.

Would any beggar dress so formally?

If that were the case, Carl wouldn't let him live in his apartment building.

Zhou Jinru asked, "...... about the rent?"

"Oh, the rent is calculated on a weekly basis, stay for a week, deposit for a week, and the deposit and the remaining rent will be refunded when you quit the rent, and you won't swallow even a penny more, don't worry."

I'm not at ease at all.

Zhou Jinru muttered in his heart, and then paid two weeks' rent happily, and it could be seen that Karl, who got the banknotes, smiled.