Li Yunhai came to a state-run noodle restaurant and bought a bowl of chili shredded pork noodles.

Shredded meat noodles are a dime and eight cents a bowl, and you can also pick it again, and the heavy pick is the term of the noodle shop here, which means to increase the amount of noodles, and the normal amount is the amount of two or two sides, which can be added to three or two sides.

Regarding eating noodles in the provincial city, there is a very famous couplet, which summarizes the terminology of the noodle shop: heavy picking, light picking, second row, dissolving and draining through the bridge, and drying quickly, wide soup buckle soup, light oil, heavy oil, and free green from the pot.

Li Yunhai was young, and he had a huge amount of food, and he was not full after eating a bowl of noodles, so he passed by a fritter stall and spent 4 cents to buy a half or a tael of fritters to eat.

He got up early, and when he came to Wuyiwen, most of the shops in the neighborhood were not yet open.

Li Yunhai took out a billboard written on corrugated paper, put it under the roots of the tree, sat down on the edge of the flower bed, opened the schoolbag, took out the novel to read, and waited for the customer to come to the door.

A woman came over with an aluminum pot and asked loudly, "Master, do you want to mend the pot?" ”

In the past few days, Li Yunhai has encountered many people who have asked about repairing pots and pressure cookers, who asked him to set up a repair stall?

The repairers outside are like him, writing a sign, or hanging it on the head of the bicycle, or putting it at the foot, and then carrying a tool kit, and they are all alive.

Li Yunhai raised his head and said, "Auntie, I don't make up the pot, if any electrical appliances in your house are broken, you can call me to repair them." ”

The woman muttered, "The pot won't be repaired?" Young man, you are not good at school! ”

Li Yunhai smiled modestly: "Yes, yes, I will work hard in the future and try my best to be proficient." ”

Seeing that he was talking interestingly, the woman asked, "Will the electric fan be repaired?" ”

Li Yunhai was energetic: "Repair! Will repair! ”

The woman asked him how much it would cost to fix it?

Li Yunhai said, it depends on what is wrong with your electric fan?

The woman said the fan didn't spin anymore.

Li Yunhai said that if he didn't change the parts, he would repair it for five yuan. Parts are not included.

Women say it's so expensive? Others only need five cents to fix it!

Li Yunhai smiled: "Auntie, five cents? Then you should be smart! ”

The woman said, "Young man, don't look down on five cents, there are a lot of five cents, okay?" If you do something that you do, you can earn five cents, how cost-effective?

Li Yunhai didn't look down on the five cents, but repaired an electric fan, which took a lot of time, back and forth, and it would be delayed in a morning, what if there was a bigger business during the period? Didn't you miss it?

When the woman saw that he did not speak, she said, "Why don't you open a repair shop?" It's not expensive to rent a storefront. If you open a shop, if you have anything to repair, you will send it to your door to repair. ”

Li Yunhai smiled and said, "Auntie, I also want to open a shop, it's hard to find a shop, isn't it?" ”

The woman seemed to be very leisurely, and had a lot of time to squander, put down the aluminum pot in her hand, and said, "Can you afford the price?" There is a room on the first floor of my house, which has been empty for no purpose. If you can afford it, I'll rent it to you. ”

Li Yunhai Yile: "Auntie, you came out to repair the aluminum pot, why did you rent out the façade?" How big is that room of yours? How much are you going to rent? ”

The woman said, "I tell you this, and you don't understand, so why don't you come with me to take a look?"

Li Yunhai said okay, then cleaned up the stall and followed her.

Her home is nearby, in an alley from Wuyi Road to Bayi Road, and it is also very close to Wuyiwen, only a few minutes away, which is very convenient.

The woman opened a door, pointed to the room and said to Li Yunhai, "Oh, take a look, is it suitable?" ”

Li Yunhai walked to the door, and was immediately poisoned by a choking musty smell, he hurriedly covered his mouth, frowned and glanced inside, only to see that it was full of all kinds of sundries, it was estimated that everything that she didn't use in her house was put inside, empty wine bottles, small jars, broken stools, and even a bald broom were stuffed inside.

"Auntie, do you call this an empty room? Is it okay to call this a utility room? And it's not ventilated at all. ”

The woman went into the room, removed some of the clutter that had been piled under the wall, and said, "There's a window here, it's just blocked, and there's a window in the back, so you can see it if you move it away." There is also a faucet, if you use water, it is the same as the electricity bill, it is billed separately, and it is not included in the rent. ”

Li Yunhai measured it, this room is about 12 square meters, which can be regarded as okay.

The women are locals, and this bungalow is handed down from ancestors.

There are many such locals in the provincial capital, and their ancestors have lived in the provincial capital for several generations and bought real estate, but the houses are not high, most of them are two- or three-story buildings, and the studios are of different sizes, some are only one room wide, and some are two or three rooms wide and have small courtyards.

Li Yunhai looked at the surrounding environment and shook his head: "Auntie, your place is not good, not suitable for business." ”

The woman tried her best to sell her room, saying that it was adjacent to Wuyi Road and Bayi Road, and that it was a treasure of feng shui, and that you were a repairer, and you still had to open a façade facing the street? That's too expensive, and there's no need to do it, right?

Li Yunhai just shook his head, and finally asked, "Auntie, how much do you want to rent?" If it's expensive, if it's cheap, I can still consider renting it as a warehouse. ”

His manipulation really made the women mistakenly think that he didn't want to rent.

In fact, Li Yunhai wants to rent!

The woman thought for a moment and stretched out a finger: "10 yuan a month, do you think it's okay?" I originally wanted to rent 15 yuan a month, I see that I have an eye for you, I think you are very kind, and you can talk, so I will rent it to you cheaper. ”

Li Yunhai laughed and said: "Auntie, help you repair an electric fan, your price is only 5 cents, and if you rent me such a broken house, you will have to pay 10 yuan a month?" Too expensive, right? Is this good, I'll help you fix the electric fan, and your house will be free for me for a month. ”

The woman sighed and shook her hand again and again: "That's not good! I'll take the electric fan outside to repair it, and it's only two dollars at most! ”

Li Yunhai made a gesture to leave: "Then forget it!" I don't rent anymore. ”

The woman fed: "Little master, don't go!" You can fix the electric fan for me and give me another eight dollars, okay? ”

Li Yunhai smiled: "Five yuan!" I'll rent it. By the way, I'll help you fix the electric fan. ”

The woman gritted her teeth and said as if she had suffered a great loss: "Okay, okay, who let me have an eye for you!" Six pieces! You're going to have to fix the fan for me. Six dollars a month, you can't bargain anymore! ”

Li Yunhai felt that this price was very authentic and fair and just, so he smiled and said, "It's a deal!" Auntie, you've got to empty this! ”

When the woman saw that he agreed, she said happily: "This is easy, there are some unwanted garbage in it, I called someone to collect it!" You can come and open your shop in the afternoon. ”

Li Yunhai immediately came to her house, helped her repair the electric fan, and paid the rent of six yuan.

In addition to being calculating, women are good at talking.

Li Yunhai drafted a rental agreement with her, and each signed their names, even if it was done.

The woman's name was Sun Huiying, she accepted the money, and said with a smile: "Comrade Li Yunhai, the room is yours to use." I'm going to call someone to clean it up. ”

Li Yunhai suddenly thought of something and asked, "Auntie, you just did this and rented the house to me, don't you have to ask your husband's opinion?" ”

Sun Huiying smiled: "You can rest assured about this, I am in charge of my family's affairs!" I say one, no one dares to say two! ”

Li Yunhai said yes.

He still went back to Wuyiwen to set up a stall.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Huiying came over and told Li Yunhai that the room had been vacated and cleaned, and you could go over and have a look.

Li Yunhai came over to take a look, this room has been cleaned up, it is not bad, and it can live in people.

He lives in a bathhouse, costs 6 cents a night, and costs 18 yuan a month, and it is cold and damp, which is not good for his health.

It's a separate room, which is much more comfortable than a bathhouse.

Sun Huiying helped Li Yunhai calculate: "Comrade Xiao Li, you put a single bed under the window here, and the outside space is used to open a repair shop, and a curtain is pulled in the middle to separate it, so that you have a place to live and a place to open a shop!" What a convenient thing! I'm telling you, you've taken advantage of it! ”

Li Yunhai also plans to do so.

If you don't have a bathroom, you can go to a nearby public toilet to solve it, and if you take a bath, you can take a bucket of water in the summer, and you can take a shower anywhere, and many men in the city also take a bucket bath in the yard or on the side of the road! It's not uncommon to spend a dime and a half in winter, and go to the bathhouse every once in a while to take a bath.

Li Yunhai scooped up a wooden bed board and two wooden benches from the recycling station, asked someone to send them back, and put them under the window, which was a small bed.

He lay down on the plank.

Ouch!

It's so hard!

Coughing back pain!

Li Yunhai changed a few sleeping positions and found a relatively comfortable side position.

Not bad!

Comrade Li Yunhai finally has a small world of his own in the provincial capital, which cannot be said to be a place to live, but can only be regarded as a place to stay.

He took the rolls of bedding that had been stored in the bathhouse of the new sand pool, spread the quilt and mat, and put the thin quilt and pillow away.

Perfect!

It's like a bed.

Li Yunhai went to the hardware store to buy a lock and changed the door lock.

On this day, he was busy with the house, and he didn't make any money, and he spent more than a dozen yuan!

That night, Li Yunhai spent the night here.

The neighborhood is very quiet, but there are a lot of mosquitoes, buzzing in the ears, and in the quiet night, the sound is as loud as a bomber.

Li Yunhai kept swatting mosquitoes and was bitten many times.

He got up and saw that the windows were not closed tightly, and mosquitoes were coming in through the cracks.

Li Yunhai found old newspapers, blocked the cracks in the windows, beat the mosquitoes in the house again, and went to bed again.

The mosquitoes were gone, but they didn't sleep long before they heard a strange noise.

It's a mouse!

Li Yunhai tugged at the lamp rope.

Under the lights, I saw a little mouse running happily under the base of the wall!

Li Yunhai got up to catch the mice.

The mouse was very nimble, and crawled to the corner of the roof with a snort along a water pipe in the corner of the wall, lying motionless on his stomach, probing his brain and looking at Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai picked up the broom and hit it upward.

The mouse ran down again and caught the hide with Li Yunhai.

After making a fuss for half a night, Li Yunhai drove the rat out of the door.

"Huh-" Li Yunhai lay on the bed, thinking that he could finally get a good night's sleep, right?