The place Zhang Jing was talking about was not far from the Central Theater, less than 200 meters away and only separated by two streets.
"This is it!"
As he spoke, he stepped forward and opened the door. He pushed it open and faced a screen wall with a crane relief on it. You can tell how old it is at just one glance.
This is a very neat courtyard, and Zhang Chu feels very familiar everywhere.
In the past, one of his colleagues spent many years of savings to buy such a small courtyard in the capital. Later, when he got married, he visited it.
After seeing it at that time, Zhang Chu was still envious, and even thought about buying such a property.
It's a pity that he can't save money. Whenever he has more money, he spends his days drinking and drinking.
If he could also learn to save money, he would be able to afford a bigger house, let alone a small house like this.
But now we are thankful that the money was not spent on buying land or real estate. Otherwise, in this day and age, we still don’t know who will benefit from the family property.
"There are only two families living here now. The main house is occupied by relatives of the landlord. The east wing has been rented out. Now only the west wing is still vacant. If you are willing to rent it, I will help you contact the landlord."
Zhang Chu listened and looked around. Although the house was a bit old, the environment was pretty good.
You can see clearly through the window, and the empty west wing is not cluttered.
"Did you rent the east wing?"
Zhang Jing was startled, then smiled: "How do you know?"
I have the keys in my hand and I am still familiar with the place. I am either a landlord or a tenant.
Although Zhang Jing's Mandarin is good, she still has a slight accent. Moreover, even in the past, it was not cheap to buy such a house in the capital, so it was obviously impossible for her to be the landlord.
"Yes, I rent the east wing. How about we be neighbors?"
Zhang Jing also made an impromptu decision and took Zhang Chu to her rented place. Zhang Chu rescued her yesterday, so it was nothing for her to do a small favor.
Moreover, she is a girl from out of town, living alone in the capital, and having a neighbor as powerful as Zhang Chu, her safety is also guaranteed.
"Always let me meet the landlord first."
"no problem!"
Zhang Jing said, taking out her mobile phone from her bag, finding the landlord's number and dialing it.
When he learned that someone wanted to rent his house, the landlord rushed over quickly.
Opening the door to the west wing, Zhang Chu took a closer look inside. This room had not been vacant for a long time, and it was very clean and fully furnished.
"How much?"
After a brief look, Zhang Chu has decided to rent it.
"300 a month, deposit one and pay three."
The landlord quoted a very fair price.
"Young man, my price is not high. If you don't believe it, you can ask around. If there is a courtyard house that is rented out that is cheaper than mine, the house will be free for you to live in without charging you a penny."
The landlord told the truth.
The basement where I lived before cost 160 yuan a month. Although it was a side room, it was very spacious and separated the bedroom and main room. It was enough for Zhang Chu to live alone.
Zhang Jing still wanted to speak, but Zhang Chu preempted her.
"Okay! Let's rent it for one year first!"
Having just settled the bill with the crew, Zhang Chu had a lot of money and was too lazy to bargain.
He took out the money directly, counted out 3900 and handed it to the landlord.
The landlord was also an open-minded person. He immediately wrote a receipt to Zhang Chu and gave him the key.
"Young man, you should be more careful when you live there. Although the furniture inside is not old, it is made of good wood. If it gets damaged, it will be hard to say anything."
The landlord could not be said to be satisfied with Zhang Chu as a tenant. A young man lived alone. Don't ruin his house anymore.
"rest assured!"
Zhang Chu is renting a house, not here to ransack the house.
The landlord explained what needed attention again, and also moved a small stove from the back room for Zhang Chu to use. The room was heated, and this small stove was used for cooking.
only……
Cook?
Mr. Zhang always only eats ready-made food.
As soon as the landlord left, Zhang Jing frowned and said.
"You agreed too quickly just now. If you rent for such a long time, you should negotiate the price. It can definitely be cheaper."
Zhang Chu didn't care. He was very satisfied with the house. It didn't matter if the rent was more expensive, not to mention that the price given by the landlord was already very fair.
Instead of wasting a lot of words and getting dozens of yuan cheaper, it would be better to have a good time and make it easier to talk to the landlord in the future.
Putting the travel bag on the table, Zhang Chu could be considered settled in this era, but unfortunately, this house did not belong to him.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chu also made up his mind. In the future, if he really becomes a big star and makes a lot of money, the first thing he will do is to buy a courtyard house in the capital.
Seeing that Zhang Chu was silent, Zhang Jing said nothing more. The money belonged to others, so why should she worry about it?
"The family that used to live in the west wing moved away several months ago. I'll help you clean up!"
tidy?
What's there to fix?
Before Zhang Chu could say anything, Zhang Jing had already left the house and returned to the east wing where she lived. After a while, she came out with a washbasin and filled the water in the yard. She ignored Zhang Chu and started cleaning the house.
It turns out that women have an unparalleled talent when it comes to cleaning up.
You can always find blind spots that men never see.
In Zhang Chu's eyes, the house was very clean. After a while, Zhang Jing picked up a pile of garbage from the edges.
Zhang Chu wanted to help, but Zhang Jing directly "asked" him out on the grounds of "repaying a favor".
"I can do this kind of work alone."
Zhang Jing insisted, and Zhang Chu couldn't resist others' good intentions.
"Just this once, don't say anything to repay your kindness in the future, otherwise, how can we be neighbors?"
Zhang Chu has never been a person who wants to repay favors, not to mention what happened yesterday, he did not take action for Zhang Jing.
If the long-haired thief hadn't stolen from him, maybe he would have pretended not to see anything like everyone else in the car.
He never likes to meddle in other people's business.
I remember when he was sent to Liaodong for the first time to investigate Yuan Governor's collusion with the enemy. He also encountered Jianlu Tucun on the way. He was so angry that he took action in anger. In the end, he killed more than ten Jianlu people in the Tucun. But this also caused Jianlu to raise troops to retaliate.
In the end, all the people in that village were slaughtered, and because he exposed his whereabouts, he was hunted down by Jianlu masters and almost lost his life.
Some time ago, Zhang Chuxian was bored and borrowed a novel by Huang Bo, which mainly told the story of Kangxi, the second emperor after Jianlu entered the pass.
The book also mentioned the master who built the captives who chased him. Unexpectedly, that man later became the Minister of Gu Ming. Because of his arrogance and domineering, he was captured by the little emperor and eventually died of illness in prison.
That's too far!
Anyway, since then, Zhang Chu has stopped meddling in other people's business. Even if he encounters someone, he will pretend not to see it as long as it doesn't affect him.
No matter what others do, can it be more important than his safety?
What happened yesterday can only be said to be unlucky for the two thieves, who managed to find Zhang Chu.
"alright!"
Zhang Jing came out with a basin. She had just finished her work, she was sweating a little, and her face was flushed.
"Don't say it's just this one time. Even if it's not to repay you for saving me, we are neighbors. We usually help each other and clean up the house. It's nothing."
As he spoke, he poured the dirty water into the sink.
"You just said that the landlord's relatives live in the main house, why didn't you see anyone?"
"Is this their home? I don't see it often these days. When I first moved here, there was an old lady living there with a little granddaughter. She might have gone on a long trip!"
He does not mean that.
According to what Zhang Jing said, doesn't that mean that there are usually only two of them in this house?
Having a beautiful woman as your neighbor is indeed one of the joys of life.
But Zhang Chu couldn't be happy at the moment.
Although he has a temperament that he can take and let go, Tang Wei...
Zhang Chu still couldn't help but feel concerned.
Not counting the fact that he was blinded by a brothel girl when he was young and ignorant, Tang Wei was the woman Zhang Chu fell in love with for the first time.
"What's wrong?"
Zhang Jing saw that Zhang Chu didn't speak for a long time, so she looked over in surprise. Seeing his deep frown, she asked curiously.
"nothing!"
After saying that, Zhang Chu went back to the house. The moment he closed the door, he saw Zhang Jing looking towards him curiously.
He went to bed too late yesterday and got up too early today. After only sitting for a while, Zhang Chu felt sleepy and was half asleep and half awake.
"Zhang Chu, I have classes in the afternoon, so I'll leave first. I'll treat you to dinner tonight, don't refuse!"
After Zhang Jing finished speaking, she packed up her things and went out without waiting for Zhang Chu's response.
Zhang Chu didn't pay attention. He was very sleepy at the moment and fell asleep unconsciously.
When I woke up, it was dark.
I didn’t eat lunch, and now I feel hungry.
Just as he was thinking about going out to find a place to eat, he heard a noise in the yard. Through the window, Zhang Chu saw Zhang Jing coming back.
Tuk, Tuk, Tuk!
There was a knock on the door.
Zhang Chu got up and went over to open the door.
"It's dark, why don't you turn on the light?"
Zhang Jing came in carrying two plastic bags.
"Just woke up!"
Okay! I slept all afternoon.
"Take a handful, I'm going to find something!"
Zhang Chu subconsciously reached out and took it. There were vegetables in one bag and raw meat in the other plastic bag.
Not long after, Zhang Jing came back again, with an extra copper pot in her hand.
"It's cold, let's eat hot pot today!"
After saying that, he got busy, cutting meat slices for a while, washing vegetables for a while, making dipping sauce for a while, and burning charcoal in the yard for a while.
Zhang Chu was good at none of these things. Seeing Zhang Jing busy, he suddenly realized that the only thing he could compare with this young girl was probably her killing skills.
If anyone could marry such a capable girl and take her home, it would definitely be a blessing in disguise.
"Okay, okay, sit down!"
Zhang Jing said, and stepped forward to take Zhang Chu's arm and push him down on the chair.
Then he filled Zhang Chu's glass with wine and poured himself a drink.
"I still want to say thank you for what happened yesterday. If it weren't for you, I would have really had a big accident yesterday!"
The big thing Zhang Jing talked about was not her graduation project, but her own life.
"I'd like to toast you with this drink!"
Zhang Chu also picked up his wine glass and clinked it with Zhang Jing.
After waking up from his sleep, Zhang Chu's mood adjusted.
Tang Wei had her reasons for leaving, so there was really no need to worry about it.
Let the past go!
