"Who are you looking for?"
The shirtless man had a slender head of hair and his chin had at least three layers of hair. His white fat folds trembled when he spoke. Dong Qiangqiang felt like he was about to shed tears again.
“Classmate, it’s better to close the door when cooking pot,” Dong Qiangqiang pointed at the white smoke above the corridor, “The whole building smells of chili pepper, it’s too choking, and the impact is not good.”
"Do you know him?" The shirtless man looked back at the boy wearing glasses suspiciously. The boy shook his head, indicating that he did not know Dong Qiangqiang.
The shirtless man turned his head and sneered at Dong Qiangqiang: "Whether I close the door or not is my own business. I can close it if I want to, and open it if I want. It's not your turn to say. Besides, who are you? Take care of it. You can do it by yourself, walk around, stay where it is cool, don't mind your own business, the Germans won't say anything, you don't care..." After saying that, he put his arms around the shoulders of the boy wearing glasses: "Let's go .Don’t pay attention to this lunatic.”
"Classmate, if you close the door and no one cares about you, but you are wrong if you leave the door open. It goes against public ethics." Dong Qiangqiang remained calm. "There are other Chinese students in this building besides you. If you do this, the whole building will be ruined." It’s the smell of your cooking. Those who don’t know it think all Chinese students are just like you.”
"What do you mean it's against public morals? So what if you're just like me?" The shirtless man approached Dong Qiangqiang with a stern look on his face. Dong Qiangqiang immediately smelled the strong smell of alcohol on him, "Besides, it's not written in the housing contract that I can't open the door for cooking. Since If there is no such rule, then I have done nothing wrong, why do you care about me? Silly*!"
Dong Qiangqiang was stunned by this question. He did not understand the contents of the housing contract of the student dormitory of Trier University, but he estimated that what the other party said was true. Germans would never expect that someone could cook with such a strong taste. Who will write down the matter in the system?
While the two were talking, a few cautious heads popped out from behind the shirtless man, both men and women, looking to see what was going on outside.
Seeing that Dong Qiangqiang was silent, the shirtless man was very proud. He turned around and walked towards the door. As he walked, he called his companions in the door: "Come on, everyone, continue!"
As soon as he walked in, he heard someone behind him say in German: "Hello! I am a student at the University of Trier. I would like to know if someone cooks in the student dormitory with the door open and creates the smell in the building. It's very big. Does it violate some of the provisions of the rental contract? Thank you."
The shirtless man turned his head in confusion and saw Dong Qiangqiang holding up his mobile phone and staring at him intently. At the same time, he continued: "Yes, I saw someone doing this. I think the smell came from the 2nd floor of Dormitory Building 3 on the main campus. Came out of room 210. Yes, I am in front of the door of room 210 now."
When he heard Dong Qiangqiang speaking German to the other party, the shirtless man was suddenly startled and rushed forward.
"Who are you beating?" The shirtless man arrogantly grabbed the front of Dong Qiangqiang's jacket with both hands, and cursed through gritted teeth, "Is there something wrong with you, so you're snitching?"
Dong Qiangqiang smiled calmly: "I really don't know whether it is written in the rental contract, but the people in the dormitory management office must know. If they say that it is okay for you to do this, then I can apologize to you in front of them. But if you think that you You’ve done nothing wrong, why should you be afraid?”
The shirtless man stared directly into Dong Qiangqiang's eyes, and the veins on his forehead were looming.
Just when Dong Qiangqiang was prepared for the other party to attack, the shirtless man pushed him back violently. Just as he was about to follow up and kick him again, the boy with glasses who had come to the window at some point suddenly turned around and shouted at him: "Da Fei! The dormitory administrator is out."
Dong Qiangqiang was pushed back and staggered a few steps and hit the wall. He didn't make a sound or fight back. He just stared quietly at the shirtless man named "Da Fei".
"You waited for me!" Da Fei pointed his index finger at Dong Qiangqiang's face and threatened fiercely, "We are not done with this matter."
After that, he and the boy wearing glasses turned around and ran into the house, slamming the door behind them.
Calm returned to the corridor again.
When Dong Qiangqiang was standing in front of the third-floor glass door, he happened to encounter two foreign female students walking out of the door with their noses covered. They complained softly as they went downstairs: "That Chinese is cooking again..."
Watching the two people go downstairs, Dong Qiangqiang heard someone opening the glass door on the second floor.
He turned around and walked into the glass door, just in time to see two girls standing at the door of a certain dormitory, talking quietly.
The girl on the left looks like a southerner. She is dark and thin, with a long ponytail hanging on her left shoulder. The girl on the right has short mushroom-like hair and is obviously taller and stronger than the girl on the left.
Dong Qiangqiang walked slowly towards the two of them, and heard the "mushroom-headed" girl whisper to the dark and thin girl: "Don't think so much. Now that you have decided, leave early. I will see you off later."
The thin black girl nodded, and the "mushroom head" turned around and entered the dormitory next door.
It turns out the two are neighbors.
"Hello, I'm Dong Qiangqiang, the one who called just now and wanted to see the house in advance." Dong Qiangqiang approached and stretched out his hand in front of the dark and thin girl, "I'm sorry for being late."
The thin black girl glanced at Dong Qiangqiang's hand hanging in the air, and said softly, "Come in," and then walked into the room behind her. Dong Qiangqiang followed him in knowingly.
The student dormitory to be rented is a one-bedroom rectangular single room, which is only 12 square meters at most.
The entrance is a mini kitchen with kitchen cabinets mounted on the wall and an electric stove with only two burners under the cabinet. There is a small refrigerator hidden under the stove, which is only half the size of an ordinary refrigerator. Dong Qiangqiang opened the refrigerator door. There was no freezer inside, only a freezer compartment as big as a carton of cigarettes. Slightly larger pieces of meat might not fit in.
To the left of the kitchen is a bathroom of less than 3 square meters. It is not large, but it has a washbasin, toilet and shower facilities.
"24-hour hot water." The girl introduced softly behind Dong Qiangqiang.
Passing through the kitchen and entering the bedroom, the room was very clean. Except for the two large suitcases placed in the middle of the room, there were no large appliances such as TVs or desktops in sight.
The bookshelf is nailed to the wall on the left. Under the bookshelf is a two-meter-long dark green desk, while the single bed and large wardrobe are against the wall on the right. There is also a "wall" with full-length glass windows and a glass door. Outside the window is a triangular balcony, which faces the university cafeteria. You can hear the gurgling stream and the chirping of birds behind the cafeteria.
"Although there are morning sun and western sun, it's no problem if you close the curtains." The girl explained, stroking the dark green curtains that hung down to the floor. "I bought these curtains myself. They have good light blocking properties. If you live in , I can give it to you. Otherwise, I will have to spend money to dismantle it myself."
Hearing what the girl said, Dong Qiangqiang's favorable impression of her immediately increased, not because the other party promised to give him something, but because the girl was very down-to-earth, and the room she rented should not be bad.
He was quite satisfied with the size of the room. After looking at it all afternoon, he estimated that the one-room houses in Trier should be similar.
"How much does this house cost per month?" Dong Qiangqiang got straight to the point.
"The warm rent is 98 euros a month." The girl spoke slowly.
"How much?" Dong Qiangqiang thought he heard wrongly.
"The warm rent is 98 euros a month." The girl repeated it again.
Oh so cheap! No wonder everyone is grabbing it. Dong Qiangqiang thought to himself.
"If I rent, how long can I rent for?" Dong Qiangqiang was tempted.
"The house will expire on March 1 next year, and it will be returned to the dormitory management office when it expires. Counting from October, it will be five months."
The time is right too.
"I'm queuing up to apply for a student dormitory right now. Do you think if we go to the management office together and talk to each other, I can take your room directly?" Dong Qiangqiang asked tentatively.
"Are you applying for the student dormitory here?" the girl asked, "How long have you been applying for it?"
"Yes. Main campus. Just applied."
"Unless you can get a place in the student dormitory before March 1 next year, it will definitely not work. Everyone is queuing up to get a room, and it is impossible for you, a new applicant, to get it first."
"Okay." Dong Qiangqiang estimated that the management office would not agree. "It's okay. I'm just asking. I've rented your house. Should we sign a contract next or something?"
"Don't worry. If you are sure you want to rent, I have to tell you something first. First of all, the network in the student dormitory has a traffic limit. The traffic you can use per month is 1G."
"1G? Isn't that too little?" Dong Qiangqiang heard for the first time that there is such a thing as traffic limit, "What if I exceed the limit?"
"The dormitory management office will block your Internet connection and will restore it to you on the 1st of next month."
Dong Qiangqiang couldn't laugh or cry: "Why is there a traffic limit?"
"The university provides the network mainly for students to study. The university believes that 1G is enough. If you want to download, students can go to the library and it only takes 2 minutes to walk."
"What if I install the network myself?" Dong Qiangqiang is used to unlimited traffic, and what he and Duanmu do often requires checking information, and the library will not be open late. "Will the management office intervene?"
"I don't know. I'm not pretending."
"OK. Is there anything else?"
"To tell you the truth, I'm going back to China soon."
"Congratulations." Dong Qiangqiang responded quickly, "Those who can graduate are all great people. Then you will go to work in other cities, right?"
"That's not what I'm talking about." The girl's smile was a little forced. "I paid a deposit when I moved into this house. If I check out now, the dormitory management office can refund the deposit to me immediately. Since I arrived at the special In Lille, Sister Hua has always taken good care of me. She said that there might be other students who need this house, and asked me to wait until the house expires before returning it to the university. But I was no longer in Germany at that time, so I thought, who can rent it? For this room, I will give the deposit to Sister Hua. If there is no problem when you check out in March, the dormitory management office will directly refund the deposit I paid before. As long as I get the money, Sister Hua will give it to me. Your deposit will be returned to you. But if the dormitory management office deducts my deposit due to your reasons, such as the house not being cleaned when checking out or any equipment damaged, then Sister Hua will give you the deposit you left with her. Pass it on to me."
"This is not a big problem." Dong Qiangqiang nodded in agreement, "I can accept it. Are there any other questions?"
The girl tilted her head and thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No more. When do you want to move in?"
"Of course, the sooner the better. School starts in October, and my luggage is still in another city."
"I can definitely give you the key before October."
"Okay, I'll give the deposit to Zheng Chun in a moment. When she gets the money, ask her to contact you."
"good."
"Do I need to sign a housing agreement now?" Dong Qiangqiang was about to take out his ID. "Do you want to see my passport or student ID card first?"
"No need. You were introduced by Sister Hua. There's no mistake. I have your phone number and will contact you as soon as the house is ready."
"Thanks in advance. If you need help with anything, please let me know."
Dong Qiangqiang did not expect that the house would go so smoothly in the end. Although he could only rent it for 5 months, it was enough time for him to find a new home that he could live in for a long time.
Saying goodbye to the girls, Dong Qiangqiang walked downstairs with brisk steps.
When passing by the second floor, he purposely glanced at the glass door and saw that Da Fei was no longer shirtless at this time, but had put on a T-shirt. He was listening submissively and respectfully to a tall man in blue. The German in white and white overalls with an extremely serious expression was saying something, as if he didn't dare to breathe.
Dong Qiangqiang only found it funny. It was obviously a problem that could be solved by just closing the door. Why bother to mobilize people like this?
The German answered the phone while he was talking. Taking advantage of this moment, the boy wearing glasses quietly pulled Da Fei to the window, pointed at Dong Qiangqiang's back downstairs and said, "I heard that Xiaoling is going back to China soon, and she is looking for a shortcoming." It’s for rent. This guy is unfamiliar and I’ve never seen him before. Maybe he went upstairs to look at the apartment.”
There were sparks in Da Fei's eyes, and he gritted his molar teeth and said, "Go up and ask Xiaoling later, and find out this person's phone number and what he does. Whatever you say in today's fine will be doubled for this kid." Give it back, or I won’t be around anymore.”
Dong Qiangqiang called Du Lan, but Du Lan didn't answer. He called Zheng Chunhua again. Zheng Chunhua said that she would get off work in ten minutes and asked Dong Qiangqiang to wait for her in the open space in front of the cafeteria.
In the distance, the red sunset is about to set. The rays of sunset reflected on Dong Qiangqiang's flushed face, and facing the intoxicating breeze, he felt filled with indescribable comfort. The most important thing before the start of school was finally solved.
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