Mao Sandao was not in a hurry to go home. He wanted to go around the bookstore.
Yes, he wanted to rent a house, but after all, it was too much trouble to go back and forth.
He didn't plan to rent a one-bedroom apartment, but thought renting a single room would be enough.
Being high-profile, he believes, can sometimes cause unnecessary misunderstandings.
Compared to other places, the location of the bookstore can be described as "backcountry".
Nearby, there are almost only some dilapidated communities and residential buildings.
However, Mao Sandao, who grew up in hardship, does not dislike it. He thinks that as long as he can have a place to live, it will be fine.
If his job wasn't too far away and he was the only one at home, he thought, he wouldn't be so lonely that he would rent a house outside.
In remote places, landlords naturally have their own methods of recruiting renters.
For example, telephone poles, toilet exterior walls, walls of various alleys, etc., these will be channels for them to publish information and obtain tenants.
"Large single room with private bathroom and kitchen. Go straight ahead for 500 meters."
Mao Sandao read in a low voice the black-and-white rental advertisement taped to the telephone pole.
"500 meters ahead...500 meters..."
Mao Sandao raised his head and looked ahead, and he did vaguely see a community.
"Fortunately, it's not far from the bookstore."
Mao Sandao walked towards the community and reached his destination in a few minutes.
Mao Sandao roughly looked at the number of buildings in the entire community, and found that there were only 5 or 6 buildings.
The words "Baifeng New Village" are written on the entrance door.
"It also……"
After walking in, Mao Sandao saw that the walls were yellow and in disrepair. Some of the wall coverings had fallen off and looked uneven.
Overhead, the cables connecting each building were tangled together like a giant spider web.
In the alley, a strong pungent smell could be clearly smelled, like a basin of used water that had been exposed to the sun for several days and then placed in a closed space.
The ground seems to be blocked by the floors on both sides, so that it does not see sunlight all year round, making it dark and damp.
Click...! Click...!
Walking up, my feet felt a little sticky.
Garbage was piled "orderly" in the corner, providing an "excellent" habitat for mosquitoes.
Further inside, there is a canteen. The spray-painted sign in front of the door has turned white and gray, and "Lao Yangyan Hotel" can be vaguely seen in blue letters.
Behind the canteen is a public toilet, with the following words written in black spray on the middle of the wall:
Come in a hurry and go in a rush.
Close to the wall of the men's room, there is another writing:
One small step forward, one giant leap for civilization.
Strive to be a civilized person and not a stray dog.
And in the gaps between the large characters, various cards are posted.
Long-lasting freshness, Jian brand chewing gum...
Door-to-door service, the girl is on time...
Introduced by the school girl, please add Q...
Getting rich overnight is not a dream, please find Jin Investment Holding...
How to enhance durability, Ah Zheng can help you...
These are not surprising to Mao Sandao, after all, this kind of "squeezing in every opportunity" is not uncommon.
What was most unacceptable to him was that due to the large number of people using public toilets, the ammonia in the urea evaporated and filled the air with a large amount of ammonia.
Therefore, Mao Sandao smelled a strong and pungent smell that stimulated his sense of smell.
In addition to being pungent, it also hurts the eyes.
"Ha! This shabby place..." Mao Sandao covered his mouth and nose, a little disgusted.
However, he decided to take a look here first. If the price was right, he wanted to make do with it for the time being.
The anger in the human toilet is the most soothing to mortal hearts...
Most importantly, looking for an apartment is a huge headache.
There is a sign hanging at the entrance of a floor not far from the toilet:
For rent, large single room with private bathroom and kitchen.
A window opened next to the entrance.
Dang, Dang, Dang!
Stepping forward, Mao Sandao knocked on the window.
Bang!
The window was opened, and an old man about seventy years old stuck his head out:
"Which one are you looking for?"
"Uncle, do you have a house for rent here?" Mao Sandao asked with a smile.
Through the window, Mao Sandao could see clearly that there was a small room inside, with a bed and some daily necessities.
This should be the uncle's residence.
"Which one are you looking for?"
The uncle looked at Mao Sandao and asked again.
"Uncle, I'm looking for a house."
"What did you say?"
"I said I was looking for... Well, uncle, it seems that your ears are a bit hard to use!" Mao Sandao curled his lips, raised his voice, and said word by word, "I'm asking, do you have a house to rent here? "
"Yang Zicou in the car? I don't have a car, and I don't have Yang Zicou here. Young man, you are looking in the wrong place."
"It's not Yang..." Mao Sandao rubbed his face and raised his voice again, "I mean the house, the house you live in!"
"What Yang?"
"Oh no, it's not Yang!" Mao Sandao brought his face closer and tried his best to mouth, "It's Yang Yang, not Fang, oh no, it's Fang Fang, not Yang!"
Mao Sandao was almost thrown into trouble by the uncle's "nonsense".
"Yang what?"
"It's not Yang, it's the house, the house!"
"What room is Yang? Can you explain it more clearly!"
The uncle's face turned dark and he was a little unhappy.
Mao Sandao immediately shut up.
It’s over!
Communication barriers arise.
Mao Sandao felt that if the communication continued, when the uncle had a heart attack, he might invite the whole village to a banquet.
The uncle rolled his eyes at him: "You are young and gentle, and you can't understand what you are saying. It's really hard to communicate with you!"
"big……"
Bang!
As soon as Mao Sandao uttered a word, the uncle closed the window forcefully.
Mao Sandao felt a little aggrieved.
Uncle, you're such a shitty guy... you're so good at it.
Suddenly, he remembered the sign beside the window and quickly took it down.
Dang, Dang, Dang!
Knocked on the window again.
Bang!
The window opened and the old man's head stuck out again.
"Silly Que!"
When he saw that it was still Mao Sandao, the uncle cursed and reached out to close the window.
"Oh wait!" Mao Sandao blocked the window with one hand and raised the sign with the other hand, "I rent a house."
The old man understood and smiled sheepishly: "Oh, it turns out we are renting a house."
Mao Sandao breathed a sigh of relief.
well!
Finally figured it out.
He pointed at the sign and asked in a raised voice: "Do you still have the house?"
"Yang what?"
"..." Mao San said.
Mao Sandao felt that he was about to have a myocardial infarction...
"Young man, what's the matter?"
At this time, a aunt came in from outside the door.
Seeing Auntie, Mao Sandao seemed to have seen a savior and said quickly: "Auntie, I would like to ask if you have any houses for rent here?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Maybe it was because the house had been vacant for a long time. When I heard that someone was renting the house, the aunt couldn't hide her excitement. "Your uncle is a bit deaf. I will take you to see it. It is on the fifth floor."
The aunt opened the door and led Mao Sandao to the room. While climbing the stairs, she did not forget to introduce:
“Young man, even though our community is old, life is still very convenient. There is a vegetable market less than one kilometer south with everything in it.
There is a lifestyle supermarket less than two kilometers to the northwest, where all daily necessities are available, and two kilometers to the west..."
Listening to the aunt's introduction, Mao Sandao nodded calmly, but his face became darker and darker.
Auntie, do you have some misunderstanding about the word "convenience"?
Excuse me, how did you have the nerve to say these words?
"Oh, by the way, look over there." The aunt stopped, stood by the window at the top of the stairs, pointed to the opposite side and said, "It's a park there, it's very lively. We usually go there for square dancing."
"Auntie, where is the park over there?" Mao Sandao followed the direction of the auntie's finger, his eyes burst into tears but he still couldn't find the park that the auntie mentioned.
"It's right there." Auntie corrected the direction in which Mao Sandao was standing and pointed forward again, "Look carefully."
"No..." Mao Sandao rubbed his eyes and observed carefully again.
Finally, he saw a small circle under two buildings in the distance, and there were several small black dots moving slowly in the circle. Mao Sandao guessed that they must be living people.
"Isn't this too far?" Mao Sandao said in surprise.
"Hey, it's not far. It takes less than two hours to walk there." As she said that, the aunt lifted her legs and continued walking up the stairs.
Mao Sandao frowned and frowned.
Auntie worked really hard to rent out the house.
Looking down from the third floor, the park is at least three kilometers in diameter, right?
"arrive."
The aunt walked to a house on the fifth floor and took out the key.
Click!
The door was opened by the aunt.
"How about coming in and taking a look?"
Mao Sandao walked in and immediately smelled a pungent smell, which was different from the toilet downstairs.
Like a moldy bedroom after a continuous rain.
Mao Sandao frowned and covered his nose. Except for the strong smell, in his opinion, the rest didn't seem to be too bad to bear to look at.
The aunt noticed Mao Sandao's disgust, walked to the window, and pushed it open: "Actually, this house belongs to me and your uncle, but we are old and it is inconvenient to climb stairs, so we live downstairs.
It rains a lot recently, and no one lives inside, so I don't open the windows. It's okay, just let some air in. "
Mao Sandao nodded and asked, "How much?"
"One thousand a month, one deposit pays three." The aunt raised a finger and shook it.
"Can you... Oh, okay!"
It's not easy for young people, it's even harder for old people, and Mao Sandao is too lazy to bargain.
"Okay, okay, I'll pay you later. You can move in at any time!" As if she had found prey, the aunt looked very excited.
"Okay!" Mao Sandao nodded, followed the aunt out of the room, and locked the door.
Bang! ! !
Before he could go down the stairs, Mao Sandao heard a huge muffled sound coming from the room opposite.
His body trembled and he stopped immediately.
The door was ajar, and through the crack in the door, Mao Sandao saw a man standing in front of a table, scratching his messy hair like crazy.
Who is this person?
Why is it so familiar?
