Chapter 8 Renting a House
Because he was short of money, Jiang Qi could only buy a few sets of cheap clothes for Old John, turning Old John, who originally looked quite elite in a suit, into a simple old cleaner instantly.
As the card details say, Old John is a person with extremely low material desires. Many things are enough for him. He himself does not even mind sleeping on the street because he can make a living. Old John didn't make any requests during the whole shopping process. After Jiang Qi took him home, he didn't comment on the room and became extremely quiet after entering the room.
Jiang Qi experienced being pulled into the world of script killing in just one day. The game was activated and summoning card characters was a major event that could be written in two chapters in a normal novel. Naturally, he was exhausted after returning home and simply took a shower. Later, I went back to my room and fell asleep without even checking the messages on my phone.
A dreamless night.
The next day, what woke Jiang Qi was not the alarm clock on his cell phone (alarm clocks had left his life forever after the postgraduate entrance examination), but the hearty laughter of his sister-in-law.
Jiang Qi's sister-in-law, Jiang Xiaohong, discovered her talent as a salesperson when she was an apprentice in the early years. She switched careers to work as a salesperson in a furniture store. Later, she saved some savings and opened a small clothing store of her own. Several of Jiang Xiaohong's previous sales colleagues were from the north, which made her accent become a mixture of northern and southern. Years of sales experience have allowed her to develop a hearty laugh that is extremely penetrating, even if she is walking across the street. Pedestrians could also hear Ms. Jiang Xiaohong laughing like Mr. Wang who smiled before her lips opened.
"Hahahaha, you said that the dumplings you ate before were all stuffed with garlic. How could there be dumplings stuffed with garlic? The taste of your people there is so..."
Jiang Qi's bursting out of the door interrupted my sister-in-law's hearty laughter.
"Sister-in-law, why are you here? I didn't say anything in advance, I... I overslept." Jiang Qi was a little confused when he saw the scene in front of him.
Old John was sitting at the dining table, wearing a cheap shirt he bought at the night market for 29.9 last night. He was holding chopsticks awkwardly in his hands and was using the chopsticks as a fork to poke the dumplings on the plate.
Jiang Qi took a deep breath, stuffed with leeks.
"I'm cleaning at your second uncle's house, and I stopped by to bring you some dumplings. I'm not telling you, you and Xiao Bing have the same virtues. You stay up all night and don't wake up in the morning."
"Don't you still have guests at home? You come out like this without combing your hair." Jiang Xiaohong smiled and urged Jiang Qi to quickly go into the house and make herself look like a human before coming out.
After saying that, he turned to old John and smiled: "Xiao Qi has been reckless since he was a child. Don't be surprised."
Jiang Qi hurriedly changed his clothes. Without a mirror, he looked at the black screen of his mobile phone and pulled his hair twice. He made sure that he had met Jiang Xiaohong's appearance standards before breaking out again.
Before Jiang Qi could say anything, Jiang Xiaohong took the lead: "Xiao Qi, you are the same kid. The school teacher didn't tell us elders when he came to live at home, otherwise I wouldn't have brought only these dumplings."
Jiang Qi followed Jiang Xiaohong's words and looked at the dining table. Every basin and bowl were empty.
The basin is a large iron basin usually used for making dumplings and fillings. There is still a little flour visible in it. The dumplings must have been in the freezer. The bowl was a big bowl used for noodle soup in noodle restaurants outside. There was still some soup at the bottom. All the dumplings in the bowl were on the plate on the table, which was a full plate and a half. Old John was eating it.
It's only enough for two people to eat for three days, which fits Jiang Xiaohong's definition of point.
"This... didn't this happen suddenly? And Teacher John was only temporarily staying, so I didn't say anything." Jiang Qi said with a smile.
Fortunately, he had compiled Old John's identity and background in advance, otherwise the secret would have been revealed today.
"Yes, you just said to the teacher that you are helping him find a house. Have some snacks. It's not easy for someone to ask a teacher to come all the way here to pick up the news."
Jiang Qi could only nod his head: "I'm looking for it, I'm looking for it."
Jiang Xiaohong nodded with satisfaction, looked at the closed door of Jiang Bing's room, and asked: "Bingbing hasn't gotten up yet. Did you stay up late to work again last night? Xiaoqi, you also have to talk about your sister. She has dark circles under her eyes after staying up late every day. The panda is still heavy, how can your body bear it if this goes on? I heard that she has opened a new store. What kind of drama is it? Wen Luo (Jiang Xiaohong’s son) has been clamoring to go and play. When he is on holiday, I will let him take it. My classmates went to your sister’s store to play.”
"My sister has gone abroad and is not at home." Jiang Qi explained.
"Going out again? Did the store get lost to you again? I'll have to talk about her when she comes back. She's in her twenties and still does things like this..." Realizing that she shouldn't say this in front of outsiders, Jiang Xiaohong immediately stopped talking. , smiled and said to Old John, "I'll leave first if you make an appointment with the teacher. If you like the dumplings, just tell Jiang Qi and ask him to tell me. I'll make some more flavors for you. The ones stuffed with cabbage are also delicious." "
Old John pretended that his Chinese was not very good, nodded with a smile, and watched Jiang Xiaohong leave.
"That person just now was my sister-in-law Jiang Xiaohong. She has such a personality and is very enthusiastic. You will probably see her often in the future." Jiang Qi said, "I didn't say that just now..."
Old John picked up a dumpling, wrapped it in one bite, took a few bites and swallowed it with difficulty, and said: "I was sitting on the sofa and ready to watch TV, and she came in with a basin and asked me who I was."
"I said I'm your university teacher and I'm here to collect information. I'm looking for a house to stay in temporarily."
Jiang Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said that was enough.
What Jiang Xiaohong is best at is talking through pictures. This information is enough for Jiang Xiaohong to come up with a complete story by herself.
Now that the family is aware of Old John's existence, the house search cannot be delayed for too long. Jiang Qi needs to find a house that is preferably in a community, is cheap, has simple decoration, and can be rented for a short period of time.
Thinking like this, Jiang Qi went back to his room and took his mobile phone to search for rental information online.
The WeChat messages were still 99+. Jiang Qi glanced at them casually. The top one was the dormitory group message called [401 Landing Alliance]. Two roommates who have successfully landed are complaining about their bosses in the group. The words Xiao Zhang and Xiao Liu appear most frequently. Those who know that they are their bosses, and those who do not know think that they are their employees.
Another roommate, Yu Fang, sent him a private message. When Jiang Qi opened it, he found a series of emoticons.
Yu Fang: [Light up a cigarette.jpg]
Yu Fang: What should I do, Qizi? I might be beaten to death by my father.
Yu Fang: [Melancholy]
As a second-generation rich man, Yu Fang's biggest hobby is to call someone his son. He Xi is called his father by choosing one of his first and last names. The four people in their dormitory are called Jiang Qi, Yu Fang, Wang Zhuo and Zhan Ren. They are very special. Unfortunately, there are not many choices for two-letter names.
Yu Fang's names for his roommates were: Qi Zi, Zhuo Zi, Ren Zi and Zi. The last name was often accompanied by a beating.
Jiang Qi:?
Jiang Qi: Not really. I remember you said that the last time your dad beat you to death was when you were playing with fire when you were a child and almost set your house on fire.
Jiang Qi: ...you ordered your house?
As a national first-class online surfer, Yu Fang returned almost instantly.
Yu Fang: It would be easy if you order your home.
Yu Fang: [picture]
Yu Fang: I will soon fail to start my business and lose all my money.
Jiang Qi in front of the mobile phone:?
Isn't this normal?
Something as trivial as the failure of his family's business and losing all their money was not even worthy of appearing in the criticism and chat meeting before the New Year's Eve dinner.
Jiang Qi: It’s just a failure in starting a business, okay?
Yu Fang: My dad gave me two million...
Jiang Qi:......
Jiang Qi looked at the calendar and saw that it was not July yet.
They left school after defending their graduation thesis at the end of March and at the beginning of April.
Jiang Qi: There is no hope, just wait to die
Jiang Qi: Remember to call me when you’re having dinner
Jiang Qi silently put down his phone, not wanting to communicate with such evil rich people.
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After some ineffective searches and Internet surfing, Jiang Qi finally remembered that there seemed to be a rental agency at the door of the community. So Jiang Qi decisively took his mobile phone and went downstairs. When he walked to the gate of the community, he saw his upstairs neighbor Cao Yongjun posting small advertisements.
I'm not very skilled at pasting it. I tried to paste it three times but still didn't paste it.
"Uncle Cao, is this glue not good enough?" Jiang Qi couldn't help but approached and asked.
"It shouldn't be, isn't it just two years expired?" Cao Yongjun said with a look that I didn't understand.
Cao Yongjun is considered a celebrity in Jiangqi's community, and his son Cao Wenyang has been the public enemy of all the children in the community since childhood. He is a child of an epic family. As a god of learning, Cao Wenyang has been a legend since he was a child. He only ranked first in the exams, and was the top scorer in the high school entrance examination and the top scorer in the college entrance examination. He was six years older than Jiang Qi, and his high school teacher happened to be Jiang Qi's high school teacher.
It can be said that Jiang Qi has been shrouded in the legend of Cao Wenyang's god of learning since he was a child.
Jiang Qi saw the advertisement and saw that the house was for rent.
"Uncle Cao, are you moving away?" Jiang Qi thought of the rumors he heard at the beginning of the year, "Did Cao Wenyang buy a house in the capital?"
"Yes." Cao Yongjun said cheerfully, "Wen Yang is a filial child. Don't I have a bad heart? He used his connections to find experts from the capital's major hospitals so that I can stay there for the convenience of treatment."
"Will Aunt Qian (Cao Yongjun's wife) go too?"
"She went there last week and has been urging me to go there quickly. Don't I want to wait until the house is rented out before leaving? Such a big house is wasted empty."
Jiang Qi remembered that the layout of Cao Wenyang's house was the same as his. He took a closer look at the rental content. It had complete appliances, four bedrooms and two living rooms, and the monthly rent was 1,800.
It's pretty cheap, but I can't afford to rent it.
Seeing Jiang Qi staring at the small advertisement, Cao Yongjun's eyes lit up and asked, "Xiao Qi, do you have a friend who wants to rent a house?"
Jiang Qi nodded: "My university teacher wants to rent a room for a short period of time. He is in my house now, but he can't live alone..."
Cao Yongjun perked up when he heard that he was a university teacher, and said quickly: "University teacher? One person can only rent a single room. University teacher, hello, your Aunt Cao is worried that the tenant will not take good care of the house and has not let me rent it. , we can feel relieved about this university teacher!”
"But I only rent one room and the rest..."
"You don't have to rent out the rest, as long as there are people living in the house and it's a bit popular. Uncle Cao, I just don't want the house to be empty and wasted."
"Your teacher is at your home, right? It's just right. Let's take him up to see the house now."