Because the whole family did not agree to return to City A, the Xia family stayed in Peiping.
They had never lived in such poverty. They only had 10,000 yuan, and they spent 500 yuan to rent a house in a poor village in a remote suburb of Peiping.
The building in front of me is old and dirty, and there are old people who are not homeless or migrant workers who make a living by doing manual labor living next to it.
When Xia Jiangang moved his family of four here, he was still wearing a white shirt and black suit pants, and he was holding a brown leather briefcase handbag.
He looked like a successful person, and those who didn¡¯t know it thought it was a superior leader coming to inspect.
Xia Dongyu, a non-mainstream middle school boy, also dyed his yellow hair back, and now he finally looks much more pleasing to the eye.
The boy no longer wore an expensive coat but an ordinary white T-shirt paired with a pair of blue jeans.
He was already thin, and recently due to insomnia he had lost a lot of weight, like a slender bamboo pole.
He stood on the wind vent with his shoulders hunched and his back molars gritted. The cold wind kept blowing his white T-shirt, which was so empty that it made people feel distressed.
It¡¯s such a cold weather and I don¡¯t even have a decent down jacket.
And Huang Guoyue, who was standing at the door, hesitated but did not step in. Her fair and beautiful face was full of disgust.
While looking at the newly rented house with beautiful eyes, he frowned.
She covered her nose with her hands in disgust, and said in a strange voice, "What's the smell? It's so smelly, the floor is covered with moss, please come and clean it up."
After her words fell, the neighbors who were watching the excitement all looked back, looking at the newly moved "neighbors" with curious eyes.
The Xia family really looked a little out of place, and some people murmured with laughter: "They don't look like people who would live in a place like this."
"The horses and donkeys have a smooth surface. Who knows how they can live in such a garbage place with hot heads? I guess they are rich people who want to experience life?"
The moment after hearing these words, Huang Guoyue's face turned red with shame and anger.
She realized that the Xia family was bankrupt and there were no servants to serve her anymore. She had always been used to telling others to do things, but now it was her turn to do it herself.
Extremely uncomfortable.
When I thought about it, I also came from a rural area. When I was young, my family was poor and I suffered a lot.
Isn¡¯t it just work?
When she was a child, she went up the mountain to collect pig grass, went to the fields to plant rice, and herded cattle What didn't she do?
What¡¯s more, she¡¯s not old either. She¡¯s only forty-eight this year, and she still has the physical strength to do her own work.
She thought so, but when she stretched out her white and tender hands, something suddenly felt inappropriate.
She hasn¡¯t done physical work in decades. To touch those dirty and dark things with such beautiful hands is like white clothes going into the sewer - a waste.
The landlord who rented the house was an old lady in her seventies. The house belonged to her husband. Later, her wife died and the house became vacant.
¡°The two sons also have jobs and bought a house in the city and took her to live there, so she doesn¡¯t come back very often.
I thought it would be empty if it was empty, so I might as well rent it out to earn some pocket money.
She has rented a house for so many years and met a lot of tenants and all kinds of people. She can tell who they look like and what their personalities are at a glance.
When she saw Huang Guoyue's pretentious appearance, she couldn't help but sneered coldly, and said in the local dialect of Beiping, full of sarcasm:
"Sister, do you think this is Tianfujing in the center?"
¡°This is a slum area, and it¡¯s good to have a house to live in. There are so many outsiders coming to Peiping to work this year, and the houses have long been rented out.¡±
"My room is already the best in the neighborhood, but you still dislike this one and that one. Go out and ask, where else can anyone rent it to you at this price?"
Huang Guoyue held back the anger that was about to burst out in her heart, her brows furrowed deeper, and just as she was about to speak, a spider above her head suddenly fell onto her shoulder.
She subconsciously turned her head and looked back, and her face turned pale with fright.
Even though she is from the south, she has never seen such a big spider - it has eight hairy legs and is about the size of half a fist, just lying on her shoulder.
"Ahhhh"?¡¡±
The screams were so loud that they almost brought down the roof.
The old lady immediately covered her ears, looked at her with an unhappy face and reprimanded: "Sister, I have a heart disease, please keep your voice down."
After the words fell, she seemed to have remembered something and warned: "By the way, I have to remind you that I like to be quiet. Don't make too much noise at night, otherwise I won't be able to sleep."
"Otherwise I won't rent this house to you."
"This is not possible."
Xia Dongyu hurriedly covered his mother's mouth, and the sharp scream gradually dissipated.
He comforted his mother Huang Guoyue softly, and whispered in her ear: "Mommy, this is the cheapest house we have ever found."
Indeed it is.
Five hundred yuan a month, with two bedrooms and one living room, it is difficult for a small city with five or six floors to have such a cheap price.
Think about it, their family of three went to a hotel last night and booked two rooms. It was just an ordinary hotel, and it cost 160 yuan to stay there for one night.
If they continue to stay in hotels, the money they have will not last for half a month.
After Xia Jiangang figured it out, he just thought that he was a dragon swimming in shallow water and being teased by a shrimp, a tiger falling flat and being bullied by a dog. He had to endure it until the day he made a comeback.
He happily took out five hundred yuan from his briefcase and handed it to the landlady.
"That's it, let's rent. We can move here tonight, right?"
The old lady did not reach out to take the money immediately, but rolled her eyes at him and continued:
"Young people don't understand these rules? Nowadays, you have to deposit two and pay one when renting a house, so you have to give me fifteen yuan."
"Two deposits to pay one??? Aren't they all paid monthly?"
Xia Jiangang and Huang Guoyue both spoke in shock, their double voices overlapping and making a huge sound.
"Whoever pays you cash on a monthly basis, the rule in renting a house is to pay two for one, whether you like it or not."
Her arrogant attitude successfully made Huang Guole and Xia Gang look dark.
Normally, this old lady would not be worthy of even sweeping the floor for them, but now they have to bow their heads under the eaves and can only endure it.
Xia Jiangang hesitated for a few seconds, and then he heartbrokenly pulled out a pile of red old man's heads and handed them to her.
The moment they saw the money handed over, the eyes of the three of them were filled with distress. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com