When you arrive in a new environment, observing the surroundings is the instinct of a hunter who goes into the mountains to hunt. The place where Lu Shanmin and his party are located should be an old city. The surrounding houses are all five or six-story tube buildings, and the outer walls of the houses are exposed. There are old wires like spider webs. The alleys between the houses are very narrow. There are restaurants and grocery stores in a row. There is a vegetable market not far away. People are coming and going in the alleys. It is the rush hour after get off work, and there are many people. There were shirtless men who smelled of sweat, and there were also fashionably dressed people in suits and ties. Lu Shanmin was a little strange. In the taxi, he saw blooming flowers along the way. After passing a few streets, he seemed to have entered another world.
Huang Mei pouted with some dissatisfaction, "There is a place like this in the East China Sea. We won't just live here in the future."
Zhang Li said lightly, "We were there before we came here. I checked the rent in Donghai online and found that we only have enough money to live in a place like this. Those clean and bright apartments cost tens of thousands a month."
Chen Kun was also a little disappointed, "Hey, first of all. Let's just make do with it. When we make money, we will move into a high-end community next year."
The four of them waited until dark before Chen Kun's cousin hurried over. She looked about thirty years old and was dressed in black. Wearing professional attire, his face was full of exhaustion.
Chen Kun ran over excitedly, "Cousin"
The woman nodded with a smile and looked the two girls up and down. When she saw Lu Shanmin, dressed in blue and gray clothes , with a pair of rubber shoes on his feet, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.
Chen Kun introduced with a smile, "This is my cousin, Li Jing." Then he looked at Zhang Li and Huang Mei, "These two are the college classmates I mentioned on the phone." Finally, he pointed. Lu Shanmin, "This is a fellow countryman we met on the train, and he will live with us temporarily."
Zhang Li and Huang Mei smiled and nodded, "Hello, Sister Li, thank you for finding us a house."
Lu Shanmin also smiled and nodded towards Li Jing, but did not receive a response from the other party.
"Let's go, you are tired after riding the train for a few days. Let's have dinner first, and then take you to your place to stay."
We randomly found a restaurant facing the street. After ordering a few dishes, the group of people had not eaten a decent meal for several days. At this moment, they did not care about the image and wolfed down the food. The table of food was quickly wiped out.
After finishing the meal, Zhang Li wanted to pay the bill, but Li Jing waved her hand, "Let me do it. You have just arrived in the East China Sea, so you can save what you can. You will understand in the future that although the East China Sea is full of gold, , but it has nothing to do with you."
Except for the taxi driver just now, Li Jing is the first Donghai person Lu Shanmin has come into contact with. As a careful hunter, seeing the exhaustion and sadness on her face, Knowing that what she just said was no joke, Lu Shanmin thought to himself that it might not be as easy as Chen Kun imagined to gain a foothold in the East China Sea.
Chen Kun chuckled and said in Zhang Li's ear, "Keep it, my sister is rich."
When paying the bill, Lu Shanmin took a sneak look and saw that it was two hundred and twenty yuan. This was once again beyond his understanding. It was enough to feed a family in Mazui Village for a month, but only enough for a few people to have a meal here.
The rental house was not far from the place to eat. Under the leadership of Li Jing, the group came to a dilapidated building. In Lu Shanmin's opinion, this building was better than the dilapidated hotel in Luliang County. Not much, so I looked up and saw No. 222, Minsheng West Road, Luohu Street, Baihui District.
The narrow corridor, dim lights, and mottled white dust on the walls were different from the East China Sea he imagined. The world here is completely different from the world seen in the taxi.
Li Jing opened the door, and a musty smell hit her face. The four of them walked around. There were two bedrooms and one living room, less than forty square meters. There was a color TV in the living room, and An old three-seater sofa with broken skin, in front of the sofa is a yellowed coffee table. Each of the two bedrooms has a small bed and no other furniture. For Lushan people who have spent the night in deep mountains and forests more than once, there is nothing dissatisfied, as long as they have a place to stay. But Chen Kun and Huang Mei showed obvious displeasure on their faces, and even Zhang Li frowned slightly.
Li Jing scanned everyone's expressions and said impatiently, "I spent a lot of effort and asked my friends to find this apartment. When I first arrived in Donghai, I still lived there. Just get over a few square meters of basement."
Zhang Li bumped Huang Mei and Chen Kun with her elbow and said with a smile, "We are very satisfied, Sister Li took the trouble."
Li Jing forced out a smile and said, "Just stay here first. I still have something to do. You should clean up and go to bed early."
Seeing Li Jing standing there and looking at everyone, Without any intention of moving, Zhang Li walked forward with a smile, "Sister Li, how do you pay the rent?"
Li Jing smiled, "I know it was not easy for you when you first came here. I found a friend who is a second-hand housing agent, and after some hard work I asked him to help negotiate the lowest price with the landlord. A house in this area used to cost at least 7,000 a month."
As he said this, he looked at everyone with their mouths open. With an expression on her face, she continued, "Finally, we finally talked about five thousand a month."
Huang Mei couldn't help but screamed out, "Five thousand."
Li Jing looked unhappy. Patiently, "This is already the cheapest price in this area." Huang Mei tightly grasped the bag in her hand, which contained fifteen thousand yuan brought by the three of them.
Li Jing sighed and said, "You have just graduated, but you don't know that hiring people to do things in this world costs money. In order to rent a house for you, my legs have been broken these days, and you still gave me that My friend paid 5,000 yuan for management fees. If it weren’t for the fact that Chen Kun is my cousin, I wouldn’t care about the other traveling expenses and tonight’s meal. You give me 20,000 yuan. That's all."
When he heard the 20,000 yuan, Chen Kun's cheerful expression froze. Huang Mei grabbed the bag in her hand and looked at Li Jing in panic, while Zhang Li's eyes flashed with anger.
Lu Shanmin, who had been watching with cold eyes, had a fierce look in his eyes, glaring at Li Jing like a beast in the mountains. Speaking of this, Lu Shanmin's gratitude to the woman in front of him turned into extremely angry. He has never seen the world again. This It can also be seen from time to time that the woman in front of her regards her group of people as lambs to be slaughtered.
Li Jing saw Lu Shanmin’s gaze and subconsciously took a step back in fear. Then she puffed up her chest and said, "Even if an agency rents you a house, you still have to pay one month's rent to the agency. If it weren't for me, you guys I’m not familiar with the place, so I don’t know how much money I’ll be cheated of.”
Lu Shanmin snorted, “But Chen Kun is your cousin.”
Li Jing raised her neck, “Then. How about it, the brothers are still settling the score."
Lu Shanmin gritted his teeth, stared angrily, clenched his fists, and walked towards Li Jing step by step, "One thousand hard-earned fees, a total of sixteen thousand, I want it. Don't just bring me the landlord, let's talk about it ourselves."
Li Jing looked at the ferocious-looking Lu Shanmin, who was frightened and slowly backed away. What she saw on TV a few days ago flashed in her mind. According to a piece of news, a barbarian who came to work in the city from a remote mountainous area followed a lone woman in the middle of the night. He was so angry that he broke the woman's neck and took away all her belongings.
Lu Shanmin approached step by step, and Li Jing retreated step by step. Until there was no way to retreat, he said angrily, "Okay, I promise you."
Lu Shanmin snorted coldly, He took out the money from his backpack, counted four thousand yuan and handed it to Huang Mei.
Huang Mei took out the money from her bag and counted it three times with trembling before handing it to Li Jing.
Li Jing snorted coldly, put the money into her pocket, and said harshly to Chen Kun, "Chen Kun, you are a college student after all, why are you hanging out with a barbarian? I advise you to stay away from him in the future. Come on, this kind of person who wants money rather than his life can do anything." After saying that, he slammed the door and left.
Zhang Li breathed out, "Thank you."
Lu Shanmin smiled slightly, "I also have a share of the rent."
Huang Mei looked unhappy. He was happy and complained to Chen Kun, "Why is your cousin such a person? You still brag about how rich and nice she is."
Chen Kun was ashamed and angry, "She was not like this in my hometown before. Who would have thought that after just a few years in Donghai, she would be so greedy for money that even I would be fooled."
Zhang Li frowned and said, "Let's think about what to do in the future."
Seeing that no one said anything, Zhang Li continued, "I suggest that everyone use their money to make overall arrangements. I still have five hundred."
Huang Mei took out some money. He counted his wallet and said, "I have more than five hundred."
Chen Kun touched his pocket and said, "I still have six hundred yuan here."
Lu Shanmin took it with him when he went out. I paid 5,000 yuan and spent more than 700 yuan on bus and train tickets, but I still had more than 200 yuan left. "Two hundred and fifty yuan."
Zhang Li then said, "Keep the money you have for yourself first."Huangmei originally had 15,000 yuan shared by the three of us. After paying the rent, there are still 3,000 yuan left. These 3,000 yuan are used as public expenses for the four of us, used to pay for water, electricity, property management fees and purchases. Vegetables, rice, oil and salt. "
Chen Kun frowned, "The three thousand yuan belongs to the three of us.
Zhang Li snorted coldly, "Without the mountain man, the fifteen thousand yuan would have been stolen on the train. Without him, we would have to pay an extra four thousand yuan to your cousin." . "
Chen Kun lowered his head angrily. What happened tonight made him feel very bad. He was cheated by his cousin and lost all his face. The two times he rescued people from danger were Lu Shanmin, which was a foil. It’s no longer a secret that Chen Kun has a crush on Zhang Li, but now the girl he likes is trying to protect a mountain villager, and he is a dignified college student.
“Okay, but I have a condition. I don't want to share a room with him. "
When Zhang Li was about to say something, Lu Shanmin shook his head at her, "I sleep on the sofa, and the living expenses I owe will be made up after I find a job."
Zhang Li was confused. She glanced at Lu Shanmin. She didn't understand what kind of person Lu Shanmin was. Sometimes he was like a bad guy who was very easy to talk to. Even when Chen Kun and Huang Mei started to ridicule him intentionally or unintentionally on the train, there was no sign of anger. Sometimes he seemed like a man full of energy. The wild lone wolf snatched back the wallet alone on the train. She was jealous of Li Jing just now.
Seeing that Lu Shanmin had no objection, she did not raise any objection. She also understood Chen Kun's mood at this moment and wanted to live in harmony with each other. , which can be regarded as a step up for Chen Kun.
Next, Zhang Li started to arrange cleaning, and she was busy until late at night.
After taking the train for a few days, she was busy again. One night, they went back to their rooms to rest. Lu Shanmin slept on the shabby sofa and gradually fell into sleep. In his dream, Bai Ling told himself about the beauty of the East China Sea with a smile on his face.
He arrived in a new environment. , Observing the surrounding situation is the instinct of hunters who go into the mountains to hunt. The place where Lu Shanmin and his party are located should be an old city. The surrounding houses are five or six-story tube buildings, and the outer walls of the houses are exposed and old like spider webs. Electric wires, the alley between the houses is very narrow, a row of restaurants and grocery stores are messy, there is a vegetable market not far away, people are coming and going in the alley, this is the rush hour after get off work, there are shirtless people in the crowd full of sweat smell There were also stylish men in suits and leather shoes. Lu Shanmin was a little surprised. In the taxi, he saw blooming flowers along the way. After passing a few streets, he seemed to have entered another world.
Huang Mei pouted dissatisfiedly, "There is a place like this in the East China Sea, we won't just live here in the future. ”
Zhang Li said calmly, “We checked the rent in Donghai online before we came here. We only have the money to live in this kind of place. Those clean and bright apartments only cost us a month’s rent.” Ten thousand. ”
Chen Kun was also a little disappointed, “Hey, let’s just make do with it for now. When we make money, we can do it again next year.”Move into a high-end community. "
The four of them waited until dark before Chen Kun's cousin hurried over. She looked about thirty years old, wearing a black business suit, and her face was full of exhaustion.
Chen Kun She ran over excitedly, "Cousin"
The woman smiled and nodded. She looked the two girls up and down. When she saw Lu Shanmin, he was dressed in blue and gray clothes and had a pair of rubber shoes on his feet. A trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.
Chen Kun introduced with a smile, "This is my cousin, Li Jing," and then looked at Zhang Li and Huang Mei, "These are the two people I mentioned on the phone. university classmate. Finally, he pointed to Lu Shanmin and said, "This is a fellow countryman we met on the train, and he also lives with us temporarily." ”
Zhang Li and Huang Mei smiled and nodded, “Hello, Sister Li, thank you for finding us a house.” "
Lu Shanmin also smiled and nodded towards Li Jing, but did not get a response from the other party.
"Let's go, you are tired after riding the train for a few days, let's go first Have dinner and then take you to your accommodation. ”
We randomly found a restaurant on the street and ordered a few dishes. The group of people had not eaten a decent meal for several days. At this moment, they did not care about their image and wolfed down the food quickly.
After finishing the meal, Zhang Li wanted to pay, but Li Jing waved her hand and said, "Let me pay. You just arrived in Donghai, so you can save a little. You will understand in the future. Although The East China Sea is full of gold, but it has nothing to do with you. ”
Except for the taxi driver just now, Li Jing is the first Donghai person Lu Shanmin has come into contact with. As a careful hunter, when he saw the fatigue and sadness on her face, he knew what she just said. The words were definitely not a joke. Lu Shanmin thought to himself that it might not be as easy as Chen Kun imagined to gain a foothold in the East China Sea.
Chen Kun chuckled and said in Zhang Li's ear, "Just keep it." Well, my sister is rich. ”
When checking out, Lu Shanmin took a peek at it, two hundred and twenty yuan. This was once again beyond his understanding. It was enough to feed a family in Mazui Village for a month, but it was only enough money here. A meal for a few people.
The rental house was not far from the place to eat. Under the leadership of Li Jing, the group came to a dilapidated building. In Lu Shanmin's opinion, this building was better than Luliang. The dilapidated hotel in the county was not much better. He looked up and saw No. 222, Minsheng West Road, Luohu Street, Baihui District.
The narrow corridor, dim lights, and mottled white dust on the walls all seemed to him. The East China Sea in my imagination is different. The world here is completely different from the world seen in the taxi.
Li Jing opened the door, and a musty smell hit her face, and the four of them turned around. After walking around, there are two bedrooms and one living room, less than forty square meters. There is a color TV in the living room, an old three-person sofa with worn leather, and a yellowed coffee table in front of the sofa. There is only a small bed and no other furniture. For a Lushan resident who has spent the night in the mountains and forests more than once, there is nothing dissatisfied, just a place to stay. But Chen.Kun and Huang Mei showed obvious displeasure on their faces, and even Zhang Li frowned slightly.
Li Jing scanned everyone's expressions and said impatiently, "I spent a lot of effort and asked my friends to find this apartment. When I first arrived in Donghai, I still lived there. Just get over a few square meters of basement."
Zhang Li bumped Huang Mei and Chen Kun with her elbow and said with a smile, "We are very satisfied, Sister Li took the trouble."
Li Jing forced out a smile and said, "Just stay here first. I still have something to do. You should clean up and go to bed early."
Seeing Li Jing standing there and looking at everyone, Without any intention of moving, Zhang Li walked forward with a smile, "Sister Li, how do you pay the rent?"
Li Jing smiled, "I know it was not easy for you when you first came here. I found a friend who is a second-hand housing agent, and after some hard work I asked him to help negotiate the lowest price with the landlord. A house in this area used to cost at least 7,000 a month."
As he said this, he looked at everyone with their mouths open. With an expression on her face, she continued, "Finally, we finally talked about five thousand a month."
Huang Mei couldn't help but screamed out, "Five thousand."
Li Jing looked unhappy. Patiently, "This is already the cheapest price in this area." Huang Mei tightly grasped the bag in her hand, which contained fifteen thousand yuan brought by the three of them.
Li Jing sighed and said, "You have just graduated, but you don't know that hiring people to do things in this world costs money. In order to rent a house for you, my legs have been broken these days, and you still gave me that My friend paid 5,000 yuan for management fees. If it weren’t for the fact that Chen Kun is my cousin, I wouldn’t care about the other traveling expenses and tonight’s meal. You give me 20,000 yuan. That's all."
When he heard the 20,000 yuan, Chen Kun's cheerful expression froze. Huang Mei grabbed the bag in her hand and looked at Li Jing in panic, while Zhang Li's eyes flashed with anger.
Lu Shanmin, who had been watching with cold eyes, had a fierce look in his eyes, glaring at Li Jing like a beast in the mountains. At this point, Lu Shanmin's gratitude to the woman in front of him turned into incomparable anger, and he never saw her again. In the past, it can also be seen at this time that the woman in front of her regards her group of people as lambs to be slaughtered.
Li Jing saw Lu Shanmin’s gaze and subconsciously took a step back in fear. Then she puffed up her chest and said, "Even if an agency rents you a house, you still have to pay one month's rent to the agency. If it weren't for me, you guys I’m not familiar with the place, so I don’t know how much money I’ll be cheated of.”
Lu Shanmin snorted, “But Chen Kun is your cousin.”
Li Jing raised her neck, “Then. How about it, the brothers are still settling the score."
Lu Shanmin gritted his teeth, stared angrily, clenched his fists, and walked towards Li Jing step by step, "One thousand hard-earned fees, a total of sixteen thousand, I want it. Don't just bring me the landlord, let's talk about it ourselves."
Li Jing looked at the ferocious-looking Lu Shanmin dressed in mountain villagers' clothes, and slowly backed away in fear, flashing in her mind.I saw a piece of news on TV a few days ago. A barbarian who came to work in the city from a remote mountainous area followed a lone woman in the middle of the night. He was so angry that he broke the woman's neck and took away all her belongings.
Lu Shanmin approached step by step, and Li Jing retreated step by step. Until there was no way to retreat, he said angrily, "Okay, I promise you."
Lu Shanmin snorted coldly, He took out the money from his backpack, counted four thousand yuan and handed it to Huang Mei.
Huang Mei took out the money from her bag and counted it three times with trembling before handing it to Li Jing.
Li Jing snorted coldly, put the money into her pocket, and said harshly to Chen Kun, "Chen Kun, you are a college student after all, why are you hanging out with a barbarian? I advise you to stay away from him in the future. Come on, this kind of person who wants money rather than his life can do anything." After saying that, he slammed the door and left.
Zhang Li breathed out, "Thank you."
Lu Shanmin smiled slightly, "I also have a share of the rent."
Huang Mei looked unhappy. He was happy and complained to Chen Kun, "Why is your cousin such a person? You still brag about how rich and nice she is."
Chen Kun was ashamed and angry, "She was not like this in my hometown before. Who would have thought that after just a few years in Donghai, she would be so greedy for money that even I would be fooled."
Zhang Li frowned and said, "Let's think about what to do in the future."
Seeing that no one said anything, Zhang Li continued, "I suggest that everyone use their money to make overall arrangements. I still have five hundred."
Huang Mei took out some money. He counted his wallet and said, "I have more than five hundred."
Chen Kun touched his pocket and said, "I still have six hundred yuan here."
Lu Shanmin took it with him when he went out. I paid 5,000 yuan and spent more than 700 yuan on bus and train tickets, but I still had more than 200 yuan left. "Two hundred and fifty yuan."
Zhang Li continued, "Keep the money you have for yourself. Huangmei originally had fifteen thousand yuan shared by the three of us. After paying the rent, there is still money left. The three thousand yuan will be used as public expenses for the four of us to pay for water, electricity, property management fees and purchase of vegetables, rice, oil and salt."
Chen Kun frowned, "Those three thousand yuan. The thousand yuan belongs to the three of us."
Zhang Li snorted, "Without the mountain man, the fifteen thousand yuan would have been stolen on the train. Without him, it would still be possible. You have to pay four thousand yuan more to your cousin."
Chen Kun lowered his head angrily. What happened tonight made him feel very bad. He was cheated by his cousin and lost all face. The two people who rescued people from danger were Lushan people, which made him worthless. It's no secret that Chen Kun has a crush on Zhang Li, but now the girl he likes is actually protecting a villager in the mountains. He is a college student, so he has no face left.
"Yes, but I have a condition, I don't want to share a room with him."
Zhang Li was about to say something, Lu Shanmin shook his head at her, "I sleep on the sofa , the living expenses I owe will be made up after I find a job.”
Zhang Li glanced at Lu Shanmin in confusion. She didn't understand what kind of person Lu Shanmin was. Sometimes he was like a bad guy who was very easy to talk to. Even when Chen Kun and Huang Mei began to ridicule him intentionally or unintentionally on the train, there was no trace of it. There are signs of anger, and sometimes he is like a wild lone wolf. He snatched his wallet back alone on the train and hated Li Jing just now.
Seeing that Lu Shanmin had no objection, she did not raise any objection. She also understood Chen Kun's mood at the moment, and in order to live in harmony with each other, she could give Chen Kun a step up.
Next, Zhang Li started to arrange cleaning, and she was busy until late at night before cleaning up.
After riding the train for a few days and being busy one night, we each went back to our rooms to rest. Lu Shanmin slept on the shabby sofa and gradually fell asleep. In his dream, Bai Ling told himself the beauty of the East China Sea with a smile on his face.