Siheyuan: I can always stay out of it

Chen Xu moved as soon as he came back.

Xu Damao moved to a new house, so naturally he wanted to move earlier. Although he didn't mind living in a small house, he would be foolish not to enjoy the good things earlier.

The deaf old lady and the middle-aged lady looked at Chen Xu moving things to Xu Damao's house again and again, and felt a little strange.

The aunt finally couldn't help it.

"Xiao Chen, what are you doing?"

"Oh, Xu Damao's house was empty anyway, so he rented it to me."

"That's it..."

The aunt didn't think much about it, but the deaf old lady understood something when she saw Chen Xu's figure.

"Borrowing a house to live in" is of course an open statement. You can't say that the house is bought, or people might sue you for speculation. Nowadays, the transfer of houses is basically done in the name of giving it away, and the excuses to the outside world are either borrowing or renting.

The deaf old lady knew it very well, but she found it unbelievable that Chen Xu could afford Xu Damao's house. Everyone knew how poor this guy was, so where did he get the money to buy such a big house?

Unless it's an IOU.

The deaf old lady was still wondering when the relationship between Chen Xu and the Xu family became so good. The price of the house was not a small amount of money. Just considering Chen Xu as an outsider, the Xu family must be feeling depressed.

Chen Xu's moving attracted a lot of attention. Everyone knew about Xu Damao's moving, but Chen Xu's moving was a bit unexpected.

By this time Chen Xu had already dismantled the bed, and took it to Xu Damao's house and reassembled it like an ant moving house.

Chen Xu was a little depressed. It was a bit frustrating that he had space but couldn't use it, but there was really nothing he could do about moving.

It’s impossible that all the things would suddenly arrive at Xu Damao’s house. If that happened, even a pig would know that something was wrong.

Fortunately, there weren’t too many things, so it was enough to go back and forth.

Chen Xu was carrying his water jar towards the west wing when he was stopped by a fat woman.

"Step aside."

Chen Xu was almost angry to death. Do you know how heavy this tank is?

Jia Zhang had no intention of moving at all, and a chrysanthemum-shaped smile appeared on her face.

"Xiao Chen, you don't want to live in your house anymore, why don't you..."

"Get out of the way first, can't you see I'm carrying a tank?"

"Forehead..."

The people who were watching the excitement at the doorstep of their home in the distance laughed out loud. Jia Zhang also realized that she was blocking Chen Xu's way. She was very unhappy with Chen Xu's tone, but since she had to ask for help from others, she could only reluctantly move aside.

Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief after placing the water tank in the kitchen. Fortunately, it was not a large tank that could be used as a bathtub, otherwise he would not be able to move it over.

When I went out again, Jia Zhang was still waiting there.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Xiao Chen, your house is empty too, why don't you give it to our Jia family?"

"can."

"Really?"

Chen Xu was puzzled, but of course it was true. Anyway, this was the house owned by the street office and it was rented to him. Now that he had Xu Damao's house, he would naturally go to the street office to return it. As long as the street office agreed, anyone could rent it.

"I'll go to the street office to cancel the house. If you want to rent it, just come with me."

Chen Xu would not speak ill of Jia Zhang just because of how he remembered her. After all, he and Jia Zhang had no conflicts now.

"Um, do we still need to go to the street office?"

"What else? My room is rented. How can you rent it if I don't check out?"

"Well, Xiao Chen, you see our Jia family is in financial difficulty, why don't you rent it first, and then we can pay it back to you when we have money..."

Chen Xu laughed out of anger. You are just like Jia Zhang. You make such shameless words as easy as drinking water.

"You mean I should pay for the rent of a house and then let your Jia family live in it?"

Jia Zhang nodded as if it was a matter of course.

"Why don't you go to heaven? I know your Jia family very well. Go away."

Many residents nearby laughed till tears came out. Apparently, Jia Zhang's wild imagination was too much to bear. If such a good thing could happen, it would not be your turn. You are treating people like fools.

Chen Xu closed the door and walked out of the courtyard. As expected, he overestimated the shamelessness of this old hag. Even Jia Zhang, who was still around when Jia Dongxu was alive, was a person with a hole in her brain.

Jia Zhang was so angry. No one in the courtyard dared to talk to her like that. Chen Xu was the first one. Do you think I, Jia Zhang, grew up eating vegetarian food?

Chen Xu looked at Jia Zhang who blocked his way again and silently took out a kitchen knife from his arms.

"Forehead..."

Jia Zhang looked at the kitchen knife with rusty spots on the back of the knife in Chen Xu's hand and silently moved aside.

It turns out that this old woman grew up eating vegetarian food.

"Xiao Chen, you'd better not take out the knife all the time..."

The deaf old lady not far away said helplessly that in fact, she also didn't like Jia Zhangshi, who always made noise in the yard, but Chen Xu's behavior of pulling out a kitchen knife when he disagreed with something was not very appropriate either.

Chen Xu glanced at Jia Zhang who dared not say a word, then turned to the deaf old lady and smiled.

"Old lady, I don't want to do that either, but there are always some guys who will never stop unless you are tough. Jia Zhang, am I right?"

Chen Xu sneered as he looked at Jia Zhang again.

"I, I still have clothes to wash, I almost forgot..."

Jia Zhang was a little scared, because no one in the yard had ever talked to her with a knife in hand. She turned around and walked towards the central courtyard tremblingly.

Chen Xu put the kitchen knife back into his arms, leaving everyone speechless after being frightened when they saw him take out the knife.

I have absolutely no idea why this guy has a kitchen knife in his arms.

Chen Xu smiled at everyone.

"As a buyer, I need to go out to buy things at any time. It's reasonable to carry a knife for self-defense, right?"

Without waiting for everyone's reaction, Chen Xu had already walked out of the courtyard.

"What Xiao Chen said makes sense. These days, no one dares to go shopping without self-defense."

"Yeah yeah..."

Listening to the discussion behind him, Chen Xu showed a hint of amusement on his face.

If you are strong, he will be weak; if you are weak, he will be strong. Good people are often bullied, and good horses are often ridden. This is an eternal truth.

If Jia Zhang really succeeds today, then everyone else will dare to take a bite out of him.

Chen Xu naturally wouldn't let this happen. If he behaves tough now, he can avoid most of the troubles in the future. As for what others think of him, does it matter?

Reputation is something that you say is important, and it is indeed important, but sometimes, a bad reputation is more useful than a good reputation.

Just like Yi Zhonghai, he has a bad reputation now, but will it affect his monthly income of more than 80 yuan?

Besides, it wasn't him who started this matter, so he doesn't care where it goes.

Chen Xu didn't slap Jia Zhang directly, which was already a favor to her.

Street Office.

The comrade who received him looked at him in surprise.

"You want to check out?"

"Yes."

People who check out of their properties these days usually cannot make it in New Beijing and plan to move somewhere else. There were many cases like Chen Xu last year, but they have become rare this year. People who can stay in New Beijing for so long have more or less found some way to support their families.

Director Wang, who had just come in, heard what the two were saying and walked over.

"Director Wang."

"It's Xiao Chen, I heard you found a job, why do you suddenly want to check out?"

"It's like this, Director. I rented Xu Damao's house. After all, my house is too small. If I get married in the future, it may not be enough. Now I have to return this house."

"That's right. You're not young anymore. Do you have a partner?"

"Um, not yet, but I have an idea."

Chen Xu also didn’t know what the situation between him and Lin Chan was now. More than friends, but less than lovers?

"Haha, that's fine. Your house is fine for one person, but it would be too small if you have a partner. Okay, that's it. I'll ask someone to lock the door later."

"Okay, thank you, director."