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Master! Do you still have a house to rent here?

When Xu Tongdao asked, he looked into the yard. He was the first to knock on the door of this yard, because it looked quite big from the outside.

Looking inside now, it's really big.

On the other side of the courtyard gate, there is a row of about six or seven bungalows. At this time, an old lady was choosing vegetables under the eaves, a woman in her forties was drying quilts on several benches, and another was taking Facing a half-year-old boy with an iron ring rolling in the yard, Tongdao Xu visually estimated that the boy was about five or six years old, and he looked like a tiger.

Yes! Yes! Do you bring all your luggage? Haha, come! I'll show you the room first. Let's talk when we're satisfied? Haha.

The old man was getting older, and the speed of speech was slow, but he seemed very kind.

Okay! I'll trouble you then.

No trouble! No trouble! Don't be so polite, huh, come on! I still have two vacancies here, both in the far west...

The old man leaned on a cane and walked in staggeringly, while introducing Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin.

Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin followed behind, listening to the introduction while looking at the environment in the yard.

The yard is quite clean, and the ground is paved with blue bricks, except that it is a little uneven.

There's a toilet over there! To the east is my kitchen. If you usually use boiling water, come to my kitchen to get it! If you rent a house here, I will supply you with a bottle of boiled water every day, and every house in the yard is treated like this, hehe...

With the introduction of the old man, Xu Tongdao also noticed that the toilet is under the west wall, and it is only about two or three meters away from the westernmost room. In summer, the smell may be a bit strong.

After all, the toilets these days, even those in the county seat, are still old-fashioned. When the weather is hot, the smell is definitely not good.

Maybe because of this, the two rooms near the toilet are still empty and no one is renting.

Xu Tongdao also noticed that since the two of them walked into the yard, the old lady who was choosing vegetables under the eaves, the woman who was drying the quilt, and the little boy who was rolling iron rings had all looked at him and Xu Tonglin curiously.

Especially the little boy, who stared at them curiously with big eyes, without any concealment.

Seeing the iron ring in his hand and the wire hook in the other hand, Tongdao Xu smiled slightly, feeling very kind, because he also liked to play with it when he was a child.

Even with him, he also had a good impression of the little boy who was playing with the hoop, so he blinked his left eye at the little boy.

The little boy gave him a bright smile in return, and then he took the iron ring and ran over.

Grandpa Li, someone else wants to rent your house?

As soon as the little guy ran over, he talked to the old man.

The old man touched his little head and nodded with a smile, Yes! Yes! You go and play first, Grandpa Li will take the two big brothers to see the house first...

Oh fine!

The little boy ran a little further, but still looked here curiously.

Xu Tonglin suddenly turned his head and made a face at him, but instead of scaring the kid, he made him laugh.

Come here! Providence!

The woman who had already dried the quilt frowned and shouted, the little boy looked back at her, oh well, and ran over with a smile.

Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin followed the old man into the westernmost room to take a look. This room is not small. Xu Tongdao visually estimated that it was about three meters wide and six meters long, which was much larger than the small single room he wanted to rent. .

This room is bigger. I think you two are going to live together, right? Haha, so I'll show you this room first, how about it? Are you satisfied, boy?

The old man explained with a smile.

This room has two windows to let in light... ok! It's a bungalow after all,

There is a toilet not far in front, so although there are two front and rear windows, the lighting is not very good, but it is not too bad.

Inside by the window, there is an old desk and an old wooden bed, the width of the wooden bed... Tongdao Xu looks at about one meter two.

Such a wide bed is more than enough to sleep one person. If you sleep two people, you can only squeeze it, and you can sleep even if you squeeze it.

These Xu Tongdao didn't care very much. He mainly valued the fact that it was close to the alley and that there was a large yard outside.

What he cares most about...

Your surname is Li, right? Then we also call you Grandpa Li?

Hehe, you are free! You are free! How is it? Are you satisfied with this room?

The old man touched the white hair on his head, smiled all over his face, and looked like he was talking very well.

Xu Tongdao looked at Xu Tonglin next to him and smiled: Grandpa Li, this house is very good, we like it very much, it's the rent... How much is the monthly rent for this room?

Speaking of the rent issue, Xu Tonglin, who was still looking at the room, also looked over.

He knew that they had insufficient funds to come to the county this time, not only to rent a house, but also to leave enough money to set up a stall.

Hehe, the rent here is not expensive. If you two young men sincerely want to rent, I won't ask you more. It's 80 yuan a month, if you decide to rent it! Just pay one month's rent plus one month's rent first. The deposit, a total of 160 yuan, ha ha.

160?

Xu Tonglin repeated it and looked at Xu Tongdao.

When he came out this time, he didn't bring much money with him, mainly because he was hanging out with Xu Tongdao, so whether to rent the house here or not depends mainly on Xu Tongdao's meaning.

Grandpa Li, can you show us the empty room next to us again?

Xu Tongdao did not make a decision immediately.

Okay! Of course there's no problem, you come with me!

The old man took the two of them to the next room to have a look. Sure enough, the room next door is indeed smaller, mainly because except for the easternmost and westernmost two rooms in this row of bungalows, there are houses more than one meter wide in front of the other rooms. Overhang.

It is because of the overhang of this roof that the adjacent room is a few square meters smaller.

There is also an old desk and an old wooden bed about one meter two in the room.

Grandpa Li, how much is the rent for this room?

This time it was Xu Tonglin who asked.

Hehe, this room is 70! The old man replied with a smile.

At this moment, a very strange sound came from the next room. Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin looked over at the same time, as if something was hitting the wall. The sound was not loud, but it had a sense of rhythm.

Xu Tonglin's eyes were puzzled, What voice?

Before the rebirth, the experienced and married Xu Tongdao had already guessed the reason, but he was not interested in explaining it to Xu Tonglin, and Xu Tongdao looked at the old man.

However, seeing that the old man seemed to have poor hearing, there was still a smile on his face, as if he hadn't heard the abnormal noise from the next door at all.

Tongdao Xu smiled bitterly. He originally wanted to save some rent and rent this smaller room.

But he was afraid that this kind of voice next door would appear frequently in the future. He and Xu Tonglin were both still young, and they were afraid that they would not be able to keep up with their nutrition in the future. Don't eat more food expenses in order to save a little rent, it would not be worth it.

Grandpa Li! We want to rent the room just now, but can the rent be cheaper for us?