Leftover Girl's Neverland

Chapter 3 The House
It was already 07:30 in the evening when I returned to the rented community. Meng Zhen was looking forward to tomorrow's house. After wandering in different places for 12 years (four years in college), she always hoped to have a small nest of her own. She admitted that she was a People who are very insecure always feel that something is missing in a place that does not belong to them.

I opened the door, kicked off the 5-point heels on my feet, put on slippers and threw myself on the sofa. I was so tired, I didn’t even have the strength to drink water!

She was lying on the sofa in a very unimpressive manner, squinting her eyes and thinking: Zhoujiazhuang?Where is this place?
After listening to Aunt Hao's general introduction to the situation just now, Meng Zhen found that although she had stayed in Quancheng for 12 years, she didn't know much about this city, at least she had never heard of this place name.Quancheng is an inland city, surrounded by mountains in the southwest and the Yellow River in the north, and only connected to other cities in the east.In recent years of urban planning, the mountainous area in the south has been developed into a suburban tourist spot. She went shopping with her classmates when she was in college; the mountainous area in the west, because it is far away from the urban area, let alone visited it. Many place names have never been heard.For example, this Zhoujiazhuang!
Since he wanted to make a home there, he had to understand the situation anyway. Meng Zhen got up from the sofa, went to the bedroom, turned on the computer, and searched carefully for information about this place.

Although Baidu is very good now, this mountain village is probably too small to find its information. I only see a small dot on the bus map of Quancheng, which is the stop sign of a certain city bus.

Forget it, you will know when you read it tomorrow.Today the old lady said that it was estimated to cost seven to eighty thousand. She opened the drawer of the computer desk, and there were all her belongings in it.

She took out 4 bank cards and looked at them one by one. This one contained 3 yuan. This one originally saved 4 yuan and lent Chen Xue 2 yuan, and there are 2 yuan left...

Counting and counting, she has saved a total of 76800 yuan over the years of going to work, not counting the 2 yuan from Xiaoxue. She has just paid the mortgage and must have no money in hand.If 7 is taken down, there will be 6800.Although the old man said that the house was just refurbished this year, she still needed to tidy it up, add some furniture, and add miscellaneous expenses, which may not be enough.Today is only the 18th, and the salary will be paid on the 6th of next month. This month’s salary plus bonus is about 3800 yuan, but after deducting insurance and personal income tax, the hand will not exceed 3300 yuan, but the money can’t be spent. Send it to Dad With 1000 yuan, 800 yuan is reserved for living expenses for the next month, God, it is still not enough!
"Forgive me for my indifference..." The faint ringtone of the mobile phone came from the living room, Meng Zhen swept all the bank cards into the drawer, walked out of the bedroom, and took out the vibrating mobile phone from the bag.

landlord?

"Xiao Meng, have you eaten yet? I'm the landlord"

"Auntie, have you eaten? Have you eaten yet?" It's time to pay the rent for the next quarter, alas!

"I've eaten. You have time now, I want to tell you something!" The middle-aged woman on the other end of the phone paused, as if she was thinking about what to say.

"Auntie, I know, it's time to pay the next quarter's rent, I..."

"Oh, Xiao Meng, let me tell you this, you have lived in my house for several years, and my aunt has only raised the rent once. The current house price has increased by several percent. It's time to go up. It used to be 1200 a month, and it will be 1500 a month from next month, with half a year's rent paid in advance. What do you think?"

"1500 yuan per month? One payment for half a year? Auntie, is it too much? You see, I am also alone, and my monthly salary is not much. If I use it to pay the rent, then I--" Failed, just now After thinking for a long time, I forgot to add the rent.

"Xiaomeng, Auntie knows that asking you to take out half a year's rent is a bit much, but I can't help it. My wife and I only have a pension of several hundred yuan a month. For this rent, my son got married. They have never been singled out, and they are all crowded with us now. How about this, there are still 10 days before the end of the month, you don’t have to think about it, if you think it’s okay, I’ll make room for the total. If it’s really not possible, I’ll It can only be rented to others. My house is still very easy to rent, the location is so good, it is in the urban area, and the transportation is convenient. You give me an accurate statement tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and I will make preparations in advance. "

"Okay, let me think about it, and I'll call you when I make a decision. Don't worry, I won't delay your business."

Meng Zhen agreed, exchanged some pleasantries with the landlord's aunt, and then hung up the phone.

Now she is looking forward to tomorrow's house even more, she must hurry up to have her own space, and never let herself be so passive again!
The next day, Meng Zhen washed up and had a simple meal in the small restaurant downstairs. He made an appointment with Manager Fang last night, and today he would drive them to see the house.The appointment was to pick up Aunt Hao at 09:30, and the manager picked her up half an hour earlier.It is now 08:45, it is estimated that the manager will arrive soon.

Sure enough, after she finished drinking the soy milk, she received a text message from Manager Fang on her cell phone: "Meng Zhen, I'm here. I'm at the intersection south of your community, which is where you got off last night."

She replied: "Okay, I'll be right there!"

Today, Meng Zhen is wearing a red sportswear, a pair of white canvas shoes on his feet, and a small bag across his feet. He looks full of vitality.

Manager Fang opened the car door. He had rarely seen his assistant look so casual. He couldn't help joking, "Well, don't tell me, no one will believe that you are 30 years old in this suit."

Meng Zhenxin rolled his eyes, didn't say anything, just smiled faintly, got into the car, sat down, and closed the car door.

"Why, you're angry. When will you and your boyfriend get married? I'll give you a big red envelope!" Manager Fang was very rare today, joking and gossiping.

"Soon, I will be the first to tell you when I get married!" Meng Zhen agreed casually, she didn't need to report her private affairs to her boss.Probably all the employees tell their bosses about their marriage with only one purpose: to ask for marriage leave!

When they arrived at Sunshine Villa, they picked up Aunt Hao, and under the guidance of the old man, the three of them headed west along Jianshe Avenue.

After driving for about half an hour, the urban atmosphere on both sides of the road became less and less, and gradually there were vegetable fields and wheat fields.

"Turn right at that gas station, yes, we'll be there in another five or six minutes..." Aunt Hao was behind Manager Fang, looking at the road conditions outside and showing him the way.

Meng Zhen pushed down the car window, and a gust of cool, earthy wind rushed towards his face, refreshing his spirits.

Under the guidance of the old lady, the car turned north from Jianshe Avenue into a small road. After traveling along the small road for about 10 minutes, a small village appeared in everyone's field of vision.Large and small courtyards are scattered in a "convex" shape from the green hills in the distance. The distance between each courtyard is different, not as neat as the residential areas in the urban area.

The car drove in along the widest street in Zhuangzi. Some old people on the street sat and chatted together, and the children chased each other and played around. When they saw the car coming in, people looked at it and discussed it in a low voice. .

"Whose relative is this? He drives such a nice car. According to my second boy, this kind of car costs hundreds of thousands?"

"Who knows, it's probably from the five old men on West Street. Isn't Meng Qingyu of their family doing business in the city..."

"It's not their house, he drove this jeep a few days ago—"

"What kind of jeep? The secretary said, what kind of tiger is that? It's so expensive. A car costs several million dollars."

"Why do you think that Meng Qingyu is so rich?"

"..."

In the village, the car didn't drive fast, so it came to the street slowly and stopped by the pagoda tree on the side of the road.

"Auntie, are you here?" Manager Fang turned his head and asked.

"The house is on West Street. This street is Middle Street. We have to get out of the car. The road ahead is too narrow for cars to go in. We can just walk there. There are only a few steps to go. Xiao Meng, get out of the car."

As he said that, he opened the car door and called Meng Zhen to get out of the car.

"Okay, Auntie, please slow down," Meng Zhen came down from the other side.

Manager Fang checked the window and closed the door.

"Auntie, the air here is very good. You can see that the distance is only tens of kilometers, and the difference is quite big."

"No! We originally planned to live here for the elderly, grow our own vegetables, raise a bird, how wonderful, oh, it's not for that old man,"

Meng Zhen took the old lady's arm and chatted with her as they walked.

After walking for a few minutes, she came to a courtyard. Aunt Hao pointed to the half-open black lacquered iron gate and said, "Here we are, this is it!"

This is a traditional brick house with red bricks. The roof is not the kind with beams, but a cement flat roof. The whole house faces south.

She pushed the door open and led Meng Zhen in.

Meng Zhen watched carefully, and walked into the gate. The yard was very big, and the yard was divided into two parts by a path paved with gravel. There were a few trees planted on the west side, but the trees were bare. I don't know what was planted. .There is also a tree planted near the room on the east side. It is probably a pomegranate tree. Meng Zhen has seen it in the southern mountainous area. ".There is a cement pool under the tree, and beside the pool is a drilled well. The well head is not visible, only a motor is exposed. This should be a well for watering the yard.From the machine well to the door is a well-opened vegetable field, with four rows of vegetables planted, and now there are only sprouts, and she can't tell what kind of vegetables they are with her agricultural level.

They walked along the gravel path, leading directly to the main room of the house, that is, the living room. The living room was very large, Meng Zhen estimated that it was about [-] to [-] square meters, and the east and west sides of the living room were bedrooms.On the east side is the master bedroom, where there is now a wooden bed painted in maroon. There is nothing on the bed, obviously no one lives there.There is a small room in the master bedroom that is the bathroom. The tiles, vanity and toilet inside are all newly renovated and look new.On the west side is the second bedroom, which is about the same size as the master bedroom, with a bathroom separated from it, but this bathroom is smaller than the master bedroom, and the toilet is much simpler.The second bedroom leads to a room that can be used as a kitchen or as a utility room.This room has two doors that can be opened from the second bedroom, also from the outside.

"Xiaomeng, the house probably looks like this. You can take a closer look. The walls inside have just been painted, and the bathroom and kitchen have just been renovated this year. As for the furniture, let's prepare a few pieces first. You can keep it if you use it, but if you don’t like it, we will give it to the folks directly.”

Aunt Hao took her, watched from room to room, and gave a brief introduction.At that time, the plan of the two of them was like this, maybe the little girl had other ideas.

"Very good, auntie, I think this is very similar to the house I lived in when I was a child." There is a feeling of home, she likes it very much, that's it!
The first time she saw this small courtyard, she had an indescribable feeling, it was very strange, no, it should be said to be a wonderful feeling, standing here felt very at ease and satisfied!
She didn't know that the jade bracelet in the sleeve was changing. Originally, there was only a trace of red light surrounding it, but now it slowly turned into a faint red mist.

No one saw it!

(End of this chapter)