Reborn in 1987: The Story of an Abandoned Girl

Chapter 51 renting out of school

After filling out the form, Li Haitang returned to room 206, where everyone was packing their bags and planning to go home tomorrow morning.

The eight students in the dormitory had distinct humanities and science subjects. Apart from Li Haitang, Xia Lin, Su Tong, and Su Tong's upper bunk Liu Chan were also selected. Everyone sat together and drank the soda that Li Haitang had bought, "It's really fair for us to have a liberal arts division in our dorm. We have four liberal arts departments here and four full science departments across from you."

"That's true. Well, next year after the division, our dormitory will have to be re-graded. We can't live in the same dormitory as you. I can't bear to part with you." Liu Chan was a sentimental girl. She usually didn't talk much, but she was very thoughtful and kind.

"Yes, it will take us a long time to get to know each other when we live with people we don't know. If she gets along well, it will be bad luck if we meet someone like Lv Feifei." A girl sighed across the street.

Su Tong said, "I've been living out of school since the next semester. I'm not living in the dorm anymore."

Her family was well off, and everyone knew that many of the students in the school with good family conditions lived outside the school, and many parents came to accompany them, so everyone could only envy her.

"I live out of school too." Xia Lin, the ice beauty, leaned against the bed and rarely took the initiative to say a word.

Li Haitang thought about it and told everyone the cruel truth, "I live outside the school too. The house has been rented. My deskmate, lin peipei, helped me find it. It took me less than five minutes to get to school by bike."

"Ah, ah, you guys are so hateful." The other students were filled with resentment.

Su Tong excitedly leaned his head over and asked, "Li Haitang, is there any extra room to rent at the place your deskmate introduced?"

"Haven't you found a house yet?" Li Haitang asked.

Su Tong shook his head, "Not yet. It's hard to find a house near the school. It's too expensive. I want to rent something a little cheaper."

"The house I rented is very large. It's on the second floor. It's a unit room assigned by my classmates, dad, and colleagues. But their family doesn't live here. It's divided into three rooms and a living room. The rent is 20 yuan a month. I don't need to live in such a big house alone. Would you like to rent it with me?" Li Haitang had originally planned to rent with someone he knew, so it was safer for everyone to go to school together.

"Yes, yes, I'll stay with you. Li Haitang, you're such a lucky star." Su Tong hugged her arm and jumped up excitedly. He smiled and said, "Now that I'm renting a house with you, I don't need my mother to accompany me to school. She can continue to work. She doesn't have to give up work."

"Okay, I'll show you the house later." Li Haitang smiled.

Xia Lin's long eyelashes trembled and asked, "Li Haitang, is there anyone renting the other room?"

"No, the house was booked the day before yesterday. I haven't told anyone else." Li Haitang looked at her face and asked with a smile, "Xia Lin, why don't you stay with us? The three of us have chosen liberal arts, and you two have good grades. Maybe we'll be in the same class in our second year of senior high school."

"That's right, Xia Lin. You can live with us, too." Su Tong invited him warmly.

Xia Lin remained expressionless and nodded, "Sure."

"Oh, yeah, it's best to have acquaintances living together. Haha, I'm going to call my parents right now and tell them the good news. I won't take my luggage back later, so I'll put it in the new house." Su Tong exuded a sense of joy.

The others looked envious. Liu Chan asked, "Li Haitang, we have too much luggage. It's too much trouble to bring it back. Can we borrow it from the house you rented? Come and get it at the beginning of next semester."

"Sure. The room was very empty. You can put it anywhere you like. Hurry up and pack up now. I'll take you there later."

"Okay, thank you." The others thanked him and quickly packed up their things.

Everyone had too much luggage, especially heavy bedding and books. Li Haitang and Su Tong went out to rent a tricycle to help everyone check out the big ones. After more than an hour of work, dozens of packages, big and small, finally piled up in their newly rented living room.

Xia Lin and Su Tong went into the bedroom, kitchen and bathroom to look back and forth a few times, and said with satisfaction, "This house is not bad. It looks old outside, but inside it is clean and tidy, and the furniture is complete. The most important thing is that this neighborhood is very quiet, and there is no noise outside."

Li Haitang was also interested in this point. Although it was a little far from the school, it was quiet enough, much better than the lin pei family. There were a lot of houses in her tube-shaped building, and the next door was a vegetable market, so it started to be noisy before dawn.

"I plan to buy a bicycle at the beginning of school. I will go to and from school by bike in the future. This will save me a lot of time." She had already made plans in her mind. If she did not go home during the winter and summer holidays, she could choose to live in a shop or here.

"I have a bicycle at home. I can just ride it over." Su Tong randomly chose a bedroom and moved his things in first.

After everyone had packed up, the other few people in the dormitory thanked them and went to their respective cars to go home. Li Haitang and the other three cleaned up the house. It was almost four o' clock before they took the car home.

Li Haitang did not stay in his new house that night, but went to the shop. When she went over, she happened to see Duan Jinqiao coming to Sister liu after school. She didn't have much work in the afternoon. Li Haitang asked Sister liu to get off work early.

Li Jianguo rode his tricycle to a distant shop to deliver the goods. Li Haitang bought some food from the farmer's market next door and planned to make himself and Li Jianguo a nice dinner tonight.

It was almost dark when Li Jianguo came back on his tricycle. His gray sleeves were all wet and sticky. When he saw Li Haitang locked the tricycle in the shop, he smiled and said, "Haitang, are you done with the final exam?"

"Well, I finished my exams this morning. There are still some trivial things at school. I was busy in the afternoon. I came back a little late." Li Haitang quickly brought him a bottle of iced soda that he had just bought from the shop across the street to quench his thirst.

Li Jianguo took a sip and asked, "You don't have to go to school, do you?"

"Tomorrow, our class will organize an activity to have a picnic at mingyue lake. We won't be back until later." Li Haitang had seen moon lake on the map. It was a little far from the city, and it would take more than two hours to get back and forth by bus.

"Well, Taoer's exams are over the day after tomorrow. I want to pick him up for two months. I'm a little worried about him staying at home alone." Although Li Jianguo didn't say much, he was very concerned about Li Tao's son.

Li Haitang had the same plan in mind and agreed, "Okay, I was thinking about this too. I'll go back the day after tomorrow and pick him up on the way."

"Okay. You can pick him up, and the work in the shop won't be delayed." Li Jianguo washed his face with a basin of cold water. Although his skin was dark, he was more energetic than before.

Li Haitang took the food out of the kitchen and smiled, "Dad, how's business these days?"

"I looked at Liu Fen's account book. This month's business is a little better than last month's. The new flax produced by the wang family sells very well. I can't deliver it these days." Li Jianguo smiled. He calculated in his heart that the money he earned this month would be worth ten months in the granary.

The method of making the mahogany was mailed back by Li Haitang last month. As soon as Duan Meifang got it, he started working nonstop and sent her a new contract. The percentage of dividends increased to 20 %. Almost all of the new products in their non-staple food factory were produced by Li Haitang, and they were sold very well. Her wholesale department also received a large amount of goods and contributed a lot. The wang family directly increased the proportion of dividends to her.

Li Haitang didn't reject their offer and planned to collect some snacks to make in return. He filled him with a bowl of chicken soup and smiled, "Dad, I'll go buy a bicycle in two days. When Li Tao comes, I'll ask him to help deliver the goods. He's thirteen years old, tall and strong, so he can start working and earn some money. He can earn some tuition and living expenses during the winter and summer holidays."

Li Jianguo smiled and said, "Yes, the closer one can let him deliver the goods."

"I'm not free this summer. I need to rush the papers. The press is pressing for them." Li Haitang planned to finish half of the fantasy novel" supreme heaven" this summer, and the remaining half would be finished next semester.

"Sure. You can just write with your heart. You don't have to worry about the things in the shop." After finishing the chicken soup, Li Jianguo picked up the bowl next to him and started eating.

The father and daughter chatted as they ate. After eating, Li Jianguo went to take a bath. Li Haitang washed the dishes in the kitchen, cleaned up the shop, and then sat down by the fan to rest.

"Haitang, I forgot to tell you something just now." Li Jianguo came out of the bathroom wearing a cold mop and wiped his hair with a gray towel.

"What is it?" Li Haitang tilted his head slightly.

"Well, when I deliver the goods outside, a lot of store owners urge us to go to the installation department and call them directly when they need the goods, which is more convenient."

Li Haitang smiled and said, "Yes, we should install a phone. Now that there are more and more phones in our homes and shops, we should adapt to the trend. Dad, I'll leave this to you. I'll pack it up in two days."

"Sure. The shop across the street that sells clothes installed one the day before yesterday. The installation fee is 160 yuan." Li Jianguo remembered that the service charge for installing a phone in Ping shan town was one hundred and four, and it was twenty more expensive in the city.

"Sure."

After a short rest, Li Haitang got up to wash up and went to bed early.