Chapter 37 Considering the House
After all, there are at least 6 to 8 people in a dormitory, and it would be inconvenient for her to cook her own meals or move into a separate space.
So there are only two options before Lin Siqiao: either rent a house or buy a house.
Lin Siqiao didn't dare to think about buying a house. She calculated that the savings she got back from her scumbag father was 1,500 yuan, the house and job were sold for 1,350 yuan, and the bonus from the city was 1,000 yuan.
After deducting the money spent on the watch and other expenses during this period, Lin Siqiao now has a total of more than 3,500 yuan on him.
This amount of money is considered a huge sum in this era. If you use it frugally, it can last at least ten or eight years. Of course, the premise is that you don't buy big things.
But this money is far from enough to buy a house in Shanghai, especially near the Drama Academy.
The school is located in Jing'an District of Shanghai, an old concession and considered a "top-tier" place in the eyes of Shanghainese, so old-style Shikumen houses are rare in the area.
Instead, there are garden houses, various European-style buildings, and a combination of Chinese and Western styles.
Of course, most of these houses have now been nationalized, and ordinary people are not even eligible to move in, let alone buy them.
As for renting a house, it doesn't seem that simple. As the earliest industrialized city in China, Shanghai has a large influx of workers, and housing issues have always been the government's most troublesome livelihood issue.
Therefore, on the one hand, the government builds houses and distributes them to employees, and on the other hand, it encourages private housing rental.
The rental price is calculated by square meter and varies according to the location. The monthly rent for the best house is about 30 cents per square meter.
The price is acceptable, but there are so few houses that you may not be able to get a spot.
Lin Siqiao was going to go to the Housing Authority to fill out some information soon. At least he could get in line first. If there was a suitable house, they would notify him.
Lin Siqiao didn't plan to be idle for the remaining days. She would take a map and take a good walk around the area. What if she was lucky enough to stumble upon a dead mouse?
"Yun Shu, I have to go to the Housing Authority later. Please set a time and place, and we will meet later."
"You want to go to the Housing Authority? What for?" Lu Yunshu asked curiously.
Lin Siqiao did not hide anything and told her that he wanted to rent a house near the school.
"It's probably not easy to find a house near the school."
"Yes, I know."
"I'll just go over there and take a look. If I can't find it nearby, I'll have to look somewhere farther away."
Lin Siqiao has thought it through. If all else fails, she will just buy a bicycle. She is determined to move out anyway.
"Somewhere farther away..." Lu Yunshu thought about it carefully.
They do have an empty house, which is about half an hour's walk from here.
But she doesn’t have the final say on the matter of the house, she has to go back and ask.
"Si Qiao, let me keep an eye on it for you."
"If there is any news, I will tell you then."
Lu Yunshu didn't say anything definite, and Lin Siqiao didn't think much about it.
Regardless of whether this will succeed or not, she is very happy that her friend has this intention.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Lu Yunshu was not just talking. After dinner that night, she rushed home without stopping.
Mrs. Lu was drinking tea in the living room at the moment. Lu Yunshu put down his bag and ran to the kitchen like a lackey to wash two apples.
He also thoughtfully cut the apple into slices.
"Mom, open your mouth and I'll feed you"
Mother Lu looked at her daughter suspiciously, sizing her up and down.
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
"I'm telling you, don't even think about messing with my wallet."
A few days ago, she drank a cup of tea poured by her daughter, and was extorted of half a month's salary. Mother Lu is still heartbroken.
"Mom, look at you, can't you just think positively of me?"
"Don't worry, I won't try to take your money this time!"
"Really?" Why was Mother Lu so unconvinced?
"real!"
Lu Yunshu looked at me and said, "If you don't believe me, I can swear immediately."
"Hey, just trust me this time."
Having said that, Mother Lu opened her mouth reluctantly.
"How is it, sweet or not?"
"It's OK."
"Mom, you're tired after working all day. Let me massage your shoulders."
Seeing that her daughter was so well-behaved today, Mother Lu became even more worried.
At this time, I listened to Lu Yunshu.
"Mom, I was admitted to the drama academy, and ranked fifth in my major."
Mother Lu hadn't even had time to utter a word of praise.
Lu Yunshu added, "Mom, the house on Changle Road has been vacant for a while."
Before she finished speaking, Mother Lu turned around and asked, "Why, do you still want to move out?"
“Who’s moving out?”
As soon as Mr. Lu opened the door, he heard his wife's voice.
"Who else but your daughter!"
"Mom, I'm not the one who wants to move."
Lu Yunshu hugged Lu's mother's neck from behind and confessed everything honestly.
"Just a friend of mine, she wants to rent a house near the drama school."
"She just came to Shanghai alone and doesn't have any relatives or friends here."
"I thought the house was empty anyway, so how about renting it to her?"
After hearing this, Mother Lu and Father Lu looked at each other. Did they hear it right?
It sounds like my daughter has made a friend, and he’s from another place?
"Male or female?" The couple were surprisingly in sync on this matter.
"Dad, Mom, what are you thinking about!"
"How could it be a man!"
As long as it wasn’t a man, the couple breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mom, is this okay?" Lu Yunshu started to act like a spoiled brat.
Mother Lu's neck was hurt by the shaking, so she quickly pulled the person to sit next to her.
"That house is indeed empty, but this house was allocated to your grandfather by the organization."
"Your father's company didn't allocate housing before, so we can live there."
"Now we have moved to the city government compound. Although the house is empty, you have to ask your grandparents how to deal with it."
Speaking of this, Mother Lu suddenly remembered.
"Old Lu, it's been a while since Mom went back to Jiangcheng this time. Has she come back?"
Father Lu was just about to talk about this.
"I did go back. I just arrived in Shanghai this afternoon, but my mother was injured."
"What? How could Mom be injured?"
"Dad, is grandma okay?"
Father Lu quickly extended his hand and asked them to be patient and listen to him first.
"Mom, it's nothing serious, I just sprained my foot."
"But the situation was very urgent at the time. Mom had an asthma attack. If I hadn't met a kind-hearted girl, Mom might have..."
Mother Lu knew that my mother-in-law had severe asthma.
Fortunately, my mother-in-law is fine, otherwise she would not be ashamed to go back to the old house.
"It's all my fault. I should have asked for leave to accompany Mom back to Jiangcheng."
"Don't say that. No one expected such an accident to happen."
Father Lu patted his wife's hand and said, "I've taken the whole morning off. Let's go back to the old house to see Mom tomorrow."
“It should be.”
Mother Lu quickly stood up and said, "The milk coupons issued by our company this month have not been used yet. I will go to the Xinghuo Day and Night Food Store now and buy two bags of milk powder for Mom."
"Mom, I'm with you."
After the mother and daughter finished talking, they hurried out of the door.
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