Chapter 27: Renting a Garage, Conflict
Mr. Wang was delighted and replied readily, "What's the problem? I can get the contract ready this afternoon. You can come over to sign the contract anytime. I can give you the keys as soon as the rent is paid."
The two sides had a pleasant conversation and the deal was settled in just half an hour.
After the brother and sister left, Zhang Baiyan asked in confusion: "Little sister, why didn't you bargain for the price just now? Even if you can cut it down by twenty or fifty, it will be fine."
Zhang Baiyan always felt that the garage was too expensive to rent.
Zhang Wanwan didn't think so. "Brother, look at our shabby community. A suite on the first floor of 40 to 50 square meters costs 800 yuan a month. This is a new community. All the equipment is the best and the environment is good. Although the garage is not as big as the suite, it is spacious. There are also pipes for installing water pipes. We can connect a water pipe and a drainage pipe and use it. Dad can do it. Another thing, I just checked, the residents in that community are of higher quality, and no one knows each other. Then we don't have to worry about someone quietly breaking into our warehouse. It's also easy for my parents to work there. They don't have to be vigilant like thieves all the time.
Then I'll move the milk tea-making equipment here, so the house will be quiet. Even if Wang Chunhua wants to find out anything, she won't be able to find out anything."
"Pfft!" Zhang Baiyan burst into laughter at Zhang Wanwan's last sentence. He knew that she hated Wang Chunhua, but he didn't expect that she hated her to this extent.
"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say. Let's go back and marinate these chickens first, and then we'll talk to my parents about renting the warehouse when they come back in the evening."
Zhang Wanwan continued, "If possible, we can handle all the things for the stall there, and my parents can just set up the stall there. As for my tricycle, we only rented it for two months. We will return it after two months and buy a bigger one for ourselves."
This calculation shows that there is another large amount of money. Zhang Baiyan, who originally thought that one hundred thousand was a lot, now feels that the money at home is not enough to spend.
The brother and sister went home and locked the door as soon as they got home. Wang Chunhua from next door became even more upset when she heard the noise. She didn't expect the door opposite to be closed so quickly. She became even more upset and made a loud noise, so loud that Zhang Wanwan and the others could hear it.
Glancing at the door opposite, Zhang Wanwan pouted and said, "See, this is the difference in quality! It's really unlucky to be a neighbor with such a shrew! We should make money quickly, then sell this place and move to a neighborhood with a better environment."
Zhang Baiyan smiled, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. I'll move when I make money. I don't mind. But you're just in the first year of high school, so it's important to have a better living environment. Do you plan to go home every week in the future? Or do you want to live directly in school?"
Zhang Wanwan shook her head. "I don't plan to live on campus. I want to go to school as a day student. No. 1 Middle School is not far from our home. I can go back and forth every day. Living in school is not as comfortable as living at home."
Zhang Baiyan frowned when he heard this. "Wanwan, I still hope you can live on campus, so that you can communicate more with your classmates and adapt to the living life earlier. Then you won't feel uncomfortable in any place when you go to college."
Zhang Wanwan knew that what Zhang Baiyan said made sense, but she was Zhang Wanwan who had lived a new life, so what was there for her to not adapt to?
Seeing that Zhang Wanwan was unmoved, Zhang Baiyan sighed and said nothing more. He helped Zhang Wanwan sort, weigh and register the seasonings.
The two came up with four or five recipes, each of which marinated a chicken and some chicken legs and wings.
When they finished their work, Zhang's mother came back.
"What is this for?" Zhang's mother's eyes widened when she saw a pile of unidentified things on the table in the living room with a note on top.
Zhang Wanwan and Zhang Baiyan came over from the balcony. Seeing the two children looking unkempt and dirty, Zhang's mother immediately got furious. "What did you do? How did you get into this state? And you smell like fish!"
"Mom, don't get excited, calm down. My brother and I were processing the chickens and the seasonings. My brother said it was too stimulating, so he sneezed all over me." Zhang Wanwan soothed and signaled Zhang's mother to calm down.
After knowing the reason, Zhang's mother finally calmed down. She reluctantly asked the two of them to take a shower and went to the kitchen to cook.
Zhang Wanwan changed her clothes and took the opportunity to talk to her mother about renting a garage. "Mom, our area is really not suitable, so we went to see a community near Century Square. It's newly built, and we don't know anyone there. It's only 500 yuan a month, which I think is a good deal. Then we can buy a freezer and a larger tricycle, and have my dad go over to connect the water and electricity pipes and we can use it.
The garage is just for storing sundries and is not used. As long as we don’t make any changes, the landlord won’t go there. It’s pretty safe. What do you think?”
When Zhang's mother first heard about renting a garage, her hands trembled. After hearing the rest, she looked helpless. "You have already decided, so what's the point for me? But our family is not suitable for continuing to do that. These days, many people have asked me how much I made from setting up a stall. I blocked them all and said I didn't know. But people may not believe me. If I set up a stall later, those people will definitely be jealous, and there will be more gossip. It's better to rent it."
A loud bang startled the mother and daughter who were talking. Before they could react, there were banging sounds outside the door and the voice of Wang Chunhua cursing her mother and ancestors, as vulgar as it could be, and it seemed that she had also banged on their door several times.
Zhang Wanwan immediately got angry. Without saying a word, she opened the door and yelled, "Which low-brow psychopath is knocking on my door? You are so shameless, you dare not take responsibility for what you did. Do you think you are the only one who is throwing tantrums? You are a jerk!"
Zhang Wanwan almost shouted as she said this. The sounds of people cooking around them suddenly disappeared, and the silence became eerie.
Soon Wang Chunhua's door opened. "Who are you scolding? You uneducated thing!"
"As uneducated as I am, I am still not as shameless and uncultured as someone who is so vulgar, a rotten person, disliked by everyone, and shameless!" Zhang Wanwan raised her voice several notches and cursed hysterically.
Wang Chunhua was not one to tolerate that, so she immediately opened the door and wanted to fight with Zhang Wanwan.
Zhang Wanwan wasn't afraid at all. She grabbed the broom at the door and opened the door, shouting angrily, "What do you think? If you want to fight, then fight. If I don't beat you into a pig's head today, I'm not Zhang Wanwan!"
Those who were still at home listening to the noise could no longer sit still and hurried over to try to stop the fight.
Granny Huang climbed up the stairs holding onto the railing, panting, "What's going on again?"
"Auntie, please give me some justice. A little girl wants to bully me!" Wang Chunhua cried out in pain as soon as she saw someone coming.
Zhang Wanwan was too embarrassed to show any shame and kept staring at Wang Chunhua gloomily, as if she wanted to tear her apart.
(End of this chapter)
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