Chapter 175

"My hometown is here. This is my old house. It looks quite big, doesn't it? When I was very young, I heard that a long time ago, my whole family lived together, and that is here. The reason why this house is so big is that it needs to accommodate so many people in the family. It is spacious, magnificent and lively. It was pretty good at that time, but..."

Boss Liang paused, opened the door and said to the two people behind him, "There are only three of us now. Even if we all live here together, it's really empty. I don't know how it feels to sleep at night, but I know that if you get up at night, you can guess that it must be uncomfortable. If you are a timid person, it will be even worse. I don't know how scared you will be. You have to tell me."

The owner asked, “What?”

Boss Liang smiled and said, "If you are afraid, you should tell me. At least there are others here who can comfort you. I just hope that when I am afraid, there will be someone to comfort me. We can help each other. If you need anything, you can also tell me and tell me. I will find a way. I remember there is a small shop in this village. In addition to the small shop, there is also a post station a little further away."

The car owner asked: "How far is the post station?"

Boss Liang said: "The post station is much farther than the grocer, and a little farther than the station, but it is still close to the station. It is very troublesome to walk there, and it takes several hours. However, if you drive, it will be much better. However, the roads here are not very flat, and riding a bicycle is a test of your balance. If you drive a car, there may not be such valuables here, and the road may not be so wide."

The car owner nodded: "The road is a bit narrow in some places. It's too crowded for one person to pass through."

Boss Liang smiled and said, "Yes."

The room looked like it hadn't been cleaned for a long time. It was dusty everywhere. After entering, a cloud of dust hit us in the face. Coughing sounded one after another. Boss Liang coughed and waved his hands to try to keep the dust away from his respiratory tract. He said to them, "Don't worry. We can only sleep in one room. It's safer this way. There is space in the room. It's easy to clean."

The key point is the last section, which is easy to clean.

The car owner asked: "Shall we start now?"

Boss Liang nodded and said, "I have a feather duster at home, which is the best for cleaning dust. Do you have masks? If you do, put them on quickly, or you will be choked by the suffocation. If you don't clean it up at night, we won't be able to rest right away."

The car owner said: "There is no way to rest right now."

But he cleaned it anyway.

Boss Liang took out a broom and a dustpan from what was probably a storage room. The things were very old and loose, and looked like they were about to fall apart. It felt like they would rot no matter where they were placed. They gave off a rancid smell, and mushrooms were growing from the cracks in the corners. If a little man that could laugh came out of the mushrooms, it probably contained hallucinogenic spores.

"Only this one? What should we do? One for each of us?"

The car owner looked toward the park.

Leyuan blinked and said, "I can do it alone. You don't need to interfere. Just go outside and take a walk. Maybe you can find out something. You are better at socializing than me, right?"

The car owner said: "That's true, but I have no relationship with them, so what can I say?"

Leyuan smiled and said, "Do you still need me to teach you this?"

The car owner thought for a moment and said, "That's right. Forget it. If I let you teach me, I don't know what will happen. It may even be worse."

He looked at Boss Liang and asked, "What do you think?"

Boss Liang said with a smile, "There aren't many things here, and it's not suitable to clean it up in a big way at the beginning. To be honest, I don't usually like to clean my own home. If I have to clean a store, I know, but this place can't be treated as a store, so I don't know where to start. Since you know, just do what you say. I'll go get the things.

"After we get the stuff back, we'll slowly clean up. By then, we'll definitely have plenty of tools. Are there any special tools you need?"

The owner asked, "Are you going to borrow it?"

Boss Liang said: "No one is usually here, so if you really need to borrow it, you can return it after borrowing it."

The car owner asked: "What if I can't wash it clean and can't return it to someone else?"

Boss Liang said, "At worst, we can just buy it."

The owner said: "It would be better to buy it at the beginning."

Boss Liang said with some embarrassment, "But I don't have to live here forever. Even if I need to clean, I have to do it myself or with my own people. If I leave things here, I'm afraid that after a while, those things will also need to be cleaned, which is even more troublesome. When people come here in the future, they can only look at them but can't use them. Wouldn't that make me even more anxious?"

The car owner said, "I can pay, but you don't think we're coming here for nothing, do you? Of course we can help, but isn't it a bit too much to ask us to pay for it?"

Boss Liang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "But, that's not a necessity."

The car owner laughed and said, "If it was a necessity, I would have bought it long ago. Why wait until now? If you don't care, that's fine too. No one needs to clean. After all, a dirty room is still a room, and dirty things are still things. They are all dirty. It's easier not to clean. It's no big deal. Just sleep here and leave the next day."

Boss Liang's eyes widened: "You can't leave tomorrow! You promised me that you would solve the problem with me, but the problem hasn't been solved yet, and I don't even have a clue. How can you abandon me and leave? What's the point of me staying here alone? How terrible! If I can solve the problem, do I still need to look for you? No. Can you understand me?"

The car owner asked: "We are considerate of you, but who will be considerate of us? You pay for your own car, carry your own things, clean up yourself, and even borrow things from others. This is not a matter of being thin-skinned. This is something that really makes me uncomfortable! Can't you feel that it's not good? You have also benefited from it, so why bother about it so much?"

If you buy those things, they will definitely stay here. After all, they are still yours. Could it be that someone has stolen them?"

Boss Liang said with a smile, "That's what you don't know. Although the air in the countryside is fresh, gossip is inevitable wherever you go. If you keep things in a deserted place, you never know when they will be stolen or used up. If you buy these, the things you use for cleaning will soon be broken or become someone else's. I really don't want to make a loss.

It's not that I have any objection to you, otherwise I wouldn't have asked you for help in the first place.

If I buy something that has been used up, but it is too dirty and I have to buy it, and the other person is unwilling to take it back, what can I do? It is because I have to buy it. Since it is because I have to buy it, it is not my subjective will. If someone wants to use my things but sees that they are too dirty, they don't use them, and the things are still mine. I can keep my things, which is equivalent to keeping my money, and I won't suffer such a loss.

Do you understand?

If someone asks me, I can also say that those are all the things I have, so feel free to use them.”

The owner said, "Well, then I won't clean. You can use the things you borrowed and he can use the things he has now. What do you think? You didn't pay me for cleaning your ancestral home, you know that?"

Boss Liang's smile froze for a moment, then he nodded and continued to smile, "Okay, let's arrange it this way. I hope everyone is safe tonight."

He was about to go out to borrow something, but he paused and said, "I didn't charge you for cleaning the room either."

The car owner said, "I can choose not to live here. This is not the only place to live. Not to mention that a place should have functional buildings such as hotels. Even if there are none, I can find someone else to stay with, such as a youth hostel, a small clinic, or a large hospital. Your place is not good enough."

Boss Liang smiled and said, "You can also go out and find a place to stay. I don't mind. However, there are only two of us staying here at night. I'm afraid I don't know when we can fall asleep. We might knock on your door in the middle of the night, which will cause trouble to the family you are staying with. You will have to spend more money than this."

The owner smiled and said, "Then don't bother."

Boss Liang nodded and left.

The car owner saw him walk out and said to Leyuan angrily, "I thought his noodle shop was doing well and his noodles were decent, but I didn't expect him to say such things. Damn it! If I had known, I wouldn't have let you get to know him, and you wouldn't have to travel all the way for him. He even refused to pay! What a jerk. He deserves to get into trouble even though he's paying for his services. I hate him.

I think I can't stay here any longer. I have to talk to someone before tonight even if I don't. You won't be back for a while, so take care of yourself. If you have any problems, you can go out and find me. Don't try so hard to clean up for him. Does he really think we are here to clean up for him?

The more I talk about it, the more I feel like he doesn’t know what’s good for him! Hateful. Forget it, I don’t want to think about him anymore. He’s so annoying.”

The car owner waved to Leyuan and walked out, leaving Leyuan alone in the room.

Leyuan held a broom in his hand, paused, and went to close the door, but did not lock it, in case someone came back and pushed the door open. He turned around and walked back with the broom and swept the floor. Dust was everywhere, but with a mask on, it didn't smell as bad as before. It might be because he had already adapted to the environment.

There was not much light in here, and it was getting dark outside. Without looking at the time, I felt that the room was very dark, as if it was already late at night. Leyuan felt uncomfortable and checked whether there was any dirt in the corner, so he opened all the doors and windows of the room to let in light from outside.