Xu Fangfang smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you, Master Li, for your concern. I have been admitted to a school in the city and will probably not return to Pingxi Town in the future. It will be fine after a while."
Li Jianbing admired her strength.
Everyone enjoyed the meal.
After three rounds of drinks, Li Jianbing asked a few more questions, "It's not easy for a divorced woman like you to live alone in the city. What are your plans for the future?"
Xu Fangfang thought about it, gritted her teeth and said: "I really have an idea. The reason why my sister is so independent and not restricted by her family is because she has her own house and is far away from her relatives in her hometown. She is not afraid of anything unless she asks for help.
I have thought about it carefully during this period of time. It is better for a woman to have her own house to have confidence. Anyway, I probably won’t get married in the future. I will save money for a few years, and when I have enough money, I will buy a small house in the city to settle down. "
Although the teacher's salary is not high, she has a provident fund and can also tutor people on weekends to earn a little more.
Li Jianbing agrees with this. “I mainly work in the water and electricity business in the city, and have done renovations for many teachers. I heard that if you have worked at a school for a certain number of years, you can buy commercial housing near the school, and there are discounts.
The government also provides special housing for teachers, which is much cheaper than the market price. If you are interested, you can learn more about it later. If you don’t understand something, just ask me. ”
Xu Fangfang expressed her gratitude again.
In fact, after this meal until the summer vacation, Xu Fangfang never contacted Li Jianbing again, and the two had no chance to meet.
Until the school holidays, Xu Fangfang planned her tutoring plan to make money, and finally found a house of suitable size to rent.
When I contacted the landlord, I found out that the house actually belonged to Li Jianbing.
The moment they met, they were both overjoyed.
"Master Li, is this your home?" Xu Fangfang still found it incredible. She walked out of the alley and looked around, marveling at the fate between them.
Li Jianbing nodded with a smile and explained, "This is Xiatianshe. It was just included in the demolition plan this year. It is estimated that the construction will start by the end of the year. The house has not been demolished yet, so I put it up for rent. I didn't expect that there would be news after just over a month.
Why are you renting this house? Are you planning to move?"
Xu Fangfang shook her head and said thoughtfully, "I moved to a place near the school last semester and rented a single room there. The school gave me a rent subsidy, so I would not move unless something unexpected happened.
This will be the two-month summer vacation, and I want to rent a house to run a summer cram school. I saw your house a long time ago."
Li Jianbing laughed loudly upon hearing this. "That's perfect. My house is useless if it's just sitting here. I might as well take the whole house and just pay a little rent. I don't rely on rent to make a living."
"How can that be! You've helped me, and I haven't repaid you yet. How can I keep taking advantage of you? I'll pay you the rent."
The two argued for a long time, and finally Li Jianbing rented all three floors to Xu Fangfang at the rent of one floor, and the two signed a two-month short-term rental contract.
When Xu Fangfang was about to clean up the house, she asked, "Isn't Master Li living here now?"
Li Jianbing nodded. "This is my ancestral home. In addition to this house, I also have a house that was allocated by my company in the early years. Now that I am working on my own, I live in the employee dormitory provided by the cooperative company for convenience. It doesn't matter where I live, right?"
As soon as Xu Fangfang heard this, she knew that this person was easy-going and praised him sincerely with a few words.
After getting the keys, she immediately started cleaning the house.
The self-built house has three floors, each floor is more than 100 square meters, square, with a living room and three bedrooms, all simply decorated, all you need to buy is a blackboard, tables and chairs.
She would use them for two months, and it wasn't cost-effective to buy them, so she had to contact a friend and find someone to rent them for two months.
In less than a week, her tutoring institution was up and running.
Li Jianbing was worried so he took some time to check it out. As soon as he reached the door of his house, he saw bicycles parked densely in the yard. A rough count showed that there were at least twenty bicycles, which meant that there were at least twenty children attending classes in them.
He was a little surprised and worried that his arrival would affect Xu Fangfang, so he squatted outside for a while and waited for the children to finish class before going in to take a look.
Just then, the neighbor, an old lady, came back from shopping. Seeing him sitting at the door, she hurried over to chat with him, "Hey Jianbing! Aren't you busy today?"
"Grandma, there's nothing to do this morning, so I came back to take a look." He pointed behind him.
The old lady immediately became interested. "I was just about to ask you, did you rent out the house specifically to give tutoring to Teacher Xu?"
"Um?"
Seeing Li Jianbing confused, the old lady said with an expression that she understood everything. "I am here, you don't have to hide it from me. I just knew that she was divorced after I met Teacher Xu these few days. I tell you, it's rare to meet a woman with such good conditions. You have to work harder and don't miss it."
Li Jianbing finally understood and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Grandma, what are you talking about? I didn't mean what you said. I just saw that it's not easy for Teacher Xu to come to Anshi alone, so I took care of her a little more. You should go back and cook. It's almost noon."
The old lady grumbled in a grumble, "You are so old, what is there to be embarrassed about? Let me tell you."
Amid the old lady's mumbling, Li Jianbing finally sent her back after coaxing and persuading her.
When he came back, there was suddenly more noise in the house, probably because the get out of class was over.
He was hesitating whether to go in when he saw Xu Fangfang and a group of children coming out.
Everyone said goodbye to Xu Fangfang together.
Xu Fangfang watched them leave before greeting Li Jianbing, "Master Li."
Li Jianbing was a little embarrassed. He saw his motorcycle out of the corner of his eye and slapped his forehead in annoyance. "Someone gave me a watermelon. It's a good opportunity for you to have some. I just came to see how your tutoring institution is going. Is everything going well?"
Xu Fangfang nodded repeatedly, "It's great. My sister helped me plan the enrollment early on, and mobilized her friends to help. We introduced each other, and there were also some students I taught, so there were quite a few people."
Her fees are not high and are quite affordable. In addition, with many years of work experience, she is quite adept at running a tutoring institution.
Li Jianbing nodded awkwardly, and when he saw another child coming, he hurried away.
In the evening, Xu Fangfang sent the last child to the cram school and was about to close the door and leave with a tired look on her face. The old lady next door happened to come out, and when she saw her, she immediately started a conversation with her in a familiar manner.
"Teacher Xu, is the get out of class over? You must be tired after teaching for the whole day," the old lady said with a loving face.
Xu Fangfang smiled faintly and shook her head, "Not bad."
The old lady stepped forward, grabbed Xu Fangfang, and advised earnestly: "Teacher Xu, I think you are a good person with good conditions. Do you want me to introduce you to a partner?" (End of this chapter)
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