Chapter 1
Because of his limited financial resources, Jiang Qi could only buy a few sets of cheap clothes for Old John, turning Old John, who originally looked quite elite in his suit, into a simple old cleaner in an instant.
As stated in the card details, Old John is a person with very low material desires. He only needs to have many things. He doesn't even mind sleeping on the street. He is very easy to support. Old John did not make any requests during the shopping process. After Jiang Qi took him home, he did not comment on the room and was unusually quiet after entering the house.
In just one day, Jiang Qi was pulled into the world of script-killing, the game was activated, and card characters were summoned. These were major events that could be written in two chapters in a normal novel. When he returned home, he was naturally exhausted. After a simple wash, he went back to his room and fell asleep without even checking the messages on his phone.
A dreamless night.
The next day, what woke Jiang Qi up was not the alarm on his cell phone (alarm clocks had disappeared from his life forever after he finished his postgraduate entrance exams), but his aunt's hearty laughter.
Jiang Qi's sister-in-law Jiang Xiaohong discovered her talent for sales when she was an apprentice in the early years. She switched to furniture sales and later saved some money to open a small clothing store. Some of Jiang Xiaohong's former sales colleagues were from the north, which made her accent a mixture of northern and southern accents. Years of sales experience have trained her to have a hearty and penetrating laugh. Even across the street, passers-by can hear Jiang Xiaohong's laughter, which is comparable to Wang's laughter that can be heard before the red lips open.
"Hahahaha, you said that the dumplings you ate before were all stuffed with garlic. How come there are dumplings stuffed with garlic? The taste of people in your place is really..."
Jiang Qi's rushing out of the door interrupted his aunt's hearty laughter.
"Aunt, why... are you here? You didn't even tell me in advance. I... I overslept." Jiang Qi was a little confused when he saw the scene in front of him.
Old John was sitting at the dining table, wearing a cheap shirt he bought for 29.9 at the night market last night. He was holding the chopsticks awkwardly in his hands and was using them as a fork to poke the dumplings on the plate.
Jiang Qi took a deep breath and thought, it’s stuffed with leeks.
"I went to your second uncle's house to clean up, and I came to bring you some dumplings. I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're the same as Xiao Bing, you don't sleep at night and you don't wake up in the morning."
"Don't you have guests at home? Why do you come out like this without even combing your hair?" Jiang Xiaohong smiled and urged Jiang Qi to go into the house and make himself presentable before coming out.
After saying that, he turned his head and smiled at Old John, "Xiao Qi has been reckless since he was young, please don't be surprised."
Jiang Qi quickly changed his clothes. Without a mirror, he smoothed his hair in front of the black screen of his phone. Only after he was sure that he met Jiang Xiaohong's standards did he rush out again.
Before Jiang Qi could speak, Jiang Xiaohong spoke first: "Xiao Qi, you are the same. You didn't tell us elders that the school teacher came to live at home. Otherwise, why would I bring only these dumplings here?"
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Following Jiang Xiaohong's words, Jiang Qi looked at the dining table. Every bowl and every pot was empty.
The basin was a large iron basin used for making dumplings and stuffing. Some flour could still be seen in it. The dumplings must have been put into the freezer. The bowl was a large bowl used by noodle shops for soup noodles. There was still some soup at the bottom. All the dumplings in the bowl were on a plate on the table, a full plate and a half, and Old John was eating them.
It’s only enough for two people to eat for three days, which fits Jiang Xiaohong’s definition of a point.
"This... didn't this happen suddenly? And Teacher John was just staying here temporarily, so I didn't tell him." Jiang Qi said with a wry smile.
Fortunately, he had prepared Old John's identity background in advance, otherwise it would have been exposed today.
"Yes, your teacher Yue just said that you are helping him find a house. Be careful, it's not easy for Teacher Yue to come all the way here to collect folk songs."
Jiang Qi could only nod his head repeatedly: "I'm looking for it, I'm looking for it."
Jiang Xiaohong nodded with satisfaction, and looked towards the closed door of Jiang Bing's room, and asked, "Bingbing hasn't woken up yet. Did she work late last night again? Xiaoqi, you have to talk about your sister too. She has dark circles under her eyes heavier than a panda from working late every day. How can her body bear it? I heard that she opened a new store. It's about some drama. Wen Luo (Jiang Xiaohong's son) has been clamoring to go there to play. When he has a holiday, I will let him take his classmates to your sister's store to play."
"My sister is out of the country and not at home." Jiang Qi explained.
"She went out again? Did you leave the store to you again? I'll have to talk to her when she comes back. She's in her twenties but still does things like this..." Realizing that she shouldn't say this in front of outsiders, Jiang Xiaohong immediately stopped talking and said to Old John with a smile, "Teacher Yue, I'm leaving first. If you like the dumplings, tell Jiang Qi and ask him to tell me. I'll make you a few more flavors. The ones with cabbage filling are delicious too."
Old John pretended that his Chinese was not very good, smiled and nodded silently, and watched Jiang Xiaohong leave.
"That person just now is my aunt Jiang Xiaohong. She has this kind of personality, very enthusiastic. You will probably see her often in the future." Jiang Qi said, "I didn't say it just now..."
Old John picked up a dumpling and swallowed it in one bite. He took a few bites and swallowed it with difficulty. He said, "I was sitting on the sofa and preparing to watch TV when she came in with a basin and asked who I was."
"I said I'm your university teacher. I came here to collect folk songs and I'm looking for a house to stay in temporarily."
Jiang Qi immediately breathed a sigh of relief. This was enough.
Jiang Xiaohong is best at telling stories based on pictures. This information is enough for her to come up with a complete story in her mind.
Since the family already knows about Old John's existence, the matter of finding a house cannot be delayed too long. Jiang Qi needs to find a house that is preferably located in the community, cheap, simply decorated, and can be rented out for a short period of time.
Thinking of this, Jiang Qi went back to his room, got his phone and searched the internet for rental information.
The WeChat messages were still 99. Jiang Qi glanced at them casually. The top one was a dormitory group message named [401 Landing Alliance]. Two roommates who had successfully landed a job were complaining about their boss in the group. The words Xiao Zhang and Xiao Liu appeared most frequently. Those who knew that this was their boss, and those who didn't thought that he was their employee.
Another roommate, Yu Fang, sent him a private message, and when Jiang Qi clicked it, he found it was a string of emoticons.
Yu Fang: [lighting a cigarette.jpg]
Yu Fang: What should I do, Qizi? I might be beaten to death by my dad.
Yu Fang: [Melancholy]
As a second-generation rich man, Yu Fang's biggest hobby is to call people "zi" and "xi shi da". He picks one of the surnames or given names. The four people in Jiang Qi's dormitory are named Jiang Qi, Yu Fang, Wang Zhuo and Zhan Ren respectively. Unfortunately, they all have two-character names so there are not many choices.
Yu Fang called his roommates Qi Zi, Zhuo Zi, Ren Zi and Zi Zi, and the last name was often followed by a beating.
Jiang Qi:?
Jiang Qi: Not really. I remember you said your dad beat you to death because you almost set the house on fire when you were playing with fire as a kid.
Jiang Qi: ...Did you set your house on fire?
As a national-level online surfing athlete, Yu Fang replied almost instantly.
Yu Fang: It would be easy if we just set up home.
Yu Fang: [Picture]
Yu Fang: I’m about to fail in my business venture and lose all my money.
Jiang Qi in front of the phone:?
Isn't this a very normal thing?
Such a trivial matter as the failure of his family's business and the loss of all the money was not even worthy of being mentioned in the criticism and chat meeting before the New Year's Eve dinner.
Jiang Qi: It’s just a business failure, it’s okay
Yu Fang: My dad gave me two million...
Jiang Qi: ...
Jiang Qi looked at the calendar and it was indeed not July yet.
They submitted their graduation thesis at the end of March and defended it in early April and left school.
Jiang Qi: There is no hope. Just wait for death.
Jiang Qi: Remember to call me when you have dinner
Jiang Qi silently put down his phone, not wanting to communicate with this evil rich man.
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After some fruitless searching and surfing the Internet, Jiang Qi finally remembered that there seemed to be a rental agency at the entrance of the community. So Jiang Qi decisively took his mobile phone and went downstairs. When he reached the entrance of the community, he saw his upstairs neighbor Cao Yongjun posting small advertisements.
I was not very skilled at pasting, and I applied glue three times but still couldn't stick the advertisement.
"Uncle Cao, is this glue not working well?" Jiang Qi couldn't help but come forward and ask.
"That shouldn't be the case. Isn't it just expired for two years?" Cao Yongjun looked at me with an expression that I didn't understand.
Cao Yongjun is a celebrity in Jiang Qi's neighborhood. His son Cao Wenyang is the public enemy of all the children in the neighborhood since childhood. He is the child of an epic family. Cao Wenyang has been a legend since childhood as a genius student. He only gets first place in exams, is the top scorer in the middle school entrance exam and the top scorer in the college entrance exam. He is six years older than Jiang Qi, and his high school class teacher happens to be Jiang Qi's high school class teacher.
It can be said that Jiang Qi has been shrouded in the legend of Cao Wenyang as a genius scholar since he was a child.
Jiang Qi took a look at the advertisement and saw that the house was for rent.
"Uncle Cao, are you moving away?" Jiang Qi recalled the rumors he heard at the beginning of the year, "Did Cao Wenyang buy a house in the capital?"
"Yes." Cao Yongjun said cheerfully, "Wen Yang is a filial child. I have a bad heart. He used his connections to find an expert at a large hospital in the capital, so it would be convenient for me to live there and get treated."
"Is Aunt Qian (Cao Yongjun's wife) going too?"
"She went there last week and has been urging me to go there quickly. I want to wait until I rent out the house before leaving. It would be a waste to leave such a big house empty."
Jiang Qi remembered that the layout of Cao Wenyang's house was the same as his. He looked at the rental conditions carefully. It was fully equipped with home appliances, four bedrooms and two living rooms, and ready to move in. The monthly rent was 1,800.
It’s quite cheap, but I can’t afford to rent it.
Seeing Jiang Qi staring at the advertisement, Cao Yongjun's eyes lit up and he asked, "Xiao Qi, do you have any friends who want to rent a house?"
Jiang Qi nodded: "My university teacher wants to rent a room for a short period of time. He is now in my house, but he is alone and can't live there..."
Cao Yongjun was excited when he heard that it was a university teacher, and hurriedly said, "University teacher? One person can just rent a single room. Hello, university teacher. Your aunt Cao has been worried that the tenants will not take good care of the house, so she has not allowed me to rent it. We are relieved about this university teacher!"
"But we can only rent one remaining room..."
"You don't have to rent out the rest. It's enough if someone lives in the house and it has some popularity. I, your Uncle Cao, just don't want the house to be wasted empty."
"Your teacher is at your house, right? That's perfect. Take him upstairs to see the house now."
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