News about the house came quickly.
There is a house with a yard for rent on the street next to the town office compound.
Su Qingci went to take a look. There were three rooms, with a kitchen, utility room, and livestock enclosure outside.
The house is quite old, but it's kept very clean, showing that the owner takes great care of it.
Most of the things inside the house had been put away, and there were two huge burlap sacks in the living room.
Even the two chickens in the livestock pen had been tied up and placed by the door.
It's clear the homeowner is planning to leave today.
The homeowners were an elderly couple, who looked to be in their early fifties.
The old man's son works as a junior manager in a food factory in the next city.
My daughter-in-law is also a factory worker. She has a three-year-old child and this year she had a grandson.
They were too busy over there, so they asked the elderly couple to sell their house here and move there to live out their retirement, reunite, and take care of the children.
The elderly couple couldn't bear to sell the house they'd lived in their entire lives.
I was worried that leaving it empty would damage it, so I decided to rent it out privately.
They might not trust anyone else, but seeing that it's the security team, they're more than willing.
There were three rooms, one of which they had locked, and they had left some things inside.
The elderly man frankly stated that he might come back once a year during the Qingming Festival.
That room will be kept for now.
The elderly couple were also cautious, after all, they had left their hometown to go to their son's place.
Our son is no longer the child who asks his parents about everything.
He is someone's husband and father now, and only later will he become their son.
The elderly couple were worried that things wouldn't go well for them over there, so at least they had a way out back home.
The remaining two rooms, the living room, the courtyard, the kitchen, etc.
Tenants can use it freely.
They weren't asking for a high price, just 2 yuan a month, but they wanted to take a year's rent upfront and offered to pay 22 yuan a year.
Without saying a word, Su Qingci immediately wrote a rental agreement, paid 22 yuan, and took the keys.
This place is only a few hundred meters away from the security checkpoint.
The old man said that the neighbors in the neighborhood are all very harmonious.
If I live here, I can sleep at least an extra hour every morning.
I can come back for a nap when I have nothing to do at noon.
When the dead of winter arrives, she, as the team leader, might be able to stay home and relax.
The main advantage is that it's close by.
If anything happens at the security post, it only takes a few minutes to run over and call them.
Su Qingci was already fantasizing about the wonderful life she would lead every day: lighting up the security camera and then going home to sleep.
Getting the keys made me feel much better.
The old man was rushing to catch the afternoon train.
In other words, she'll come over this afternoon to clean, and then she can move in tomorrow.
I no longer need to get involved with those people at the educated youth settlement.
Song Jingzhou was very curious when he learned that Su Qingci had rented a house, so he insisted on coming over to see it in the afternoon.
Isn't this just offering themselves up for manual labor?
Su Qing didn't stand on ceremony at all, bringing the entire security team to do his personal work.
Two hours later.
The house, which wasn't small, was thoroughly cleaned inside and out, and the roof was repaired.
Even the soot at the bottom of the pots in the kitchen was scraped clean.
Upon seeing that there were two rooms available, Song Jingzhou immediately considered sharing the apartment.
Su Qingci definitely couldn't agree. It would be so much better for her to live alone, especially since she was someone with a secret.
Song Jingzhou looked very serious.
"Comrade Su, things are simpler inside our brigade than outside, aren't they?"
"But look at Tang Liping, Chen Haiying, Chen Xiuxiang, and even Shen Chuntao before that."
"What happened to them now?"
“It’s much more complicated outside than in the brigade, and you’re a single woman with a job.”
Song Jingzhou emphasized the word "work".
Do you know how dangerous it is?
"In the eyes of the world, you are a big piece of fat meat! Everyone wants to take a bite."
"Aren't you afraid someone will come and climb over the wall in the middle of the night?"
"Even if you're vigilant enough, there will always be times when you're careless, right?"
"What if you run into a whole family that comes to plot against you? Can you fight four enemies with just your two fists?"
"If something really happens, you'll be left with no one to turn to for help."
"Putting everything else aside, you know my character, don't you?"
"If I stay here, will my safety be greatly guaranteed?"
"Each person has their own room, so we don't interfere with each other, and I can even share the rent with you."
"Furthermore, I'm a decent cook, and I can also clean."
"I'm coming in, and I'll do all this!"
Don't take what I'm saying lightly.
"If someone is scheming, even if they can't really do anything to you, it's still easy for them to ruin your reputation."
"This world is not kind to women."
"You won't be able to explain yourself even if you have eight mouths."
"If you don't believe me, let me give you a few more examples."
Su Qingci was already tempted when she heard that he would take care of all the cooking and cleaning.
He quickly raised Er Kang's hand, interrupting his long-winded speech.
"Alright, alright, it's just sharing an apartment, isn't it?"
"The rent for this house is 4 yuan a month, and I paid a year's rent upfront. I paid a total of 48 yuan."
"Just split it in half and give me 24. It's a bit expensive, but it's not easy to find a place to live around here."
"Besides, it's close to the security point, so you can sleep an extra hour every day. Don't think it's expensive."
"You'll take care of the cleaning, and you'll cook for us when we eat together."
"You know I can't cook."
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