Chapter 6: Men who rent a house and work hard are the most handsome...
Men who work hard are the most handsome. When Qi Lian said that the color TV could be sold for 1,400 yuan, Gu Ruyi thought he was even more handsome.
A brand new color TV only sold for twelve hundred yuan, plus the TV and air tickets might cost around fourteen hundred yuan. As a middleman, Qi Lin should have lowered the price so that he could make money. However, he didn't make a penny. .
Although there is a high chance that there will not be a loss, there will probably not be much money to be made. Is Qi Lin being very kind?
Gu Ruyi, who was puzzled, was very satisfied with the price and pointed at his watch and asked, "What about the ticket?"
"Eighty dollars a ticket."
An ordinary bicycle and watch only cost a hundred or so yuan, but Qi Lian was willing to pay eighty for them. It was totally worth it.
"Deal," Gu Ruyi agreed without further ado.
Although I don’t know why Qi Lin is so generous, there may be a conspiracy.
But who cares? Once the money is in her hands, it is hers. She doesn't believe that she can't even keep this little money.
The brilliant smile on Gu Ruyi's face was so bright that Qi Lian raised the corners of his mouth calmly, but in his heart he exclaimed, "His sweetheart is so adorable."
"Erhu, go get the money."
Wang Erhu: “…” For the first time, he discovered that his brother Qi was actually very generous.
One thousand five hundred and sixty yuan, at least one hundred yuan more than that, isn't this a big rip-off?
Wang Erhu, who once again suspected that Qi Lin had a mental problem today, sighed and went to the place where they hid the money to get the money.
Nowadays, the largest denomination is ten yuan, and there is a thick stack of more than one thousand yuan. Gu Ruyi counted them and found that there was not a penny missing, so he ran away immediately.
"Okay, the money and goods are settled, then I'll take my leave. Goodbye."
Qi Lian: He took the money and ran away. His sweetheart is really smart!
She is worthy of being the one he likes!
The smile on Qi Lin's face couldn't be hidden at all. Wang Erhu almost got goosebumps as he looked at his smiling face.
Why does it feel like Brother Qi’s smile is like the peacock with its tail spread out that he saw when he went to the park last time?
Wait, could it be that Brother Qi has a crush on that lesbian?
No wonder, no wonder Brother Qi was so weird today?
It turns out to be the same as him.
Just as Wang Erhu suddenly realized what was going on, Qi Lian assigned him a task.
"Erhu, take the things back. I'll go see this female comrade off so that she won't be provoked by anyone."
Wang Erhu's mouth twitched, "Brother Qi, you are so kind!"
It's clear that he has bad intentions.
Qi Lian was not embarrassed at all, and said righteously: "I am learning the spirit of Lei Feng and being willing to help others. It won't hurt for you to learn from him."
Wang Erhu: “Oh!”
He doesn't believe you!
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On the other side, after turning a corner, Gu Ruyi immediately rushed into the woods.
This was the place that Gu Ruyi had just paid special attention to. There were many trees there, making it a very good place to hide.
After walking about twenty meters inside and feeling safe, Gu Ruyi took out makeup remover from the system and removed the makeup on her face.
At the same time, Gu Ruyi also took off his coat and pants, revealing the white shirt and old cloth pants underneath.
hehe! You didn’t expect that! This was something Gu Ruyi wore specially so that she could change clothes as quickly as possible so that no one could notice her.
Thanks to her thinness, even though she wore an extra set of clothes underneath, she didn't look bloated at all.
After changing his clothes, Gu Ruyi took out a cloth bag used for food from the system warehouse and put the clothes into it. Then he took another road and headed to Pigeon City in a swagger.
Gu Ruyi just couldn't believe that anyone could guess that she would make a surprise move.
Qi Lian: I really didn’t expect it!
In the blink of an eye, his beloved was gone... gone...
After arriving at the Pigeon Market, Gu Ruyi discovered that it really was like a big market.
Some sell grain and meat, and some sell cloth and cotton.
Most of them are daily necessities, and there are also some selling radios, flashlights, kettles, etc., but most of them are second-hand.
Gu Ruyi didn't care about electrical appliances and the like, but she really wanted to buy food, cotton and other things, after all, she had just received a huge sum of money.
Unfortunately, Gu Ruyi had no place to put it.
Looking back at Gu's family, it's like throwing meat buns at a dog, there is no return.
The system does have a warehouse, but it only stores signed-in items. Not even a needle from the real world can be put in there.
If it weren't for this restriction, Gu Ruyi would not have wasted check-in points on food, vegetables and meat.
Even she wouldn't be so poor, because she would have stocked up the system warehouse in modern times if she had no shortage of money.
What a pity...
After a round of shopping, Gu Ruyi spent more than ten yuan to exchange some grain coupons, meat coupons and cotton coupons.
There was nothing to buy, so she left.
As for the next time, there probably won’t be a next time.
As long as there is a check-in point, Gu Ruyi will have a steady supply of supplies, so there is no need to take risks in this place.
But Gu Ruyi did not go home, but went to the Housing Authority first.
As for what to do, of course, to rent a house.
The Gu family is a hell of a place, and she can't go back to the Xu family. Gu Ruyi doesn't have any close friends to take her in, so if she wants to move out of the Gu family, she can only rent a house.
In fact, Gu Ruyi wanted to buy it directly. After all, houses are very cheap now, and it would be a good deal if she bought it.
But if you think about it carefully, as a single girl, it would be too eye-catching for me to spend so much money on a house.
Besides, if someone investigated, Gu Ruyi would not be able to explain the source of the money.
So it’s better to rent first. Anyway, there are still ten years or so before house prices increase, so there’s plenty of time to buy a house later.
In the 1970s, the Housing Authority was mainly responsible for the management of public housing, its repair and renovation, and rent collection. However, these days most people are waiting for housing allocation, and there are very few people renting houses, so the Housing Authority has very little to do.
When Gu Ruyi arrived, the two staff members of the Housing Management Office were doing nothing. One was a man in his thirties sitting on a chair smoking, and the other was a pregnant woman in her twenties, knitting a sweater.
Both of them looked up and glanced at Gu Ruyi. The pregnant woman didn't react, but the middle-aged man showed a greasy smile and asked enthusiastically, "What are you doing, little girl?"
"I have something to ask my sister," after saying this, Gu Ruyi quickly walked to the pregnant woman, took her arm and said, "Sister, I have something to ask you?"
While speaking, Gu Ruyi turned her back to the greasy man and gave the pregnant woman two half-pound brown sugar tickets.
Brown sugar is a rare tonic in this era, especially for pregnant women, who most want to drink brown sugar water during the confinement period.
The gift from Gu Ruyi touched the pregnant woman's heart, and she said tactfully, "Sister, come with me."
The greasy man was a little unwilling and asked suspiciously: "Xiao Xiang, when did you have such a relative?"
The pregnant woman named Xiao Xiang was not someone to be trifled with. She said directly, "Comrade Wu, I have dozens of aunts and uncles in my family. It's normal that you haven't seen them all."
After the greasy man was blocked and unable to speak, Xiang Caier, as if she had won a battle, led Gu Ruyi to the alley in the backyard of the Housing Authority with a smile on her face.
Without outsiders around, Xiang Caier hypocritically returned the brown sugar ticket to Gu Ruyi, "Sister, we are not related, I dare not take your things, you better keep the ticket!"
Gu Ruyi pressed the brown sugar ticket into Xiang Caier's palm and said with a smile, "Sister, why are we not close anymore? I felt close to you when I saw you just now, as if you were my sister whom I have never met. Meeting is fate, and this brown sugar ticket is my gift to my unborn nephew."
Xiang Cai'er smiled. Although she knew that Gu Ruyi was lying, she was so sweet-mouthed and her reasons were very appropriate. Now she could finally get the brown sugar ticket in a fair and honest way.
"Then sister, tell me what difficulties you have. I will do my best to help you in any way I can," Xiang Caier said positively.
This is what Gu Ruyi was waiting for. "Sister, I want to rent a room. The environment doesn't matter. I just hope the neighbors around me are kind."
Xiang Caier looked at Gu Ruyi and said, "Sister, you are probably not married! Why would a little girl like you want to rent a house outside? Are your family members worried?"
"Alas!" Gu Ruyi sighed and said sadly: "I am married, but unfortunately I have a bad fate. Men..."
The man is dead! Xiang Cai'er looked at Gu Ruyi with sympathy.
No wonder they have to rent a house. It must be that their husband’s family can’t tolerate their parents’ rejection of them, so they have no other choice but to rent a house.
It's so pitiful that this girl became a widow at such a young age.
Xiang Caier, who was overthinking, was overwhelmed with sympathy. She patted her chest and said, "Don't worry, sister. I will definitely arrange a good place for you."
"Then I'd like to thank you, sister."
Gu Ruyi's grateful smile made Xiang Caier feel so righteous that she went to get the housing information with her five or six-month-old belly bulging.
Next, the two began to look at houses. The first house was a tube-shaped building, which was only ten square meters. The toilet and kitchen were shared with people on the first floor. The environment was considered good in that era, but it was too inconvenient. The rent was also high, three yuan a month. Gu Ruyi didn't like it.
The second room was in a large courtyard. It was 15 square meters and the rent was only two yuan. However, there were too many people in the courtyard, and it was a mixed crowd. Gu Ruyi was afraid of trouble and did not take it.
The third room is also a slum, but this house is the west wing, located on the west side of the slum. It has two doors, one leading to the slum and the other leading to the outside.
As long as you block the door leading to the slum, this house will be like a single room, with basically no one disturbing you, and the monthly rent is only $1.50.
The only drawback is that this room seems to have bad feng shui. Xiang Caier secretly told Gu Ruyi that everyone who has lived in this room is very unlucky, with some breaking arms or legs, and some even losing their jobs or being arrested.
It sounds mysterious, but Gu Ruyi is stubborn and doesn't believe it. She even thinks it is an advantage.
Although feudal superstition is being cracked down on these days, there are still many people who are taboo about it, but they just don't dare to speak out.
Therefore, if she lived there, I'm afraid everyone in this compound would stay away from her.
The most important thing is that the Public Security Bureau is right opposite the slum. It is so close that thieves have to take a detour.
Cheap, quiet, undisturbed and safe, aren’t these huge advantages?
In fact, Gu Ruyi had no choice. Xiang Caier was a pregnant woman with limited physical strength. After looking at three rooms in a row, her face was already showing fatigue and irritability. If Gu Ruyi continued to be picky, she would definitely give up.
After paying one dollar for one payment and registering his information, Gu Ruyi finally had a place to stay in the 1970s.
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