He knew the food at the educated youth settlement; the stew with little oil and salt was practically pig swill, and these city kids who had just arrived couldn't get used to it.
Therefore, Shen Baogen was still confident that his two remaining single rooms would not be difficult to rent out.
So he would agree to pay even just one day's rent upfront, let alone a month's rent.
So he didn't hold Meng Xiaohui's earlier trouble-making against her and replied with a smile, "Sure, why not? You pay for a month first, and if you like the place and want to rent it again later, you'll be given priority."
That was exactly what Meng Xiaohui wanted to hear. She immediately paid two yuan for the room, thus reserving it for herself.
This left only one single room, which naturally made the others who wanted to stay alone anxious.
If they were to offer a year's or six months' rent all at once, people might have some reservations, since they haven't even seen the house yet.
But now I heard that I can rent it for a month first, and if I like it, I can renew the lease later.
Many people can afford to pay two yuan. If the house is not good, they can simply not rent it in the future. If the single room is really good, they can pay two yuan to rent it for a month and then have priority to rent it again in the future.
Conversely, if you don't seize this opportunity, and you find that you can't rent a single room when you get there, you might not be able to.
So, several people on the bus immediately expressed their desire to rent a single room.
Finally, the bespectacled young man who was the first to ask about the rental of a single room reacted quickly enough. He took out two yuan from his pocket and stuffed it into Shen Baogen's hand, saying, "Captain, my name is Sui Yuanchao. Here is two yuan for the rent. I'll rent that room."
The captain, clutching the money in his hand, grinned from ear to ear, stuffing the money into his pocket and chuckling, "Alright, alright, Sui Yuanchao, I've got it. I'll give you a receipt when we get back to the brigade."
As he spoke, Shen Baogen looked at Meng Xiaohui, who had just given him money, and asked, "Hey, you little piggy, what's your name again? Tell me so I can give you a receipt when we get back."
After giving her name, Meng Xiaohui stopped talking. She still needed to figure out how to live her life from now on.
The others who had said they wanted to rent a house all cursed Sui Yuanchao inwardly for being cunning when they saw his actions, and they also regretted not reacting quickly enough.
However, it's too late to regret it now. At this moment, everyone just hopes that the conditions in the dormitory won't be too bad.
Shen Baogen, who had already collected four yuan before even returning to the brigade, had long since lost the gloomy look he had when he first came back.
Seeing how popular the single rooms were, Shen Baogen was even considering whether to build houses on all the available space in the front yard, and to demolish the storage shed where Wang Chunni and Xu Laidi lived, so that they could just leave a single room for the two of them for free.
The warehouse area is quite large. If all the rooms are single rooms, two rows of houses can be built by squeezing them together. In this way, giving up one room can earn the rent for at least nine rooms.
However, building a house is no small matter, so we need to have a meeting with the other brigade cadres to discuss it before we go back.
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