Siheyuan diet for men and women
Chapter 509 Conscience Sellers
Chapter 509 Conscience Sellers
"Who is it?"
Zhou Changli was leaning on the kang in the concierge and reading a novel, when he heard the movement at the door, he couldn't help but threw the book that was about to be torn into pieces on the kang, and yelled impatiently.
Ever since the one threw the key to him, he has never been free again, and has been working as a porter here every day.
Sometimes when something happens at home, I have to call my brother to come over and replace it, just because I am afraid that something will go wrong here.
Or, if that person suddenly came to the door and saw that he was not there, it would be lively.
But there is no excitement here, only at night it looks like a deep house with a huge mouth open, and sleeping here at night always feels uneasy.
But recently, a mason often came to visit the site, and said that he let him come.
Because the words were right, he let the other party check the house.
But he also kept an eye out, every time that person came to check the venue, he followed him around.
Regardless of whether you are working or not, regardless of whether you are a temporary concierge, if you are a monk here for a day, then half a brick will not be missing in this yard.
At this moment, I thought it was the mason who came, so I pulled on the cloth shoes and came out to open the east door next to the porter's house.
The east gate is a small gate, next to it is the chariot and horse gate, and it is on the Xun seat of the whole house. It is very convenient to enter and exit here, so he arranged his place to live here.
It's not that he is so polite and doesn't live in the spacious gatehouse at the main entrance, but that it's such a big house that he's terrified living alone.
The concierge here is bigger than their house, and I often can't sleep at night, how dare I live in a bigger one.
It's not that I haven't thought about calling a few brothers over to play cards or something, and it's better to pass the time.
But thinking about that sour-faced character, I really don't have the guts to make this place a mess.
But when will you be a leader in this kind of life, you can't really treat yourself as a fool, and use animals for nothing!
Complaining about Li Xuewu in his heart like this, he complained a little on his mouth.
"Knock, knock, knock, don't make a sound, I'm already out, and you still..."
Whispering like this, he pulled the door open, and just wanted to say a few words to the mason, but he saw the mason standing at the door squinting and looking at him.
"Director Li... Director Li"
"It seems that you like this place very much, and you are used to being a concierge."
Li Xuewu stretched out his hand and pushed open the half-sliding door over there, stepped into the courtyard, and said, "Look at your tone, you are more dignified than the concierge who used to live here."
Looking at the figure entering the yard, Zhou Changli couldn't help but widen his eyes. He never thought that this is the one who came.
Back then, she was expecting him to come and counting the days if he would not come, but now it's a good thing, she didn't expect him anymore, but he came instead.
Come here as soon as you come, and you just catch up with yourself to complain, this is going to be troublesome.
"close the door"
Li Xuewu stood in the courtyard and groped around, and when he turned around, he saw Zhou Changli was still acting like a stone lion at the gate.
"Hey!"
Zhou Changli responded, and closed the door stiffly.
Habitually wanting to lock the door bolt in his hand, but thinking of the person behind him, he hesitated and put it down again.
Li Xuewu looked at the little man who came over cautiously, and asked, "Are you bored?"
"No...no"
Zhou Changli is good-looking and smart, he can talk usually.
At this moment, Li Xuewu's mouth was slightly mixed with garlic.
I don't know why, maybe it was the first time I met that big mouth for no reason, or I saw Li Xuewu wrestling badly, or I saw Li Xuewu shooting at the ice rink.
Anyway, I knew that this person dared to do something, it was a stubble.
Li Xuewu looked Zhou Changli up and down, and he was still at attention, even though he was still wearing thick clothes on his upper body.
Obviously, I don't have time to go home to change these few days, or I don't have time to go shopping on the street.
From Ding Wanqiu's mouth, I learned that this kid is not honest and cowardly, he stopped living at home a long time ago, and usually eats with the streets.
"have you eaten?"
"No... eat, eat"
Zhou Changli wanted to say that he didn't eat, but when he realized that Li Xuewu was asking if he had eaten, he hurriedly replied.
Li Xuewu looked him up and down again, then nodded and walked into the courtyard.
Zhou Changli was hesitant to follow. He was already afraid of Li Xuewu, and now he wished that Li Xuewu would let him go earlier.
But the other party actually asked whether he ate or not, what do you mean?
Now seeing Li Xuewu going to the flower hall, he gritted his teeth and followed.
I've been doing white work here for so long, if I don't hang around in front of that person's eyes right now, the work will be for nothing.
As soon as you enter the east gate, there used to be carriage and horse stables, and the location is extremely wide.
According to Ding Wanqiu's introduction, his father raised many good horses and big carts.
But when he was in charge of the family, he saw the foreigner's car, and he was impressed with the comfort and style of the car. The prodigal son sold all the good horses and cars his father had saved and bought a car.
Because there are no horses here, and there is no place to park, the position of the carriage and stables has been flattened for parking.
But Li Xuewu now sees that it is rich to park ten big trucks side by side, how many good things this rich kid bought and ruined.
Entering the flower hall, it is still the same as before, but the wrestling mats are piled up in the corner, and the floor is still terrazzo floor tiles.
There are patterned glass windows all around, and the surroundings are bright. At this moment, the sun is slightly slanting, and the details of the room illuminated are clearly visible.
Perhaps it was because the window hadn't been opened for a long time, and it was a bit dull when entering the room.
"Just squatting here with the porter?"
Li Xuewu looked at the furniture in the room, and said to Zhou Changli who was behind him without turning his head, "I don't know why I opened the windows of these rooms to let in the wind."
"..."
Zhou Changli almost choked to death if he didn't call Li Xuewu, who agreed to be your concierge, he didn't get any credit for his feelings, and he was scolded here.
But he knew who the person training him was, so he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he could only sleep and stand by the door.
Li Xuewu didn't listen to the answer, he glanced at the door, and then knocked on the armrest of the armchair.
In fact, he is also pretending, although his grandfather is a carpenter, but he knows six orifices about wood, but knows nothing about it.
After turning around, he came out from the back door of the flower hall and turned around to the courtyard on the right.
In fact, the more you look at it, the worse it gets. Ding Wanqiu, a prodigal son, doesn't feel sorry for this yard at all.
The water in the big tank in the yard was dry, and there were fallen leaves and dust inside, and the bottom was dark, and I don't know what it was.
The few trees are still alive, but they are all crooked and have no shape at all.
Seeing Li Xuewu frowning, Xu Shi hesitated for a while, and Zhou Changli, who was following him, reminded in a low voice: "There are so many houses, I can't clean them up by myself."
Li Xuewu turned his head to look at him, raised his eyebrows, and said, "I didn't ask you to clean up."
Seeing what Li Xuewu said, Zhou Changli shrank his neck and took a step slower indifferently.
You want me to clean it up, and I have to clean it up too. How long have I been saving this place? If there is no one, the front feet will be cleaned up, and the back feet will be ashes.
In the past, what did the officials and eunuchs do with so many servants? It was because the yard was too big, and they all pointed to their own wives to clean it up, so they couldn't be exhausted.
Li Xuewu ignored him and turned around again. This was the first time he had inspected the courtyard in such detail and comprehensively.
He even looked at the basement located in the backyard of the main house.
According to Ding Wanqiu, the basement is a bank and warehouse.
But it wasn't dug by their family, and it wasn't dug by the previous owner of their house, it had been there long ago.
Maybe it will be there in the Ming Dynasty, maybe.
Why Ding Wanqiu is sure that it was not dug by their family, nor by the previous homeowner.
Because in the era when he knew about it, there was no silver in this family, and there was no such capital.
Li Xuewu turned around a lot, but still stared at it wholeheartedly for nearly an hour.
The condition of the house here is worse than that of the big courtyard, and it has to be repaired carefully.
Master Dou said that many brick and tile structures had to be dismantled and rebuilt, especially houses that were not occupied all the year round.
This is especially true for the window frames, the paint surface has long since faded away, and the prodigal son doesn't know how to paint, and the rain has weathered the wood.
But Li Xuewu thought about it for a while, living alone in such a big yard, it's not bad to be able to live like this.
If he is left alone, maybe he is not as clean as others, not to mention the eldest brother, let alone the second brother.
After returning to the east courtyard gate, Li Xuewu stopped, looked at Zhou Changli who was following behind, and asked, "How old are you?"
"Seventeen"
Following Li Xuewu around the courtyard now, Zhou Changli was no longer nervous, and answered Li Xuewu's questions much faster.
Li Xuewu took a look at Zhou Changli's height, probably because he didn't have enough to eat, so he wasn't tall.
"Do you have a business?"
Zhou Changli glanced at Li Xuewu, lowered his head and didn't reply, but what he was thinking in his heart was, look at what you said, who is able to show the door of your house for such a long time if there is someone who is doing business.
Li Xuewu looked at this young guy, as if he saw his former self.
But he himself is on the right track at his age, so he is lucky.
Fortunately, there is a father who takes care of him, a mother who takes care of him, and has a third uncle relationship.
There are very few people who are as lucky as him. Those who don't have his qualifications are just like this kid in front of him, hanging around on the street.
At best, those who are top notch are doing heavy work, and those who are not top notch don't know where they are going.
"You're such a big guy, why can't you always go to the street to beg for food?"
"I didn't ask for food"
Zhou Changli raised his head abruptly, looked at Li Xuewu, and insisted stubbornly, "I'm not begging for food."
"What's that for?"
Li Xuewu raised his brows and asked, without waiting for him to answer, he continued: "Collecting protection fees from the Buddha and asking rich children, isn't that a beggar?"
Zhou Changli looked at Li Xuewu and didn't reply, but his eyes were full of dissatisfaction.
No matter what Li Xuewu said, he never begged anyone for food.
His little bastard has never been so low-key on this piece of land, not even Li Xuewu.
"Hehe, I think it's worse than a beggar"
Li Xuewu chuckled lightly, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit one for himself, but he didn't let Zhou Changli.
Zhou Changli grinned, his eyes were already on Li Xuewu.
This person is really not a beating, I helped him look at the house for so long for nothing, did I say thank you, and even satirized myself here, I should have evacuated this courtyard earlier.
Li Xuewu took a puff of cigarette, looked at Zhou Changli who was swaying, and asked, "Are you not convinced?"
Zhou Changli looked at the gun holster stuck on Li Xuewu's waist, and turned his head to the side.
What the hell, I can't afford to be provoked and can't afford to hide.
He just wanted to hear that Li Xuewu didn't need him anymore and told him to get out of here quickly.
But Li Xuewu didn't say anything, just stood here smoking a cigarette.
"There are workers coming to work these days"
Li Xuewu stood there smoking for a while, and then continued: "There are a lot of people, it's a mess, you moved all those porcelains or valuable gadgets to the basement and locked them up."
When Zhou Changli heard Li Xuewu's words, he didn't take the key to his feelings today, but he wanted to continue to use him for nothing.
"I still have things to do"
Zhou Changli took out the key from his trouser pocket, and stretched out his hand to pass it to Li Xuewu.
With a cigarette in his hand, Li Xuewu looked down at the key in his hand, then looked up into his eyes.
"Tell me, what are you serious about?"
"I... I have too many things to do"
Zhou Changli didn't expect this person to be so difficult to deal with, and he had been working for nothing for so many days, so he was still thinking about what to do.
Even big cadres don't order people around like this. They treat themselves as fools.
It's fine if you say something nice, since you entered the door, you didn't look at yourself directly, and now you are arrogantly instructing yourself, you really take yourself for a fool.
I don't want to do anything about this job, anyway, my uncle has already left, and I don't owe him anything, why!
right!Just don't do it to him!
Li Xuewu still didn't pick up the key, looked at the kid who was too lazy to lie, and said, "Are you receiving protection money?"
Seeing that he was still mocking himself, Zhou Changli threw the key away.
But he didn't dare, because he had heard about how this man beat someone at the police station when he first came back.
Also, the more rumors are getting more and more evil now, it is said that this person came down from the south, because the murder was too fierce, he was not treated in the army.
Although he didn't quite believe the evil part of the rumors, but according to the news from the police quarters, this person must be fierce.
He also met him himself. This man's face was very sour, and he couldn't deal with a word, so he slapped himself loudly when he came up.
Also, from the mouths of the children in the compound, this guy has a background, saying that he is talking and laughing with the bosses in the Ministry of Industry and Safety.
A group of people were driven into the water that day, but it became the biggest joke in Dongxi City.
But those children in the compound didn't think it was a joke, because it was a joke to throw ordinary people into the water.
But let him be thrown into the water, I just feel lucky, and it's awesome.
Heck, mess with this guy, they don't get shot, they can play for a long time.
"You can also collect protection fees here."
Li Xuewu flicked the cigarette ash, looked at Zhou Changli and said, "How about I give you a copy first? Keep my house safe?"
Zhou Changli did not dare to speak of Li Xuewu, but kept his expression restrained, staring at Li Xuewu to express his anger.
"hehe"
Li Xuewu looked at him cross-eyed, and said disdainfully: "As long as you can follow me, go out and play, let's practice for another two years."
After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhou Changli's stubborn and outstretched hand, and put the cigarette butt he had snuffed out in his palm.
Zhou Changli is so angry, what the hell am I giving you back your keys, and you treat me like I'm picking up cigarette butts for you!
Li Xuewu took out 50 yuan from his pocket, pressed it on the cigarette butt, then tapped the money, and said, "Hey, protection fee."
It's not that Zhou Changli has never seen money, he has never seen such a dick. Looking at the money in his hand and feeling the cigarette butts underneath, he feels that his brain is not enough.
Seeing that Li Xuewu was about to leave, he froze for a while, chased after him and said, "I said..."
"What?"
Li Xuewu turned around, stared, and asked, "Not enough?"
"I……"
Zhou Changli held a wad of money in his hand, he couldn't tell if it was enough or not.
Li Xuewu looked at Zhou Changli, who was speechless, tapped the door and told him, "They should keep an eye on their work. They are not allowed to light fires, throw cigarette butts, urinate indiscriminately, come in and out on time, and are not allowed to stay overnight."
"understood"
Seeing the scar on Li Xuewu's face twitching because of talking, he really couldn't say the words to quit.
Seeing that he agreed, Li Xuewu jumped into the jeep, started the fire, and finally said: "Squat here honestly, you have already collected the protection fee. If I know that you dare to neglect your duties, I will take you to the west of the city to shoot targets." Son".
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Zhou Changli to reply, he stepped on the accelerator and turned the steering wheel to the nearest house.
Seeing Li Xuewu's car leaving, Zhou Changli curled his lips, glanced at the money in his hand, then remembered the cigarette butt in his hand, and immediately threw the keys, cigarette butt and money out of his hand.
"What's the air, it's great to have money!"
He was able to follow now, standing on the steps, shaking his head and muttering in the direction Li Xuewu left.
But when he was talking, he didn't dare to speak loudly, he was deeply afraid that there would be an ambush around him, and if his words were heard by others, he would be in trouble.
When I remembered that there was no one here, I looked left and right, and then looked at the three things on the ground.
"Fuck, bully honest people!"
While talking, he picked up the key. This is what he came out of and went in, so he couldn't do without picking it up.
When I picked up the keys, I felt that I had given him the housekeeping. If I didn't take the money, I wouldn't take it for nothing, so I picked up the money too.
Just as he was about to straighten up, he saw the cigarette butts at the naked gate again.
After thinking about it, I took other people's money... No!
It should be that the gate of this courtyard was cleaned by myself, and it doesn't look good to throw away cigarette butts.
Well, that's the reason, definitely not because I took the money.
Zhou Changli comforted himself, found a reason, and then picked up the cigarette butt.
When I straightened up, I suddenly felt a little red in the face.
Xu Shi had bent over for a long time, and his blood was congested, but he was afraid of being seen by others, so he hurriedly entered the gate and fixed the latch.
When he returned to the concierge, he threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground.
After thinking about it, he kicked into the door of the stove again, put the key in his pocket again, and then began to look at the 50 yuan in his hand.
To be honest, he also had 50 yuan before.
But I can't help but spend, come and go quickly, so I can't say what to buy.
Recently, I have been watching the house here, Zhao Laosi and the others came to find me a few times, but they couldn't get out, so they could only stare blankly.
This is just like the circle Sun Houzi drew for Tang Seng, unable to move forward.
It's not that I can't go home, and it's not that I can't get out of this door, but I'm always afraid of losing things here.
I can't play happily, I can't eat happily, and I don't feel good about myself.
It was the first time for him to be trusted so much by a decent person, to entrust a big house to his care, and he really couldn't get over this hurdle in his heart.
He dared to beat someone up, but he didn't dare to lose his heart.
He didn't look at it when Li Xuewu gave him the money, but now that he counted it, it was really a lot.
Zhou Changli squinted his eyes in surprise, flicked the money, and hit his hands with a crackling sound.
This time I'm rich, so I don't need to eat boiled noodles, hey, I'll go to the opposite side to eat mutton pot in a while.
Just as he thought so, there was another knock on the door.
He was so surprised in his heart, it couldn't be that guy came back after hearing something!
She walked out of the concierge in fear, entered the foyer and lay down on the crack of the door to look out. Seeing that it was Street Madam, she breathed a sigh of relief and opened the door.
"What are you doing?"
"Hey, where's Ding Wanqiu?"
The street aunt brought two women from this alley, stood at the gate and saw a young man coming out, so she asked a question.
"moved away"
Zhou Changli felt taken aback, and impatiently said casually that the door was going to be closed, but was stopped by the leading aunt again.
"Are you the head of the household now?"
The aunt also gave Zhou Changli a blunt look and said, "It's time to pay the electricity and water bills."
"What?"
Zhou Changli stared and asked, "What's the fee?"
"What's the fee!"
The aunt on the street rolled her eyes and said, "Didn't Ding Wanqiu tell you about the electricity bill, the electricity bill for lighting, the water bill, and the water bill for draft water when he left?"
"I'm not the head of the household"
Zhou Changli was a little dazed, thinking why these grandmas didn't come sooner, or that person made up his mind and went first.
"Then inform the head of the household to pay the money"
The aunt on the street rolled her eyes and said: "If you don't pay the money, the water will be turned off."
Zhou Changli frowned and looked at the three old ladies in front of him, so he could only ask, "How much?"
"The electricity bill is one and twenty-three cents, and the water bill is one and sixty-one cents. Your family pays per head, and Ding Wanqiu pays three tons of water a month. How many people are in your family now?"
"my home……"
Zhou Changli was confused by the aunt, waved his hands and said: "That's not right! These days I fetch water to drink by myself, I don't use tap water!"
"I know there is a well in your yard"
The aunt said impatiently: "But your house has moved into tap water, so you have to pay like this, how many people, hurry up."
"I told you this is not my house"
Zhou Changli frowned and thought to himself, what the hell, I'm saving water for nothing, I should have known it would have been watering the flowers all the time.
Seeing that he didn't cooperate, the aunt said: "Then the water and electricity will be cut off, and you can go to the street to pay by yourself, and we won't charge it."
"Hey hey!"
Seeing that these aunts were even more tempered than himself, Zhou Changli had to take money out of his pocket.
When the aunt rolled her eyes and took the money, she gave him change, and at the same time the other typed a note, and hurriedly added: "I really don't belong to this family. I am the only one in this yard, and I show people the house."
"It has nothing to do with me, you know!"
The aunt had lost patience with him, so she registered it in the notebook, gave him the change, and said, "When the day comes, you will have to pay the water and electricity bills. I have come to your house several times, and you are the only ones left. I do not know?"
After finishing speaking, seeing that his companion had given the note to the young man, he took the lead and walked down the street.
Seeing the change in his hand, Zhou Changli felt as if his head was about to explode when he heard the three aunts muttering something that he didn't like.
What the hell, it was said to be a protection fee, and the money was broken as soon as he got it.
If this work is done, maybe how much money will be paid.
Why do you want to eat mutton? It's so shameless, you don't know how to put money into it, do you?
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Li Xuewu really didn't know that he came to collect the money today, but he knew that there was a daily maintenance fee here.
In addition, Master Dou and the others are going to work, and the supervisor here will inevitably have to spend money to buy things.
That's why Zhou Changli was given so much.
Another one, if he manipulates people like this, he has to pay them wages no matter what, 50 yuan is appropriate for half a year, no matter what you think.
He drove to several other houses and looked at them one by one.
Not to mention, the quality of these operas is still there, leaving others is leaving others, but the courtyard is not sloppy, and it is not spoiled by him.
The furniture handlers that had been agreed at the beginning were also kept. Li Xuewu looked through it and found that he really kept his word.
He didn't know when these people left, and he didn't inquire, as long as the deed was in his hands now, it would be fine.
I saw one place from East Siliu, another one to the west of Haizi, and two places to the east.
They all look the same, the last time I saw it was past five o'clock, I thought about going home for dinner after watching the third courtyard opposite the last drama school.
After eating, he thought about taking Gu Ning to his mother-in-law's house.
Because the mother-in-law has come back from picking up the wind, and this is just after the earthquake, so I have to go there anyway.
As for eating, my mother-in-law always wants to cook well when I go there to eat, so I feel embarrassed.
So I also agreed with Gu Ning, each eats his own food, and picks her up after eating.
After driving the car to the gate of the house opposite the Academy of Drama, Li Xuewu took off his sunglasses and walked towards the gate with them in his hand.
Just as he was about to take the key from his pocket to open the door, he found that there was no lock on the door.
What's going on here?
Did the family leave without locking the door when handing over to Lao Biaozi?
It doesn't matter.
But it doesn't make much sense to say that, no matter how urgent it is, Ding Wanqiu lived here before he left.
Others say that the door is not locked elsewhere, and Ding Wanqiu will not let the door be the first one if it is not locked here.
Don't be a thief?
Li Xuewu thought so, put the sunglasses into his pocket, pulled out the pistol from his waist, and then gently pushed the door with his fingers.
Hey!This is so arrogant!
Li Xuewu heard the smell of food, so he wouldn't know who would occupy the magpie's nest, seeing that the house was empty, let's move in first.
Seeing that the gate was unlocked, Li Xuewu entered the courtyard with a gun in his hand.
After bypassing the concierge and checking that there was no one in the inverted room, he entered the Chuhuamen with a pistol in his hand.
But I heard the sound of the frying pan coming out of the fire room, and someone was talking to it.
Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes, he was sure that the family had already left, because Zhou Changli had just told him to send Ding Wanqiu to the train.
You can't leave a few here to kindly show him the house, right?
"The people inside are listening"
Li Xuewu stood against the wall, raised the pistol in his hand, and shouted in the direction of the fire room: "Come out with your hands up now, or I will shoot."
When he yelled, the frying pan inside became silent, and neither did the voice of speaking.
After hearing this, Li Xuewu realized that it must be some kind of haunting in broad daylight.
Seeing that no one came out, he raised his gun and walked towards the fire room. When he got there, he really smelled the cooking smell, so he kicked the door open.
When he went in with a gun in hand, he saw two girls squatting on the ground holding their heads like quails in fright.
Especially seeing Li Xuewuzhen coming in with a gun, his little face turned pale with fright.
Li Xuewu stared at these two people, this is not a thief, he has seen it before.
One was the one who opened the door for him in the flower hall of the mansion, and the other was the one who walked with the braided girl that night and said.
It's just that there were three girls that night, I don't know why there are only two now.
wrong!
What the hell, it should be why there are two of them now!
Li Xuewu put away the gun in his hand, looked at the cooking pot that was about to burn, pointed at it with a frown, and said, "Hurry up."
The braided girl on the ground saw Li Xuewu pointing and smelled the smell of paste. She stood up with trembling legs and hurriedly shoveled out the vegetables in the pot.
When the girl saw that the housekeeper she had seen that night came in, she was also relieved, and sat down on the ground, tears streaming down her cat-like face.
Li Xuewu didn't know what was going on now, so he cocked his chin and looked at the crying one on the ground and the one standing beside the pot.
"Clean up, let's talk in the yard"
After saying a word, Li Xuewu stepped out of the door of the fire room.
After he walked around the courtyard, he realized that Nuoda's courtyard was indeed empty.
There is only a room upstairs in the back that still has bedding and daily necessities.
The guy who said it was a full set of theatrical troupe was left for him. The thing warehouse also looked at it, but didn't see anything.
It's just box by box, and he can't tell what it is if there are guys outside.
When he came out of the storeroom, he saw the two girls standing under the steps of the yard with their heads lowered and their hands solemn.
Li Xuewu looked at the two people's clothes with hanging eyes, which were the traditional silk hexagrams.
Embroidered cloth shoes, blue trousers of muslin, and long sleeves of muslin. These are pajamas from earlier, and they don’t stick to the body when worn casually.
But the average girl can't let outsiders see her dressed like this.
But now it won't work if they don't show it. The two of them are being arrested as thieves.
Li Xuewu sized up the two of them for a while, which made the two of them lower their heads even more, and their heads were almost stuck in their chests.
"Who said, what's going on?"
Li Xuewu stood in the yard, with his hands on his hips, and asked the two of them.
Both of them were crying, pattering, and smashing on the brick floor for a while.
Li Xuewu looked at the teardrops on the ground, but he didn't have time to listen to the two singing here, so he said again: "If you don't tell me, I will ask someone to take you back to the police place."
They heard from their master that this person is a senior cadre in the yamen, who is in charge of the police office.
When this man said that he would take them to the police station, he believed it in his heart and panicked.
"Don't~"
It was the braided girl who opened her mouth, raised her head with tears streaming down her face, looked at Li Xuewu pitifully, and explained, "Master is gone."
Li Xuewu closed his eyes, paused for a second, then opened them again, with the expression on his face unchanged.
What does it have to do with him that their master left? What he is asking now is why the two girls didn't follow.
Seeing Li Xuewu's expression, especially that serious face, the girl's legs trembled a little.
But if you don’t answer, you can’t do it. If you go to the institute, it will be even more difficult to explain.
"Master is gone, leaving us behind, woo woo woo~"
At this moment, the girl next to her spoke back, but after she finished speaking, she began to cry again.
Li Xuewu looked at the two of them with a frown and asked, "Then why don't you leave?"
"We...we have nowhere to go"
The girl with big braids was still calm. Although tears were flowing, she still held back her emotions and explained: "We were all bought by Master, and we grew up with Master's parents since we were young. We have no father or mother..."
Li Xuewu grinned, the contract didn't say buying a house for a girl.
This opera singer is also too particular.
Hearing his companion say that he had no father or mother, the one who cried just now cried even harder.
Li Xuewu looked at this with his eyes, and then at that, and asked, "Didn't you say that your master is a teacher at the university across the street, and you are not students of the opposite university?"
What he thought was, if the college student on the opposite side is not a sweet potato, he will not be able to go anywhere when he is assigned.
But the girl replied: "We don't have that kind of blessing, we just can't afford to eat. Master bought it with millet."
Li Xuewu calculated in his mind, what year did this happen?
"How old are you?"
"I'm seventeen, she's sixteen"
The braided girl asked Li Xuewu and introduced herself and her crying companion.
Li Xuewu was also confused in his heart. Who could say exactly what happened in those few years, the messy place was also messy, and it was not uncommon to sell children and daughters at any time.
But looking at these two troublemakers, Li Xuewu didn't know how to solve it for a while.
"Is there any relatives?"
After Li Xuewu finished asking, he also felt that there was little hope. If there were still relatives, why not stay here.
Sure enough, both of them shook their heads.
"Where is that account?"
Li Xuewu hung his eyes and said, "You can't have no household registration, can you?"
"here it is"
The girl with big braids said timidly: "Our household registration is here with Master."
Li Xuewu sighed, and asked again: "Where is the household registration book? You can't ask your master to take it away, can you?"
"No……"
The girl with big braids turned around and ran to the backyard shaking her big braids. After a while, she ran back again and gave Li Xuewu two notebooks panting.
Li Xuewu took it and opened it to take a look, and it really fell here.
But it's all about the relationship of relatives, one person and one book, obviously it's done through relationships, and all the singers have a little relationship.
Flipping through the notebook in his hand, seeing that the two of them stopped crying and just peeked at him timidly, Li Xuewu asked helplessly, "Why did you take them away and leave you two behind?"
Hearing Li Xuewu's question, the younger one, Jin Jiaojiao, started crying again.
Maybe it was because Li Xuewu asked about sad things, and the tears couldn't stop.
It may be a sad thing for anyone to be abandoned, and Li Xuewu ignored her.
Turning to look at the tall, older girl named Tong Huimei, waiting for her to answer.
"Master... Master didn't take all away"
Tong Huimei saw that Li Xuewu asked, she lowered her head sadly, and explained: "Some brothers and sisters live here, and they all went home, and those whose families are in other places also took the train away, and some... ..."
He took a breath, as if feeling aggrieved, and continued to explain: "There are still some students from the opposite school, and they have already returned to school. Master only took those people away."
"Aren't you one of those people?"
Li Xuewu looked at the household registration books of the two, and there seemed to be nothing to check.
Tong Huimei shook her head, and said: "The ones who go with the master and uncles are all chosen by them, or their own children."
Seeing that Li Xuewu didn't understand, he explained: "The one you saw the other day, the one who spoke was the child of my uncle's family. She worshiped my master as a teacher, so she followed."
"There are also those who are capable like the master, and the master also took them away."
Speaking of the latter, Li Xuewu clearly felt Tong Huimei's depression, and obviously hated himself for being incompetent.
Before Li Xuewu could speak at this moment, Jin Jiaojiao, who was crying beside him, said bitterly: "He is not the master anymore, and that heartbroken man is not the master brother either."
"Jiao Jiao"
Tong Huimei called her companion to signal her not to say that, then she looked at Li Xuewu and said, "We didn't do it on purpose, and we didn't want to cause you trouble, but we have nowhere to go."
Holding two household registration books, Li Xuewu looked at the two and said, "I didn't ask anyone to transfer the title when I bought this house."
"I know I know"
Tong Huimei wiped her tears and asked Li Xuewu: "Then do you want to work? We can do anything, as long as you..."
Li Xuewu looked at the two of them helplessly, and said, "What are you doing with me? I'm not the young master, so I brought two maids with me when I go out?"
Seeing what Li Xuewu said, Tong Huimei also knew that she was in a difficult situation, and the confidence she had just regained was gone now.
Li Xuewu looked at the two of them for a while, and said, "I bought this house to live in, so I can't just kick you out with a single word."
Hearing this, both of them raised their heads expectantly, waiting for Li Xuewu to say goodbye.
Li Xuewu thought for a while and said: "I will give you three days to find a house, and after three days my workers will come to clean up the house."
Hearing this, the small flames in the eyes of the two of them went out instantly, and their faces sank down like ashes.
They were all brought up by their master since they were young. They can only sing operas. Even cooking without a cook is like fighting a war. What can they do when they go out?
How else can Li Xuewu have such an expression when he hears that the two of them can do anything, why can't they ask the old lady to sing a play for him at home?
You don't have to make your father beat yourself with anger.
He has a clear conscience for the two of them, this house was bought with real money, and the deed is in his hand.
If the family hadn't left so fast, he would be beating someone now.
An ultimatum was given to the two, but Li Xuewu didn't look at them, he threw the household registration book in his hand on the shelf next to him, and walked out of the yard.
It's not that he is ruthless, but it's the truth. I don't see people who have to adopt apprentices to buy a house.
Besides, he is a decent person, what is it to buy a house and raise two women.
When the ignition is on, step on the accelerator and drive home.
I wrote more than 3000 more, I will write more tomorrow, maybe I will add more
(End of this chapter)
"Who is it?"
Zhou Changli was leaning on the kang in the concierge and reading a novel, when he heard the movement at the door, he couldn't help but threw the book that was about to be torn into pieces on the kang, and yelled impatiently.
Ever since the one threw the key to him, he has never been free again, and has been working as a porter here every day.
Sometimes when something happens at home, I have to call my brother to come over and replace it, just because I am afraid that something will go wrong here.
Or, if that person suddenly came to the door and saw that he was not there, it would be lively.
But there is no excitement here, only at night it looks like a deep house with a huge mouth open, and sleeping here at night always feels uneasy.
But recently, a mason often came to visit the site, and said that he let him come.
Because the words were right, he let the other party check the house.
But he also kept an eye out, every time that person came to check the venue, he followed him around.
Regardless of whether you are working or not, regardless of whether you are a temporary concierge, if you are a monk here for a day, then half a brick will not be missing in this yard.
At this moment, I thought it was the mason who came, so I pulled on the cloth shoes and came out to open the east door next to the porter's house.
The east gate is a small gate, next to it is the chariot and horse gate, and it is on the Xun seat of the whole house. It is very convenient to enter and exit here, so he arranged his place to live here.
It's not that he is so polite and doesn't live in the spacious gatehouse at the main entrance, but that it's such a big house that he's terrified living alone.
The concierge here is bigger than their house, and I often can't sleep at night, how dare I live in a bigger one.
It's not that I haven't thought about calling a few brothers over to play cards or something, and it's better to pass the time.
But thinking about that sour-faced character, I really don't have the guts to make this place a mess.
But when will you be a leader in this kind of life, you can't really treat yourself as a fool, and use animals for nothing!
Complaining about Li Xuewu in his heart like this, he complained a little on his mouth.
"Knock, knock, knock, don't make a sound, I'm already out, and you still..."
Whispering like this, he pulled the door open, and just wanted to say a few words to the mason, but he saw the mason standing at the door squinting and looking at him.
"Director Li... Director Li"
"It seems that you like this place very much, and you are used to being a concierge."
Li Xuewu stretched out his hand and pushed open the half-sliding door over there, stepped into the courtyard, and said, "Look at your tone, you are more dignified than the concierge who used to live here."
Looking at the figure entering the yard, Zhou Changli couldn't help but widen his eyes. He never thought that this is the one who came.
Back then, she was expecting him to come and counting the days if he would not come, but now it's a good thing, she didn't expect him anymore, but he came instead.
Come here as soon as you come, and you just catch up with yourself to complain, this is going to be troublesome.
"close the door"
Li Xuewu stood in the courtyard and groped around, and when he turned around, he saw Zhou Changli was still acting like a stone lion at the gate.
"Hey!"
Zhou Changli responded, and closed the door stiffly.
Habitually wanting to lock the door bolt in his hand, but thinking of the person behind him, he hesitated and put it down again.
Li Xuewu looked at the little man who came over cautiously, and asked, "Are you bored?"
"No...no"
Zhou Changli is good-looking and smart, he can talk usually.
At this moment, Li Xuewu's mouth was slightly mixed with garlic.
I don't know why, maybe it was the first time I met that big mouth for no reason, or I saw Li Xuewu wrestling badly, or I saw Li Xuewu shooting at the ice rink.
Anyway, I knew that this person dared to do something, it was a stubble.
Li Xuewu looked Zhou Changli up and down, and he was still at attention, even though he was still wearing thick clothes on his upper body.
Obviously, I don't have time to go home to change these few days, or I don't have time to go shopping on the street.
From Ding Wanqiu's mouth, I learned that this kid is not honest and cowardly, he stopped living at home a long time ago, and usually eats with the streets.
"have you eaten?"
"No... eat, eat"
Zhou Changli wanted to say that he didn't eat, but when he realized that Li Xuewu was asking if he had eaten, he hurriedly replied.
Li Xuewu looked him up and down again, then nodded and walked into the courtyard.
Zhou Changli was hesitant to follow. He was already afraid of Li Xuewu, and now he wished that Li Xuewu would let him go earlier.
But the other party actually asked whether he ate or not, what do you mean?
Now seeing Li Xuewu going to the flower hall, he gritted his teeth and followed.
I've been doing white work here for so long, if I don't hang around in front of that person's eyes right now, the work will be for nothing.
As soon as you enter the east gate, there used to be carriage and horse stables, and the location is extremely wide.
According to Ding Wanqiu's introduction, his father raised many good horses and big carts.
But when he was in charge of the family, he saw the foreigner's car, and he was impressed with the comfort and style of the car. The prodigal son sold all the good horses and cars his father had saved and bought a car.
Because there are no horses here, and there is no place to park, the position of the carriage and stables has been flattened for parking.
But Li Xuewu now sees that it is rich to park ten big trucks side by side, how many good things this rich kid bought and ruined.
Entering the flower hall, it is still the same as before, but the wrestling mats are piled up in the corner, and the floor is still terrazzo floor tiles.
There are patterned glass windows all around, and the surroundings are bright. At this moment, the sun is slightly slanting, and the details of the room illuminated are clearly visible.
Perhaps it was because the window hadn't been opened for a long time, and it was a bit dull when entering the room.
"Just squatting here with the porter?"
Li Xuewu looked at the furniture in the room, and said to Zhou Changli who was behind him without turning his head, "I don't know why I opened the windows of these rooms to let in the wind."
"..."
Zhou Changli almost choked to death if he didn't call Li Xuewu, who agreed to be your concierge, he didn't get any credit for his feelings, and he was scolded here.
But he knew who the person training him was, so he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he could only sleep and stand by the door.
Li Xuewu didn't listen to the answer, he glanced at the door, and then knocked on the armrest of the armchair.
In fact, he is also pretending, although his grandfather is a carpenter, but he knows six orifices about wood, but knows nothing about it.
After turning around, he came out from the back door of the flower hall and turned around to the courtyard on the right.
In fact, the more you look at it, the worse it gets. Ding Wanqiu, a prodigal son, doesn't feel sorry for this yard at all.
The water in the big tank in the yard was dry, and there were fallen leaves and dust inside, and the bottom was dark, and I don't know what it was.
The few trees are still alive, but they are all crooked and have no shape at all.
Seeing Li Xuewu frowning, Xu Shi hesitated for a while, and Zhou Changli, who was following him, reminded in a low voice: "There are so many houses, I can't clean them up by myself."
Li Xuewu turned his head to look at him, raised his eyebrows, and said, "I didn't ask you to clean up."
Seeing what Li Xuewu said, Zhou Changli shrank his neck and took a step slower indifferently.
You want me to clean it up, and I have to clean it up too. How long have I been saving this place? If there is no one, the front feet will be cleaned up, and the back feet will be ashes.
In the past, what did the officials and eunuchs do with so many servants? It was because the yard was too big, and they all pointed to their own wives to clean it up, so they couldn't be exhausted.
Li Xuewu ignored him and turned around again. This was the first time he had inspected the courtyard in such detail and comprehensively.
He even looked at the basement located in the backyard of the main house.
According to Ding Wanqiu, the basement is a bank and warehouse.
But it wasn't dug by their family, and it wasn't dug by the previous owner of their house, it had been there long ago.
Maybe it will be there in the Ming Dynasty, maybe.
Why Ding Wanqiu is sure that it was not dug by their family, nor by the previous homeowner.
Because in the era when he knew about it, there was no silver in this family, and there was no such capital.
Li Xuewu turned around a lot, but still stared at it wholeheartedly for nearly an hour.
The condition of the house here is worse than that of the big courtyard, and it has to be repaired carefully.
Master Dou said that many brick and tile structures had to be dismantled and rebuilt, especially houses that were not occupied all the year round.
This is especially true for the window frames, the paint surface has long since faded away, and the prodigal son doesn't know how to paint, and the rain has weathered the wood.
But Li Xuewu thought about it for a while, living alone in such a big yard, it's not bad to be able to live like this.
If he is left alone, maybe he is not as clean as others, not to mention the eldest brother, let alone the second brother.
After returning to the east courtyard gate, Li Xuewu stopped, looked at Zhou Changli who was following behind, and asked, "How old are you?"
"Seventeen"
Following Li Xuewu around the courtyard now, Zhou Changli was no longer nervous, and answered Li Xuewu's questions much faster.
Li Xuewu took a look at Zhou Changli's height, probably because he didn't have enough to eat, so he wasn't tall.
"Do you have a business?"
Zhou Changli glanced at Li Xuewu, lowered his head and didn't reply, but what he was thinking in his heart was, look at what you said, who is able to show the door of your house for such a long time if there is someone who is doing business.
Li Xuewu looked at this young guy, as if he saw his former self.
But he himself is on the right track at his age, so he is lucky.
Fortunately, there is a father who takes care of him, a mother who takes care of him, and has a third uncle relationship.
There are very few people who are as lucky as him. Those who don't have his qualifications are just like this kid in front of him, hanging around on the street.
At best, those who are top notch are doing heavy work, and those who are not top notch don't know where they are going.
"You're such a big guy, why can't you always go to the street to beg for food?"
"I didn't ask for food"
Zhou Changli raised his head abruptly, looked at Li Xuewu, and insisted stubbornly, "I'm not begging for food."
"What's that for?"
Li Xuewu raised his brows and asked, without waiting for him to answer, he continued: "Collecting protection fees from the Buddha and asking rich children, isn't that a beggar?"
Zhou Changli looked at Li Xuewu and didn't reply, but his eyes were full of dissatisfaction.
No matter what Li Xuewu said, he never begged anyone for food.
His little bastard has never been so low-key on this piece of land, not even Li Xuewu.
"Hehe, I think it's worse than a beggar"
Li Xuewu chuckled lightly, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit one for himself, but he didn't let Zhou Changli.
Zhou Changli grinned, his eyes were already on Li Xuewu.
This person is really not a beating, I helped him look at the house for so long for nothing, did I say thank you, and even satirized myself here, I should have evacuated this courtyard earlier.
Li Xuewu took a puff of cigarette, looked at Zhou Changli who was swaying, and asked, "Are you not convinced?"
Zhou Changli looked at the gun holster stuck on Li Xuewu's waist, and turned his head to the side.
What the hell, I can't afford to be provoked and can't afford to hide.
He just wanted to hear that Li Xuewu didn't need him anymore and told him to get out of here quickly.
But Li Xuewu didn't say anything, just stood here smoking a cigarette.
"There are workers coming to work these days"
Li Xuewu stood there smoking for a while, and then continued: "There are a lot of people, it's a mess, you moved all those porcelains or valuable gadgets to the basement and locked them up."
When Zhou Changli heard Li Xuewu's words, he didn't take the key to his feelings today, but he wanted to continue to use him for nothing.
"I still have things to do"
Zhou Changli took out the key from his trouser pocket, and stretched out his hand to pass it to Li Xuewu.
With a cigarette in his hand, Li Xuewu looked down at the key in his hand, then looked up into his eyes.
"Tell me, what are you serious about?"
"I... I have too many things to do"
Zhou Changli didn't expect this person to be so difficult to deal with, and he had been working for nothing for so many days, so he was still thinking about what to do.
Even big cadres don't order people around like this. They treat themselves as fools.
It's fine if you say something nice, since you entered the door, you didn't look at yourself directly, and now you are arrogantly instructing yourself, you really take yourself for a fool.
I don't want to do anything about this job, anyway, my uncle has already left, and I don't owe him anything, why!
right!Just don't do it to him!
Li Xuewu still didn't pick up the key, looked at the kid who was too lazy to lie, and said, "Are you receiving protection money?"
Seeing that he was still mocking himself, Zhou Changli threw the key away.
But he didn't dare, because he had heard about how this man beat someone at the police station when he first came back.
Also, the more rumors are getting more and more evil now, it is said that this person came down from the south, because the murder was too fierce, he was not treated in the army.
Although he didn't quite believe the evil part of the rumors, but according to the news from the police quarters, this person must be fierce.
He also met him himself. This man's face was very sour, and he couldn't deal with a word, so he slapped himself loudly when he came up.
Also, from the mouths of the children in the compound, this guy has a background, saying that he is talking and laughing with the bosses in the Ministry of Industry and Safety.
A group of people were driven into the water that day, but it became the biggest joke in Dongxi City.
But those children in the compound didn't think it was a joke, because it was a joke to throw ordinary people into the water.
But let him be thrown into the water, I just feel lucky, and it's awesome.
Heck, mess with this guy, they don't get shot, they can play for a long time.
"You can also collect protection fees here."
Li Xuewu flicked the cigarette ash, looked at Zhou Changli and said, "How about I give you a copy first? Keep my house safe?"
Zhou Changli did not dare to speak of Li Xuewu, but kept his expression restrained, staring at Li Xuewu to express his anger.
"hehe"
Li Xuewu looked at him cross-eyed, and said disdainfully: "As long as you can follow me, go out and play, let's practice for another two years."
After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhou Changli's stubborn and outstretched hand, and put the cigarette butt he had snuffed out in his palm.
Zhou Changli is so angry, what the hell am I giving you back your keys, and you treat me like I'm picking up cigarette butts for you!
Li Xuewu took out 50 yuan from his pocket, pressed it on the cigarette butt, then tapped the money, and said, "Hey, protection fee."
It's not that Zhou Changli has never seen money, he has never seen such a dick. Looking at the money in his hand and feeling the cigarette butts underneath, he feels that his brain is not enough.
Seeing that Li Xuewu was about to leave, he froze for a while, chased after him and said, "I said..."
"What?"
Li Xuewu turned around, stared, and asked, "Not enough?"
"I……"
Zhou Changli held a wad of money in his hand, he couldn't tell if it was enough or not.
Li Xuewu looked at Zhou Changli, who was speechless, tapped the door and told him, "They should keep an eye on their work. They are not allowed to light fires, throw cigarette butts, urinate indiscriminately, come in and out on time, and are not allowed to stay overnight."
"understood"
Seeing the scar on Li Xuewu's face twitching because of talking, he really couldn't say the words to quit.
Seeing that he agreed, Li Xuewu jumped into the jeep, started the fire, and finally said: "Squat here honestly, you have already collected the protection fee. If I know that you dare to neglect your duties, I will take you to the west of the city to shoot targets." Son".
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Zhou Changli to reply, he stepped on the accelerator and turned the steering wheel to the nearest house.
Seeing Li Xuewu's car leaving, Zhou Changli curled his lips, glanced at the money in his hand, then remembered the cigarette butt in his hand, and immediately threw the keys, cigarette butt and money out of his hand.
"What's the air, it's great to have money!"
He was able to follow now, standing on the steps, shaking his head and muttering in the direction Li Xuewu left.
But when he was talking, he didn't dare to speak loudly, he was deeply afraid that there would be an ambush around him, and if his words were heard by others, he would be in trouble.
When I remembered that there was no one here, I looked left and right, and then looked at the three things on the ground.
"Fuck, bully honest people!"
While talking, he picked up the key. This is what he came out of and went in, so he couldn't do without picking it up.
When I picked up the keys, I felt that I had given him the housekeeping. If I didn't take the money, I wouldn't take it for nothing, so I picked up the money too.
Just as he was about to straighten up, he saw the cigarette butts at the naked gate again.
After thinking about it, I took other people's money... No!
It should be that the gate of this courtyard was cleaned by myself, and it doesn't look good to throw away cigarette butts.
Well, that's the reason, definitely not because I took the money.
Zhou Changli comforted himself, found a reason, and then picked up the cigarette butt.
When I straightened up, I suddenly felt a little red in the face.
Xu Shi had bent over for a long time, and his blood was congested, but he was afraid of being seen by others, so he hurriedly entered the gate and fixed the latch.
When he returned to the concierge, he threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground.
After thinking about it, he kicked into the door of the stove again, put the key in his pocket again, and then began to look at the 50 yuan in his hand.
To be honest, he also had 50 yuan before.
But I can't help but spend, come and go quickly, so I can't say what to buy.
Recently, I have been watching the house here, Zhao Laosi and the others came to find me a few times, but they couldn't get out, so they could only stare blankly.
This is just like the circle Sun Houzi drew for Tang Seng, unable to move forward.
It's not that I can't go home, and it's not that I can't get out of this door, but I'm always afraid of losing things here.
I can't play happily, I can't eat happily, and I don't feel good about myself.
It was the first time for him to be trusted so much by a decent person, to entrust a big house to his care, and he really couldn't get over this hurdle in his heart.
He dared to beat someone up, but he didn't dare to lose his heart.
He didn't look at it when Li Xuewu gave him the money, but now that he counted it, it was really a lot.
Zhou Changli squinted his eyes in surprise, flicked the money, and hit his hands with a crackling sound.
This time I'm rich, so I don't need to eat boiled noodles, hey, I'll go to the opposite side to eat mutton pot in a while.
Just as he thought so, there was another knock on the door.
He was so surprised in his heart, it couldn't be that guy came back after hearing something!
She walked out of the concierge in fear, entered the foyer and lay down on the crack of the door to look out. Seeing that it was Street Madam, she breathed a sigh of relief and opened the door.
"What are you doing?"
"Hey, where's Ding Wanqiu?"
The street aunt brought two women from this alley, stood at the gate and saw a young man coming out, so she asked a question.
"moved away"
Zhou Changli felt taken aback, and impatiently said casually that the door was going to be closed, but was stopped by the leading aunt again.
"Are you the head of the household now?"
The aunt also gave Zhou Changli a blunt look and said, "It's time to pay the electricity and water bills."
"What?"
Zhou Changli stared and asked, "What's the fee?"
"What's the fee!"
The aunt on the street rolled her eyes and said, "Didn't Ding Wanqiu tell you about the electricity bill, the electricity bill for lighting, the water bill, and the water bill for draft water when he left?"
"I'm not the head of the household"
Zhou Changli was a little dazed, thinking why these grandmas didn't come sooner, or that person made up his mind and went first.
"Then inform the head of the household to pay the money"
The aunt on the street rolled her eyes and said: "If you don't pay the money, the water will be turned off."
Zhou Changli frowned and looked at the three old ladies in front of him, so he could only ask, "How much?"
"The electricity bill is one and twenty-three cents, and the water bill is one and sixty-one cents. Your family pays per head, and Ding Wanqiu pays three tons of water a month. How many people are in your family now?"
"my home……"
Zhou Changli was confused by the aunt, waved his hands and said: "That's not right! These days I fetch water to drink by myself, I don't use tap water!"
"I know there is a well in your yard"
The aunt said impatiently: "But your house has moved into tap water, so you have to pay like this, how many people, hurry up."
"I told you this is not my house"
Zhou Changli frowned and thought to himself, what the hell, I'm saving water for nothing, I should have known it would have been watering the flowers all the time.
Seeing that he didn't cooperate, the aunt said: "Then the water and electricity will be cut off, and you can go to the street to pay by yourself, and we won't charge it."
"Hey hey!"
Seeing that these aunts were even more tempered than himself, Zhou Changli had to take money out of his pocket.
When the aunt rolled her eyes and took the money, she gave him change, and at the same time the other typed a note, and hurriedly added: "I really don't belong to this family. I am the only one in this yard, and I show people the house."
"It has nothing to do with me, you know!"
The aunt had lost patience with him, so she registered it in the notebook, gave him the change, and said, "When the day comes, you will have to pay the water and electricity bills. I have come to your house several times, and you are the only ones left. I do not know?"
After finishing speaking, seeing that his companion had given the note to the young man, he took the lead and walked down the street.
Seeing the change in his hand, Zhou Changli felt as if his head was about to explode when he heard the three aunts muttering something that he didn't like.
What the hell, it was said to be a protection fee, and the money was broken as soon as he got it.
If this work is done, maybe how much money will be paid.
Why do you want to eat mutton? It's so shameless, you don't know how to put money into it, do you?
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Li Xuewu really didn't know that he came to collect the money today, but he knew that there was a daily maintenance fee here.
In addition, Master Dou and the others are going to work, and the supervisor here will inevitably have to spend money to buy things.
That's why Zhou Changli was given so much.
Another one, if he manipulates people like this, he has to pay them wages no matter what, 50 yuan is appropriate for half a year, no matter what you think.
He drove to several other houses and looked at them one by one.
Not to mention, the quality of these operas is still there, leaving others is leaving others, but the courtyard is not sloppy, and it is not spoiled by him.
The furniture handlers that had been agreed at the beginning were also kept. Li Xuewu looked through it and found that he really kept his word.
He didn't know when these people left, and he didn't inquire, as long as the deed was in his hands now, it would be fine.
I saw one place from East Siliu, another one to the west of Haizi, and two places to the east.
They all look the same, the last time I saw it was past five o'clock, I thought about going home for dinner after watching the third courtyard opposite the last drama school.
After eating, he thought about taking Gu Ning to his mother-in-law's house.
Because the mother-in-law has come back from picking up the wind, and this is just after the earthquake, so I have to go there anyway.
As for eating, my mother-in-law always wants to cook well when I go there to eat, so I feel embarrassed.
So I also agreed with Gu Ning, each eats his own food, and picks her up after eating.
After driving the car to the gate of the house opposite the Academy of Drama, Li Xuewu took off his sunglasses and walked towards the gate with them in his hand.
Just as he was about to take the key from his pocket to open the door, he found that there was no lock on the door.
What's going on here?
Did the family leave without locking the door when handing over to Lao Biaozi?
It doesn't matter.
But it doesn't make much sense to say that, no matter how urgent it is, Ding Wanqiu lived here before he left.
Others say that the door is not locked elsewhere, and Ding Wanqiu will not let the door be the first one if it is not locked here.
Don't be a thief?
Li Xuewu thought so, put the sunglasses into his pocket, pulled out the pistol from his waist, and then gently pushed the door with his fingers.
Hey!This is so arrogant!
Li Xuewu heard the smell of food, so he wouldn't know who would occupy the magpie's nest, seeing that the house was empty, let's move in first.
Seeing that the gate was unlocked, Li Xuewu entered the courtyard with a gun in his hand.
After bypassing the concierge and checking that there was no one in the inverted room, he entered the Chuhuamen with a pistol in his hand.
But I heard the sound of the frying pan coming out of the fire room, and someone was talking to it.
Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes, he was sure that the family had already left, because Zhou Changli had just told him to send Ding Wanqiu to the train.
You can't leave a few here to kindly show him the house, right?
"The people inside are listening"
Li Xuewu stood against the wall, raised the pistol in his hand, and shouted in the direction of the fire room: "Come out with your hands up now, or I will shoot."
When he yelled, the frying pan inside became silent, and neither did the voice of speaking.
After hearing this, Li Xuewu realized that it must be some kind of haunting in broad daylight.
Seeing that no one came out, he raised his gun and walked towards the fire room. When he got there, he really smelled the cooking smell, so he kicked the door open.
When he went in with a gun in hand, he saw two girls squatting on the ground holding their heads like quails in fright.
Especially seeing Li Xuewuzhen coming in with a gun, his little face turned pale with fright.
Li Xuewu stared at these two people, this is not a thief, he has seen it before.
One was the one who opened the door for him in the flower hall of the mansion, and the other was the one who walked with the braided girl that night and said.
It's just that there were three girls that night, I don't know why there are only two now.
wrong!
What the hell, it should be why there are two of them now!
Li Xuewu put away the gun in his hand, looked at the cooking pot that was about to burn, pointed at it with a frown, and said, "Hurry up."
The braided girl on the ground saw Li Xuewu pointing and smelled the smell of paste. She stood up with trembling legs and hurriedly shoveled out the vegetables in the pot.
When the girl saw that the housekeeper she had seen that night came in, she was also relieved, and sat down on the ground, tears streaming down her cat-like face.
Li Xuewu didn't know what was going on now, so he cocked his chin and looked at the crying one on the ground and the one standing beside the pot.
"Clean up, let's talk in the yard"
After saying a word, Li Xuewu stepped out of the door of the fire room.
After he walked around the courtyard, he realized that Nuoda's courtyard was indeed empty.
There is only a room upstairs in the back that still has bedding and daily necessities.
The guy who said it was a full set of theatrical troupe was left for him. The thing warehouse also looked at it, but didn't see anything.
It's just box by box, and he can't tell what it is if there are guys outside.
When he came out of the storeroom, he saw the two girls standing under the steps of the yard with their heads lowered and their hands solemn.
Li Xuewu looked at the two people's clothes with hanging eyes, which were the traditional silk hexagrams.
Embroidered cloth shoes, blue trousers of muslin, and long sleeves of muslin. These are pajamas from earlier, and they don’t stick to the body when worn casually.
But the average girl can't let outsiders see her dressed like this.
But now it won't work if they don't show it. The two of them are being arrested as thieves.
Li Xuewu sized up the two of them for a while, which made the two of them lower their heads even more, and their heads were almost stuck in their chests.
"Who said, what's going on?"
Li Xuewu stood in the yard, with his hands on his hips, and asked the two of them.
Both of them were crying, pattering, and smashing on the brick floor for a while.
Li Xuewu looked at the teardrops on the ground, but he didn't have time to listen to the two singing here, so he said again: "If you don't tell me, I will ask someone to take you back to the police place."
They heard from their master that this person is a senior cadre in the yamen, who is in charge of the police office.
When this man said that he would take them to the police station, he believed it in his heart and panicked.
"Don't~"
It was the braided girl who opened her mouth, raised her head with tears streaming down her face, looked at Li Xuewu pitifully, and explained, "Master is gone."
Li Xuewu closed his eyes, paused for a second, then opened them again, with the expression on his face unchanged.
What does it have to do with him that their master left? What he is asking now is why the two girls didn't follow.
Seeing Li Xuewu's expression, especially that serious face, the girl's legs trembled a little.
But if you don’t answer, you can’t do it. If you go to the institute, it will be even more difficult to explain.
"Master is gone, leaving us behind, woo woo woo~"
At this moment, the girl next to her spoke back, but after she finished speaking, she began to cry again.
Li Xuewu looked at the two of them with a frown and asked, "Then why don't you leave?"
"We...we have nowhere to go"
The girl with big braids was still calm. Although tears were flowing, she still held back her emotions and explained: "We were all bought by Master, and we grew up with Master's parents since we were young. We have no father or mother..."
Li Xuewu grinned, the contract didn't say buying a house for a girl.
This opera singer is also too particular.
Hearing his companion say that he had no father or mother, the one who cried just now cried even harder.
Li Xuewu looked at this with his eyes, and then at that, and asked, "Didn't you say that your master is a teacher at the university across the street, and you are not students of the opposite university?"
What he thought was, if the college student on the opposite side is not a sweet potato, he will not be able to go anywhere when he is assigned.
But the girl replied: "We don't have that kind of blessing, we just can't afford to eat. Master bought it with millet."
Li Xuewu calculated in his mind, what year did this happen?
"How old are you?"
"I'm seventeen, she's sixteen"
The braided girl asked Li Xuewu and introduced herself and her crying companion.
Li Xuewu was also confused in his heart. Who could say exactly what happened in those few years, the messy place was also messy, and it was not uncommon to sell children and daughters at any time.
But looking at these two troublemakers, Li Xuewu didn't know how to solve it for a while.
"Is there any relatives?"
After Li Xuewu finished asking, he also felt that there was little hope. If there were still relatives, why not stay here.
Sure enough, both of them shook their heads.
"Where is that account?"
Li Xuewu hung his eyes and said, "You can't have no household registration, can you?"
"here it is"
The girl with big braids said timidly: "Our household registration is here with Master."
Li Xuewu sighed, and asked again: "Where is the household registration book? You can't ask your master to take it away, can you?"
"No……"
The girl with big braids turned around and ran to the backyard shaking her big braids. After a while, she ran back again and gave Li Xuewu two notebooks panting.
Li Xuewu took it and opened it to take a look, and it really fell here.
But it's all about the relationship of relatives, one person and one book, obviously it's done through relationships, and all the singers have a little relationship.
Flipping through the notebook in his hand, seeing that the two of them stopped crying and just peeked at him timidly, Li Xuewu asked helplessly, "Why did you take them away and leave you two behind?"
Hearing Li Xuewu's question, the younger one, Jin Jiaojiao, started crying again.
Maybe it was because Li Xuewu asked about sad things, and the tears couldn't stop.
It may be a sad thing for anyone to be abandoned, and Li Xuewu ignored her.
Turning to look at the tall, older girl named Tong Huimei, waiting for her to answer.
"Master... Master didn't take all away"
Tong Huimei saw that Li Xuewu asked, she lowered her head sadly, and explained: "Some brothers and sisters live here, and they all went home, and those whose families are in other places also took the train away, and some... ..."
He took a breath, as if feeling aggrieved, and continued to explain: "There are still some students from the opposite school, and they have already returned to school. Master only took those people away."
"Aren't you one of those people?"
Li Xuewu looked at the household registration books of the two, and there seemed to be nothing to check.
Tong Huimei shook her head, and said: "The ones who go with the master and uncles are all chosen by them, or their own children."
Seeing that Li Xuewu didn't understand, he explained: "The one you saw the other day, the one who spoke was the child of my uncle's family. She worshiped my master as a teacher, so she followed."
"There are also those who are capable like the master, and the master also took them away."
Speaking of the latter, Li Xuewu clearly felt Tong Huimei's depression, and obviously hated himself for being incompetent.
Before Li Xuewu could speak at this moment, Jin Jiaojiao, who was crying beside him, said bitterly: "He is not the master anymore, and that heartbroken man is not the master brother either."
"Jiao Jiao"
Tong Huimei called her companion to signal her not to say that, then she looked at Li Xuewu and said, "We didn't do it on purpose, and we didn't want to cause you trouble, but we have nowhere to go."
Holding two household registration books, Li Xuewu looked at the two and said, "I didn't ask anyone to transfer the title when I bought this house."
"I know I know"
Tong Huimei wiped her tears and asked Li Xuewu: "Then do you want to work? We can do anything, as long as you..."
Li Xuewu looked at the two of them helplessly, and said, "What are you doing with me? I'm not the young master, so I brought two maids with me when I go out?"
Seeing what Li Xuewu said, Tong Huimei also knew that she was in a difficult situation, and the confidence she had just regained was gone now.
Li Xuewu looked at the two of them for a while, and said, "I bought this house to live in, so I can't just kick you out with a single word."
Hearing this, both of them raised their heads expectantly, waiting for Li Xuewu to say goodbye.
Li Xuewu thought for a while and said: "I will give you three days to find a house, and after three days my workers will come to clean up the house."
Hearing this, the small flames in the eyes of the two of them went out instantly, and their faces sank down like ashes.
They were all brought up by their master since they were young. They can only sing operas. Even cooking without a cook is like fighting a war. What can they do when they go out?
How else can Li Xuewu have such an expression when he hears that the two of them can do anything, why can't they ask the old lady to sing a play for him at home?
You don't have to make your father beat yourself with anger.
He has a clear conscience for the two of them, this house was bought with real money, and the deed is in his hand.
If the family hadn't left so fast, he would be beating someone now.
An ultimatum was given to the two, but Li Xuewu didn't look at them, he threw the household registration book in his hand on the shelf next to him, and walked out of the yard.
It's not that he is ruthless, but it's the truth. I don't see people who have to adopt apprentices to buy a house.
Besides, he is a decent person, what is it to buy a house and raise two women.
When the ignition is on, step on the accelerator and drive home.
I wrote more than 3000 more, I will write more tomorrow, maybe I will add more
(End of this chapter)
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