Back to seven or seven kinds of fields to raise children

The hotel they are currently staying in is considered a good mid-range hotel. The price for a room for two is [-] yuan a day. Breakfast is porridge, Lianghe noodles, steamed buns, and pickles.

Regardless of noon or night, I have to find another place to buy food.

Two taels of white flour steamed buns cost four cents each, and Xu Shiyan can eat two of them.

Corn flour cakes are cheaper, seventy cents a catty, half a catty is just right for Xu Shiqin.

But there are side dishes, one dish counts as one dish, at least four or five cents, and some seven or eight cents or even more.

Xu Shiyan can still make do with it, but if he can't, a bowl of Tuixiu soup can solve it.

Xu Shiqin couldn't do it, he had to eat some good supplements, and the food cost was nearly two yuan a day.

Four or five yuan a day for food and lodging, one hundred and forty fifty yuan a month, three months?This calculation is actually quite scary.

If you rent a house, the rent is only ten yuan or eight yuan. Xu Shiyan lives alone, so it doesn't need to be too big, as long as there is a place to cook.

If you want to inquire about a house, you have to find an older person.

There happened to be a park nearby, so Xu Shiyan went for a stroll.

The provincial capital is also cold in November, but it is much warmer than the Changbai Mountain area.

There are some old men near the park, looking for a sunny place to set up a chessboard, and basking in the sun while playing chess.

Xu Shiyan also leaned over, commenting and pointing fingers with the group of old men watching the fun.

After a little longer, the group of old men noticed Xu Shiyan.

"You young man, if you don't go to work, what are you doing here among us old men?"

Someone looked at Xu Shiyan curiously and asked casually.

"Master, I don't go to work, I come to the province to do business.

I would like to ask some of you, is there any house nearby that rents out?

It doesn't need to be big, just a room and a place to cook. "Xu Shiyan smiled and explained to others.

There are quite a few old men in this group, and some of them were moved when they heard it.

"Young man, how many months do you want to live? If it's for three days and two mornings, then you might as well stay in a hotel, no one will rent it to you."

As soon as Xu Shiyan heard that it was a door, he hurriedly replied, "Master, I guess I can live there for three months.

To tell you the truth, my sister is sick and hospitalized in the Medical University Hospital, and it will take three months.

You said that if I stayed in the hotel for three months, I wouldn't be able to afford the money.

So I thought about renting a house, and I can cook some food myself. Wouldn't this save money? "

Xu Shiyan was honest, so he told others why he wanted to rent a house.

Don’t say no, you can’t do it, people from other places come to the provincial capital to rent a house, they are afraid that you are a bad person who will do bad things.

"Hey, what's wrong? You have to be hospitalized for three months? Poor.

That's true, if you eat and live even for three months, you can earn a lot of money. It's not as cost-effective as renting a house. "

When everyone heard this, they all sympathized with Xu Shiyan.

Regardless of the year and month, it's always the same sentence, don't be sick if you have anything, don't have money if you don't have anything.

If a person is sick and hospitalized, the money is spent like running water.

"Young man, there is an empty room in my house, not far from the hospital. If you want to live in it, come with me to have a look."

Over there, an old man spoke first.

"That's kind, sir, can I trouble you once and lead me to have a look?"

Xu Shiyan became happy when he heard it, and it turned out that this trick was used correctly.

The old man stopped watching the excitement, and led Xu Shiyan back.

Sure enough, in the alley opposite the hospital, after walking around for a while, I came to a small courtyard.

"Several children in my family are not around, and there are only me and my wife in the house.

The Westinghouse is vacant and no one lives there, and the children will come back after Chinese New Year.If you live for three months, it's just right, and there will be no delay. "

The old man opened the door and yelled into the courtyard, and saw an old lady in her sixties coming out of the house.

"Old lady, this young man's younger sister is hospitalized in the Medical University Hospital and wants to find a house to live in.

I wondered if our Westinghouse was idle, why not let the young man live for three months? "The old man discussed with his wife.

When the old lady heard it, it was fine, three months is not yet the Chinese New Year, so it won't delay the children's coming back to live.

Anyway, if the house is idle, it is idle, and it has to be burned in vain. If it is rented out, there will be some money for a month.

"Okay, I see that the young man is an honest man, come on, let's talk in the room, let's have a good discussion."

Don't worry about the city and the countryside, who isn't living a tight life these days?

Rent out a room, earn ten yuan and eight yuan, and buy a few more catties of meat to eat, which is very good.

The old couple warmly greeted Xu Shiyan to enter the room, Xu Shiyan was not polite, and followed into the east room.

This house should also be a public house, not too big, it looks like a small three.

The east room is occupied by an old couple. There is a kang on the north side, which has a kang piano, a cabinet and so on, and there is a radio on the box.

A few chairs were placed under the south window, and three or four flower pots were placed on the window sill, all of which were Clivia.

The old couple greeted Xu Shiyan to sit down, and the old lady poured a glass of water for Xu Shiyan, and then they began to discuss the house.

"The west house is not as big as the east house, anyway, two or three people can live there.

You want to rent a house and cook for yourself, right?Then you must have no luggage or household items.

In that case, I will provide you with luggage, firewood, pots and pans, and even the house, you can give me 30 yuan a month, how about it? "

The old lady was a very shrewd person. After chatting with Xu Shiyan for a while, she probably figured out what was going on, so it cost 30 yuan a month to open her mouth.

When the old man next to him heard it, he was almost startled.

Who has ever heard of a house that costs 30 yuan a month?Is the price too high? "Old woman, what are you doing?"

The old man tugged at his wife's skirt and asked in a low voice.

"Leave it alone." The old lady glared at her husband.

Stupid, I finally met a renter, so I have to earn some money.

Besides, if she asks for a price, she still has to bargain, so what's the rush?

When Xu Shiyan heard that it was thirty, he frowned slightly. This price was a bit different from what he expected.

But if you think about it carefully, you can accept it. People have said that, and they still use bedding, pots and pans.

He can't buy a set of all these household items, can he?What do you do when you're waiting to go home?It's too long-winded to take it home, isn't it a prodigal if you throw it away?

It's fine if he can use this one, and it's enough for him to buy some bowls and chopsticks.

"Ma'am, it costs a lot of money for my sister to be treated in the hospital, can you lower the rent?

20 yuan, I really can't afford more. "

Chapter 236 Clivia

No matter how small a sale is, you have to bargain, not to mention that it costs 30 yuan a month.

Even if Xu Shiyan has money, he can't spend it recklessly, the province must save it.

The two sides talked for a while, and it cost one yuan to one yuan. In the end, the landlord, Mrs. Zhang, gave in to 23 yuan a month.

The bedding, firewood, and kitchen utensils are all for Xu Shiyan.

Xu Shiyan felt that this was okay, so he settled on it, and gave the first month's rent and a deposit of ten yuan on the spot.

Then they went back to the hotel, moved all their luggage and items to the residence here, and checked out.

After that, under the guidance of Uncle Zhang, I went to the nearby market and bought some rice noodles, oil, seasonings, meat, vegetables, lunch boxes, bowls and chopsticks, etc.

Now the city is also liberalized. It is not necessary to ask for a ticket. Anyway, if there is no ticket, the price will be higher.

The higher the higher, the money saved by the hotel is basically enough.

Borrowing the landlord's household items to cook, naturally you have to stagger the cooking time with others.

The old couple had nothing to do, they had two meals a day, and Mrs. Zhang started cooking at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Xu Shiyan had nothing to do when he was free, so he went to the east room to chat with Uncle Zhang.

"Uncle, my aunt likes Clivia very much, and has several pots at home."

Xu Shiyan looked at the Clivia trees on the window sill, only one of the four pots was big, with more than a dozen leaves, and it would bloom after a while.

The other three pots only have seven or eight leaves, so they should be two-year-old seedlings, probably separated from the bigger one.

Only these four pots of Clivia were placed on the window sill, nothing else, so Xu Shiyan said that Aunt Zhang probably likes Clivia very much.

"My younger sister also likes it. I have several pots and varieties at home. The flowers are beautiful."

Xu Shiyan didn't think of anything else, just chatting casually.

The speaker has no intention but the listener has the intention, Uncle Zhang immediately widened his eyes when he heard it.

"Hey, do you have Clivia at home? Are those varieties?

It's a pity that it's far away. If it's close, I have to go to your house to see if there are good varieties and buy a few back.

This thing is worth a lot now, my big tree is now being offered for hundreds of dollars. "

"Before, this tree was only sold for two hundred at most, and the documents from above said that the maximum price was not allowed to exceed two hundred.

But on this matter, the more the price is not allowed to be high, the more the price will rise.

Isn't this spring this year, our provincial capital held a Clivia charity exhibition?Oops, this time, the price has risen even faster.

Just these few seedlings are worth dozens of dollars now, and after one or two years of flowering, they can be sold for hundreds of dollars. "

Uncle Zhang introduced it excitedly, but at the same time felt that it was a pity that Xu Shiyan's house was too far away, and he couldn't find good varieties.

Uncle Zhang's words were like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, splitting Xu Shiyan's chaotic memory.

Yes, yes, how could he completely forget such an important thing?

In the early 80s, the speculation of Clivia in the provincial capital became very popular.

It is said that a Hong Kong businessman once came here in person and offered to exchange it for a Crown sedan in order to buy a pot of top-quality Clivia, but he was not sold to him.

There is also a person in Harbin who spent 5 yuan to buy a pot of Clivia back home.

I heard that at that time, Clivia was called "Green Gold Bar".

At this time in the previous life, Xu Shiyan was still in the big house, and there was no news there. It would be several years before they heard about it.

At that time, the trend of speculating on Clivia had already blown in the provincial capital. I don’t know how many people speculated on this and ended up ruining their fortunes. The person who led the exhibition back then was sentenced to prison.

A frenzied hype, leaving only chicken feathers and discarded Clivia seedlings in the garbage dump.

Xu Shiyan's heart beat wildly.

When paying the hospitalization fee in the morning, Xu Shiqin also said that he didn't know where the next surgery fee would come from, wouldn't that be enough?

The pot on the window sill of Uncle Zhang's house is a common variety, and each pot can sell for hundreds of dollars, so the ones cultivated by Xu Shiqin must be more expensive.

I don't know what the sixth sister of his family is thinking, anyway, she really likes Clivia.

In the past few years, Xu Shiqin has searched for flower seedlings everywhere, and also pollinated the seeds by himself to cultivate young seedlings.

Now there are nearly a hundred pots of Clivia seedlings, big and small, in the house. There are more than ten rooms in the two houses, and the window sills are full of Clivia.

Zhou Guilan said it, but Xu Shiqin didn't listen, and he was very meticulous in serving her every day.

If this catches up with the good times and sells it, how much can it be exchanged for?

When Xu Shiyan thought of this, his heart almost jumped into his throat.

"Master, Clivia is so valuable? You can't be fooling around, right? It's just a pot of flowers, does anyone buy it?"

Xu Shiyan said this on purpose to provoke the old man.

Sure enough, Uncle Zhang became unhappy when he heard it, "Then how can it be worthless?