C37

This grandpa was really interesting, why didn't he enter the house?

I was a little puzzled and walked out of the hall to the courtyard. At this moment, the old man was smoking in the courtyard, and when he saw me coming out, his face was full of smiles. He immediately asked, "Young man, did you see it? What do you think?"

I pretended to be reserved as I nodded. "The house looks alright, but it's just that the house is a bit shabby. It doesn't have any furniture or appliances. It doesn't seem to be convenient, not even having a place to bathe."

Actually, I already like this house a lot, but I have to pick out some mistakes and see if I can talk about other things. Usually, the rules for renting a house are 1: 3, but I'm really poor, I only have 1000 dollars on me.

When the old man heard me say this, he immediately argued, "Alright, young man, for such a big house, it's already very cheap to rent it to you for three hundred dollars. If you have furniture and appliances, then I won't rent it to you for three hundred dollars. If you want to take a bath, there's a water pump in the yard.

I nodded. "Alright then. Grandpa, I'll be renting this house."

Hearing that, the grandpa's eyes suddenly lit up and a hint of joy flashed past his eyes. He directly took out the key from his pocket and passed it to me and said, "Alright! We'll hand over the money and hand over the key. You can stay here from now on."

I extended my hand to receive the key and probed, "Uncle, how do you think we should pay the rent?"

"A bet of one to three, this is the rule of rent. For the first time, let's do it this way as well." The grandpa said.

I chuckled and said embarrassedly, "Uncle, to tell you the truth, I'm just a poor university student that just graduated from university. I don't have much money on me and haven't found a job yet. How about this? I'll give you two months' rent. After I go to work and earn some money, then we can follow this rule."

He shook his head and said, "Aiya, young man, how can you do this? The house you rented is already so cheap, why didn't you deliver it all at once? If you knew earlier, I wouldn't have brought you here …" "Really …"

I hastily replied, "Uncle …" "I really want to rent this house, but right now, I'm really short on money, and I can't take out that much money. I promise that after I go to work and get paid, I will be the first to contact you and give you all the money I owe you as compensation. If you really don't agree, then I have no choice but to look for other places …"

The grandpa thought for a while and finally nodded his head. "Alright. Seeing as it's not easy to be young, we'll do as you say. You can give me the money."

After saying that, the grandpa extended his hand towards me.

Who knows if this uncle of mine is the owner of the house, he has to sign a contract to rent the house and leave a copy of his ID card, so as to not attract any unnecessary trouble. From what I heard from my brothers, there will be a lot of incidents where the second landlord swindled a new tenant.

At that moment, I told him about the contract. The boss impatiently said, "Aiya, you're so troublesome. I'll give you the key, and you'll give me the money. Why are you still signing the contract? You're so annoying …"

However, I won't pay if I don't sign the contract. In the end, the grandpa had no other choice, so we directly walked out of Flowery Lane and went to a typewritten copy shop. We printed out a simple rental contract and even left a copy of each other's ID card.

When I gave him the money, my heart jumped. This was my savings of more than half a year, and so it went on for the better part. As for the rest of the four hundred dollars, I had to hold on until I found a job and got my first salary.

After walking out of the typesetting shop, grandpa and I walked onto the street. The grandpa turned around and glanced at me. His eyes were a little unfocused. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't say a word.

I saw that the old man wanted to say something, but hesitated. "Great sir, if you have anything else to say, just say it."

The eldest brother then said, "Young man, be careful, this house is an old one. My brother died in this house before, so it's best if you burn a stick of incense or something after you live here. Don't get hit by something like that again, I'll tell you this, you can live there in peace, I'm leaving …"

With that, the old man waved his hand, took my 600 yuan and left.

I watched him disappear into the endless stream of people. I didn't move my foot for a while. What did he mean by that? Could it be that this old mansion was haunted?

Thinking about it, although this old house is old and run-down, its location is still quite good. Renting it so cheaply must have something fishy to it. Why do I feel like I'm regretting it now?

I shook my head and dismissed the thought. I'm a university student in the twenty-first century, so why would I believe in these ghosts and gods? It's just an old house, how can I, as a man, be afraid of such things?

I think I overthought it myself.

Then, I turned around and took the lease contract with me as I headed towards the old residence at 44 Flowman Lane.

As I walked, I looked at the lease of the place. There was definitely no problem with this contract, it was drawn up by me and the grandpa together, and then I looked at the copy of the grandpa's ID card. The grandpa was from five to three years old, and as I expected, he was already in his sixties.

However, the old man's name was rather interesting. His name was Fan Lao Er.

Then did he have an older brother called Boss Fan, and a younger brother called Third Brother Fan?

I was amused by this idea. Unknowingly, I arrived at the end of Flowery Lane. Just as I was about to open the gate, I suddenly found a question. Why are there so few people in this alley?

This area was not bad, and there were quite a few houses. Could it be that no one lived here?

Forget it, let's not bother about him. I better think about how I'll spend the four hundred yuan.

Immediately afterwards, I pushed open the two dilapidated wooden doors. Following a series of teeth-aching sounds, a gust of cold wind pounced towards me.