When Wuchang Chong left, Axiangpo congratulated her with a smile on her face, "You can finally stay. That's great. We can see each other often in the future."

Su Nianxing didn't expect that she was so lucky. It was just fortune-telling, but someone was willing to provide her with a job. And the job was not difficult at all, and she was completely qualified.

In order to celebrate that she found a job and could stay in Xiangjiang, she waved her hand and said, "I'll treat you to dinner. Let's have a good meal today."

The two went to a nearby tea restaurant for dinner. Su Nianxing asked Axiangpo to order something expensive, but she refused, "No need. You will have a lot of money to spend in the future. It's better to save some money. The beef brisket noodles are quite good.

Okay. Just suitable for old people like me."

Su Nianxing saw that the other diners were also eating beef brisket noodles, so he also ordered a portion.

Two bowls of beef brisket noodles were served. The brisket was stewed soft and delicious, the noodles were tough, and the soup was delicious and rich. Su Nianxing liked the taste very much and ate it with relish.

Axiangpo was also satisfied with her meal. Halfway through her meal, with food in her belly, she asked Su Nianxing, "You have found a job now, where do you plan to live?"

Su Nianxing was stunned for a moment. Yes, if she found a job, she would definitely not be able to make fish balls for Uncle Fu and Aunt Fu, let alone live in their house again. She would have to rent another house by herself.

Seeing her confusion, Axiangpo slapped her thigh and said, "Renting a house in Xiangjiang is very expensive. I'm afraid your monthly rent of 1,000 won't even be enough for the rent."

Su Nianxing's eyes widened, "What? The rent in Xiangjiang is so expensive?"

She has always known that housing prices in Hong Kong are the highest in the world, but she has never rented a house and has no idea. She was a little panicked when she heard that she could not afford to rent a house with a monthly salary of RMB 1,000. If a monthly salary was not enough to rent a house, then why would she change jobs?

Why not continue to be a gangster and make fish balls for Uncle Fu and Aunt Fu?

Seeing that she really didn't know, Axiangpo sighed heavily, "That's not true."

Su Nianxing asked curiously, "Where do you live?"

Axiangpo did not have her own house. She worked hard all her life to save money to buy a house for her son. After her son died, the property belonged to Aying, and now it belongs to Wenwen. Where does she live?

Axiangpo bit off the noodles, took a sip of the soup, and then answered her question, "I live in a cage house. There are more than a dozen beds in a room. Just a bed and a cabinet cost 1,200 yuan a month in rent."

I wonder if you can get used to it?"

Su Nianxing had never seen it with her own eyes, but just hearing her description made her scalp numb.

After the two of them finished eating, Axiangpo took her to where she lived and let her feel it first. If she could accept it, she would then take her to the landlord to sign a contract.

Su Nianxing arrived at Axiangpo's residence. As soon as she entered the unit building, she felt a little uncomfortable. It was dark, stuffy, narrow, and dilapidated. This was Su Nianxing's first impression of the cage house. When she opened the door, she was shocked by the scene in front of her.

Beds blocked by barbed wire

The bed was surrounded by a group of people, just like a cage. The bed was surrounded by iron wire, which was less than 1 square meter. Clothes were hung on the wire net, and daily necessities were piled everywhere. They were placed in the cage.

If it is lost outside, it can only be lost.

A Xiangpo also told Su Nianxing that most of the people living in cage houses were elderly people. These people were old and suffered from illnesses all year round and would wail at night. She was so young and her hearing was so sensitive that she would definitely not be able to bear it.

Su Nianxing had never lived in such a cramped house in her two lives. When she heard Axiangpo's judgment, she nodded wildly, "I really can't do it. My ears are really good. If there is a little movement at night, I may lose sleep. This cage house

I can’t get used to living there.”

It's not that she's pretentious, it's Fudai's extravagant habits. She has even slept on the floor of an ice house, but that is only temporary. If she is allowed to sleep in this kind of place every day, she will probably go crazy. But even the rent for this kind of house

It costs 1,200 yuan, and apart from food and drink, the salary of a thousand yuan can only be rented in a cage house.

She sighed helplessly, "It doesn't seem like finding a job is a good thing."

Being a water-carrying girl is indeed relaxing, but she has no place to live. The salary offered by Uncle Fu and Aunt Fu is indeed not high, but at least the rent is free and meals are included.

Axiang Po saw how pitiful she was and gave her an idea, "Why don't you ask Uncle Fu and Aunt Fu to rent the house to you?"

Su Nianxing wants to resign. She feels sorry for Uncle Fu and Aunt Fu, and now she wants to ask him to rent a house for her. Not to mention whether Uncle Fu can agree to it, the key is that she can't afford the rent.

"How about I take you to see the subdivided house? The conditions are better than this. It's a single room, suitable for you girls to live in."

Su Nianxing scratched her head. The rent for a single room was expensive, right? She asked tentatively, "How much is it?"

"The cheaper one is more than two thousand." Axiangpo knew her financial situation and did not dare to introduce her to an expensive house.

Su Nianxing looked at the narrow aisle and nodded, "Okay. I'll go take a look."

The so-called subdivided house is to re-divide and renovate a house into a house within a house. The per capita living area of ​​a subdivided house is only 48 feet (approximately 4.46 square meters)1, which is twice the size of a cage house. Of course, the rent is also twice as expensive

.

A Xiangpo knew a housekeeper, so she took her directly to someone and asked to see the house.

Seeing that Su Nianxing was alone, the charterer did not move her buttocks. She took a freshly cut watermelon and ate it. After eating, she slowly wiped her mouth with a tissue and took time to look at her. "Can you afford the rent?"

Being looked down upon by her landlord, Su Nianxing didn't even have the confidence to get angry. This was the first time she realized that the poor had short ambitions.

A Xiangpo was on the side to smooth things over, "Don't worry. She can afford to live there. You should have heard of her reputation. Come and tell fortunes with me. She can do it accurately."

The charterer had been so coaxing just now, but when she heard it was her, her little eyes lit up, her plump face trembled, she stood up and circled around Su Nianxing, "You were the one who helped the fish seller guess that his grandson's wife is a man?"

This incident spread among the neighbors, and people in Xiangjiang were curious about it, especially when a woman changed into a man, which was somewhat unbelievable. In addition, it was something happening around her. The charterer clapped her hands and said, "Is it really so clever? Then you can tell me a fortune?"

"

When Su Nianxing saw that she wanted to have sex for nothing, he coughed lightly and reminded her, "My fortune telling is not cheap, there are five hundred and one fortunes."

The charterer had to withdraw her fat hand and said with a straight face, "Okay. If you're so good at cheating people, I'm not afraid that you won't be able to pay the rent."

After saying that, he twisted his butt and went back to the house to get out a long bunch of keys. The keys were hung on an iron disc. Several keys were hung in one hole, and a house number was posted above each hole.

She is so rich. Su Nianxing had a lot of houses in her previous life, but she liked to travel. She was away from home for most of the year and had no time to collect rent. She always left it to her mother to take care of it. When the time was up, her mother would transfer the money to her card.

Hey, I can't think about my previous life anymore, my heart aches when I think about her.

The tenant girl was squirming in front of her, "The tenement building is the cheapest. It doesn't have an elevator, is that okay?"

Su Nianxing nodded, "Okay." Thinking that the houses here were all very high, she hesitated to ask, "How high is the tenement building?"

"Fourth floor."

Su Nianxing breathed a sigh of relief, the fourth floor could barely accept it.

With a "clang" sound, the big iron door was roughly pushed open by the tenant. After entering, there was a narrower corridor. One household was divided into five rooms, and each subdivided room was equipped with toilets, showers, stoves and air conditioners.

However, the charter mother in Xiangjiang does not provide beds and cabinets, so the tenants need to buy them themselves.

Su Nianxing is interested in a room with a balcony, four square meters, and a monthly rent of 2,400.

In other words, her monthly salary is only 600, which is not enough for food.

Seeing that she was undecided, Axiangpo persuaded her to rent this house, "You can use your get off work time or weekends to set up a stall. The boss just said that the company is about to close down and will not let you work overtime, which means that you only need to work overtime in a day." You only need to work eight hours, from nine in the morning to five in the afternoon. After get off work, the time is yours. Our street has the best business at night. You can earn two dollars."

People here in Xiangjiang often work overtime, and there is no overtime pay. It is difficult to find a job from 9 to 5 even with a lantern. If the other party didn't want to ask her for fortune telling, it would be impossible to provide such a good job.

Su Nianxing lowered her head and thought, this was the best way. She didn't want to go back to the mainland and go to jail, so she had to find a way to stay in Xiangjiang, make a lot of money and get a Hong Kong green card by investing in Xiangjiang, so that she could return to Pengcheng to buy a house in the future.

Even because she is a Hong Kong businessman, she can get many preferential policies when she returns to the mainland.

If she still makes fish balls for Uncle Fu and Aunt Fu, she will be given food and shelter, but this will only be temporary. When the case is cleared up by the O Secretary, she will be sent back. She will be jailed for eight months and run away.

I don’t have a temporary residence permit when I go to Pengcheng, and I have to find a way to get a temporary residence permit, which is much more difficult than staying in Xiangjiang.

The hard work now is to pave the way for a happy and happy life in the future, and everything is worth it.

Su Nianxing finally made up his mind, "I will rent this room."

She really can't stand the cage house without any privacy. The subdivided room is much better, and it also has its own private room.

She has enough money on hand to pay the deposit. When renting a house in Xiangjiang, it is two deposits and one payment, and the rent is paid monthly.

After paying the deposit and rent, the landlord registered her information and gave her a key. One key for the lobby, one for the door and one for the single room.

After renting the house, Axiangpo took her to buy beds and cabinets, "I know where they are cheap. You don't have to buy too good ones, just buy second-hand ones."

So Axiang Po led her around for more than half an hour and walked to a remote yard. It was full of furniture, including tables, chairs, benches, beds, cabinets, shoe racks, etc.

The subdivided room rented by Su Nianxing is small. A bed and a bedside table can probably fill the space.

She only bought a bed and a bedside table, both of which were 70% new and not expensive, costing only HK$300.

Seeing that she only bought two things, Axiangpo pointed to a Simmons mattress and said, "This one is very soft and comfortable to sleep on. The only thing is that the bed is too hard. I need to put a mattress on it."

Su Nianxing looked at the stains left on the mattress and shook her head repeatedly, "I'll just buy a wooden board and wipe it clean. No mat."

Axiangpo thought she was reluctant to give up money, so she didn't force it. "After all, it's better for young people to sleep on a hard bed."

Su Nianxing went to buy a wooden mat nearby. The price was very cheap, only ten.

Axiangpo saw a seller selling stoves nearby and asked her to buy some more pots and pans. "You can save a lot of money by cooking by yourself."

Su Nianxing really plans to buy these so that she can make breakfast by herself, but she does not accept second-hand items. "It is unhygienic to use second-hand items for the things you put in your mouth. I want to buy new ones."

Axiangpo looked surprised and reminded her in a low voice, "New ones cost a lot of money. The bowls you use when eating out every day are old. What's so unhygienic? After you go back, scald them with boiling water several times.

It can kill any bacteria. If you are really worried, buy baking soda or dish soap."

Su Nianxing didn't know how to answer for a moment, and it was hard for her to explain, "I'm afraid that the previous owner used something else to pretend to be."

When she was reading the news, she saw someone being extremely wicked and peeing in a pot. It was so disgusting.

Seeing her persistence, Axiangpo stopped trying to persuade her, "Okay. That's all. Ask someone to help you pull her back."

It costs extra to move here. Su Nianxing doesn't have much stuff, so it costs 50 Hong Kong dollars for one trip, and 10 Hong Kong dollars for each floor.

Su Nianxing couldn't move the bed, so she had to pay the money.

After buying a bed and bedside table, Axiangpo took her to a nearby large market to buy pots and pans, sheets, quilts, pillows and some spices.
To be continued...