Just now I was thinking about putting in all the effort to cultivate Xiaohai... I didn't expect that it would be so difficult to cultivate students in big cities...

This pressure is too much!

…

It took her a long time to return home, carrying a heavy stack of books.

Dacheng was still cleaning up the shed in the corner of the yard, and Pearl didn't say much, just shouted:

"I bought the magazine for you."

Then he went back to the room.

Dacheng responded casually and now stepped up to do the work in hand.

Pearl originally planned to take some time to bring all the aunts who were helping over to identify the place, and they would start working here tomorrow.

After all, after the group rental house was no longer rented, the landlord across the street kept asking about it. They had a lot of people making buns today.

At this moment, Pearl was just glad that she had moved in time.

But the sun is quite bright outside, so I guess I haven't finished working over there yet, and will probably have to work until about eight o'clock in the evening.

There was still time, so she opened the book "Youth" with great interest.

The two little girls talked so well, and the name was "The Best Sister-in-law". When she heard this name, Pearl's heart skipped a beat, wasn't she just a sister-in-law?

Now I couldn’t wait to open the magazine and read it——

How do you call it the best?

…

Lu Li was still staring at the screen in the Internet cafe, constantly refreshing the page.

Her novel has been reviewed and successfully published.

A total of 30,000 words, I put them all in one go. Then I took advantage of this time to type out 10,000 words non-stop to keep the manuscript.

However, from the time the review was passed until now, it has been refreshing for more than ten minutes, and there is not a single click.

This made her feel a little anxious.

But it was already the afternoon of the second day, and she had already spent dozens of dollars in the Internet cafe, not to mention eating and drinking.

In two days, the school will ask students on vacation to leave the campus.

Before that, she had to find a way to arrange her own place to live... She couldn't stay in this Internet cafe for a long time!

After refreshing again, there were still zero clicks. Lu Li couldn't help but hammer the table in frustration.

The next moment, the familiar penguin jumped up.

She hesitated, but finally clicked it.

The person who sent the message was her former magazine editor, who was urging her:

"Where's the new novel? Why haven't you written it yet?"

After this period of struggle, Lu Li had to admit that the other party really planned to default on the royalties.

After all, the royalties for her first novel have not been settled until now.

The total amount was only 1,700 yuan. Obviously, Ding Wei’s first book cost 6,000 yuan, and it was paid as soon as it was announced.

As for the publication that the editor promised before, even if she has no life experience, she can no longer let go of the pie drawn by others...

After such a long time, you should know something.

Especially during this period of time when I was wandering around the forum, I became aware of the magazine’s notoriety and the denunciations of several authors.

Lu Li made up her mind at this moment and typed a few words in the dialog box: I won't write anymore.

But then, the entered characters were erased one by one, and she wrote again: "I have no money and can't enter the Internet cafe."

The other party was indeed anxious, but still refused to pay.

"What's going on with you? You don't even have the money to enter an Internet cafe. You can find other part-time jobs during this period. If you have manuscripts, give them to me immediately. Don't delay the magazine serialization... The manuscripts you saved before can still last for a while.

Expect."

…

The message notification stopped ringing. Lu Li thought of Ding Wei's previous reminder and felt unspeakably blocked and bloated inside.

She was unwilling to admit that she had been deceived by the magazine again and again, but she was unwilling to be a fool again.

After thinking about it for a long time, I angrily closed the page, took my ID card and went to the boss to refund the money.

——No matter what, let’s settle down first.

She now has more than 700 yuan left in her hand. This is what she has saved and saved, plus some royalties from the follow-up. She has hardly communicated with her family this semester, and even her mother's transfer was silent.

of.

Without the 400 yuan for living expenses at home, she would definitely not have 700 yuan left now.

This made Lu Li, who lost her part-time job, unable to even be strong-willed.

It also made her heart even more tormented.

But seven hundred dollars...

She looked at the housing prices in the surrounding area. There were numerous rental information on the advertising wall, and the minimum starting price was 800 yuan.

She had never rented a house before, so she didn't know that there was room for bargaining, and she didn't know that there would be cheaper places, but those were generally not posted on the rental wall.

At the moment I just feel embarrassed.

Even if she could bargain with others to 700 a month, would they be willing to rent it to students?

For two months, she couldn't even pay for the deposit and payment.

…

Lu Li stood under the advertising column for too long. The men playing chess beside her were all ready to pack up their benches and go home. Seeing that she was still standing there with a frown on her face, they asked curiously:

"Girl, what are you doing?"

Lu Li's cheeks instantly turned red.

She hesitated for a long time, then whispered: "I, I want to find a cheap house to live in for two months."

"Oh." The uncle understood immediately.

"Are you coming to the Imperial City to find a job? It's hard to find a job at this time. It's a holiday and there are many students. You are a little girl, so you should find a better community and be safer."

Lu Li's ears turned red.

Not shy, but angry - she is obviously a student, how can she look like she is here to work?

So he quickly said: "I am a student at Mingda University."

…

Mingda’s signboard is really useful. The uncle was immediately stunned and quickly tapped his forehead with a cattail leaf fan:

"Look at me, I look so old!"

He thought: "Girl, if you really have no money and no place to go, I know that there are several garages in our community that are rented out. There is a faucet at the door of the garage, which is the toilet. You have to use the public toilet in the community."

"But..."

The uncle said with all his heart: "Many people from out of town are willing to rent a garage like this. They can just put up a bed and live in it. And it's cheap, only more than 100 yuan a month."

The uncle can see very clearly that the little girl has been here for a long time and has not even thought of going to see what the house is like. She must be short of money.

He mentioned this because he was a student at Ming University.

Otherwise, everyone in the old family home would be united, and no one would like outsiders to stay in the community.

…

Lu Li really never thought about this possibility. She was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said:

"Thank you, I...can I go and have a look?"

"Go on, go on," the uncle pointed at the cattail leaf fan in the distance: "Go through the iron gate in front. You can tell the guard. You can show him your student ID card. We don't like people in the society.

It’s not safe to stay in the community...”

As he said that, the old man shook his cattail leaf fan, held the horse in one hand, and walked back slowly.

Lu Li looked carefully at the location where she was staying, and then at the two Internet cafes next to her. She couldn't help but feel excited.

It's really hard to find summer jobs now, and there are even fewer that include accommodation, unless you work as a waiter in a hotel.

But when she was a college student, she always felt that she was overqualified for her talents... Lu Lisi thought about it, maybe she might as well rent a garage by herself and write novels in an Internet cafe every day.

It's a pity that no one will find her as a tutor this semester. Otherwise, how would she live in the garage? She can even afford to rent an apartment.

She looked at the sky, then hurried forward and decided to pick a place to live.

…
To be continued...