Chapter 17 The Shabby Shack
When the mercenaries leave, the streets return to peace.
After walking for a while, Lei Luo looked left and right and came to the students' residential area. Not only Lei Luo, but many freshmen of gorgeously dressed aristocratic students of similar age also came here.
After walking around the neighborhood for a while, Lei Luo came to the front of this real estate agency called "Gran Harbor".
"Oh, my brother, are you here to see the house? Come on, come in and sit in!"
As soon as Lei Luo stopped at the door of the store, a plump woman who looked like she was twenty-seven or eight years old, walked over with a smile, her bright red lips like flames, and she was particularly enthusiastic.
Her plump body was close to Lei Luo, with a strong makeup and a scent of fragrance. She grabbed Lei Luo's arm without saying a word and almost dragged it into the house.
"We have various housing properties in the college. As long as you have needs, you will be satisfied! You are a smart and young and promising student and will definitely achieve something in the future! But studying is a hard job and it takes a lot of brains. Think about it, your brain is tired, and if your body is wronged again, can you still study hard? Right? So, you must find a suitable house. You can't be wronged outside. Look at these housing properties..."
Lei Luo's eyes fell on the transaction prices of these houses as the other party said. Looking at the astronomical numbers marked on it, he swallowed in horror.
Hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of gold coins!
How can it be sold for just a house?
Lei Luo hesitated: "That, I want to rent..."
Before he could finish his words, the enthusiastic woman interrupted Lei Luo's words.
"Oh, brother! I feel very friendly when I see you! Don't think that my sister is nagging. Listen to my advice. It's not cost-effective to rent it! Think about it, if you want to live here for three years, you have to pay three years of rent. Based on the average monthly rent here, it is twelve gold coins a year, and three years is thirty-six gold coins!"
After his expression changed, the woman said, "I paid the rent for so much money. If you buy a property as an investment, you might gain value in three years? Three years later, if you plan to leave St. Granburg and sell the house at that time, you might make a profit. The difference between positive and negative is positive and negative. You are a scholar, so I don't need my sister to help you? Are you right?"
The lips covered with lipstick were covered with lipstick, and kept talking nonsense. If Lei Luo had money, he really wanted to buy a house here.
"I have no money."
Lei Luo said helplessly: "I just want to rent a house."
The woman sighed and saw that Lei Luo did not look too good, so she said, "Well, if you rent a house, we have it here too..."
The enthusiasm was reduced, and the woman no longer held Lei Luo's arm and began to introduce the property situation on her own, ranging from seventy or eighty silver coins to several gold coins per month.
This time, it was Lei Luo who interrupted the other party.
"Uh, I want to rent the cheapest house! The cheapest one!"
“The cheapest?”
After curling his lips, the woman thought about it and said helplessly: "Hey... brother, it's not easy for you, so I'll tell you the truth. The cheapest housing in the college is the dormitory building in the old southeast area, which is the oldest group of residences in the college. The facilities are not very complete and far from the teaching building. Generally, the monthly rent is about fifty silver coins. No matter how low it is, our agency can't make much money and generally will not introduce it to the public."
"Fifty silver coins! Is there really no lower price to rent a house?"
The woman rolled her eyes and said, "There are also some, houses outside the school district are cheap, or if you go to find a shop to work, maybe the shop will give preferential treatment to students who work and study, including food and accommodation."
"Oh well!"
Lei Luo compromised and could only accept the sky-high rent of fifty silver coins per month.
Pay a deposit, select a house, agree on conditions, and sign a contract.
It took a whole morning.
When Lei Luo signed the name "Leilo Gubo" on the contract, the woman couldn't help rolling her eyes again, obviously treating Lei Luo as a down-and-out nobleman.
"Okay, from now on the tenth of each month, you will pay the rent on time and charge three-thousandths of interest on one day after the deadline. This is the room key. Please keep it carefully. If the furniture in the room is damaged, it will be subject to the price..."
Halfway through instinctively, realizing that there was no furniture in the room, the woman was amused by herself and shook her head.
When the woman left, she looked at the small room only about a dozen square meters, and only had a bed and a desk. She had not lived in it for a long time. The wall paint was also painted off, and there were still some cockroaches crawling around in the corner. Lei Luo couldn't help but sigh in disappointment.
This kind of house actually costs 50 silver coins to rent for it.
If you are in the town of Agate Lake, the rent is enough to build another house like this.
As for the old public facilities mentioned by the other party, Lei Luo didn't care about it because he was far away from the teaching building.
After sorting out the messy room, Lei Luo found a broom in the public toiletry area outside, found a shabby rag, and started cleaning it. Time passed without realizing it.
Night falls.
"Huh, I'm finally packing it up!"
Looking at the hut, although it was dilapidated, it was finally clean and tidy. Thinking that I would live here for a long time in the future, I would inevitably give birth to a little kindness.
The house is located in the southeast corner of the outer courtyard of the college. The bluestone streets have become bumpy as time goes by. Several nearby old buildings are full of mini single dormitories, which are crowded. At night, children cry and practice accordion, and the mixed sounds of couples quarreling begin to boil.
The people living here seem to have adapted to it, which is in sharp contrast to the quiet night in the town of Agate Lake.
Lei Luo came to the balcony, lay on it, and looked at the magnificent and prosperous lights of the scholar street in the distance.
"In the future, this will be the beginning of my new life!"
For a moment, Lei Luo couldn't help but feel excited.
"Newly moved?"
Lei Luo looked at the sound. On the windowsill next door, a beautiful woman in her thirties in a loose gray robe and pajamas were sitting leaning against her, holding a cigarette in the corner of her mouth. Time left some traces on her face, holding a bottle in one hand, feeling a little drunk, revealing her long white legs, sitting on the balcony on the second floor, looking at herself as if she was doing nothing.
"Hello, my name is Leiluo."
Lei Luo greeted him politely. Seeing that the other party was exposed in clothes, he didn't dare to look at him anymore, so he turned his head and looked in other directions.
"Are you a young man? I'm afraid my sister will eat you!"
The woman raised her head and gulped, then took a sip of wine and took a deep breath of cigarettes. The smoke rings she spit out blew away with the wind and said lightly: "Did you come in by contributing badges?"
"Ah! How do you know?"
Lei Luo asked in surprise.
The woman glanced at Lei Luo and threw the cigarette butt into the street downstairs.
"I have sent away many scholars here every three years. I know all the tenants of your room."
"Who are you?"
Lei Luo looked at the other person in surprise.
The woman seemed to laugh at herself and said carelessly: "My first husband came in with that badge, just like you. He said he wanted to become the greatest magician and give me eternal happiness. Later, because of the backlash of magic, he spontaneously ignited in front of himself into ashes."
"ah?"
Lei Luo was shocked!
The woman was drunk and sneered and continued: "My second husband is a famous pharmacist. Because he found several magic star grasses in the Demon Eagle Forest, he was killed by a mercenary group in the Principal of Zeland. Until now, he has not even seen the body, leaving me alone to guard the pharmacy shop!"
Bang!
Chapter completed!