Tan Yiming has always wanted to rent out his second bedroom. He gritted his teeth and bought a second-hand house near the company. The two bedrooms and one living room are 80 square meters. The down payment is so high that the loan will take twenty years to repay.
On the one hand, he wants to share the mortgage pressure through rent, and on the other hand, he wants to add some fresh popularity to his house.
He didn't want to go home every day, so he could only face the dark living room.
Gu Liang and Ye Ye are both locals and belong to a family with a house. They have countless experiences to teach when it comes to leasing.
Gu Liang said: "You have to keep your eyes open to find a tenant. You can't recruit young couples. After all, it is inconvenient to have many girls in the house, and the young couples are living a prosperous life, doesn't it make you more lonely?"
Ye Ye said: "Those with poor hygiene habits can't be recruited. If you don't wash the pot for a week, the washed clothes will be tumbled in the washing machine, and then the cockroaches will crawl all over the floor. You will suffer!"
Tan Yiming asked for advice humbly, and wrote them down one by one.
"Also," Ye Ye said, "living under the same roof, you can't see it when you look up, remember to have a sweet mouth."
"Forget it." Tan Yiming said, "I've talked too much at work, so I wanted to find someone who was quiet and talked less. It's better to just nod and not greet each other when we meet."
Tan Yiming reported his requirements for the tenant to the agent, specifically stating that he had a pet lizard, which he would bring home to bathe and feed every weekend.
At first, the agent thought that the lizard he was talking about was a small gecko, but it was a blue-tongued skink that was longer than his forearm. Just looking at the photos was scary.
The agent said: "Mr. Tan, in fact, if you keep lizards in your master bedroom, the co-tenant should have no problem."
"No." Tan Yiming said, "it's a healthy lizard. He likes sports and walks in the house."
"… "
Because of this, even if Tan Yiming's house is in good condition and the rent is cheap, he has not been able to find a suitable tenant.
This day after work, Tan Yiming suddenly received a call from the agency.
On the phone, the agent named Xiao Wu happily informed him that a college student who had just graduated had taken a fancy to his house and wanted to sign a rental contract with him!
"Have you told him about the lizards?" Tan Yiming asked, "Is he not afraid?"
Xiao Wu said: "The little classmate said that if the rent is cheaper by 300 yuan, he will not be afraid!"
Tan Yiming: "…"
Xiao Wu: "If the rent can be reduced by five hundred, he can help your lizard take a bath!"
Tan Yi burst into laughter, thinking that today's young people are really glib. Is the rent a thousand cheaper, so the kid can still sleep with his lizard in his arms
"Forget it." Tan Yiming said in a hurry to rent out, "300 is not enough, but 100 is fine. If he can accept it, let him bring his ID card to sign the contract tonight."
In a few words, the matter was settled.
The viewing time was set at seven o'clock in the evening. Tan Yiming ate something at the restaurant downstairs and went home to clean up the house.
Tan Yiming has lived alone abroad for several years, and he has been organizing the house by himself. He had few things, and little household garbage. He swept the floor, straightened the sofa cushions, walked around the room idle twice, thought about it, and made another pot of tea.
Obviously it was the landlord who met the tenant, and his look of being at a loss was a bit like going on a blind date.
… I don’t know what kind of tenant the agent will bring him
…
At 6:30 in the evening, Xiang Guai walked out of the subway station on time, and in the crowded evening rush hour, he found the conspicuous glances of the agent Xiao Wu's thick eyebrows.
The house Xiao Wu introduced is really good. Although it is an old community, it has a good location, surrounded by supermarkets, hospitals and shopping malls. Xiang Guess had seen a house near here before, and the rent was expensive. This time, it was purely a leak, so he could rent this house at a price lower than the market price.
Not to mention living with lizards, it doesn't matter if you live with crocodiles!
Xiao Wu also wanted to facilitate this business and get a commission. For this reason, Xiao Wu talked a lot along the way.
Xiao Wu said: "The landlord is a big boss. He just bought the house two years ago, and it was renovated last year. He said that it was too lonely to be alone, so he wanted to find a tenant who could close his eyes."
Xiang guess thought to himself, he didn't know whether the landlord was lonely or not, he only knew that the landlord was absolutely short of money. If he is really a big boss, will he still care about himself for three hundred yuan
The heroine who played with him today was in a bad state, and she practiced for a whole afternoon just for one lift. He was exhausted now, like a cell phone that was about to run out of power, and he just wanted to lie down on the bed and slumber. But there is no way, in order to successfully rent a low-priced house, he must gather all his energy to please the landlord.
For musical actors, half the year is rehearsing and the other half is touring. He didn't want to put the limited rest time on the endless search for a house, rent a house and move. He just hoped to find a place to stay in this city.
I hope the landlord is a nice gentleman.
…
Five minutes to seven, Tan Yiming's doorbell rang.
He jumped up from the sofa, fiddled with the cushions again, and walked quickly to the door.
The door opened, and two young faces appeared behind the door.
The agent Xiao Wu smiled: "Mr. Tan, this is the tenant I mentioned on the phone, you see..."
After that, not a word entered Tan Yiming's ears.
Tan Yiming and Xiang Gu looked at each other and fell into a strange silence at the same time.
Due to the double pressure of work and relationship, Xiang Guess has lost weight recently. Tan Yiming's eyes were glued to him, from the boy's straight and thin collarbone to the arms with muscle tape, he used his eyes to inspect every inch.
When he looked at Guai, Xiang Gu was also looking at him. Tan Yiming looked very good. The collar of his shirt was slightly unbuttoned, revealing his sexy Adam's apple. This was a laid-back look that Xiang Gu had never seen before.
The two spoke at the same time.
Tan Yiming: "...Are you a tenant?"
Xiang Guai: "… Are you the landlord?"
They turned off at the same time, realizing that what they had said was complete nonsense.
Xiang Gu turned around subconsciously and wanted to leave, but before he could take a step, Comrade Xiao Wu, the attentive intermediary, had already taken out a disposable shoe cover from his bag and wanted to kneel down to give him overshoes.
Xiang Guai couldn't say anything to refuse, he could only take the two light blue plastic wraps and put them on his feet.
Tan Yiming opened the door and invited the two of them in.
The headlights in the living room gently fall on the floor tiles, and the dark blue fabric sofa surrounds the transparent coffee table. Call it a "coffee table", rather it is a transparent square box with three cups of steaming tea on it, and inside the transparent box is a complete set of assembled LEGO Millennium Falcons!
There is no TV opposite the sofa, but a whole wall of bookcases. The curtain is hidden in the ceiling above the bookcase. As long as the curtain is lowered, the living room can be turned into a home theater at any time.
The decoration of the house is very simple, but there is warmth everywhere. Xiang Guai stood under the chandelier in the living room and looked around. He had to admit that he fell in love with this house the first second he stepped into it.
But when he thought about who the owner of this house was, Xiang Gu had no intention of renting a house.
Xiao Wu was still praising the house beside him.
"Look at the toilet, the separation of dry and wet; look at the bright kitchen, which is transparent on all sides; look at the floor-to-ceiling windows, which are very bright; by the way, you must look at the second bedroom, facing north, with such a large bay window..."
Xiang Gu was almost pushed into the second bedroom by Xiao Wu.
As he said, the second bedroom faces north, and there is a very comfortable bay window where you can sit in a daze.
Although the room is not big, the table, bed, and wardrobe are all available. The furniture is very new, and the bed is covered with a dust cover. It seems that no one has ever stayed there.
Standing in front of the bay window and looking out, the afterglow of the golden-red sunset has dyed the clouds in the sky. There was a lot of traffic on the road, and the taillights were connected in the twilight. In that car, there were people waiting to return home.
Everyone in this city has a home, but Xiang Chai has no home. The town where he was born is not his home, nor is Hua Wu, who has accompanied him for 11 years of youth, nor is the house that Cen Manchuan rented after selling his motorcycle.
He went around looking for intermediaries to see the "house", not the "home".
He has been extremely thin recently, and his thin body stands in front of the window, a silhouette drawn by the setting sun.
Tan Yiming didn't step into the second bedroom, he just stood outside the door and quietly looked at Xiang Gu's back.
The one who finally broke the tranquility was Xiao Wu, who was always full of energy.
"Mr. Xiang, this house is really suitable for you! It's a ten-minute walk to the subway station. The nearby living facilities are all available, and the price is so cheap! What are you still hesitating about!" Xiao Wu used his Three inch incorrupt tongue, non-stop lobbying.
Before he came, Xiao Wu thought that this business would definitely be successful, and only he could bring together such a difficult landlord and picky tenant!
Unexpectedly, after Xiang Guai entered the door, his expression was always serious, and it didn't look like he wanted to sign a contract.
Thinking that this month is about to end and that his performance has not yet been completed, Xiao Wu scratched his head and got angry.
He said, "Mr. Tan really wants to rent, and you also really want to rent. Exchange your sincerity for your sincerity. I think it's better to sign a contract now!"
As he said that, he even took out the printed contract sample and a box of printing pad directly from the bag. He wished that he would press the two of them to put their handprints on this paper document.
Xiang Guai didn't dare to look at Tan Yiming's expression, he shook his head and said to the agent, "Xiao Wu, thank you, but I still want to see other houses..."
Xiao Wu said: "It's not my Xiao Wu that scare you, such a cheap house with such a good location is really gone! You just graduated this year, what is most important, of course, is saving money! And think about it, you Xin After a hard day's work, do you want to take the subway directly to your doorstep, or do you want to take three buses to go to the group rental house outside the Fifth Ring Road?"
These words completely spoke to Xiang Gu's heart.
Seeing his relaxed expression, Xiao Wu continued his efforts: "And Mr. Tan has agreed to give you another hundred... No, one hundred and fifty yuan!"
While talking, Xiao Wu frantically winked at Tan Yiming.
Tan Yiming, who hadn't said a word all along, finally opened his mouth.
"Who said it was one hundred and fifty?" the man said, "Xiao Wu said before that if the price is lower, you can bathe my lizard?"
Xiang Guess: "… "
Tan Yiming took the contract in Xiao Wu's hand, smeared his thumb with red ink mud, and pressed his next fingerprint on the place where Party A signed the contract - "If I can make it cheaper by 500, will it be a deal?"
This price is already a complete fracture price.
"..." Xiang Guai took the contract with a complicated expression, thinking about the deposit, thinking about the job, thinking about Tan Yiming, and thinking about himself... After a long silence, he finally said those two words, "Deal" ."
…
On the contract, two bright red fingerprints are next to each other, and further down, are the names of the two.
From today onwards, Xiang Chai and Tan Yiming will live under the same roof.
The author has something to say: Comrade Xiao Wu, an excellent housing salesman, deserves a medal.