After the mercenaries left, the street returned to calm.
After walking for a while, Lei Luo looked left and right, and when he came to the student residence area, not only Lei Luo, but also a lot of gorgeously dressed noble student freshmen who were similar to Lei Luo's age also came here one after another.
After wandering around for a while, Lei Luo came to the door of this real estate agency called "Gran Harbor".
"Hey, little brother, are you coming to see the house? Come, come, come in and sit!"
As soon as Lei Luo stopped at the door of the store, a plump woman who looked like twenty-seven or eighteen years old walked over with a smile, her bright red lips were like flames, and she was extremely enthusiastic.
The plump body was clinging to Lei Luo, with heavy makeup and a strong smell, and without any explanation, he took Lei Luo's arm and almost dragged him into the room.
"We have all kinds of houses in the college. As long as you have needs, you will be satisfied! I saw that you are a smart, young and promising student, and you will definitely achieve something in the future! But studying is hard work, and it takes a lot of brainpower. , think about it, your mind is tired, if your body is wronged again, can you still study hard? Right? So, you must find a suitable house, and you can’t wrong yourself outside. Look at these houses Source…”
Lei Luo's eyes, following the words of the other party, fell on the transaction prices of these houses. Looking at the unbelievable astronomical figures marked on them, he swallowed in horror.
Hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of trading gold coins!
How can it be sold at such a price for just a house
Lei Luo hesitated: "Well, I want to rent..."
Before he finished speaking, the enthusiastic woman interrupted Lei Luo's words.
"Oh, little brother! I feel very kind when I see you! Don't think my sister is nagging, listen to my sister's persuasion, the rent is not worth 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 rent of one gold coin per month here, one year is twelve gold coins, and three years is thirty-six gold coins!"
The expression changed, and the woman said again: "After paying the rent with so much money, if you buy a property as an investment, it may increase in value in three years? After three years, if you plan to leave Fort St. Grann, when the time comes If you sell the house again, you might make a fortune instead. The price difference is positive and negative, little brother, you are a scholar, so you don’t need my sister to help you out, right? Are you right?”
That lipstick-covered lip, Beep Beep kept talking, if Lei Luo had money, he really wished he could buy a house here.
"I have no money."
Lei Luo said helplessly, "I just want to rent a house."
The woman sighed, seeing that Lei Luo really didn't look too oily, and said, "Well, if you rent a house, we also have..."
The enthusiasm decreased, and the woman stopped holding Lei Luo's arm, and began to introduce the housing situation on her own, with a monthly rent ranging from 70 to 80 silver coins to a few gold coins.
This time, it was Lei Luo who interrupted the other party.
"Uh, I want to rent the cheapest house! The cheapest!"
"cheapest?"
She curled her lips, and after thinking for a while, the woman said helplessly: "Hey... little brother, it's not easy to see you, so let me tell you the truth. The cheapest house in the college is the dormitory building in the old southeast district, which is the oldest building in the college. A group of residences are not very well-equipped and far from the teaching building. The monthly rent is usually about 50 silver coins.
"Fifty silver coins! Is there really no rent at a lower price?"
The woman rolled her eyes and said, "Yes, the houses outside the school district are cheap, or you can find a shop to work, maybe the shop will give preferential treatment to work-study students, including food and housing."
"Oh well!"
Lei Luo compromised and could only accept the sky-high rent of fifty silver coins per month.
Pay a deposit, choose a house, agree on terms, and sign a contract.
It took all morning.
When Lei Luo signed the name "Lei Luo Gubo" on the contract, the woman couldn't help but rolled her eyes again, apparently she regarded Lei Luo as a down-and-out nobleman.
"Okay, from now on, on the tenth of every month, pay the rent on time, and you will be charged 3 per thousand interest for one day overdue. This is the room key, please keep it carefully. If the furniture in the room is damaged, you need to pay the price..."
Instinctively speaking halfway, realizing that there was no furniture in the room at all, the woman was amused by herself and shook her head.
After the woman left, I saw this small room with only a dozen square meters, only a bed and a desk could be accommodated. It had been vacant for a long time, and the whitewash on the walls was also peeled off. There were still some cockroaches crawling around in the corners. Then, Lei Luo couldn't help but let out a disappointed sigh.
This kind of house actually requires fifty silver coins for rent.
If it was in the town of Agate Lake, the rent would be enough to build another house like this.
As for what the other party said about the outdated public facilities and the long distance from the teaching building, Lei Luo didn't care.
After tidying up the mess in the room, Lei Luo found a broom and an old rag in the public washing area outside, and started to clean up. Time passed without knowing it.
Night fell.
"Phew, it's finally packed!"
Looking at the hut, although it is dilapidated, it is finally clean and tidy. Thinking that I will live here for a long time in the future, I can't help feeling a little kind.
The house is located in the southeast corner of the outer courtyard of the college. The streets paved with bluestone slabs have become potholed with the erosion of the years. The nearby old buildings are all mini single-room dormitories. They are overcrowded. At night, children cry and practice. The miscellaneous sounds of accordion and husband and wife quarreling began to boil.
The people living here seem to have adapted to it, in stark contrast to the quiet night in the town of Agate Lake.
Lei Luo came to the balcony, lay down on it, and looked at the brightly lit and bustling lights of Scholars 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 his heart throbbing.
"New here?"
Lei Luo looked towards the source of the sound. On the windowsill of the neighbor's house, a beautiful woman in her thirties wearing a loose gray robe and pajamas was sitting next to her, with a cigarette dangling from the corner of her mouth. The years had left some marks on her face. Holding a wine bottle in one hand, feeling slightly drunk, showing a pair of long white legs, sitting on the balcony on the second floor, looking at himself with nothing to do.
"Hi, my name is Lei Luo."
Lei Luo greeted him politely. Seeing the other party's revealing clothes, he didn't dare to look more, and turned his head to look in other directions.
"Still a chick? I'm afraid my sister will eat you!"
The woman raised her head and let out a "gurgling" sound. After taking a sip of the wine, she took a deep puff of the cigarette, and the smoke rings she exhaled were blown away by the wind. She said flatly, "You came in through the contribution badge, right?"
"Ah! How do you know?"
Lei Luo asked in surprise.
The woman glanced at Lei Luo and threw the cigarette butts down the street.
"It is held every three years. I have sent away many scholars here. I know all the tenants of your room."
"you are?"
Lei Luo looked at each other in surprise.
The woman seemed to be laughing at herself, and said casually: "My first husband, like you, also came in with that badge. He said he would become the greatest magician and give me eternal happiness, but later because of The magic backfired, and it spontaneously burned into ashes in front of myself."
"ah?"
Lei Luo was taken aback!
The woman continued with a drunken sneer, "My second husband was a well-known pharmacist. He was killed by a mercenary group from the Principality of Sealand because he found a few plants of Magic Star Grass in the Magic Eagle Forest. I didn’t even see the corpse, leaving me alone to guard the pharmacy!”
Boom!
The wine bottle was thrown down the street. Fortunately, no one passed by downstairs. The woman closed the window and returned to the room. Lei Luo couldn't recover for a long time alone.