Starting from the folklore forum, making up town objects

Chapter 119 Collecting Rent and Finding Ghosts

In addition to attending classes every day, Chen Xin also practiced physical exercises during the past three days.

For every point of good karma you do every day, your progress in physical exercises will increase by 1%.

After exercising for two or three hours in the evening, the abnormality in my body will go away.

Combined with the Ten-flavor Rehmannia Pills obtained from Wei Junrui, Chen Xin's progress in strengthening exercises has reached 27%.

If he continues like this, in half a month, his progress in physical strengthening exercises will reach the fourth level 100%. With the current number of Yin De points, he can naturally break through to the fifth version of physical strengthening exercises without hesitation.

Originally, Chen Xin was going to go back to Lingyuan City this Saturday to have dinner with his uncle and get some information about the Public Opinion Survey Bureau from him.

But a sudden change interrupted Chen Xin's plan.

The Candle Night Stone Town he placed at his aunt’s house… was triggered!
Even though it was just a weak wandering soul, and the rooster pecked it to death and disappeared without even staying for long, Chen Xin still had to go and take a look.

Because the ghost's true form has not been discovered, this means that my aunt and her family may encounter problems again.

Immediately, Chen Xin took a taxi to his aunt's house.

……

"Hey, I just said I would call you, and you came, Aunt Mei, your grandson is here."

Chen Yupei took the fruit from Chen Xin's hand and shouted inside with a smile.

"grandmother."

"Well, here I am. How's your study going?"

"good."

"What do you mean by OK? OK means OK, and no means no. I heard that there are scholarships in college, and only those who study well can get them. Have you got one?"

Chen Xin was helpless.

"Grandma, to get the scholarship you have to take an exam first, and it's not time for the exam yet."

Chen Yupei, who was listening to their conversation, couldn't stop laughing.

At noon, Chen Xin had lunch at his aunt's house, and then began to make indirect requests.

"What is Uncle doing these days? Is he still playing mahjong?"

"He has less time to play mahjong," Chen Yupei said helplessly. "Somehow, his mahjong friends got addicted to fishing! Not surprisingly, your uncle got addicted after being dragged out to fish a few times."

"Oh? How's your uncle's level?"

"Haha, what a level! He only needs 250 yuan to enter that place, and he can catch fish with just one throw of the rod. Otherwise, where do you think the fish we ate today came from?"

"Oh, uncle, are you fishing at night? I heard that there are a lot of people fishing at night."

Chen Xin asked again.

"No, he fishes during the day and plays cards at night. Look, he didn't even come home for lunch. He's still fishing outside."

Chen Xin nodded.

If it wasn’t my uncle who brought them back, could it be my grandmother and aunt?
"What about you, aunt? What new hobbies have you picked up recently?"

"Me? How can I have time for a hobby? In that building, there are trivial things every day. One moment this house has no water, another house has a clogged sewer, and there are people who complain that there is no sunlight in their room!"

"I'm just wondering, when we were choosing a house, he didn't want the one facing south, saying it was two hundred dollars too expensive, so he chose one facing away from the sun, and now he's annoyed by the lack of sun!"

When talking about the building where her family lives, my aunt started to talk nonstop, as if she had endless things to say.

"Do you know what the most outrageous thing is?"

As if she remembered something, Chen Yupei stared at Chen Xin with her eyes wide open.

"what?"

"The most outrageous thing is that there was a tenant who, in order to avoid paying the rent, threw away everything in the room and ran away!"

Thinking of this, Chen Yupei still felt a little angry.

"Then his stuff must be worth at least one month's rent, right?"

"One month? He owed it for half a year! I was just too kindhearted. Seeing that he was 30 years old and still didn't have a proper job, I let him delay it for a few months. But now, he just left without even saying goodbye!"

Chen Xin was puzzled.

"So you didn't call the police?"

The aunt waved her hand, and her mercenary and anger disappeared.

"Well, why report it? There's no need."

"If he really had money, he wouldn't do this. Even if I find him, I can't get my money back! I even kept all his things in the warehouse. If he really has a conscience and comes back after making money, I will return his things to him."

Chen Xin didn't say anything else, turned around and asked about his grandmother again.

In the end, grandma ignored him, got up and went downstairs for a walk.

Helpless, Chen Xin thought for a while and said to his aunt: "Aunt, have you collected the rent? If not, I will help you collect it and practice how to treat people."

Chen Yupei was surprised, and nodded after thinking about it.

"You wait."

After a while, Chen Yupei took out a thick account book.

"Originally, there were six families that needed to collect rent, but your grandmother had already visited three of the more difficult ones, hehe..."

Chen Yupei smiled, as if he was thinking of something happy.

"Hey, take a picture with your phone. There are three households that can collect rent. Two of them are relatively kind and will give you money if you go there. The other one is not a bad person, she just talks a lot. If you have nothing to do, just chat with her and she will happily take the money after that."

"By the way, didn't I tell you about the guy who escaped? I've rented out his house too. Go over to his house and ask if he needs any help. If you need anything, go to the warehouse on the first floor below. There are a lot of furniture and daily necessities there. They're all new, but you still have to dry them in the backyard."

Chen Xin took out his cell phone, took some pictures and recorded some of what his aunt said, then stood up and prepared to leave.

"Sanjin, if you really encounter a problem that is difficult to solve, you call me, remember?"

"understood!"

……

Forty minutes later, Chen Xin arrived at the urban-rural fringe of Mubei City.

As he walked along, Chen Xin felt that this place was more humane than those tall buildings in the city.

Nowadays, at noon, some old men and women are chatting and basking in the sun by the fitness equipment. However, even on Saturdays, it is rare to see young people around. The occasional ones are people carrying bags and walking together to go shopping in the city.

In fact, there are quite a few urban white-collar workers living in this urban-rural fringe area, and even some university graduates live here.

Compared to the rent in the city, you can rent a two-bedroom apartment here for less than three thousand Daxia coins a month, and you can share the apartment with others for just over a thousand, a price you won't find in the city.

The key is that it is only about 20 minutes' walk from the subway station, so getting around is not difficult.

Furthermore, migrant workers living here can at least say that they are in Mubei City.

If you live farther away, it will indeed be cheaper, but if you leave the city, you will be embarrassed to tell people that you are still in Mubei City.

This is a kind of stubbornness unique to adults.

Soon, Chen Xin arrived at the building where his aunt lived.

This building has six floors, with two households on each floor, for a total of twelve households.

There are no elevators in old six-story buildings like this one. It is difficult for people with poor legs and feet to climb from the first floor to the sixth floor, so most people living in high-rise buildings are young people.

In addition to these, there is an artificial river about twenty or thirty meters behind this building.

Because it is next to the river, there are no other buildings behind this building. My aunt also opened a door at the back of the building. If the residents on the lower floors want to dry clothes, they can go out through the back door and set up a clothesline or pull a rope. It is very convenient.

As for high-rise buildings, with balconies, this problem can be avoided.

The four households that Chen Xin is going to visit this time are on the first, second, fourth and fourth floors respectively.

Chen Xin then started collecting rent one by one in order.

Of course, collecting rent is secondary. What he needs to do is to check whether there is any dirt in the building.

Dang Dang!

Chen Xin knocked on the iron fence security door outside No. 101. After half a minute, a voice came from inside the door, sounding like a young man.

"Who?"

"The rent collector."

"Where's the landlord? I haven't seen you."

"I'm his nephew. He has something to do today. Here's the key to the building. If you don't believe me, you can call and ask."

Chen Xin waved the key towards the peephole on the door.

"You wait a moment."

After saying this, there was no movement inside.

Chen Xin was also patient and waited for five minutes before the door opened.

But when Chen Xin saw who opened the door, he was still stunned.

He was originally wondering why there was a young person living on the first floor instead of an elderly person. Now he understood.

The person behind the iron fence in front of him was a young man who was only a few years older than Chen Xin, in his twenties, and looked like he had just graduated.

But he was in a wheelchair.

"Want to come in?"

Yun Longtian opened the security door and said something.

If it were usual, Chen Xin might not have gone in, but this time he nodded.

After entering, Chen Xin found that this two-bedroom, one-living room room was very tidy, and there was no dust on some high things, which seemed to be cleaned by someone.

Chen Xin saw one of the two rooms through the open door.

It seemed that the place was used as a study room, as the only two walls that Chen Xin saw were filled with bookshelves.

"Thank you."

After taking the water brought by Yun Longtian, Chen Xin felt a little embarrassed to bother him.

"It doesn't matter. Usually, not many people come here."

Yun Longtian adjusted his glasses with a smile.

"Do you always live alone?"

Chen Xin asked curiously while opening his mobile phone to check the rental situation.

"I live alone, but my family comes over once a week. After all, some things are still inconvenient."

Chen Xin nodded, and then asked curiously: "Excuse me, why don't you live in your own home?"

"Haha, my home is in the urban area of ​​Mubei City. It's quite convenient there, but I feel a little depressed. I came here once and felt good, so I rented a house and have lived here ever since... Your aunt is very nice and gave me a low rent."

Yun Longtian said with a smile.

"Well, then I have to call you senior."

Chen Xin said with a smile.

"Oh? You're also from Mubei University?"

"Well, I'm a freshman, so I came to exercise when I have nothing to do."

After Chen Xin and Yun Longtian chatted for a while, they got down to business.

"Your rent is paid every three months? Let me see, 2850 per month, 8550 for three months. Auntie told me to round off the amount, so it's 8500, right?"

"Yes, I'll turn you?"

"No, you can just give it to my aunt directly. I'm just here for exercise, unless you have cash."

Chen Xin smiled, drank the water in the cup and stood up.

"Senior, I have some things to do, so I'll go first. I'll come talk to you when I have a chance. If you have anything, you can talk to my aunt directly. She has a sharp tongue but a soft heart."

"it is good."

Yun Longtian smiled and sent Chen Xin out the door.

Since neither of them is the kind of outgoing and sociable person, they tacitly agreed not to leave contact information.
After leaving Yunlong Tianjia, Chen Xin continued to walk upstairs.

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(End of this chapter)