Chapter 154 Rent two pounds of millet for twenty days
Seeing Xiao Zhang eagerly getting out of the RV, Nan Ci also stood up and said, "I'll go down and have a look. Qianqian will come with me. Taoist priest, you guys guard the car."
The old Taoist priest patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry!"
Of course Nan Ci was relieved, otherwise it would not have been possible for them to stay and guard the car.
When we got off the car, we arrived at the entrance of a courtyard.
The walls of this courtyard are also made of ice bricks, but they are small-sized ice bricks. The walls are only 40 to 50 centimeters long and more than two meters high.
This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that there is no courtyard gate.
Mu Qianqian looked at the empty courtyard door, and immediately looked at Xiao Zhang in confusion, "Why doesn't this courtyard have a courtyard door?"
Xiao Zhang smiled bitterly and hurriedly explained, "This is not because I received the money. There were no special windows after the yard was built!"
Seeing Xiao Zhang's nervous look, Mu Qianqian softened her tone and said, "Don't be so nervous. I just feel weird, so I'm not blaming you when I ask you."
Xiao Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and explained it carefully.
"Actually, it's not that the base is unwilling to install it. The main reason is that wood is really hard to find now and is too precious.
You all know this situation now. There is no monitoring and there is not enough manpower. If doors and windows were installed, they would probably be removed and burned as firewood in less than two days.
Instead of doing that, it would be better not to pretend in the first place, to save anger and waste."
I have to say that there is some truth in what Xiao Zhang said.
Nan Ci spoke at the right time, "If we rent the yard, will you provide doors and windows?"
These words obviously stopped Xiao Zhang. After being stunned for a moment, Xiao Zhang shook his head in embarrassment.
"I'm really sorry. The base never mentioned providing doors and windows, and no one mentioned it before, so..."
There is no need for Xiao Zhang to continue saying the rest, Nan Ci and Mu Qianqian both understand.
Nanciben just asked casually, saying that the base was not required to provide doors and windows. Now that I know it is not available, I don’t take it to heart.
"If not, then there won't be!" Nan Ci said, "We'd better go in and take a look at the yard and the house first."
The suitability of the yard and house is more important than anything else, and everything else is secondary.
Xiao Zhang was afraid that Nan Ci would not rent anymore, so now that he heard Nan Ci said that he wanted to go in and have a look, he immediately beamed and hurriedly ran to the front to lead the way.
In fact, there is nothing to bring. It is not dark yet. Standing at the gate of the courtyard, you can have a panoramic view of the situation in the courtyard.
The yard is more than 100 square meters, square and square, with nothing but snow.
There are three rooms in the house, with a door in the middle and a window on the left and right sides. The windows are all very small.
The snow in the yard has not been cleared for a long time. It is already very high and almost covers the windows.
The three of them waded through the snow and walked in. When they entered the house, their bodies were already white.
These three rooms are veritable snow caves. Looking at them, they are square and square, with ice bricks showing a cold white color.
Looking around, Nan Ci couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is a real family with only four walls!
However, Nan Ci also understands that the current conditions of the underground city in the base are the same. The conditions in the underground city may be better, but without the conditions of the base, it is impossible for Nan Ci to live in the underground city.
The yard in front of them is their best choice at the moment.
Nan Ci looked at Xiao Zhang, "What's the price of this yard? How is the rent calculated?"
"The rent at our base is calculated on a daily basis. For a yard like this, one pound of food is needed per day."
"Huh?"
Nan Ci narrowed his eyes.
From the moment he saw Xiao Zhang until now, Xiao Zhang behaved very respectfully and humbly, which made people feel that he was particularly timid.
But now after hearing the price Xiao Zhang wants, Nan Ci can be sure that Xiao Zhang's timidity and nervousness are most likely a means.
The reason is to get a high price now.
Although Nan Ci does not lack this little food, it does not mean that she is willing to be taken advantage of.
Nan Ci sneered, "The price is so high, I can't afford it. In this case, let's forget it."
After Nan Ci finished speaking, he walked out, followed closely by Mu Qianqian, speaking angrily as he walked.
"We are crazy about food. We are being treated as fools!
For such a poor yard with nothing, you dare to ask for a pound of grain. I don’t know whether you are crazy or I am crazy.”
The more Mu Qianqian talked, the angrier she became, and she kept thinking about it.
Xiao Zhang watched the two people walking out in shock, never expecting that things would develop in this direction.
They were dressed cleanly and drove an RV. They had food and drink in the car, and they looked like they were people who had no shortage of food.
A pound of grain is not much, shouldn't they just agree today?
Even if you don’t want to agree, you can still bargain!
What is the operation of leaving immediately after a disagreement?
Although Xiao Zhang couldn't understand, he couldn't just watch a few people leave and hurriedly ran after them.
"Wait! Wait! If you are not satisfied with the price, we can discuss it."
Nan Ci stopped and looked directly at Xiao Zhang, "One price, one pound of grain rent for ten days."
"This..." Xiao Zhang was dumbfounded, "Isn't this a little too low?"
"My grains are all good, not damp, and well packaged."
Xiao Zhang, who was hesitant just now, immediately agreed after hearing this.
"Okay! As long as your food is what you said, then the deal will be done at this price!"
"Wait."
Nan Ci got into the car as he said that, and soon came down with a bag of grain.
This is a sealed two-pound bag of millet. The packaging is intact and within the shelf life.
Xiao Zhang's eyes were shining brightly. He took the millet and looked at it several times before suppressing the excitement in his heart.
"Then it's settled, you come back to the base home with me, fill in the information, go through the formalities, and you can check in directly.
Although this yard has no doors, windows, or keys, people come to inspect it every day. If you dare to live in it without paying the rent, the consequences will be very miserable. But you have paid the rent, and within your lease period, this house will be yours.
Just use it with peace of mind, there won’t be any problems.”
I don’t know if it’s because the business has been concluded, but when Xiao Zhang spoke this time, his posture was much more natural than before.
But looking at Xiao Zhang like this, Nan Ci felt even more comfortable.
This kind of Xiao Zhang is in line with her suspicions about the base staff. The previous Xiao Zhang was really too flattering.
Several people got into the RV again, and Zhou Ziyang turned around and returned to the base.
The procedures were very easy to complete. They were all handwritten by Xiao Zhang. It only took a few minutes for everything to be registered.
Two pounds of millet, rented the yard for twenty days.
Twenty days should be enough for them to understand this base.
