Chapter 264 I Am Destined to Be with the West

"Zheng Ke, smile a little, yes, that's it."

"Luo Cheng, come on, don't waste too much film."

"It's beautiful, it's not a waste if I take pictures for you."

This sentence made Zheng Ke shy again, but she was a college student and knew the price of film. A roll of inferior film cost more than ten yuan, and a good one cost fifteen or sixteen yuan.

She really couldn't waste film anymore, and she had to go to work, and Luo Cheng had his own things to do.

Under Zheng Ke's persuasion, Luo Cheng stopped taking pictures and said that he would take her to other places to take pictures next time. It was really boring to take pictures in one place.

One had to go to work, and the other had to go to the street office, so they really had to separate. Luo Cheng hung the cloth bag on his shoulder from the room, waited for Zheng Ke to go downstairs together, and then separated.

Zheng Ke went back to the room and took the apple in her hand before going downstairs with Luo Cheng. The dormitory she was assigned was a three-story building, but not all the dormitories here belonged to the magazine. It was built jointly with another unit, half of the house of one unit.

"Luo Cheng, do you have anything to do tomorrow?"

"Nothing to do now, mainly looking for a house. If the street office here doesn't have a house to rent, I may have to go to other street offices to find one."

"Then~then can you come tomorrow? I'll treat you to noodles. You treated me to pancakes and buns."

"Well, should I go to your workplace to find you tomorrow, or wait for you here?"

"Just wait for me here."

Luo Cheng nodded, and then chatted for a few more words. Zheng Ke hoped that his afternoon would go smoothly. If so, he would find a house in the street office here, which would be very close to her dormitory.

After the two separated, Zheng Ke took the apple and smiled all the way to the magazine. She took the apple to the workplace, not intending to eat it at work, but to keep it by her side, seeing the apple Luo Cheng gave her.

When she arrived at the editorial office of the magazine, Zheng Ke had just sat down for a while when Li Chen came over.

"Zheng Ke, what did the police station come to see you about this morning?"

"No, nothing."

Zheng Ke responded. For some reason, as soon as Li Chen approached, she held the apple in her hands. She wanted to show that she had someone in her heart, but she didn't want to tell Li Chen about it. But she didn't know it herself. When she held the apple in her hands, she smiled unconsciously.

This made Li Chen misunderstand, thinking that she was very happy to see him. Otherwise, how could she talk to him and smile? The dimples when she smiled were really beautiful.

"Zheng Ke, where did you get the apple? This apple looks really good. If you like to eat apples, I can find a way to get some for you."

"No, I'm busy with a manuscript."

There is no harm without comparison. Luo Cheng gave it directly, and Li Chen didn't need to ask. How many people don't like to eat apples these days? Not only apples, there are many delicious things, but can they be eaten?

Jiangcheng, West District Street Office

"Director Jiang, thank you so much. Don't worry, the certificate from our unit will be sent to you in a few days. As for the house repair, our unit will definitely pay for it."

"Then Chief Luo, I'll have someone take you to see the house."

"Okay, I won't disturb your work then."

Luo Cheng said gratefully. It seems that sometimes you really have to believe in fate. He is not only destined to be in the west, but also to the waste collector.

In the future, when Luo Cheng was looking for a bigger warehouse, it happened to be a waste collector because of hygiene and odor problems. It was in a residential area, and the complained one was forced to move out and rent a lower floor for him.

In the West District Street Office, Luo Cheng rented a house not for living, at least not in name. As a person from another unit, he could not rent a house except for living in a guesthouse. The scale of Changcheng Machinery Factory is just a municipal enterprise, and there are provincial enterprises, state-owned enterprises and central enterprises above it.

In other words, Jiangcheng is not a big city. In places like Shanghai and Sijiucheng, unless you are a special unit, such as a newspaper, an investigation department, etc., it is impossible to give you a place to serve as an office.

And Luo Cheng is really lucky. There is a waste recycling station here, and it is also in a small courtyard. But because it was too small later, he wanted to move to another place. At that time, the house was not returned to the street office. That is, during the Chinese New Year, something happened and it caught fire. The street office didn’t know the specific cause of the fire.

But now the house has been returned to the street office, and the street office is still arguing with them. The right to control the house has always been in the street office, whether it is rented to people or used by some units, because the rent has been paid. In fact, if there are quality problems with the house itself, such as cracks and leaks, the street office arranges people to do the repair work.

For example, the house where Luo Cheng lives now, as long as it is not caused by him and needs to be repaired, he can go directly to the street office.

Now there are actually three rooms in that yard. One of them was the fire point. The roof was burned directly and two walls collapsed. The other one was the main room. It was ignited by the burning house. Fortunately, it was slightly better. At least half of the roof was still there and the wall was not collapsed.

Only one room on the right side was left. Because the fire was put out, it was basically intact. However, it was just because the fire was put out in time. The windows were made of window paper, not glass. The only intact house had the window paper ignited, but it was put out immediately.

Luo Cheng wanted to have an office in Jiangcheng on behalf of a machinery factory. This is the city after all. It would be easier to go to the county town below.

However, Director Jiang here was worried about the house. He said that the fire was caused by the aging of the circuit. They had no clerks working there, so the fire had nothing to do with them. Although it was unreasonable, at least there was a reason to waste time with you.

When Luo Cheng arrived, a foreigner wanted to have an office here. He was impatient to introduce the place. You can rent an office, but there is no good house. There is a dilapidated yard, but even so, it will not be rented to you for free. You represent the machinery factory, and you are not an individual anyway. The place is given to you, but you have to spend money to repair the house.

As long as you pay, Luo Cheng does not need to worry about the person who repairs the house. When Luo Cheng heard that it was an independent yard, it didn't matter if it was dilapidated. All he needed was a place to store things. So he agreed to the request of Director Jiang of the Street Office. The cost of repairing the house had already been calculated. One room had to be rebuilt, the roof of another room had to be repaired, and the wires and water pipes had to be reconnected. It would cost more than four hundred yuan.

This money cannot be reduced by a penny, mainly because it is difficult to do accounting. Director Jiang also knew that he could not catch a fool and get everything done at once. There used to be a yard with three rooms over there. It was rented to the scrap yard for eight yuan a month.

Now as long as Luo Cheng's machinery factory is willing to pay the cost of repairing the house, he can not pay the rent this year.

This year, he does not have to pay rent. There are still nine months before the Chinese New Year. Here, they calculate according to the lunar calendar, not the solar calendar. It is not bad. Even if the rent is not exempted, Luo Cheng will take it. Even if the location and environment are not good, he does not care.

Director Jiang arranged a clerk of the Street Office to take Luo Cheng to see the house. He said he was going to see the house, but in fact, he handed the house to Luo Cheng first. Because the subdistrict office had already collected Luo Cheng's deposit, this was also Luo Cheng's initiative. He said that he needed a place to work now, and a complete house would be enough for the time being.

Director Jiang was also afraid that Luo Cheng would regret it later, so he took the initiative to say that he would pay the deposit and use the house first. What else is there to say? This is called viewing the house, but the key to the gate and other things will be handed over directly to Luo Cheng when they arrive there.

After a 20-minute journey, Luo Cheng and the clerk of the subdistrict office arrived at the place where they would give him a yard. Opening the gate, the dilapidated house, according to Luo Cheng's hometown dialect, is really a ghost that would cry. It still costs eight yuan a month. His house in Changcheng Zayuan, two rooms together, only one yuan and eighteen yuan a month.

However, there seems to be a difference between renting a house for an individual and using a house for an organization. For an individual, the rent is generally not high. Luo Cheng didn't know how it was calculated. Anyway, the subdistrict office allocated houses to individuals, and the rent was non-negotiable.