Wu Jun followed the address given to him by Li Tong and took a taxi to Zheng Gizhuang.
Zhenggezhuang was actually not that far from Hongfu Hotel, and the taxi only cost thirty yuan.
Kyoto has a lot of migrant workers gathering places like Zhenggezhuang.
They do the hardest and most tiring work, receive meagre wages, and live in silos.
Perhaps when they first came to Kyoto, everyone harboured the dream of settling down here.
After three to five years, this dream was woken up by the slap of reality.
The vast majority of people can’t even afford a down payment after a lifetime of hard work.
Even if the family puts together all the money for the down payment, they can’t afford to pay the high mortgage.
In the end, they can only live in urban villages like Zhenggezhuang.
There is only one main road in the village, which is lined with shops along the street.
A lot of small hutongs can’t even get a car in, and the poles in the village are full of adverts for rent.
Like this place, give you a specific door number you can not find the place.
Wu Jun took out his mobile phone at the entrance of the village and dialled Li Tong’s number, telling her that he had arrived.
Five minutes after hanging up the phone, Li Tong jogged to the village entrance.
It was the height of summer, and Li Tong’s head and face were covered in sweat.
“Waiting anxiously, right?”Li Tong came to Wu Jun’s side and asked with some panting.
“I didn’t rush you, why so anxious.”Wu Jun handed over a bottle of chilled mineral water that he just bought at the roadside supermarket, “Have a drink first.”
“It’s hot today, I’m afraid you’re waiting in a hurry.”Li Tong also did not polite with him, the result of the mineral water gulp gulp drink two mouthfuls.
Seeing Wu Jun carrying a big bag in his hand, Li Tong said, “Why did you still buy so many things, you have everything at home.”
Wu Jun smiled and said, “You can’t go to your classmate’s house empty-handed, right?”
Buy all bought, naturally there is no reason to go back.
The two walked and chatted, turned around and walked for seven or eight minutes before arriving at the three-storey building where Li Tong rented a room.
Into the building, Wu Jun found that the layout inside is the same as the school dormitory building.
In the middle is the aisle, on both sides of the aisle is one rental house next to another, there are two public bathrooms and a public water room.
“This place is close to where I work, it’s just seven stops by bus, and the rent is cheap, and there is collective heating in winter, my mum and I live on the first floor.”It could be heard that Li Tong was very satisfied with her current residence.
Wu Jun asked her, “Have you never thought of developing in Shimen?”
“No, I don’t have any relatives over there, as long as I bring my mum along, everywhere is home.”Li Tong smiled and said, “Besides, I’m a high school student, is it easy to find a job with such a high salary in a Kyoto hotel.”
While talking, the two had already arrived on the first floor.
The layout of the first floor was almost exactly the same as the ground floor.
“Here we are, my mother and I live across the hall, the two rooms at the very top.”Li Tong pointed to the two easternmost rooms and introduced a sentence, leading Wu Jun towards that side.
The two had just reached the door when the door of the room on the sunny side pushed open and Zhao Chunrong came out from the house.
“Mum, this is Wu Jun, Wu Jun came to you.”When Li Tong saw her mother, she went forward and pulled her mother’s arm and turned to introduce Wu Jun.
Zhao Chunrong looked Wu Jun up and down and was very satisfied with the young man.
Big and tall, still handsome, a good match for his own family’s daughter.
“Hello Auntie, do you still remember me? When I was in high school, Li Tong and I were at the same table.”Wu Jun was a little uncomfortable by Zhao Chunrong’s look and greeted her with a smile.
“Remember, remember, I even met your parents, you look so much like your father.”Zhao Chunrong was in good spirits today, she even specially washed her hair and changed into the new clothes Li Tong bought for her.
Wu Jun cared to say, “Is auntie’s health okay?”
Zhao Chunrong said smilingly, “It’s much better now than in previous years, thank you little Wu for caring.”
“This is a little nourishment brought for auntie, you don’t mind.”Wu Jun said and handed the bag in his hand to Zhao Chunrong.
“Little Wu I’m already happy that you can come to me, why did you bring so many things.”Zhao Chunrong didn’t pick up Wu Jun’s bag and turned to teach her daughter, “Tong Tong, you too, you didn’t stop Little Wu a bit, why did you spend this wasted money.”
Li Tong looked at Wu Jun with a grudging face.
Li Tong said she was very innocent, when she received Wu Jun, he was already carrying the bag.
She didn’t have a chance to stop him!
Wu Jun hurriedly relieved Li Tong, “Auntie, don’t blame Li Tong, this is a little bit of my intention, I bought it before I came.”
Zhao Chunrong said in a serious tone, “This time it’s ok, next time you can’t do this ah Xiao Wu, it’s not easy to earn some money, don’t spend money recklessly in the future.”
“Erm, ok Auntie, next time won’t be.”Wu Jun agreed with an embarrassed face, listening to Li Tong’s mum’s meaning, this is to welcome himself to come often ah?
“Mum, Wu Jun is on a business trip to Jingdu this time, he is usually in Shimen.”Knowing her mother is like a daughter, Li Tong also heard the meaning in her mother’s words, her pretty face slightly red.
Wu Jun didn’t even say that he would come back next time, mum arranged it for him, Li Tong couldn’t mention how embarrassed she was.
Three people in the door chat a few words, Zhao Chunrong invited two people into the house.
Zhao Chunrong living room is not big, a bed almost occupies half of the room.
The family obviously rarely came to the house, not even a stool was prepared.
After Wu Jun entered, Zhao Chunrong directly asked him to sit on the bed.
“Auntie I’ll just stand for a while, I’m not tired.”Wu Jun was really not used to going to anyone’s house as a guest and sitting directly on their bed.
“Little Wu here as if it is home, in Kyoto as long as it is Jibei province are all hometown, not to mention we are still a county, you and Tong Tong are classmates, don’t be polite, sit sit sit sit.”Zhao Chunrong could not help but press Wu Jun towards the bed.
“Thank you auntie, I sit.”Wu Jun couldn’t resist, so he could only sit on the edge of the bed.
“I’ll go to the water room to wash a few apples.”Li Tong said, picking up the fruit tray and going out.
“Little Wu, are your parents’ health okay?”Zhao Chunrong asked.
Wu Jun replied, “Both pretty good.”
“Having a good body, is more important than anything ah, if it wasn’t for my illness, our family Tong Tong wouldn’t have come out to work at such a young age, all these years, I’ve dragged our family Tong Tong down ……”
Zhao Chunrong had a feeling, as soon as he remembered that because of his own illness, his daughter did not go to university, his heart burst with self-blame.
“Over the years, Tongtong has suffered a lot because of her treatment for me, our family Tongtong is not highly educated, but she understands things and is filial, and when she marries in the future, she will definitely be filial to her in-laws.”
“And ah, Xiao Wu, don’t worry, my disease is now very stable, and the state also has not subsidised in the past two years, a year down sometimes the subsidy money can’t be spent, in the future, certainly will not add to the burden of Tongtong.”
“Xiao Wu, you know what I mean, right?”
“Ah?”Wu Jun was confused by Li Tong’s mother’s sudden question.
This exam question came a bit suddenly, and the angle is very tricky ah!
How can you start asking questions while talking!