Rebirth: The Life of a Scholar

Chapter 52

At the end of the first half of the freshman year, Tang Xu cleaned up the vacant rooms in the courtyard and posted a rental announcement on the school's official website. By the way, he posted a few photos of the courtyard. Unexpectedly, this post received an enthusiastic response.

Because of the reputation of B University and the popularity of B University's official website, many students or working parties who are not B University like to visit B University's official website. This is what Tang Xu wanted to take advantage of when he first posted.

[Lease] Siheyuan, two floors.

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There are a total of ten spare rooms in the courtyard. There are four large rooms of 45 square meters downstairs, and other small rooms of 30 square meters upstairs. They are divided into two sides, facing each other. There are five rooms on each side. There are only bed frames, tables and chairs in the room, all of which are newly made. Each room has an independent bathroom. Three meals are included in the morning, lunch and evening, and the meal fee is calculated separately. You can choose to make it yourself or eat out. Monthly rent is not supported, if you are looking for long-term rental students or working parties, the rent is fair and preferential.

If you are interested, you can contact me to see the house. The address is No. 65, xx Street, xx Road. The owner's mobile phone number: 15656565656.

Floor 2: Damn it! !I love this house! !

Floor 3: I really like this tune! !There is a retro feeling! !

Floor 4: So many rooms!seriously!

Floor 5: Is the landlord id... using his real name?

Floor 6: You didn't pay attention upstairs...could this be the Tang Xu I know?

7th Floor: That Xueba Tang Xu! ! ! ?real or fake! !

Floor 8: I feel...it's Tang Xu's style...I'm also a freshman, I took classes with him, I feel stupid, it's him...

Floor 9: It feels like a lot of nympho is coming, this floor is going to be off.

Floor 10: Upstairs, I am not a nympho! !But Tang Xu is really handsome! !

Floor 11: Oh ho ho ho ho, b university bully is actually renting a house! !Who will team up with me to see the house!

Floor 12: What to do!My male god is actually renting a house, I can't do it, I must go!

Floor 13: Tang Xu is also a male god?I only know now...

Floor 14: Upstairs, Tang Xu probably doesn't know...

Floor 15: You guys don't understand, right? Every woman has a male god in her heart [Shy] Floor 16: This floor is completely crooked, and it's a rented house! !

Floor 17: Oh oh oh oh oh!The mobile phone number of the male god! !Write it down, write it down! !

Floor 18: As an idiot, I found the male god's mobile phone number from the teacher's student file a long time ago.

Floor 19: Upstairs is mighty, I want to report you! !

Floor 20: What is a mobile phone number, you can get it anywhere you want, I have a dozen of photos in my collection, oh ho ho, do you know what the little Tang Xu in high school looked like!hum!

21st Floor: Same school as Tang Xu High School, no one knows him better than me hahaha ~ 22nd Floor: How many idiots are there?Come out!Don't rob me of the male god! !

This post was indeed crooked from the ninth floor. Tang Xu thought he hadn't done anything. Why did so many people call him a male god suddenly appeared? Was he just kidding him?But what made Tang Xu gratified was that there were many people who sincerely asked about the house, and Tang Xu replied.

Floor 40: I would like to ask if the meal package is calculated on a monthly basis. If I have something to eat out for a few days, how will the meal fee be calculated?

Tang Xu replied: It is calculated on a monthly basis. I will put a blackboard outside the kitchen. I can write who eats and who does not eat every day. My parents will make an account. Meals will be refunded to you.

Floor 65: Do you support shared renting? !30 square meters for one person feels a bit big, can you share with friends?

Tang Xu replied: Yes, but the number of co-tenants should not exceed two people, and the furniture will be added separately.

Floor 100: Is the house safe? It looks very old.

Tang Xu replied: It is safe, it has been repaired and renovated, if you are worried, you can come to the courtyard to have a look.

Floor 120: May I ask if your parents will cook the package meals? Can you order meals?

Tang Xu replied: Sorry, I don’t support ordering meals. I didn’t want to pack meals. It was requested by my parents. They feel that they are too leisurely at home so they want to do something. Don’t worry, it’s not a big pot meal. Students can choose to only eat breakfast and dinner , there will be a meal package price for breakfast and dinner.

Floor 180: Main poster, my grandfather liked the photos very much. He has just retired and he is in good health. Can I rent a period of time to recuperate? The environment in your place is not bad, the flowers and plants are very beautiful, my father likes it These things, do you still have land to grow flowers and plants?

Tang Xu replied: It is written on the first floor that monthly rent is not supported, so if you rent for more than three months, it is ok, and there is a garden in the back where you can grow things. If the lease expires and you don’t want to rent anymore, you can plant your own There is no charge for things to take away.

Floor 200: Before I saw the landlord, I replied that the number of shared tenants should not exceed two people. If it is a big room, is it okay for a family of three? Both my wife and I are working parties, and our children are still in elementary school. The whole family stays at home on weekends , long-term lease if possible.

Tang Xu replied: Yes, is it the one who called just now?Then you can see the house according to the agreed time.

Tang Xu has been busy renting a house for the past two days. He answered a lot of calls and text messages all day long, but there were not many people who came to see the house at first. The family of three on the 200th floor was the first to see the house. , on Saturday.

"Hello, my name is Xu Ruiqiang. This is my wife Li Yue and my son Xu Haoran. He is 11 years old this year." A middle-aged man looks very honest, revealing the flavor of an intellectual inside and out.

Tang Xu smiled at him, and looked down at the child, who looked very shy and cute. This family seemed to be in good condition: "Hello, my name is Tang Xu, and your child is very cute."

"Thank you. Our family is from city C. We have worked in city B for many years. The main reason is that your family provides meals. My wife and I usually don't have time to cook, and our children don't eat well and don't grow tall." Xu Ruiqiang said A lot seems to be looking forward to the house.

Tang Xu turned sideways to let them in, led them in and said, "Take a look at the house first, our family lives in the middle house, and the middle house is not rented out, and we usually eat it when we eat." Eat in the middle one, the structure of the houses on the left and right is exactly the same, I only bought one set of furniture for each vacant room, if you are fancy and decide to rent it, you can add something.”

Under the leadership of Tang Xu, the family watched the house. The empty house looked quite big, but it was actually only 45 square meters, but overall the environment was quite good, and the family of three were quite satisfied.

When Tang's father and Tang's mother came out, they had a face-to-face meeting. Seeing Tang's father and Tang's mother's honest and enthusiastic appearance, Xu Ruiqiang decided to rent the house together. In fact, the most afraid of meeting difficult landlords when renting a house.

After seeing their ID cards and household registration books, Tang Xu took out the contract and signed a two-year contract with them. The couple paid the rent and food expenses for one year first. Tang Xu's rent was slightly lower than the market price. If you are a student, there is still the possibility of bargaining. The annual rent and food expenses add up to 5600 yuan, which is really cheap in a big city like City B.

After completing the rental procedures, Xu Ruiqiang said that he would move in tomorrow. Tang Xu had no objection and said he could help.

In this way, the courtyard rented out the first house. Tang Xu wrote the news in the post, and many people expressed their congratulations, so more people came to view the house.

To be honest, there are quite a lot of strange things, but Tang Xu can still handle it. In a word, you can come to see the house, pick and choose, or make trouble for no reason, but I also have the right not to let you live in it.

Tang Xu didn't want his parents to be too tired. If all the messy people were allowed to live in, it might only cause trouble, so he also picked tenants, not everyone could live in.

The retired old man in the post became the second tenant of the courtyard house, and he also chose a big house, because the big rooms are all on the first floor, and the elderly are always the first choice. It is really inconvenient for them to go upstairs and downstairs.

Although they said that the environment here is good, it is just the freshness of the courtyard for some people. The air is still the air of the city, which is far worse than that of the countryside. Tang Xu also asked the old man why he chose this place. The old man has a bad temper He was quite stubborn, humming that he was tired of being in the country, and wanted to come to the courtyard to play, Tang Xu was speechless, this old man was not a countryman at first glance, how could he be bored.

But the tenant didn't want to say that as a landlord, naturally he wouldn't ask too many questions, and then Tang Xu ushered in the winter vacation.

During the winter vacation, Tang Xu still went to Yin Lianzhang to report. On weekends, he received all kinds of people who came to rent houses. A room was prepared for each of them, but in the end Bai Liangshu and Li Yan lived together, and Xu Ye had a room alone.

The third, fourth, fifth and sixth tenants are all students of University B, two men and two women. Tang Xu divided the girls into one building in order to take care of the girls, and the boys were in the other building, which happened to be the small building upstairs. If the rooms are not rented out, let them choose which one to rent.

Later, a female college student from another school came. She is a senior this year and will be preparing for an internship next year, so she moved out of the dormitory and rented a house. Among them, only one is a local, and the others are from other places. There are students from various places. They all have good personalities and are very easy to get along with, especially the few girls who suddenly became good friends and chatted endlessly together.

There will naturally be a problem with more students, and that is the problem of network cables. Nowadays, students have generally used computers and the Internet. Without the Internet, it is definitely not possible. Tang Xu went to pull another network cable for them. One flat share, five people will pay 20 yuan each for a month, and it is much faster than the campus network. Naturally, everyone has no objection. When the other rooms are rented out, they will share even less.

When Chinese New Year is approaching, there are still two large rooms and one small room in the courtyard that have not been rented out. Except for the local, several students have not returned to their hometown for the New Year. The old man was taken back by his family a few days ago. It's Chinese New Year, so this Spring Festival is very lively for the Tang family.

Although Li Yue has been working for a long time and is not skilled in cooking, she is still very good as a worker, helping Tang's mother in the kitchen. The students in the living room and Tang's father Xu Ruiqiang were not idle, pasting window grilles, blessings and Spring Festival couplets. Lively like a family.

Because Xu Haoran was the only child in the courtyard, he was loved by the adults. He stood aside with a lollipop tightly wrapped and watched them busy, and sweetly called his brother and sister when he saw something interesting.

Tang Xu bought a larger LCD TV before the New Year, so on the night of the Spring Festival, a group of them sat in the living room to watch the Spring Festival Gala after the New Year's Eve dinner.

Tang's father and Tang's mother were very emotional. It had been many years since they had such a Spring Festival. It was full of excitement and joy, and all this was brought to them by their son. They were very proud and satisfied to have such a son.

After the new year, Bai Liangshu and Li Yan left their hometown early, and they seemed impatient to live in the courtyard house. Tang Xu gave them the key with a funny face: "Do you want me to help you tidy up?"

"No, we can do as many things as we want by ourselves, but we'll go shopping later, or we can come back with some things together." Li Yan leaned on Tang Xu's shoulder and squinted his eyes, as if he was very tired.

Tang Xu looked down at Li Yan. Tang Xu felt that they had changed a lot in just six months. Li Yan took them there every time, and Li Yan felt thin after returning to his hometown in the past half month.

"Okay, then we'll go together later." Tang Xu didn't ask, he knew that no matter how many questions he asked, Li Yan wouldn't tell him.

Bai Liangshu sat on the side and seemed hesitant to speak. Tang Xu's gaze met him. The anxiety and forbearance in those eyes was something Tang Xu had never seen before. Bai Liangshu absolutely knew what happened to Li Yan.

In the afternoon, the three of them went to the mall to buy things together with a long list. Several of them brought big and small bags, because by the way, Tang Xu decided to buy things for Xu Ye. If there were any shortages, then Xu Ye Ye will buy again by himself.

After shopping for a while, Tang Xu had a lot of things in his hands, all kinds of household items. Tang Xu was so tired that he sat on a lounge chair in the mall for a rest: "You go and have a look, I'll wait for you here."

"Then put all these things here, and we'll be back in a while." Seeing that Tang Xu was really tired, Li Yan didn't force him, and put all the things in his hand beside Tang Xu.

Bai Liangshu also put down his things: "I'll buy you a cup of milk tea later, see if you're tired." Then he looked at Li Yan: "Why don't you stay here too, and I'll just go buy it. A few things I know where to buy."

Li Yan rubbed his sore arms, and after thinking for a while, he raised his chin: "Okay, then you go, I will sit down for a while." After speaking, he swaggered and sat down.

"My lord, it's better for you." Bai Liangshu waved his hands funny and pretended to pat him, Li Yan hid his head directly behind Tang Xu's neck: "Go, go, I want milk tea, iced."

"Come on, I want to freeze to death drinking ice in this cold day." Bai Liangshu shook his head and left with a sigh. Li Yan looked at his back and wondered what he was thinking, Tang Xu poked his shoulder strangely.

"What's the matter, are you unhappy going home during the Chinese New Year?"

"Hey, don't mention it, you can be happy if you get upset when you go home, I won't go back next year, I'm upset."

"What's wrong with going home..."

"I didn't think it before, it's just this big, and there are more annoying things."

"grown up?"

"I'm already an adult, you think I'm still the same monkey as before."

"So you know that you used to be like a monkey."

"I'll go, Tangtang, not only have you learned to master your mouth in recent years, but your mouth is getting worse and worse! Dare I look like a monkey!" Li Yan stretched out his hand and rubbed Tang Xu's head.

Tang Xu didn't care about him, and let him mess around: "Then let's celebrate the New Year together next year. If you don't want to go back, you can celebrate the New Year at my house."

Li Yan's hand stopped, and suddenly hugged Tang Xu, his voice choked up: "It would be great if he could say that..."

Tang Xu was inexplicably held tighter and tighter by Li Yan, but he didn't push him away, and reached out to pat his back. He didn't know who the "he" he was talking about, and he didn't know why he was so sad. As a friend, Tang Xu always felt that he was It sucks and does nothing to help.

When Bai Liangshu came back, Li Yan was sitting upright beside Tang Xu, handing them two cups of milk tea and staring at Li Yan's smiling face with inexplicable bitterness.

After the three of them got home, they fiddled with the room. Tang Xu looked at their bed and was a little tangled: "Should I buy another bed or change to a big one? Is it okay for the two of you to sleep here?"

"What's the matter, it's bigger than the bed in the dormitory, it's okay." Li Yan replied indifferently, and put the clothes into the newly bought storage hanging bag.

Although Tang Xu thought this sentence was strange, he didn't say any more: "Okay, then I'll go to work first. You guys have a rest and come down to have dinner later." After finishing speaking, the two of them left the second floor and returned to their own room. Room.

Tang Xu has accumulated a lot of translation work due to various things recently. He turned on the computer and hurriedly refreshed the email, only to see that the latest email ranked fourth was Ji Rong who replied to him. The time was 02:30 last night. .

"Happy New Year, the house is very nice, if you can, please leave me a room."

This short sentence instantly made Tang Xu's head hot. What does it mean?Ji Rong... is he coming back!However, he should not have graduated yet.

Tang Xu struggled with his thoughts for a long time. He put his fingers on the keyboard and began to type, his fingertips were numb: when will you come back?

This is the first time Tang Xu asked this question in the past few years. He has always known that Ji Rong is very busy, and there are some things he can't ask and can't ask.

At this time, Tang Xu didn't know that this was Ji Rong's last email reply to him. Since then, Tang Xu has never received Ji Rong's email again, just like the last phone call between him and Ji Rong. Set aside a big room that Tang Xu would never rent out.

The old man was sent back when school was about to start after the Chinese New Year, and when he came back, he became very angry, and he could hear him scolding his son dissatisfied in the room: "Go away, you don't need to look at me here."

"Dad, I can't do anything because I have to work. Just let it go if you get angry, and watch you make a fuss at home during the Chinese New Year."

"What's wrong with me making a fuss! You used to make a lot of fuss when you were a child! I can't make a fuss!"

"Okay, okay, you can make trouble if you can, I have a meeting in the afternoon, and I'll leave after lunch."

The father and son had been at odds since they moved here. Tang Xu probably knew that the old man was dissatisfied that his son didn't have time to accompany him.

During lunch, the old man's son inspected the place and commented on the food, but overall he caught his eye, and he didn't know where the old man's family came from, but he knew it was absolutely not from his son's suit and imposing manner. Work for others.

Xu Haoran stared at this strange uncle with big round eyes on the dining table. Tang Xu saw that he served him such a funny food, and Xu Haoran stared at him while chopping the vegetables. He was the only one on the dining table who was not restrained and had a lot of fun. .

After the old man and his son left, the old man stopped making trouble, and sat in the yard with Tang's father to bask in the sun and played chess. Tang's father didn't know how to play chess at first, but the old man taught him, and the two became chess friends within a few days.

Tang Xu stood by the window watching them, smiled and turned to sit in front of the computer to continue working.

School will start again soon.

The biomedical sciences of University B have only started to improve in the past few years. Compared with other schools, they provide relatively more materials and learning materials. Every child in this major will be recommended by the tutor or the school after graduation, and they can choose to continue. Studying in graduate school, you can also choose to work.

There are not many students in this major, but almost all of them have outstanding academic performance and have different personalities.

Tang Xu sat awkwardly in the classroom, and the atmosphere was a bit depressing.

The atmosphere remained unchanged when the teacher came, but it seemed to add a sense of disobedience.

"My name is Wei Heng, please introduce yourself too." Wei Heng finished introducing himself in four words, and looked at the children below with a serious expression. The qualifications of this year's students are obviously much higher than last year's, and their eyes are on everyone's faces Swipe: "By the way, why did you choose biomedicine?"

There were only 21 people in the class, and no one responded to Wei Heng. Wei Heng was not embarrassed. After waiting for a while, he smiled and said, "Then I will call the roll call."

The first person to be named was Yan Shao, with an expressionless face, he was a very quiet person: "Yan Shao, there is no particular reason." The last sentence was in response to Wei Heng's question.

Wei Heng didn't make things difficult for others, he called other people's names when he saw him sitting down, and everyone stood up and said a word or two casually.

"I'm Xu Tingfeng. This subject is not very popular, so I came here." This person named Xu Tingfeng has a peachy face and a small dimple when he smiles. He looks like a playboy and speaks frivolously.

It's true that he was unpopular, but it was like watching a joke when he said that. Wei Heng frowned but didn't show dissatisfaction. He called the next one: "Tang Xu."

Tang Xu stood up and looked away from Xu Tingfeng: "My name is Tang Xu, and I applied for a major in biomedicine because I am interested in medicine."

"Since you're interested, why don't you apply for medical school?"

"I never thought about being a doctor." Tang Xu thought for a while and answered honestly.

Wei Heng nodded and told Tang Xu to sit down with a blank expression, and continued to roll the roll. This year's students seemed not as normal as last year's.

After this day, Tang Xu became even busier. The course of biomedicine is indeed quite difficult to explore. Unlike mathematics, which is a conversion subject, this major is very flexible and requires professional knowledge in theory and practical methods. Tang Xu is very interested in this new course. The world is very curious. While studying hard, he keeps finding materials on the Internet or in the library for self-study. This is his consistent learning mode. Before the teacher gives a lecture, he will ask himself to understand what it is so that he will not fail to understand it. something happens.

As for elective courses, Tang Xu chose Russian and Italian. The two languages ​​kept Tang Xu busy, and Tang Xu's college life was really exciting now.

Two months after the start of school, Tang Xu was recommended by his teacher to participate in the mathematics competition for college students in the school. This mathematics competition immediately raised Tang Xu's recognition in school. Tang Xu, who originally only wanted to study quietly, was very helpless.

Although it was not disclosed to the outside school, there was still a lot of applause on the forum website, and various video clips came out.

The mathematics competition mainly depends on the correct answer and the speed of solving the problem. If you solve the problem correctly within a fixed time, you can enter the next round. There are five rounds of competition. The competition time is one afternoon, and there are many students in the school.

In the first round, Tang Xu entered the next round with overwhelming speed and correct answers. The same was true for the second and third rounds. In the fourth round, the math questions were already long and messy, but the answers to the most confusing questions were often It is the simplest. In the fourth round, Tang Xu directly omitted the steps of doing the questions and only wrote one answer.

Tang Xu went all the way to the fifth round.

There were sixty or seventy students in the whole school at the beginning, but only a dozen or so were left in the fifth round of the finals, because the finals required not only the correct answers to the questions, but also those who answered the questions correctly in a short period of time. Will be the champion of this competition.

Standing in front of the blackboard, the numbers in Tang Xu's head kept changing back and forth, like an automatic conversion. By the time the answer appeared, he had already written the final answer.

Tang Xu put down his pen in the midst of screams, and the teacher at the side walked over to see that only the correct answers were written on the blackboard, all of them widened their eyes in surprise. The professors had prepared for this competition for a long time, but in just 4 Within minutes, the kid solved the last question... Should I say scary?

In fact, this intramural competition has a purpose. There will be a national mathematics competition in the near future. The school wants to select students who can represent the school from this competition.

Tang Xu won the certificate and prize of the first prize in the mathematics competition under the attention of all teachers and students in the school. After the professor announced the award, the next national mathematics competition will be participated by the top three. When Tang Xu was stunned, he stood on the podium Blink, this is different from what you said... The teacher only talked about intramural competitions...

Unknowingly, Tang Xu has become a student of B University who has attracted much attention. Tang Xu's post about renting a courtyard house has always been popular. A group of children asked if there is any room to rent. A small room was also rented out at this time, but the tenants who came at this time were a bit scary...

The thing called idiot kept approaching him.