Chapter 6 second quarter

The weather was fine the next day. "Hey, old man, wake up." Wu Ze shook Lao Tie who was sleeping next to him.Lao Tie, who used an English dictionary as a pillow, turned over in the morning sun that shot into the anus of the swan, reluctantly propped up his upper body, and said with a frown, "It hurts...Old Wu, doesn't your back hurt?" "It hurts. I don't know how many days it will last like this. Find a place to live early." "At least find a hotel until you find a place." "You don't have much money on hand, don't be so extravagant."

"Down with extravagance! By the way, old Wu——" The old iron dolphin opened its mouth wide and yawned, stretching while exhaling. "Where are you going to find a place to live?" "I haven't decided—well, it's not good if I'm still around here. It's hard to run into the landlord of the apartment suddenly. I ran away while the fire was still burning." "Yeah. And maybe I'll meet even more terrifying guys." "Who?" "The mouth of the well." "Fire mouth." Wu Ze tried his best not to think about it, interrupted Lao Tie's words, and stood up.The old iron also stood up.The two got out of the swan's belly and bought bread and canned coffee at a nearby convenience store.

"Old Wu, how about going to Arakawa this time? A place near the river." "Which side?" "Here, south of Adachi Ward. There are several tram lines." "Oh, over there." It's not bad over there.The rent seems to be cheaper too, whether it is the Tokiwa Line or the Keisei Line, anyway, you can get to Ueno without changing trains.Ueno is a great place to earn pocket money. "Let's go and have a look first." The two discussed it, and after breakfast, they immediately boarded the tram, took a short detour, first went to Ueno, and then changed to the Tokiwa Line.The descending tram was empty.Wu Ze put the leather bag on his knees, and Lao Tie held the toolbox, cup and English dictionary in his arms, shaking with the tram.Passed the Sumida River.The banks of the Sumida River, which are full of cherry blossoms, enjoy the spring sun, and the scenery can be directly used to make a postcard.

"Oh, it's really like a trip." The two got off at Kita Senju Station.This station name is often heard, and I always feel that there will be many real estate agents. Inside the station, office workers, OLs, etc. are scrambling one after another, like they are running a race.Wu Ze and the others chose a place that would not interfere with office workers, and summarized their needs for accommodation.The rent is less than 80,000.With bathroom toilet.Ready to move in immediately.The information such as the work unit to be filled in the contract can only be written in random, so it is necessary to choose real estate agents with lax reviews as much as possible.If it doesn't pass the inspection, get another one.

"By the way, this time I'm going to borrow a house under your name, Old Tie." The Nakamura so-and-so in Wu Ze's hand can no longer be used.Having experienced an apartment fire, I don't know what trouble I will encounter when I use it again.On the other hand, if it is the name of an old iron, there is no problem.When moving into that apartment, Lao Tie didn't deliberately move the resident certificate from the original residence, so no one knew about the relationship between Lao Tie and Wu Ze, or Lao Tie and Nakamura so-and-so.When Wu Ze explained this to Lao Tie, Lao Tie nodded endlessly, as if he had no objection at all.

"Does the real estate agent go with the two of us?" "Well, let's think about it...it's better to act separately. Then we can collect the houses we each found. What do you think?" "Okay, let's do that." "Meet here at noon?" "Well, here at noon." Wu Ze felt that Lao Tie always wanted to get rid of him, so he pretended to leave and sneaked back to spy on Lao Tie's actions.I saw in a corner of the square in front of the station, on a bench that was just exposed to the sun, Lao Tie was lying with his knees hugged like an egg, his eyes closed as if happily.

"Old man!" "what……" Wu Ze yelled at Lao Tie angrily, then left the station again and went to find a real estate agent. Wu Ze basically had no results in the morning.I ran to five real estate agents and looked at eight houses, but none of them were satisfactory.Either the walls are too thin, or the police station at the intersection is too close, which is not convenient for doing business. When I returned to the station after noon, the old iron was already standing there. "Have you been standing here all this time?" "I just arrived, and I have traveled a lot."

"Just kidding, don't take it seriously." The old man was a little unhappy.Wu Ze asked about the situation, and the number of houses he looked at was similar to that of Wu Ze, but the situation was worse. "The first house has only one window, and it is only 40 centimeters away from the window of the next house. Do you know what you can see through the window? It's a fat middle-aged man, wearing only a vest, loudly Yawning, stretching, and blowing your nose every once in a while. Definitely on purpose. I don’t want people to move to a house opposite the window. The second house is even worse. The ground is full of dead cockroaches. Belly upturned, like synchronized swimming Yes. The third one just turned from a black cockroach to a giant cockroach. The fourth one is the worst, even thinking about it—"

Wu Ze stopped the old iron who was getting more and more excited with both hands. "There is still afternoon. Let's find a place to fill our stomachs first." There was a signboard for Chinese cuisine in front of Zhanqian Avenue, and the two walked slowly towards it. "By the way, Lao Wu, there were only five lines written in the newspaper about the fire yesterday." "The fire didn't burn too much." "Well, it seems that only that house was burned." Wu Ze was a little relieved. "How is the cause of the fire written?" "This one, it seems that I haven't figured it out yet. It just says 'under investigation'... No, it seems to be 'under investigation'."

"yes……" Wu Ze lowered his head, staring at the asphalt road under his feet as he walked forward.A piece of cherry blossom petals curled down.Looking up, I saw cherry blossom branches sticking out of the low wall of a small ice cream shop. "By the way, old man, where did you read the newspaper?" "At the realtor's. When the owner went to get the car, it was on the magazine rack in the office." After saying this, Lao Tie seemed a little angry. "You think I'm being lazy again?" "Didn't you be lazy this morning?" "I was just going to rest for a few minutes."

"Hey." The two walked to the door of the Chinese restaurant "Mamating".Through the glass door, you can see that there are neither too many nor too few people in the store.Probably the same as the name of the store, the price and taste are so-so.Wu Ze and Lao Tie sat face to face at a table in the corner.Picking up the menu next to the disposable chopsticks and looking at it, it said "Special Bean Sprout Noodles" in large handwriting, and both of them ordered this. "By the way, Lao Wu, how about some wine?" "Don't say stupid things." Wu Ze took a sip of the water that was served, and let out a big breath.After walking all morning, the soles of my feet hurt like hell.There was a weekly magazine on the shelf under the table, and Wu Ze picked it up and flipped through it for a while. "Gullible boss, who do you sue for being cheated out of huge sums of money?" - this title immediately caught Wu Ze's attention.The president of the construction company who was defrauded of ordering construction materials answered the reporter's interview with an angry tone.I don't know if I feel ashamed to show my face. The part above the neck of the president's photo is covered, and it looks like a photo of a scammer at first glance.The total amount of cheating is about 60 million. "There are really people in the world who can do great things." The method of order fraud is very simple.Pick up the order first, and then the person will disappear.The specific method is also basically fixed.The first few small orders are paid in cash to gain the trust of the other party, and then order a large number of goods in the form of bills.Then, before the bill cashing date, all the ordered goods will be exchanged for cash.Even a single person could do it if he had the means to forge documents. "We have to do something big like this." Wu Ze put the magazine on the table and twisted his neck. "Yes. However, a great career requires great experience." "Yes. Experience, and guts." "Ah, but if you think about it carefully, Lao Wu, maybe we can do it too. You see, half a year ago, there was a news report that a certain company was cheated out of tens of millions? That seems to be a construction company, right? .Maybe there is a real chance in this line of business. Let's do him a favor—" "That's what it said." Wu Ze showed Lao Tie the cover of the magazine, and pointed to the publication date printed below.It was half a year ago. "You are stupid." "Oh……" The atmosphere became a little heavy.voice of customers.The sound of dishes and chopsticks.Rough cough. Wu Ze glanced at it by chance, and saw a small poster on the wall beside the table, and pasted the four corners with transparent glue.Looks cheap in black and white printing.A photo of several people lined up in a row.The date, time, and phone number are written under the photo.It looks like a promotional poster for a troupe performance.The photo is not very clear, but it can still be seen that there are seven men and one woman.The woman is very young, with regular features, and looks very good-looking.In contrast, the man's side is a group of demons dancing wildly.Two young men, one fat and one thin, a muscular man with a full face, a short man with big eyes, a man with a big face, a tall man, and a listless old man with a face like an ice cream scoop.On the top of the poster, "Con Game" is written in thick horizontal round fonts. "Dude, what does 'Con' mean?" "The abbreviation of Confidence. It means to set up a trick." The old iron approached the poster. "Wrote the content of the play." A fraudster with a dark past. At the end of a sad journey, he met a friend who trusted him for the first time. A beautiful woman who shares their destiny. Now, in order to liquidate their pasts, the battle begins It’s gone!’—haha, this story seems familiar.” "Is it?" "Especially the first half." "I'm looking forward to the beauties in the middle." "Special bean sprout noodles." The owner brought up two large bowls emitting steaming heat.The owner of this shop is in stark contrast to the one at Tobu-tei, a man with thin cheeks and a small mustache under his nose.The owner pouted his chin at the poster on the wall, looked at Wu Ze and the others a few times, and started talking to himself regardless of whether they were interested or not. "It was a small troupe. Speaking of the content of the repertoire, because it was a bit surreal, it has not been very popular. But I like it very much. The show ended yesterday, and it was very interesting...but there were no audiences...the troupe is about to disband Bar." The owner folded his arms in the smock and stared at the poster for a while, as if thinking about something. "You two might as well go and have a look." "We don't have the time to watch people cheat." The old iron replied solemnly.The owner showed a surprised expression and nodded, but seemed to disapprove, and turned back to the kitchen. "Oh, yes." Wu Ze also nodded.Indeed, I don't have the leisure to appreciate other people's fraud. I don't like the word "game" either.What I do is not a game. The two each took their chopsticks.The taste of the special bean sprout noodles is just average. The search for a house, which was thought to be far away, ended early in the afternoon of this day.A dilapidated house found by Lao Tie, Wu Ze likes it very much.The rent is seventy-eight thousand yuan.Toilet with bathtub.Check in on the spot.And it's not an apartment suite, but a two-story detached house with a small slope on the west side of the house.

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