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Chapter 443 - Chapter 443 443. Do you have a house for rent Seeking monthly

Chapter 443: 443. Do you have a house for rent? [Seeking monthly pass]_1 Chapter 443: 443. Do you have a house for rent? [Seeking monthly pass]_1 Honestly, when it came to the mess of family issues at home, Guo Dong had very complex feelings.

But all that complexity, in the face of Wu Lan’s hesitating implications, became an inevitable smile–

“Auntie, you’re thinking too much. I do resemble my parents quite a bit.”

Besides, with her experience growing up in the village, even if her parents really couldn’t have children and needed to adopt, they would definitely not raise a girl for long.

“Oh… oh…”

Wu Lan responded awkwardly, but then her expression turned blank: “But if she’s biological, why would she be so silly like this?”

Pressuring to get married seemed normal to their generation, children grow up and they should get married and have children.

But even when buying a pig one would look at the pigsty, so when picking a man for their daughter, shouldn’t they be even more selective? What kind of people is Doctor Guo’s mother finding!

Just listen to what little Guo said, gamblers, alcoholics… With such options, wasn’t this just blatantly asking her daughter to suffer!

Even though thousands of thoughts flashed through her mind, Wu Lan felt more confident about persuading her to stay in the village.

Otherwise, why would such a young woman with good prospects feel desperate to take root in this unfamiliar and impoverished backcountry!

Guo Dong thought to herself: When you’re upset, pouring out your troubles indeed makes you feel much better.

Look, her mood had already softened a lot, and she even turned to comfort Wu Lan:

“It’s okay, Auntie. I was upset at first too. It was really painful. But then I understood. She called me selfish and self-centered, but in fact it was her extreme behavior that was truly selfish and self-centered.”

It was only because she got along well with Wu Lan that she could say this, otherwise she would never speak such words.

“If we don’t get along, then we don’t, some people just don’t have enough fate with their parents.”

Listen, listen!

Is this something a young girl should say?

Wu Lan’s pity grew stronger.

“What I think is that it must be the bad influence of your village. Mediators with such people dare to come knocking– if it were our village, they would be chased out with a broom!”

Guo Dong chuckled: “Really? Your village is that nice?”

Wu Lan also spoke the truth: “It wasn’t that great before. You don’t know, when I got married, for some reason, several neighbors around had girls one after another–what can you do? You just love your own children.”

“Besides, the village was poor, there wasn’t much to compare, schooling was free for children, so they competed with awards!”

Talking about this made Wu Lan’s face beam with pride: her Tantan brought home awards every term.

“Later on, when the children grew up, if your family sent a daughter to university, my family also had to try to send someone out–over time, through mutual comparison, everyone got influenced, didn’t they?”

Guo Dong was stunned.

Then she sighed wistfully, her eyes revealing a touch of longing:

“That’s great, they’re comparing university degrees, not dowries.”

“Cough.”

Wu Lan’s expression was even more bizarre:

“It’s just that…the kids didn’t do well, they hardly got into university…”

She laughed awkwardly: “As you know, the educational level in our village is just so-so.”

Like their Tantan, when she was in junior high, the town students could recite English passages, while she hadn’t even learned the ABCs.

Others went to tutoring classes during holidays, she had to pick tea and move firewood…

Just, to tell the truth, the child wasn’t some genius, nor the type to study painstakingly… So, in the whole village, not to mention anyone being particularly outstanding academically, there were not many who truly went to university.

Ah, this.

That’s pretty realistic.

Guo Dong didn’t know what to say anymore.

She had originally wanted to say that being able to walk out was a very good thing. However, all kinds of comforting words with grand intentions had gradually lost their spirit amidst Wu Lan’s unusual responses…

In the end, she could only offer a dry laugh:

“Auntie, this place of yours is really quite interesting.”

Wu Lan got excited and suddenly slapped her thigh:

“Right? I’ve told you how great our village is, but unfortunately, Doctor Guo, now that you’re capable, you’ll definitely want to go to the big city to make your mark. If there’s a chance, I’d really want to keep you in the village–not to mention anything else, just having a doctor around is so convenient!”

“It would save my old man and old lady so much trouble when they need to get their health in order.”

“It’s really nothing much.”

Guo Dong laughed, “If you trust me, I can take their pulses later, and prescribe some herbs for you to pick up at the pharmacy.”

“But Chinese medicine is a long-term process; you can’t be impatient.”

She was quite moved–because she was a woman and so young, she had struggled at the start to get people to trust her when she first opened her clinic.

She hadn’t expected this auntie she’d just met to trust her so much!

Wu Lan: …

She realized then–goodness, the conversation had gone too far.

So she quickly tried to steer it back, “Ai, why doesn’t the county assign a doctor like you to our village? Our village doctor is about to move to the town soon, and after that, dozens of old folks in the village will be without a doctor.”

She sighed sadly, her expression filled with a distant sorrow, full of worries for the future of the mountain village.

Guo Dong: …

She wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination, but she always felt like the words of the auntie in front of her were pointed, but what did they actually mean?

Did Golden Sakura still want to raise the rent?

No. The price of 200 was already terrifying enough; any more would be a dead end.

Or was it that… she was afraid she wouldn’t rent, so she was offering an opening for negotiation, creating space to haggle?

She was suddenly unsure of what to decide.

Song Tan, listening from the side, couldn’t help but inwardly sigh–communication among young people these days still needed to be handled by young people!

So she walked over and asked directly, “Doctor Guo, have you found a place to stay yet?”

“No!”

Guo Dong replied subconsciously.

Then she came to her senses, “I’m planning to rent a place in the city area tomorrow. The rent here should be similar to our place.”

Anyway, both places are small 18th-tier cities with similar levels of consumption.

“My, you really don’t know how to live frugally.”

Song Tan too had picked up a piece of watermelon, eating it slowly and methodically: “Didn’t you leave home? Now you have no income, and you still have to spend money on medicinal herbs–if all your money goes to rent, what will you do if it becomes inconvenient to stock up?”

She was considering things so thoroughly that Guo Dong was a bit overwhelmed. She could only probe in her response:

“I can still use my credit card, or Huabei…”

No sooner had she spoken than she saw Song Tan looking at her disapprovingly, “When living day to day, the most important thing is to increase revenue and cut costs! Don’t you have to repay the money on the credit card? You need to think of ways to save money!”

Guo Dong finally understood.

She thought to herself: This family speaks so tactfully; why not just say it directly?

“Do you have a property in the city you want to rent to me?”

“Just to be clear, I can’t afford anything expensive for the time being–I also can’t afford a storefront, so it has to be a bit out of the way, further from the school district and hospital. Preferably smaller.”

Song Tan: …

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