Chapter Forty-Seven: Now Is Not What It Used To Be
Time flowed like water, and before I knew it, a few weeks had passed, and it was now the end of September.
At the end of September in 2025, the weather begins to turn from hot to cool, the temperature is no longer so aggressive, and it seems much milder.
During this time, Sima Mulong lived every day very fully, and at the same time, he gained a lot.
And even from an outsider's point of view, Sima Mulong, a low-level resident living in Songjiang Mansion, has changed his life during this period of time, which can be called a thriving day by day.
First of all, in life, Sima Mulong's consumption has become much more generous.
Clothing, food, housing and transportation have become more affluent.
In the past, when Sima Mulong did not take the house, there were few replacement clothes in the original owner's closet.
All year round, it is those few old clothes that have been worn and changed, not to mention the old-fashioned style, and the washing is still white, and the original owner bought laundry detergent, squatted on the edge of the pool, and spent that strength to wash it clean...... It's not that I can't afford a washing machine, the key is that I don't have a place to put it when I buy it, so I just keep washing it by hand.
The poor and evil-looking one makes people a little unbearable when they see it.
What now?
Those few old clothes that were dirty were all given away by Sima Mulong.
What he is wearing now is all newly bought clothes, although it is not fashionable or not, famous brands are not famous brands, but in the end they are not cheap, they are all good ready-to-wear clothes bought in specialty stores, good materials, comfortable and beautiful to wear.
And Sima Mulong's vision is also good, as soon as several sets of clothes are matched, they give people a very spiritual and eye-catching feeling, at least they are quite presentable.
And the clothes are dirty, and he doesn't wash them himself now, he just makes a phone call, and a small company specializing in laundry business comes to pick up clothes, dry cleaning, hand washing, whatever you choose, just pay.
In this way, of course, I got rid of a big trouble in life, and it was much easier and more refreshing.
And in terms of eating, the change is even greater.
In the past, I used to go out early to exercise with a hungry stomach every morning, and then drag my hungry intestines through the breakfast stalls on both sides of the street, full of delicious food, and the gray "pony" that nested back into the small nest codeword, has begun to change its recipes recently.
In the morning, "Little Pony" will slowly find a breakfast shop that fits his eyes, order a drawer of steamed buns, and drink bowls and bowls of soup, as if he didn't have to spend money!
When you meet an acquaintance with whom you have a good relationship, "Pony" will take the initiative to pay and help settle the bill, which has never happened before.
This kind of change in living conditions is the most noticeable point of the bottom society, and the slightest change in your life will be noticed by acquaintances who used to be around you and will talk about it.
Everyone couldn't help but talk a little: Could it be that the pony is changing jobs?
Some idle aunts even have to start thinking about whether to help this young man introduce a partner, a very good guy, he used to be poor and had no choice, but now that life is getting better, why don't you hurry up and introduce a good girl...... Our Xiaocui is very good, fat is a little fat, but fortunately, he is also a city person, and he has a local hukou!
A few days later, even more amazing, people talked about it, thinking that this little pony had not changed jobs, but made a windfall!
Because people's "ponies" have actually mixed up with Cantonese breakfast shops to consume, it is still an authentic, old store with a name.
Who doesn't know that Cantonese breakfast has many variety, good taste, and all kinds of people who can eat breakfast in the morning swallow their tongues.
The problem is, he is expensive for good things, and he doesn't know how much Mao he has to consume for a meal.
It is said that once at a long-established breakfast shop, the landlord of the pony met him.
The landlord was also ruthless, and took his new girlfriend to spend in the Cantonese breakfast shop early in the morning.
What barbecued pork buns, rice rolls, thin-skinned shrimp dumplings, and dry steamed siu mai, the landlord was awe-inspiring, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered all of them, and the table was full!
The two lovers take a bite and I take a bite, feed each other and eat, eat sweetly, and the favorability is upside down.
Seeing that the effect is really good, the landlord feels better.
Without him, this thing is too expensive, a small steamed siu mai, four small siu mai with a big finger belly, it costs more than ten yuan, such a little thing, how can it be enough for three or two mouthfuls to eat?
Just eat such a meal, you have to eat hundreds of oceans, the landlord is not allowed to eat, on the surface pretending to be bold, one vigorously said that it is not enough to eat and order, but in the heart sigh that it is not enough to consume.
Someone said that it was just a few hundred dollars for a meal, what is this?
The problem is that this is breakfast, which usually costs more than a dozen or dozens of yuan, and the breakfast is enough to eat fragrant and full.
It costs hundreds of dollars for a meal here! The price has increased dozens of times!
And if you eat breakfast, it's over? Isn't that equivalent to eating for nothing? Then there is lunch, and what is the dinner?
It costs a few hundred dollars for breakfast, lunch and dinner or something, can you come to the stage without spending thousands of dollars?
And in addition to food, there are all kinds of things to play with, to buy, and more importantly, to open the guard at night! If we continue to count according to this consumption standard, we must not consume tens of thousands of oceans in this day?
That is, the new girlfriend is beautiful and cute, and the landlord has made up his mind to take her down today even if it is a heavy hemorrhage, otherwise, at such a big price, the landlord really can't make up his mind.
In the future, if you want to have this consumption level, then there is a mountain of gold and silver in the family and it is not enough to spend, when I was the world's first rich young Wang Sicong, a casual reward is tens of thousands of yuan or something, Lao Tzu is not so big to lose!
Inheriting the old man's inheritance, this young landlord has a two-story apartment building under his hands, more than a dozen complete houses, and rented out a compartment, renting out nearly a hundred rooms, and his monthly income is enough to tens of thousands.
But the consumption of breakfast is so high, it still makes him eat in shock, Nima, do you know that Lao Tzu still wants to save money to get a few more rooms, Lao Tzu still wants to give his future son more money, if you really want to consume like this, let alone leave a legacy, I am afraid that I will not even be able to live in a nursing home in the future!
Here he was feeling sorry for the money in his pocket, but he didn't expect to turn his face and see Sima Mulong munching on the other table.
"Well, isn't this a pony?" the landlord thought to himself, why is he here?
This kid doesn't seem to have paid this month's rent, so why does he have the money to spend here?
Unexpectedly, after a closer look, the landlord instantly gasped.
Sima Mulong is alone on this table, look at the plates next to him, they are all stacked one by one, and on the table, there are still full of cups and plates.
I saw Sima Mulong sitting there, eating a mouth full of oil, one mouthful, one mouthful, one after another, and the plate was empty again, and the landlord felt pain when he saw it.
Nima, you're alone, you can eat so much, you're a starving ghost reincarnated, right?
The landlord was so surprised that he couldn't even eat the morning tea, so he had to peek over and take a look.
This kid won't be so mixed up that he has no food to eat, and he came here to eat the overlord meal, right?
Thinking about it like this, the landlord didn't even dare to go up to say hello, and he originally thought about going up to urge the rent.
But look at the style of those dishes, obviously this goods are good to pick up, good to enjoy and good to spend money early called, just like this table, mother, hundreds of dollars are inevitable, maybe they have to be thousands!
If he talks in the past, he won't be able to pay the money again, so don't implicate us again...... Whoever makes you look like you are acquaintances, then help him pay the money.
A month's rent may not be worth his breakfast.
The landlord was messy for a while, and he felt a pity when he wanted to leave, and he wanted to see what would happen later, maybe it was just a talking point.
Unexpectedly, after this time dragged on, his girlfriend called a lot of things again, which made him cry in distress.
And what about this side? Sima Mulong wiped his mouth after eating, and he didn't even pay for the meal, so he left in such a grand manner! The staff looked at him with a smile and let him go without stopping him.
I didn't pay the money, I didn't pay the money!
The landlord's eyes were so hung out of the frame, and after eating, he couldn't help but inquire when he paid the money, "The one sitting over there, I don't think he has paid the bill!"
"Oh!" the waiter girl glanced at it, and immediately said, "That gentleman ordered the meal in advance, and the payment has been settled on the Internet in advance, and he has been eating here for several days, and everything is normal." ”
It's been eating for days? Even if it's 500 a day, it's a few thousand, right?
The landlord remembers that this seems to be a pure grassroots, he has always been poor like something, how can he mix so well now?
Could it be that you won the lottery with five million?
The landlord didn't figure out this problem, but I only knew that this kid must have sent it!
With such lavish consumption every day, how can it be sustained without a large amount of money on hand.
When the landlord chatted with the tenants, he found that what he knew was only the tip of the iceberg.
People are not only willing to spend money on breakfast, but also do not hesitate to eat lunch and dinner, and they all go to the kind of high-cost buffet, which is the cost of hundreds of dollars.
Moreover, now people are no longer taking the 11th bus, and they are all taxis to pick up and send them when they go out and come back, and the car price for a day alone is not a decimal number.
Not to mention that this kid is said to have an annual card in a certain fitness club, and he goes over to exercise his muscles every day when he has nothing to do, and he plays in the swimming pool next to him when he finishes it.
The landlord is not envious, he has nothing to do and doesn't want to toss so blindly.
The point is, where did this pony get so much money? Did he find some way to take advantage of it?
The landlord feels itchy just thinking about it, what way should he think of to get this way out?
But by the time he wanted to get close to someone, Sima Mulong had already moved, and where could he find it.
As for his dilapidated house...... Whoever likes to rent it, let's rent it, anyway, Sima Mulong doesn't want it.