The wife took the baby to live with the military commander, and the commander washed diapers every d

Qin Xiang'an took a day off, and Shen Jingyue took him to a courtyard house.

When they bought the courtyard house before, Shen Jingyue had brought him there and discussed how to renovate it.

Qin Xiang'an listened to her; she could change things however she wanted.

Shen Jingyue and her group arrived first; the renovation team hadn't come yet.

"I plan to cultivate a vegetable garden here, where I can grow some greens and a pear tree, so we can have pears to eat every year."

Shen Jingyue led him to a small open space in the backyard, where she planned to use the area against the wall to grow vegetables.

The place is big enough that there are plenty of vegetables that can be grown.

Shen Jingyue kept talking about what to do in this place and what needs to be repaired, and Qin Xiang'an listened to everything, occasionally offering his own suggestions.

The renovation team arrived quickly.

Shen Jingyue then told them some more things that needed to be modified, and the leader of the renovation team wrote them down again.

They've already prepared all the renovation materials, so Shen Jingyue and the others don't need to worry about any of that.

Qin Xiang'an glanced at the materials they brought; they were all quite good.

"Then thank you for your hard work with this house." Qin Xiang'an brought cigarettes and handed one to each of them.

"It's not hard at all."

"Don't worry, I guarantee I'll renovate it beautifully for you," the leader assured him.

"Then we'll get back to work."

The renovation team started getting busy.

Shen Jingyue and Qin Xiang'an watched the renovation team work for a while, and seeing that they didn't need their help anymore, they left after a short time.

After leaving, Qin Xiang'an rode his bicycle and took his wife to see a movie before heading home.

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Mei Hong has been closing her stall very early these days, and has been asking around to see if there are any decent courtyard houses for sale.

After asking around for more than half a month, she finally found a place that was for sale.

When Mei Hong found out, she quickly packed up her stall and went to check on things.

"This is the place. I found out about it through a friend. The owner wants money to buy an apartment and is thinking of selling this old courtyard house. They've even given a discount of over ten thousand yuan."

As Mei Hong arrived, her aunt walked to the door and knocked.

Mei Hong stood aside and saw that the paint on the gate was almost completely peeled off.

He frowned slightly, wondering if the house was in a very dilapidated state.

Looking at the gate, she felt it was a bit dirty.

"Auntie, are you sure this house is good?"

Mei Hong couldn't help but ask a question.

She did consider buying a courtyard house, but she wasn't stupid and didn't want to buy a dilapidated house.

"It's fine. This house was renovated a few years ago, but the front door wasn't painted red back then, so it wasn't renovated. But the inside is fine. You'll see in a bit."

Mei Hong was a little skeptical; if the gate was like this, what good could be inside?

Soon someone came out and opened the door.

"Who are you looking for?" An elderly woman opened the door and asked curiously when she saw two strangers.

"Auntie, didn't your family want to sell your house? Well, after I heard about it, I brought someone over to take a look at the house," the auntie said with a smile.

When the old lady heard that they had come to buy a house, she immediately beamed with joy. "Oh, you're here to sell a house. Come on in!"

"Let's go in and take a look." The aunt pulled Mei Hong inside.

Mei Hong went inside with a "let's see" attitude, knowing that she wouldn't sell the house if she wasn't satisfied.

"Feel free to look around. My house is clean and spacious. These windows and doors were all renovated recently. Look, these windows are even made of glass," the old lady said as she introduced the place.

People inside came out out of curiosity when they heard the commotion outside, and they were quite happy to hear that people had come to buy a house.

So Mei Hong had several people around her to help with the introductions.

"We even had a flush toilet built here, so we don't have to go outside to use the toilet anymore."

"That's right, look at our big courtyard, and the house is quite spacious. Buying this house for over ten thousand is definitely a good deal."

Mei Hong initially thought the place was actually quite well-maintained, with everything neatly arranged and the courtyard spotless.

These people kept nagging in her ear, and Mei Hong immediately frowned.

"This house is quite nice, why would you consider selling it?"

If you don't look at the big gate at the entrance, the inside is indeed quite nice. It's a small courtyard house with a main house and side rooms on the left and right, but it's been divided into several rooms, each of roughly the same size.

There's also a kitchen storage room, a toilet, and a laundry sink in the yard. This looks like it was built later. Why would they want to sell such a nice yard?

Isn't this building better than this courtyard? Judging from how eager they are to get rid of it, could there be something wrong with this house?

"To be honest, my two sons have both started their own families and grown up. Now that we've separated our households, this courtyard is getting a bit too small, so I'm thinking of selling the house and using the money to buy an apartment for each family."

There are bound to be a lot of arguments when a large family lives together. Everyone is dissatisfied with each other, and no one is happy with the extra chores done by others. It would be much better to separate the family and let Mom take charge of the household herself.

Both families wanted to buy a house and didn't want to live in the old house, so the old lady suggested selling the old house and splitting the proceeds equally between the two families. The elderly person would only receive one cent, and no one would object.

So when they saw people coming to see the house, these two families were naturally excited.

They can't wait to sell the house right now, then split the money and immediately buy another one. They've already found a house they like, they're just waiting for the money.

Mei Hong glanced at the aunt who had brought her there, and the aunt nodded in agreement. It was indeed true.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with the house, Mei Hong breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "How much are you planning to sell this house for?"

The aunt who brought her here just said they wanted over ten thousand, but they didn't give a specific number. Nineteen thousand is still over ten thousand.

So Mei Hong asked a question.

"Fifteen thousand. We only renovated this house a few years ago, and it cost a lot of money. After you buy it, you just need to fix the front door, and then it'll be ready to move in," the old lady's eldest daughter-in-law said.

"Yes, this is already considered cheap. Other courtyard houses, even renovated ones, would definitely cost more than this," the second son's wife chimed in.

This house needs to be sold for a higher price; these buildings aren't cheap.

Mei Hong was surprised by how expensive it was; it was much more expensive than she had expected.

"That house is too expensive, how about 12,000?"

She had initially thought of a price of 10,000 to 11,000 at most, but now that she's asking for 12,000, her heart is bleeding.

That's twelve thousand!