The Pretty Military Wife

Aunt Li said this, but Liang Xinyue still felt uncomfortable. After delivering the vegetables the next day, she went to buy two cans of malted milk and brought them back to mix with water for Aunt Li to drink.

Although Aunt Li is in good health, she is already fifty years old and still needs to take care of her health.

As the busy farming season began in each village, fewer people came to the county town to buy vegetables. Liang Xinyue was not in a hurry, because the vegetables sent to the county town were never left over, as they would all be bought by the households in the county town.

But Sister Liao took Liang Xinyue aside and said:

"Xinyue, I really did find the house you asked me to look for last time. There really is someone who wants to sell it."

Liang Xinyue nodded and said:

"Where is it? Is it convenient to take a look?"

Sister Liao took Liang Xinyue to a street where only residents lived and there were no commercial shops.

Sister Liao took her to a courtyard, knocked on the door and called out:

"Is Teacher Wu here?"

After a while, an old voice came from inside:

"Please come in."

On the way here, Sister Liao said to Liang Xinyue:

"This courtyard is occupied by an old gentleman who teaches. His son is now working in the provincial capital and wants to take him to the city. The old man thinks that he is too old to come back and live there."

"My son has a stable job and my grandsons are teaching in the provincial capital. So, he wants to sell this house."

Liang Xinyue followed Sister Liao into the house. It looked a bit shabby from the outside, but after entering, it was clear that this yard was carefully taken care of.

There is a small empty courtyard behind the door, and on both sides of the courtyard walls, there are several rows of flower pots placed in a stepped manner. The various flowers and plants inside are not very valuable, but they are all growing well and blooming.

Walking through this small courtyard, there is a door inside. After entering this door, Liang Xinyue fell in love with this courtyard.

This is actually an ancient courtyard.

There is a courtyard in the middle, surrounded by houses. Some doors are closed, but the walls are well maintained, and all the houses are made of wood.

Liang Xinyue followed Sister Liao across the courtyard again. In the corridor at the front door of the main house, there was a recliner with a white-haired old man sitting on it.

The old man was wearing a white shirt and blue pants. The whole house and the old man gave people a feeling of dryness, cleanliness and harmony.

The old man saw that it was Sister Liao and hurriedly stood up. Sister Liao stepped forward and said:

"Teacher Wu, you don't need to get up. Just sit still. This is the person I told you about who wants to buy a house. She said she wanted to take a look at the house, so I brought her here."

Teacher Wu looked at Liang Xinyue, who bowed and saluted:

"Hello, Teacher Wu. My name is Liang Xinyue."

Teacher Wu was very satisfied with Liang Xinyue's courtesy. She smiled and nodded, but turned to Sister Liao and said:

"Have you told him my request?"

Sister Liao smiled and nodded:

"I said so, so she came to see it. Just to see if she likes it."

Liang Xinyue didn't even need to go into the house to see, and immediately replied:

"I like it very much. I also like this kind of quiet house. It is comfortable and warm to live in. It can be seen that Teacher Wu has taken good care of this house. It looks clean everywhere."

Teacher Wu sighed and said:

"When my husband was around, she was the one who cleaned the house. I can't do it. I don't do it well. But I'm not forcing you to change. I just hope you can take good care of the flowers and plants in the yard outside for me."

Liang Xinyue heard from Sister Liao that Teacher Wu had made a request, which was that the house should not be significantly renovated and that the flowers and plants in the outer courtyard should be well taken care of.

Because all the flowers and plants in the outer courtyard were planted by Teacher Wu’s wife.

The old man has always been reluctant to move to the provincial capital with his son because he has lived here with his wife for decades.

If I leave now, no one will take care of the flowers and plants my wife left behind.

Liang Xinyue heard this condition from Sister Liao, and nodded:

"That's no problem, Mr. Wu. You may not know what I do yet, right? I specialize in growing plants. Taking care of these plants is easy."

Teacher Wu didn't understand what plants were at first. Sister Liao laughed and said:

"She is a researcher at the Provincial Agriculture Department's research institute. Her husband is an officer in our army. She was assigned by the research institute to help develop agriculture in our county. The vegetables we can eat in our county this winter are all grown by her."

Teacher Wu understood now and said in surprise:

"That's even better. I'll feel relieved then."

Later, Liang Xinyue asked about the price of the house. Unexpectedly, Teacher Wu was only worried about the flowers and plants, and the house was not important:

"Give whatever you want. I don't know how much a house costs these days. I just want someone to take good care of these flowers."

Liang Xinyue nodded and said:

"Okay, then I'll ask about the house prices and give you a reasonable price. When are you planning to move out? Do you want some help?"

Teacher Wu smiled and said:

"Then it's settled. I will slowly start packing my things. When my grandson is on holiday, he will come pick me up. He teaches in the provincial capital."

Liang Xinyue nodded and said:

"Well, then you can ask about the prices so that you don't get cheated later. I'll deliver vegetables to the store every two days, so if you have any ideas, you can tell Sister Liao."

Liang Xinyue liked this house very much and took a look at each room. Every room was very clean. Although there was only an old man living here, there was no sense of mold or the feeling that no one had lived there for a long time.

So, Teacher Wu must have cleaned it every day or every week.

After Liang Xinyue returned home, she talked about this house with Zhou Guoliang in the evening. Zhou Guoliang frowned and said:

"Why don't you discuss this with me? I'm a little worried that I might be transferred. If I'm transferred, will you and the child go with me?"

Liang Xinyue paused:

"When did it happen? You didn't even tell me. I had said before that I wanted to buy a house in the county town, so I asked Sister Liao to help me find one."

Zhou Guoliang thought for a moment and said:

"It hasn't been finalized yet. I don't know if it's me or Sanding who's leaving. Anyway, one of us will leave."

Liang Xinyue thought for a moment and said:

"It's okay. I can buy the house. It's really nice. I can give it to my eldest brother and his family to live in in the future. Or other families in the yard are thinking of buying a house. Wenqing may not teach here after this semester. She is pregnant. Maybe she needs to go back to take care of the baby."

By then, all the children in this yard will have to go out to study.