With Aunt Wang walking around the shortcut. After a while, they came to the gate of the courtyard. It is indeed an ordinary small courtyard as Aunt Wang said, covering a small area, and the neighbors' yards on both sides are just some distance.

Aunt Wang knocked on the door, and an old man with white hair and kind eyebrows came out. The other party is still holding an ancient book in his hand, and he is quite old, how can he be in his 70s. Wearing well-washed clothes, there are no patches on the whole body, and the complexion is ruddy, it really doesn't look like the economy is worried and needs to sell the house. The old man was very healthy and deaf, and he was very surprised to see them standing outside the door.

The old man asked strangely, "Comrade Wang, are you taking them to see the house?" This comrade, didn't you bring your female dependents over to take a look? ”

Zhou Xiaozheng replied to him: "As long as my son-in-law takes a fancy to this courtyard." Mainly, my daughter and son-in-law live with their newborn grandson of three. My daughter is still in confinement and her mother takes care of her. Both husband and wife are soldiers, and we don't have time in normal times. If it's right, we can settle it. Uncle, is it convenient to see the house? ”

The old man smiled and nodded, "Come in." We were about to sell and move to our eldest son. Usually the family lives with our old couple. Look at the house for yourself, and I'll ask my wife to come and introduce it to you. ”

As soon as Zhou Xiaozheng walked into the courtyard, he nodded secretly. Don't look ordinary on the outside, it's all good material on the inside. It seems that this old man had a very solid family background, and he spent a lot of effort to build this yard, and he was a smart man. In addition to the high enclosure wall, which is made of adobe stone, the main house and the east wing of the courtyard are brick houses.

The yard is not big, there is a flower bed in the right corner, and the whole yard is empty except for the land near the flower bed, and the ground is all paved with small stones.

I just entered the renovated living room of the main house. Zhang Guoqing and his father-in-law looked at each other and felt each other's surprise. Both of them could see that the house didn't look like it was going to sell the yard.

It seems that it has not changed much from the outhouse of ordinary people, but the wood of the tables and chairs in the living room is not simple.

In addition to the mahogany Eight Immortals table and a few chairs placed in front, there are also a few ordinary-looking Taishi chairs, and a set of tea sets are placed on the coffee table in the middle.

It looks like the furniture in the living room is old and old. Those who don't know the goods may think that these broken tables and chairs are useless. But in the eyes of Zhou Xiaozheng's son-in-law, these furniture are good things. The material also exudes a slight fragrance. Especially those Taishi chairs are a complete set.

The old man asked the old lady to take Zhou Xiaozheng and Weng and his son-in-law to see the house, and pulled Aunt Wang to sit down and chat. It seems that the other party is deliberately avoiding the other party to visit the room.

The two rooms on the left side are connected. The outer room is elegantly furnished as a study. There is no kang quilt on the earthen kang by the window, only a special Go kang table, on which there is also a chess game. There are two rows of bookcases against the wall opposite the kang, and when they are opened, they are full of all kinds of books. There is a big bookcase in the room, there are calligraphy and paintings that have not been dried on it, and a cursive script is hung on the wall, revealing the background of the scholarly door everywhere.

In the adjacent bedroom, there is still an unfolded quilt on the earthen kang, and it seems that the old lady has just come down from the kang. There are also two thick quilts on the kangqin, all of which are made of satin and fine cotton. On the opposite side of the kang is an old wardrobe placed against the wall. Not far in front of you is a round table and two large backrest chairs. A complete set of furniture, the wood and style are all the same, and they are placed in the house in harmony.

Zhou Xiaozheng's eyes flashed with a hint of worry, it seems that this old man is not a simple person. He had just carefully observed that no matter how simple the style of furniture in the study and bedroom was, there was precious wood under the paint.

From the moment he entered the courtyard, he found that except for the barn and a few mud and straw houses on the right wall, everything else seemed to be normal, but the effort and money spent would definitely not be less.

Listening to the old lady's introduction, he asked a few questions, intentionally or unintentionally. After a while, my heart relaxed slightly. The other party's family situation has nothing to do with him, and the buyer and seller are willing to do it.

There are two rooms on the right side of the living room, one is a room with a fire kang, and the other is clean, and the old quilts and old mattresses at home are neatly placed on the wardrobe. The wardrobe against the wall is obviously new in recent years, and the wood is ordinary. I heard the old lady say that there are clothes of their old couple out of season and some old materials stored in it. It seems that this old couple is very good at life and has high requirements for the quality of life.

Out of the main house, the east wing room should be three rooms according to the area. The two outer rooms were directly converted into large kitchens, which became the two rooms in the mouth of Aunt Wang.

Their family should pay more attention to food and dining. In addition to the usual earthen stove, there is also a briquette stove converted from a briquette stove, and things are still being stewed on the briquette stove. There are two stoves, the earthen stove is next to the next room, and the earthen kang in the next room is connected. Briquettes cooktops supply the kitchen fire wall. There is also a pressurized water well in the corner of the kitchen entrance and a large water tank against the wall.

There are still traces of a row of jars under the window. Now that it's been cleaned, the air still smells of sauerkraut, mixed with the scent of miso. There is a large table in the middle of the kitchen, and it is estimated that the elderly and children often come to eat. The cabinets, tables and stools against the wall at the back are very neat and tidy, and it can be seen that they are always taken care of.

The old lady opened the door of the hidden cellar in the innermost part of the kitchen, and looked inside, and it was not a cellar. It should be called a basement rather than a cellar. The basement is very tidy, and the borders around it have just been cleaned up with mud. Usually where rations and dry goods were placed, now it is empty. I heard the old lady say that there is a cellar in the yard, which is used to store Chinese cabbage and white radishes in winter.

Next to the kitchen was an empty room with a kang in it. There is nothing else but the kangqin, and the floor is clean. I heard the old lady say that this is the aunt's room that I invited at the beginning.

The old lady led them to the right side of the courtyard, near the corner of the flower bed, where three mud and straw huts were half-hidden by a pile of piled firewood. Except for one of the thatched huts and a bathroom, the rest of the rooms are placed with farm tools for planting flowers, as well as a lot of baskets and a small number of briquettes. The outermost room left is the old couple's useless warehouse.

In the end, the old lady specially showed them the cellar and well outside the house, and said with a smile that the two east wings were built to allow the servants to live alone, and also to avoid the smoke in the main room. Now that there is no servant, the old couple will occasionally make a note directly in the living room of the main house.

Weng and his son-in-law already have a bottom in their hearts. The whole courtyard is a layout of five rooms and two rooms. Zhou Xiaozheng just found that there was a wall of fire in the innermost wall of the main house, and nodded after asking about the heating of the main house and the kitchen.

The owner of this house is a smart person. In addition to the conspicuous ondol, the main house hides a fire wall. The earthen stove in the living room has a large capacity after modification, is hygienic and safe, and supplies the fire wall of the main house. He is not afraid of the high overall heating costs. However, ordinary people can't afford to buy this yard, but it makes him cheaper.