"I said I was fine, it was this kid who was worried because he saw me sleeping."

Zhang Guixiang was relieved when she heard Shen Anan's words.

"Don't you really need medication?"

The little boy asked again, because his grandmother had fallen asleep while getting her hair permed, and he was really worried.

"It's nothing serious. Let's make some brown sugar ginger soup. You need to peel the ginger before boiling it. Do you have any at home?" Shen Anan thought for a while and asked.

She wasn't sure if this store had these things, after all, everything in the city needed to be bought.

"Yes, everything. I'll go make some ginger soup for grandma!"

The little boy volunteered to get up and go out to make ginger soup.

"Wait a minute, since there is one, I'll help you endure it." Shen Anan said.

Mainly because she plans to rent this house.

Before the little boy could speak, Zhang Guixiang refused:

"How can I trouble Dr. Shen? It's good enough that you can come to see me. I don't want to delay you from going back to rest."

Since she didn't have any serious problems, why did she need help making ginger soup? She wasn't that tactless.

Hearing Zhang Guixiang say this, Shen Anan smiled:

"I'm currently living in a nearby courtyard. There are too many people in that courtyard, and I don't like going back to look for them. It's okay."

The little boy quickly said, "By the way, grandma, Dr. Shen said he wants to rent the house in our yard."

There are many people these days, and few people rent houses with small courtyards. Most people rent you one or two rooms.

There are so many people in this family living in one yard, and there are plenty of other rooms, so she feels there is still hope.

"Do you want to rent a house?" Zhang Guixiang looked at Shen Anan and asked.

Shen Anan pointed to the alley behind: "Well, the place I rented before was too crowded and too mixed, I want to find a quieter place."

Now that things have come to this, Zhang Guifang also understands.

She knew most of the people living around her, and the people in the alley where Shen Anan lived before were indeed not good enough.

She thought for a moment and then smiled and said, "Do you want to rent one or two rooms? I have a yard behind me that's currently vacant."

She knew what Shen Anan did, and she was naturally willing to rent from someone she knew well.

I just don’t know whether this person wants one room or several.

"Is there a vacant yard? How big is it? Can I rent the whole yard?"

Shen Anan was shocked. She didn’t expect that there was a yard that was empty. She thought she could only rent one room.

She really has no shortage of money, so of course she would be happy to rent a small courtyard of her own.

Zhang Guixiang smiled and said, "My house is a quadrangle courtyard with three entrances. Since there aren't that many people living in my family, I converted the second courtyard into three smaller courtyards a few years ago. Each courtyard has three rooms."

Before liberation, her family donated almost all of their wealth to the country, leaving only this house.

The policy of nationalizing land a few years ago made her wary.

She added two walls to the main house in the second courtyard and the side rooms of her three-courtyard house, turning it into three small courtyards, and rented out the back rooms as well.

Since their family was small, they chose to live in the former upside-down house and added a partition to it.

Shen Anan thought for a moment and said, "Can I see the house first?"

She barely understood the layout of the courtyard. The east and west wing rooms and the main house each formed a new courtyard, which was not bad.

This place is closer to the county hospital than the house she rented before, and the key is that she can have her own small courtyard, which is what attracts her most.

"Okay, I'll let my grandson Xiaojie take you to see it. Although my grandson is young, he knows everything about the house and will tell you."

Zhang Guixiang looked at the little boy and pointed at the cabinet:

“Xiao Jie, go get the key to the door and take Dr. Shen to see the house.”

The little boy nodded: "Okay, grandma."

Wang Xiaojie took the key and looked at Shen Anan: “Doctor Shen, let’s go.”

He was eager for Shen Anan to live here. After all, she was a doctor. His grandmother was old, and it would be convenient for them to have a doctor live here.

"OK!"

Shen Anan nodded, and then followed Wang Xiaojie's pace.

After leaving the bedroom, Wang Xiaojie took her in through the second door.

There are two more walls inside the original hanging flower gate, which were repaired along the road in front of the screen door.

The T-shaped double wall divides the inside into three small courtyards.

Wang Xiaojie took her to the east wing and opened the door with the key.

"Because the original resident moved out, my grandma cleaned it and locked it." Wang Xiaojie said as he opened the lock.

"Why did you move away?" Shen Anan was a little curious.

"I heard that the house allocated by the company has arrived." Wang Xiaojie replied.

Shen Anan understood. Wasn't it because her company didn't provide her with a house that she had to rent one?

She looked around the house carefully. There were three rooms and two side rooms, and both side rooms were bedrooms.

Overall, the area is not small, it is larger than her space.

"Well, this courtyard is quite nice." Shen Anan nodded.

"This is the newly built kitchen and dry toilet, but everyone goes to the public toilet in the alley. After all, the yard tends to smell in the summer..."

Although Wang Xiaojie looks small, he is very clear when introducing himself.

"Well, that's not bad!"

Shen Anan nodded as she looked at it. If every courtyard in this quadrangle was like this, it would be considered complete.

"Okay, let's go back to your grandma."

It would be a bit of a waste for her to live alone, but she wouldn't mind if the price wasn't too high.

She mainly hopes to have an independent space.

As for the toilet, she probably won't be able to use it, but she can use the kitchen. However, she has to find a way to get some firewood, as his kitchen uses a wood stove.

On the way back, Shen Anan looked at the other two courtyards and asked, "By the way, are there many people living in these two courtyards? Who are they?"

"Five people live in the main house, and two live in the west wing. Uncle Li from the main house is a driver, Aunt Fang works at a nearby textile factory, Aunt He from the west wing works at the nearest supply and marketing cooperative, and Uncle Zhou works at a chemical factory."

Wang Xiaojie introduced as he spoke.

"Is that so!" Shen Anan nodded, understanding.

As expected, only those with lucrative jobs can rent a small courtyard to live in alone, otherwise ordinary people can only rent one room at most.

Her future salary is actually not low, starting at 60 after becoming a regular employee.

It’s a pity that I’m just an intern in the hospital now, and I only get a little subsidy, 20 yuan a month.

She has to do a year's internship before she can become a full-time employee.

Returning to Zhang Guixiang's house, Shen Anan asked: "Aunt Zhang, your house is very nice. I want to rent it. I wonder how much it costs?"

"The rent for other people is ten dollars. If you want to live here, just give me eight dollars a month." Zhang Guixiang thought for a while and said.

Her house is quite large and has a great location, so the price has never been low.

However, thinking that she might have to trouble others if she had a headache or fever in the future, she lowered the price for Shen Anan.