Although he just moved in yesterday, Zhou Hongyun knows all about the neighbors.

When she went to buy groceries in the morning, she chatted thoroughly with the people nearby and knew about 70% of the neighbors in front and behind her.

She whispered to Zhong Wenqing, "When I was buying groceries this morning, I met a man who rented a house in her house. He was a foreigner who performed on the overpass. There was also a house behind us, where seven or eight families lived, but they were all her family members."

Zhong Wenqing frowned and said, "That's right. It's not easy to keep such a big yard. If it weren't for Grandpa Luancheng, we wouldn't be able to keep this yard."

Zhou Hongyun nodded: "So I said, these people are just suffering from red eye disease, you don't have to be polite to them in the future."

Zhong Wenqing sighed: "We are all neighbors, so let's not make things too ugly."

Zhou Hongyun was helpless: "Sister-in-law, you are just too kind-hearted. I am here with you. If that woman comes again, I will take care of her."

Sheng An Ning didn't expect that the yard next door would be rented out. After all, housing is actually very tight now, and it is not uncommon for many families with five or six people to squeeze into two rooms.

There are also some courtyard houses where the rooms are divided among several families, who share a common patio.

When someone cooks a meal, the people across the street can know what they are having for lunch.

The old house is not soundproof, so if anyone makes any noise, the whole yard will know about it.

After lunch, the three children started to tinker with the new yard. They were very curious about the new environment and refused to take a nap. The three little guys went head to head to pull out the flowers and plants that had just sprouted in the field.

Zhong Wenqing sat on a rattan chair in the yard, basking in the sun and looking at the three children. He said cheerfully to Sheng Anning, who was reading a book nearby: "I was thinking of turning the land over and planting some vegetables, but now it seems that there is no need. By the time the vegetables start to grow, they will be able to pull them all up."

Sheng An Ning closed the book and looked at the three children who were sweating and arguing with each other: "It's really not suitable to grow vegetables and flowers with them around."

Zhong Wenqing smiled with his eyes narrowed, then looked up at the newly grown buds on the grape vines on the rack above his head. They were light yellow and almost transparent in the sunlight.

He sighed, "My own yard is still the best. I grew up in this yard when I was a child, but later the yard was confiscated and I never came back. I still remember there was a lilac in the southwest corner and a swing next to it."

Later, due to some special reasons, they were all cut off.

Zhou Hongyun was making shoes. After hearing what Zhong Wenqing said, she curiously interrupted: "Has sister-in-law never seen the neighbor in the front yard? The woman who came at noon, you two look about the same age."

Zhong Wenqing shook his head: "I haven't seen them. They used to be a teacher living here. They were a very polite family. I don't know where they are now."

Sheng Anning likes to listen to Zhong Wenqing talk about the past, the turbulent times, and people's tenacious attitude towards life.

Just as I was listening intently, I heard a scream from next door, followed by a woman's shrill voice: "You old man, what stinky things did you bring back again? If you bring these messy things again, I will not rent this house to you anymore."

I couldn't hear what the old man said, but I heard the woman's voice getting louder: "It's ok for you to tell fortunes and cheat people out of money, but you also bring back all this mess. If this had happened a few years ago, you would have been thrown out on the street."

Then there were all kinds of obscene insults.

Zhou Hongyun couldn't help but curl his lips: "That's it? What kind of royal relatives are you talking about? Listen to the insults, they are even more vulgar than me."

Zhong Wenqing frowned: "In the future, have less contact with them and keep an eye on the children."

It is unfortunate to be neighbors with such people.

Sheng An Ning was also in a daze, probably because he met the fortune-teller old man at the door of the store. Now he heard his neighbor cursing a stinky fortune-teller, and somehow he thought of that old man.

I didn’t think too much about it.

After dinner, it was still early, so Zhong Wenqing suggested taking the children for a walk around the neighborhood to see what was around.

Because of its good geographical location, it is close to the moat and not far from Jingshan Park.

You can see the White Pagoda in Jingshan Park as soon as you exit the alley, but it will take more than 20 minutes to walk there.

Sheng An Ning saw that it was getting late: "Let's just take a walk around. We can have a rest next week. Then we can go to Jingshan Park and take the kids boating."

Zhong Wenqing had no objection: "Okay, let's just walk around. This place looks more lively than the compound we lived in before. There are quite a lot of people on the street."

Sheng Anning looked at the people riding bicycles hurriedly returning home, and the people walking around with vegetable baskets. This place is more down-to-earth than the compound, and ordinary people live here.

The atmosphere of life will be much richer.

Each person led a child and walked out of the alley to the moat.

From a distance, I saw the fat neighbor woman also by the river, talking angrily to another woman. From the way she raised her eyebrows and glared, I knew who she was gossiping about.

Zhong Wenqing didn't want to meet the other party, so he said to Sheng Anning: "Let's go over there."

Sheng An Ning had no objection, and took the child to the other side, where she met two women who were also looking after their children. When they saw An An and the others, one of them was quite curious: "Are you having triplets?"

It's quite rare for a family to have twins nowadays, let alone triplets.

Zhong Wenqing smiled and nodded because of the other party's kindness: "Yes."

The woman was amazed: "She is so beautiful. Auntie is so lucky. Now she has grandchildren."

He liked to hear nice words, and the smile on Zhong Wenqing's face deepened.

The woman took the opportunity to introduce herself: "I live in the first house at the entrance of the alley. I saw you moving in yesterday. My name is Ge Cuifang, you can just call me Cuifang."

Ge Cuifang was a very talkative woman, only a few years older than Sheng Anning, and her child was just over two years old.

After a while, he introduced the surrounding situation and neighbors to Zhong Wenqing and Sheng Anning.

"Our alley is full of old neighbors, and they are all very nice. If your family has any problems, just tell them and they will come to help."

Zhou Hongyun was a bit gossipy: "The guy in front of my house seems difficult to get along with."

Ge Cuifang was stunned for a moment: "Ah, you mean the old Chen family, their house is rented out, so the people living there are quite a lot. That afternoon, the fortune teller brought back a piece of Tai Sui, it smelled quite strong, so Aunt Chen got angry."

Zhou Hongyun was quite curious: "Fortune teller? Where?"

Ge Cuifang knew: "It's over at Baiyun Temple, not far from where we live."

Sheng An Ning's heart tightened for a moment. For some reason, she felt disgusted with this fortune teller.

Zhou Hongyun didn't believe this: "Life has been good these past two days, but these monsters and demons have come out again."

Ge Cuifang nodded: "That's right. I guess if Aunt Chen knew he was a fortune teller before, she definitely wouldn't rent the house to him. Now that she's paid, there's nothing she can do."