Chapter 42 Renting a House

The old man shook his head and placed the chess piece in his hand on the chessboard, "Now that your legs are better, it's time to return to the army." After his son ate the ginseng, his legs got better day by day. After the doctor's acupuncture during this period, he can now walk freely.

Ji Yanting pursed his lips, picked up a chess piece and put it on the chessboard, "I'm going to Yuncheng." He wanted to find Xiaomei and his daughter. He was unwilling to not see them.

"Didn't Yuanming go to find them? The mother and daughter are no longer in the world." Old Master Ji slightly tightened the chess piece in his hand, with a touch of coldness in his eyes. Fortunately, he had already made arrangements. He would not let his son bring the mother and daughter back. Their status was not worthy of his son.

"Then I must see their graves too." Ji Yanting threw the chess pieces back into the chess box, stood up and walked outside, "Dad, you should go to bed early." He didn't want to talk to his father about his wife and daughter. Every time they talked about this, they would quarrel.

Old Master Ji threw the chess pieces back into the chess box angrily, stood up, walked to the table with a gloomy face, picked up the phone on the table and made a call.

"How is it going?"

"She has agreed to move out of the village."

"Okay, you arrange other things, and don't let Yanting find them." Old Master Ji put down the phone.

Ling Yao asked for leave from the school and took Ling Xuemei to look for a house near the school. She wanted to find a house closer to the school so that she wouldn't have to take the bus to and from school.

Seeing a few aunties chatting under a big tree at the entrance of the alley, Ling Yao walked over.

"Auntie, can I ask if there are any houses for rent nearby?"

Hearing this, several aunties looked at Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei.

"Do you want to rent a house?" asked one of the fat aunties.

Ling Yao nodded.

"There is a vacant house next to my house for rent, but..." The auntie's eyes flashed with hesitation.

"But what?" Ling Xuemei was a little curious.

"It's not very clean in there. Someone died there before. There are often strange noises at night. Why don't you go somewhere else to have a look?" said another auntie. That place is a bit chilly and eerie even during the day, not to mention at night.

Ling Xuemei was a little hesitant. She turned around and looked at Ling Yao to ask what she meant.

"Let's go and take a look first."

"Yes." Ling Xuemei nodded.

Ling Yao looked at the old lady, "Auntie, can you take us to take a look?" She was not afraid of ghosts. She herself had died once.

"Aren't you afraid?"

"Where do ghosts come from in this world?"

"Okay, follow me." The old lady stood up and led the way. The house was right next to hers. If they hadn't been unable to move, their family would have moved away long ago.

Walking deep into the alley, the old lady stopped and pointed to a small courtyard in front of them, "It's here."

"Then how do we get in?" Ling Yao saw that the gate was locked.

"Wait a minute, I'll go call someone." The old lady said, and walked forward.

After a while, she came over with a middle-aged man.

"Do you want to rent this house?" The middle-aged man looked Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei up and down. This house belonged to his uncle. Five years ago, his uncle's family suddenly died, and the house has been vacant since then.

Someone else came to ask about renting this house, but the owner moved out after just two days. After that, the news that this house was haunted became more and more true.

"We want to go in and take a look first, and then decide."

The middle-aged man took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, walked forward, opened the door, and let Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei in.

The yard was overgrown with weeds, like a wilderness, and the house looked dilapidated due to years of disrepair, with a smell of decay everywhere.

"Why don't we go somewhere else and have a look." Ling Xuemei frowned and retracted her gaze. The house and yard here are quite big, but she just felt a chill on her back. She didn't know if it was an illusion because of what the old ladies said.

Ling Yao also felt that this place was not suitable for living, so she nodded.

The two of them looked for many places, but there were no houses for rent.

Seeing that it was getting dark, they could only find a guesthouse to stay in.

"Yaoyao, why don't we rent that yard." Ling Xuemei thought about it. The yard was only a dozen minutes away from No. 2 Middle School, and it was convenient for Yaoyao to go to school. There were also many rooms there, so she could open a clinic at home to continue treating patients and saving lives.

Ling Yao turned over and looked at Ling Xuemei, "Mom, aren't you afraid?"

"What's there to be afraid of? There are no ghosts in this world."

"Okay, let's go and have a look tomorrow."

"Okay." Ling Xuemei reached out and gently patted Ling Yao's back, slowly closed her eyes, and soon fell asleep.

Ling Yao smelled the faint fragrance coming from Ling Xuemei's body, and felt at ease in her heart. Soon she also closed her eyes.

After breakfast the next day, Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei came to the alley again and found the old lady from yesterday.

"Are you really determined to rent this yard?" The old lady looked at Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei in surprise.

"If the price is right, we will rent it." Ling Yao said.

"Then you wait a moment, I'll go find Huang Xi."

After a while, the old lady came over with the middle-aged man from yesterday.

Huang Xi walked up to Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei, "I heard from Aunt Ma that you want to rent this yard? I'll say this first, you can rent this yard, but if you move out halfway, I won't refund the rent."

Ling Yao nodded, "Tell me the price first, and see if it's suitable."

Huang Xi thought for a while, "Ten yuan a month."

"Five yuan." Ling Yao bargained directly.

Huang Xi frowned, "This is too much. Let's both make a concession and go with eight yuan."

"Six yuan is the most."

Huang Xi lowered his head and thought for a while, "Okay, okay, six yuan." Anyway, the house is empty anyway, and it's good to get an extra six yuan every month.

"Then let's sign a contract first." Ling Yao took out the contract she had prepared in advance and handed it to Huang Xi.

Huang Xi took the contract, read it carefully, and thought there was no problem. He took the pen handed over by Ling Yao and signed his name.

Ling Yao waited for Huang Xi to sign, and then signed his name.

Ling Xuemei watched from the side, feeling relieved. Her Yaoyao had really grown up.

Ling Yao handed Huang Xi one month's rent and deposit. It was clearly written in the contract that if they moved out in less than a month, the rent would not be refunded, but the deposit must be returned.

After Huang Xi and Ma left, Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei got busy.