"Auntie, what happened to you? Feel it yourself and see if you broke any bones?" Lin Minjun walked up to her aunt and asked.

She stretched out her hand but did not dare to go forward to help the man up immediately. It was not because she was afraid of being scammed, but because people who fall down, especially the elderly, are prone to breaking bones. If they move around at this time, it is easy to cause secondary injury.

"Thank you, let me see if you're hurt." The auntie said, starting from the leg bone and touching all the way to the elbow, and she breathed a sigh of relief, "The bones are not injured, just the tailbone hurts a little, it shouldn't be a big deal, come on, girl, can you help me stand up?"

"Of course, please go slowly." Lin Minjun said as she stretched out her hand and the aunt stood up slowly.

After standing up, the aunt weighed the bag of cabbages, dragged it with difficulty and prepared to move forward. Lin Minjun thought she was fine, so she prepared to continue looking for a house for herself.

I had just taken four or five meters when I heard the aunt shouting from behind, "Girl, I have a favor to ask of you. I'll pay for it. Can you carry me home? I'm afraid I fell and it hurts when I walk." As the aunt spoke, she gasped and it seemed that she was in great pain.

Seeing that she couldn't even stand steadily, Lin Minjun turned back and helped her up, "Why don't you call your children over? If I have nothing else to do, I'll take you home, but I have something important to do today. I have to find a house."

"What house are you looking for?" the aunt asked.

"The house I live in. You can tell from my accent that I'm not from North City. So I have to find a house to settle down as soon as possible, otherwise I'll be treated as a vagrant and sent back." Lin Minjun said with a smile.

The aunt pointed to a place and asked Lin Minjun to help her to the side of the road to rest. Then she asked carefully: "What kind of place do you want to find? Do you have any requirements for the location? How many people will live with you? How big the place does it need? What about the rent? How much rent can you accept?"

Lin Minjun knew from her previous life that the old ladies and aunties in these alleys have always been the intelligence center. They know everything that happens nearby. Maybe this auntie knows where there is a house for rent.

"I live alone." She thought for a moment before saying, "I don't have any requirements for the location, as long as it's not too remote. After all, I still have to live, and it's inconvenient to work in a place that's too remote. The place doesn't need to be big, just a bed will do. As for the rent... I haven't decided yet."

While Lin Minjun was talking, the aunt had been hammering her tailbone. After listening, she stood up and said, "I have a suitable one here. It's not far away. It's just across the street. If you are interested, come with me to take a look?"

Does this mean that after searching for a long time, you can finally find it without any effort?

Lin Minjun had been searching for several days like a headless fly but couldn't find a suitable one. She met him on the street because she was helping an old lady out of kindness.

"Come on, I'll hold you and let's go take a look together."

As she spoke, Lin Minjun supported her aunt and walked forward.

On the way to see the house, the aunt probably noticed that Lin Minjun was a little nervous, so she introduced herself.

"My last name is Xu, and my name is Xu Yongfang. You can just call me Aunt Xu. I used to be an employee of our power supply bureau, but later I applied for medical retirement." Aunt Xu smiled as she spoke, introducing herself first so that Lin Minjun would know that she was not a bad person.

Lin Minjun nodded and asked, "What about that house? What's the situation?"

On a small alley in the north city where snow had just fallen, the icy road surface reflected the sunlight. Lin Minjun supported Aunt Xu and walked slowly forward, while walking, she learned about the condition of the house.

Aunt Xu: "I was just about to tell you that the house was originally the study of a young lady from a wealthy family in the north city. A few years ago, it was taken away by the government and used as a dormitory for the power supply bureau's employees. Two years ago, the eldest lady took off the hat and the yard was returned, but the employees inside have not moved out. It's just that the owner of the yard has changed from the housing management office to the eldest lady's son. This has nothing to do with us. You just need to know that the people living in the yard are all people with formal jobs, not bad people."

After hearing this, Lin Minjun asked again, "How big is the house for rent?"

"It's a good house. It's located in the south back house after entering the house, next to the screen wall. I think it's less than 10 square meters, and there's a small kitchen at the door."

The current living environment is certainly not comparable to that of later generations, but ten square meters is enough for one person.

According to Aunt Xu, this house is located in Dongcheng, a prosperous area. There are more than a dozen households living in the yard, so it is not crowded. They are all employees of the power supply bureau, so it is a good unit.

The more Lin Minjun listened, the more excited she became. At the same time, she was a little nervous. The rent for such a nice house should not be cheap, right?

Just as she was about to ask about the rent, Aunt Xu took her into an alley, pointed to the courtyard at the back and said, "Look, that's our courtyard. I'll take you in to have a look."

The two of them continued to walk inside. Before they reached the gate of the courtyard, two children in front of the alley heard the noise and jumped out. They looked Lin Minjun up and down and suddenly started singing, jumping and dancing, "Someone is coming, someone is coming, someone is coming from the widow's house!"

Widows' home? Where did these two naughty kids come from? Why are they talking so rudely?

Lin Minjun frowned.

The two naughty kids were still grinning, "Someone's coming from the widow's home."

As they talked, they were sneaking around in the alley. Aunt Xu quickly caught one of them and pointed at the naughty kid's nose and said, "Goudan, if you bring your brother around here again, I'll go find your mother."

Since the naughty kid is a naughty kid, he wants to be shameless and playful. Hearing this, he still shook his head and said, "Why are you looking for my mother? I'm not wrong. Everyone says that your yard is a widow's yard."

Such an ugly name must have been given by adults, but they would only gossip about it in private, and only children would say it openly.

Aunt Xu sneered, "Okay, then I'll tell your mother. Two days ago, you and your brother were playing with fire in the yard and almost burned the firewood pile. Your mother definitely doesn't know about this."

The naughty kid screamed, picked up his brother and ran home.

Aunt Xu patted the dust off her hands, and seeing Lin Minjun's bewildered face, she continued to explain, "I was just about to tell you that our yard has a history."

"You say." Lin Minjun pricked up her ears and listened more carefully.

Aunt Xu pointed to the gate of the courtyard in the southeast corner and said, "Let's go in first. Let's go to my house and have a cup of tea and talk slowly."

Lin Minjun followed Aunt Xu into the courtyard. Aunt Xu pointed and said, "My home is in the first entrance. Look, this is the hanging flower gate. Go through the hanging flower gate and turn left to reach my home."

There are beautiful patterns on the hanging flower door, which is both grand and beautiful. Lin Minjun has already developed a liking for this place before she even looks at the house properly.

But what is the story behind its name as a widow's home? Now, let's follow Aunt Xu in and hear what she has to say.

The author has something to say:

Reminder from the little angel in the comment area: Girls, when you meet strangers asking for help outside, whether they are elderly or children, when they ask you to take them home or show them the way to other places, you must refuse and directly call the police for them, dial 110, and don’t go with them alone, no matter how pitiful and kind the other person looks, don’t! The article is a demonstration of mistakes - the author who is so cruel that he even blackens his own heroine left