The old man brought Lin Bei to a house. There were two rooms in all, both built of wood.
In front of the two wooden houses stood a well, a vegetable patch, and a ring of fencing.
The yard inside the fence was overgrown with weeds, and the wooden houses were somewhat dilapidated too, with some places already broken open.
The old man introduced it, saying, "Old Moore had no descendants. After he passed away, these two houses were left behind. If you don't mind them, you can move in. If you don't want to live here, our village doesn't have any other empty houses."
Lin Bei nodded and smiled. "Grandpa, if I rent these two houses, how much would the rent be?"
The old man shook his head. "What rent? No one lives here anyway. Just go ahead and stay."
"That won't do."
"There's nothing wrong with it. This old man still has to go weed the fields, so I'll be off."
Lin Bei was just about to give the old man a Gold Soul Coin, but the old man waved his hand and left.
Helpless, Lin Bei could only put the Gold Soul Coin away. He stepped over the fence and walked into the yard. Looking at the weeds filling the courtyard and the damaged parts of the houses, he smiled. "This is quite a lot of work..."
He rolled up his sleeves and began clearing the weeds in the yard.
Before long, the weeds in the yard had been tied up by Lin Bei into small bundles.
He was just about to throw the weeds away when a young girl suddenly passed by outside the yard.
When she saw Lin Bei busying himself in the yard, she looked a little surprised, then asked:
"Who are you? Why