The Huai'an County is stationed with twenty thousand troops, and the military camp is situated on the west suburbs of Huai'an County, which is a poverty-stricken area. The rent here is quite cheap; Sun Junyan and the Qiao Meipan of the Sun Family rented a little courtyard, costing them only eight hundred coins a month.
As far as the courtyard was concerned, the Sun Family and Qiao Meipan were immensely satisfied.
The courtyard was paved with green bricks, which meant there was no need to worry about stepping on mud when it rained.
They also didn't have to worry about dust storms when the wind blew.
The courtyard even had a well, unlike in the village where they had to travel a considerable distance to fetch water.
The only inconvenience was that they had to buy everything they needed, which proved quite exorbitant. As a result, the Sun Family had Qiao Meipan go back to the Qiao Family estate once to bring back several bags of wheat.