My next door neighbors are some kind of people who have this habit of “I don't care”. The compound work has to be done by just me and I only me. The truth is that we were supposed to do those things together, but they would rather sit and watch me do the whole of the compound work. Although, they are couples. The wife can do something so annoying. There is no day she would not wash her clothes, even when they are not dirty. I kept on wondering if she wore those clothes somewhere at night. Usually, if my wife is ready to wash clothes, there won't be space to dry those clothes just because she had taken over the entire of the space available.
It's always annoying seeing them with such characters. The only thing I decided to do and had told my wife was that, anytime she is sweeping, she should only consider our portion leaving her surroundings behind.
One fateful day, my landlord had to call me to help with keeping the surrounding clean. I came out thinking he had informed my neighbor. I started clearing the water passage. Likewise, I cleared it and also used a shovel to dig out some sand from it just for the water to pass through thoroughly and freely. After working to some extent, I asked my neighbor if he was my landlord, but to my surprise, he said he did not inform him. I did not say a word, instead I was waiting for the day he would call me to clear the surroundings.
After another two months, he called me to come out to help him clear the water passage, but trust me, I still obeyed. I'm not the type who would disobey elders. I did not bother to ask my neighbor any longer. Not only that, but I just focused on what I had to do.
Furthermore, I told my wife about it, and she said maybe, our neighbors are paying a way far from what we are paying as house rent. Not only that, but I somehow agree with my wife.
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I remember when we were still in one estate, our neighbor always proved to be nice at the start. She would play so impressive and would always come to play with my wife as the husband always comes home during weekends. Her father owns the building we lived in as well as hers. So, she was the type who always brags but pretends to be good.
One day, she sent her daughter to ask my wife if we had matches. My wife did not wait a bit to answer “yes”. She rushed to the kitchen to bring the matches and handed it over to her. Something was running over my head after that day, which was waiting before disclosing it to my wife. The next day, she came again, asking for magi. I later discovered that my instincts about them were right.
Two days later, her daughter came again asking if we had soup. My wife again jumped into the kitchen and served her some soup. On a normal ground, it was a good thing, but my mind was telling me something different. After that day, I called my wife and told her what I thought about our neighbor. She was initially doubting, but after the next incident, she agreed with what I felt about our neighbor. This time they came asking for pepper. I thought I was only watching it in movies or only hearing it from people, but it was happening to me live.
Some days later, she asked my wife to give her some gari to make. My wife went to the kitchen and gave her gari. I told my wife that the day we refused her something would be a problem. Some days later, she sent her daughter to collect gari, but this time, we were not having any. My wife informed her daughter that it has finished. She could not believe it and instead kept that in mind. She began to keep my wife and me in malice which, I felt, was even better. We were just like that until the day the husband returned. However, I always greeted her, but she was not ready to answer me.
Her husband only observed and call me to ask what was the issue between her wife and me. I told him nothing and that everything was fine. Maybe it may not, he asked his wife which I guess told him something I did not understand.
The next day, the husband was putting up a bold face which I was not ready to ask from him. I only greeted him without his response the way he always responded before now.
I told my wife that I guess we are free from our neighbor's wahala. It was better to remain as we are other than to drain us dry.
So, we left that place for where we are today and met a different kind of neighbor who can only remain indoors and who cannot help to clean up the surroundings. Although, I still enjoyed this present neighbor more than my former one. I don't ask for anything, and the wife does not collect anything from me. We are just the way we are.