Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Seeing Wang Feng and Liu Lan speaking in riddles, Qin Jingru asked curiously, "Brother Wang Feng, what do you want Sister Lan to do for you? And what is it that Sister Lan can do that I can't?"

Wang Feng laughed. He didn't intend to hide such a small matter from Qin Jingru, and whispered a few words in her ear.

Upon hearing this, Qin Jingru's eyes widened as she stared at Wang Feng in disbelief.

After a long silence, Qin Jingru chuckled and said, "Brother Wang Feng, you're so mean! Yan Jiecheng strangled our chicken, isn't this revenge a bit too harsh?"

"Hehe, Jingru, don't you hate the Yan family? They're so rich, yet they're always trying to take advantage of others. If I find them a wife who's only a third-level worker, they might even thank me," Wang Feng laughed.

"Hehe, Brother Wang Feng, the Yan family is really annoying. I support you."

"By the way, Brother Wang Feng, is Liu Yuhua, the one you mentioned, really that amazing? Can she really seduce Sha Zhu with just one hand?"

Wang Feng smiled and nodded: "Jingru, you can ask Liu Lan at the cafeteria tomorrow. She saw it with her own eyes."

"Okay, I'll ask tomorrow."

At this point, Qin Jingru chuckled and said, "Brother Wang Feng, if Liu Yuhua is really that powerful, do you think she could beat the entire Yan family by herself? I really want to see Liu Yuhua beating up the Yan family members right now, hehe."

"Hehe, you underestimate Liu Yuhua too much. She can take down Sha Zhu with one hand. Taking on three or four members of the Yan family is a piece of cake for her. Jingru, just you wait. Once Liu Yuhua enters the Yan family, you will definitely see it." Wang Feng laughed.

"Well, then I'll wait and see what happens."

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The Intermediate People's Court, the Jia family.

Today, relying on her ancestral skills, Jia Zhangshi managed to get more than a pound of meat from outside. In the evening, she asked Qin Huairu to make steamed buns with a mixture of wheat flour and cornmeal, and also cut half a pound of cured meat.

Before the cured meat was even ready, Banggeng and Jia Zhangshi were already drooling with envy.

When Jia Dongxu returned to the house, he heard Qin Huairu say that his mother had taken Bang Geng outside to steal things. He frowned and said to Jia Zhangshi:

"Mom, why did you steal? If someone finds out and calls the police, it'll be a real problem. It's one thing if you go by yourself, but why did you bring Bang Geng along? You'll corrupt Bang Geng."

Madam Jia waved her hand dismissively and grinned, "Dongxu, don't worry, I've been very discreet this time. I've been observing that old, childless family for a long time, and they won't be discovered."

Before Jia Dongxu could say anything more, Jia Zhangshi said, "Dongxu, the price of cornmeal has gone up again recently. Your current salary is just enough for us to buy cornmeal. That damned Yi Zhonghai isn't helping us anymore. I can't just watch my precious grandson go hungry if I don't think of something. Look how thin Banggeng is now!"

Jia Dongxu looked at Bang Geng and saw that Bang Geng's face was sallow and he looked weak and listless. He had lost a lot of weight. Jia Dongxu sighed deeply.

"Mom, you shouldn't steal anymore. It would be troublesome if you got caught. In half a month, it will be the end-of-year assessment. My master has been teaching me to make a relatively easy level 2 workpiece. As the assessor, he said that when the assessment comes, he will arrange for me to be assessed on this kind of easy workpiece. As long as I am promoted to level 2, my salary will be 38.5 yuan, and our family will be able to make a little more money."

Madam Jia scoffed, "Dongxu, that Yi Zhonghai, that wretched son of a dead family, doesn't even help our family anymore. Why would he care about your affairs? Is he planning something behind our backs?"

Jia Dongxu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Mom, what Master has been teaching me lately has become much more real. Don't think so badly of people. If Master doesn't help our family, maybe he really doesn't have much money. Don't you think about it? Sha Zhu took out 1500 yuan, and he lent our family 500 yuan before. Also, Master's wife has been needing to take medicine."

Madam Jia waved her hand impatiently: "Alright, alright, I've been neighbors with Yi Zhonghai, that dead son of a frail family, my whole life. Do you think I don't know what kind of person he is? Let me tell you, don't believe everything this dead son of a frail family does, or you'll get scammed without even knowing it."

"The meat is here."

Bang Geng shouted, and then Jia Zhangshi stopped talking to Jia Dongxu, her eyes fixed on the meat in Qin Huairu's bowl.

As soon as the meat was served, Jia Zhangshi stretched out her dark claws, picked up a piece of meat, put it in her mouth, and ate it with great enjoyment.

Just as Bang Geng reached for the meat, Jia Zhangshi snatched the bowl from his hand.

"Hey, don't rush, Grandma will distribute the meat to everyone."

As she spoke, she shoveled half of the meat into her own bowl, then gave most of it to Banggeng, and gave the remaining few pieces to Jia Dongxu. As for Qin Huairu and Xiaodang, they could only stare helplessly.

Qin Huairu swallowed hard but didn't say anything. There was meat at home, and she always watched her mother-in-law and the ham eat it.

"Grandma...I want to eat...meat." Little Dang stared intently at the meat in the bowl, speaking in a childish voice.

Jia Zhangshi glared fiercely at Xiao Dang: "You good-for-nothing, why are you eating meat? I'll give you a steamed bun made from mixed flour today, you should be grateful."

Banggeng looked at the dozen or so pieces of meat in his bowl, came to Xiaodang's side, pinched Xiaodang's little face, grabbed a piece of meat and put it into Xiaodang's mouth, and then put another piece of meat into Xiaodang's bowl.

"Meat...meat! Brother...brother!"

When Xiao Dang ate the meat, his big eyes narrowed into slits.

Seeing this, Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu smiled with relief. Banggeng was too naughty and not good in any way, but they were quite pleased that he loved his younger sister and didn't eat alone.

"Bang Geng, you eat your own food. Why give this money-losing thing food? Isn't that a waste?" Jia Zhangshi scolded.

"Mom, please stop talking. Xiao Dang is also a member of our Jia family. It's good for Xiao Dang to be treated well," Jia Dongxu advised.

"Alright, alright, do whatever you want with it, it's meat for you anyway."

Jia Zhangshi didn't care about anything else. She ate half of the half-pound of meat by herself. She opened her blood-red mouth wide and ate a bite of steamed bun and a bite of meat, enjoying it immensely.

Qin Huairu didn't eat lunch, so she made extra steamed buns in the evening. There was no meat for her, but she could at least eat one of the steamed buns.

Without any further ado, he picked up the steamed bun made from the two kinds of dough and began to eat it in large mouthfuls.

The Jia family enjoyed their dinner tonight immensely. They hadn't eaten meat in a long time, and everyone in the Jia family except Qin Huairu ate meat tonight. Even Xiao Dang ate two pieces of meat.

However, Qin Huairu was quite satisfied. Even though she didn't get to eat meat, she was still happy to have steamed buns made from two kinds of flour. She ate three steamed buns tonight, which made her feel very full.

However, these things were all stolen by her mother-in-law, which made her a little worried. She must keep a close eye on Banggeng next time. Whenever her mother-in-law takes Banggeng out, she must not let Banggeng go with her mother-in-law to steal things.