Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

"Clap clap clap".

"Aaaaaah!"

"Dad! Dad! Don't hit me, don't hit me! I wasn't laughing at you! I'm just so angry! Why does Qin Huairu, who just joined the factory, get more supplies and benefits than you, a level seven forger?"

Liu Haizhong remained silent, swinging his belt with a series of sharp cracks, each strike causing Liu Guangtian to scream in agony.

Liu Guangfu, who was hiding in his room, heard his father beating his second brother again. He was so scared that he trembled. He carefully walked out of the room and was about to run outside.

Just then, Aunt Er spotted Liu Guangfu and stopped him as well.

"Guangfu, where are you going?"

When Liu Haizhong saw that Liu Guangfu still dared to run away, he grabbed Liu Guangfu without saying a word and whipped him with a belt.

"what!"

Liu Guangfu screamed in pain as a belt had just struck the back of his hand, tearing off a piece of skin.

"Dad! Dad! I didn't say anything, I didn't do anything! Why are you hitting me!" Liu Guangfu shouted.

"Clap clap clap".

"Aaaaaah!"

Liu Haizhong wielded the belt so tightly that the two brothers screamed in agony.

With red-rimmed eyes, Liu Haizhong looked at Liu Guangfu with a cold smile and asked in a deep voice:

"You didn't do anything, so why did you run away? You must have been cursing me in your heart and you ran away because you felt guilty. I'll beat you two bastards to death. All you ever do is make me angry."

This time he went all out. He lost his position as team leader, lost 500 yuan, and owed a bunch of apprentices a huge debt. He was furious and had nowhere to vent his anger. He couldn't stand these two bastards. His biggest regret now was that he didn't beat up his boss when the boss was still at home, otherwise the boss might not have run away.

"Dad, Dad! I didn't curse you in my heart, I really didn't... Ah! Be gentle, be gentle!" Liu Guangfu shouted.

Liu Guangtian was also whipped and let out a miserable scream. His fists were clenched, his veins bulged all over his body, and his eyes were full of resentment as he looked at Liu Haizhong.

The screams of Liu Guangtian and his brother were so loud that everyone in the courtyard could hear them, leaving everyone speechless.

Liu Haizhong beats his son as soon as he gets back, and lately he's been beating him almost every three days, and every five days he's been beating him badly. It's unbelievable.

Yan Fugui, who lived in the front yard, heard the screams of Liu Guangtian and his brother and shook his head, sighing, "Unkind parents, unfilial children!"

......

Intermediate People's Court, He Yushui's home.

He Yushui was already used to hearing the screams of Liu Guangtian and his brother. She cut off two ounces of meat and started cooking.

She had just started her vacation a while ago, so she asked Wang Feng for 100 yuan, bought pots and pans, and started cooking for herself.

That evening, she cooked one dish: stir-fried green peppers with pork.

Hearing the aroma of meat wafting from He Yushui's room, Sha Zhu swallowed hard and knocked on He Yushui's door.

"Knock knock knock".

"Who is it?"

He Yushui opened the door and saw Sha Zhu, who was now disheveled and unkempt, looking even older than Yi Zhonghai. He Yushui asked coldly, "He Yuzhu, what are you doing here?"

He Yuzhu gave a wry smile: "Yushui, I'm still your own brother, how can you talk to me like this?"

He Yushui sneered: "He Yuzhu, ever since you hit me because of Yi Zhonghai, I've said that you're no longer my brother. I only helped you pay the compensation last time because of Dad and the house. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered with you."

After saying that, He Yushui slammed the door shut.

Seeing his younger sister, who had once relied on him so much, treating him like this, not even willing to say a word to him, Shazhu sighed, smiled bitterly, and went back into the house.

......

Courtyard 28.

That evening, Qin Jingru and Lou Xiao'e cooked braised goose in an iron pot, along with stir-fried mutton with scallions and spicy and sour cabbage.

At the dinner table, Lou Xiao'e placed a goose leg on Wang Feng's plate and said with a smile, "Brother Feng, I'd like to go back to my parents' house for the Chinese New Year tomorrow, is that alright?"

Before Wang Feng could speak, Qin Jingru interjected, "Son, what's wrong with you? Tomorrow is Lunar New Year's Eve, our family should be together. What's the meaning of you going to your parents' house for the New Year?"

Lou Xiao'e explained with a smile, "Brother Feng, Sister Jingru, it's like this, every year I spend Lunar New Year's Eve with my parents. But now I'm with Brother Feng, and my brother went to Hong Kong Island earlier this year, so now it's just my parents at home. My parents feel that it's too lonely for the two of them to spend the New Year alone. A few days ago when I went back to my parents' house, my dad brought this up with me and asked me to ask for your opinion."

Wang Feng thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, the day after tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year. I'll go to wish your parents a Happy New Year, and then we'll come back together."

"Yes, thank you, Brother Feng," Lou Xiao'e said sweetly.

"Brother Wang Feng, son, in our countryside, once a woman gets married, she doesn't go back to her parents' home for the New Year. What kind of logic is it for a woman to go back to her parents' home for the New Year?" Qin Jingru said.

Wang Feng waved his hand with a smile: "Alright, it's just that her brother went to another city and she's living with me now, so she's not used to it yet. She'll be fine next year."

"Okay then."

Wang Feng nodded in agreement, so Qin Jingru had no choice but to agree as well.

Lou Xiao'e, looking apologetic, placed another goose leg on Qin Jingru's plate, and the three of them began to chat intermittently.

After finishing her meal, Lou Xiao'e brewed a pot of tea.

Wang Feng took a sip of tea and asked, "Son, you didn't boil any water today, did you?"

"It burned? What happened?" Lou Xiao'e asked in confusion.

"Let it burn. We won't take a bath tonight, just wash our feet. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, aren't we supposed to take a bath for the New Year?"

"Um."

After finishing his tea, Wang Feng asked Lou Xiao'e to find a large basin to fetch water for washing his feet.

We've boiled so much water, we can't let it go to waste.

Today, Wang Feng didn't let Lou Xiao'e and Qin Jingru wash their feet; the three of them washed their feet together in a large basin.

Lou Xiao'e and Qin Jingru had small, delicate, and snow-white feet, which were quite beautiful. Luckily, he didn't have a foot fetish, otherwise, those two exquisite little feet would have been enough for him to play with for three years.

Wang Feng simply rubbed their insteps with his feet and that was it. Now that they were both on their periods, he didn't dare to go too far, otherwise no one would put out his fire.

After washing their feet, the three of them went to bed, but they slept in vegetarian slumber.

......

Early the next morning.

The three of them got up early. Qin Jingru made mutton noodles. After breakfast, Qin Jingru went to buy Spring Festival couplets.

After buying the Spring Festival couplets, she and Lou Xiao'e put them up together. They put up a pair of couplets on the front door and another pair on the main room, but not on the other rooms.

The two of them did another thorough cleaning of the house. Lou Xiao'e said goodbye to Wang Feng and Qin Jingru and then returned to the Lou family home.

"Jingru, take the Spring Festival couplets, let's go back to courtyard number 95."

"Um."