Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

When Wang Feng arrived at the central courtyard, he saw Qin Jingru sitting at her doorstep, her hands supporting her chin, looking like a young wife waiting for her husband to return home.

"Brother Wang Feng, you're back."

Qin Jingru was sharp-eyed and quick-witted. As soon as Wang Feng returned to the Central Courtyard, she spotted him and immediately greeted him with a smile.

Wang Feng smiled and nodded: "Jingru, help me take the mountain produce off the handlebars. I need to deliver these to the factory tomorrow."

"OK."

Qin Jingru agreed, picked up the mountain goods from the handlebars, and went back into the house.

The things on the handlebars were intentionally meant for others to see, so that they wouldn't always think he was just taking a salary without doing any work. Wang Feng received quite a few things today, and the money he spent alone reached more than four hundred yuan.

After parking the bicycle, Wang Feng took the sack off the back seat and carried it back into the house.

"Brother Wang Feng, what are all these?" Qin Jingru asked curiously.

"It's just some cured meat; these also need to be delivered to the factory."

"oh."

"Brother Wang Feng, take a rest for a while. I've already cooked the rice. I didn't dare to cook anything until you came back."

"Okay, go ahead."

Qin Jingru cooks very quickly. She had already chopped the vegetables and was just waiting for Wang Feng to come back to cook. In less than ten minutes, the aroma of meat and a strong smell of Chinese medicine filled the air.

The residents of the Intermediate Court were annoyed by the strong smell of Chinese medicine, but they knew that Wang Feng's family was brewing Chinese medicine. They dared not offend Wang Feng and Qin Jingru, so they could only curse inwardly.

These past few days, Jia Zhangshi has often smelled the Chinese medicine odor from Wang Feng's house while eating. She keeps cursing him at home, wishing him to be childless and to suffer the most humiliating fates. But she can only curse at home and dares not go to his house to curse him, otherwise she will definitely be beaten again.

Despite her cursing, she felt quite pleased. That little beast Wang Feng had been married to that wretched girl Qin Jingru for so long, and Qin Jingru still hadn't conceived a thing. She was even taking Chinese medicine now, so she was definitely destined to die without an heir. Unlike their Jia family, who had such a clever son to carry on their family line.

Qin Huairu sighed. She had tried to persuade her mother-in-law countless times, but Jia Zhangshi's mouth was still so vicious. Since she couldn't persuade her, Qin Huairu stopped trying. Anyway, Wang Feng and Jingru couldn't hear her cursing in their own home.

Today she brought back meat, vegetables, and steamed buns. The family happily ate the meat and vegetables. Of course, only cornbread was available; the rest of the family could only eat cornbread.

......

The Intermediate People's Court, the Wang family.

Qin Jingru brought the dishes to the table and served Wang Feng a bowl of rice, her smile sweet.

"Brother Wang Feng, I made stir-fried lamb with scallions and scrambled eggs with chives. You should try it."

As she spoke, Qin Jingru placed a piece of mutton on Wang Feng's plate, and then she ate it herself.

"Um."

Wang Feng picked up a piece of mutton and put it in his mouth, nodding in satisfaction. Qin Jingru's skill in making stir-fried mutton with scallions was almost on par with Chef Wu's; it was delicious.

......

at the same time.

Just as Wang Feng was having dinner at home, the deputy director of the Grain Bureau arrived at a small courtyard near Zhengyangmen, which was the home of the director of the Grain Bureau.

This deputy director is a trusted aide to the director of the grain bureau. He arranges many black market transactions. Today, another dozen tons of grain were shipped out, and he came to report to the director.

But as soon as he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he saw that the gate of the bureau chief's house was open, and he walked in with a puzzled look on his face.

Immediately afterwards, he saw that the bureau chief's house had been ransacked, like the Japanese invaders had entered a village. He couldn't even see the bureau chief. He knew something terrible had happened, so he quickly ran out and closed the door behind him.

He dared not report it to his superiors. Who knew if the bureau chief had heard something and fled in advance? If so, he would have to leave Beijing immediately, otherwise, given what he had done for the bureau chief, being punished would be the least of his worries.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly ran home, packed up his valuables, and prepared to run away.

Shortly after the deputy director left, a group of police officers arrived at the director's courtyard. After an inspection, the police officers reached two preliminary conclusions.

First, Chen Tiehan absconded with the money.

Secondly, his home was ransacked, and Chen Tiehan and his son were arrested.

The police station chief instructed, "Send two people to investigate what Chen Tiehan has been doing lately. Has he done anything illegal or disciplinary? The rest of you continue to investigate the scene."

"Yes."

......

the other side.

In a military compound in Beijing, Lu Banxia looked at the middle-aged military officer in front of her and burst into tears.

"Waaaaah, Uncle Li, my... my parents were murdered!"

The middle-aged officer patted Lu Banxia on the shoulder, his eyes reddening as he comforted her:

"Banxia, ​​Uncle Li has already killed the people who framed your parents and exonerated them. So don't be sad anymore. From now on, you are my daughter, Li Jianguo's own daughter, and I will take good care of you."

Li Jianguo is a major general. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was a close friend of Lu Banxia's father, who also gave him a lot of help, which led to his current status.

Six months ago, he went on a secret mission, which was successfully completed, and he was promoted to major general.

Two months ago, he went to Tianjin, wanting to have a few drinks with his good older brother to celebrate. But he heard the terrible news that his good older brother's family had been raided. His older brother and sister-in-law were framed for treason and betrayal. There were also rumors that the Lu family was shot dead on the spot when they tried to escape the country.

But he knew very well that his good brother was a patriotic businessman who had provided a lot of help to our army before the founding of the country, giving money, food, cotton clothes and shoes. Several times he even risked his life to personally deliver them to the front line. How could his good brother possibly collude with the enemy and betray the country?

After a thorough investigation, he learned that his good brother had been framed for his family's vast wealth.

"Waaah, Uncle Li, before my parents passed away, they told me to wait for you to come back, but I didn't know where you were. Duan Tiande kept sending people to look for me, so I had to pretend to be a refugee and escape all the way to Lujia Village in Beijing. I finally waited for you! If you hadn't come to find me, I wouldn't have been able to hold on any longer."

Lu Banxia threw herself into Li Jianguo's arms, tears streaming down her face as if they were free.

Li Jianguo gently patted Lu Banxia's back, his eyes red-rimmed. Even though he was a tough soldier, he shed tears at this moment.

"Banxia, ​​I'm so sorry for making you suffer. I went on a secret mission half a year ago, and I never expected this to happen. I've been looking for you for more than two months. Thank God, I finally found you."

"Banxia, ​​from now on you will be my own daughter, and I will never let you suffer even the slightest grievance again."