Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Four o'clock in the afternoon.

Qin Jingru returned to courtyard number 28, and Wang Feng asked, "Jingru, how did it go? Did you get the address?"

"I found out, Brother Wang Feng. You have no idea how despicable Liu Lan's man is. He owes gambling debts and actually wants to sell his daughter to pay them off. I want to beat him to death!" Qin Jingru said viciously.

"By the way, Brother Wang Feng, Sister Lan just asked to borrow 100 yuan from me, and I agreed to lend it to her. You're not angry, are you?"

Wang Feng smiled nonchalantly: "Why would I be angry? Do you really think I'm that petty? As long as you don't lend money to someone like Qin Huairu, you can spend the money in the house however you want. Don't ask me about these things in the future."

"Hehe, thank you, Brother Wang Feng. I'm going back to my room to get the money now. I need to give it to Sister Lan later."

"Okay, go ahead."

Seeing Qin Jingru's anxious appearance, Lou Xiao'e said speechlessly, "This Liu Lan's man is no human being. He even sells his own child. He's simply a beast."

"Hehe, son, everyone is selfish. You grew up in the upper class, so of course you've never seen the filth of the lower class. Do you think the idea of ​​exchanging children to eat during a great famine is just talk?" Wang Feng laughed.

"And another thing, son, the upper class is actually very dirty. Incestuous relationships, using daughters to gain benefits, and even giving one's own wife to someone else are all common occurrences. It's just that your parents have protected you very well since you were a child, so you haven't been exposed to these dirty things."

Upon hearing this, Lou Xiao'e nodded thoughtfully.

Soon, Qin Jingru came out of the house with the money.

"Brother Wang Feng, I'm going to deliver some money to Sister Lan. Are we still eating here later?"

Wang Feng thought for a moment and said, "Go straight back to Courtyard No. 95 later."

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Qin Jingru nodded and rode her bicycle to the steel rolling mill again.

"Brother Feng, it's already four o'clock, are you still going back to No. 95 Courtyard for dinner?" Lou Xiao'e asked.

"Well, I've been here for about two days now. If I don't go back to No. 95 Courtyard, it'll easily arouse suspicion."

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In fact, Yi Zhonghai had long suspected that Wang Feng and Qin Jingru rarely stayed in the courtyard, but he had no evidence to prove that Wang Feng was an enemy agent or anything like that, so he dared not report it easily, otherwise he could not bear the retaliation from Wang Feng.

Yi Zhonghai is now like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows; he either doesn't make a move, or when he does, it's a fatal blow.

Everyone else in the courtyard knew that Wang Feng probably owned other houses outside.

It's understandable that Wang Feng, as a purchasing agent, doesn't often stay in the compound, but it's a bit unusual that Qin Jingru also rarely stays there. However, this is none of their business; they don't want to offend Wang Feng and Qin Jingru for no reason.

After chatting with Lou Xiao'e for a while, Wang Feng rode his bicycle back to courtyard number 95.

As soon as Wang Feng returned to No. 95 Courtyard, he ran into Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu was carrying a net bag in his left hand, which contained three lunch boxes that looked quite heavy. In his right hand, he was carrying tools for preparing a feast. It was clear that Sha Zhu had gone out to prepare a feast again.

"Shazhu, that's impressive! You get catering jobs every day. You must be making much more money than you would at the factory, right?" Wang Feng asked with a smile.

Sha Zhu forced a smile and nodded: "It's alright, only slightly better than the factory."

Sha Zhu doesn't hate Wang Feng as much as before. Looking back now, it all seems so ridiculous that Wang Feng beat him and Yi Zhonghai.

He used to hate Wang Feng a lot, all because of Yi Zhonghai. But what did Yi Zhonghai do? He withheld his and Yu Shui's living expenses?

In truth, he didn't have any real conflict with Wang Feng. It's just that Wang Feng had beaten him up several times, and he couldn't beat Wang Feng, which made him a little unhappy.

The two didn't say much and soon arrived at the central courtyard. Wang Feng's family lived in the main hall, so they were at their house as soon as they reached the central courtyard.

After parking his bicycle, taking out his keys, and opening the door, Wang Feng went inside.

Sha Zhu was carrying a net bag when he passed by the Jia family's house. Jia Zhangshi, who was sitting at the door sewing shoe soles, saw him and spat at Sha Zhu with resentment before going back inside.

"You idiot Zhu, you heartless, degenerate son of a bitch! You were helping our family so well, and now you're suddenly stopping? You'll get what's coming to you!"

"You stupid Zhu, you damned little beast, you bring back so much meat and vegetables every day, and you don't even know how to offer them to your old mother. I curse you to never get married in your life, and when you die, no one will even break your bowl for you."

Now, the Jia family can't gain any advantage over Sha Zhu at all, and Jia Zhangshi is very unhappy every time she sees Sha Zhu.

As soon as she returned to the house, she began cursing Sha Zhu, her triangular eyes filled with resentment.

Sha Zhu had no idea that simply by no longer supporting the Jia family, he was being cursed by Jia Zhangshi for eighteen generations.

He went back into the house, put down his tools, opened his lunchbox, and started eating.

Today he cooked seven tables of food outside, and the distance was far. He was so tired that he couldn't even straighten his back.

However, he earned a lot today, a full seven yuan, and brought back three meat dishes, and the portions of meat dishes were quite generous.

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The Intermediate People's Court, the Wang family.

Wang Feng returned to the house, intending to boil water for tea. However, upon arriving at the kitchen, he found the coal had already gone out. He could only wait for Qin Jingru to return. He took out a wild rabbit, placed it in the kitchen, and then left it there.

After sitting inside and smoking two cigarettes, Qin Jingru returned. Wang Feng quickly said:

"Jingru, our coal has run out. Go to Aunt Wu's house and get some new coal. There's a wild rabbit in the kitchen. Have Aunt Wu kill it while you're at it. We'll have stir-fried rabbit for dinner tonight."

"Okay, Brother Wang Feng, I'll go right away."

Qin Jingru parked her bicycle, went to the kitchen, picked up a piece of fresh coal, carried the wild rabbit, and headed towards Aunt Wu's house in the front yard.

Qin Jingru carried the wild rabbit and walked towards the front yard. Many residents in the yard saw her, which made them all swallow hard.

Since the rationing was reduced, it's now very difficult to buy meat in the market, and you can't even buy it at the pigeon market. There is meat occasionally available on the black market, but the price is outrageously expensive, and they simply can't afford to buy it.

Purchasing agents like Wang Feng often managed to get their hands on wild game, making everyone in the yard green with envy. Even Aunt Wu often helped Wang Feng kill pheasants and rabbits, and each time she would bring back some chicken heads, chicken butts, and internal organs, which everyone in the yard envied.

Qin Jingru didn't care about the strange looks from the older women in the yard. Anyway, it was a wild rabbit, and it was her husband Wang Feng who hunted it. Nobody could say anything about it. If you're so capable, why don't you let your husband go hunting too?

"Knock knock knock".

Upon arriving at the front yard, Qin Jingru knocked on Aunt Wu's door.

"Who is it?"

Aunt Wu opened the door and saw Qin Jingru; she immediately smiled.

"Jingru, come in and sit down."

Qin Jingru smiled slightly: "Aunt Wu, my coal has gone out. I'll exchange it with yours."