Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Upon hearing that it was about exchanging coal, Aunt Wu smiled slightly: "Jingru, why bother exchanging? You wait here, I'll give you a piece of coal."

As she spoke, Aunt Wu prepared to go to the kitchen to fetch coal.

Qin Jingru quickly grabbed Aunt Wu, compared the coal and the wild rabbit she was holding, and said:

"Aunt Wu, could you please get me a different one? I brought all the coal with me, and it's quite a hassle to carry just one piece of coal around. Also, Aunt Wu, could you help me kill this rabbit?"

When Aunt Wu saw the wild rabbit in Qin Jingru's hand, she smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll change your coal first, and then I'll kill the rabbit for you right away."

After taking the rabbit and coal from Qin Jingru, Aunt Wu went to the kitchen and quickly replaced the coal with a burning one for Qin Jingru.

Qin Jingru had been there for quite a while but hadn't seen Ya Ya, so she asked curiously, "Aunt Wu, where's Ya Ya? I haven't seen her."

Aunt Wu waved her hand and laughed, "She's sleeping right now. This little girl has been wanting to sleep a lot these past few days."

"Hehe, kids grow faster if they sleep a lot. Aunt Wu, hurry up and kill the rabbit, it's already past four o'clock, we're waiting to cook it tonight!"

"Don't worry, I'll go kill them right now."

Qin Jingru nodded, picked up the coal, and went back to the Intermediate People's Court.

After Qin Jingru left, Aunt Wu prepared hot water in the house, took the wild rabbit, and went to the pond in the middle courtyard to kill it.

The older women in the courtyard all looked on with envy when they saw Aunt Wu helping Wang Feng's family kill wild rabbits again.

However, they didn't go looking for trouble. Wang Feng's family always entrusted Aunt Wu with the task of killing pheasants and rabbits. Even Qin Huairu didn't get a share, let alone the likes of them.

Aunt Wu killed the wild rabbit very quickly, finishing in about half an hour and chopping it all into pieces.

Upon arriving at Wang Feng's house, Aunt Wu exclaimed, "Jingru, the rabbit is ready!"

"They're here."

Qin Jingru hurriedly ran out of the house, took the rabbit meat handed over by Aunt Wu, and saw that the internal organs were also in the large bowl.

"Aunt Wu, didn't I say that my brother Wang Feng doesn't eat offal or buttocks? Take the offal and buttocks back with you."

Aunt Wu said somewhat embarrassedly, "Jingru, meat is so expensive these days, how could Aunt Wu always take advantage of your family?"

Without saying a word, Qin Jingru grabbed the innards and other offal from the bowl and stuffed them into Aunt Wu's hand.

"Aunt Wu, I've told you so many times, you help me with the work, this is what you deserve. Even if you don't want it, I'm giving these things to someone else anyway. In this yard, our family is the closest to yours, so we can't just let others benefit from it."

Hearing Qin Jingru say this, Aunt Wu nodded gratefully: "Jingru, thank you."

Qin Jingru smiled and waved her hand: "Alright, Aunt Wu, you should go back now, I need to cook too."

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Aunt Wu looked at the nearly half-pound of offal in her hand and was deeply moved. Recently, the rations had been reduced, and their family's life had become increasingly difficult. The little money she earned from pasting matchboxes was simply not enough to buy the expensive grain. Ya Ya's complexion had become somewhat sallow lately.

......

At 5:30 p.m., a rich aroma wafted from Wang Feng's house, making the residents of the Zhongyuan Courtyard salivate.

Today we're eating wild rabbit, so there's no need to hide it. Qin Jingru didn't even brew any Chinese medicine, and with her culinary skills, the whole courtyard smelled wonderful.

Soon, the sound of children crying could be heard from many of the residents' homes.

There was no way around it; they weren't as shameless as Qin Huairu, who would go to other people's homes to ask for meat when she saw them eating it, and if the children were clamoring for meat, a meal of bamboo shoots stir-fried with meat would suffice.

When Banggeng smelled the aroma of meat at home, he immediately shouted, "Mom, Mom, I want to eat rabbit meat! I want to eat rabbit meat! Go and get me some rabbit meat!"

Qin Huairu ruffled the curly fur of the swan, comforting it, "Swan, Mom brought back some steamed buns and eggplant with minced meat today. I'll heat them up for you later, okay?"

"I won't eat it, I won't eat it! There's hardly any meat in the minced meat and eggplant dish. I want to eat rabbit meat! I don't care, you're my mom, you figure something out!" Bang Geng shouted.

Seeing this, Jia Zhangshi remained silent, her triangular eyes filled with resentment and malice.

"Those two little beasts, Wang Feng and Qin Jingru, are eating meat every other day. How come they don't eat themselves to death?"

Now Jia Zhangshi knows she can't gain any advantage from Wang Feng's family, so she no longer forces Qin Huairu to come and ask for meat, since it would be a waste of time anyway. But she still has to scold her.

Qin Huairu sighed, took the lunchbox, and went to the kitchen.

He didn't know how to persuade Bang Geng anymore. Anyway, she wouldn't go to Wang Feng's house to ask for meat anymore. Even if she went, she wouldn't get any meat and would be kicked out by that heartless Qin Jingru.

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The Intermediate People's Court, the Wang family.

Qin Jingru brought the stir-fried rabbit meat to the table, smiling as she said, "Brother Feng, may I serve some rabbit meat for Banxia?"

Wang Feng nodded: "Go ahead."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Wang Feng."

Qin Jingru smiled slightly, ladled out a bowl of rabbit meat, opened the door, and walked towards the backyard.

"Knock knock knock".

"Banxia, ​​open the door, it's me, Qin Jingru."

Lu Banxia was kneading dough when she heard Qin Jingru knocking on the door, so she quickly opened it.

"Sister Jingru, have you eaten? I'm making steamed buns right now, would you like to eat some here?"

Qin Jingru handed over the bowl, smiling and waving her hand: "I've already cooked the meal. This is wild rabbit meat, take it and try it."

Seeing the delicious-looking and fragrant rabbit meat, Lu Banxia subconsciously swallowed. Qin Jingru's cooking was truly delicious, and she really couldn't resist.

Lu Banxia accepted the rabbit meat without ceremony, smiling sweetly, "Thank you, Sister Jingru. When we have time, I'll treat you to Peking duck at Quanjude."

"Hey, why waste money like that? The roast duck at Quanjude isn't as good as mine. The other day, Brother Wang Feng got some duck, I'll make it for you to try. Okay, I'm going home for dinner now."

"OK."

Watching Qin Jingru's retreating figure, Lu Banxia sighed inwardly.

No wonder Wang Feng chose Qin Jingru. Qin Jingru is just too perfect. Not only is she beautiful, but she is also such a good person. Even though she knew that she moved into the courtyard for Wang Feng, she was not jealous. She treated her like a sister and even tried to match her up with Wang Feng. This made her feel a little guilty towards Qin Jingru.

"Knock knock knock".

Lu Banxia closed the door and was just about to continue kneading the dough and steaming the buns when she heard another knock on the door.

Lu Banxia thought Qin Jingru had something else to say, so she quickly opened the door.

When she saw the person standing outside the door, her face darkened.