Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Qin Huairu wasn't embarrassed at all, and said with a smile, "Banxia, ​​it's like this, next Sunday is my mother's birthday, and I'd like to borrow your bicycle to go back to the countryside. Is that convenient for you?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Banxia frowned and refused without even thinking.

"It's inconvenient. I have something to do next Sunday and need to go out."

Qin Huairu subconsciously said, "Hehe, Banxia, ​​thank you. When Sister Qin comes back from the countryside, I'll bring you something delicious."

When Lu Banxia saw that Qin Huairu was pretending to be stupid, she frowned and said, "Qin Huairu, didn't you hear what I said? I said, it's inconvenient, I can't lend you the bicycle."

"what?"

Qin Huairu thought she had misheard and was instantly stunned.

"Banxia, ​​can I borrow your bicycle for a bit? I promise I'll return it to you in perfect condition. After all, I just washed your clothes."

Lu Banxia said speechlessly, "Qin Huairu, I remember your family home is in Qinjiazhuang, Hongxing Commune, Changping, right? I lived in Lujia Village, Hongqi Commune for a while before, which isn't far from Qinjiazhuang. I remember it's quite convenient to get around Changping by bus. It's your mother's birthday, you can take a bus back, why do you have to ride a bicycle?"

"Qin Huairu, I asked you before you washed my clothes, and you said it was free, so I let you do it for me. What, you're asking for a reward right after you finished washing them?"

"Well."

Qin Huairu was speechless.

Now, Qin Huairu was finally certain that Lu Banxia had truly changed and was no longer as easily fooled as before.

Jingru has been getting close to Lu Banxia lately and often brings her meals. It's highly likely that Jingru said something to Lu Banxia that caused Lu Banxia's attitude towards her to change completely.

"Banxia, ​​since you're going to use your bicycle next Sunday, I'll just take the bus home myself."

After saying that, Qin Huairu left without looking back. Since she couldn't borrow a bicycle, she didn't want to say anything more to Lu Banxia. Given Lu Banxia's current attitude towards her, it would be useless to say anything more.

Seeing Qin Huairu's discomfiture, Lu Banxia scoffed and closed the door.

On her way back to the Jia family home, a hint of hatred flashed in Qin Huairu's eyes—hatred directed at Qin Jingru.

It's one thing for Jingru not to help her herself, but why does she have to stop others from helping her? She still can't figure out what she did to offend Jingru and Wang Feng.

Her cousin Qin Jingru is unreliable, Jia Dongxu is unreliable, Yi Zhonghai is unreliable, and even Sha Zhu is unreliable. Now, the only person she can rely on is herself. Why is she so unlucky?

Recently, Wang Mazi was fined for fighting and was also banned from performance evaluation for three years. These past few days, people have been urging her to pay back the money, which is driving her crazy.

Fortunately, Li Lei wasn't angry with her about this. Her family had been doing quite well lately, and she was able to bring back one or two steamed buns and a meat dish from the factory every day.

......

at the same time.

Courtyard 28.

Wang Feng took a sip of tea and said, "Son, Jingru and I went back to Courtyard No. 95. We haven't been back for almost two days. If Uncle Lou has any news, just tell him to go directly to Courtyard No. 95 to find me."

Lou Xiao'e nodded: "Okay, Brother Feng, I understand."

Wang Feng took a pheasant and a rabbit from the kitchen, and then left courtyard number 28 with Qin Jingru, returning to courtyard number 95.

As soon as the two entered the front yard, they saw the third aunt watering the flowers at the door. Wang Feng and Qin Jingru did not greet the third aunt and walked directly towards the middle yard.

When the three women saw a pheasant and a rabbit hanging on Wang Feng's handlebars, their mouths watered and their eyes turned red with envy.

Her family has been eating sweet potatoes lately, and she hasn't even had cornbread in a long time. Now that she sees pheasants and rabbits, how can she resist?

However, Wang Feng and Qin Jingru, that stingy couple, had never gotten the better of her, and she didn't shamelessly seek to make things difficult for them.

As Wang Feng and Qin Jingru passed by Aunt Wu's house, Wang Feng said to Qin Jingru, "Jingru, have Aunt Wu kill the pheasants and rabbits this afternoon and cook a lot of dishes tonight. Tonight, we'll officially invite Banxia to our house for dinner."

"OK."

Qin Jingru agreed, took the pheasant and rabbit from Wang Feng's handlebars, and knocked on Aunt Wu's door. Wang Feng then pushed his bicycle back to the central courtyard.

Back at the Intermediate People's Court, Wang Feng had just opened the door when He Yushui came looking for him.

"Brother Wang Feng, where have you and Sister-in-law Jingru been these past few days? I've looked for you several times, and your house has been locked the whole time."

Wang Feng asked疑惑地, "Yu Shui, is there something you need from me?"

He Yushui said somewhat embarrassedly, "Brother Wang Feng, I...I want to borrow some meat from you."

"Um?"

Wang Feng looked at He Yushui in surprise. Wasn't this Qin Huairu's line? How come He Yushui learned it too?

Feeling a little embarrassed by Wang Feng's surprised gaze, He Yushui quickly explained:

"Brother Wang Feng, it's like this, He Yuzhu just had surgery a few days ago and he's very weak right now. The doctor told me to feed him more nutritious food, but... but there's no meat to be found in the market right now, not even in the pigeon market, and I don't dare go to the black market, so... so..."

Upon hearing this, Wang Feng finally understood. She was genuinely afraid that Yu Shui would become like Qin Huairu.

Wang Feng sighed inwardly. Even if He Yushui severed her sibling relationship with He Yuzhu, in the end, she would still be implicated by Sha Zhu.

"Rain, wait for me a moment, I'll go get you the meat right away."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Wang Feng."

When Wang Feng returned to the house, he took out a piece of meat from his spatial storage, not much, just about half a pound of lean meat.

If it weren't for the rain, Wang Feng wouldn't care about the life or death of an idiot like Sha Zhu.

"Rain, here's half a pound of meat, take it."

He Yushui took the meat and nodded gratefully, "Brother Wang Feng, thank you."

Now, among He Yushui's family in the courtyard, only Wang Feng is genuinely helping her. The others are all superficially trying to curry favor with her, but they are actually after her money, thinking she is young and easy to fool. Fortunately, she had already entrusted all her money to Wang Feng for safekeeping, otherwise she would have been driven crazy by Qin Huairu and the others.

Wang Feng smiled and waved his hand: "Rain, don't be shy. By the way, how's Sha Zhu doing now? How long until he can be discharged from the hospital?"

He Yushui forced a smile: "My brother's injuries this time are quite serious. The doctor said he'll need to stay in the hospital for at least another week."

"Brother Wang Feng, I have to go back and cook some lean meat porridge. I also need to deliver food to the hospital later."

"Go."