Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Qin Jingru smiled and waved her hand: "Aunt Wu, no need to thank me. You can pay me back the money for this job slowly every month after you get your salary. It's not like it's a free gift. Okay, it's settled then. I'll arrange it tomorrow and have you go to complete the onboarding procedures."

Aunt Wu nodded: "Okay, Jingru, don't worry, I will definitely pay you back. Thank you."

"It's alright, there's no rush for the money. You can pay it back when you get your salary. Aunt Wu, I have to go back and cook now. It should be tomorrow afternoon. I'll take you to the steel mill to complete your onboarding procedures."

"Um."

After seeing Aunt Wu off, Qin Jingru returned to the house and said with a smile, "Brother Wang Feng, I told Aunt Wu that I'll take her to complete her onboarding procedures tomorrow afternoon. You need to go to Li Huaide tomorrow morning to get a job opening, otherwise I'll break my promise."

"Hehe, Jingru, don't worry, it's just a job opening, no problem," Wang Feng said with a smile.

He had helped Li Huaide so much, both openly and secretly. Although he had repaid the favor before, Li Huaide had benefited so much that he certainly wouldn't think that way.

Qin Jingru smiled and nodded: "That's good then, Brother Wang Feng, I'll go cook now."

"Okay, go ahead. Today we have pheasants and rabbits, so we don't need to brew any Chinese medicine."

"understood."

The pheasants and rabbits had already been killed and chopped into pieces, making cooking a breeze for Qin Jingru.

She was cooking two dishes at the same time: one was pheasant stew with mushrooms, and the other was stir-fried rabbit.

Today is Sunday, and everyone in the courtyard is at home. Since Qin Jingru didn't brew any Chinese medicine today, and with her culinary skills, the aroma of chicken and stir-fried rabbit meat wafted on the wind and could be smelled by almost everyone in the entire No. 95 courtyard.

The Intermediate People's Court, the Jia family.

Upon smelling the fragrance, Jia Zhangshi immediately hurled a vicious curse at Wang Feng and Qin Jingru.

"You damned little beasts, all you know is to eat, you don't even know how to show filial piety to your old mother, you deserve to have no descendants!"

"Grandma, I want to eat meat! I want to eat meat! It smells so good!" Bang Geng shouted.

Qin Huairu knew that Jingru and Wang Feng wouldn't give their family meat, so she sighed and said:

"Bang Geng, stop fooling around. Mom will bring you meat and vegetables from the factory tomorrow."

Banggeng shook his head and shouted, "No, I don't want to! I want to eat meat now! There's no meat in the vegetables you brought back at all!"

Madam Jia glared fiercely at Qin Huairu and shouted, "Qin Huairu, you're such a good-for-nothing! Tell me, your cousin Qin Jingru is married so well, she can eat meat every few days, and now she even earns 78.5 yuan a month. You, her own cousin, can't even get a little bit of that. Tell me, what good are you?"

Hearing this, Qin Huairu also lost her temper and retorted, "Mom, how dare you say that? If you hadn't treated Jingru like that before, always trying to bully her, and even stealing from Wang Feng's house, would our family have ended up like this? Now that we can't get the meat, you're blaming me?"

"Qin Huairu, I've told you so many times, I really didn't steal money from that little bastard Wang Feng's house. That little bastard Wang Feng is framing me. Why won't you believe me?"

"Besides, if you weren't so useless, would I have had to steal? You think you're right just because you're useless? If you were like Qin Jingru, earning 78.5 yuan a month, our family could eat meat every three days without any problem. And now you're blaming me?" Jia Zhangshi shouted.

Qin Huairu looked at Jia Zhangshi speechlessly. If she were capable, would she have married into the Jia family? Did she really think the Jia family was some kind of high-ranking and wealthy family?

She was too lazy to argue with Jia Zhangshi; there was no point in trying to reason with someone so unreasonable.

When Jia Zhangshi saw that Qin Huairu was silent, she thought that Qin Huairu was afraid because she couldn't argue with her. So she kept talking non-stop, which made Qin Huairu roll her eyes.

......

The front yard, the Yan family's house.

Today, Wang Feng's family killed both pheasants and rabbits, and almost everyone in the yard saw it. Now, smelling the tempting aroma, the three Yan brothers kept swallowing their saliva.

After eating sweet potatoes for so long, everyone in the Yan family looks sallow and pale.

Yan Jiecheng, in particular, works himself to death in the foundry every day, and then he has to eat sweet potatoes when he gets home. He has lost at least ten pounds during this period.

Liu Yuhua usually goes to her parents' house for a special meal on Sundays, but she wasn't home today, so she didn't smell any delicious aroma.

The only member of the Yan family who hasn't lost weight during this time is Liu Yuhua. Liu Yuhua eats cornbread at least every day, and every few days she can have steamed buns and meat, but she won't share these with the Yan family.

......

The backyard, Lu Banxia's house.

When Lu Banxia smelled the aroma of meat in the house, she knew that Qin Jingru must have returned. She opened the door and headed towards the courtyard.

When she arrived at Wang Feng's house, she found the door open and went straight inside.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw Wang Feng sitting inside drinking tea. I said, "Brother Feng, where have you and Sister Jingru been these past two days? I noticed your house was always locked, and I thought something had happened to you."

"Banxia, ​​come and have some tea."

When Wang Feng saw that it was Lu Banxia, ​​he quickly poured her a cup of tea and said with a smile, "Jingru and I have been busy these past two days, so we haven't been back. Starting today, whenever we're home, you can come and have dinner with us. You can smell the aroma, right? Jingru made two really delicious dishes tonight."

"Um."

Lu Banxia didn't stand on ceremony. She was Wang Feng's woman now, so why should she be polite?

She took the tea Wang Feng offered, took a small sip, and her eyes widened as soon as the tea entered her mouth.

A rich, refreshing fragrance wafted into her nostrils, making her feel somewhat intoxicated. Although she hadn't been in a very good mental state, after taking a sip of tea, she inexplicably felt much better.

"Excellent tea," Lu Banxia exclaimed.

With that, she drank the tea in one gulp.

Wang Feng smiled slightly and poured Lu Banxia another cup.

"Banxia, ​​drink more. This tea is quite rare. I only came across it by chance on the black market. I've almost finished it all, and now I can't buy it anymore."

"what?"

"It's gone!"

Lu Banxia was somewhat disappointed. She had been thinking of asking Wang Feng to give her some of this fine tea so she could bring some to her Uncle Li to try.

Today, Sister Hongyan stole two packets of top-grade tea from her house, and Uncle Li was clearly very happy.

She was certain that even the finest tea could not compare to the one she was drinking now. After all, she had drunk many top-quality teas since she was a child, but compared to the tea she was drinking now, it was like heaven and earth. It was just a pity that it was no longer available.

After drinking a few cups, Lu Banxia started pouring tea for herself. As she drank, she felt more and more energetic.