Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

10:00 AM.

Wang Feng and Qin Jingru arrived at the steel rolling mill together. Qin Jingru went directly to the third canteen, while Wang Feng went straight to the factory director's office.

"Knock knock knock".

"Please come in."

Wang Feng walked into the office, and Li Huaide greeted him with a smile, "You're here, brother."

Taking out a Zhonghua cigarette and handing it to Li Huaide, Wang Feng got straight to the point with a smile and said, "Brother Li, the reason I came to see you this time is to ask you for a kitchen helper position."

Li Huaide took the cigarette, lit it, and said, "Brother, the factory is basically not short of people right now, but since you asked, I have to give you face no matter what. By the way, brother, last time you brought your brother-in-law to the factory, this time it's not your sister-in-law, is it?"

Wang Feng smiled and waved his hand: "Brother Li, this is just a neighbor from my courtyard. But this neighbor helped me a lot when I was in trouble before. You know me, I repay kindness with kindness and revenge with revenge. Now that I'm able to do it, my neighbor is almost starving because of the recent reduction in rations. I have to help him out, right?"

Upon hearing this, Li Huaide gave a thumbs up: "Brother, well done! I, Li Huaide, like people like you who are loyal and righteous the most. I'll write you a note right now. Take the note and your neighbor to the personnel department to complete the onboarding process."

As he spoke, Li Huaide took out paper and pen and quickly wrote out the letter of introduction, then stamped it with the factory director's official seal.

"Brother, the letter of introduction is ready, here you go."

Wang Feng accepted the letter of introduction, smiled and nodded: "Thank you, Brother Li. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

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Wang Feng turned around and asked, "Brother Li, is there anything else?"

Li Huaide sighed and said, "Brother, have you been having some trouble with your procurement lately? I've noticed you haven't been able to get any wild boar or other mountain products for a while now. Brother, I'm under a lot of pressure right now, so you'd better put in a good effort and help me out."

Wang Feng said speechlessly, "Brother Li, I've exceeded my monthly targets. This is all I can do. The meat processing plant isn't supplying pork right now. You can't expect me to supply pork for the entire plant by myself, can you? Even if I agreed, I don't have the capacity."

Li Huaide gave a wry smile: "Brother, you've misunderstood. How could you possibly supply pork for our large factory with 10,000 employees by yourself? What I mean is, you should go to the countryside more often and bring back some wild game. Brother, you don't know, these Soviet experts are being treated to good food and wine every day. Our factory simply can't produce any ingredients right now."

Upon hearing this, Wang Feng also started to play the victim, sighing and saying, "Brother Li, many poor families in the countryside are now digging for wild vegetables and eating tree bark. Wild game in the mountains is becoming increasingly scarce. But don't worry, Brother Li, I will work hard."

"By the way, Brother Li, besides asking you for a job opening, I also came to the factory to deliver goods today. This time I got twenty pheasants, twenty rabbits, and twenty fish. I didn't get any big ones this time, but it's still a decent haul."

"Hahaha, good, good, good! Brother, you're truly my lucky star!" Li Huaide laughed loudly.

"If you hadn't gotten your hands on these wild game today, we wouldn't have been able to prepare the banquet. You have no idea, these Soviet experts are really hard to please."

Wang Feng smiled slightly: "Brother Li, I'm going to deliver the goods now. I also need to go to the countryside this afternoon to discuss the next trip into the mountains with the hunters in the village."

"Go ahead, go ahead, brother. Tell the farmers that our steel mill will buy all the game, no matter what kind it is. The price is negotiable. You can offer a higher price if you want. If you lose money, just tell Brother Li, and I'll personally compensate you."

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Wang Feng agreed and left the factory director's office, going directly to the third canteen to find Qin Jingru.

He handed the letter of introduction to Qin Jingru and said, "Jingru, this is a letter of introduction from Li Huaide. If you're free now, go and bring Aunt Wu over to complete the onboarding procedures. I still have some game to deliver to the factory. You should be able to handle this, right?"

After taking the letter of introduction, Qin Jingru smiled and nodded: "No problem. I know several of the ladies in the personnel department quite well. I'll go back to the hospital to find Aunt Wu. Brother Wang Feng, go ahead and take care of it. I promise I'll handle it perfectly."

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After Wang Feng left the third canteen, Qin Jingru also left, riding her bicycle towards courtyard number 95.

It only took Qin Jingru five minutes to ride her bike back to courtyard number 95.

As soon as she stepped into the front yard, the third aunt saw Qin Jingru and asked in surprise, "Jingru, aren't you supposed to be at work today? Why are you back already?"

Qin Jingru smiled and said, "I came back to see Aunt Wu about something, and I have to go back to work at the factory later."

As she spoke, she walked past the three older women, pushed her bicycle, and arrived at Aunt Wu's house, knocking on the door.

"Knock knock knock".

"Aunt Wu, Aunt Wu, it's me, Jingru."

Aunt Wu, who was pasting matchboxes inside the house, heard Qin Jingru's voice and quickly opened the door. Ya Ya came out with her.

"Sister Jingru."

As soon as the door opened, Ya Ya rushed over with her short legs and hugged Qin Jingru's long legs tightly.

Qin Jingru rubbed Ya Ya's little head and smiled at Aunt Wu, saying, "Aunt Wu, do you have time now? If not, come with me to the steel rolling mill to complete the onboarding procedures."

Aunt Wu nodded, looked at Ya Ya, and said with some difficulty, "Jingru, I'm worried about leaving Ya Ya home alone. Can I take Ya Ya with me to the factory?"

Qin Jingru nodded: "Of course you can. I was going to bring Yaya to the factory anyway. I'll take you to complete the onboarding procedures later. I'll ask Sister Lan in the kitchen to watch over Yaya for you. Don't worry, Sister Lan is a very nice person. She also has a daughter, who seems to be about the same age as Yaya."

"Cheng, Jingru, thank you."

Qin Jingru smiled and waved her hand, then gently patted Ya Ya's head and said with a smile, "Ya Ya, how about I take you to the factory to play?"

Ya Ya said in her childish voice, "Okay."

"Okay, Yaya is such a good girl. Let me carry you to the back of my bicycle, and we'll ride over there."

"Yay, let's ride our bikes!"

Ya Ya jumped up with joy, and Qin Jingru picked her up and put her on the back of the bicycle, then pushed the bicycle out of the No. 95 courtyard.

Once outside the courtyard, Qin Jingru asked Aunt Wu to sit in the back seat as well. Ya Ya was thin and small, and she could barely fit in the back seat with Aunt Wu.

Qin Jingru pressed down hard on the pedal, and the bicycle quickly started moving.

"Mommy, the bicycle is so fast! Sister Jingru, faster, faster!"

Ya Ya sat in the back seat, dancing with joy and excitement.