Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Hearing Jia Zhangshi's words, Qin Huairu sighed and said, "Mom, I guess everyone is different."

"Mom, my lower abdomen is hurting terribly right now, and I probably won't be able to go to work for the next couple of days. Could you please do the housework for me? Oh, and Mom, is there anything to eat at home? I've been starving all day, could you please get me something to eat?"

When Jia Zhangshi heard that Qin Huairu was asking her to do housework for two days straight, and now she was even asked to cook for Qin Huairu, she immediately became furious.

"Qin Huairu, you've really grown up! I'm your mother-in-law, and you actually expect me to take care of you?"

Qin Huairu sighed again: "Mom, if you don't want to, then forget it. Let me die in pain or starve. After I die, I hope you can take good care of Banggeng and Xiaodang."

Upon hearing this, Madam Jia fell silent instantly.

"Well... alright then, you get some rest, I'll go make you some steamed buns right away."

Madam Jia finally gave in. There was no other way. The only one in the family who could earn money was Qin Huairu. Without Qin Huairu, let alone raising corn cobs, she wouldn't even be able to support herself. She was very clear about this.

She absolutely could not let Qin Huairu, that beast of burden, leave the Jia family, otherwise her life of sleeping in until she naturally woke up every day and not having to do any housework would be gone.

Seeing that Jia Zhangshi obediently went to the kitchen to cook for her, Qin Huairu smiled.

Now that she's in the Jia family, she can finally speak up.

With Jia Dongxu gone, her life is actually better than before. Although she still has to do housework every day after work, which is tiring, at least she is no longer like before, when in addition to doing housework, she also had to be Jia Zhangshi's punching bag, who would take her anger out on her for no reason.

After she finishes getting her IUD inserted today, she can go see Wang Feng in a few days once she recovers.

Thinking that Wang Feng's family ate white flour steamed buns every day and could even eat meat every few days, a smile appeared on her face.

Things are looking up more and more promising.

Once she's won over Wang Feng, she'll ask him to buy her a bicycle so she can ride it back to Qin Family Village and enjoy the envious looks from others. She'll also buy a pound of White Rabbit milk candy to give to the children when she gets back.

The thought of others looking at her with envy, children thanking her, uncles and grandfathers praising her for being sensible, and her becoming the pride of the entire Qin family village, even her parents benefiting from it, made her lips unconsciously curl up.

Men are driven by their lower instincts; they're busy all day long, all for that one shiver.

She understands men very well, after all, she has been with several men.

In two days, all her wishes will come true.

......

The Intermediate People's Court, the Wang family.

After chatting with Lu Banxia for a while, Qin Jingru saw that it was almost time, so she went to cook.

She had been teaching Lu Banxia how to cook these past few days, but for some reason, Lu Banxia's talent for cooking was nowhere near as good as hers and her son's.

She tried to learn how to chop vegetables, but the pieces were all different sizes. She couldn't even cut potato shreds properly; they were either too big or too small. She also often forgot to add seasonings when cooking, and she couldn't control the heat. After that, she stopped letting Lu Banxia do it. Anyway, it's just cooking, so it doesn't matter who does it.

Qin Jingru cooks very quickly in the evening; the rice cooks without needing to be tended to, and the dishes only need to be reheated.

Less than half an hour later, Qin Jingru brought out the food and said with a smile, "Brother Wang Feng, Banxia, ​​come and eat."

"Um."

Wang Feng finished the tea in his cup in one gulp and went to eat.

Lu Banxia couldn't wait any longer after smelling that tempting aroma.

She quickly scooped out half a bowl of rice, picked up a bite of rabbit meat, and put it in her mouth.

The moment the rabbit meat entered her mouth, she devoured it piece after piece, her cheeks bulging, and she stopped talking altogether.

Seeing Lu Banxia wolfing down her food, Qin Jingru filled her bowl with more rabbit meat.

"Eat slowly, there's so much, no one's going to take it from you."

"Mmm, Sister Jingru, the rabbit meat you made today is really delicious."

Lu Banxia nodded in agreement, but her movements were not slow at all. Seeing this, Qin Jingru didn't say anything. She wasn't a child anymore, and she wasn't afraid of choking.

After the meal, the three of them chatted while drinking tea.

Lu Banxia only ate half a bowl of rice before she couldn't eat anymore, but she ate quite a lot of vegetables.

Qin Jingru ate one and a half bowls, and Wang Feng ate two and a half bowls. The three of them finished all the pheasants and rabbits.

However, Wang Feng and Qin Jingru had already eaten lunch, about a third of the meal.

Eating only one pheasant and one rabbit a day is definitely a luxury in these times, but the pheasant and rabbit are hunted by Wang Feng, so even if others are envious, they can't say anything.

Lu Banxia boiled water in the evening and helped Wang Feng take a bath.

Lu Banxia has now adapted to serving Wang Feng. After all, she grew up in the upper class and is quite familiar with wealthy men, so she is quite adaptable.

Her family used to be the biggest capitalists in Tianjin. Apart from having a few concubines, her father didn't do anything outrageous or absurd.

However, some of the other wealthy gentlemen in Tianjin were utterly absurd. As for how absurd they were, there's no need to go into details; they were simply too embarrassing to talk about.

Today, Lu Banxia took a bath with Wang Feng. She washed Wang Feng's front in the bathtub, while Qin Jingru rubbed Wang Feng's back outside the tub.

Seeing these two stunning beauties serving him like an emperor every day, Wang Feng felt quite emotional.

In his past life, he lived a mediocre life, never getting married and barely ever enjoying the services of a 698-level service before collapsing in his rented room. How tragic!

Of course, in his previous life, he wasn't unable to find a wife when he was young. After all, although he was poor, he was quite handsome when he was young.

The main problem is that he has never liked doing housework since he was a child, let alone taking care of others. If he marries a wife, he will not only have to work himself to the bone to support the family, but also take care of others. He really can't accept that. As time went by, he turned thirty.

At that time, he had accomplished nothing, and the women who were even slightly better no longer looked at him. He was unwilling to settle for the less desirable ones. Until he collapsed in his rented room at the age of forty-two, his life passed just like that.

Looking back now, life is truly short. No one knows what tomorrow will bring. Cherishing each day and enjoying the present is what he wants to do right now.

Most importantly, we need to find a way to get more jade and gemstones. Maybe when his physique breaks through again, his lifespan will be able to break through the limit.