Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

"Brother, brother, you're finally back!"

As soon as Wang Feng got out of the car, Li Huaide quickly came up to him, patted him hard on the shoulder, and looked very excited.

"Brother, I heard you were going hunting in the mountains the other day, and I was terrified! How are you? You weren't hurt, were you?"

When Wang Feng saw Li Huaide, the first thing he asked him wasn't about the wild boar, but whether he was injured. He was very pleased. Even if Li Huaide was just pretending to care about him, it was still very good. Unlike other leaders, who only cared whether you did a good job or not, and didn't care about your personal issues.

It has to be said that Li Huaide is a natural-born leader.

Wang Feng laughed heartily: "Don't worry, Brother Li, I'm fine. Hurry up and have someone bring the wild boars down. Brother Li, let me tell you, these three wild boars are huge. It took us a lot of effort to hunt them down."

"Yes, yes, quickly bring the wild boar down and put it on the scale."

Li Huaide gave an order, and the handyman from the third canteen quickly opened the carriage.

When they saw the size of the several large wild boars in the carriage, everyone was shocked, even Li Huaide was somewhat surprised.

These wild boars were simply enormous. I estimate that the lightest of them weighed no less than 300 pounds, and the largest one must have weighed over 350 pounds.

Wang Feng was in a good mood, so he selected a few large wild boars from his spatial storage. He now has more than twenty large wild boars weighing around 300 pounds each in his space, so bringing three male wild boars to the factory won't have a big impact.

"Haha, bro, you're this guy."

Li Huaide gave Wang Feng a thumbs up, his smile never fading.

Ya Ya was very happy to see Wang Feng in the kitchen. She was about to run over to greet him when Aunt Wu stopped her. Wang Feng had important business to attend to and couldn't let Ya Ya disturb him.

Director Zhu and Minister Ma also came over with smiles to greet Wang Feng.

Director Zhu is in charge of the canteen, and Minister Ma is in charge of the logistics department. Right now, the meat processing plant isn't sending any meat, so they're under the most pressure. But now that Wang Feng has managed to get three wild boars this big, it will finally relieve a lot of their pressure.

Several wild boars were carried off the scale, and pheasants and rabbits were also taken off the scale.

The three wild boars weighed as follows: the smallest weighed 305 jin (152.5 catties), the second 338 jin (169.5 catties), and the largest 352 jin (171.5 catties).

Li Huaide pulled Wang Feng aside and said, "Brother, meat on the black market is now selling for more than eight yuan a pound. But yours is wild boar, so it will be cheaper. And it's a live pig. The highest price our factory can offer you is three yuan a pound. But don't worry, brother, I will definitely not let you lose money. I will compensate you in other ways."

Upon hearing this, Wang Feng smiled and waved his hand: "Brother Li, there's no need for any compensation. Don't worry, I won't lose out. I contributed the most to killing these three wild boars, so I'll get one. Besides, my purchase price was only two yuan and eighty cents, so I actually made a profit of two mao."

"That won't do. It's your skill to get it for 2.8 yuan. You should definitely compensate me."

Li Huaide refused without hesitation, his tone resolute.

Wang Feng knew Li Huaide's usual way of doing things, so he didn't argue with Li Huaide and nodded in agreement.

By this time, the pheasants and rabbits had all been weighed: twenty pheasants weighed a total of 42 jin (approximately 21 catties), and thirty rabbits weighed a total of 108 jin (approximately 54 catties).

After weighing the pig, Qin Jingru instructed Lao Liu and the chefs from the first and second canteens who cooked large pot dishes to start slaughtering the pig, and also called several handymen to help out.

It's already 9:15, and I still need to slaughter the pig and go back to cook it. Time is of the essence; if I don't hurry, I won't be able to eat meat for lunch.

Wang Feng greeted Qin Jingru, took the note personally written by Li Huaide, and prepared to go to the finance department to collect the money.

He had just stepped out of the third canteen when the loudspeaker blared, and Lu Banxia's sweet voice echoed throughout the entire steel rolling mill.

[Hello, fellow workers, good morning. This is announcer Lu Banxia. The following is an announcement.]

[Due to a recent meat shortage at the meat processing plant, which has gone a month without any meat, Wang Feng, the deputy head of the third purchasing department, ventured deep into the mountains to hunt and successfully hunted three large wild boars in order to ensure that the workers could have meat. After a meeting, the plant leadership commended and promoted Wang Feng from deputy section chief level 18 to level 17.]

Since taking office, Comrade Wang Feng has demonstrated a spirit of not fearing hardship or fatigue, and has always kept in mind improving the meals for his fellow workers. His selfless dedication is worthy of our emulation.

[The following is another notice: Pork will be served free of charge at the canteen at noon. Workers can pick up meal tickets at the workshop director's office. These tickets are required to purchase food at the canteen. We hope all workers are aware of this.]

The broadcast was played three times in a row, and all the workers in the steel rolling mill heard it.

In an instant, all the workers in the steel rolling mill were excited and rushed to the workshop director's office to collect their food tickets, afraid that if they were too slow, the tickets would be snatched up.

Wang Feng was walking down the street when he heard Lu Banxia playing GG, and he was also a little surprised.

He didn't expect that the compensation Li Huaide mentioned would actually be a promotion. He was originally a level 18 cadre, but now he was promoted to level 17, and his salary also increased from 87.5 yuan to 99 yuan, reaching the same salary level as Yi Zhonghai, an eighth-level fitter.

However, he didn't care. This salary was nothing to him; it didn't matter whether he had it or not.

Qin Jingru, who was directing the slaughtering of pigs in the third canteen, was also very happy when she heard the broadcast. She didn't expect that Wang Feng would get another raise.

Everyone in the kitchen knew that Wang Feng was Qin Jingru's man, and they all came over to congratulate Qin Jingru.

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Forging workshop.

When Liu Haizhong heard on the radio that Wang Feng had been promoted another level, he was so angry that he didn't even have the strength to swing his sledgehammer anymore, and his eyes were filled with jealousy.

Liu Haizhong had worked diligently at the steel rolling mill for nearly thirty years, so why did Wang Feng become a cadre in less than two months after joining the factory? And now, after such a short time, he was promoted again. He felt it was too unfair.

When Yi Zhonghai heard the broadcast in the third fitter's workshop, he was furious. Wang Feng had always been against him in the yard, and now he had been promoted and was living a better life, while he had lost all his savings and his elderly parents. His life was getting worse and worse, which made his mind twisted.

Only Qin Huairu, who was in the fitter's workshop, heard the broadcast. Instead of being unhappy, she was very excited.

Now that Wang Feng has returned from hunting in the deep mountains, he has been promoted from level 18 to level 17, so his salary should have increased significantly. She had an IUD inserted some time ago, and it's completely healed now.

If she can win over Wang Feng, then everything he owns will be hers, right?