Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

The front yard, the Yan family's house.

As soon as Yan Jiecheng returned, he said to Yan Fugui, "Dad, Wang Feng was promoted from level 18 to level 17 today. I heard his salary also increased from 87.5 yuan to 99 yuan, because he hunted three big wild boars in the deep mountains this time."

Yan Fugui's face was gloomy, and he sighed: "I already know about this. It's all over the courtyard now."

"Jiecheng, let's make more snares these next few days. You and Jiefang go hunting in the mountains on Sunday and cast your nets wide. Set more snares. I don't believe that if Wang Feng can catch so many prey, you can catch one or two pheasants or rabbits, right?"

"Okay, Dad."

Liu Yuhua, who was standing to the side, heard the conversation between the Yan father and son and looked at the Yan family with a sneer, her face full of disdain.

Do you really think hunting is so easy? Wang Feng was able to hunt because he's good at it. As for Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang, those two good-for-nothings, let alone hunt, they're lucky to even come back safely.

However, she didn't remind him. She didn't care about the Yan family's affairs. Even if Yan Jiecheng was gored to death by a wild boar, she wouldn't care. Anyway, she married Yan Jiecheng just to keep her father from worrying and to avoid being laughed at by others.

As for Yan Jiecheng, that dead eunuch, it makes no difference whether he exists or not. He can't do anything except spit on her.

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The Intermediate People's Court, the Wang family.

Wang Feng sipped his tea and looked at Qin Jingru, asking, "Jingru, what's your mother's birthday?"

Qin Jingru smiled sweetly: "Brother Wang Feng, it's the day after tomorrow, which is Saturday."

Wang Feng nodded: "Okay, I'll prepare some things tomorrow, and you can ask for a day off the day after tomorrow. We'll go back to Qin Family Village together."

"Hehe, Brother Wang Feng, you don't need to ask for leave. I talked to Director Zhu today, and he told me to just go directly. Anyway, there's no one to entertain guests in the kitchen right now, so there's nothing for me to do," Qin Jingru said with a smile.

"Um."

Wang Feng smiled slightly. He didn't expect that Director Zhu was so easy to talk to. Last week, Qin Jingru took leave to have dinner with Lou Bancheng and his wife, and this week she took leave again. He told her directly that she didn't need to take leave and didn't need to go to the factory.

Wang Feng remembered that when Sha Zhu was the head chef in the third canteen, he never gave Director Zhu any face.

Director Zhu was incredibly frustrated. As Sha Zhu's direct superior, he was completely helpless against Sha Zhu. Sha Zhu was going against him, the canteen director, but Director Zhu didn't dare to deduct Sha Zhu's salary, otherwise Sha Zhu would quit.

Before Qin Jingru joined the factory, he reminded her to show Director Zhu the appropriate respect in the canteen. Now the benefits are showing, aren't they?

Therefore, one should not be arrogant just because one has a skill. Even if others cannot do anything to you at the time, they may stab you in the back one day given the chance.

Aunt Wu was very quick at killing pheasants and rabbits; she finished in less than an hour. Of course, the innards and the chicken tail were given to Aunt Wu.

Qin Jingru was originally a diligent person; she could kill pheasants and rabbits herself. However, everyone had been having a hard time lately, and she just wanted Aunt Wu to give Ya Ya more nourishing food, so she waited for Aunt Wu to come back before killing them.

Just as Qin Jingru went to the kitchen to cook, Lu Banxia came to Wang Feng's house from the backyard, waiting for dinner to be served.

Wang Feng poured Lu Banxia a cup of tea and said with a smile, "Banxia, ​​you now have a million dollars in your hands. Do you like your current job? If you don't, you don't need to go to work. Anyway, our family is rich and well-off, and we don't rely on your salary to live."

Lu Banxia took a sip of tea and smiled, saying, "Brother Feng, I've already given you the money, so it's yours. Besides, I quite enjoy working in the factory. It would be so boring to stay at home all day with nothing to do, wouldn't it?"

Wang Feng nodded: "As long as you like this job, that's fine. By the way, Banxia, ​​the day after tomorrow is Jingru's mother's birthday. We have to go back to Qin Family Village. Tomorrow, ask Jingru to cook more dishes for you to eat the day after tomorrow. You can just heat up the food and eat it then."

"Okay, sure."

Lu Banxia smiled sweetly, feeling very warm inside.

Wang Feng and the others won't be home the day after tomorrow, and they even considered her meal arrangements. Don't underestimate this small thing; you can tell a person's attitude towards you from these details.

The two chatted casually, and soon the kitchen was filled with the rich aroma of meat.

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The Intermediate People's Court, the Jia family.

Qin Huairu heated up the four meat dishes and served them on the table. Banggeng and Jia Zhangshi didn't even use chopsticks; they just grabbed the meat from their bowls with their hands and started eating.

Seeing Banggeng stuffing his face, Jia Zhangshi snatched the bowl away and grinned, "Banggeng, eat slowly, Grandma will give you some meat."

As she spoke, she shoveled five or six pieces of meat into Banggeng's bowl, put two pieces of meat into Qin Huairu's bowl, and even put a piece of meat into Xiao Dang's bowl.

The four meat dishes contained less than two ounces of meat, totaling only a dozen or so slices. Bang Geng took about a third of the meat, and Qin Huairu and Xiao Dang together only had three slices. The remaining eight slices all went to Jia Zhangshi, who took half of them.

If it weren't for the fact that the whole family is now relying on Qin Huairu to earn money to support them, she wouldn't share a single piece of meat with Qin Huairu and Xiao Dang. Just like before, the only ones in the family who can eat meat are her and Bang Geng.

However, she dared not offend Qin Huairu too much now. If Qin Huairu disregarded the oath she had made and actually went to marry some random man, that would be troublesome.

Qin Huairu saw that Jia Zhangshi alone occupied half of the meat and said helplessly:

"Mom, how can you take meat from the children? The factory hasn't had any meat or vegetables for a long time, and the price of meat on the black market is too high. Our family simply can't afford it. I finally managed to get four food coupons, and I can't even bear to eat them myself. I'm saving them to help Bang Geng get stronger. Look at Bang Geng, he's lost weight recently."

Upon hearing this, Madam Jia Zhang's triangular eyes glared: "Qin Huairu, you think you're so capable now? Didn't I already share so much meat with Bang Geng? You and Xiao Dang got some too, what more do you want? Do you want to starve me to death?"

Qin Huairu sighed. She really didn't want to argue with this unreasonable and argumentative mother-in-law. She felt so tired, but she couldn't avoid arguing.

"Mom, can you please be reasonable? We're adults, it's okay for us to eat less, but Banggeng and Xiaodang are still children and need nutrition. You've taken up half of their nutrition, is that fair?"

"Mom, I really don't want to argue with you. If you keep taking more than your share, and this family can't continue like this, I'll take Banggeng and Xiaodang and remarry."

"Qin Huairu, how dare you!"

Jia Zhangshi's eyes flashed with a fierce light, her triangular eyes fixed on Qin Huairu, but Qin Huairu was not afraid and met Jia Zhangshi's gaze.

After a while, seeing that Qin Huairu was unyielding, Jia Zhangshi reluctantly took three slices of meat from her bowl, one for Qin Huairu, and one each for Banggeng and Xiaodang.