Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

The next day, early in the morning.

Today is Monday, and Qin Jingru got up early to make breakfast.

Around 7 a.m., after having breakfast, Lu Banxia went to work.

Wang Feng greeted Qin Jingru and then went to courtyard number 28.

"Brother Feng, why are you here so early today?"

Lou Xiao'e welcomed Wang Feng in, poured him a cup of tea, and smiled sweetly.

Wang Feng took a sip of tea and smiled, "Son, I came here to look at your medical books. It's quiet here, so you don't need to worry about me. Just make lunch when it's time."

"OK."

After finishing a pot of tea, Wang Feng first took out the book "Basic Theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine" to read. Seeing this, Lou Xiao'e went to feed the geese, chickens, and ducks.

Wang Feng reads very fast; his ability to read ten lines at a glance is no exaggeration—he truly can do it.

However, Wang Feng still felt that this was too slow, so he directly activated his spiritual sense and scanned the contents of the book. His reading speed immediately took off.

If you read a book quickly, it would take at least one or two hours to finish a medical book. But if you use your spiritual sense, you can finish a medical book in half an hour.

Wang Feng possesses the ability to remember everything he sees. Once someone is scanned by his spiritual sense, he can memorize every single word of the book.

He finished reading seven medical books in one morning, and only stopped when Lou Xiao'e called him for lunch.

After using his spiritual sense continuously for four hours, Wang Feng felt some mental pressure. He could only activate his spiritual sense for a maximum of five hours at a time, as he had tested when he went to Hong Kong Island.

I need to take a good nap this afternoon and can't read anymore, otherwise I won't be able to handle it. Anyway, there are still five medical books left, and I can finish them tomorrow morning.

There's no need to use the Water of Life to restore mental energy at home, otherwise it would be too wasteful.

His space can generate a pound of life water every day, which is a good thing. It might be very useful in the future if stored up.

Lou Xiao'e made two dishes for lunch: stir-fried wood ear mushrooms with pork and stir-fried green peppers with eggs. She picked up a piece of meat for Wang Feng and said with a smile:

"Brother Feng, you must be tired after reading all morning. Here, have some meat to nourish yourself."

Wang Feng nodded, picked up the meat, and put it in his mouth.

"Son, you eat too."

"Um."

After finishing their meal and drinking a pot of tea, Lou Xiao'e took Wang Feng to take a nap.

Wang Feng had a big fight with Lou Xiao'e and slept until 5 p.m. before returning to courtyard number 95.

As soon as Wang Feng entered the front yard, he saw Qin Huairu ahead of him, but he didn't greet her and pushed his bicycle past her.

"Wang Feng, wait a minute."

Wang Feng turned to Qin Huairu and asked, "Qin Huairu, is something wrong?"

Qin Huairu thought for a moment and said, "Wang Feng, the light bulb in my house is broken. After you finish dinner, could you come over and change it for me?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Feng refused without hesitation: "Qin Huairu, there are so many people in the courtyard, you can just find anyone. Where's Sha Zhu? Where's Yi Zhonghai? Why don't you ask them?"

Qin Huairu gave a bitter smile: "Shazhu and Uncle Yi haven't been talking to me lately. Shazhu is still hospitalized. Wang Feng, as you know, most of our neighbors in this compound don't get along with us. I really can't find anyone."

"Wang Feng, no matter what, Jingru is my cousin, that's an indisputable fact. Are you really unwilling to help me with even this small favor?"

Seeing Qin Huairu's anxious demeanor, and even bringing up Qin Jingru, Wang Fengming sensed something was amiss.

After thinking about it, Wang Feng also wanted to see what Qin Huairu was up to, so he nodded in agreement.

"Okay then, I'll go over there after we finish eating."

Qin Huairu smiled and said, "Okay, Wang Feng, thank you then."

When Wang Feng returned to the house, Qin Jingru and Lu Banxia had already come back.

"Brother Wang Feng, have some tea."

Qin Jingru knew that Wang Feng liked to drink tea, so as soon as she returned, she started boiling water and brewed tea early.

"Um."

Wang Feng took a sip of tea and asked, "Jingru, is there any food left at home? If you're out of food, just let me know a day in advance."

Qin Jingru smiled and nodded: "Okay, there's still a pound of pork and a few pounds of cured meat left at home. We've finished the pheasants and rabbits, and there's still some cabbage and potatoes left. I'll cook the pork later, and then we won't have any vegetables tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll bring some groceries back tomorrow."

"Brother Wang Feng, please have some tea first. I'll go cook."

"Go."

Qin Jingru went to cook, and Wang Feng sat down with Lu Banxia to drink tea, his mind still preoccupied with Qin Huairu's request for him to change the light bulb.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind. He remembered that Lu Banxia had used the excuse of asking him to help change a light bulb, and then slept with Lu Banxia at her house.

Could Qin Huairu be thinking of doing the same thing? He now has three women, all of them young and beautiful, each more attractive than Qin Huairu. He really doesn't find Qin Huairu attractive, considering how she's been flirting with Wang Mazi at the factory. Who knows how many men she's slept with?

To be honest, he had always doubted whether Bang Geng was actually Jia Dongxu's son, since Jia Dongxu wasn't curly-haired, but Bang Geng was, which made him somewhat similar to Yi Zhonghai.

With that thought in mind, he already had an idea.

In the evening, Qin Jingru made a braised pork dish and a hot and sour cabbage dish.

After dinner, Wang Feng said to Qin Jingru, "Jingru, when I came back just now, I ran into Qin Huairu. She said that the light bulb in her house was broken and asked me to help her change it."

Hearing this, Qin Jingru said speechlessly, "What's Qin Huairu up to? There are so many men in the courtyard, why does she have to go after you? Brother Wang Feng, you didn't agree to be with her, did you? I get annoyed just seeing Qin Huairu now."

The main reason why Qin Jingru disliked Qin Huairu was that Qin Huairu was too unfilial. Since marrying into the city, Qin Huairu had only returned to Qin Family Village once, when she and Wang Feng held a banquet there, and had never gone back since.

On that occasion, Qin Huairu even took away the only two old hens belonging to her aunt's family, and also packed up the leftover meat and dishes from the banquet to bring back. She was a complete ingrate.

If it were anyone else, it wouldn't matter, but the key is that this is her aunt. She was so good to her when she was little, never forgetting her when there was good food, and always taking the initiative to help her with heavy and tiring work, just in case she got tired.

Seeing Qin Jingru's expression, Wang Feng nodded:

"I promised her. So, Jingru, you'll come with me later. I want to see if the light bulb in Qin Huairu's house is really broken."