Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

The next day, early in the morning.

Wang Feng, Qin Jingru, and the other two got up early this morning. Qin Jingru made noodles again, and it was Wang Feng's favorite beef noodles. The beef was leftover from last night.

After breakfast, Lu Banxia went to work at the steel rolling mill.

As soon as Lu Banxia pushed her bicycle outside the yard, she saw Qin Huairu walking ahead in her work clothes, seemingly also on her way to work. However, she didn't greet Qin Huairu, but instead pedaled hard and headed towards the steel rolling mill.

Not long after Lu Banxia left, Wang Feng drank a pot of tea at home, then rode his bicycle to the steel mill.

When Wang Feng arrived at the steel rolling mill, he first went to the office of the Purchasing Department 3. However, to his disappointment, he did not see Ma Hua, Zhang Dali, or Li Jianjun in the office today.

Thinking about it, it makes sense. The snow has already melted. If they don't work harder to go to the countryside to purchase supplies, they'll end up working in the factory.

Now, only Wang Feng, the deputy head of the purchasing department, Ma Hua, Zhang Dali, and Li Jianjun remain in the third purchasing department. The other purchasing staff failed to meet their targets for three consecutive months and were all transferred to the workshop half a month ago.

Wang Feng sat at his desk, smoked a cigarette, went to the transportation department, borrowed a truck from Zhang Dazhuang, and drove the truck out of the factory.

Upon arriving at the factory gate, Wang Feng was stopped and inspected by the security officers. He handed two Daqianmen cigarettes to the two officers and said with a smile:

"Empty truck, I'm going to pick up wild boar."

Two security officers took the cigarettes and asked excitedly, "Section Chief Wang, you've caught another wild boar? How many?"

Wang Feng laughed heartily: "Not many, not many, just one this time, but it still weighs over 300 jin. The brothers can have a good meal today."

"Hahaha, good, good! We can finally have some meat! My mouth has been so bland lately."

Two security officers gave Wang Feng a thumbs up: "Section Chief Wang, you're really something. There's not a single piece of meat at the meat processing plant right now. Whether we can have meat regularly in the future depends entirely on you."

Wang Feng waved his hand and said politely, "It's only right. As the deputy head of the purchasing department, I can't just take a salary without doing any work. Alright, I'm going to go get the wild boar now. You guys just wait for lunch."

"Section Chief Wang is very generous."

"Go quickly, my mouth is watering just hearing that we can have meat for lunch."

The security officer made way for Wang Feng, and Wang Feng drove away from the steel rolling mill.

Wang Feng drove and sighed deeply. People in this era really have it tough.

A large wild boar weighs only about 300 jin (150 kg), and at most, it yields about 200 jin (100 catties) of meat. There are tens of thousands of people in the steel mill, and it would be good if each person could get two pieces of meat. But even so, it would be enough to make them happy for a long time.

However, there was nothing he could do about it. He would occasionally bring one or two large wild boars to the factory, which was good enough to complete his monthly quota. It was impossible for him to bring meat to the factory regularly.

Without thinking too much, Wang Feng wandered around outside for half an hour, just like before. He drove to a secluded and deserted place, took out a wild boar weighing over 300 pounds from his spatial storage, and also took out twenty fish weighing over five pounds each, twenty pheasants, and twenty rabbits from his storage space. Only then did he drive the truck back to the steel mill.

When Wang Feng's car arrived at the third canteen, Li Huaide, Minister Ma of the Logistics Department, and Director Zhu of the canteen were already waiting for him. Even Qin Jingru had arrived at the kitchen ahead of time.

Wang Feng knew without a doubt that it must have been those two officers from the security department who told the head of the security department about this, and the head of the security department then told Li Huaide about it.

Qin Jingru knew that Wang Feng was going to bring a wild boar to the factory today, so she arrived at the factory more than an hour early. She would be directing Lao Liu and the others to slaughter the pig later. It was a rare treat for the factory to have meat, and she planned to cook the big pot of food in their third canteen today herself, so as not to waste such good ingredients.

Wang Feng stopped the car, turned off the engine, and got out. Li Huaide, Minister Ma, and others greeted him with smiles.

Li Huaide patted Wang Feng on the shoulder heavily and laughed loudly, "Brother, it's you again! The workers have been complaining to us lately that there's no money for them, so they have no energy to work. And the meat processing plant isn't sending any meat. I'm so worried my hair is turning white!"

Wang Feng handed each of them a Daqianmen cigarette and said with a smile, "Director Li, Minister Ma, Director Zhu, have a smoke."

The three men accepted the cigarettes, and Minister Ma gave Wang Feng a thumbs up: "Section Chief Wang, you truly are a young hero! I, Old Ma, was right about you. You have no idea how much pressure I, the head of the logistics department, have been under lately. Just think, there's no meat left in the whole of Beijing, but the workers don't care about anything else and just come to me, the head of the logistics department. What can I do?"

Director Zhu smiled and nodded throughout. He had no choice; besides Wang Feng, he was the lowest-ranking person there, and his two superiors were talking, so he dared not interrupt.

Wang Feng smiled and waved his hand: "Director Li, Minister Ma, Director Zhu, let's unload the wild boar first."

"Oh, right, right, Lao Liu, quickly get someone to unload the wild boar and put it on the scale."

Director Zhu gave a signal, and Lao Liu, along with several male kitchen helpers, unloaded the wild boar, pheasants, and rabbits.

When Li Huaide saw that Wang Feng had not only brought back a large wild boar to the factory, but also dozens of pheasants, rabbits, and fish, the smile on his face never stopped.

There's no way around it; meat is just too scarce these days. Even as the manager of the steel mill, it's not easy for him to get so much meat in this kind of year.

Wang Feng and Li Huaide were smoking cigarettes on the side. Before long, the weight of the wild boar was revealed: a full 354 jin (172.5 catties).

Now, the wild boars in Wang Feng's space all reach 350 jin (125 catties) before he stores them in his space warehouse. It's not worth raising them after they reach that weight, as they eat too much and don't gain much weight.

Just as he finished smoking a cigarette, the weights of the pheasants, rabbits, and fish were tallied: 20 pheasants, 48 ​​jin; 20 rabbits, 84 jin; and 20 fish, 106 jin.

Li Huaide stubbed out his cigarette, patted Wang Feng on the shoulder, and said with a smile:

"Brother, come to my office with me. Brother Li has something to say to you."

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Wang Feng nodded and followed Li Huaide to the factory director's office.

After Li Huaide and Wang Feng left the third canteen, Director Zhu gave Qin Jingru some instructions and then left with Minister Ma.

Qin Jingru now has some experience in killing wild boars. She had already asked the kitchen staff to boil water and have the big wild boar carried to the kitchen. Then she directed Lao Liu and the others to start killing the pig.