Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

After leaving the space, Wang Feng checked the time; it was almost four in the morning.

This time, it took him more than ten hours to forge the shield in the space, but in the space's ten times time flow zone, only a little over an hour had passed in reality.

After leaving the abandoned compound, Wang Feng took out his bicycle and rode it towards No. 95.

Back in the room, he took off his clothes and hood, quietly lifted the covers, lay down on the bed, hugged Qin Jingru's teddy bear, and fell into a deep sleep.

......

The next day, early in the morning.

As usual, Qin Jingru got up early to make breakfast. After breakfast, Lu Banxia went to work at the steel rolling mill, and he stayed at home with Qin Jingru.

Now the factory's "bitter memories and sweet memories" meals are well-prepared in all the canteens, so Qin Jingru no longer needs to go so early in the morning to check on them.

Wang Feng stayed with Qin Jingru at home until 9:45 a.m., and only after Qin Jingru went to work at the steel rolling mill did he prepare to go to No. 28 courtyard to accompany Lou Xiao'e.

He'll be leaving Beijing in two days, so I need to make sure I spend these last two days with his women.

Wang Feng had just pushed his bicycle out of courtyard number 95 when he saw Xu Damao riding back on a new bicycle.

Xu Damao stopped the car, his face beaming with a smug look.

"Brother Wang Feng, where are you headed?"

As he spoke, Xu Damao patted the handlebars of his bicycle: "Look, how's my Flying Pigeon bicycle? I bought it for 180 yuan, and I just went to the police station to have it stamped with a metal stamp."

Seeing Xu Damao's smug look, Wang Feng didn't want to discourage him, so he laughed it off.

"Brother Da Mao, when you ride this new bicycle back to the compound, you'll be the coolest guy in Beijing."

"Haha, Brother Wang Feng, I, Xu Damao, am quite self-aware. What are you talking about? Alright, you go ahead and do your work. I'm heading back now. I only took half a day off, and I still have to go to work this afternoon."

Xu Damao laughed heartily and pushed his bicycle into the yard.

Wang Feng shook his head speechlessly. With Xu Damao's long, donkey-like face, did he really not know? Or did he get his confidence from somewhere?

Ignoring Xu Damao, he rode his bicycle to No. 28 courtyard.

......

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Today was the day Wang Feng was preparing to go to Hong Kong Island. On that day, Wang Feng took a lot of pheasants and rabbits from his space back to No. 95 Courtyard. Among them were two pheasants, two rabbits, and even a five-pound grass carp.

This made everyone in the courtyard green with envy; it added up to a full twenty pounds of meat!

Most families haven't eaten meat since the rationing was reduced, but Wang Feng brought back so much prey at once, how could others not be envious?

But there's nothing they can do even if they're envious. The pheasants and rabbits are hunted, and the fish are caught by themselves. Even if they report it to the neighborhood committee, it won't do any good.

Wang Feng wanted to release more pheasants and rabbits into the yard so that Qin Jingru and Lu Banxia's food standards could remain the same after he left Beijing. However, the yard was full of people who were envious. A few prey at a time was fine, but if there were more, they might not be able to resist.

Wang Feng was much bolder with Lou Xiao'e. He first made several large cages, similar to chicken coops, in his space and took them to Lou Xiao'e's place early in the morning.

Then, they made several more trips, using large sacks to bring back pheasants, rabbits, and other wild animals to courtyard number 28.

This time, he released a total of 10 pheasants, 10 rabbits, 3 geese, and 10 grass carp weighing over five pounds at Lou Xiao'e's place.

As for pork and mutton, only three or four pounds were put in each side, and they will only be eaten in the next two days, otherwise they will spoil.

One o'clock in the afternoon.

After having lunch at Lou Xiao'e's place, Wang Feng went to the steel rolling mill and went directly to Li Huaide's office.

"Knock knock knock".

"Please come in."

Wang Feng walked into the office, and Li Huaide grinned at him and said, "You're here, bro."

Wang Feng handed her a Zhonghua cigarette, lit one for himself, and asked with a smile, "Brother Li, what's the situation at the meat processing plant lately? Is there still no meat supply?"

Upon hearing this, Li Huaide sighed: "Brother, there's been no word from the meat processing plant. I've inquired, and they only supply a small amount of pork each day, mainly to research experts and other special units. Our steel rolling mill doesn't get any meat at all."

Wang Feng nodded and smiled, "Brother Li, I came to see you today because there's something I want to tell you."

Li Huaide was somewhat surprised: "What is it? Tell me."

Wang Feng smiled slightly and got straight to the point: "Brother Li, it's like this, I recently teamed up with hunters from several villages to go hunting in the deep mountains. Maybe if we're lucky, we can get some meat for the factory."

"Brother, are you planning to go hunting in the mountains again?"

Li Huaide looked at Wang Feng in shock, then said, "Brother, going hunting in the deep mountains is too dangerous. If there's no meat, so be it, but you can't take the risk."

"Brother Li, don't worry. Don't you know how good I am at hunting? Besides, we're going with a lot of people this time, and we're well prepared. We won't be afraid even if we encounter a pack of wolves or a bear."

Hearing Wang Feng say that, Li Huaide nodded and smiled, "Brother, you must be careful. It doesn't matter if you don't catch any prey, safety is the most important thing."

After a pause, Li Huaide continued, "Brother, try your best to persuade your hunter friends to sell their catch to our steel mill. Don't worry, the price will definitely not be bad for them."

"Okay, Brother Li, don't worry, I'll try my best. I still have some preparations to finish, so I'll head back now."

"Okay, go ahead, bro. Safety first."

"Don't worry, Brother Li, I'll be careful."

Watching Wang Feng's retreating figure, Li Huaide sighed, "Brother, your awareness is truly remarkable."

In Li Huaide's view, Wang Feng must have seen that the factory workers were not making any money and was worried that they would not be able to work hard, so he risked going to the deep mountains to hunt.

After leaving the steel rolling mill, Wang Feng returned to Courtyard No. 28.

......

Around 4 p.m., Qin Jingru also arrived at courtyard number 28. By then, Lou Xiao'e had almost finished cooking the dishes.

Qin Jingru put down her bag, knowing that Wang Feng was leaving Beijing for Hong Kong today and would be leaving the city at 6 pm, so she went to the kitchen to help.

Qin Jingru made meat buns this morning, and even made a few extra to save for Lu Banxia to eat that evening. Wang Feng was leaving Beijing for Hong Kong today, so she had to come and keep him company.