Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

With the help of two young men, Banggeng finally got onto the oxcart.

Seeing this, one of the young men carefully opened a handkerchief and took out the only two wild vegetable dumplings he had left, which was his lunch for the day. However, he handed them to Banggeng without hesitation.

"Young comrade, you must be hungry. Eat up."

Banggeng accepted the wild vegetable dumplings without any hesitation, and began to wolf them down without even saying thank you.

The two wild vegetable dumplings were finished in a few bites, and Banggeng asked, "Uncle, is there any more?"

Seeing this, another young man, suppressing his heartache, had no choice but to hand over the two wild vegetable dumplings that he had prepared for lunch.

Banggeng took the wild vegetable dumpling again and ate it in big mouthfuls.

Watching the child wolf down his food, the two young men kept swallowing hard. They gave the child their lunch, knowing they would have to go hungry that noon.

Moreover, the child was rather impolite; he ate both of their meals without even saying thank you, which made them feel somewhat uncomfortable with him.

However, considering how miserable the child was, the two of them held back and didn't say anything. At worst, the child would just go hungry for a meal. Anyway, once the child was sent to the police station, it was none of their business.

Along the way, the old man asked Bang Geng many questions, such as where he was from, what his name was, how he was kidnapped by the kidnappers, where he was taken, and how he escaped.

Bang Geng only mentioned that he was from Nanluoguxiang in Beijing and how he was abducted. As for where he was taken, he said he didn't know, and he was completely clueless when asked about it later.

Bang Geng isn't stupid. When he escaped last night, he set Chen Laoyan's house on fire. If Chen Laoyan had burned to death, what if he told the police and they arrested him?

Anyway, Old Chen lived in the mountains, and no one usually went to his place. Even if Old Chen was burned to death, no one would know.

When the old man and his two sons realized they couldn't get any useful information, they stopped asking.

The oxcart moved very slowly, and after more than an hour, they finally arrived at the entrance of the Qingshan Town Police Station.

The old man led Banggeng into the police station, explained the problem, and the police officer looked at Banggeng and asked:

"Young man, where are you from? What's your name?"

"Uncle Policeman, my name is Jia Geng, and I live at No. 95, Nanluoguxiang, Beijing. Could you please take me home?" Jia Geng asked anxiously.

The police officer nodded: "Young man, wait a moment, let me make a call and ask."

Soon, the call reached the Nanluoguxiang Police Station in Beijing. After confirmation, it was found that a child named Jia Geng had indeed gone missing in Nanluoguxiang, and had been missing for more than a month.

"Young man, where were you taken? How did you escape?" the police asked again.

"Uncle Policeman, I don't know either. After I was abducted, I was locked in a room ever since I woke up. I escaped while everyone else was asleep at night," Banggeng said.

The police nodded and had someone clean Banggeng's body first, as the child was extremely dirty.

Then, the police gave the old man who brought the corn stalks a reward of twenty yuan and ten jin of flour. This made the old man and his two sons very happy, and they left the police station happily.

They initially thought they had suffered a huge loss, as Bang Geng had even eaten their two sons' lunch, yet Bang Geng hadn't uttered a single word of thanks. What a heartless ingrate!

They were overjoyed to receive such a generous reward.

Soon, the police gave Bang Geng a quick rinse, fed him something, changed his clothes, and continued to question him for useful clues, hoping to follow the trail and catch these loan shark gangs.

Aside from giving his own name, where he lives, and the names of his mother and grandmother, Kebang Geng basically knows nothing else, leaving the police with no recourse.

Seeing that they couldn't get any useful clues, they had no choice but to have two policemen escort Bang Geng to Beijing by train.

Baoding is only 160 kilometers away from Beijing, and it takes about two hours by train.

......

5:30 p.m.

No. 95 Courtyard, Sijiu City.

Today is Saturday, and everyone in the compound has already gone home from get off work.

Yan Fugui was watering the flowers in the front yard as usual.

Just then, Banggeng led two policemen into the courtyard. As soon as they entered the front yard, they saw Yan Fugui, which gave Banggeng a sudden feeling of warmth and familiarity.

"Third Grandfather!"

Upon hearing the sound, Yan Fugui looked behind him and saw Bang Geng, along with two policemen behind him, which immediately made him exclaim in surprise:

"A great joke!"

Yan Fugui's voice was loud, and almost everyone in the front yard heard him and came out of their rooms to check.

The police officer, seeing that Bang Geng indeed recognized the people in this compound, walked up to Yan Fugui and asked:

"Hello, comrade, are you from this compound?"

Yan Fugui was stunned for a while before he spoke: "Yes, police officer, Banggeng... no, Jiageng, he has been missing for more than a month. His family is frantic with worry. Police officer, wait here, I will go and call his mother and grandmother over."

The police officer nodded: "Let's go together, we still have something to say to Jia Geng's parents."

"Yes, yes, officer, please come with me."

When the residents in the front yard saw the police coming to the yard again, they thought someone had committed some crime and they were waiting to see what would happen. But what they saw was someone they never expected: Bang Geng.

They all followed the police to the Intermediate People's Court, and the return of the gangsters to the court was an extremely important event for the court.

More and more people followed the police, and by the time they arrived at the Intermediate People's Court, there were already dozens of people with them.

The commotion instantly startled Lu Banxia, ​​who was sitting inside drinking tea. Seeing so many people, including two police officers in front, she knew there was bound to be a good show. She quickly shouted towards the kitchen:

"Sister Jingru, Sister Jingru, come out and see! Something big has happened in the courtyard, there's going to be a good show."

Qin Jingru, who was chopping vegetables in the kitchen, heard that there was going to be a good show, and forgot to put down her cleaver, she rushed out with the cleaver in hand.

"Banxia, ​​what happened in the yard?"

Lu Banxia pointed outside the door and said uncertainly, "Two police officers came into the courtyard. I think... I think I just saw Bang Geng?"

"What?"

Qin Jingru looked towards the door and saw two police officers walking towards the Jia family's house, followed by dozens of other people.

Upon closer inspection, she indeed saw the idol being fawned over, leaving her speechless with shock.

Without a second thought, she grabbed the kitchen knife and charged toward the Jia family's house.