Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

When Qin Huairu heard that the hamster wanted to eat it all at once, she ruffled its curly fur and comforted it with a smile:

"Banggeng, you can't eat too much of this candy. How about Mom gives you two every day from now on?"

"No! I want to eat, I want more! Mom, quickly bring out all the White Rabbit milk candies for me to eat!" Bang Geng shouted.

Qin Huairu glared at Banggeng, feigning anger: "Banggeng, be good, or Mom won't bring you any more treats."

"Okay, then it's a deal. From now on, you have to give me two White Rabbit milk candies every day."

Banggeng had no choice but to agree when he saw that his mother was angry.

"No problem, as long as you behave well, Mom will give you two White Rabbit milk candies every day for the next few days."

Qin Huairu had a pound of White Rabbit milk candy in her bag, which Li Huaide gave her this morning. There were fifty candies in total. She would give Banggeng two candies a day and Xiaodang one candy, which would last them for half a month.

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The Intermediate People's Court, the Wang family.

In the evening, Lu Banxia made braised pork and stir-fried green peppers with eggs. Since the family hadn't cooked for a week, it took Lu Banxia quite a while to light the two coal stoves. By the time she finished cooking, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening.

"Brother Feng, Sister Jingru, dinner's ready."

Lu Banxia brought the dishes to the table and served Wang Feng and Qin Jingru each a bowl of rice, and the three of them began to eat.

Wang Feng ate a piece of braised pork and said to Lu Banxia, ​​"Banxia, ​​let's go to Goose's place early tomorrow morning. You and Goose can help me cook more food. A friend of mine is having a banquet, and I'll deliver the food to him after it's ready."

Lu Banxia looked at Wang Feng in surprise and asked, "Brother Feng, how many tables are you planning for the banquet?"

Wang Feng thought for a moment and said, "I don't know how many tables there will be, but the portions are quite large. We need to make 100 jin of braised pork, 100 jin of stir-fried mutton with scallions, 100 jin of spiced beef, 100 jin of Kung Pao chicken, 100 jin of braised fish chunks, 100 jin of braised rabbit, 100 jin of stewed goose in an iron pot, 100 jin of hot and sour cabbage, and 200 jin each of rice and steamed buns."

Wang Feng has finished eating all the food prepared in his space warehouse. He needs to stock up on some food so that he won't go hungry if he has to travel far away in the future.

"what?"

Lu Banxia's eyes widened in shock. "Brother Feng, how could Xiao'e and I possibly cook so many dishes in one day?"

When Qin Jingru heard that so many dishes were to be prepared again, she thought of the time when she and her son had cooked in the same way before. Back then, the portions were much smaller, and she and her son had been busy all day.

"Brother Wang Feng, I did this with my son before. Are you doing it for your friend again?"

Wang Feng nodded: "Yes, this person is a very good friend of mine and also a business partner of our family's company in Hong Kong. We used the best ingredients to cook for him, and the rice and flour are the kind we eat."

Upon hearing that they were still partners of her company, Qin Jingru thought for a moment and said:

"Brother Wang Feng, I'll help out tomorrow too. I have experience making big pot dishes, so I'll teach them how to do it. But even with my help, the three of us can't make that many dishes; we can only make half at most."

"Half is fine, if it really doesn't work, we can do it over two or three days. Jingru, you're pregnant now, so just guide Banxia and the baby from the side. Don't overwork yourself."

Lu Banxia rolled her eyes: "Yeah, Sister Jingru, your belly is so big now, how can we let you do any work?"

"Brother Feng, didn't you say this was for a friend's banquet? If we split it into two or three days, won't that interfere with their banquet?"

"Well."

Wang Feng smiled awkwardly: "It's okay. His banquet is different from ours. Don't worry about it. Just make as much food as you can."

"oh."

Hearing Wang Feng say this, Qin Jingru and Lu Banxia stopped asking questions.

After dinner, Lu Banxia brewed a pot of tea. Wang Feng and Qin Jingru chatted while drinking tea, and Lu Banxia went to wash the dishes.

The hot water would take a while to boil. After Lu Banxia finished washing the dishes, she joined the conversation.

The three of them were discussing how to cook tomorrow's meal, how many stoves they needed to set up, how much ingredients and side dishes they would need, and how much seasoning they would require.

There were a total of seven meat dishes and one vegetable dish. After discussion, the three decided to make four dishes tomorrow and the remaining four dishes the day after tomorrow. Otherwise, Lu Banxia and Lou Xiao'e alone could not possibly make so many dishes in one day. The main reason was that they would have to process the ingredients themselves, which would be too time-consuming.

If it's just about cooking, Lu Banxia and Lou Xiao'e can easily make the dishes.

After they finished listing the ingredients, the hot water was ready. Lu Banxia prepared the bathwater, and by the time the three of them finished bathing, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

After a fierce physical battle with Lu Banxia, ​​Wang Feng fell into a deep sleep.

......

The next day, early in the morning.

Today is Sunday, a day off, but they still have to go to Courtyard No. 28. There are a lot of meals to prepare, so the three of them got up before six o'clock.

Lu Banxia made shredded pork noodles, and after the three of them finished breakfast, they went to courtyard number 28.

Wang Feng escorted Qin Jingru and Lu Banxia to courtyard number 28, then told Lou Xiao'e about cooking, and left pushing his bicycle.

He needs to bring these ingredients and side dishes back as soon as possible, and he also needs to buy the seasonings, otherwise it will delay everyone's time.

Wang Feng rode his bicycle around outside for twenty minutes, then smoked a cigarette on his way back. He then came to a secluded alley and took out one hundred catties of pork, one hundred catties of mutton, one hundred catties of beef, and thirty roosters from his spatial storage.

With about 400 pounds of weight strapped to the back of the bicycle, plus Wang Feng's weight, the total weight was about 600 pounds, causing the bicycle to creak and groan under the weight.

Thankfully, bicycles these days are really sturdy, otherwise I was afraid they would fall apart halfway through the journey.

Back at courtyard number 28, Lou Xiao'e and Lu Banxia had already set up two stoves together.

Wang Feng took the ingredients down and said to Qin Jingru, "Jingru, you can just help Banxia and the others carry things later. Don't do anything like killing chickens or plucking feathers. This isn't urgent. If we can't finish it in two days, we can do it over three days."

"Okay, Brother Wang Feng."

Qin Jingru smiled and nodded in agreement. She wanted to help too, but they wouldn't let her, so there was nothing she could do.

Since she became pregnant, her son and daughter have been taking turns doing all the housework, big and small, which makes her very happy. She also feels very warm and cozy about this family atmosphere.