Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

The Intermediate People's Court, the Wang family.

Lu Banxia served the dishes: a plate of spiced beef and a plate of spicy and sour cabbage.

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

Lu Banxia first filled a bowl of rice for Wang Feng, then filled a bowl for Qin Jingru, and only then filled a bowl for herself.

Qin Jingru put a piece of beef into Wang Feng's bowl, and the three of them began to eat.

"Brother Feng, Sister Jingru, my Aunt Li's birthday is in a couple of days. What do you think is a good gift for me?" Lu Banxia asked.

Qin Jingru said speechlessly, "Wang Feng and I have never met your uncle and aunt, how would we know what they like? Usually we just give them cigarettes and alcohol or something. Oh, no, it's your aunt's birthday, how about we buy her a dress or some pastries?"

Wang Feng thought for a moment and said, "Banxia, ​​I have some ginseng and tiger bone wine here. Why don't you take a pound over?"

"Ginseng and tiger bone wine?"

Lu Banxia asked in surprise, "Brother Feng, you have such a good thing, why didn't you take it out for us to try?"

"Hehe, Banxia, ​​this wine is extremely precious. Even the ginseng used is a hundred-year-old ginseng. It has the effects of greatly replenishing vital energy, invigorating the spleen and lungs, promoting body fluid production and calming the mind, as well as nourishing yin and strengthening yang. However, it is a great tonic for ordinary people, but our constitution is so strong that it will not have much effect on us. Drinking it would be a waste." Wang Feng explained with a smile.

Actually, this ginseng and tiger bone wine was freshly brewed. It wasn't that Wang Feng was reluctant to take it out to drink. With so many ginseng and tiger bones in his space, as well as five thousand catties of top-quality liquor prepared, how could he possibly be reluctant to take it out to drink?

However, he was also a little worried that Qin Jingru's drinking it might affect the baby in her womb, since he had added the Water of Life to this ginseng and tiger bone wine, and its effects were probably quite potent.

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Qin Jingru exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Wang Feng, you're using century-old ginseng to make tiger bone wine? This...this is too extravagant! I've heard that century-old ginseng is very expensive."

Wang Feng smiled and waved his hand: "It's nothing, just a small amount of money. My family isn't short of cash. I made this ginseng and tiger bone wine to give as gifts, so it'll look presentable. But I haven't tested its effects yet, and I don't know if the average person can handle it."

"How about this, Banxia, ​​your aunt's birthday is in two days. Tomorrow I'll go to my son's place and try out the ginseng and tiger bone wine myself. If the effects are too strong, I'll dilute it with some white wine so that ordinary people can drink it. Then you can take it with you."

"Jingru, Banxia, ​​let me tell you, the medicinal effects of this ginseng and tiger bone wine will be extremely potent. I've also added a tonic soup to it. If an ordinary person drinks it, it will definitely be a great tonic. Even if it's not as good as the tonic soup we drank before, it will at least strengthen one's constitution."

Upon hearing this, Qin Jingru and Lu Banxia both widened their eyes. Qin Jingru even revealed a spendthrift expression and exclaimed:

"Wang... Brother Wang Feng, you're being way too extravagant! Soaking century-old ginseng in wine isn't enough, you even added some Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup! Didn't you say the ingredients for Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup are extremely rare? If you have Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup, you can let us drink it too, right?"

Lu Banxia nodded in agreement: "Sister Jingru is right. The Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup is so precious. Sister Jingru, Sister Xiao'e, and I only drank four catties each. How could you use it to make medicinal wine?"

Wang Feng put down his chopsticks and said seriously, "Jingru, Banxia, ​​there are three reasons why I did this."

"First, it's prestigious to give as a gift."

"Secondly, the effects of the Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup are too astonishing, so we dare not use it at all. Using ginseng and tiger bone wine is not so exaggerated. After all, although century-old ginseng is precious, even if its effects are strong, they will not be too obvious and will not arouse any ill intentions from others."

"Thirdly, it can help ordinary people improve their physical condition. Jingru, you have parents, your son has parents, and Banxia has her uncle and aunt. If they drink tiger bone wine regularly, it can also help them live a long and healthy life."

Upon hearing this, Qin Jingru and Lu Banxia exchanged a glance, both showing expressions of gratitude.

Wang Feng is right. They all have people they care about. Given their health, they could probably live to be a hundred without any problem. But what about their parents? Who wouldn't want their family to be healthy and live a long life?

They don't really care about saving face. Nowadays, most people can't even get enough to eat. If they go back to their parents' home, they can bring a few pounds of meat with them. Does that not make them look good?

As for taking the Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup out, there's no point in even thinking about it. Qin Jingru, Lou Xiao'e, and Lu Banxia have only drunk four catties of the Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup. How could they possibly have any left over to take out?

Thinking of this, Qin Jingru said with emotion, "Brother Wang Feng, you are so good to us."

Lu Banxia was also deeply moved. Now that her parents were gone, only Uncle Li and Aunt Li treated her like their own daughter. She also wanted Uncle Li and Aunt Li to live to be a hundred years old without any illness or disaster.

Wang Feng smiled and waved his hand: "Alright, you don't need to worry about this. Tomorrow I'll go to Goose's place to personally test the effects of the ginseng tiger bone wine. Once I've confirmed that ordinary people can handle the wine, I'll give it to Banxia so she can take it to her uncle and aunt to try."

The recipe for the ginseng and tiger bone wine that Wang Feng brewed this time was passed down from Ninth Master. It is a truly complete tonic wine. Not only can men drink it to strengthen their bodies, improve their constitution, and enhance their virility, but women can also drink it to nourish their yin, beautify their skin, and delay aging.

However, this time he used a century-old ginseng, and this century-old ginseng was not an ordinary century-old ginseng, but one grown with diluted life water, which was much more potent than a century-old wild ginseng. He also added life water to the wine. He didn't know how potent the medicinal effect was or whether an ordinary person could withstand it.

Before drinking it, even he himself didn't know the strength of the drug's effects, but the effects were definitely very strong, that much was certain.

Hearing Wang Feng say this, Qin Jingru and Lu Banxia didn't say anything more.

The meal was finished amidst the laughter and conversation of the three. Lu Banxia cleared the table and wiped the dishes, while Qin Jingru brewed tea.

After finishing a pot of tea and boiling water, Lu Banxia prepared the bathwater, and Wang Feng went to take a bath.

These past few days, Lu Banxia has been visiting, and now Wang Feng and Qin Jingru are bathing in a large tub while Lu Banxia helps scrub their backs from outside.

After taking a shower, the three of them went straight to bed, but this time they could only sleep on vegetarian food.