Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Wang Feng chatted with Li Huaide for about twenty minutes, and by the time he left the steel rolling mill, it was almost 11:30.

Back in courtyard number 95, Wang Feng went inside, greeted Qin Jingru, and then went to the kitchen to heat up the dishes.

Lu Banxia prepared all the dishes in advance every morning. In a couple of days, once Qin Jingru gets out of bed, Lu Banxia won't need to get up early every morning to cook anymore.

Wang Feng brought the heated dishes into the room, served Qin Jingru her food, and said with a smile:

"Jingru, I have good news for you."

Qin Jingru smiled and asked, "Brother Wang Feng, what's the good news?"

"Hehe, isn't today the first day our steel rolling mill started operations? As soon as Li Huaide arrived at the mill today, he went to a meeting at the Ministry of Metallurgy. He said that the higher-ups have decided to expand the steel rolling mill and will be recruiting 10,000 people this time," Wang Feng said with a smile.

"what?"

Qin Jingru was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, asking in surprise, "Brother Wang Feng, the expansion of the steel mill is a good thing, but it doesn't seem to benefit us much, does it? Why are you so happy about it?"

Wang Feng smiled slightly and recounted how Li Huaide had given him ten job openings.

Qin Jingru was overjoyed to hear that Li Huaide had given Wang Feng ten job openings. This was a real benefit; even if they sold these openings, they would make a fortune.

When she heard that Wang Feng only wanted five spots, she was heartbroken and rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky.

Fortunately, she was quite familiar with her family's situation and knew that they were not short of money, but she still felt very distressed.

"Brother Wang Feng, how do you plan to arrange these five job openings?" Qin Jingru asked.

"Hehe, I plan to give two of these five job openings to your second uncle's two sons."

After a pause, Wang Feng continued, "I plan to give the remaining three spots to the old village chief of Lujia Village. He happens to have three sons. As Banxia mentioned before, when she was stranded in Lujia Village, she might have starved to death if it weren't for the old village chief's frequent help. Now that Banxia is part of our family, we have to repay this kindness."

Hearing Wang Feng's arrangement of the job openings, Qin Jingru felt a pang of heartache.

"Brother Wang Feng, it's right to give three job spots to the old village chief, after all, he accidentally saved Banxia's life. But giving the other two job spots to Brother Dachang and Dawei, isn't that a bit much? They're just my cousins, they should at least contribute something, right? Besides, job spots are so valuable, even brothers wouldn't just give them away like that, would they?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Feng thought about it and agreed, immediately nodding in agreement:

"Jingru, I'll leave this matter to you. Your parents will be here in a couple of days. You can discuss with them how much money you should ask your second uncle's family to contribute. Don't ask for too much, or you might end up with them in debt."

"Okay, Brother Wang Feng, don't worry, I'll definitely handle this." Qin Jingru said sweetly.

After agreeing on the terms and finishing their meal and tea, Wang Feng teased the child for a while before riding his bicycle to cause trouble at No. 28 courtyard.

He was too busy during the two days of the Lunar New Year holiday and didn't have much time to spend with Lou Xiao'e. He had to make it up to her properly.

Lou Xiao'e was very happy to arrive at No. 28 courtyard. She chatted with Wang Feng for a while and then pulled him into the room.

......

Just as Wang Feng and Lou Xiao'e were engaged in a physical fight.

at the same time.

Steel rolling mill, factory manager's office.

Qin Huairu had already cleaned the canteen thoroughly. In the afternoon, they had basically nothing to do, so she went to the factory director's office and knocked on the door.

"Knock knock knock".

"Please come in."

Qin Huairu pushed open the office door and entered. Seeing that only Li Huaide was in the office, she quickly closed the door and locked it.

"Brother De."

Qin Huairu came up to Li Huaide, her peach blossom eyes blinking, her face full of smiles, and was about to hug Li Huaide's arm.

Li Huaide dodged Qin Huairu, his face instantly turning icy cold: "Qin Huairu, don't come looking for me again."

"what?"

Qin Huairu stared wide-eyed at Li Huaide, her face showing disbelief.

After a long while, Qin Huairu finally reacted and asked anxiously:

"Brother De, what's wrong with you? We were fine just a while ago, why are you suddenly saying such heartless things? Did I do something wrong to upset you?"

Li Huaide snorted coldly: "What did I do? I'd like to ask you why you lied to me?"

Qin Huairu was taken aback and asked in surprise, "Brother De, what did I lie to you about? I didn't lie to you."

"hehe."

Li Huaide sneered: "Qin Huairu, I'm asking you, what is your relationship with Wang Mazi and Tieguai Li? What have you done with them?"

"Thump."

Upon hearing Li Huaide suddenly ask about Wang Mazi and Tieguai Li, Qin Huairu panicked instantly, her eyes reddening in a flash. She gripped Li Huaide's arm tightly, choking back tears as she said:

"Brother De, you have to believe me, I have absolutely nothing to do with them, really, I swear."

Li Huaide ruthlessly pried Qin Huairu's hand off and began to relentlessly attack her.

......

Ten minutes later.

Qin Huairu walked out of the factory director's office like a walking corpse, tears streaming down her face as if they were free, her expression one of utter despair.

She never expected that when she was queuing to receive supplies before the Lunar New Year, Li Huaide had seen what she, Wang Mazi, and Tieguai Li were doing.

Although they didn't do anything at the time, she only touched their hands, but even so, Li Huaide kicked her out and threatened to cut off all contact with her.

In the past few months, thanks to Li Huaide's generous help, their family's standard of living has improved dramatically. They can now eat meat from time to time, and occasionally bring back some snacks and candies for Banggeng and the others. Even her savings have reached three hundred yuan again.

But now everything is going back to the hard times of the past, how can she accept that?

She really didn't expect that Li Huaide would be so petty, wanting to cut off all ties with her over such a small matter.

On her way back to the cafeteria, Qin Huairu's eyes were bloodshot, and she was completely drained of energy, looking like a soulless walking corpse.

As she walked back, she kept thinking about how to win Li Huaide back; she never wanted to live those miserable days again.

But after thinking it over and over, she couldn't come up with a good solution.

Qin Huairu took a deep breath. Li Huaide was still angry, so she could only wait a few days until he calmed down before trying to win him back.

She was still very confident in herself. At worst, she could be more open in bed in the future. Since Li Huaide had a relationship with her, she would never willingly cut off all contact with him.