Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Time flies, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The year has now reached 65, which is also the beginning of the original storyline.

The quota was restored to the previous level three years ago, and the whole country finally recovered. The price of meat also returned to the previous level of seven or eight cents per kilogram.

The plot has completely changed because of Wang Feng's arrival. Lou Xiao'e did not marry Xu Damao and lost her lucrative job showing movies in the countryside. Sha Zhu is no longer in the steel mill kitchen, so Bang Geng no longer has the opportunity to steal chickens.

A lot has happened in the past five years.

Firstly, four years ago, Lou Xiao'e and Lu Banxia became pregnant one after the other and each gave birth to a daughter for Wang Feng. Lou Xiao'e's daughter was born a month earlier and was named Wang Yueyue, nicknamed Nannan. She was the eldest daughter of the Wang family.

Lu Banxia gave birth to a daughter for Wang Feng, named Wang Tingting, nicknamed Yueyue.

After Lu Banxia gave birth to Wang Feng's daughter, she took Wang Feng and their daughter to meet her Uncle Li and Aunt Li.

Although Lu Banxia's Uncle Li was a major general and usually upright, he wished he could devour Wang Feng alive, but he had to accept the reality. He couldn't just arrest Wang Feng and make his niece, whom he regarded as his own daughter, a widow. Now that she had a child, what would happen to the child if he arrested Wang Feng?

Left with no other choice, he and his wife had to accept Wang Feng. Fortunately, Wang Feng was good at handling things and treated them to good tea and wine. Before long, he had established a good relationship with them.

After settling things off with Lu Banxia's uncle and aunt, and with so many more children in the family, Wang Feng, Qin Jingru, and Lu Banxia moved to courtyard number 28, occasionally returning to courtyard number 95 to visit.

A lot has happened in courtyard No. 95 in recent years. First of all, Xu Damao's wife, Li Sumei, actually got pregnant.

Wang Feng had previously asked Qin Jingru, who was close friends with Li Sumei. Taking advantage of this, Wang Feng helped Xu Damao by secretly adding some life-giving water to Xu Damao's soup, thus curing Xu Damao's infertility. However, since Xu Damao had a kidney removed, it would require Wang Feng to spend a large amount of life-giving water to restore him to his previous state, which was obviously impossible.

When Xu Damao learned that Li Sumei was pregnant, he was overjoyed. To confirm that the child was indeed his, he secretly took his son to the hospital for a bloodline test, and he also had a check-up done again.

Upon learning that his infertility was truly cured and that the child's blood type matched theirs, Xu Damao was so excited that he laughed wildly. To celebrate, Xu Damao actually set up several tables in the courtyard and refused to accept any money from the villagers.

Xu Fugui and his mother were so excited that tears streamed down their faces; their Xu family finally had an heir.

Apart from the major event of Xu Damao having a child, nothing much has happened in the compound in recent years.

Now Wang Feng's family has moved out of No. 95 courtyard and only comes back occasionally. Sometimes Qin Jingru brings some chicken heads and chicken butts to Aunt Wu. Sometimes she also brings Tie Niu and her two daughters to play with Ya Ya. Of course, the two daughters will never say that they are Wang Feng's daughters, but only that they are relatives' daughters who are being fostered by them.

Ya Ya is now in the fourth grade of elementary school, and Bang Geng is thirteen years old and in the first year of junior high school. However, Bang Geng skips classes all the time, which has caused Qin Huairu's hair to turn white with worry over the past few years.

On this day, Yi Zhonghai, who had endured so much for so many years, finally revealed his true colors.

He first found a sleazy old man who was very good at picking locks, and deliberately let Banggeng see him unlock the lock and enter the house, taking out bags and packages of things from other people's homes. This made Banggeng instantly want to become his apprentice.

The two hit it off immediately, and Bang Geng successfully became his apprentice. Bang Geng was born with the body of a master thief, and he could learn lock picking techniques in no time. Moreover, he had previously learned the basics of lock picking from his grandmother, Jia Zhangshi, so he learned it by leaps and bounds.

In just half a month, Bang Geng's lock-picking skills reached the level of a master, and he could easily open most locks on the market.

After experiencing the benefits, Banggeng started working independently. Before, when he learned from his master, he could only get a small share of the food and money. It was much better to work alone, where all the good food and money he received were his own.

Banggeng brings home bags of things every day, and occasionally gives his mother a few dollars to buy meat, so the family's life is getting better and better.

This greatly worried Qin Huairu, but no matter how she pressed Banggeng for answers, he simply wouldn't say anything.

Madam Jia was overjoyed. Now that her beloved grandson was bringing her filial piety, her standard of living was rising dramatically. She knew what Banggeng was doing; he was just taking some things. As long as he wasn't caught, nothing would happen. Besides, Banggeng was young, so even if he was caught, he would at most get a scolding and have to pay some money to settle the matter.

Finally, as Bang Geng became increasingly dissatisfied, he began to steal bigger and bigger things. After stealing more than 4,000 yuan and a large number of receipts from the supply and marketing cooperative, he was arrested on the spot by the police.

After the police came to No. 95 courtyard to notify Banggeng's family, Qin Huairu fainted on the spot from crying, and Jia Zhangshi cried even louder.

Bang Geng committed such a serious crime that no matter how much Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi pleaded, it was no use. Now that Bang Geng has just turned thirteen, he has reached the standard for entering a juvenile detention center. In the end, Bang Geng was sentenced to four years. This was only because Bang Geng was a minor. Otherwise, with such a large amount of money, he would have been sentenced to at least ten years.

Upon hearing that Bang Geng had been caught red-handed stealing from the supply and marketing cooperative, Yi Zhonghai revealed a sinister smile. After enduring so many years, the time had finally come to take revenge on Qin Huairu and Bang Geng.

Qin Huairu sought help from many people, even pleading with Wang Feng, hoping they could find a way to rescue Bang Geng, but all to no avail.

Banggeng was Qin Huairu's life and her hope. During the two most difficult years, in order to support her family, Qin Huairu even went so far as to move between various men in the factory, just so that Banggeng and Xiaodang could have enough to eat.

Now that Banggeng has been arrested and sent to a juvenile detention center, his future is ruined. How can Qin Huairu bear this?

Unfortunately, this matter is too big. Even if you can't bear it, you have to bear it. Bang Geng stole public property this time, and the amount was huge. No one can help with this.

Unless Wang Feng is willing to help, directly break into the juvenile detention center and send them to Hong Kong Island, just like he did at Qinghe Farm, to rescue Lou Bancheng and his wife and Ninth Master's group, how could Wang Feng possibly be willing to help such an ingrate like Bang Geng?

People in the courtyard have a very bad reputation for Qin Huairu. They say all sorts of nasty things, like "trading steamed buns for steamed buns" and "shameless vixen." Even if others have the ability, they won't help the Jia family, especially Bang Geng, that ungrateful wretch.

However, since they all lived in the same courtyard, they only talked about it behind each other's backs. They didn't dare to say it to each other's faces, otherwise, Madam Jia Zhang wouldn't be so easy to deal with. She would come to your house and stay there, cursing heaven and earth and even the air. Not many people in the courtyard could stand that.