Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Several wild boars ran around happily in the pigsty, occasionally rooting around in the ground, completely unaware of the danger of changing environments.

Wang Feng took some sweet potato vines from the warehouse and threw them into the pigsty, then threw in some pumpkin vines, and the wild boars happily began to eat.

The wild boar that Wang Feng slapped over was a male. It lay on the ground grunting and squealing, but didn't eat the sweet potato vines. It was unclear whether it could survive.

Wang Feng decided that if the wild boar was still half-dead after they came down the mountain, he would kill it and eat it.

Both wild boars weighed around 200 pounds each, totaling about 500 pounds. To his surprise, the other female wild boar was pregnant, which made him very happy.

After arranging the wild boar, Wang Feng waited for his prey to come to him from about fifty meters away from the pool.

He waited for almost an hour but didn't see any prey, which made him very unhappy.

The books all say that there must be prey in the water sources deep in the mountains, so why is there none here? Sure enough, the books are all lies.

Wang Feng decided to take the initiative. After all, with his speed, most prey couldn't outrun him, so he wasn't afraid of not finding any prey.

Wang Feng sprinted rapidly into the depths of the mountains. Along the way, no matter what kind of pheasants or rabbits he encountered, none could escape his grasp. He even killed four wolves.

He had no intention of raising wolves; they weren't tasty and required meat. If he were to raise one, it would be a tiger, since tigers are valuable from head to toe.

After running wildly into the mountains for another half hour, Wang Feng encountered another herd of wild boars, and this time the boars were all in their burrows.

This is a natural cave with a large space, large enough for two people to walk side by side.

Upon seeing this, Wang Feng was overjoyed. Now these wild boars would have nowhere to escape, right?

He blocked the cave entrance, picked up a stone, and threw it into the depths of the cave.

Before long, a wild boar weighing nearly 300 pounds rushed out.

This time, Wang Feng learned his lesson. It wouldn't be worth it to kill the wild boar, as he was hoping it would breed a large litter of piglets for him.

Just as the wild boar charged in front of him, Wang Feng dodged to the side, avoiding the boar's attack. In that instant, he swiftly grabbed the boar's hind leg and stored it in his spatial storage.

Clean, efficient, and completed in one go.

Just as he put the first wild boar into his spatial storage, the second large wild boar charged towards him.

This wild boar weighs only about 200 pounds, about the same size as the previous wild boar.

Wang Feng followed the same method and captured the large wild boar as well.

Just when Wang Feng thought there were only a bunch of small wild boars left in the cave, another big wild boar charged in, and he put it into his spatial storage.

"There shouldn't be any wild boars this time, right?"

Wang Feng entered the cave, took out several large trees to block it up, and was about to go in when a huge wild boar charged towards him with grunts.

Upon closer inspection, this wild boar weighed at least 400 pounds, making it a veritable king of wild boars. If it were to be hit by it, it would likely be seriously injured.

Quickly dodging the boar king's attack, Wang Feng repeated the same move, using all his strength to grab the boar's hind legs and safely bring the boar king inside.

"There shouldn't be any big ones this time, right?"

Sure enough, when Wang Feng arrived at the cave, he found nine baby wild boars. He took one in each hand and stored all nine baby wild boars into his spatial storage in less than two minutes.

Looking around, he saw more than a dozen wild boars happily eating in the pigsty, which made him very happy.

Seeing that it was already past 2 PM, Wang Feng prepared to head back home, otherwise it would be difficult to travel at night.

On the way down the mountain, Wang Feng caught seven or eight pheasants and about ten rabbits, but unfortunately he didn't see any roe deer, as he had heard that roe deer meat was very delicious.

It was already 4 p.m. when Wang Feng arrived at the foot of the mountain. He put his tattered clothes into his spatial storage, changed into clean clothes, and rode his bicycle towards Beijing.

It was almost seven o'clock when I got back to courtyard number 95. By then, everyone in the courtyard had finished dinner. Some were chatting, and some children were playing. It looked quite lively.

Wang Feng pushed his bicycle into the compound, encountering many people along the way. Many greeted him, and Wang Feng responded with a smile.

Back in the house, Wang Feng boiled water, took a comfortable hot bath, and then ate ten large steamed buns and a plate of braised pork.

The steamed buns and braised pork were both prepared and stored in his spatial storage over the past few days. He could simply take them out whenever he wanted to eat them, which was quite convenient.

After finishing his meal, Wang Feng took out all his belongings and counted them. He found that he only had 580 yuan left, which made him sigh.

Ten days ago, he had only 1120 yuan left of all his belongings. That money went by so quickly; he needs to find a way to make more money soon.

After putting the money into the warehouse, Wang Feng lay down on the bed and went to sleep.

......

One o'clock in the morning.

Wang Feng put on an ordinary gray cotton-padded coat, opened the door, and saw that the yard was quiet. He covered his face with a mask and climbed over the back wall.

He took his bicycle out of the warehouse, got on, and headed towards the black market closest to Nanluoguxiang.

He stored his bicycle in a warehouse outside the black market, took out a large sack, and just as he stepped into the black market, two masked youths stopped him.

"Buy or sell?"

"purchase."

"One cent."

Wang Feng paid one cent and entered the black market.

The black market is different from the pigeon market, which usually sells food and clothing items and is generally not strictly inspected by the authorities.

The black market deals in everything—gold, antiques, ancient books and paintings, even guns and ammunition—making it a prime target for crackdowns.

Upon entering the black market, Wang Feng first saw a pork vendor. He walked straight over and asked, "How much is the pork?"

Two pieces.

Wang Feng bought meat at the pigeon market a few days ago, and it was 1.8 yuan per catty. He didn't expect that it would go up by 2 mao in just a few days. However, he is a meat lover and is still going to buy it all.

"I'll take all of these, however many you have."

"22.8 jin, 45.6 yuan."

Wang Feng handed the money to the stall owner, threw the meat into a sack, and walked toward a ticket scalper.

"What kinds of tickets are there?"

"We have all kinds of tickets. What kind of ticket do you want?"

Wang Feng pondered for a moment, then said directly, "I want as many cigarette coupons, liquor coupons, sugar coupons, and cloth coupons as you can. I also want a few cotton coupons and a ton of coal coupons."

The ticket scalper was overjoyed to see a big business coming his way and immediately took out all the tickets in his pocket.

"Brother, there are only 8 Class A cigarette coupons, 26 Class B cigarette coupons, 7 Class A liquor coupons, 18 Class B liquor coupons, 6 jin of sugar coupons, 20 feet of cloth coupons, 10 jin of cotton coupons, and one ton of coal coupons. All of these add up to 72.6 yuan. I'll round it down for you, so you can just give me 72."

Wang Feng took out 70 yuan and said directly, "That's 70 yuan. I'll come back to you next time."

The ticket scalper saw that this was a big customer and that he could make a lot of money from this deal, so he agreed immediately.

"Okay then, make sure to look me up next time. I'm usually here in the evenings."

"Oh, by the way, I have some tickets for the 'three turns and one sound' (referring to a radio, a sewing machine, and a smartwatch), do you want them?"

Wang Feng handed the money to the ticket scalper, then took the ticket from the scalper before saying, "No, thank you."

After saying that, Wang Feng walked directly towards the other stalls.

Wang Feng wouldn't even dare to dream of getting a ticket for the "three turns and one sound" (a type of bicycle, a sewing machine, a radio, and a watch), as these things are the easiest to cause trouble, especially for those living in courtyard number 95.

If he suddenly buys a sewing machine or other big items, the bastards in the yard will get jealous and report you directly, asking where you got the receipt. You can't exactly say you bought it on the black market, can you? Otherwise, they'll arrest you.

Unless Wang Feng establishes a close relationship with Li Huaide, and if he can tell others that the receipts were given to him by Li Huaide, and Li Huaide is willing to cover for him, he can't keep up the lie.