Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

After chatting with Zhang Dali and Zhang Dazhuang for a while, Wang Feng went to the transportation department, said goodbye to Zhang Dazhuang, and drove away from the steel rolling mill.

He hadn't delivered meat to the factory for a while, so this time he planned to deliver some meat and sell some supplies to Zhang Dali and Li Jianjun so they could complete their monthly tasks.

After driving around Beijing for an hour, Wang Feng took out a large wild boar weighing about 200 pounds, 30 wild rabbits, 30 fish, 4 pheasants, and some mountain produce he had received in Lujia Village from his spatial storage, and then returned to the steel mill.

Wang Feng now has over three hundred wild boars in his space, and he gets one or two for the factory every month to make things easy.

There are an incredible number of wild rabbits, more than two thousand already. This is only because several tigers feed the rabbits every day; otherwise, the number of rabbits would be even greater.

Upon arriving at the Third Purchasing Department, Wang Feng found Zhang Dali and Li Jianjun, opened the carriage door, and said:

"Dali, Jianjun, here are thirty wild rabbits, thirty fish weighing over five pounds each, and some other mountain produce. Take them according to your mission completion rate."

Upon seeing a large wild boar weighing over 200 pounds, along with many wild rabbits and fish, the two were overjoyed and immediately began to collect the goods according to their assigned quota.

Zhang Dali was 43 yuan short. He took seven wild rabbits weighing over 4 jin each, six fish weighing over 5 jin each, and most of the mountain produce. In total, he got about 45 yuan.

Li Jianjun took three wild rabbits, four fish, and the rest of the mountain produce, which totaled about 30 yuan.

The two men gave Wang Feng 45 yuan and 30 yuan respectively. Wang Feng took the money and put it directly into his pocket. He was helping out, but he still had to accept the money.

Zhang Dali gave a thumbs up and laughed, "Wang Feng, you're something else! You've gotten so much good stuff again. If it weren't for your help, Jianjun and I would definitely have been transferred to the workshop this time."

Li Jianjun grinned and said, "Wang Feng, you're a loyal guy. If you ever need anything, just tell us. If we say anything, we're sons of bitches."

Wang Feng waved his hand: "Alright, come with me to turn in the mission."

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The three handed over the goods. This time, the price of meat was one cent more than before. Wild boar was 9 cents per pound, and pheasants, rabbits and fish were 7 cents per pound.

225 jin of wild boar, 105 jin of 20 fish, 86 jin of 20 wild rabbits, and 12 jin of pheasants were harvested, bringing the total income to 344.6 yuan. Adding the 75 yuan from Zhang Dali and Li Jianjun, the total income was 419.6 yuan.

The three of them smoked another cigarette together, and then Wang Feng left the purchasing department and went to the third canteen.

I ran into Li Huaide as soon as I arrived at the third canteen.

Li Huaide patted Wang Feng heavily on the shoulder and laughed loudly:

"Brother, I heard you just got another big wild boar, a rabbit, and fish for the factory. You're really something. You don't know how hard it is to get meat these days. There's a shortage of meat everywhere. Yesterday, I entertained the meat processing plant manager, hoping to pull some strings with him so he can allocate more meat to our factory in the future."

Wang Feng smiled and nodded, then asked, "Brother Li, is there something you need in the cafeteria?"

Li Huaide laughed heartily: "Brother, you're truly my lucky star! Yesterday, your wife cooked a feast, and I entertained the meat processing plant director. That old fellow was so happy last night that he promised to allocate an extra thousand catties of meat to our plant every month. That's why I've come to thank your wife; it's all thanks to your excellent cooking skills."

Wang Feng waved his hand and laughed, "Brother Li, this is Jingru's duty, why would you need to thank me specially?"

Li Huaide smiled and shook his head: "Brother, you're mistaken. Your wife has really done a great job this time. If I don't show my appreciation, what will outsiders think of me? My principle is that merit must be rewarded and mistakes must be punished. Only in this way can we gain everyone's trust."

As he spoke, Li Huaide moved closer to Wang Feng and whispered, "Brother, I have some good news for you. I'm finally able to get rid of the 'deputy' title today."

Wang Feng was taken aback, then laughed and said, "Brother Li, congratulations, you've finally gotten what you wanted."

"Haha, congratulations to you too!"

As the two were talking, they arrived at the kitchen. Li Huaide smiled when he saw Qin Jingru.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, you've done a great job this time."

Qin Jingru put down the kitchen knife in her hand and was slightly taken aback.

"Director Li, I didn't do anything. What merit did I make?" Qin Jingru asked in confusion.

Everyone in the kitchen looked at Li Huaide with suspicion.

"Haha, sister-in-law, you don't know yet, do you? Yesterday, it was because your cooking was so delicious that you made that old bastard of a meat processing plant happy. Our plant will be allocated an extra thousand catties of meat every month from now on. Isn't that a great achievement?" Li Huaide laughed.

As he spoke, Li Huaide, not being stingy, took out a watch ticket from his pocket and handed it to Qin Jingru.

"Sister-in-law, take this watch ticket."

Qin Jingru did not immediately take the watch ticket. She looked at Wang Feng, and only after seeing Wang Feng smile and nod did she take the watch ticket.

"Thank you, Director Li."

Li Huaide smiled and waved his hand: "Sister-in-law, I'll be relying on you to take care of the guests from now on. Today, I've invited the factory director of the machinery factory and some other leaders, a total of ten people. You'll have to work a little harder today and cook another meal. Just like yesterday, the dishes can be served at six o'clock in the afternoon."

Li Huaide is now riding high. With Qin Jingru as his chef, he should take this opportunity to build good relationships with the leaders of other units.

Hearing that she would be hosting another event in the afternoon, Qin Jingru nodded: "Okay."

"Haha, sister-in-law, you go ahead with your work, I'll be going now."

"Take care, Director Li."

Seeing this, the kitchen staff all smiled. Qin Jingru didn't want any food; the more food they prepared, the more benefits they would receive.

Yesterday, Qin Jingru refused to take any food and even shared it with everyone in the kitchen, which won them their favor. They have accepted Qin Jingru, unlike Sha Zhu, who only knows how to eat alone.

After Li Huaide left, Qin Jingru handed the watch to Wang Feng with a sweet smile: "Brother Wang Feng, here you go."

Wang Feng waved his hand: "Jingru, you can keep it. I have a watch now, so the watch ticket is useless to me."

Qin Jingru smiled and said, "Brother Wang Feng, your watch looks like it's secondhand. How about I buy you a new watch when I get paid?"

"Hehe, that's fine too. Then I'll wait for Jingru's gift," Wang Feng said with a smile.

Just as Qin Jingru was about to speak, the loudspeaker announced:

【Hey hey】

[Good morning, fellow workers. This is an announcement: Since assuming the position, our factory director, Yang Limin, has accomplished nothing for the factory and has embezzled a huge sum of public funds. After deliberation by the higher-ups of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, it has been decided to remove Director Yang from all his posts and detain him for investigation.]

[The following is an appointment notice: Li Huaide, the deputy factory director, has been diligent and dedicated in his work since taking office, managing logistics in an orderly manner and making significant contributions to the factory. After deliberation by the senior management of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, Li Huaide has been appointed as the director of the steel rolling mill.]