Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Wang Feng and Qin Jingru each pushed a bicycle out the door. As soon as they arrived at the pool, they saw Qin Huairu washing clothes.

"Wang Feng, Jing Ru, where are you two going so early in the morning?"

"Hehe, sis, we're going back to Qin Family Village to have a banquet," Qin Jingru said proudly.

"Hold a banquet?"

Upon seeing Wang Feng and Qin Jingru each riding a bicycle, Qin Huairu's eyes lit up. Wang Feng was now a deputy section chief. He was holding a banquet at Jingru's parents' home. He probably wouldn't accept any gifts, right?

"Hehe, Wang Feng, Jingru, congratulations! Look, I'm Jingru's cousin. How could I not go to your banquet? Why don't you give me a ride back to Qin Family Village?"

Wang Feng was about to refuse, but Qin Jingru beat him to it and said, "Okay!"

Wang Feng glared at Qin Jingru, who playfully stuck out her tongue at him.

"Hehe, okay then. Jingru, wait for me, I'll go and call Banggeng and Xiaodang right away."

As Qin Huairu spoke, she prepared to go back to the Jia family to fetch people.

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Qin Huairu turned around and looked at Wang Feng with a puzzled expression.

Wang Feng didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "You can go back to Qin Family Village, but you'll have to go on your own."

Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu looked at Qin Jingru and said, "Jingru, don't you have two bicycles? Why don't you just give us a ride together?"

Qin Jingru shook her head and refused: "Sister, we have a lot of things to arrange back in Qin Family Village so early. If we take you there, it will be almost afternoon by the time we get there. Sister, you should just take Banggeng and Xiaodang and go by car."

Qin Huairu thought for a moment. The round-trip bus fare for the three of them would cost 1.2 yuan, which could buy more than half a jin of meat at the pigeon market.

Just as she was about to refuse, she heard Qin Jingru whisper to her, "Sister, I'll give you a dollar for the bus fare, how about that?"

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Qin Huairu smiled broadly and agreed without hesitation.

Wang Feng shook his head speechlessly after hearing Qin Jingru's whisper. He was perfectly alert now, and she still wanted to keep this from him?

However, he didn't say anything. He knew that Qin Jingru loved to show off in front of Qin Huairu, so how could she miss such a good opportunity?

The two pushed their bicycles out of the courtyard. Qin Jingru said apologetically, "Brother Wang Feng, I took it upon myself to agree to Sister Huairu's request. You won't be angry with me, will you?"

Wang Feng shook his head and laughed, "Alright, don't think I don't know what you're up to. I'll let it go this time, but if you dare to act on your own again, I'll beat you up."

Seeing that Wang Feng wasn't angry, Qin Jingru grinned and said, "Hehe, Brother Wang Feng, do you think the old women in Qin Family Village will compare Sister Huairu to me when she goes back to Qin Family Village? Don't you think that would be interesting?"

Wang Feng slapped his forehead, speechless, and said, "Alright, you just want everyone in Qin Family Village to envy you, and then belittle Qin Huairu, is that what makes you happy?"

"Hehe, before, when Sister Huairu married into the city, all the girls in our village envied her. Now it's her turn to envy me. Of course I'm happy."

"Let's go, stop being envious. It's already 7 o'clock, and we won't get to Qinjiazhuang until after 10 o'clock."

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Qin Jingru agreed and rode her bicycle towards Qinjiazhuang in Changping.

Wang Feng rode his bicycle very fast, but he was still delayed for a while because he was waiting for Qin Jingru.

It wasn't that Qin Jingru rode slowly; it was that her bicycle was no good. No matter how well a woman rides her bicycle, it can't possibly be as fast as a 28-inch bicycle.

The two chatted and laughed, and soon arrived at Qin Family Village. It was already 10:30 in the morning.

Normally, it only takes Wang Feng 3 hours to cycle to Qin Family Village by himself, but today it took him 3 and a half hours with Qin Jingru. This was only because Qin Jingru was in good physical condition and had great strength, and didn't rest along the way; otherwise, it would have taken even longer.

Upon arriving outside Qin Family Village, Wang Feng said to Qin Jingru:

"Jingru, go back and call your dad and brother, have them bring a cart over, I'll wait for them here."

"Brother Wang Feng, where is your friend? Didn't you say your friend had already delivered the meat and other things?" Qin Jingru asked curiously.

"Alright, stop asking so many questions. Just go when I tell you to. I'll take care of everything."

"Okay, Brother Wang Feng, wait for me, I'll be right there."

With that, Qin Jingru rode her bicycle and disappeared in a flash.

As soon as Qin Jingru left, Wang Feng killed the wild boar in his spatial storage with a thought, took out twenty catties of meat, and placed it on the nearby grass.

After skinning the four wolves in the space warehouse, they threw one out as well.

He doesn't eat wolf meat, and it's just taking up space in the warehouse, so it's better to give it to everyone.

Looking at the fish in the pond, he saw that there were about 600 jin of fish weighing over 5 jin each, but he only took out 20 jin.

Four rabbits were taken out, and there weren't many pheasants in the space, so he only took out one male pheasant, which was to be eaten on the main table.

Wang Feng calculated that there were 20 jin of wild boar meat, about 30 jin of wolf meat after skinning, 20 jin of fish, and 15 jin of rabbit meat from the four rabbits, totaling 85 jin of meat. With some side dishes, it should be more than enough for about 4 people at ten tables.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Feng took out another two hundred catties of sweet potatoes, since sweet potatoes were the only staple food available now.

As for tobacco and alcohol, forget about it. At most, we'll ask Jingru's dad to buy some sweet potato liquor.

After making the arrangements, Wang Feng took out a Zhonghua cigarette and started smoking it.

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Qin Jingru rode her bicycle all the way back to the village. When the village aunties and grandmas saw Qin Jingru riding her bicycle, their eyes widened in surprise.

"Hey, look, isn't that Jingru riding the bicycle?"

"Wow, Jingru looks so beautiful, I almost didn't recognize her! Why is she riding a bicycle back? Where did she get that bicycle?"

"Where did it come from? Her husband bought it for her, right? Did he steal it? Don't forget, her husband is a section chief in a large factory with tens of thousands of employees."

"Oh my, Jingru is so lucky! She just married into the city, and her husband bought her a bicycle. Isn't that incredibly generous?"

"Do you think my daughter Yuru is suitable to marry someone from the city?"

"Come on, your daughter has no chance."

"Even if your daughter marries into the city, she will have the same hard life as Qin Huairu. If she wants to marry into a wealthy family like Jingru, she will have to go back and have a beautiful daughter."

A group of middle-aged women were so envious of Qin Jingru, who was wearing new clothes and had bought a bicycle, that their eyes turned red with envy.

As Qin Jingru rode her bicycle past the group of middle-aged women, she waved to them with one hand while riding the bike.

"Sixth Aunt, Seventh Aunt, Eighth Aunt, what are you talking about?"

"Oh, it's Jingru..."

Before the older women could finish speaking, Qin Jingru interjected, "My husband bought me this bicycle for a full 178 yuan. I have to go back to my dad now."