Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Just as Qin Jingru was about to speak, she suddenly looked up and saw Qin Huairu carrying Xiao Dang and a stick, and they were almost at the entrance of Qin Family Village.

"Auntie, Sister Huairu is back!"

Hearing the sound, Huai Ru's mother looked towards the village entrance and immediately saw Qin Huai Ru. At that moment, Qin Huai Ru also saw her mother.

"mom!"

Qin Huairu quickly stepped forward to her mother, tears already welling up in her eyes.

He put Xiaodang down, rubbed Banggeng's head, and said, "Banggeng, Xiaodang, this is your grandmother, quickly greet her."

"grandmother."

"grandmother."

"Oh, they're all good kids."

Huai Ru's mother gently rubbed Bang Geng and Xiao Dang's heads, wiped away her tears, and revealed a kind smile.

"Sister, you and Aunt have a good chat. I'll head back now. Remember to come to the threshing ground for the feast later."

With that, Qin Jingru rode off on her bicycle in a flash.

"Huai Ru's mom, your family is reunited, have a good chat, and we're heading back now."

Seeing this, the older women and young wives told Huai Ru's mother and then left.

"Mom, let's go home first," Qin Huairu said, her eyes brimming with tears.

"Sigh, time to go home."

......

When Qin Jingru returned home, she saw Wang Feng drinking tea, smoking, and reading a novel again. She picked up Wang Feng's enamel teacup and drank the tea in one gulp.

She had been chatting in several places in the village and was extremely thirsty, but she resisted the urge to drink water so that she could chat with more of the older women.

"Jingru, did you have a good time bragging today? I haven't seen you all afternoon?"

Qin Jingru clung tightly to Wang Feng's arm, rubbing against the mountain peak repeatedly.

"Hehe, Brother Wang Feng, this is just my hobby, don't be angry, okay? I'll make it up to you tonight."

Wang Feng said speechlessly, "Alright, I'm not angry. Stop nagging, or you'll be in trouble."

"hey-hey."

"By the way, Brother Wang Feng, Qin Huairu has returned to Qin Family Village."

Wang Feng nodded: "It's almost 5 o'clock now. She'll have lunch at home and leave around this time."

"Brother Wang Feng, are you hungry? Should I go get some sweet potatoes to fill my stomach?" Qin Jingru asked.

Wang Feng shook his head and smiled, "I'm not hungry."

Just kidding, if he had to wait for Qin Jingru to get him food, he would have starved to death long ago. Luckily, he had dozens of steamed buns in his spatial storage.

He ate about ten steamed buns in the afternoon when no one was around, but Jingru didn't seem to have any. She only ate two steamed buns at noon, so she must be hungry by now.

"Jingru, you only ate two steamed buns for lunch. Aren't you hungry?" Wang Feng asked curiously.

"Hehe, Brother Wang Feng, I was just chatting, and I forgot I was hungry while we were chatting," Qin Jingru said with a silly grin.

Wang Feng secretly gave Qin Jingru a thumbs up. To show off and brag, she could even forget about being hungry and thirsty. This had reached the highest level of bragging: the state of selflessness.

"Brother Wang Feng, what did you eat this afternoon? How come you're not hungry?" Qin Jingru asked curiously.

"you guess."

"Heh heh, guess what? Brother Wang Feng, I'm going to the threshing ground to eat sweet potatoes, do you want to come?"

"I'm not going."

"Okay, I'll go by myself then."

......

5:30 p.m.

Qin Jingru returned to the house and shouted, "Brother Wang Feng, the feast is about to begin! Come with me to the threshing ground!"

Wang Feng nodded slightly and followed Qin Jingru to the threshing ground.

The guests for the banquet have all arrived, a total of about one hundred people, spread across ten tables, with an average of ten people per table.

All the dishes were served, including braised pork, boiled fish, stir-fried rabbit, and braised wolf meat for meat, and stir-fried cabbage and hot and sour shredded potatoes for vegetables.

There were only 4 rabbits in total, and wolf meat was the most plentiful. Each table had a portion of more than three pounds of meat. The portions of meat on the table were very generous, with several large bowls on each table. On average, each person could get about half a pound of meat.

As for the pheasant, Wang Feng only took out one, and only the two most important tables had the dish of stewed pheasant and mushrooms.

The staple food was steamed sweet potatoes. There were about 200 kilograms of sweet potatoes in total, which was about 2 kilograms per person, enough to eat.

As for the liquor, it was sweet potato liquor that Qin's father bought. This kind of liquor is plentiful, filling, and cheap, and it's what rural people usually drink.

"Let's begin!"

At the village chief's shout, all one hundred or so villagers began to feast.

The village chief of Qin Family Village is Qin's father's second elder brother, and he is the one who is helping to take care of many things today.

The Qin family in Qin Village is relatively well-mannered; with so many people eating together, there was no fighting over the food.

Wang Feng sat at the main table, next to Qin Jingru, her father, mother, Qin Dashan, her father's eldest and second eldest brothers, and the men of their family.

Qin Huairu and her mother were not at this table, but at a table next to it. Before the banquet had even started, Banggeng couldn't wait to grab food from his bowl and start eating.

However, everyone at their table was a sister-in-law or relative, so when they saw Bang Geng acting like this, no one said anything. It was just that Huai Ru's mother felt very embarrassed.

Qin's father had three brothers: the eldest, Qin Changshun; the second, Qin Changyi; and the youngest, Qin Changyao.

Qin Huairu's father, Qin Changshun, is the eldest son; Qin Changyi, the village chief of Qinjiazhuang, is the second son; and Qin Jingru's father, Qin Changyao, is the third son.

The crowd toasted and ate heartily, their mouths greasy with oil. Many people in Qin Family Village hadn't eaten meat in a long time, and with so much meat today, everyone ate to their heart's content.

"Wang Feng, today your second uncle must raise a toast to you to thank you for treating the whole village to a feast for free. Your second uncle wishes you and Jingru a healthy baby soon."

Qin Changyi picked up his wine glass, stood up, and was about to toast Wang Feng.

Seeing this, Wang Feng quickly stood up and said, "Thank you, Second Uncle. I am the junior, so I should be the one toasting you. Uncle, Dad, and Brother, please don't stand there. Let's have a drink together. Come on, let me toast everyone."

As he spoke, Wang Feng gulped down a bowl of sweet potato stew in one go.

Everyone finished their bowls of sweet potato liquor in one gulp.

After drinking two large bowls with Qin's father and the others, Wang Feng took Qin Jingru to toast each table.

Qin Jingru's cousin, Qin Yuru, specially prepared small cups for them and also took on the task of pouring the wine.

Wang Feng walked to a nearby table, picked up a wine glass, and said with a smile to everyone, "Thank you all for coming to celebrate my and Jingru's wedding. Please enjoy yourselves."

After saying that, Wang Feng and Qin Jingru drank a full cup of sweet potato liquor.

"Wang Feng, you're now the son-in-law of our Qin Family Village. You'll have to bring Jingru back often in the future."

"Wang Feng, I wish you a long and happy life together and many children."

"Wang Feng, do you still want a wife?" an older woman couldn't help but ask.

"puff."

Wang Feng almost spat out his wine. He looked at the woman who had spoken earlier, wondering whose woman was so brave.

To his disappointment, he didn't recognize the woman.

When Qin Huairu saw Qin Jingru, who was the center of attention, she felt a sour and bitter feeling in her heart. She couldn't quite describe the feeling, but she just felt uncomfortable and wanted to cry.

She was now insanely envious of Qin Jingru. She wished she could replace Jingru and make her the envy of everyone in the village. Unfortunately, that was nothing but a pipe dream for her.