Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Lu Banxia and Qin Jingru walked out of Yong'an Hall, their emotions still too excited to calm down for a long time.

Qin Jingru almost burst into tears of joy. After being married to Wang Feng for so long, she was finally pregnant with Wang Feng's child.

She's been under a lot of pressure these past few months, from her mother to the gossip from the people in the compound.

Her hearing was far superior to that of ordinary people. She often heard the older women in the courtyard gossiping about her behind her back, saying that she had been married to Wang Feng for so long but couldn't get pregnant. Jia Zhangshi said the worst things, calling her a hen that couldn't lay eggs. However, after being frightened by her, Jia Zhangshi never dared to say such things again.

On the way back to Nanluoguxiang, Lu Banxia was carrying Qin Jingru on her bicycle. She excitedly said:

"Sister Jingru, that's wonderful! You're finally pregnant with Brother Feng's child! If Brother Feng knew, he would be so happy."

"Jingru, how about this, you go to the factory tomorrow and quit your job. You're pregnant now, you can't continue cooking in the kitchen. What if too much smoke and fumes harm the baby?"

"Also, from now on, I'll do all the housework, and you can just eat whatever's served to you."

Qin Jingru rolled her eyes: "Banxia, ​​your cooking is so bad, how can I possibly have a good appetite for your food?"

"Well."

Lu Banxia smiled awkwardly: "Then what should I do? If it really doesn't work, I'll try harder to learn how to cook from you."

Qin Jingru said speechlessly, "Alright, Banxia, ​​with your cooking talent, I don't even want to talk to you anymore. I'll be satisfied as long as you do the other housework for me every day. As for the work at the factory, we'll decide when Brother Wang Feng comes back. Anyway, I don't really need to cook for guests at the factory."

"Besides, I'm only newly pregnant. It's not as serious as you say. When my mother was pregnant with me, she still had to work in the fields every day. Even on the day I was born, she was doing farm work all morning. I'm not as delicate as you think. And you heard what the old man just said. I'm perfectly healthy."

"Oh well."

Hearing Qin Jingru say this, she had no choice but to agree. In any case, she had to take good care of Sister Jingru before Wang Feng returned.

Qin Jingru was quite helpless. The old Chinese medicine doctor had been asking her all sorts of questions, such as whether she exercised regularly, whether she had practiced martial arts since childhood, and what she ate every day. This left Qin Jingru speechless. She gave a few perfunctory answers and then pulled Lu Banxia away.

Without even asking, she knew that the old Chinese medicine doctor must have found something by taking her pulse, saying that she would be fine even if she fell from the second floor, which almost made her want to pin the old doctor to the ground and beat him up.

No wonder Brother Wang Feng wouldn't let her go to the hospital with her son. Luckily, she was cautious and came to Zhengyangmen, which is quite far away, to see a doctor. If she had gone to the hospital, they might have used her as a guinea pig for research.

When I got back to Courtyard No. 95, it was already 11 o'clock.

Qin Jingru went to cook as soon as she got back to the house, but Lu Banxia insisted on helping out, leaving Qin Jingru to cook the dishes.

At noon, Qin Jingru made a dish of stir-fried sauerkraut with cured pork and a dish of hot and sour cabbage.

Just like before, Qin Jingru felt nauseous and wanted to vomit, but now that she knew she was pregnant, she insisted on eating almost two large bowls of rice.

After dinner, Lu Banxia brewed a pot of tea. Qin Jingru sipped her tea and smiled, saying:

"Banxia, ​​spread the word in the courtyard later that I'm pregnant."

Lu Banxia nodded and smiled, "Okay, I'll go in a bit. This time, let's see if those old women in the courtyard dare to gossip about you behind your back."

"Um."

Qin Jingru rubbed her belly, feeling very sweet inside, and her face radiated maternal warmth.

In the past six months, she has been under the most pressure. She is Wang Feng's legitimate wife. If Lou Xiao'e and Lu Banxia get pregnant with Wang Feng's child first, she doesn't know what to do.

It's true that she, Lou Xiao'e, and Lu Banxia are good friends, but she is, after all, the legal wife, and she must have her husband give birth to her child in accordance with her status as the legal wife.

She desperately wanted to see Wang Feng and tell him the amazing news as soon as possible, but unfortunately, Wang Feng had just left on a long trip and wouldn't be back for at least another ten days to two weeks.

If Wang Feng knew she was pregnant with his child, he would be very happy, right?

After finishing her tea, Lu Banxia went to the backyard. She first found Li Sumei to chat with, and casually mentioned that Qin Jingru was pregnant, which made Li Sumei extremely envious.

It's now basically confirmed that Xu Damao is ruined, and she'll never be able to conceive in her life. How could she not be envious? But despite her envy, she wasn't jealous, since she and Qin Jingru were pretty good friends who got along well.

Soon, thanks to Lu Banxia's deliberate promotion, everyone in the compound knew that Qin Jingru was pregnant, which caused another uproar in the entire No. 95 compound.

Yesterday, Bang Geng escaped from Pai Hua Zi's clutches, and today Qin Jing Ru is pregnant with Wang Feng's child—these are all good things.

However, when Qin Jingru became pregnant, only a few families in the courtyard were happy for her, including Li Sumei and Aunt Wu. Most of the others were only superficially happy for her.

Upon hearing this news, Jia Zhangshi even launched into a tirade of curses at home, her tone as vicious as could be.

"That damned little wretched girl, Qin Jingru, that country bumpkin, how could she be pregnant? Isn't she just a barren hen?"

"So what if Wang Feng and Qin Jingru are pregnant? I curse them to give birth to sons without an anus!"

Qin Huairu was washing clothes in the pool in the middle courtyard when she heard that Qin Jingru was pregnant with Wang Feng's child. She felt a mix of emotions.

Now that Jingru is pregnant with Wang Feng's child, she has finally secured her position. I heard that starting this month, Jingru's salary has increased to 84.5 yuan, plus Wang Feng's 99 yuan, making a total of 183.5 yuan this month.

If Qin Jingru gives birth to the child, the child can enjoy a life of luxury, able to eat whatever they want. But what about her? And what about her son? How can the difference be so huge?

Qin Huairu was filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred towards Qin Jingru. She was so envious that she was going crazy. The life Jingru lived every day was what she had always wanted for her.

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Zhongyuan, Yi Zhonghai's house.

When the older woman heard that Qin Jingru was pregnant, she sighed deeply, feeling an indescribable envy in her heart.

Her greatest desire in her life was to have a child of her own, but unfortunately, that was destined to remain a distant dream.

Yi Zhonghai's eyes were as cold as knives. He and Wang Feng had always been at odds, and even had a grudge against each other, but he had never dared to seek revenge on Wang Feng.

Now that he heard that Wang Feng had a child, he felt worse than if he had swallowed a dead fly. Why did everyone else have children while he was the only one without an heir?