Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

One o'clock in the morning.

Wang Feng opened his eyes and saw that Qin Jingru and Lu Banxia were sleeping soundly. He quietly got out of bed.

I put on my clothes, opened the door, and went out.

Just as Wang Feng opened the door, Qin Jingru and Lu Banxia opened their eyes at the same time.

Qin Jingru patted Lu Banxia's teddy bear and said, "Banxia, ​​Brother Wang Feng has been going to the black market to sell prey every night recently. He'll be back before dawn. We don't need to worry about it; we can just pretend we don't know anything."

Lu Banxia asked in confusion, "Sister Jingru, Brother Feng is already so rich, why does he still need to sell game? Our family isn't short of money, wouldn't it be better to stay home and sleep a little longer?"

Qin Jingru shook her head: "I don't know either. Brother Wang Feng told me before that he was selling it for a hunter friend, and he would get a share of the money and the meat. I guess Brother Wang Feng's main motivation wasn't the money, but the meat."

"oh."

Lu Banxia nodded as if she understood, and then asked no more questions.

"Go to sleep, let's just pretend we don't know anything."

"Um."

the other side.

Wang Feng climbed over the wall, came to a secluded corner, and entered the space.

In the past few days, he has been entering his space every night to make poison pills. Now his skills in making and detoxifying poisons have improved a lot. However, he has also killed about ten people in his experiments.

Wang Feng arrived at the living area of ​​the space and continued to brew poison pills using the same old method, but today he added several more types of poison.

Without exception, Xiao Rizi ultimately failed to detoxify and died from the poison.

After throwing the body into a corner of the space warehouse, Wang Feng began to think about a way to detoxify.

......

Friday morning arrived in the blink of an eye.

Today was the day Qin's parents came to the city to visit Qin Jingru. After breakfast, Lu Banxia went to work at the steel rolling mill. Wang Feng also went out and brought back some meat and vegetables, including pork, mutton, a pheasant, and a fish.

As for Lu Banxia's clothes and daily necessities, they were taken to her house in the backyard last night.

It's 8:30 in the morning.

Ma Hua rode his bicycle to No. 95 courtyard. As soon as he reached the front yard, he was stopped by three middle-aged women who asked him in a gentle tone:

"Comrade, who are you looking for?"

Ma Hua smiled憨厚ly: "Hello, ma'am, I'm here to see Section Chief Wang Feng."

"Looking for Wang Feng? He lives in the middle courtyard. Go there yourself."

Upon hearing that the person was looking for Wang Feng, the third aunt's tone immediately became less friendly.

"Oh, thank you, ma'am."

Ma Hua felt somewhat confused. Why did his tone change so suddenly? Did Brother Wang and this older woman not get along?

Without thinking much about it, he pushed his bicycle toward the Intermediate People's Court.

He had only taken a couple of steps when Yan Jiekuang ran up from behind, smiling, and said, "Brother, are you here to see Wang Feng? I know where he lives, I'll take you there."

"Thank you very much, young comrade."

When Ma Hua saw that a kind young comrade was leading him there, he didn't bother asking around later. He thanked him and followed Yan Jiekuang toward the Intermediate People's Court.

Yan Jiekuang was very happy. Every time someone wanted to go to Wang Feng, he would bring them there and Wang Feng would give them a White Rabbit milk candy. How could he miss such a good opportunity?

The two walked through the hanging flower gate and arrived at Wang Feng's house. Yan Jiekuang pointed to Wang Feng's house and said with a smile, "Wang Feng's house is over there."

Ma Hua nodded: "Thank you, young comrade."

As Ma Hua was about to knock on the door, Yan Jiekuang, being incredibly enthusiastic, beat him to it and knocked on Wang Feng's door.

"Knock knock knock".

Ma Hua was taken aback, then asked, "Young man, is there anything else?"

Yan Jiekuang smiled awkwardly: "It's nothing, I just wanted to confirm whether Brother Wang Feng knows you or not."

"oh."

Ma Hua didn't take it seriously. Many compounds are like this now. Once a stranger enters, they will ask who he is looking for. This is an effective way to prevent enemy agents from entering. It's just that he said he was looking for Wang Feng, so they still need to confirm it like this. The people in this compound are too cautious.

Squeak.

When the door opened, Wang Feng saw Ma Hua and Yan Jiekuang standing next to him. He knew that Yan Jiekuang must have brought Ma Hua here.

Before Wang Feng could speak, Yan Jiekuang said with a fawning smile, "Brother Wang Feng, this brother is here to see you. I brought him here."

"Brother Wang."

Ma Hua parked his bicycle and greeted Wang Feng respectfully.

Wang Feng nodded, patted Ma Hua on the shoulder, walked up to Yan Jiekuang, took out a White Rabbit milk candy from his pocket, handed it to him, and said with a smile:

"Thank you for your help this time. Here, take this White Rabbit candy."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Wang Feng."

Yan Jiekuang took the White Rabbit milk candy, grinning from ear to ear. He thanked him and happily ran towards the front yard.

"this……"

Ma Hua was completely baffled by this move. So the reason this young comrade was unwilling to leave was because he was waiting for Brother Wang to give him benefits?

Wang Feng handed Ma Hua a Daqianmen cigarette and asked with a smile, "Don't you feel like there's something strange about this courtyard?"

He knew perfectly well what Yan Jiekuang's ulterior motives were in bringing MCA here so enthusiastically, but he didn't care. It was just a White Rabbit candy, after all. After all, Yan Jiekuang had genuinely shown him the way, saving him some time.

"Uh, hehe, it's alright, it's alright."

Ma Hua smiled awkwardly. Little did he know that everyone in this courtyard was cunning, even the children were scheming.

"Hehe, alright, it's getting late, let's hurry to the station. I won't invite you in for tea this time, but if you run into Zhang Dali and Li Jianjun next time, tell them I'll treat them to drinks sometime," Wang Feng said with a smile.

"Brother Wang, there's no rush to drink tea. It's more important to pick up your uncle and aunt. Don't make them wait."

"As for drinking, there's no rush. I haven't seen Zhang Dali and Li Jianjun for over a week. I'll talk to them about it next time I run into them."

"Okay, let's go then."

Ma Hua is a man of action. He nodded, then pushed his bicycle and left the No. 95 compound with Wang Feng.

Yesterday afternoon, Wang Feng approached him and asked him to help pick up Wang Feng's father-in-law and mother-in-law from the station. He agreed without hesitation.

He had originally planned to go to the countryside to make purchases today, but he could postpone it. Wang Feng had done him a great favor, and since he had asked for his help, he had to help no matter how big or small the matter was.

If Wang Feng hadn't transferred him to the purchasing department, he would still be working as a handyman in the kitchen. The handyman's salary is only 16 yuan, and it will only increase to 18 yuan after three months, but 18 yuan is basically the maximum.

The purchasing agent was different. As soon as he was transferred to the purchasing department, his salary increased to 27.5 yuan. After that, he purchased a big wild boar from his uncle's village, and his salary increased to 38.5 yuan. With the profit from purchasing materials every month, his average monthly income was about 50 yuan.

The economy is bad now. He has a younger brother and a mother. The whole family depends on his meager salary to survive. If he only has 18 yuan a month, that salary is simply not enough to support the whole family.

He has always remembered Wang Feng's kindness in recognizing his talent, and he is overjoyed to be able to help Wang Feng now.