Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Wang Feng followed the village chief to the pigsty, where a temporary fence had already been erected. The village chief pointed to the fence and said, "It's inside. See for yourself."

Wang Feng nodded and looked towards the fence. Sure enough, there were four sheep, three cows, and six goslings inside, each kept in a different area.

The cattle are genuine yellow cattle, each weighing about 70 jin (35 catties), and the lambs each weigh about 8 jin (4 catties).

"Uncle Lu, thank you so much this time. You've been a huge help to me."

The village chief stroked his beard and laughed, "Wang Feng, you gave me two hundred yuan last time, but that's not enough. I had to pay a lot of money out of my own pocket. You'll have to make up the difference later."

"Hehe, Uncle Lu, of course. Besides making up the difference, you won't be shortchanged on the sweet potatoes I mentioned before. Uncle Lu, just tell me how much more money you need to pay me," Wang Feng said with a smile.

"Wait a minute, let me do the math first. Lambs are 1.1 yuan per jin..."

"Uncle Lu, there's no need to calculate. I trust you. Just tell me how much it costs."

Before the village chief could finish speaking, Wang Feng interrupted him. He believed the old village chief wouldn't cheat him, and besides, he was now wealthy and powerful, so he didn't care if he was cheated a little.

Upon hearing this, the village chief nodded, and after a long pause, he said, "Just give me another 70 yuan."

Wang Feng did some mental calculations. These livestock calves were about 1 yuan per jin (1 kg), and the total number was about 250 jin. So, 270 yuan should be about right.

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Without saying a word, Wang Feng took out 70 yuan and handed it to the village chief.

"Uncle Lu, let me calculate how many kilograms of sweet potatoes I should give you this time. We agreed before that one sheep would give you two hundred kilograms of sweet potatoes, one cow would give you four hundred kilograms, so that's a total of two thousand kilograms. As for the six geese, I'll give you one hundred kilograms each, making it two thousand one hundred kilograms. Is that correct?"

"That's right, that's right."

The village chief grinned from ear to ear. He had been searching for these livestock calves for the past few days, visiting more than a dozen villages, all for these sweet potatoes.

"Hehe, Uncle Lu, then hurry up and call someone to haul the sweet potatoes away. When I arrived, I had already had them moved to the bushes outside the village."

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Soon, the village chief called his two sons, who pushed a cart and followed Wang Feng to the outside of the village.

After arriving outside the village, Wang Feng deliberately walked faster and went first to a dense thicket of grass, where he took out 2500 jin of sweet potatoes from his spatial storage.

Having taken out so many sweet potatoes, his space warehouse was basically empty of them; now he only had a few dozen kilograms left.

"Uncle Lu, here are 2500 jin of sweet potatoes. For the remaining 400 jin, could you help me collect some other things? You can pay me in advance, and I'll pay you back next time I come."

Seeing that each sweet potato weighed over half a pound and had no wormholes, the village chief nodded in satisfaction and smiled:

"What else do you want? Just tell Uncle Lu, and he'll get it for you if we have it nearby."

After thinking for a moment, Wang Feng said, "Help me collect a few ducks, and it would be best if I could get some roe deer. Also, I need a few saplings of various fruit trees. If you have any good tea trees, please help me get a few saplings as well."

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The village chief was silent for a moment, but still nodded in agreement. He had no choice; Wang Feng had given him too much.

Two thousand one hundred catties of sweet potatoes, even at 8 cents per catty, is close to two hundred yuan. Moreover, the quality of these sweet potatoes is so high that even at 9 cents, there would be plenty of people who would want them. This money is really too easy to make.

After settling all the details with the old village chief, Wang Feng returned to the fence, where the village chief's two sons were pulling sweet potatoes, so he didn't need to help.

It's almost 3 PM now, and he still needs to get these livestock calves into his spatial dimension as soon as possible before rushing back to Beijing.

After glancing at the young livestock in the fence, Wang Feng took three large sacks off the back of his bicycle. He put the six goslings into one of the sacks and the four lambs into the other two. Carrying the three sacks, he headed out of the village.

Upon arriving outside the village, the village chief was still in the bushes instructing his two sons to pack and move sweet potatoes. Seeing Wang Feng carrying large and small bags, he said:

"Wang Feng, you can't put the cubs in a sack like that. Do you need help? We'll help you together after we bring the sweet potatoes home."

Wang Feng waved his hand and laughed, "Uncle Lu, no need, I'm just pretending for now, it's fine. My friend drove over and is waiting for me not far away."

After saying that, Wang Feng walked away and soon arrived at a deserted grove of trees.

Seeing that no one was around, Wang Feng quickly created three pastures in his space and took in the six goslings and four lambs.

Back at the fence, Wang Feng found a cart, tied up the three calves, and pulled them out of the village.

After greeting the village chief at the village entrance and finding a secluded spot, Wang Feng stored the calf in his spatial storage. He then returned to the village, rode his bicycle, and headed towards Beijing.

I checked the time; it was almost 3:30. If I didn't hurry, it would be difficult to get back to Beijing before dark.

Wang Feng smoked a Zhonghua cigarette in one hand and rode his bicycle with the other, his feet practically pedaling the bike until it was smoking. Finally, he made it back to Beijing before dark.

Back at No. 95 courtyard, it was already completely dark. Wang Feng pushed his bicycle into the courtyard.

Yan Fugui saw that there wasn't anything good on Wang Feng's bicycle, so he just greeted Wang Feng casually and didn't talk to him much.

Upon arriving at the Intermediate People's Court, Wang Feng saw Qin Jingru standing at the entrance, looking around. He parked his bicycle, and Qin Jingru came to greet him.

"Brother Wang Feng, are you going to the countryside to do some shopping today?"

"Um."

Wang Feng smiled and replied, "What are you doing standing at the door?"

"Brother Wang Feng, I'm just waiting for you to come home. I can't cook if you're not back," Qin Jingru explained.

Wang Feng nodded: "I'm back now, go and cook. Oh, right, we still have three catties of mutton, so let's make stir-fried mutton with scallions. Remember, don't boil any Chinese medicine."

"Okay, Brother Wang Feng, you take a break first, I'll go cook right away."

Qin Jingru agreed and went back to the kitchen to cook.

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The backyard, the home of the deaf old lady.

The deaf old woman looked at the two cornbread buns in the bowl, without even a single piece of pickled vegetable, and said to the older woman with a gloomy face:

"Shufen, what's wrong with you? Cornbread for breakfast, cornbread for lunch, and cornbread for dinner? Don't you know I'm getting old and can't stand eating coarse grains?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman's expression stiffened, and she said somewhat embarrassedly:

"Grandma, as you know, I've been taking Chinese medicine, which costs a lot every month. Yesterday, Lao Yi gave me another 1500 yuan to get Xu Damao to write a letter of understanding. We really don't have much money left. Please bear with it, Grandma. I'll make you some steamed buns when things are a bit better."

Upon hearing what the older woman said, the deaf old woman's face instantly darkened.

She knew that Yi Zhonghai was trying to test her, but she was indeed penniless and there was nothing she could do.

The deaf old woman sighed, "Shufen, tell Zhonghai that I don't have any cash on hand right now, so I won't give him his living expenses for this month. I'll use something else to offset the living expenses later."

"Oh, ma'am, please eat first. I'll go tell Lao Yi right away."