Courtyard House: A System Connecting Two Worlds, Resources for the Nation

Early the next morning, Zhou Feng knocked on the door of Yan Bugui's house across the street. The latter was stunned when he opened the door.

Recently, their family has rarely provoked the other party, and Zhou Feng hasn't interacted with him much either.

At most, the younger children in the family would greet Zhou Feng when they met, and he would casually offer them some snacks.

The sudden knocking of this man startled Yan Bugui.

Although his family had helped Zhou Feng deal with those cultural relics and earned some supplies and money in the process, and Zhou Feng had also helped find his eldest daughter-in-law a job, the eldest son in the family had also suffered a lot because of Zhou Feng.

Furthermore, the days when Lao Yi, Xu Damao, and Sha Zhu disappeared due to Zhou Feng's mysterious background made Yan Bugui even more wary.

He's so old; if he gets arrested, he'll be lucky to escape with his life.

When Old Yi first returned, he looked like he had just recovered from a serious illness. He was extremely thin and didn't even dare to look people in the eye when he walked. It took him many days to recover.

"Comrade Zhou... Comrade Zhou Feng, is there something you need?"

"Oh, I'd like to ask you for a favor."

Upon hearing Zhou Feng's words, Yan Bugui's eyes lit up instantly.

Would it be alright if I needed his help?

Everyone in the courtyard knows that Zhou Feng's family is the wealthiest.

I asked him to help me find antiques a few times before, and the benefits he got from it were enough to feed my family eggs and rice for many days!

"Comrade Zhou Feng, please tell me, and I'll see if I can help."

But Lao Yan didn't rule it out completely, and asked a question with a cheerful smile.

"Here's the thing, the day after tomorrow I'm getting married to Bai Ling, and the banquet will be held in our courtyard, with maybe one more table of our relatives and friends. I'd like to ask you to come and help out, to be the accountant and prepare some dried fruit or something..."

"Great! That's wonderful! No problem at all!"

Yan Bugui immediately agreed.

This kind of work as an accountant is what he's best at. He helped with the arrangements when people got married in this courtyard!

"I still have some ink, brushes, and red paper. I'll write a few more 'double happiness' characters and post them inside and outside the courtyard. Then I'll have the rest of us who are free go and tell everyone in the courtyard. I'll make sure you get notified."

"OK!"

Zhou Feng nodded in satisfaction.

The author is absolutely right.

For things like this, where someone can organize things and even profit from the process, Yan Bugui is the right person to handle it!

In front of Yan Bugui, Zhou Feng casually took out ten yuan from his pocket, along with a lot of peanut and melon seed coupons, and handed them to him.

"I've given you the money and the tickets. Please help me arrange the dried fruit. Your reward will be given to you after the matter is settled. There can be no shortchanging. You understand what I mean."

Yan Bugui, his hands trembling, accepted the money and notes, nodding repeatedly, "Don't worry! Wedding banquets are big events, I'll definitely handle everything perfectly for you!"

Looking at the melon seed coupons and peanut coupons in his hand, Yan Bugui kept clicking his tongue.

It should be noted that dried fruits could only be purchased in limited quantities with the help of a resident food purchase certificate in Beiping City. Each household was only allowed half a catty of peanuts and two ounces of melon seeds per year.

At most, some companies can provide holiday subsidies such as sunflower seed coupons and peanut coupons during specific holidays.

But no one takes out so many at once, right?

In some entire workplaces, it's probably impossible to receive so many subsidy vouchers at once!

He knew perfectly well that if things went well, he would definitely reap the rewards.

But if anything goes wrong because of his little schemes, Zhou Feng will definitely not let him off the hook.

"Then I'll leave this to you. I still need to go and discuss the dishes with the chef."

"Hey? Aren't you going to ask Sha Zhu to cook this feast?"

Yan Bugui was somewhat stunned.

Over the years, when things were being done in the courtyard, Sha Zhu was basically in charge of cooking.

That guy may have a bad temper and a foul mouth, but his cooking skills are truly exceptional.

"Why bother looking for him? I'll just go to the steel mill and have their current head chef and his team come over. He's way more capable than Sha Zhu, efficient, and much nicer to talk to. Just you wait and see, this time the dishes are going to be amazing."

"Alright then! You go ahead and get busy!"

Yan Bugui watched Zhou Feng leave with a cheerful smile.

These days, it's not like in later generations when people would accept monetary gifts at banquets.

At that time, resources were extremely scarce, and everything was rationed, so gifts given as gifts were basically daily necessities such as thermos flasks, enamel basins, and towels.

Those families with the means might receive some grain coupons or cloth coupons.

Only those who are slightly better off will take out a dollar or two in cash.

Therefore, hosting a banquet is purely a form of consumption. Most families simply invite relatives and friends for a simple meal and distribute some wedding candy.

Only Zhou Feng's family in the entire courtyard had such conditions.

But when people asked him to be their accountant, he prepared everything he needed to. If someone gave him a gift, he would write it down; if not, he could simply take it home.

After handing over the miscellaneous tasks to Yan Bugui, Zhou Feng took a car to the steel rolling mill.

As for whether Nan Yi would agree to this, he hadn't even considered it.

With Li Huaide's connections there, how could Nan Yi possibly refuse?

As expected, after learning Zhou Feng's purpose, Li Huaide took him directly to the back kitchen of the steel rolling mill and explained the situation.

Let alone Nan Yi, with Li Huaide speaking up, even the cafeteria director wouldn't dare say anything more.

However… after Zhou Feng left the steel rolling mill, Nan Yi came to Li Huaide's office with a troubled expression: "Boss, I'm afraid there might be problems with Comrade Zhou Feng's wedding banquet!"

"Hmm? What kind of problem could this be? Didn't I arrange for someone else to work in the cafeteria kitchen tomorrow? Why won't Director Chen release them?"

Seeing Li Huaide's face darken instantly, Nan Yi quickly waved his hand: "No...no, it has nothing to do with Director Chen! It's Comrade Zhou Feng...the dishes he chose are too expensive and hard to get. I'm afraid there might be an accident in the preparation of the dishes."

He must know quite a few dishes, so when he recited the names of the dishes to Zhou Feng, he certainly gave the other party a pleasant surprise.

But to his surprise, Zhou Feng showed no interest in choosing ordinary dishes.

In plain terms, this leader selected a whole table of fancy dishes!

An accident occurred while preparing the ingredients?

Li Huaide rolled his eyes at Nan Yi, annoyed: "You don't need to worry about preparing the ingredients. If the dishes arranged by Comrade Zhou Feng need to be prepared tonight, you can go over tonight. If not, go and prepare them early tomorrow, just make sure nothing goes wrong."

Putting everything else aside, in terms of the ability to organize supplies, he had never seen anyone stronger than Zhou Feng.

What's a few tables of food?

He had only seen those millions of kilograms of chicken once, but he would never forget it in his life!

They piled up like a small mountain!

"Okay... okay, boss, I'll head over early tomorrow morning."