Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Chapter 482 Zhang Yuan Takes Another Pheasant and Rabbit, the Entire Academy is Driven Mad with Envy

The next day, early in the morning.

Today is Sunday, a day off. Wang Feng, Qin Jingru, and the other two slept until eight o'clock in the morning. By the time they finished breakfast, it was already nine o'clock.

After drinking a pot of tea inside, Wang Feng pushed his bicycle out the door.

There are no vegetables at home today, and it's Sunday, so he needs to bring some back.

He rode his bicycle around outside for a while, then went to courtyard number 28 to deliver some pork and mutton to Lou Xiao'e. He took out two jin of mutton and two jin of beef from his spatial storage, wrapped them in oil paper, put them in his backpack, and then took out a pheasant and a rabbit, which he hung on the handlebars.

As he rode his bicycle from courtyard number 28 back to courtyard number 95, the pheasants and rabbits on his handlebars made countless passersby swallow hard.

Wang Feng rode his bicycle and saw that most of the pedestrians on the road looked sallow. He shook his head and returned to No. 95 Courtyard.

As soon as he entered the front yard, he saw Yan Fugui watering the flowers again. He was about to walk back to the middle yard when Yan Fugui stopped him.

"Wang Feng, you've caught another pheasant or rabbit this early in the morning?"

When Yan Fugui saw the pheasants and rabbits on Wang Feng's handlebars, his mouth watered and his eyes gleamed.

Wang Feng shook his head and explained with a smile, "It's so early in the morning, a round trip to the countryside wouldn't be enough to hunt anything. I caught this a few days ago and it's being kept at a friend's house. It's Sunday now, so I had Jingru kill the pheasants and rabbits to have some meat."

After saying that, he didn't bother to waste any more words with Yan Fugui and pushed his bicycle toward the Intermediate People's Court.

No sooner had Wang Feng left than Yan Jiecheng came out of the house. When he saw the pheasants and rabbits on Wang Feng's handlebars, his eyes turned red with envy, and at the same time, he felt intense hatred towards Wang Feng.

Why did he not only fail to catch any prey while hunting, but also get bitten by a wolf? Now he has to go to the hospital every day to get a rabies vaccine, which costs several dollars.

Why is Wang Feng always able to catch his prey? And he seems so relaxed about it. This makes him extremely unwilling, but that's just how it is, and there's nothing he can do about it.

He had tried hunting in the mountains, but it was difficult and dangerous. He didn't know how Wang Feng managed to catch prey every time; he just couldn't.

Driven to near madness by jealousy towards Wang Feng, Yan Jiecheng stormed out of the courtyard without even saying goodbye to Yan Fugui, heading towards Xiehe Hospital.

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As Wang Feng walked back to the central courtyard, the people there, seeing that he had caught another pheasant and rabbit, all showed envy, their mouths practically watering.

Especially Aunt Li, the better Wang Feng did, the more she regretted it. If only she had married her daughter to Wang Feng earlier, she would have gotten a share of the wild chickens and rabbits now.

With rations reduced by 30%, most families can't even get enough cornmeal to eat, making meat incredibly appealing.

After all, meat is not available in the market. Even if each of them receives three ounces of meat coupons per month, what can they do if there is no meat in the market?

Meat on the black market is selling for ten yuan a pound. Let alone ordinary families like theirs, even someone like Yi Zhonghai, an eighth-level fitter, couldn't afford it.

Amidst the envious and jealous gazes of everyone in the courtyard, Wang Feng returned to the central courtyard.

As soon as I parked my bicycle, Qin Jingru came up to me with a smile and asked:

"Brother Wang Feng, shall we have pheasant and rabbit for lunch?"

"Um."

"Alright, I'll take the pheasants and rabbits to Aunt Wu right away and ask her to kill them for me."

As she spoke, Qin Jingru took the pheasant and rabbit off the handlebars and prepared to go to the front yard to find Aunt Wu, but Wang Feng stopped her.

"Brother Wang Feng, is there anything else?" Qin Jingru asked, puzzled.

"Jingru, I have two jin of mutton and two jin of beef in my bag. Take this to the kitchen first."

Wang Feng smiled slightly, took out two oil paper packets from his bag, and handed them to Qin Jingru.

"Okay, sure."

Qin Jingru took the oil paper package, smiled sweetly, and walked towards the kitchen.

She now feels incredibly lucky. In this day and age, other families don't even have cornmeal to eat, and people in the countryside are eating tree bark. But she not only has fine grains at every meal, but she can also eat meat every day. This kind of life was something she never dared to dream of before.

"Sister Jingru, are we having pheasant and rabbit today?"

Lu Banxia was sitting in the house drinking tea when she saw Qin Jingru taking pheasants and rabbits to the kitchen. She smiled and asked her what was wrong.

"Okay, we'll have pheasant and rabbit for lunch. Eat as much as you want. After you're done, I'll make braised beef for you tonight," Qin Jingru said with a smile.

"Hehe, Sister Jingru, you're so great! I'm definitely going to eat my fill at lunch today."

"No problem, I guarantee there will be enough."

Qin Jingru smiled slightly, put the beef and mutton into the kitchen cabinet, and went out with the pheasant and rabbit.

When the neighbors in the courtyard saw Qin Jingru taking pheasants and rabbits to Aunt Wu's house again, they felt an indescribable envy and jealousy.

Wang Feng's family doesn't want the internal organs or buttocks, not even the chicken heads. These are all good stuff. Aunt Wu only helped kill them and got these things for free. It would be strange if they weren't envious.

Unfortunately, there's no use in being envious. In this courtyard, Aunt Wu and Wang Feng's family have the best relationship. Wang Feng clearly takes special care of Aunt Wu, this widow and orphan. They don't get any of this good fortune.

Soon, Aunt Wu carried the pheasants and rabbits to the pond in the middle courtyard. She was surrounded by women from the courtyard who kept saying things like how lucky she was.

Aunt Wu ignored them and went about killing pheasants and rabbits, occasionally chatting with them for a bit.

These were hunted by Wang Feng, so there's no point in envying them. Besides, these organs are for Ya Ya to nourish her body, so she wouldn't share them with anyone else.

The cafeteria has stopped serving meat and vegetables, and even the complimentary meals have been suspended for so long. Ya Ya is still growing, and her salary is only 18 yuan, so she can't afford meat normally.

Just as Aunt Wu was killing pheasants and rabbits in the pond in the middle courtyard, Jia Zhangshi, who was sitting at the door of the Jia family, was so envious that her eyes turned red, and she kept uttering vicious curses at Wang Feng and Qin Jingru.

"Damn Wang Feng, you little bastard, you're such a good hunter, but you don't even know how to be filial to your old mother. You deserve to be childless for life."

Qin Huairu felt immense sorrow upon witnessing this scene.

Jingru is clearly her cousin whom she grew up with, so why is their relationship worse than that of ordinary neighbors?

What did she do wrong? She just wanted her family to have a better life, and she wanted the dog to eat more meat and grow up quickly. What did she do wrong?

With a wry smile, she didn't curse others all day like Jia Zhangshi. Today, she was going to check with the people at No. 88 Mao'er Hutong to see if those pimps had taken the money.

As she walked out of courtyard number 95, she didn't greet anyone along the way because she wasn't in the mood.