Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Chapter 266 A Sticky Remarks: On the First Day of the Lunar New Year, a Spirit Summoning Ceremony at

Just as Wang Feng and Qin Jingru were about to go back inside, they saw the other children in the yard coming to wish them a Happy New Year.

Wang Feng wasn't stingy either; he gave each person a red envelope containing two mao (0.2 yuan), along with two candies each—one fruit candy, one White Rabbit milk candy, and a handful of peanuts and melon seeds.

There were dozens of children in the yard. As soon as one group left, another group came. So Wang Feng simply moved a table and chairs out and didn't go back inside.

Qin Jingru went back inside and brewed a pot of tea. The two of them drank tea while waiting for the children in the yard to come and wish them a Happy New Year.

The children received red envelopes, peanuts, melon seeds, and candies, and happily went to visit another family to offer New Year's greetings.

The most ruthless one was Bang Geng. He took Xiao Dang and went from the front yard to each household to offer New Year's greetings, kneeling down to do so.

If the red envelope is less than two cents, he makes the person kneel back to him. He has already received eight cents in red envelopes using this method in the front yard, and Xiao Dang has also received eight cents. This trick was taught to him by Sha Zhu last year.

Banggeng and Xiaodang arrived at Yan Fugui's house and knocked on the door.

"Knock knock knock".

The third aunt came out and saw that it was Banggeng and Xiaodang. Her expression was not very good.

"Happy New Year, Third Grandma."

As he spoke, Banggeng pulled Xiaodang down to his knees.

"Bang Geng, Xiao Dang, get up! Who told you to kneel down when you're offering New Year's greetings?" the third aunt said with a gloomy face.

Banggeng didn't get up, but said directly, "Third Grandma, you haven't given me a red envelope yet?"

Seeing this, the three aunties could only reluctantly take out two red envelopes and hand them to Banggeng and Xiaodang.

Banggeng opened the red envelope and saw that there were only five cents inside. He immediately stood up and shouted:

"Third Grandma, we've all knelt down to wish you a Happy New Year, and you only gave us five cents? I'll return your red envelope to you, and you can kneel down and return it to us."

The third aunt's face was terribly gloomy. Just as she was about to chase the stick away, Yan Fugui came out.

"What's wrong?"

The three women quickly told Yan Fugui what had happened.

Upon hearing this, Yan Fugui's face darkened.

"Hey, you were like this last year, and you're still thinking about this kind of good thing this year? Get out of here right now."

When Banggeng saw Yan Fugui get angry, he grabbed Xiaodang and left, muttering curses under his breath as he went:

"You stingy wretch, you deserve to have no descendants."

Seeing Banggeng and Xiaodang leave, Yan Fugui snorted coldly, "You ill-mannered bastards."

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The Intermediate People's Court, the Wang family.

Wang Feng and Qin Jingru sat at the door for half an hour until the children in the courtyard who came to wish them a Happy New Year finally finished.

"Brother Wang Feng, isn't it too much to give two cents in red envelopes from the neighbors in the courtyard? I just gave out more than three dollars in red envelopes." Qin Jingru said with some heartache.

Wang Feng smiled and waved his hand: "Jingru, the families in our courtyard who are a little better off give their children two cents in red envelopes during the Lunar New Year. We earn more than a hundred yuan a month now. If we give them a few cents in red envelopes, people will probably be cursing us behind our backs. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, so let's wish for good luck and not worry about it too much."

"Alright, I'll definitely earn back the money from the red envelopes once I have a few more sons in the future," Qin Jingru said through gritted teeth.

"Hehe, that works too."

the other side.

Banggeng and the others went to Shazhu's house and insisted on getting a 50-cent red envelope before they would leave. They claimed that he taught them this, and they wouldn't leave unless he gave them more. Shazhu had no choice; he couldn't argue with the kids, so he reluctantly gave each of them 50 cents.

Banggeng happily stuffed the red envelope into his pocket, pulled Xiaodang to Yi Zhonghai's house, and knocked on the door. This was the last house they would go to.

"Knock knock knock".

Yi Zhonghai and the older woman walked out of the room and saw Bang Geng and Xiao Dang. Both of them looked rather unhappy, especially Yi Zhonghai, who now wished he could strangle Bang Geng, that bastard.

"Grandpa Yi, Grandma Yi, Happy New Year."

As before, Bang Geng pulled Xiao Dang down to kneel and offer New Year's greetings.

The older woman had no choice but to take out two red envelopes and hand them over.

Banggeng immediately opened the red envelope, only to find two cents inside. He plopped down on the ground, slapped his thigh, and shouted:

"Old Jia, Dongxu! Come up and take a look! Yi Juehu only gave me a two-cent red envelope on the first day of the Lunar New Year. They're bullying me! Come up and take him away!"

"Pfft."

Wang Feng and Qin Jingru were standing at the door. When they saw this scene, Qin Jingru couldn't help but burst out laughing.

When Yi Zhonghai saw that Bang Geng dared to come to his house to summon his spirit on the first day of the Lunar New Year, his eyes turned bloodshot, his veins bulged all over his body, and he wished he could strangle Bang Geng to death.

"Bang Geng, take Xiao Dang and get out of here right now. If you dare to come to my house to summon spirits again, see how I deal with you."

Yi Zhonghai suppressed his raging anger and coldly stared at Bang Geng sitting on the ground.

The old lady was furious, her eyes were red. Someone came to their house to summon the spirit on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Who could stand it?

There were quite a few people in the courtyard at that moment, and when they saw the stick being summoned, they immediately ran over.

Fortunately, it's been sunny these past two days, and an old lady shoveled away the snow in front of Yi Zhonghai's house, otherwise his pants would have gotten wet.

When Banggeng saw Yi Zhonghai get angry, he grabbed Xiaodang and ran away. Anyway, he had already summoned the spirit, and got four White Rabbit milk candies.

After Bang Geng left, those who had witnessed him performing the ritual at the Central Courtyard laughed gleefully.

Yi Zhonghai's face was dark. He gave Bang Geng's back a vicious look, then slammed the door shut.

Banggeng ran to Wang Feng's house, panting, and said, "Uncle, you saw it just now, right? I've already performed the soul-summoning ritual. Quickly give me the remaining two White Rabbit milk candies."

Wang Feng laughed, took out two White Rabbit milk candies, placed them in Bang Geng's hand, and said:

"Bang Geng, you didn't do a good job with this summoning. I'll let it go this time, but next time you can't just summon a spirit and run away after one try, understand?"

Banggeng stuffed two White Rabbit milk candies into his pocket and nodded: "Okay, I'll definitely stay longer next time."

After saying that, Banggeng pulled Xiaodang back into the house.

Back in the house, Madam Jia quickly pulled the stick aside and asked:

"My dear grandson, how much is in the red envelope? Give it to Grandma quickly, and Grandma will buy you meat another day."

Banggeng took out the red envelopes. Some contained a few cents, some a few dimes, and some five dimes. Before going home, Banggeng took all the red envelopes from Xiaodang. Together with Xiaodang, they had a total of six yuan and forty cents.

"Haha, good, good, my dear grandson is so clever. Grandma will buy you meat to eat another day."

Jia Zhangshi laughed heartily and put away all the red envelopes. The red envelopes her family gave to other children were two cents each, and the cost was only a little over three cents. This time, she made a profit of six yuan.

Banggeng took out two White Rabbit milk candies, peeled off the wrappers, put one into Xiaodang's mouth, peeled off the wrapper of the other White Rabbit milk candy, and happily ate it himself.