Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Chapter 228 The banquet begins, and Madam Jia directly grabs the dishes.

Intermediate People's Court.

The five members of the Jia family had already found a table and sat down. Smelling the rich aroma of meat, Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng kept swallowing their saliva. Even Qin Huairu, Jia Dongxu, and Xiaodang stared intently at the meat and vegetables in the big pot.

Old Hu, sitting opposite Jia Zhangshi, looked at her with disdain and said:

"Hey, Jia Zhangshi, has your family no shame? We've already said each household can only send two people at most, but you've brought your whole family! What will you do when Third Master arrives?"

Jia Zhangshi glared fiercely at Old Hu with her triangular eyes, pointed at his head, and cursed loudly:

"Old Hu, what's it to you? I brought my whole family to this feast, so what? Huh? So what? Did I eat your rice? Go and call Old Man Yan right now. If he dares to stop us from eating at the feast, see how I deal with him."

"Jia Zhangshi, just say what you want to say. Let me tell you, don't point fingers at me, or I'll get rough with you," Old Hu said with a gloomy face.

"I'm pointing, so what? Are you going to hit me?" Jia Zhangshi pointed at her head, her face full of disdain.

"you……"

"Hmph! I can't be bothered arguing with a shrew like you."

"Old devil Hu, who are you calling a shrew? Believe me or not, I'll scratch you to death!" Jia Zhangshi shouted.

Old Hu sneered, "I don't believe it. Go ahead and make a move if you dare. If you do, I'll immediately go to the neighborhood office and tell Director Wang."

Qin Huairu tugged at Jia Zhangshi's arm and advised, "Mom, please stop making a fuss, the banquet will start soon."

Jia Dongxu sighed, "Mom, Uncle Hu, please stop arguing. Can't you stop arguing every time you meet?"

"Bang."

Jia Zhangshi slammed her hand on the table, stood up, pointed at Old Hu, and shouted with her neck stiff:

"Is it me who wants to start a fight? Huh? That old devil Hu wants to pick a fight with me, does he think I'm afraid of him?"

Just as Lao Hu was about to retort, he saw the Third Aunt and Yan Fugui arrive.

"Third Uncle, look at this! Jia Zhangshi brought her whole family along. What kind of nonsense is this?"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at Yan Fugui, wanting to see his attitude. If the Jia family could come and eat for free, they could invite their whole family over too.

Yan Fugui and the three aunts walked forward and, sure enough, saw that the Jia family had all arrived, even Xiao Dang had taken a seat, which made their faces instantly darken.

The third aunt was about to berate Jia Zhangshi for being shameless when Yan Fugui pulled her back and whispered in her ear:

"Forget it, at this critical juncture, let's not provoke Jia Zhangshi."

"snort."

The third aunt snorted coldly, pretending not to see Jia Zhangshi's family, and walked to another table.

Yan Fugui gestured to Lao Hu, forcing a smile.

"Old Hu, it's like this. The Jia family did us a favor a while ago. I invited the whole family to a banquet. But don't worry, there will be enough food today, and I guarantee everyone will be satisfied."

Madam Jia sneered, "See? You all saw it, didn't you? It was Old Man Yan who invited our whole family to this feast! If Old Man Yan hadn't invited us, we wouldn't have come!"

Hearing Yan Fugui say this, the crowd had nothing more to say. However, they looked down on the Jia family even more. Anyone with eyes could see that Jia Zhangshi must have threatened Yan Fugui to allow her whole family to eat at the banquet for free.

Yan Fugui glared at Jia Zhangshi, snorted, and walked to another table, wanting to avoid seeing her.

"Let's begin the meal."

At Yan Jiefang's shout, the aunties brought the dishes to the table.

Today, Shazhu made four meat dishes: Kung Pao Chicken, Braised Chicken Pieces, Stir-fried Pork with Green Peppers, and Eggplant with Minced Pork.

Anyway, the portion sizes are just one chicken and one pound of meat per table. Making a couple more meat dishes is just to make it look nicer.

As soon as the minced meat and eggplant dish was served at Jia Zhangshi's table, she snatched the plate and filled her bowl with her chopsticks. Then she filled Bang Geng's bowl, followed by Jia Dongxu and Xiao Dang. When less than a third of the dish was left, she didn't share it with Qin Huairu but put the plate back on the table.

Qin Huairu was about to ask Jia Zhangshi to give her some too, but Jia Zhangshi had already put the plate back, which made her feel so wronged that she wanted to cry. Was this not treating her like a human being?

Old Hu said with a gloomy face, "Jia Zhangshi, what do you mean? You might as well take all the dishes back. What are we supposed to eat if we keep doing this?"

The other residents in the courtyard also looked rather grim. If they hadn't arrived late and there weren't any seats left, they would never have sat at the same table as Jia Zhangshi.

"Eat it or not, there's still plenty left. If you don't want it, the Jia family will buy it all," Jia Zhangshi shouted confidently.

Upon hearing this, Old Hu and the other residents glared at Jia Zhangshi and then fell silent. If things escalated today, it would be bad for Third Uncle's reputation. They could only blame their bad luck for sitting at the same table as the Jia family.

No one hesitated any longer, and their chopsticks flew as they scooped food into the plate. Wasn't this just grabbing food? Did they think they couldn't do it?

Soon, Qin Huairu also joined the food-grabbing frenzy. Jia Zhangshi was still not satisfied; her bowl was already full, but she kept piling food into the dish, stuffing it into her gaping mouth.

The dish was empty in less than fifteen seconds. Qin Huairu didn't even get to taste the meat before the dish was gone, leaving her feeling utterly devastated.

As soon as the second plate of braised chicken was served, Jia Zhangshi tried to grab the plate as she had done before, but this time Lao Hu was prepared. He grabbed the plate and started shoveling food into their bowls. The others followed suit.

Upon seeing this, Jia Zhangshi panicked and, without even having time to argue with Hu Laogui, picked up her bowl and began shoveling vegetables into the dish.

Just as everyone in the courtyard was enjoying their meal, Wang Feng and He Yushui walked into the courtyard, followed by the post office director and postman Xiao Zhang.

Sha Zhu was particularly annoyed today. Wang Feng had called Yu Shui out, and the banquet had already started, but he still hadn't returned. Luckily, he was quick-witted and had already saved food for Yu Shui.

Yi Zhonghai took a bite of the braised chicken and asked Sha Zhu, "Sha Zhu, where's Yu Shui? Why isn't he back yet after the banquet?"

Sha Zhu snorted coldly: "It's all because of Wang Feng. He called Yu Shui out, and she hasn't come back yet. We don't even know where she ran off to."

Yi Zhonghai sighed, "Silly Zhu, I'm not trying to be mean, but don't you know what kind of person Wang Feng is? How could you let Yushui go out with him? What if Yushui goes astray with Wang Feng?"

"Yi Zhonghai, you son of a bitch, even if I'm wicked, I'm not as wicked as you, am I?"