Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Chapter 194 Liu Lan introduces Liu Yuhua to potential partners

Qin Huairu was taking a nap with Xiao Dang at the moment. She hadn't eaten lunch and was really hungry, so sleeping was the only way to make her feel less hungry.

Hearing Banggeng's loud shout, she quickly got out of bed and asked doubtfully, "Banggeng, is your grandma really going to have sex?"

Banggeng nodded, gesturing with his hands to draw a circle: "Really, it's a huge piece of meat."

Just then, Jia Zhangshi walked into the room, handed the sack to Qin Huairu, glanced at her disdainfully, and said:

"Qin Huairu, put the things back in the kitchen. We're going to cut half a pound of meat tonight; it's time for a proper meal. And let me tell you, don't you dare steal any, or I'll make you pay."

Qin Huairu opened the sack and was immediately shocked.

Inside the burlap sack were two smaller burlap sacks. One sack contained more than three jin of wheat flour, and the other contained more than ten jin of cornmeal. There was also a piece of cured meat at the bottom, weighing more than one jin.

"Mom, where did you get all these things?" Qin Huairu asked worriedly.

Madam Jia glared at Qin Huairu: "Why do you care so much? Don't worry, I didn't take it in our courtyard, and I was very careful this time, so it won't come back to me."

Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu retorted loudly, "Mom, why did you steal again? Have you forgotten how you got caught last time? And you even took Bang Geng with you. Bang Geng is so young; you'll corrupt him if you do this."

"Smack."

Madam Jia slapped Qin Huairu hard across the face, cursing, "Qin Huairu, you dare blame me? If you weren't so useless and hadn't failed to get the meat, would I have had to risk my life?"

"Those damned, childless wretches in the courtyard! Our family is already so poor, and they won't even help us out. You won't give us any meat. Dongxu's salary is just enough for us to buy cornmeal. Do you expect me to watch my cornstalks starve to death?"

"That's right, Mom, you're so useless. You can't even get any meat yourself, but Grandma is so amazing, she got so much meat all at once, and you're still nagging here. You're such a waste," Bang Geng shouted.

Qin Huairu covered her face, staring blankly at Bang Geng, and remained silent for a long time.

"Why."

With a helpless sigh, Qin Huairu put the things in the kitchen, lay back down on the bed, and didn't say a word.

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Steel rolling mill.

In the afternoon, Liu Lan found Liu Yuhua in the workshop rest area and asked with a smile, "Yuhua, I heard your dad recently took on another apprentice. How's it going? Have you two hit it off?"

Liu Yuhua sighed and shook her head, saying, "No, they wouldn't be interested in me."

Liu Lan patted Liu Yuhua's broad shoulders and comforted her, "Yuhua, don't sigh. If others look down on you, it's because they have no taste. You're a level three worker, and your monthly salary is 42.5 yuan."

Liu Yuhua forced a smile, but inwardly she sighed repeatedly.

Over the years, she has been on countless blind dates, but everyone rejected her because she was too strong-looking. If it weren't for seeing how worried her father was about her marriage prospects, she would have really decided to just live alone for the rest of her life.

Seeing that things were about right, Liu Lan grinned and said, "Yu Hua, I have a suitable person here. Do you want to meet him? This person is a permanent employee in our factory. He just joined not long ago, and he's not bad-looking. It's just that his salary is a bit low, only 18 yuan a month."

"Um?"

Liu Yuhua looked at Liu Lan with a puzzled expression and asked, "I don't care about the salary being low, but will people even be interested in me? I've been on so many blind dates, and every time someone sees me, they make an excuse to leave. I don't want to go on any more blind dates now."

"Hehe, Yuhua, let me tell you, this guy's dad is a primary school teacher. Before he went to work in the factory, his dad's salary supported the whole family of six, so they were usually quite frugal. I heard that recently his family's life savings of more than two thousand yuan were stolen."

At this point, Liu Lan smiled and said, "If you, a level three worker, are willing to marry into their family, I guarantee they will be absolutely satisfied with you as their daughter-in-law."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yuhua immediately felt that there was hope. It didn't matter that her family was poor; after all, she was a formal employee in the factory.

She's 22 years old this year. If she doesn't get married soon, her father will be ridiculed by his coworkers behind his back every day, who say that his daughter will never get married.

Thinking of this, Liu Yuhua nodded and looked at Liu Lan, saying, "Sister Lan, then please arrange for us to meet."

Liu Lan nodded and looked at Liu Yuhua seriously, saying, "Yuhua, let me tell you this first: if you two really get together and things don't go well, don't blame me. Also, that family is really frugal; they might not see any meat for months. If you can't stand that kind of family, I advise you not to meet them."

Liu Yuhua grinned and waved her hand dismissively: "Don't worry, Sister Lan, I won't blame you no matter what. I don't have any demands right now, I just want to get married as soon as possible so that my dad won't always worry about me and be laughed at behind my back."

At this point, Liu Yuhua added, "In other words, as long as this person has a city household registration and a decent job, I'm willing to marry him. Even if we get married and things don't go well, can't we just live our own lives separately? Are you afraid that I'll marry into another family and be bullied by them?"

"Hehe, that's true. Okay, wait for my news, and I'll arrange a meeting for you as soon as possible."

When Liu Lan saw Liu Yuhua's even more robust physique than Sha Zhu, and saw him take Sha Zhu down with one hand, she felt a pang of worry for Yan Jiecheng's family.

"Okay, then thank you for your hard work, Sister Lan. I have to go back to the workshop, so I'll be going now." Liu Yuhua grinned.

"Okay, go ahead."

After leaving the workshop's rest area, Liu Lan wanted to tell Wang Feng the good news, but since Wang Feng rarely came to the factory, she could only ask Jing Ru to inform him.

Back at the third canteen, Liu Lan found Qin Jingru and said, "Jingru, when you go back today, please tell Wang Feng that the matter has improved and ask him to come see me so I can talk to him about the follow-up."

Qin Jingru looked at Liu Lan with a puzzled expression and asked, "Sister Lan, what's wrong?"

"Hehe, it's nothing much. Wang Feng just asked me to do something for him. Oh, don't ask so many questions. If you want to know, go home and ask your Wang Feng." Liu Lan casually replied.

Qin Jingru felt somewhat confused. What would Brother Wang Feng want Liu Lan to do? Nevertheless, she nodded in agreement.

After Qin Jingru finished entertaining everyone in the afternoon, she distributed the meat and vegetables she had saved to everyone and then returned to courtyard number 95 to tell Wang Feng what Liu Lan had asked her to convey.

Upon hearing this, Wang Feng smiled. He decided to go and discuss with Liu Lan the next day to see how to make this happen.

If Liu Yuhua and Yan Jiecheng's relationship really goes through, the Yan family will be quite lively from now on.