Lu Fangfang was dealing with squirrels in the yard, holding a dagger.

She peeled off the skin little by little along the squirrel's mouth.

Finally, she used a dagger to pry the lead bullet out of the squirrel's head.

"You're really unlucky. I missed so many shots at the groundhog, but you got shot right in the head."

Lu Fangfang shook her head. Seeing Xiaohua come out, she chopped off the squirrel's head, gutted it, and threw it to Xiaohua.

She carefully scraped off the grease from the leather with a dagger and set it aside to air dry.

Next time she goes to the county town, she plans to put the squirrel belt on and sell it to the purchasing station so she can get some money.

After washing it with clean water, Lu Fangfang carried the squirrel meat into the house.

"Meow~"

After Xiaohua finished eating, she followed behind Lu Fangfang.

Looking at Zhuangmu inside the house, it bared its teeth and barked again.

With Lu Fangfang around, Zhuang's mother wasn't afraid at all. She said disdainfully, "You better take care of your little flower. If I get hurt by it, you won't be so forgiving."

Lu Fangfang glanced at the angry Xiao Hua, then looked at Zhuang Mu.

Did you hit my little flower?

"Pah! Don't accuse me wrongly. Why would I hit it for no reason? It's the one that's always been at odds with me."

Mrs. Zhuang, her neck stiff, looked at the snow leopard cub with disgust. "I'm telling you, this is a wild animal. Humans can't keep it as a pet. You should send it to the zoo right away..."

"rub!"

As Zhuang's mother was speaking, she saw Xiao Hua running towards her.

She was startled and quickly stood up, hiding behind Lu Fangfang. "Look, look, I only said a few words to it, and it revealed its wild nature. You should take it to the zoo right away."

"Enough!"

Lu Fangfang couldn't stand it anymore and turned around to scold Zhuang's mother.

"Little Flower, be quiet."

"Meow~"

Xiao Hua called out to Lu Fangfang with a wronged expression.

"Alright, alright, Xiaohua is the best girl, I won't listen to her."

Lu Fangfang rubbed Xiaohua's head.

Holding the dagger, she cut off a piece of squirrel meat and fed it to Xiaohua.

Compared to the "meddlesome mother," she believed more in her own little flower, thinking that it must have been Zhuang's mother who had offended it.

After comforting Xiaohua, Lu Fangfang picked her up and put her in the inner room.

Looking at Mrs. Zhuang, she was somewhat irritated. "Comrade Zhou, when are you going back?"

Standing at the table, Mrs. Zhuang stirred the malted milk powder again. She shook her head and said:

“I have to wait for my son to come back, Comrade Lu. My previous conditions still stand. As long as you agree, you can go to Beijing anytime, and I can even cover your travel expenses.”

"Pah, just keep me in the mess."

Lu Fangfang spat at her.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Holding a kitchen knife, Lu Fangfang chopped the squirrel meat into several pieces.

Across from her, Mrs. Zhuang's eyelids twitched. She took a few cordyceps and put them into the cup of malted milk powder.

After hesitating for a moment, she finally voiced her doubts, "Fangfang, is what you just said true?"

"What's up?"

"Was Xiao Ting also involved in Zhu Haiming's ticket scalping in the family compound?"

Lu Fangfang glanced at Zhuang's mother, then nodded, "For the sake of your precious son's future, you'd better not associate with them, lest you implicate me."

She heated oil in a wok, stir-fried the squirrel meat, and then stewed it with potatoes.

Beside her, Zhuang's mother held a cup, seemingly lost in thought.

Lu Fangfang was not as carefree as Zhuang Mu.

While cooking rice, she chopped some bok choy, mixed it with cornmeal and bone meal, and fed it to the quail and chicks at home.

After half a month of careful care, the quails have grown a full size and can now glide with their wings flapping. Lu Fangfang no longer dares to let them out.

The chicks have grown a bit bigger, but it's obvious that they're not growing as fast as the quails.

"These things smell awful in the house. You need to move them out tomorrow. I've had enough of the quails and chickens you keep."

Lu Fangfang frowned upon hearing this.

These little things have grown up and aren't as cute as they were when they were little; they also smell really bad when left in the house.

"Okay, I'll put it in the big cage outside tomorrow."

Looking at Lu Fangfang, Mrs. Zhuang felt a sense of accomplishment welling up inside her.

This migrant worker from the countryside finally listened to her this once; it was truly remarkable.

"Fangfang, what's happening in Beijing..."

"I'm not going!"

Zhuang's mother's face fell again.

...

It was getting dark outside, so Lu Fangfang went to the yard to get a shovel and birch saplings, and then went to the yard gate.

In her hometown, every household had trees planted in front of and behind their yards, so they could enjoy the shade under the trees in the summer. Unlike the residential compound here, which is all bare and doesn't have a single tree.

She looked around and walked towards the wall at the entrance of the courtyard.

She dug a hole a little over a meter from the wall and planted the birch sapling.

She went back inside, fetched a bucket of water, and poured it into the tree pit.

"Fangfang, where did you get these saplings?"

Xiao Aiguo happened to be returning from outside and immediately saw Lu Fangfang planting trees.

As he approached, he took a curious look and discovered that it was still a birch tree.

"I dug it up from the birch forest upstream. By the way, brother-in-law, is it alright if I fall here?"

"Go ahead and plant them, as long as they're not in the middle of the road. It'll be a good way to beautify our residential compound."

Xiao Aiguo seemed to like the birch trees quite a bit.

Just as he was about to go home, he remembered something, stopped, and said:

"Xu Jinbu came to me this afternoon and asked me to be his and Xiao Ting's best man. I turned it down to Lao Gao. I think they're really going to make it this time, and you'll have an easier time from now on, saving that old lady from causing trouble."

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