"Huh? Why hasn't it started yet?"

"Yes, where's Xiao Ting? Why hasn't she come yet?"

...

Listening to her sisters-in-law's words, Lu Fangfang had the same question. The tea was almost gone, and the person in question still hadn't shown up. It was really strange.

She glanced at Mrs. Zhuang beside her; the old lady's expression remained unchanged.

No, the old lady's expression turned somewhat sinister, which frightened Lu Fangfang, who had no idea what she was thinking.

After a while, a man and a woman came to the outside of the auditorium.

Several regimental leaders, including Gao Dajiang and Xiao Aiguo, who were in the front row, quickly stood up to greet them.

Lu Fangfang glanced at him curiously and found that the man was very burly and exuded a heroic air. Hearing others call him Commander Xiao, she realized that this must be Xiao Ting's father.

Lu Fangfang was eating sunflower seeds and didn't have a good impression of this person.

Back then, her Mingcheng was still injured when he was sent to Xinjiang. It was all this man's fault... No, going to Xinjiang was an honor, but Lu Fangfang wasn't grateful to him at all.

"Hey? Sister-in-law Manling, who is that young woman? Is she Xiao Ting's sister?"

"Oh dear, don't talk nonsense, that's Xiao Ting's stepmother."

Sun Manling quickly pulled her up.

"ah……"

Lu Fangfang stopped eating sunflower seeds.

Goodness, she's so young, how could she fall for an older man?

She shook her head, somewhat puzzled.

However, Commander Xiao was quite burly and had more charm than the average older man.

After a while, Xiao Ting and Xu Jinbu finally arrived, and applause broke out in the auditorium.

On the stage, the two wore big red flowers, and the troupe leader, Gao Dajiang, was the officiant.

"Comrades, today is the day that Comrade Xu Jinbu and Comrade Xiao Ting of our regiment become revolutionary partners. Comrade Xu Jinbu is an outstanding soldier, and is..."

Lu Fangfang looked at the two of them with some surprise.

Neither of them looked very happy, and one side of their face appeared somewhat red and swollen, which was quite strange.

"Comrades, let's give a round of applause to congratulate the newlyweds."

"Slap, slap, slap..."

Applause rang out in the auditorium. Xu Jinbu and Xiao Ting forced smiles and bowed to the crowd in gratitude.

Lu Fangfang clapped her hands vigorously, making a loud clapping sound. She had finally managed to marry off her love rival.

She glanced at Mrs. Zhuang beside her; the old lady didn't seem to be up to any trouble, which reassured her slightly.

The wedding was quite simple. After the regimental commander finished speaking, Division Commander Xiao went up and spoke for a while. Then Xiao Ting and Xu Jinbu came down to serve tea to everyone, and the wedding was over.

The group leaders might have a wedding banquet with food, but they can forget about it.

Lu Fangfang grabbed a handful of wedding candy, pulled Zhuang's mother along, and left.

Once outside, she looked at the old lady and said cheerfully, "Comrade Zhou, now you shouldn't think about Xiao Ting anymore. You should hurry back to Beijing."

"snort!"

Mrs. Zhuang looked dejected and remained silent.

Lu Fangfang smiled, in a very good mood.

When they got home, Mrs. Zhuang took out the letter paper from the wicker trunk and started writing again with a fountain pen on the table.

Lu Fangfang leaned forward, wanting to take a look.

Mrs. Zhuang quickly covered her mouth and glared at her.

"Fine, I won't look at it. Write whatever you want."

Lu Fangfang pursed her lips, wondering what the old lady was up to now.

Turning around, she picked up her air gun, slung her bag over her shoulder, called out to Xiaohua, and then walked out.

She had nothing to do in the afternoon, so she decided to go for a walk.

As Lu Fangfang was leaving the family compound, she ran into Commander Xiao and his group. She glanced at them curiously, then called out to Xiaohua and left.

Little Flower is now bigger than a cat, and her leopard skin makes her very eye-catching.

In a few days, Lu Fangfang felt she would have to lead it in and out of the family compound, for fear of scaring others.

...

"Xiao Gao, whose wife is that? She looks so dashing. Is that Xue Bao? The military wives in your family compound are amazing."

Commander Xiao looked at Lu Fangfang in the distance with great surprise.

His heroic spirit is no less than that of soldiers.

"That's Zhuang Mingcheng's lover, Lu Fangfang."

After saying that, Gao Dajiang looked at the snow leopard, somewhat bewildered.

His wife and children are not here, and he doesn't care about the family compound. This is the first time he has seen a snow leopard.

At this moment, Xiao Aiguo took the initiative to explain: "Fangfang found the snow leopard on the snow mountain and has been feeding it ever since. This thing is quite intelligent. Over the years, there has been no record of snow leopards injuring people in the vicinity of the troupe."

"I see..."

When Commander Xiao heard Zhuang Mingcheng's name, he felt a little uncomfortable. He called to the others and hurriedly went into the family compound.

...

"Little Flower, go."

On the grassland on the west bank of the stream, Lu Fangfang pointed northeast.

In the distance, a pika is peeking out and nibbling at the grass sprouts.

Little Flower also spotted the pika; it crouched down and slowly moved forward.

Lu Fangfang stood there holding the air gun, even more nervous than Xiaohua.

This is Xiaohua's first time hunting. Without the guidance of the snow leopard, she doesn't know if she can succeed.

However, adult snow leopards hunt argali sheep, so they should know how to deal with small creatures like pikas without even having to learn, right?

Just as Lu Fangfang was lost in thought, the little flower in the distance crouched down and got very close to the pika.

"Swoosh~"

Finding a good opportunity, Xiaohua leaped up and bit the pika with her mouth open.

"squeak……"

The rabbit let out a miserable cry, paying the ultimate price for its carelessness.

"Little Flower, well done."

Lu Fangfang smiled, finally relieved.

Um……

That's Xiaohua's hunting method. Why does it look so familiar to her?

After a moment's thought, she immediately remembered that this was the way the Tibetan fox hunted marmots.

Won't we be learning the wrong things about snow leopards and Tibetan foxes?

"Meow~"

Xiao Hua, carrying a pika in her mouth, quickly ran over and placed her prey in front of Lu Fangfang.

It held its head high, looking extremely proud.

Alright, Lu Fangfang stopped worrying about it. No matter what method she used, as long as she could catch her prey, that was fine.

"My little flower is really amazing."

Lu Fangfang bent down and gave Xiaohua a good encouragement.

Looking at the pika's carcass on the ground, she was quite happy; it was definitely worth raising this little guy.

If we give her a pika now, when she grows up, won't we have to give her a blue sheep?

Thinking about this made Lu Fangfang even happier.

She drew the dagger from her waist, dealt with the pika, and then tossed it to Little Flower.

After it finished eating, Lu Fangfang called out, and the two of them headed northwest.

...

"Smack."

"Smack."

"Smack."

Next, Lu Fangfang didn't let Xiaohua go up again.

She took an air rifle and practiced her marksmanship on a pika.

The pikas are small and not easy to hit; she takes about five or six tries to hit one.

She didn't waste the dead pikas; they all went into Little Flower's belly.

Once Xiao Hua's belly swelled up, Lu Fangfang stopped using the pika to practice her marksmanship. She led Xiao Hua along the river upstream, intending to hunt something big to reward herself; today was a good day.