"A girl? A girl?"

Wang Shufen was carrying a bowl of chopped vegetable leaves when she entered the courtyard and saw the two embracing.

"Oh, my mother is here."

Wang Shufen quickly covered her eyes and turned to leave.

The two people in the yard were also startled and quickly let go of each other's hands.

Zhuang Mingcheng was so embarrassed that he ran into the house as if he were fleeing.

"Ahem, Sister Shufen, is there something you need?"

Lu Fangfang smoothed her hair and quickly went over to stop Wang Shufen from leaving.

"I chopped up some vegetable leaves to feed the chickens and ducks for you."

Wang Shufen was also extremely embarrassed.

Well, he came in without knocking and ran into the girl and Battalion Commander Zhuang being intimate.

These two young people are making out in broad daylight...

Thinking about it, she couldn't help but laugh. She'd been through it all, and she didn't feel like anything was wrong.

"Girl, you and Battalion Commander Zhuang have also gotten your marriage certificate. Try harder tonight and have a baby next year. Then the house will be even more lively."

Wang Shufen scatters vegetable leaves into the bamboo cage while teasing her younger sister.

Upon closer inspection, she noticed a few more quail eggs in the bamboo cage and picked them out.

"By the way, girl, your quail has started laying eggs. It's only been a little over a month, that's fast! They laid a few days ago, and I've already put them in the cupboard for you."

Upon hearing this, Lu Fangfang was overjoyed and quickly took the four quail eggs from Sister Shufen's hand.

She counted the days and realized that the quails should have been there for more than forty days.

She fed the quails beef bone meal every day and took good care of them; they were ready to lay eggs.

She was overjoyed as she looked at the quail eggs in her hand.

She has more than 20 quails at home, most of which are females. They lay at least a dozen eggs a day, so her family will never lack quail eggs again.

"Sister Shufen, have your quails laid any eggs yet?"

Wang Shufen shook her head. "The ones at my house are smaller than the ones you're feeding. They haven't given birth yet; it'll be a while."

Lu Fangfang guessed that it must be due to the beef bone powder.

She took the quail eggs back into the house and found that there was already a bowl full of quail eggs in the cupboard.

She took a few beef bones from the sack, gave them to Sister Shufen, and explained the uses of beef bone powder.

This beef bone meal is a great thing. It can be used to feed not only quails, but also chickens and ducks at home. I'll have to buy another batch when I have the chance.

After Sister Shufen left, Lu Fangfang looked at Zhuang Mingcheng.

She noticed that the man had hung the "big prize certificate" he had just received on the north wall of the room, as if showing it off, in the most conspicuous place.

"Zhuang Mingcheng, why are you hanging that up?"

Zhuang Mingcheng clapped his hands and nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the "Grand Prize Certificate" on the wall.

"Isn't this pretty? Oh, right, Fangfang, I'm going back to the troupe to pick up some things. Cough cough, I'll be sleeping at home tonight."

Lu Fangfang looked at the "award certificate" and casually responded.

She still felt it was a bit too conspicuous; a marriage certificate isn't something you show to others.

"Fangfang, I'm going back to the troupe to get some things. I'll be sleeping at home tonight!"

Fearing his lover wouldn't understand, Zhuang Mingcheng repeated himself, this time with a slightly stronger tone.

Lu Fangfang turned around and looked at Zhuang Mingcheng with a puzzled expression.

After thinking for a moment, she suddenly understood. "You...you go ahead, I'll wait for you to come back."

Zhuang Mingcheng turned around and left excitedly.

Lu Fangfang hurriedly went to the inner room and tidied up the kang (a heated brick bed).

She and Mingcheng have both obtained their marriage certificate, so they can now live together openly and honestly. They should prepare an extra pillow or something similar for the bed.

Thinking about it, her face suddenly felt hot.

She shook her head, pulled off the bed sheet from the kang (a heated brick bed), and took it to the yard to beat it a few times.

Just as she was about to go back inside, she suddenly saw Zhuang Mingcheng return, followed by Wang Haibing.

The two men struggled to lift a large sack, sweat beading on their foreheads.

"Fangfang, these are the stones I bought in Hotan. Where should I put them?"

Lu Fangfang stared blankly, her mouth slightly agape.

She thought Zhuang Mingcheng was exaggerating, but it turned out he really did have several sacks of Hetian jade.

Looking at this huge bag of things, she suddenly felt a headache coming on.

These raw Hetian jade stones are now useless; they're just a nuisance and an eyesore in the house.

After thinking for a moment, she pointed to the east and said, "Let's put it under the wall."

"OK."

The two men carried the sack over and put it down.

After a while, the two men carried in another sack of Hetian jade.

After the two left, Lu Fangfang took a shovel and started digging at the base of the east wall.

After a while, she untied the sack and looked inside. There were quite a few raw Hetian jade pebbles inside, and they were all of excellent quality. If this were kept for decades, it would definitely be worth a lot of money.

Lu Fangfang didn't expect to get rich quick from these jade stones; she simply wanted to hoard some nice things.

After all, by the time she becomes valuable, she'll be in her twenties or thirties, and by then she'll be in her forties or fifties.

Shaking her head, she took out the raw Hetian jade stones from the sack and placed them one by one in the pit she had just dug.

There were two large sacks of jade, quite a lot indeed. It was only by digging a deep pit and stacking the stones in several layers that she could barely fit them all in. Finally, she used a shovel to fill the sacks with soil.

At the edge of the burlap sack, there were still some rough jade stones with unattractive skins left, which she had deliberately kept.

She arranged the pieces one by one, creating an irregular rectangular garden along the wall.

She went back inside and got some cosmos seeds, which she scattered in the garden. She thought it would be beautiful when the cosmos bloomed.

She had just finished her work when Zhuang Mingcheng returned with the bedding.

Seeing the two empty burlap sacks, he paused for a moment. "Fangfang, where's Shitou?"

Lu Fangfang smiled and pointed to the small garden, "They're all down there. They're not needed now, but we'll dig them out when we need them later."

Seeing that Zhuang Mingcheng was carrying bedding, she went forward, took it from him, and carried it back into the house.

Zhuang Mingcheng didn't care about the stones anymore and quickly followed.

However, before the two could do anything, Gao Dajiang and Wang Haibing arrived.

After a while, Xiao Aiguo also arrived, along with several comrades who were close to Zhuang Mingcheng, each bringing their own gifts.

Seeing this situation, Lu Fangfang couldn't care less about doing anything else.

She told Zhuang Mingcheng to entertain her comrades, and then she took a kitchen knife and went to the yard.

The female quails in the bamboo cage have started laying eggs, and the male quails can finally eat them.

These male quails won't grow much if we keep feeding them; it'll just be a waste of food. We might as well kill them today to treat Mingcheng's comrades.

Only two male quails were kept for breeding; the remaining eight male quails were all killed by Lu Fangfang.

She boiled water, plucked the feathers, and then tidied up a few quails.

After finishing her work, she soaked the prepared quails in water, then took a basket and went to the wasteland on the riverbank.