60s Military Life: Fleeing Famine and Marrying a Cavalry Officer

A charming military wife travels back to the 1960s, escaping famine across five provinces before finally reaching the cavalry regiment at the foot of the Qilian Mountains, where she begins her life...

Chapter 163 Picking Mushrooms on the Grassland

"Meow~"

When Little Flower saw Lu Fangfang and Zhuang Mingcheng looking for mushrooms, it started searching for them on the grass as well.

The two of them clearly didn't have the same eye quality as Xiaohua.

Soon, it called out to the two mushrooms.

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Lu Fangfang immediately came over.

Looking down, she saw two small yellow mushrooms that had just sprouted, their caps not even open yet. These must be even more delicious. She bent down, picked them, and put them in her cloth bag.

"Little Flower, well done! I'll give you some soup after I make it. Keep up the good work."

Lu Fangfang patted its head and encouraged it.

Little Flower shook herself and immediately started searching again.

The little guy still remembered the kiss Zhuang Mingcheng had given it earlier, and it kept wandering around the grass near Zhuang Mingcheng.

When it finds a yellow mushroom, it raises its head and calls out, signaling Lu Fangfang to come and pick it up.

Soon, Xiao Hua found more than a dozen yellow mushrooms, and Lu Fangfang also harvested five or six. Zhuang Mingcheng had a dark face; he had the fewest mushrooms.

"Um?"

Zhuang Mingcheng spotted a patch of yellow in the haystack not far away.

Just as he was about to go over, he saw Xiao Hua, who was standing to the side, "whoosh" and ran over.

"Meow~"

"Little Flower is wonderful!"

"Mingcheng, go further away and don't follow Xiaohua. Your eyesight isn't as good as hers. Xiaohua is fine here."

Zhuang Mingcheng: "..."

Seeing the smug little flower, he turned and went somewhere else.

He'd find a chance to teach this little guy who was the boss in the family.

Lu Fangfang couldn't be bothered with their love-hate relationship.

She bent down and searched carefully on the grass, and soon spotted a small yellow mushroom. She bent down and picked it out with her hand.

Every time she found a mushroom, she felt a surge of joy, as if she were addicted, and her whole being was filled with happiness.

Soon, she and Xiaohua had found half a bag of yellow mushrooms.

"Oh...ah..."

Seeing the group searching for something, the little wild donkey, curious, pulled the chestnut horse over.

Lu Fangfang glanced at it, thinking that the little wild donkey would be like Xiao Hua, looking for mushrooms for her.

But soon she realized she was wrong.

This greedy thing found a yellow mushroom and ate it all by itself.

"Oh...ah..."

The little wild donkey was very satisfied with the taste of the yellow mushrooms.

It shook its head and looked up, letting out a few happy cries.

"Go away, stop bothering me."

Lu Fangfang patted the donkey's rump, trying to shoo it away.

The little wild donkey swung its tail, its two small eyes staring straight at Lu Fangfang's cloth bag.

It turned around and immediately snuggled into Lu Fangfang's arms.

"You glutton, you won't find me anything, and now you want to eat mine?"

Lu Fangfang was amused by the little wild donkey.

"Clap clap clap".

"Go! Go! Go."

This shameless little wild donkey was impossible to shoo away, so Lu Fangfang quickly patted Zhuang Mingcheng's chestnut horse.

The next moment, the little wild donkey was dragged away by the chestnut horse, and no matter how much it resisted, it was no use.

"Oh...ah..."

"Smack."

Lu Fangfang was so angry that she slapped the donkey's rump again. The chestnut horse was much better behaved.

After the horse and donkey left, she picked up her cloth bag and continued searching in the meadow.

This vast grassland, hidden by snow-capped mountains, has been nourished by the water from the snow, which has caused many mushrooms to sprout.

After a while, the two people and the snow leopard searched the entire nearby grassland and collected half a bag full of yellow mushrooms.

"Mingcheng, what's the best way to cook mushrooms?"

Lu Fangfang looked into the bag and was very satisfied. There were so many mushrooms; enough for several meals.

If you can't finish the mushrooms, you can dry them and keep them; dried mushrooms have an even better flavor.

"Cook it with the meat. I'll check if we have any rabbits later. If we do, we'll hunt one and take it back."

Zhuang Mingcheng carried his wife's rifle with great confidence.

He glanced at Xiaohua, who was squatting next to his lover, and sneered.

Across from her, Lu Fangfang secretly salivated. Yellow mushrooms and rabbit meat—that was incredibly delicious! Just thinking about it made her mouth water.

Seeing Zhuang Mingcheng leading the chestnut horse over, she picked up Xiaohua and mounted the horse.

"Giddy up!"

On the way back, Zhuang Mingcheng controlled the chestnut horse at a slow speed.

He looked around, wanting to catch a rabbit so the mother and daughter could see it.

He ran all the way to the sixth team, but he didn't see a single rabbit, and could only feel frustrated.

Lu Fangfang sat in front of the chestnut horse and turned to look at the stone courtyard at the entrance of the sixth team village. She saw that the gate was closed and the horses in the stable were gone.

It seems Old Xu has gone to herd horses.

"Mingcheng, turn right and go into the village. I need to go to Uncle Guo's house to see if I can get some sweet potato seedlings."

Zhuang Mingcheng gripped the reins, followed his lover's instructions, and rode his horse into the village.

The children from Team Six, seeing the stranger arrive on horseback, curiously sized up Zhuang Mingcheng.

Lu Fangfang often visits Team Six and has become familiar with the children.

She pulled a handful of fruit candies from her pocket and waved to the children, "Muwa, come here."

A little girl ran over happily.

She looked up at the man on horseback and asked curiously, "Sister Fangfang, who is this?"

"Brother-in-law, here, share the wedding candy with everyone."

Lu Fangfang smiled and placed the candy in Muwazi's hand.

She took out a few more and put them separately into the little girl's pocket.

"Go."

After the kids left, she took out the liquor from her cloth bag and went into Uncle Guo's house.

"Uncle Guo? Uncle Guo?"

"Comrade Fangfang, Lao Guo isn't here. He went to herd horses with the team."

Inside the house, Aunt Guo was sitting in front of the stove, making pancakes.

When she saw Lu Fangfang arrive, she was quite happy. "Fangfang, the pancakes I just made smell delicious. You should try them."

Lu Fangfang put down the liquor and pulled Zhuang Mingcheng, who had just come in, over.

"Aunt Guo, this is my husband, Zhuang Mingcheng."

"Oh, good, good, Comrade Mingcheng, try the pancakes I made."

Aunt Guo stood up, looked Zhuang Mingcheng up and down, and then quickly picked up the freshly baked pancakes and shared them with the two of them.

"Aunt Guo, why are you making pancakes?"

Lu Fangfang was hungry, so she didn't stand on ceremony and took a bite.

These freshly baked pancakes smell amazing.

"Hey, Old Xu insists on going to Hairang to herd horses, and he won't be back for several days. I'll bake some pancakes and have my husband take them to Old Xu..."

Lu Fangfang paused upon hearing this, "Is Hairang very far?"

"Yes, it's a grassland far south of Gona. The grass there is lush, but it's too far away. Nobody in the team likes to go there. I don't know what's wrong with Old Xu. He suddenly went to such a far grassland."

"But it's good to go there. There's been some trouble at the farm headquarters lately. It'll be nice to get some peace and quiet."

Lu Fangfang felt quite uncomfortable listening to this.