"Bang."

"Bang."

After firing the last two bullets, Lu Fangfang breathed a long sigh of relief.

She moved her arm and felt a slight pain; she hadn't noticed it because she was so focused on shooting.

Zhuang Mingcheng stepped forward and gently massaged his wife's hands.

"Not bad, the last two shots hit the bullseye, which is an excellent result for a new recruit."

"You're not used to it at first, but you'll get better with practice. When we get back, I'll get you some medicated wine to rub on it."

There were soldiers practicing shooting nearby, and Lu Fangfang felt a little embarrassed.

However, it felt quite comfortable to have my shoulders massaged by my own man.

After a while, seeing someone coming, she quickly pushed Zhuang Mingcheng's hand away and slung the gun over her shoulder.

"Then I'll head back first. Oh, by the way, I'll take Little Stubborn Donkey back with me today. I can't leave it with your regiment forever."

Zhuang Mingcheng nodded and went to the horse pen with his lover.

These days, Little Stubborn Donkey has been hanging out with the troupe's warhorses, even during training. If he's raised any longer, he might even become a warhorse himself.

When the two arrived at the horse pen, the little wild donkey was stretching its head out, eating the hay in the trough next door.

Lu Fangfang walked over quickly and slapped the little donkey on the head.

"Smack."

"You stubborn little mule, how dare you! Let's go, let's go back."

"Oh...ah..."

When the stubborn little donkey looked up and saw that it was Lu Fangfang, it immediately brayed unhappily. It was treated like a warhorse in the regiment and didn't want to go back.

Lu Fangfang pulled hard on the reins, but still couldn't budge it.

"Smack."

Zhuang Mingcheng wasn't going to tolerate the little wild donkey. He took the whip and lashed it hard across the donkey's rump.

The stubborn little donkey glared at Zhuang Mingcheng and then obediently walked away.

Lu Fangfang led it out of the group and went straight to the breeding farm without going home.

She slept on the grassland every night, but she was always uneasy, especially after dealing with a wolf, as she was always worried that wild animals would come to retaliate.

Even though she had a gun, Xiaohua, and Xiaozanghu, she still felt unsafe.

She planned to tie the stubborn little donkey to the front of the tent from now on, because no matter what, donkey meat would taste better than her and Zhuang Mingcheng's meat.

Well, I might be able to use it for some work in the future.

Several months have passed, and the little wild donkey has grown quite a bit. Now it can easily carry several dozen kilograms of cargo.

"Oh...ah..."

The little wild donkey shook itself, showing considerable curiosity about the farm.

At the breeding farm, the soldiers were working. The first breeding shed was already under construction, and the second breeding shed was more than half completed. It would be finished in a few days.

Lu Fangfang tied the little wild donkey to a birch tree. The rope she tied was long enough so that the little wild donkey could eat the grass around it.

She patted the donkey's head and then ignored it.

Seeing several soldiers digging trenches on the outermost edge, she walked over out of curiosity.

Upon closer inspection, the trench dug by the soldiers was quite large, at least a meter wide, and up to her waist in the deepest part. If she fell in, it would be difficult to climb out.

Lu Fangfang knew several of the soldiers digging the ditch, but the one she knew best was Zhuang Mingcheng's communications officer.

"Comrade Hao Dazhuang, why are you digging this?"

"Sister-in-law, this is the order from the regimental commander. He told us to dig a trench around the farm, put sharp wooden sticks in it, and then put up barbed wire to ensure safety, leaving only the main gate as an exit."

"The regimental commander said that everything should be done according to battlefield standards, and he will check it later."

Forehead……

Lu Fangfang smacked her lips. If she didn't know better, she would think this was a prison under construction. Hmm, it's really safe enough.

After watching for a while, she stopped disturbing the soldiers and turned to leave.

After searching around, she finally found Wang Shufen in the incubation room.

At this moment, Sister Shufen was holding a flashlight and shining it on the quail eggs.

Lu Fangfang leaned closer and saw that inside the quail egg, the embryonic shape with red blood streaks was already visible, indicating that it had begun to develop.

"Sister Shufen, how are you?"

Wang Shufen put down the quail eggs in her hand and carefully covered herself with the quilt.

“Everything is fine. The hatching pot you built is much better than the heated kang at home. I’ve picked out all the dozen or so bad eggs. They should hatch in about ten more days, and then our farm will have quails.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Fangfang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Once this batch of quail chicks hatches, the farm will be on the right track.

After watching for a while, Lu Fangfang walked out of the incubation room.

She took out her notebook, drew some pictures, and then found a soldier who knew how to make wood, so he could make a brooder box based on the sketch.

The brooder box is very simple; it's made by putting a few wooden boards together and nailing them together. Just make sure to leave a small hole in the top to store the electric light bulb.

There must have been several hundred baby quails that hatched this time, so Lu Fangfang asked him to make a few more.

After working for a while, she went to check inside the No. 1 breeding farm's greenhouse.

There is a protruding house on each side of this greenhouse.

The room on the west is the incubation room, and the room on the east is the storage room. In the future, the feed and other miscellaneous items for the farm will be stored in the room on the east.

We'll be sleeping here on night watch from now on, so this room on the east side is a bit taller.

Lu Fangfang looked at it and was very satisfied.

The house is a bit simple, but it's fine for sleeping. There's also a wall on the west side that separates it from the breeding area, so we won't be disturbed by the quails anymore.

She plans to get a metal cabinet in a few days, and then lock her rifle and other important items inside.

Oh, and we also need to have the troupe go to the county to buy another truckload of thin bamboo poles.

These quails are kept in a greenhouse; they're not free-range.

She plans to use bamboo poles to build a four-tiered bamboo cage, starting from the top and ending at the bottom, in the style of a staircase.

The bottom of the cage has a slight curve, so that after the quail lays its eggs, the eggs can roll directly onto the egg catcher.

Add a feeding trough and water trough in front, and feeding the quails will be convenient.

The large-scale quail farming she saw in later generations was basically like this; she could simply follow the path others had taken to succeed.

Holding the notebook, she wrote down everything she needed to do.

The feed troughs, water troughs, and even the boards for collecting quail droppings at the farm all had to be made by ourselves; they weren't available for sale back then.

Fortunately, there are many skilled craftsmen in the troupe, so these tasks, though a bit trivial, are not difficult.

After watching for a while, seeing that it was getting late, she turned around and left the farm, preparing to go home and bring Xiaohua and the little Tibetan fox.

As she walked to the entrance of the family compound, she happened to run into Xiao Ting.

Turning her head to look, she saw Xiao Ting with a gloomy face, as if she was in a bad mood.

Xiao Ting noticed Lu Fangfang looking at her, and she immediately became angry. "I've already apologized, what more do you want? Lu Fangfang, you're going too far!"

After saying that, she stormed off.

"Xiao Ting, are you out of your mind? Bah, who cares about your apology? It's ridiculous!"

Lu Fangfang was taken aback and quickly spat.

This guy married Xu Jinbu, and now he's completely lost his mind. He gets angry just looking at her. He's really sick in the head.