Back at the farm, Lu Fangfang carried down two bags of bone meal and put them in the storage room.

"Oh...ah..."

The little wild donkey had barely brayed twice when Lu Fangfang covered its mouth.

"Okay, okay, I'll take you there now."

Lu Fangfang felt somewhat helpless. She led the little wild donkey and prepared to go to the grassland outside.

Looking back, she casually called over Little Flower and Little Tibetan Fox.

These two little guys had been bored at the farm all morning, and when they heard their names called, they immediately followed.

Once they reached the grassland outside, Lu Fangfang tied the rope and placed it on the donkey's neck.

This stubborn little donkey is terrified of being out in the wild at night. Every night when it gets dark, it will return to the farm on its own, and she no longer needs to tether it; she can just let it eat freely.

"Little Flower, Little Yellow Dog, you two go find some food too. You don't need to guard the farm anymore."

She bent down and touched them, then patted the two little ones' bottoms.

"Awoo~"

"Meow~"

The two little ones immediately ran towards the distant meadow.

"Come back when you've eaten your fill. Don't stay on the pasture for too long. Oh, and keep an eye on the little wild donkeys. Don't let them wander off."

Lu Fangfang shouted a few words, but she didn't know if the two little ones heard her.

"You stubborn little donkey, did you hear me? Don't go too far."

She touched the donkey's head and suddenly felt that something was missing from the donkey's neck.

"Oh right, we need to write some name tags and hang them around the necks of these little guys. These three are considered employees of the farm now, and if we go further back, they're from the regiment..."

"War donkeys, war leopards, and war foxes in the regiment—write them all down, just in case something goes wrong."

Lu Fangfang decided to make a few signs and hang them up for the little ones.

Looking up, I saw Little Flower and Little Tibetan Fox catching pikas on the grassland, while Little Wild Donkey was munching on grass with its head down.

The sky was a clear blue, with only a few clouds drifting by.

She picked up the camera around her neck and started taking pictures of the grassland.

"Click".

With each press, four cents were gone. Lu Fangfang felt a pang of heartache and dared not take any more photos.

After watching for a while, she turned around and went back to the breeding farm, heading to the incubation room.

The quail chicks had already eaten all the feed she had put in the two brooder boxes that morning.

Picking up the spoon, she put some more corn feed into the food box.

"Chirp chirp~"

"Chirp chirp~"

The little quails gathered around the food box and began to eat.

Lu Fangfang poured some more water and then went to the yard with peace of mind.

She found a thick piece of wood and started thinking about making a wooden sign.

"Fangfang, what are you busy with?"

Zhuang Mingcheng walked in from outside, carrying two lunch boxes.

Why are you here?

"The political commissar sent me."

Zhuang Mingcheng held up the lunchbox in his hand. "Well, you haven't had lunch yet, have you? This is what the political commissar gave me. Eat up."

"Hmph, at least the political commissar has a conscience."

Lu Fangfang washed her hands and took the food inside to eat.

She helped the political commissar all morning, so this lunch is well deserved.

...

In the afternoon, in the auditorium.

After finishing her studies, Zhao Lanying grabbed her Little Red Book and hurried off to the breeding farm.

Li Shulan and the others found her anxious appearance rather strange.

"Hey? Look how rushed she is, where is she going?"

"Who knows? He seemed distracted all afternoon. Maybe something happened at home."

Yang Yufeng, walking to the side, couldn't help but say, "She's going to the breeding farm, what do you know!"

"A farm?"

"That farm that Xiao Lu runs? What's she doing at the farm?"

Everyone was stunned.

They spent two months at the labor camp, and the biggest change in the group was the addition of a breeding farm.

They had just returned, but they had already heard some things about the farm.

"whispering sound!"

Yang Yufeng pursed her lips, too lazy to say anything to them.

"Yang Yufeng, stop keeping us in suspense. Just tell us what you know."

"Yes, yes, just tell me already."

Li Shulan and the others then surrounded Yang Yufeng.

They had all come back from the labor camp together, and they were extremely curious about this.

"What are you doing? You want to hit me?"

Yang Yufeng straightened her neck, no longer afraid of them at all.

"I won't do it again, I won't do it again..."

"Hmph, Zhao Lanying is going to work at the breeding farm. She's already an employee there and gets a salary every month."

Yang Yufeng gritted her teeth, consumed by jealousy.

She tried everything, from giving away eggs to asking for favors, but someone who had just returned snatched them away from her. She was furious.

"Huh? Why should I?"

"Exactly, we're both unemployed, why should we hire her? I'm still a high school student, why shouldn't we hire me?"

...

At the farm, Zhao Lanying felt uneasy, sharing the same doubts as Lu Fangfang, wondering why she had chosen her.

"Sister-in-law Lanying, don't be in a hurry when I tell you."

Zhao Lanying nodded quickly.

"Because you are strong and healthy, you can tell at a glance that you are more capable than them. You can do the work of both of them."

Zhao Lanying chuckled.

Hearing Xiao Lu's praise, she blushed slightly and felt a little embarrassed.

"I've been strong since I was a child, even stronger than a man. Xiao Lu, you're praising me. Why should I be in a hurry?"

Forehead……

Lu Fangfang slapped her forehead, feeling that she had been led astray by later generations.

In this era, robust and strong people are the mainstream aesthetic.

Looking down at herself, she suddenly felt a little inferior; it seemed she needed to continue gaining weight.

Pulling Zhao Lanying along, Lu Fangfang introduced the breeding farm to her and also mentioned the work she would be doing.

There aren't many quails yet; we only need to take care of the baby quails in the brooder boxes.

They are fed every two or three hours, and the rest of the time they can do their own thing, which is quite leisurely.

Once the two quail sheds are full, that's when things will get busy.

After a while, Wang Shufen arrived.

Lu Fangfang pulled Zhao Lanying aside and told her about the recruitment.

The two knew each other and quickly became acquainted.

It was getting late, and having agreed to come back tomorrow, Zhao Lanying happily went home.

Only she and Wang Shufen remained at the farm.

Lu Fangfang asked Wang Shufen for her opinion, "Sister Shufen, what do you think of Sister-in-law Lanying?"

"Good, strong and capable. You can tell at a glance that he's a good worker. You've made the right choice in hiring him."

Wang Shufen nodded, very satisfied with the candidate.

These past two days, she'd been worried that her sister might attract some cunning people, but now she can finally relax.

Lu Fangfang was delighted; she had guessed that Sister Shufen would say that.

With Lan Ying's physique, she's comparable to Yang Yufeng and her sister-in-law. Anyone would know who she's messing with.

After chatting with Sister Shufen for a couple more minutes, she took Xiaohua and the little Tibetan fox home.