"My mom? Forget it, it's so far away, don't bother the old lady, I can manage on my own."

Lu Fangfang shook her head. Her second brother had just gotten married, and his wife might be pregnant by now. The old lady might not have time for her.

Um?

She smacked her lips, then suddenly realized something was wrong. "Mingcheng, what did you say? Your...your mother was sent to the farm by Dad?"

"They went to a farm in the Great Northern Wilderness for labor and construction. I just found out."

Lu Fangfang suddenly laughed. Zhuang's mother had actually gone to develop the Great Northern Wilderness. Oh my, heaven really has eyes.

She forced herself to suppress her laughter in front of her own man.

"Ahem, Mingcheng, Dad did the right thing. The capital is so chaotic, don't let your mom cause trouble. The Great Northern Wilderness is a good place..."

Hmm...

At that time, the Great Northern Wilderness was mostly wasteland and ponds, not a good place at all, but you certainly wouldn't go hungry.

Lu Fangfang smacked her lips and continued to comfort her, "I heard that place is good for hunting roe deer with sticks and scooping fish with ladles. It's good for the old lady to do some work there, cough cough..."

She couldn't help but laugh again. Back then, Zhuang's mother wouldn't even eat squirrel meat. She wondered how she was doing now.

She knew better than anyone what it felt like to be starving for so long.

At that time, not only squirrels, but even birds and sparrows will be drooling over them.

"Laugh if you want to, don't hold it in and hurt yourself."

Zhuang Mingcheng rolled his eyes at his wife.

However, he also felt that his father had done the right thing this time, and that it should have been done a long time ago.

Sigh, his mother is the way she is now, half of it is because of his father spoiling her. There's no one else who spoils his wife like that.

"No, no, I wasn't laughing, hehe."

Lu Fangfang quickly covered her mouth, but the dimples on her cheeks betrayed her.

After laughing for a while, she suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Mingcheng, did you call home?"

"Yes, I told my family about your pregnancy. My dad was very happy and said he would send some things over."

Zhuang Mingcheng still remembers the old man's happy laughter.

If he hadn't stopped him, the old man would have wanted to come to Qilian Mountain himself.

"Don't let Dad spend any more money, we have everything we need right now."

Lu Fangfang was still a little embarrassed.

We just received the camera not long ago, and now the old man wants to send more things.

My mother-in-law is unreliable, but luckily my father-in-law is a good person.

The two stood at the gate of the courtyard, chatted for a few words, and were about to carry the vat inside when they heard the gate of the neighboring courtyard open.

The girl was carrying a basket and holding a doll in her arms, with her son, Da Bao, standing next to her.

"Wow……"

Da Bao howled and knelt down before the two of them.

"No, Da Bao, what are you doing? Who bullied you? Uncle will stand up for you."

Zhuang Mingcheng was startled and quickly helped the child up.

Beside her, Lu Fangfang frowned, feeling utterly disgusted.

"Auntie, here you go."

Unlike Da Bao, Da Niu didn't kneel down and cry. Instead, she carried her younger brother and walked over, handing the basket she was carrying directly to Lu Fangfang.

"Um?"

Lu Fangfang looked down and saw that the basket was full of yellow mushrooms.

She picked up a yellow mushroom and examined it; it looked very fresh, as if it had just been picked.

She was a little confused. One of them was crying, and the other was bringing mushrooms. What was going on?

"Hey girl, what's going on?"

"Auntie, I want to eat meat."

The girl looked up at her expressionlessly.

"Wow, I want to eat meat too, Uncle, I want to eat meat too..."

Da Bao then remembered the purpose of his visit and immediately began to wriggle and cry in Zhuang Mingcheng's arms.

Zhuang Mingcheng: "..."

The two exchanged a glance, both looking somewhat helpless.

The child came crying to the door, how could he refuse? They were neighbors and comrades-in-arms, so Zhuang Mingcheng had no choice but to take the child into the yard.

...

In the distance, under the birch trees by the entrance of the family compound, the women all looked at Yang Yufeng in surprise.

"Yu Feng, are those your son and daughter?"

They all saw it; Yang Yufeng's eldest son immediately knelt down and cried, like a beggar.

In any case, those who can live in the family compound to accompany the military are all battalion-level officers.

Even when life is tough, the women still have their pride; there's no way they'd act like this.

"Sister-in-law Yufeng, you...you..."

“It’s not like we can’t survive. At worst, the adults can swallow their pride and beg for a piece of meat. How can we let the children do this? Isn’t this ruining the children?”

The women shook their heads, some of them unable to bear watching it, and therefore did not teach their children that way.

"No, no, no, I didn't teach it..."

"These two brats are like reincarnations of starving ghosts. My husband just hunted and ate a rabbit a few days ago, and now they're craving meat again. Just wait until we get back, I'll teach them a lesson."

Yang Yufeng gritted her teeth and cursed viciously.

Her face was flushed red; she was almost mortified.

Oh dear, this brainless beast, how could she kneel in public like that? She's completely disgraced her.

“Oh, Sister Yufeng, the child is young and doesn’t understand. Don’t hit him. Just educate him properly. Children are greedy, but you have to educate him well so that the adults won’t be laughed at.”

The sisters-in-law looked at Yang Yufeng and saw that her face was contorted with anger, and only then did they begin to believe her.

That's true, it's really not worth going to such lengths for a piece of meat.

...

"Hey girl, I'll take this basket of yellow mushrooms from you, and I'll trade you some bear fat residue for them."

Lu Fangfang handed a small bowl of fried pork cracklings to Da Niu, and then took the basket from her.

These mushrooms are quite fresh, perfect for stewing with bear meat tonight. She poured them directly into a small bowl on the side.

"What about mine? What about mine?"

Seeing his sister eating bear fat cracklings, Da Bao was extremely anxious, but he didn't dare to snatch them away.

"Hmph, your sister traded yellow mushrooms with me, what are you going to trade?"

Lu Fangfang gave a soft snort.

She felt disgusted just looking at this kid. Who cries in front of someone's door? She was already being kind by not kicking him out, but he still wanted to eat meat.

"I...I..."

Da Bao thought for a moment, then suddenly got stuck.

The girl ignored him.

Sitting on a small stool, she ate while feeding her second child in her arms.

The pork cracklings smelled so good; she had never eaten anything so delicious before. Her baby in her arms was the same, constantly reaching into the bowl.

She slapped Erbao's hand away and continued eating.