"Xiao Lu, Commander Zhuang, where did you find this?"

"It must have been picked up from the mountains to the north. Oh my, this is a good thing. It's great for starting a fire, making it burn brightly and for a long time."

As soon as the little wild donkey entered the family compound, it was spotted by the women.

They looked at the cart full of firewood and felt a little envious.

The mountains to the north are far away and dangerous, so they can't go even if they want to. As for their own men, none of them are willing to go; they all complain that it's too far and tiring, saying that burning coal would be fine.

"Yes, this is what my son Mingcheng found in the mountains to the north."

Lu Fangfang smiled and greeted her sisters-in-law, then patted the donkey's rump and walked away.

Looking at the truck full of spruce towers and dead branches, she felt that her family wouldn't need to burn much coal this year; burning spruce towers and branches would suffice, as they didn't produce a pungent coal smoke smell.

"You stubborn little donkey, pull faster, or you'll get a treat when we get back."

"Oh...ah..."

The little wild donkey was pulling a cart full of firewood, and it seemed a bit reluctant.

As soon as we got to the door, it started throwing a tantrum and refused to move no matter what we said.

Lu Fangfang stroked the donkey's head, somewhat helplessly.

She took out a small handful of sunflower seeds and stuffed them into the donkey's mouth. "You glutton, you want to eat as soon as you've done some work. Hurry up and pull it over there."

"Oh...ah..."

The little wild donkey chewed on the firewood and then slowly pulled it to the birch tree to the north.

The two unloaded all the dry branches from the car.

They had a lot of spruce branches at home, and since there was nowhere to put these dead branches, the two of them simply piled them up under the birch tree outside the gate of the yard, making it convenient to burn them.

Pushing open the door, Lu Fangfang led the little wild donkey into the yard.

Many of the spruce trees on the cart were still wet, so the two men unloaded them from the donkey cart and dumped the spruce trees all at once.

"Giggle~"

"Giggle~"

The little hens in the yard immediately ran over and started pawing at it.

Sometimes, these spruce towers even have insects on them, which is the little hens' favorite food.

"Mingcheng, go inside and rest. We'll have something good to eat today."

Lu Fangfang brought some corn kernels and placed them in front of the little wild donkey so it could eat slowly. Then she busied herself with preparing dinner.

My husband has been away all day, and he even ate the dry food he brought with him for lunch. I should treat him to a nice meal tonight.

She skinned the rabbit, chopped it in half, and fed it to Xiaohua and the Tibetan fox.

The two little ones had been running around all day and were tired. After eating, they lay down in the house and took a nap.

She chopped up the remaining half and stewed it with potato chunks.

While she was at it, she used bear oil to stir-fry half a bowl of peanuts and also stir-fried a vegetable.

That evening, the two sat facing each other.

Zhuang Mingcheng picked up his chopsticks and began to eat eagerly.

"Fangfang, the peanuts you fried in bear oil are so delicious, you should try them."

"You eat your food, don't worry about me."

Lu Fangfang wasn't hungry yet. After being busy for a while, she finally had some free time.

She picked up the letter Liu Wenhui had sent and carefully opened it.

After a while, she took out a folded newspaper and two sheets of letter paper from the envelope.

Suppressing her excitement, she unfolded the newspaper and began to read.

Across from him, Zhuang Mingcheng, forgetting all about eating, quickly came over.

"Wow, it's still the front page."

Zhuang Mingcheng was stunned for a moment. He immediately saw his wife and himself on the page.

"Comrade Wenhui took such good photos."

Lu Fangfang was delighted. In the newspaper, she was wearing a sash and a military uniform, looking very dashing.

Yes, the photos of Zhuang Mingcheng are also good; he looks extremely handsome.

It's a pity that no photos of Xiaohua and the little Tibetan fox were published; only photos of the two of them were published, which Lu Fangfang found a bit regrettable.

She admired it for a while before looking up at the newspaper's title, "People's Army Daily? Mingcheng, which newspaper is this?"

"It's published by our military region, and all the troops in the Northwest can see it. Other military regions also subscribe to it, so the circulation is huge."

Zhuang Mingcheng said casually, while he was already reading the contents of the article.

The title of the article written by Comrade Wenhui is quite intimidating, but the content inside is quite serious.

From his wife discovering the foreign-language cigarette box to his pursuit of the spy, the writing is meticulous and vivid, making him enjoy reading it as if it were a story.

"A Shocking Spy Case Uncovered Through Half a Cigarette Box!"

Lu Fangfang couldn't help but laugh when she saw the article title.

The title of this article is somewhat similar to the sensationalist headlines of later generations, and it is indeed quite eye-catching.

She read it silently from the beginning.

After a moment, she nodded. Comrade Wenhui's writing was really good; her writing style was much better than hers.

Unfolding the two sheets of paper, she began to read the letter that Comrade Wenhui had written to her.

"Um?"

Lu Fangfang was stunned.

She put down the letter and quickly turned to another page of the newspaper.

"Another side of the exemplary military spouse!"

"What's this? Fangfang, Comrade Wenhui even wrote a separate article for you."

Zhuang Mingcheng was also incredibly surprised.

The article begins with a picture, a group photo of my wife, Xiaohua, and the little Tibetan fox.

To be honest, he was a little envious. A perfectly good family of four, but they didn't include him.

"Little Flower, Little Yellow Dog, come here quickly, you two are in the newspaper, come quick!"

Lu Fangfang was overjoyed, even more so than if she had been on the front page herself.

Their whole family has really made headlines; they've all been in the newspapers.

On the double wooden bed to the west, Little Flower and Little Tibetan Fox heard her call and ran over.

Lu Fangfang held up a newspaper and showed the two of them the pictures on it.

"Awoo~"

"Meow~"

Little Flower and Little Tibetan Fox tilted their heads, looking at the pictures in the newspaper with some confusion.

"Two idiots who can't even recognize themselves?"

Lu Fangfang smiled and ruffled their hair.

She picked up the newspaper again and read it carefully; the protagonist of the article was herself.

Comrade Wenhui wrote down how she rescued Xiaohua and the little Tibetan fox, and how the two little ones were awarded a collective second-class merit.

Comrade Wenhui also wrote about the breeding farm.

The article was full of praise for her, which made her feel a little embarrassed. She wasn't that great; she just wanted to live her own simple life.

She put down the newspaper and picked up the letter to read it again.

Beside him, Zhuang Mingcheng didn't care. He picked up a newspaper and read it with great interest.

He couldn't help but nod, agreeing with everything Wenhui said about his wife.

Zhuang Mingcheng also planned to buy more of this issue of the newspaper to keep as a memento.

"Mingcheng, Wenhui said that the good news about our family has already been sent out."

As she spoke, Lu Fangfang glanced at the date when Comrade Wen Hui sent the letter, which was exactly a week ago, around the same time as when she sent the package.

It seems the military region's good news and her package should arrive at home together.