After leaving the troupe, Lu Fangfang sat on the donkey cart, looked at the note written by Director Zhao, folded it, and carefully put it into her pocket.

This is the receipt for the 100 jin of rapeseed she handed over; she must keep it safe.

"Sister Shufen, you must keep this note from the troupe safe. Don't lose it; it might come in handy later."

"Don't worry, girl, I understand."

Wang Shufen sat beside her and nodded vigorously.

She knew this perfectly well; the wasteland they were clearing belonged to the regiment.

In case someone brings up past events, this will serve as evidence.

The donkey pulled the two people to the entrance of the family compound. Lu Fangfang tugged on the reins, and the donkey cart slowly came to a stop.

"Hey girl, I'm heading back now."

"Sister Shufen, you should go back and get some more sleep. You've worked so hard these past few days taking care of the little quail."

"Hey, it's not hard at all."

Wang Shufen waved her hand, jumped off the donkey cart, and turned to walk towards the family compound.

"Sister-in-law Shufen, what are you all doing so early in the morning?"

"Hey? Little Lu, what are you doing riding in that donkey cart?"

At the entrance of the family compound, Wang Meijun and a few others were carrying hoes and walking out. They were a little surprised to see the two people.

"It's nothing, I'm just busy with random things."

Wang Shufen yawned and quickened her pace.

As for Lu Fangfang, she smiled at her sisters-in-law, patted the little donkey, and hurried away.

Wang Meijun glanced at Wang Shufen, then turned to look at Lu Fangfang, and became even more puzzled.

"Cuifen, what are those two doing all this time, acting so mysteriously?"

"I didn't know. Alright, let's hurry to the field. We need to dig up the grass roots quickly, otherwise we won't be able to do this work once it freezes."

"Oh dear, if you hadn't stopped me, I really wouldn't have wanted to do it. Clearing land is exhausting."

Ye Cuifen complained incessantly.

She was extremely envious of her sister-in-law Shufen and Xiao Lu's harvest.

But when she started clearing the land, she realized it was really difficult.

She worked herself to the bone all day, her hands were blistered and bleeding, but she hadn't cleared much wasteland.

And since she doesn't know what next year's harvest will be, she's afraid of working for nothing.

After the two left complaining, another woman walked out of the family compound.

Xiao Ting glanced at the road to the east, a thoughtful look on her face.

Just as she was about to turn around and go back to the group, she suddenly felt nauseous.

"Ugh~"

"Ugh~"

She leaned against the wall, her body hunched over, and she dry heaved violently.

After a while, instead of recovering, she started gagging even more violently.

"Xiao Ting?"

"Oh dear, what's wrong with you? Should I go get someone?"

As soon as Sun Manling stepped out of the family compound, she saw this scene and quickly went over to pat Xiao Ting on the back.

"No...no need, I am a doctor, I don't need anyone else."

Xiao Ting wiped her face with a handkerchief and forced herself to stand up.

"Comrade Xiao Ting, are you pregnant?"

Xiao Ting was taken aback. "What is it?"

Sun Manling smiled and shook her head. She looked around and then whispered, "You're pregnant. You and Battalion Commander Xu have been married for so long, it's about time you had a baby."

Xiao Ting's head buzzed, and she froze on the spot.

Is she pregnant?

She's pregnant with Xu Jinbu's child? No... that can't be, right?

...

At the farm, Lu Fangfang unloaded the donkey cart and let the wild donkey go to the pasture outside to graze.

She washed her hands in the yard and then went into the breeding shed.

Zhao Lanying was busy when he saw Lu Fangfang arrive. He quickly waved and said, "Little Lu, our farm has accumulated some quail eggs these past few days. Do you want to send them to the regiment?"

"Don't send them yet. Let's go to the incubation room later, pick out the hatching eggs, and hatch another batch before October."

Of the more than 1,900 quail chicks hatched this time, half were male, leaving more than 900 female quail chicks.

Including the more than 300 chicks hatched in the previous two batches, the farm now has a total of more than 1,200 female quails.

Once they hatch another batch, their farm will be able to achieve its first goal.

Lu Fangfang thought for a moment and then said, "Sister-in-law, if we hatch this batch of quails, we won't hatch any more this year and will focus on feeding them."

After this batch is hatched, there will be more than 4,000 quails, including both males and females, which will fill half of the breeding shed's capacity.

They are all novices at raising quails and need to get more familiar with the process.

If we want to expand, we'll have to wait until next year, and it'll be getting cold soon anyway.

"That works."

Zhao Lanying breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Feeding quails isn't troublesome, but hatching them requires constant attention and is quite tiring.

"By the way, Xiao Lu, the second batch of quails we hatched looks pretty big. They should start laying eggs in another week or two."

Lu Fangfang walked to the cages, looked at them one by one, and then nodded.

The second batch of over three hundred quails has indeed grown quite large, and judging by the timeline, they will be laying eggs soon.

"Sister-in-law Lanying, feed these male quails regular feed. We'll select some of the strongest ones for breeding, and send the rest to the regiment."

"As for these female quails, feed them more egg-laying feed."

"Okay, I understand."

Lu Fangfang stroked her chin and looked around, feeling that she would have to find some quail breeds next year, and couldn't let this batch continue to breed.

Moreover, there are many kinds of quails, including large carnivorous quails, which the farms can feed more of.

The two fed all the quails, big and small, in the cage, and then picked up the eggs that the quails had just laid. After that, they went to the incubation room to look at the quail eggs.

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