In the family compound, Lu Fangfang found a rectangular stone, washed it clean with water, and then took a large iron hammer and started smashing cow bones.

She planned to break the cow's spine first, and then forcefully crack it to ensure that all the marrow would be extracted during the cooking process.

"Bang, bang, bang."

After smashing for a while, Lu Fangfang's hands were sore from the impact, and faint cracks had just appeared on the bones of the stone.

"These bones are really tough."

Wiping the sweat from her forehead, she took a few deep breaths and then continued to pound away.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

She smashed bones so loudly that most of the residential compound could hear it.

Before long, Daya and Tiedan led four or five little kids into the yard.

They were amazed to see Lu Fangfang smashing bones with a hammer and gathered around her.

"Auntie, why are you smashing bones?"

Lu Fangfang looked up and saw that it was Daya, so she smiled and said, "There is marrow in the beef bones. Auntie has to break them open so that it can be cooked out."

"marrow?"

Seeing Da Ya's confusion, a little boy next to her immediately exclaimed, "I know, I know! Bone marrow is so fragrant, it's delicious, even more fragrant than meat!"

"Smells even better than meat?"

Upon hearing this, the kids all swallowed hard.

In their eyes, meat is the most fragrant thing, even more fragrant than meat, so what does it taste like?

"Yes, the bone marrow smells delicious. Come to Auntie's for beef bone soup tomorrow morning."

These little kids, the oldest being only five or six years old, Lu Fangfang said with a smile, and then dismissed them.

When she was smashing bones, the broken pieces were flying everywhere, so she didn't dare let the little kids surround her.

"Auntie, can I...can I eat too?"

Lu Fangfang turned her head and saw that the person speaking was a little girl wearing a floral jacket.

"Of course you can, come and eat as much as you like, but don't call me 'Auntie' anymore, call me 'Auntie' instead."

aunt……

She's only nineteen this year, she's not that old yet.

After saying that, Lu Fangfang looked at the other children and said, "Bring whatever you want to eat, Auntie will make sure you have plenty."

The little kids smiled and became excited.

They shouted, "We have beef bone soup!" and then ran outside.

"A bunch of brats."

Lu Fangfang smiled and continued to smash the cow bones with force.

"Bang, bang, bang."

Seeing that the cow bone had cracked, she picked it up and put it in an enamel basin next to her.

She'll have to wash it before cooking.

...

The little kids ran out of Lu Fangfang's house and then ran wildly around the family compound.

As they ran, they shouted that there was beef bone soup to drink.

Upon hearing this, the women who were sunbathing in front of the first row of houses quickly called their children over.

Hearing Lu Fangfang smashing bones at home, her sisters-in-law all laughed.

"Hey, Chunhua, are you going tomorrow morning?"

"Go ahead, beef bone soup is a kind of meat soup. Let me tell you, soup is very nutritious. In my hometown, we can't live without soup with any meal. Soup is the most nourishing thing..."

The sister-in-law who had just asked the question twitched at the corner of her mouth and quickly interrupted her, "Are we just going to go empty-handed? It's not very nice to drink Comrade Lu's bone broth for free, is it?"

"That's easy. We'll just send more gifts when Battalion Commander Zhuang and Comrade Xiao Lu get married in a few days."

Upon hearing this, the women around him nodded in agreement.

Even my sister-in-law, who originally didn't want to go, is planning to go get some bone broth tomorrow morning.

After all, it was Battalion Commander Zhuang's wedding, so they were supposed to give him something. They figured they might as well drink the bone broth.

The kids were a little confused by what their sisters-in-law were saying.

Once they were a little further away from the adults, one of the kids immediately asked, "If we go to drink Auntie's bone broth, do we have to give her something too?"

Forehead……

The kids looked at each other, wondering whether they should...give it to them.

Everyone turned to look at Daya.

Daya scratched her head and said firmly, "We can't just eat and drink for free. We have to give Auntie something too. What can we give her?"

The kids immediately started racking their brains.

After a while, a little boy with snot hanging from his nose said, "How about I give the marbles from home to my aunt?"

"Why would your aunt want your marbles? She's an adult, she doesn't play with them."

The other kids immediately rejected the idea.

"I've got it."

Daya's eyes lit up, and she suddenly had a good idea. "Auntie needs to make bone soup, so she must be short of firewood. We can collect firewood and give it to her."

"But...but Da Ya, where are we going to gather firewood?"

"In the woods," Daya said proudly, swinging her pigtails.

Back in her hometown, she often helped her mother gather firewood in the woods; going there was definitely the right choice.

"Da Ya, this place is all grass, there are no trees."

"ah?"

Daya was stunned, and her face immediately fell.

Actually, there are forests in the Qilian Mountains, but they are a bit far from the residential compound, so the kids don't know that.

Just as everyone was feeling discouraged, the little girl in the floral jacket suddenly said, "I know where there's firewood."

"Niu Niu, where is it?" the little kids asked excitedly.

“I have some at home, you can come to my house to pick them up.”

As Niu Niu spoke, she turned to look at Daya.

Daya hesitated. Who would go to someone else's house to collect firewood?

She subconsciously touched her own bottom.

But seeing the eager looks on her friends' faces, she couldn't bring herself to refuse; she didn't want them to look down on her.

"Then... shall we give it a try?"

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