A charming military wife travels back to the 1960s, escaping famine across five provinces before finally reaching the cavalry regiment at the foot of the Qilian Mountains, where she begins her life...
"Sister Fangfang, I...I don't want to see the Pallas's rabbits, and I especially don't want to see any big fat ones. I just want to go back."
Zhang Honghua looked at the overcast sky and almost cried.
It's so cold here, really so cold. Even back home during the Lunar New Year, it wasn't as cold as here.
Honestly, who gets snow in the ninth month of the lunar calendar? She hugged her quilt, looked at the desolate surroundings, and felt like crying.
“Zhang Honghua, you were the one who wanted to come here, and now you want to go back? Why should you? You don’t want to see Pallas’s cat, you don’t want to see Big Fatty, but I do want to see him. Sister, don’t listen to her.”
Xiuxiu glanced at the little ones in the distance, then turned back and said unhappily.
Having finally managed to get out of the city, she didn't want to go back so soon.
"Honghua, don't talk nonsense. You've come all this way to Qilian, how can you not see it?"
Lu Fangfang said reproachfully.
She quietly waved her hand, signaling Xiao Hua and the little Tibetan fox to guard the back of the donkey cart, so that Zhang Honghua wouldn't run away.
You're only at the beginning. Since you're so energetic in the troupe, you should spend more time outside.
"Sister, sister, look! Another Tibetan fox is running over. It's so thin, and its fur is all messy."
Xiuxiu quickly tugged at her sister's arm.
Unlike Zhang Honghua, she was extremely interested in these small animals.
Lu Fangfang turned around and looked over with Xiuxiu.
"That's a male Tibetan fox, the father of the little fox. Look at what it's biting in its mouth, that's a pika. It must have just come back from hunting."
"Sister, it's going to snow heavily in a few days, will it still be able to hunt?"
Xiuxiu looked at the grassland and was still a little worried about them.
There's snow on the grassland now; it was blown in by the wind yesterday. But it's not a lot of snow; it hasn't even covered the wild grass.
She had heard her sister say that it would snow heavily in a few days, very heavily, and that the grasslands would be covered with thick snow. She wondered if the little Tibetan fox's parents would still be able to catch prey.
"Don't worry, since they can survive on this grassland, they must have some hunting methods."
Lu Fangfang comforted Xiuxiu.
She had previously seen male Tibetan foxes burying pikas in the ground, so they probably knew to store food and then dig it up to eat when they couldn't catch any prey.
Just like she said, someone who can survive on this plateau must have some skills.
On the donkey cart, Zhang Honghua bit her lip, truly hating the two sisters.
She glanced at the few so-called Tibetan foxes in the distance, but didn't find them particularly interesting. Feeling a bit cold, she looked back and decided to go back on her own.
"Meow~"
Little Flower stood behind the donkey cart and barked at her.
Zhang Honghua was startled and froze. "Fang... Sister Fangfang, could you please call your pet leopard away?"
"That won't do, Honghua. You don't know, there are a lot of wild animals here, including wolves and jackals. Xiaohua, you need to stay behind to ensure our safety."
"Wild wolf? Jackal?"
Zhang Honghua shuddered, but she didn't doubt Lu Fangfang's words.
She was worried because she could even raise leopards herself. There must be a lot of wild animals around here. She looked around and felt a little worried.
"Honghua, don't worry, I'm carrying a gun. I'm not afraid of jackals or even bears."
Lu Fangfang patted the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle on her back, and then she and Xiuxiu began to observe the Tibetan foxes.
"Waaah..."
On the donkey cart, Zhang Honghua covered her mouth, feeling even more frightened.
What a terrible place this is! It's not only desolate, but there are also wild beasts. You have to carry a gun even when you go out.
She pulled the quilt tighter around herself and suddenly felt homesick.
The little wild donkey lowered its head, chewed a mouthful of wild grass, and then looked back at Zhang Honghua.
It grinned, as if it were mocking someone.
Zhang Honghua blushed, moved forward slightly, and raised her hand to slap the donkey's rump.
"Oh...ah..."
The little wild donkey has a temper; not just anyone can slap its rear end.
Seeing that Zhang Honghua's hand was about to fall, it used its two hind legs to kick backward, kicking up its heels.
"Bang!"
"hiss……"
Zhang Honghua didn't pat the donkey's rump; instead, the little wild donkey kicked her arm.
It hurts! It hurts so much!
She hugged her arms and collapsed onto the donkey cart, tears and snot streaming down her face from the pain.
"Ouch, it hurts so much! It hurts so much! I can't live anymore..."
"Oh...ah..."
The little wild donkey grinned and brayed loudly.
"What's wrong? Honghua, what are you messing around with the donkey for again?"
Lu Fangfang turned around and looked at the two of them suspiciously.
"Sister Fangfang, boohoo, the donkey kicked me, it kicked me, it hurts so much, it hurts so much."
Zhang Honghua shakily stretched out her arm, rolled up her sleeve, and saw that her arm was covered in bruises from being kicked.
Luckily, she was wearing a sweater with an undershirt underneath, otherwise that donkey's kick would have broken her bones.
"Red Flower, what did you do to provoke the little wild donkey again? It doesn't kick people for no reason."
Lu Fangfang frowned, strode over, grabbed Zhang Honghua's arm, and began to rub it vigorously.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, Fangfang, I didn't provoke it, it went crazy and suddenly kicked me."
"Oh...ah..."
The little wild donkey turned around and glared at Zhang Honghua, its mouth wide open as if it wanted to bite her to death.
When Lu Fangfang saw the stubborn little mule's appearance, she knew that Zhang Honghua was not telling the truth.
She grabbed Zhang Honghua's arm and used some force.
"Ouch, Fangfang, it hurts...it hurts..."
"It's good that it hurts. Why did you provoke that stubborn little donkey? It's a Tibetan wild donkey, a wild horse, with the most volatile temper. In the wild, it's the kind of animal that dares to fight wolves and snow leopards."
"ah?"
Zhang Honghua winced in pain and looked at the little wild donkey in shock.
"Oh...ah..."
The little wild donkey gritted its teeth and gave her a malicious look.
After a while, Lu Fangfang saw that she had rubbed it enough and let go of her hands with disgust.
She slowly walked up to the little wild donkey, secretly took out a small handful of melon seeds, and stuffed them into the donkey's mouth.
Cough cough...
She walked back to Xiuxiu and looked into the distance again.
"Sister, the baby Tibetan foxes have all gone back to their dens after they finished eating, and the mother Tibetan fox has also run to the grassland to the north."
"They must have gone hunting. Xiuxiu, come on, I'll take you to see some other places."
Lu Fangfang called Xiuxiu to sit on the donkey cart, then patted the little wild donkey and headed towards the grassland to the north.
Beside her, Zhang Honghua rubbed her arm, on the verge of tears.
It seems that not just anyone can take a picture of a donkey's rear end.