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...
Wuquanshan Park on the weekend.
As soon as the sun came up in the morning, a group of children visited the animal exhibit area inside the park.
The zookeeper looked on and felt something was off.
They usually have a lot of tourists here on weekends, but... but it just feels a little different.
"Old Liu, why are there so many children visiting your zoo these past few days?"
The zookeeper was taken aback, but then he realized what was different. There were more children in the animal exhibit these past two days, and more little girls than boys.
"That's strange, really strange."
He shook his head, just as he was about to feed the monkeys in the park, when he saw several little girls walking towards him.
"Uncle, uncle, we want to see Cat King."
"Uncle, where is Cat King? We've looked all over but can't find him."
"cat?"
The zookeeper paused for a moment, then smiled and shook his head, saying, "Children, there are no cats in the zoo. If you want to see cats, go to the temple on the west side. There are several kittens there."
"No, not a kitten, it's a cat tyrant."
"By the way, its real name is Pallas's cat."
Zhang Chunyan took out a comic book and pointed to the cat overlord on the cover with great anticipation.
Pallas's cat?
The zookeeper took a closer look and then scratched his head.
To be honest, he didn't even recognize this rabbit... Pallas's cat.
Seeing the children staring at him expectantly, he could only say helplessly, "We don't have big cats like that at our zoo."
"No? How could there not be?"
"Yes, don't zoos have all kinds of animals?"
Everyone was filled with disappointment.
Zhang Chunyan quickly pointed to the Tibetan fox and asked, "Uncle, do you have this kind of fox in your zoo?"
The zookeeper took another closer look and then shook his head.
Where's the donkey?
"No...no."
"Surely we have groundhogs by now?"
Still no.
At this moment, Hongbing arrived with a group of boys.
Hearing the zookeeper's words, his heart skipped a beat. "What about the King of the Snow Mountains?"
"What's this 'King of the Snow Mountains'? Where did you find so many strange animals?"
The zookeeper was almost stumped by the questions.
He had worked at the zoo for several years, and this was the first time he had ever seen so many strange animals.
That fox? Whose fox looks like that? It's so frivolous.
"You don't know the king of the snow mountains? The snow leopard?"
Hongbing quickly took out his comic book, flipped to the last page where it was about science, and began to read what was written there.
"The snow leopard, a large feline, is known as the king of the snow mountains..."
The zookeeper watched with great interest, but then shook his head and said, "No, our zoo has monkeys, a few wolves and deer, peacocks and camels, but not the animals you're talking about."
The children looked disappointed.
However, since they were already visiting the zoo, they decided to go and take a look.
After the little girls left, the zookeeper tugged at Hongbing and asked curiously, "Little comrade, what's the name of your comic book?"
"Calling it the story of the Pallas's cat? Your zoo is really something. You have nothing there, what kind of zoo are you?"
The soldier grumbled resentfully and ran off to see the big monkey.
The zookeeper wasn't angry; instead, he couldn't help but laugh.
The young man is right; unfortunately, the zoo has limited funds and can't feed so many animals.
He memorized the story of the Pallas's rabbit and planned to buy a copy to read when he had time.
To be honest, the animals inside are quite interesting. If they could feed a few of the mischievous foxes, more people would come to see it, and their team's budget would be more manageable.
He picked up the iron bucket and was about to leave when a group of kids called him back.
"Uncle, uncle, do you have a cat tyrant at your zoo?"
The zookeeper understood now. He shook his head with a smile and said, "No, not only is there no Cat Overlord, but there's also no Snow Mountain King or Square-faced Fox."
"If you want to see it, you should tell our leaders. It's not available now."
...
The next day, Hongbing arrived at school dejectedly.
He was filled with resentment at not seeing the King of the Snow Mountains.
Hongbing turned to look at his deskmate and saw her writing something with a pencil, which piqued his curiosity.
He peeked at the letter and saw his deskmate asking about Cat Tyrant's current situation. "It's no use writing a letter. Who are you going to send it to? They won't even see it."
"Hmph, turn to the very back of the comic book and see what's written there."
Zhang Chunyan pouted, not wanting to talk to him anymore.
Hongbing was taken aback. He quickly took out the comic book, flipped to the last page, and read, "Illustrator: Lu Fangfang... Published by Lanzhou People's Fine Arts Publishing House."
He scratched his head and suddenly felt that the address looked familiar.
His eyes lit up as he suddenly realized that the publishing house was right on their way to school—what a coincidence!
Hongbing quickly took out a piece of paper and, imitating Zhang Chunyan, began to write a letter.
He wanted to ask the painter what the roar of the King of the Snow Mountains sounded like; it must be very majestic.
After school, Zhang Chunyan and Hongbing went to the publishing house one after the other.
Upon arriving at their destination, the two found a staff member, handed her the letter, and then happily went home.
...
The next day, inside the publishing house.
Sun Yafang was stopped by someone as soon as she entered the door.
"President Sun, a few children have written letters and sent them to our publishing house. They say they want to give them to the author of the Pallas's Rabbit story. What do you think we should do?"
Give them all to me.
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