"Little stubborn donkey, run, trot!"

On the pasture south of the farm, Lu Fangfang slapped the donkey's rump.

"Smack."

"Oh...ah..."

The little wild donkey looked back, trotted a few steps to get a little further away from her, and then stopped.

Lu Fangfang took a look and felt it wouldn't work.

She directed Little Flower and Little Tibetan Fox to chase after the little wild donkey.

Now the little wild donkey had no choice but to trot.

*Smack!*

*Smack!*

Xiuxiu was still setting off firecrackers.

Lu Fangfang breathed on her hand and then turned around and said, "Xiuxiu, be careful not to set the grass on fire."

"Okay, sis."

Xiuxiu covered her ears, set off the last firecracker, then quickly ran over and hugged her sister's arm.

"Sis, when will our meadow turn green?"

Xiuxiu looked around and asked with great interest.

The grasslands were withered and yellow in winter, and now she was just waiting to see the scenery when spring arrived and flowers bloomed.

"It will be at least April."

It hasn't snowed on the grasslands these days, but Lu Fangfang guesses the grass will turn green earlier this year.

After all, the last snowfall was so heavy that the grass is still wet.

"Squeak~"

A little weasel darted out from the rabbit hole not far away. Seeing the two people taking a walk, it quickly ran towards them.

When it got closer, it straightened up and barked at Lu Fangfang.

"Little Huang?"

Lu Fangfang's eyes lit up, and she quickly bent down and picked up the little weasel.

"Little Huang, Happy New Year! Did you see the fish I put at your hole yesterday?"

"Squeak~"

The little weasel climbed all the way up and finally stood on her shoulder.

Lu Fangfang smiled, reached out and patted the little guy's head, then continued chasing the little wild donkey.

Xiuxiu hugged her sister's arm, looking at the little weasel with envy.

The two had walked for a short while when they saw birds flying in the sky.

Lu Fangfang squinted and looked closely, and found that it was indeed Bald Big White and Little White. She quickly waved and called out, "Big White, Little White, come down, come down."

"Chirp chirp~"

"Chirp chirp~"

Two chubby little birds flew around the two of them a few times.

Xiao Bai first crouched down and swooped down onto Lu Fangfang's shoulder.

Big White circled around twice more, then reluctantly followed.

"Big White, you're really naughty. Look at your wife, isn't she great?"

Lu Fangfang reached out and touched Xiaobai and Dabai's heads, a smile returning to her face.

At this moment, a little weasel was perched on one of her shoulders, and two chubby little birds were perched on the other.

She looked around and couldn't stop laughing.

Beside her, Xiuxiu watched in astonishment.

My sister looks so funny right now.

"Squeak~"

"Chirp chirp~"

The little weasel and the two chubby little birds also discovered each other.

They were neighbors and had met before, but this was the first time they had been so close.

They turned their heads away, not wanting to acknowledge each other.

"Oh...ah..."

On the distant grassland, a young wild donkey brayed and ran towards them.

The two chubby little birds were startled when they saw this, and quickly flapped their wings and flew away, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"Meow~"

"Awoo~"

Little Flower and Little Tibetan Fox followed behind the little wild donkey.

The little weasel was startled to see its natural enemy, the Tibetan fox, arrive. It jumped off Lu Fangfang's shoulder and scurried into a rabbit hole.

In an instant, her shoulder was empty.

"Why?"

Lu Fangfang opened her mouth, but before she could even say what she wanted to say, Xiao Huang, Da Bai, and Xiao Bai disappeared.

Looking at the donkey's head sticking out, she rubbed it helplessly.

"Are you feeling better after running for a while?"

"Oh...ah..."

The little wild donkey wagged its tail and nudged her arm.

Lu Fangfang smiled and patted the donkey's head, then led the three little ones on a walk.

After walking around for a while, she felt cold and returned to the farm.

At that moment, Sister Shufen was picking up quail eggs in the house. She went over to help her, and after finishing, she drank some water in the storeroom.

As her belly grew bigger, Lu Fangfang found it increasingly inconvenient to do anything.

On the first day of the new year, she was already thinking about hiring a few more people. Once the weather gets warmer, she plans to do something big: hatch four thousand baby quails at once.

However, before that, the incubation room needs to be renovated.

Anyway, after the New Year, everything will get busy.

As dusk fell, Sister-in-law Lan Ying arrived again. Lu Fangfang called the two of them over and they decided to hire one person first, and then consider hiring more after the quails in the shed were full.

As for the candidates, we still need to discuss it with the team leader.

When he got home, Zhuang Mingcheng had already prepared dinner.

After washing her hands, Lu Fangfang glanced at the little wild donkey and noticed that it no longer seemed greedy. She suddenly felt a little uneasy.

"Fangfang, has the little wild donkey finished digesting yet?"

Zhuang Mingcheng also felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Back home, it was a staple at every meal, but now, the little wild donkey has lost all interest in food.

"Most of it has been digested, and its belly isn't bloated anymore. I think it must have been scared, and it won't dare to eat so much again."

Lu Fangfang smiled rather unkindly.

She wiped her hands and sat down at the table.

"Oh...ah..."

Seeing that everyone in the family was staring at him, the little wild donkey snorted and turned to go into the yard.

The others watched, and they laughed even harder.

"Fangfang, I happen to have a day off tomorrow. I'll take you to a great place where there are colorful icefalls to see."

"A seven-colored icefall?"

Lu Fangfang became interested as she listened.

Feeling bored, she quickly nodded.

After finishing her meal, Lu Fangfang stopped drawing. It was the Lunar New Year, so she took a few days off.

She had stayed up late last night and was still a little sleepy, so she asked her husband to heat up the kang (a traditional heated bed) and went to bed early.

"Fangfang, you really scared me to death this morning. And Sister-in-law Shuhua, she even wanted to separate us."

Zhuang Mingcheng held his wife tightly and whispered something in her ear.

In the morning, he was really afraid that his wife would agree, after all, the conditions in the provincial capital were dozens of times better than here, and it was also much more lively.

Unlike here, outside the residential compound, all that's left are withered, yellow grass fields.

"I'm not going. I only make a little over a hundred a month now. I definitely won't make that much if I go to the performing arts troupe."

"Besides, I can't bear to part with you."

Holding Zhuang Mingcheng's head, Lu Fangfang gave him a big, hard kiss.

She let go and chuckled again; this silly man was just overthinking things.

Zhuang Mingcheng blushed slightly, then hugged his wife tightly and kissed her deeply.

He has made up his mind to work hard and try to be transferred to the military region within two or three years so that he can take his wife and children to a place with better conditions.