60s Military Life: Fleeing Famine and Marrying a Cavalry Officer

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...

Chapter 499 She's Going to Give Birth

Lu Fangfang sat on the grass, watching Xiuxiu and Xiaohua climb higher and higher until they disappeared from sight.

Beside them, the little wild donkey also looked up in surprise.

"What are you looking at if you're not eating grass? Go on, you have to eat until your belly is round and full today."

Lu Fangfang stroked the donkey's head, then took a sickle and a sack from the donkey cart.

After looking around carefully, she walked to the west side of the pond, squatted down, and started cutting the tender grass.

After working for a while, she felt a little tired, so she sat down on the grass.

She lay back, squinting her eyes, her head resting on her arm, feeling very comfortable.

"Awoo~"

The little Tibetan fox ran up to her and lay down next to her head.

Lu Fangfang turned her head and saw that the little Tibetan fox was also looking at her, and a smile appeared on her face again.

"Little yellow dog, how's it here?"

"Awoo~"

The little Tibetan fox looked up and cried out, seemingly quite satisfied.

Lu Fangfang took out one hand and gently stroked the little Tibetan fox's head.

After a while, she squinted her eyes slightly, still feeling a bit sleepy.

Not far away, the little wild donkey looked up, then wagged its tail and walked up to Lu Fangfang.

After nibbling on two more small yellow flowers, the little wild donkey snorted and slowly sat down beside her.

After a while, a little rabbit peeked over cautiously, as if it wanted to steal some of the tender grass from the sack.

The little wild donkey stretched out its head and spat at it.

"Squeak~"

The sudden spittle startled the pika, which leaped up and ran away.

The little wild donkey grinned, as if it wanted to bray triumphantly.

But seeing Lu Fangfang and the little Tibetan fox asleep, it could only force itself to snort.

After a while, the little wild donkey yawned out of boredom.

Its head bobbed back and forth as it slowly lay down on Lu Fangfang.

...

Looking at the grassland in the distance, Xu Huayun glanced at it, smiled, and shook her head.

He took off his sheepskin coat, bent down, and started plucking tender grass from the meadow.

The grass is so tender now that you can pluck it without a sickle, but you'll get some green grass juice on your hands.

He didn't care and just kept pulling hard.

When the tender grass on his sheepskin coat was full, he picked it up and placed it in a shady spot, then continued to pluck it.

...

"Hmm..."

Lu Fangfang dozed off for a while, but then felt like she couldn't breathe.

She felt herself getting heavier and heavier, as if a huge mountain was pressing down on her.

Slowly opening her eyes, she looked down and saw a large donkey's head pressing against her chest.

Lu Fangfang: "..."

"Smack."

"Oh...ah..."

The little wild donkey opened its eyes groggily and looked at her with a rather innocent expression.

"Get up now! No wonder I feel like I'm being crushed by a mountain. It turns out you're such a gluttonous donkey."

Lu Fangfang grabbed its ears and pulled it up.

She looked down at her clothes and found that a large area of ​​them was still wet.

"You stubborn little mule! Get over here right now, or I'll beat you to death!"

Lu Fangfang hurriedly took out a handkerchief and wiped her face.

"Oh...ah..."

The little wild donkey wagged its tail and hurried toward the herd of horses.

"You big glutton, you're sleeping, but you're drooling. Oh dear, you've dirtied my freshly washed clothes again."

Lu Fangfang glanced at the handkerchief and also looked disgusted.

She stood up and looked around. The little wild donkey was now leisurely following behind the herd of horses, munching on the small yellow flowers.

"Comrade Lu, please take these tender grasses back with you. I will cut them and deliver them to the breeding farm in the next few days."

Xu Huayun walked over carrying a large bunch of tender grass.

He bent down and put down the tender grass in his arms, then said with a smile, "Comrade Lu, don't blame the little wild donkey. I saw it just now. A pika came up to you, and it was the little wild donkey that chased it away."

Lu Fangfang was taken aback, then smiled and looked at the little wild donkey.

This gluttonous donkey is somewhat thoughtful, but sometimes it's a real headache.

She picked up the sack, and together with Old Xu, they filled it with tender grass.

Seeing that Xiuxiu and Xiaohua hadn't returned, she took the drawing paper off the donkey cart and sat on the grass to draw.

The scenery at the foot of Mount Gona is so beautiful that she feels she could never capture its full beauty in a painting.

...

"Sis~"

"Meow~"

"Um?"

Lu Fangfang had only finished half of her drawing when she heard a noise coming from the mountain.

She looked up and vaguely saw the figures of Xiuxiu and Xiaohua.

It was too far away, so she quickly waved towards the snow-capped mountain, then lowered her head and continued drawing.

More than an hour later, Xiuxiu, carrying her bag, walked down the snow mountain.

Lu Fangfang finally finished her painting and was just waiting to get home to add the colors.

"Sister, it's so cold on the snow mountain. I'm still a little out of breath. Oh, by the way, I dug up one of the snow lotuses you asked me to dig up, and then I surrounded the rest with stones."

"And also, Xiaohua found me a lot of cordyceps..."

Xiuxiu, holding a cloth bag, talked about her harvest and the scenery on the snow-capped mountain.

Lu Fangfang listened quietly, then picked up the cloth bag and looked at it.

She was quite pleased to see that there were quite a few cordyceps inside.

She doesn't plan to sell these insects; her family isn't short of money right now. She intends to keep the insects to use in stewing snow chicken.

Cordyceps stewed with snow chicken is very nourishing; I'll have to try it then.

She carefully put down the cloth bag and looked at Xiaohua again.

After a trip to the snow-capped mountain, Xiaohua's depressed mood finally improved.

Lu Fangfang called to it and patted its head with a smile.

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