Another winter has arrived.

Lu Fangfang got up early in the morning and saw that a thin layer of snow had fallen outside.

Worried about potential problems at the farm, she prepared to go check on the farm after feeding her child.

"Egg and Green, you two play with your sister and be good."

"Ah ah..."

On the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed), Little Peanut lay there listlessly.

Beside them, Egg and Green, dressed in little clothes, kept climbing onto Little Flower.

At this moment, one baby was holding onto Xiaohua's head tightly, and the other was holding onto Xiaohua's long tail tightly.

"Meow~"

Xiao Hua looked at Lu Fangfang for help.

"Ahem, you play with your younger brother and sister for a while, I'll come and take over for you when I get back."

Lu Fangfang suppressed a laugh, then hugged Xiaohua's big head and kissed it.

She called over the little Tibetan fox in the outer room to help relieve Xiaohua's burden, and then went to the outer room.

"Xiuxiu, keep an eye on the two kids. It's cold in winter, so don't let them go out for now."

"Why."

Xiuxiu responded.

Lu Fangfang put on her military overcoat and cotton hat, and strode out.

When she reached the main road, she happened to meet Sister Manling pushing firewood, and she quickly went to the edge of the field to help her.

"Sister-in-law, how was the rapeseed harvest this year?"

"Well, the rapeseed is growing alright, but we didn't harvest much of the other grains."

Sun Manling looked around; it was early in the morning, and there was no one else nearby.

She leaned closer to Lu Fangfang and whispered, "Little Lu, when are you hiring new people for your farm? What do you think of me?"

Lu Fangfang was taken aback, then asked in surprise, "Sister-in-law, don't you have a job on the farm?"

"Hey, isn't it because the farm is closer to home? We're all from the family compound, so we get along well when we work together."

"We have enough people at our farm right now, so we'll have to wait until next year to hire more."

Lu Fangfang shook her head. The two farms consume hundreds of kilograms of feed every day. If they want to expand further, they will have reached their limit unless the feed problem is solved.

"Okay, Xiao Lu, if your farm needs to hire people, you must let me know."

Sun Manling was quite disappointed. She pushed the firewood and continued walking home.

Lu Fangfang didn't stay long; she went to the breeding farm with her hands in her pockets.

In the courtyard, Wang Shufen was sweeping up the fallen snow.

Lu Fangfang picked up a broom and swept the area, then called to Sister Shufen to go into the storage room.

"Sister Shufen, are the quail eggs all ready?"

"Yes, they're all here. Hey girl, it snowed today, can these quail eggs still be transported out?"

Lu Fangfang looked out the window, and she was also a little worried.

The farm produces about 300 catties of eggs every day. One-third of them are kept for the regiment, and the rest are transported to the division to exchange for feed. Today is the day for transporting them out, and we can't afford to delay it.

After waiting a while longer, the truck from the group finally arrived.

Lu Fangfang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly gathered the quail eggs she had collected over the past few days and loaded them all onto the truck.

It was cold now, so they put a big cotton quilt on top of it, and then it was taken away by a big truck.

After finishing her work here, she went to check out the new breeding farm.

Not only are quails raised here, but there are also more than 300 hens. Eggs are a precious commodity, and all the eggs produced here are kept for the regiment and not taken to the division.

"Sister-in-law Lanying, Sister-in-law Meijun, how are the hens doing lately?"

"They're not laying eggs very often. I think it's a lighting issue; the light bulbs in our shed aren't bright enough."

Zhao Lanying said casually as she picked up the eggs.

Lu Fangfang looked up, but there was nothing she could do. The fact that there was electricity here was already better than many other places.

"Oh well, if it lays fewer eggs, at least it still lays some."

Lu Fangfang looked around the shed and then returned to the old breeding farm.

After working with Sister Shufen for a while, she was bored, so she went to the yard and looked up at the birch tree.

A row of five chubby little chicks were preening their feathers on a branch.

"Chirp chirp~"

"Chirp chirp~"

In front of the birdhouse stood a large, fat bird.

It flapped its wings, trying to shoo away its five chicks, but the five chubby little birds clung tightly to the branch, unwilling to leave.

"Eldest brother, second brother, third brother, fourth brother, fifth brother, come down and eat."

Lu Fangfang held a handful of grass seeds in her hand and smiled as she opened her arms.

"Chirp chirp~"

"Chirp chirp~"

Five chubby little birds immediately flew down and started pecking at her arm.

It's freezing cold now, and food is hard to find, so it's more comfortable to stay on the farm.

Big White was furious in front of the birdhouse.

It chirped and chattered at Lu Fangfang.

“Big White, really. It’s not like the farm is short of space. Let the five of them live here. If it’s really not working out, we can go to the new farm in the south.”

Lu Fangfang laughed uncontrollably; she was deliberately trying to provoke Da Bai.

These five chubby little birds are much more obedient than Baymax.

She plans to build a few more birdhouses out of wood in a few days for Little White's five chicks to live in.

In the dead of winter, under a blanket of snow, a few chubby little birds perched on the branches, looking quite adorable.

After a while, Da Bai couldn't stand it anymore.

It flew down from the birdhouse and started fighting with the children for food.

Lu Fangfang seized the opportunity to catch it, stroked it a few times, and then let go.

After feeding the little chubby bird, she noticed it was almost time, so she went back to the family compound to feed the baby.

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On the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed), Qingqing and Dandan were fast asleep, their heads resting on Xiaohua's long tail.

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