Another winter has arrived, and Dandan and Qingqing are almost two years old.

At the end of the year, Zhuang Mingcheng was busy with the troupe's affairs for a few days, so he took his annual leave and prepared to go back to Beijing.

Lu Fangfang had also packed her things at home.

Worried that Qingqing and Dandan would get cold, she specially made two new cotton-padded jackets in advance, wrapping the two little ones up like little dumplings.

The filling inside the cotton-padded jacket is made from the feathers that Xiaohua and Dapang shed over the past two years, making it warmer than a down jacket.

"Xiuxiu, don't forget to take the things I prepared for you. When you get home, tell your parents that Mingcheng and I will take Dandan and Qingqing back for the Spring Festival next year."

"Why."

Xiuxiu was also packing her luggage.

She has been in the Qilian Mountains for two years and plans to go back this year to see her parents.

Of course, she will come back again.

She is now learning veterinary medicine from Comrade Sun in the troupe, and she can't let that stop.

...

After seeing Xiuxiu off, and waiting for two more days, seeing that Xiaohua still hadn't returned, Lu Fangfang couldn't wait any longer.

On a bright, sunny day, she rode her little wild donkey toward the snow-capped mountains to the north.

When she reached the foot of the mountain, she took out a spoon and blew on it vigorously.

"Beep beep~"

"Beep beep~"

"Oh...ah..."

The little wild donkey stood beside Lu Fangfang, tilting its head back and braying loudly.

After blowing for a while, Lu Fangfang led the little wild donkey and strolled around the grassland.

This winter was mild, and there were still many active pikas on the grassland. She took out her slingshot, shot one, and fed it to the little wild donkey.

After waiting a while longer, she finally heard some noise coming from the mountain.

Two snow leopards, one large and one small, ran towards her.

Upon reaching her, the two large creatures leaped up and tackled Lu Fangfang to the ground.

"Oh, okay, okay."

"Xiaohua, you heartless bastard, I haven't seen you for more than half a month."

Lu Fangfang stood up and glared at it.

"Meow~"

Little Flower tilted her big head and nuzzled her in a flattering manner.

"snort."

Lu Fangfang patted it and then turned to look at Big Fatty.

"Fatty, how come you've gotten so fat again?"

"Meow~"

Big Fatty looked up at her, his face full of innocence.

Lu Fangfang held its big, fat head in both hands, feeling that it was full of fat.

Its ears looked even shorter against its chubby face, which actually made it look quite cute.

She reached out and touched the big fat head all the way down to the long tail.

"Meow~"

Xiao Hua stepped forward, separating Da Pang and Lu Fangfang, and then looked at her with great excitement.

"Hmph, you don't know to come home unless I call you."

Lu Fangfang glared at it again, "Little Flower, come back with me tonight. Tomorrow, Mingcheng, Dandan, Qingqing, and I will be going to the capital. We won't be back until after the New Year."

"Meow~"

Little Flower tilted her head and kept nuzzling against her.

Lu Fangfang sighed and leaned down to kiss it.

My daughter has grown up and is no longer under her mother's control.

She untied the two snow chickens from the little wild donkey and tossed them to Fatty, saying, "Fatty, now that I've paid you back for the rooster I used to pay you back, I've returned everything I owed you."

After two years of breeding, the snow chickens in her home have grown to more than twenty, but she still can't bear to eat them.

She had brought some ordinary roosters over before and fed them to Big Fatty, which was a way of repaying some of the debt. Only these two were left.

"Awoo~"

Big Fatty sniffed it, but showed no interest in eating it.

It picked up the snow chicken, walked to Lu Fangfang, and then let go of it.

"You can have it, I have some more at home."

Lu Fangfang took out a dagger, slit the snow chicken's throat, and threw it to Big Fatty.

Upon smelling the blood, the fat man didn't refuse and started eating heartily.

After Da Pang finished eating, Lu Fangfang rode her little donkey and called to Xiao Hua as they headed towards the family compound.

"Meow~"

Big Fatty watched Lu Fangfang and Xiao Hua walk away with reluctance, then turned and ran back up the mountain.

...

"Giddy up!"

"Giddy up!"

Lu Fangfang rode her little wild donkey ahead, with Xiao Hua following closely behind.

She slowed down once she arrived at the family compound.

"Xiao Lu, Xiao Hua is back?"

"Oh my, I haven't seen it in so long."

Several women in the residential compound were sunbathing, and they weren't afraid of Xiaohua at all; they had watched her grow up.

"I called it back. It's been gone for almost a month. If I hadn't called it, I don't know when it would have come back."

"Meow~"

Xiaohua lowered her head, as if she had made a mistake, and quickly ran home.

The sisters-in-law couldn't stop laughing when they saw this.

...

"Little Flower~"

"Little Flower~"

Inside the house, Dandan and Qingqing, like two little dumplings, rushed towards Xiaohua.

The two men hugged the snow leopard and kissed it on the face.

"Meow, sister... I miss you, Qingqing misses you..."

Qingqing was extremely excited. She hugged Xiaohua's big head and gave it another big kiss.

"Meow~"

Little Flower was also very excited, and it kept nudging Egg and Green.

"Awoo~"

With a fox's cry, the little yellow dog rushed out of the house.

It circled the little flower, sniffing and chirping excitedly.

"Meow~"

Little Flower stuck out her tongue and licked the little Tibetan fox.

They grew up together and are closer to each other than to Dandan and Qingqing.

When Lu Fangfang got home, this was the scene she saw: the little ones huddled together, seemingly inseparable.

"Pah, he didn't even bother to come back and check on things sooner..."

Her eyes reddened, and she laughed and cursed a few times.

She called the little wild donkey forward and led the little creatures into the house.

"Little yellow dog, isn't it warmer at home? You'll stay with Sister Shufen at the farm for the next few days of the Lunar New Year. I'll be back after the New Year."

Lu Fangfang took a sip of water and spoke to the little Tibetan fox.

Since the beginning of winter, the little Tibetan fox slept in its burrow in front of the breeding farm for a few days before running home, which made her laugh uncontrollably.

"And the little wild donkey, you stay at the farm for now. I've given all the good food to Sister Shufen, so you two will definitely get your share."

"Oh...ah..."

The little wild donkey stepped forward and nudged Lu Fangfang reluctantly.

The same goes for the little wild donkey.

Upon seeing this, Dandan and Qingqing immediately burst into tears and rushed into Lu Fangfang's arms.

"Mommy, I don't want to go, I don't want to go, I want to stay with Xiaohua."

"I'm not going either. I'll go with Donkey... and Little Yellow Dog."

Lu Fangfang held her two children, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Your grandfather misses you two very much and he absolutely has to go back this year."

Seeing that the two children's eyes were red, she smiled and said, "Alright, it's not like we're not coming back."

After comforting the two children, she went to make dinner. Since all the little ones were here today, it was a family reunion dinner.