"When Mingcheng comes back, we'll have him build a chimney, and then the kang (heated brick bed) will be ready to use."

Lu Fangfang murmured to herself, in a very good mood.

After several busy days, she finally finished building the kang (heated brick bed), and now she can't wait for winter to come.

At that time, she will lie on the heated kang bed, sleep until she naturally wakes up every day, and not have to do anything.

Outside, snow was falling heavily, but inside, it was warm and cozy. Just thinking about it made me happy.

"hey-hey."

To celebrate, Lu Fangfang specially stir-fried two dishes with butter.

After eating and drinking her fill, she lay down on the double bed in the outer room.

It was already past ten o'clock, but Lu Fangfang was still quite excited and couldn't fall asleep. She didn't finally drift off until late at night.

The next day, she woke up after nine o'clock.

She got up, washed her face, kneaded some dough, and prepared to steam another pot of multigrain buns.

While the dough was fermenting, she went outside and mixed some yellow mud, preparing to make more adobe bricks for later use when building a small shed.

She's been using this wooden mold for a while now, and once she's finished making the adobe bricks, she has to return it to Uncle Guo.

"Smack."

"Smack."

"My big one, I fell so hard, quickly fix the mud back up for me."

...

Lu Fangfang turned her head and glanced at it.

At the base of the wall, Gou Dan and a group of little kids were still playing a mud-throwing game.

They're not competing to see who falls the loudest anymore; now they're competing to see who makes the biggest hole in their body, and the loser has to patch up the hole with their own mud.

Lu Fangfang shook her head. The yellow mud she had worked so hard to get had all been ruined by these little brats.

"Dog Egg, if you get your clothes dirty again, your mother will spank you until your bottom is raw."

Dog Egg squatted on the ground, with a large clump of yellow mud he had won in front of him.

Hearing this, he grinned and said, "Auntie, don't worry, I'll be careful."

Lu Fangfang pouted, "Let me tell you, you can't mess with my mud anymore if you lose. If anyone dares to take my yellow mud again, I'll go tell your mother."

"ah……"

Upon hearing this, the little kids all started wailing.

Dog Egg was even happier. He rubbed his hands together, eager to win back all the mud from the other people's hands.

...

Standing next to the east wall, Lu Fangfang had finished making a row of adobe bricks.

Feeling that it was enough, she took the mold and went home.

After washing her hands, she went inside and steamed a pot of buns.

In the afternoon, she took the corn seeds and prepared to go to the wasteland on the riverbank.

Thinking that she hadn't eaten meat for several days, she found an enamel basin and some broken bones, intending to use Yang Yufeng's method to catch some small fish and fry them.

In just one day, Sister Shufen had cleared a lot more wasteland than she had, and Sister Shufen was still working in the field.

Lu Fangfang glanced at it and then went to the upper reaches of the river.

After tying the rope and covering it with a cloth, she wrapped the broken bones, put them in an enamel basin, and then slowly pushed the basin into the water.

Seeing that small fish were swimming over, she stood up with peace of mind.

Lu Fangfang squatted down and looked at the wasteland cleared on the riverbank.

The rapeseed she planted a few days ago has now sprouted and grown, but it is still very small, with only two small buds and leaves.

However, looking at the small green leaves stretching for one or two hundred meters along the riverbank, she still felt a great sense of accomplishment, as she had planted them one hoe at a time.

She looked around carefully along the riverbank.

The rapeseed seedlings in the field are not growing evenly; in some places there are only a few seedlings, while in other places they are too dense.

It seems she'll need to be transplanted when she gets a little older.

The sunflowers next to the rapeseed hadn't sprouted yet. She dug up the soil to take a look and saw that the sunflower seeds had already shown signs of germination, so she buried them back in the soil.

The five rows of potatoes she planted had already sprouted.

And in Sister Shufen's seedling field, many seeds have already sprouted and grown.

Standing in the wasteland, Lu Fangfang felt that her hard work had finally paid off; it seemed that this year would definitely be a bumper harvest.

"Girl, the seedlings in this nursery will be ready for transplanting in a few days."

Wang Shufen carried a hoe and walked over.

Looking at the rapeseed seedlings in the field, she smiled happily, "And those rapeseed plants, in another half month, we'll be able to eat them. I haven't eaten any green vegetables for almost half a year, I'm really craving them."

Lu Fangfang unconsciously swallowed; she was also craving it.

She's been eating nothing but cabbage and potatoes every day, she's almost sick of it. She's craving a bite of bright green bok choy.

After wiping her mouth, she chatted with Sister Shufen for a few minutes before heading to the newly cleared wasteland to plant corn.

She wanted to plant them as soon as possible so she could eat them sooner.

After a while, feeling that the time was about right, Lu Fangfang put down her hoe and walked to the riverbank.

In the water, a group of small fish swam around the enamel basin. She gripped the rope and took the opportunity to pull it out with force.

"Splash."

Uncover the enamel basin with the cloth covering it, and you'll see more than a dozen small fish inside.

Lu Fangfang smiled, poured out the water, picked out the small fish, then covered them with the cloth again and pushed them into the river.

She worked until dark, planting corn all over the half-acre of barren land.

They caught half a basin of small fish, more than they caught last time.

Squatting by the river, she cleaned the small fish, then carried the half-basin of fish home.

I went to the inner room to check the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed). The yellow mud plaster on it had hardened, but it wasn't dry yet. If I wanted to sleep here, I would have to wait at least another seven or eight days.

Lu Fangfang shook her head and went to the outer room to fry small fish.

Half a month has passed, and a large portion of the butter in her jar has been removed; she estimates it will only last for three or four months.

However, Lu Fangfang was not worried. In a few months, the rapeseed in the field would be ripe, and then she would be able to press rapeseed oil to eat.

"Sizzle..."

As soon as the small fish were put into the oil, a cloud of smoke rose up.

Lu Fangfang got up, pushed open the door, and then returned to the coal stove.

Looking at the small fish frying in the pan, she thought that when she delivered the adobe molds tomorrow, she would also give some to Grandpa Guo and Old Xu.

...

"Ouch, my god, what is this? It hurts so much!"

Hearing the howling outside, Lu Fangfang was stunned.

She put down her chopsticks and quickly walked out.

"Sister-in-law Yufeng, have you been climbing over the wall again? I told you to break some glass on the wall, why didn't you listen?"

"Fine, don't listen then. I've been doing this for so long, and you haven't seen it? Let me tell you, this isn't my fault. Who told you to climb over the wall? I'll have a point in the corps."

After she finished speaking, Lu Fangfang waited for a while.

After a while, there was no further movement from next door.