"Auntie, are you leaving? Why so suddenly?"
As soon as Mrs. Zhuang stepped out of the family compound carrying her suitcase, she ran into Xiao Ting.
Looking at the woman who had deceived her several times, Mrs. Zhuang gave a cold laugh and didn't want to say anything.
Xiao Ting opened her mouth, not knowing how to explain, and her eyes immediately reddened.
"Auntie, I've been deceived by him. My dad forced me to do this. I... I had no choice. If I don't marry him, my dad will disown me. Waaah..."
Thinking back on her experiences over the past few days, Xiao Ting felt extremely aggrieved.
If her father hadn't forced her to sever ties, she wouldn't have married Xu Jinbu.
"Comrade Xiao Ting, this is the first time in all my years that I have been played like a fool by someone time and time again."
Zhuang's mother smiled self-deprecatingly.
Looking at Xiao Ting, she was wearing a Soviet-style dress and a red, festive hair tie, and she didn't look at all as miserable as she had described.
"No, no, Auntie, I'm not lying to you. My feelings for Mingcheng are genuine. When Mingcheng comes back, I... I'll divorce that Xu guy. I'll wait for Mingcheng, I want to be with Mingcheng..."
"Cough cough."
Lu Fangfang frowned as she walked out of the family compound.
"Comrade Xiao Ting, please have some self-respect!"
"Yes, Comrade Xiao Ting, please don't say things like that in the future. You're married now, don't let others misunderstand. You have no shame, but my son still needs you."
Zhuang's mother was very calm, but her words were extremely hurtful.
"aunt……"
Xiao Ting's face turned pale, then flushed slightly.
Turning her head, she glared fiercely at Lu Fangfang, her eyes filled with hatred. "It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, my dad wouldn't have forced me to marry Xu Jinbu. If it weren't for you, that little vixen wouldn't have dared to treat me like that. If it weren't for you, I..."
"Shut up, you brought this on yourself."
Lu Fangfang frowned and pulled Zhuang's mother away.
Xiao Ting wasn't afraid of losing face; she didn't want to embarrass herself, and winning the argument would be meaningless.
"Lu Fangfang, you ruined me! I'm not done with you!"
Behind them, Xiao Ting shouted.
With a mocking expression, Zhuang's mother glanced at Lu Fangfang and whispered, "Shouldn't she have reported this? I'm just standing up for you."
"No need. You did the good thing yourself, don't make me take the blame."
Zhuang’s mother: “…”
She sighed habitually, too lazy to say anything more.
The two waited for a while at the entrance of the regiment, and then a Jiefang truck drove out.
Lu Fangfang helped Zhuang's mother throw the suitcase into the car, then helped the old lady up and personally saw her into the car.
Seeing that Zhuang's mother was about to be taken away, she finally relaxed.
This troublemaker is finally leaving.
Sitting in the car, Mrs. Zhuang waved her hand and said, "Fangfang, remember what I said: study hard and take good care of Mingcheng."
Lu Fangfang also waved her hand and said loudly, "You should also remember my words, learn to be a decent person, and stop causing trouble."
Inside the car, the driver paused for a moment.
"Beep beep..."
Lu Fangfang followed behind the truck, and only stopped when she saw it drive away.
After standing there for a while, she turned around and walked towards the family compound.
When Lu Fangfang entered the family compound, she ran into Zhu Haiming, who was pushing a bicycle with a bulging sack tied to the back.
She glanced at him and sighed. This person really didn't try to hide anything.
"snort."
Zhu Haiming rolled her eyes, thinking that Lu Fangfang was mocking her.
They disliked each other so much that neither of them spoke.
Once home, Lu Fangfang no longer had time to think about Zhu Haiming and Xiao Ting.
Looking at the things in the yard, she began to worry about herself.
Zhuang's mother wrote a letter of complaint, and someone will definitely come down in a couple of days, and it might escalate the situation.
The things in her house were really too eye-catching. In the countryside, donkeys are all means of production and belong to the public. Private individuals don't have such large animals, nor can they afford to raise such large animals.
There are also snow leopard cubs, which are not things that individuals should feed.
The twenty-odd quails in the cage were quite conspicuous; if someone were to cause trouble and try to cut off the capitalist tail, that would be terrible.
After thinking for a moment, she turned around and went inside to tidy up Xiaohua's snacks.
Dried small fish, dried pikas, dried squirrels—Lu Fangfang found a piece of oil paper, wrapped a large bag of these, and stuffed them all into her cloth bag.
There were two slingshots at home, one made of a valve core and the other of a bicycle tire. She picked up the pink one and put it in the cloth bag, along with a handful of rolled mud balls.
After finishing her work, she reluctantly picked up Xiaohua.
"Meow~"
Xiao Hua looked up at Lu Fangfang, somewhat puzzled.
"Xiaohua, something's happened at home. You need to go to your uncle's house for a while. I'll pick you up in a few days, okay? Be a good girl."
Lu Fangfang rubbed its head and gave it a big kiss.
"Meow~"
Xiao Hua closed her eyes comfortably and snuggled closer to her.
"well."
Lu Fangfang held Xiaohua, feeling somewhat distressed.
This little guy, whom she picked up from the snow-capped mountain, has never left her side, and she feels a little reluctant to part with him.
"Don't worry, I'll come pick you up once this is over."
Lu Fangfang stroked Xiaohua's head and then put it down.
She chopped some vegetable leaves and fed the poultry in the yard.
Looking at the quails in the bamboo cage, she hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided not to move them. There were too many of these little guys, and it would be too much trouble to transport them.
Moreover, moving quails is a rather conspicuous act, so it's best to be careful.
At noon, Lu Fangfang secretly went outside for a peek.
It's the hottest time of day now, and all the women have gone home for dinner; there's no one on the streets.
She carried a cloth bag on her back, held Xiaohua in her arms, and led a wild donkey out of the residential compound.
She kept walking briskly towards Team Six.
When she reached the fork in the road, she guessed that Old Xu was still herding horses and probably hadn't returned yet.
After thinking for a moment, she led the little wild donkey and Little Flower to the grassy area by the roadside.
To avoid people, she deliberately walked a little further and found a low slope.
She had no interest in hunting at the moment. She sat down abruptly and stared blankly at the little wild donkey grazing, her mind preoccupied with other things.
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