"I'm telling you, if you dare go back and steal that pika again, I won't let you off the hook!"
"Awoo~"
The little Tibetan fox looked back, then followed Lu Fangfang dejectedly, completely losing its previous excitement.
Lu Fangfang turned around and saw that the little Tibetan fox had a droopy face and its tail was touching the grass.
This good-for-nothing, it even made a little rabbit depressed.
Lu Fangfang was speechless.
As she picked mushrooms, she looked around.
After a while, she finally spotted a pika nibbling on grass shoots on the grass not far away.
She took out the slingshot from her waist, pinched the bullet, aimed, and fired.
"Smack!"
"You good-for-nothing, hurry up and pick it up."
Lu Fangfang kicked the still bewildered little Tibetan fox.
"Awoo~"
The little Tibetan fox became excited and quickly ran over, picking up the still convulsing pika.
This time, it didn't eat alone. It ran back with the pika in its mouth and placed it in front of Lu Fangfang.
Lu Fangfang nodded in satisfaction. She bent down and patted the little guy's head, giving it a pep talk.
"That's more like it. Be more responsible in the future. Don't be so stingy with even a pika. You can eat it yourself."
The little Tibetan fox excitedly picked up the pika and ran off to find Little Flower.
Just like before, it placed the pika in front of Little Flower and ingratiatingly showed its belly.
Little Flower looked at it, then called out, seemingly quite satisfied.
Biting at the freshly dug mushroom, it ran towards Lu Fangfang.
"Awoo~"
Seeing this, the little Tibetan fox quickly grabbed the pika and followed.
...
There are far fewer mushrooms on this grassland than at the foot of Mount Guona.
Lu Fangfang and Xiaohua barely managed to fill a basket by the time it got dark.
Seeing that the women around her who were picking mushrooms were all walking back, she called out to Xiaohua and Xiaozanghu and walked towards the family compound as well.
"Fangfang, you've picked quite a lot of mushrooms."
Zhao Guilan looked at her basket with envy.
"I was lucky."
Lu Fangfang smiled.
She looked into her sisters-in-law's baskets; except for Shufen's, which was full, the others' baskets were only half full.
There are indeed few mushrooms on this grassland. If this were in Gona, I could pick two or three baskets in an afternoon.
Looks like I'll have to go back there to pick them up again tomorrow.
"I saw it! The little snow leopard from the Lu family is digging for mushrooms. It's finding them faster than people."
"Really? That's impressive."
"Not only does it pick mushrooms, it also catches rabbits every day. I saw it last time, and the rabbit was huge. Fangfang, your Xiaohua is truly amazing."
The sisters-in-law all looked at Xiaohua with envy.
Their monthly meat ration is seven ounces, which is less than the weight of a rabbit.
Lu Fangfang quickly waved her hand, not wanting to attract too much attention, "No, Xiaohua only catches rabbits when she's lucky, she doesn't do it often."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Guilan immediately smiled and said:
"Oh, Fangfang, don't be modest. I've smelled the aroma of your stewed rabbit so many times these days. The kids are all clamoring for some. My husband even set a few traps, but they haven't caught anything..."
The other women around them nodded in agreement.
They often smelled the aroma of rabbit meat at home.
They wondered whose family was so wealthy, but it turned out that the little snow leopard had caught them all. They looked at Xiaohua with even more envy, and some of the older women were even green with envy.
"It's not just rabbit meat; the quails Fangfang raises lay more than a dozen eggs a day."
"A dozen or so? My goodness, how can we possibly eat that many?"
The women looked at Lu Fangfang with envy.
They're all military wives; look at their lives! They have meat and eggs to eat every day; they're truly blessed.
Lu Fangfang opened her mouth, but could only acquiesce.
In this day and age, unless you eat meat raw, once you cook it, all the neighbors will know, and there's no way to hide it.
Even the quail we raise at home can't be hidden; anyone who comes in can see them.
She secretly realized that simply keeping a low profile wouldn't be enough.
With the family's limited resources, we can't be too discreet no matter how low we try. Ideally, we can ensure that everyone can afford to eat rabbit meat and quail eggs.
Otherwise, if others only smell the aroma of the meat, trouble will inevitably arise sooner or later.
"Fangfang, when your little flower grows up and has babies, could you give me one of them?"
"I want one too, Xiao Lu, I want one too, I love small animals the most."
Upon hearing this, the other women also clamored for snow leopard cubs.
Even the little kids nearby were excited and clamored to raise the snow leopard cub.
"Meow~"
Xiaohua was stunned.
Lu Fangfang was also stunned.
Looking down at Xiaohua, she couldn't help but laugh and cry. "Xiaohua is still very young. She'll be a year or two away from growing up. Sister-in-law, please don't joke around."
She still had something on her mind that she didn't say. Even if Xiaohua really had a child, she couldn't give it away; it was Xiaohua's own child.
The women didn't really want to raise snow leopards; they just wanted to eat rabbits.
"So long? How big must Xiaohua be now? I thought it was just a kitten."
Zhao Guilan looked at Xiaohua with a hint of regret as she held the basket.
Lu Fangfang glanced at her, feeling a little wary. It seemed she would have to be more careful in the future.
...
Back home, Lu Fangfang washed the mushrooms and started cooking them.
She spread out the rest of the basket to dry in the yard.
After feeding the quail, chickens, and ducks at home, she sat inside, petting Xiaohua and the Tibetan fox, and thought about what had just happened.
After a while, Zhuang Mingcheng returned carrying a lunchbox.
Seeing his lover's furrowed brows, he asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?"
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