Family compound, East Wing.
After a busy day, Lu Fangfang finally had some time to read.
She sat in the outer room, holding a book on chicken farming techniques, and read it for a while. She found a special method for incubating eggs: incubating eggs in a large vat.
It involves placing a large vat on the stove, covering it with yellow mud around the edges and inside, then placing a cotton quilt on top, and using coal briquettes to start a fire under the stove to maintain the temperature. It's actually quite similar to incubating eggs on a heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed).
However, this method of incubating eggs is easier to maintain the temperature than using a heated kang (a traditional heated platform bed), and it can incubate many eggs at once, although it does waste the large vat.
Lu Fangfang felt that this method could be modified.
When the time comes, we'll just build a deep heated kang (a traditional heated platform bed) out of yellow mud in the incubation room, and use that to incubate the eggs.
We need to maintain a good temperature; it seems we'll need to put a thermometer in the incubation room.
She folded a page and then turned the page.
"Meow~"
Little Flower lay on the chair, looked up and cried out.
Lu Fangfang snapped out of her daze, broke off a piece of watermelon from the table, and handed it to Xiaohua.
She bought six watermelons, five large and one small. She gave the five large ones to the soldiers, and kept the small one for the little one to try.
It's the middle of summer, and it's incredibly hot.
Little Flower, covered in fur, felt even hotter. It used its two paws to scratch at the watermelon and began to nibble on it, bite by bite.
Lu Fangfang didn't expect that Xiaohua actually liked watermelon.
She reached out and patted it, laughing as she said, "Little Flower, these watermelons are expensive. Try harder to catch more rabbits, and I'll buy you some after we sell their pelts."
"Meow."
Little Flower cried out, then lowered her head and continued munching.
Watermelon rinds were very thick back then, so they ate them without wasting any, leaving nothing behind.
"Awoo~"
"Awoo~"
The little Tibetan fox had been depressed for two days, but now it finally perked up.
It stared at the watermelon on the table, pacing back and forth, extremely anxious.
It's hot even in the middle of summer.
"This was bought with Xiaohua's money. You have to remember to return it to Xiaohua with the rabbit later. Never mind, give it all to me. I'll save it for you."
Lu Fangfang took a dagger, cut off a piece of watermelon, and gave it to the little Tibetan fox.
There were two slices of watermelon left on the table. She called out to the inner room, "Mingcheng, do you still want some watermelon?"
"You eat, I've already eaten lunch."
"I had lunch too."
Lu Fangfang muttered to herself, knowing that her husband wanted her to eat more.
Feeling delighted, she picked up the watermelon, took a small bite, and found it even sweeter.
Looking down at the book, she leisurely turned another page.
After a while, she threw the leftover watermelon rind to the little Tibetan fox.
The little guy didn't mind at all, and started chewing on it.
"It's a pity that watermelons can't be grown here, otherwise we could save the seeds and plant some to eat next year."
Lu Fangfang shook her head, feeling it was a great pity.
Seeing that Xiaohua had finished eating, she picked up the last piece of watermelon on the table and put it on Xiaohua's chair.
This is a great contributor to the family, so we should let them eat more.
...
The next day, Lu Fangfang went to the breeding farm on the riverbank early in the morning.
She was more experienced today, as she wore a straw hat specifically to shield herself from the sun.
As for Zhuang Mingcheng, he's stubborn and refuses to wear it no matter what, so she can't be bothered to care anymore.
This man looks quite good even with a tan, so she can accept it and won't throw him away.
After walking around, Lu Fangfang went to check on the adobe bricks she had made yesterday. She pressed them with her hand and felt that they were still a little damp. If she wanted to use them, they would have to be dried in the sun for at least two more days.
After a while, Zhuang Mingcheng arrived with his soldiers.
He assigned tasks to the team, and soon everyone was working enthusiastically.
Seeing his lover looking at the mud bricks, he strode over to her.
"Fangfang, I've gathered all the carpenters and bricklayers in the troupe here. You can't let everyone down with your quail farm; everyone's waiting to eat quail eggs."
"Please rest assured, Commander Zhuang, we guarantee the mission will be completed."
Lu Fangfang stood at attention, smiled, and gave him a military salute.
Seeing this, Zhuang Mingcheng raised his hand and returned one, which was much more perfect than his lover's.
"Why are you two, husband and wife, bowing to each other so early in the morning?"
The two turned around and saw Gao Dajiang and Xiao Aiguo arriving.
Lu Fangfang was very embarrassed. She hid behind her husband and quickly pushed him out.
Honestly, this man doesn't even keep an eye on things.
Gao Dajiang made a joke to the two of them, then went to look around the construction site.
Seeing the soldiers working methodically, he nodded in satisfaction: "Hmm, good progress. Comrade Lu, are there any difficulties?"
"Commander, everything is going well for now."
Seeing that her husband remained silent, Lu Fangfang had no choice but to take out her notebook and begin explaining the farm's plans to the team leader.
The first shed at the farm has a capacity of 5,000 quails, and she plans to fill it up this year. Of course, most of them will be baby quails.
"Five thousand?"
Gao Dajiang was somewhat surprised.
He looked Lu Fangfang up and down and nodded. "You've got ambition, Comrade Lu. The troupe is waiting for your five thousand quails."
He turned around and looked around the construction site, and then he made up his mind.
"Xiao Zhuang, one shed isn't enough. You take the people and build another one so we can use it next year!"
"By the way, Xiao Lu, the person I sent to the provincial capital has sent word that he bought more than 500 quail eggs and will be back to the regiment the day after tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Lu Fangfang immediately became anxious.
These five hundred quail eggs have been stored for an unknown period of time. Once they are transported back to the regiment, they must be incubated immediately.
But now, there isn't even a hatchery in the farm.
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