Lu Fangfang leaned closer and massaged Zhuang Mingcheng's shoulders; she felt quite sorry for him.
When I get home tonight, I'll make him some more medicated wine to apply.
"No, no, the soldiers are watching."
Zhuang Mingcheng felt a little embarrassed.
He tilted his head back and took a sip of birch sap, then quickly pushed the kettle to his wife.
He picked up the clothes beside him and quickly put them on.
"What are you afraid of? I'm just giving you a shoulder massage, that's not anything else."
Lu Fangfang took a big gulp from her military water bottle.
She picked up the little flower beside her, placed it behind her, and then lay down.
I must say, it's quite comfortable to rest my head on Xiaohua's body, though it's a little damp.
"Meow~"
Xiao Hua held Lu Fangfang's head and helped her fix her hair.
Several months passed, and her hair grew back. She didn't cut it, intending to let it grow even longer.
"Awoo~"
The little Tibetan fox also squeezed in.
Lu Fangfang pulled them over, hugged them, and rubbed them. These two little guys were practically her lucky charms today.
A golden stream, a golden lake, and a gold mine on the mountain...
She touched the gold nugget in her pocket and couldn't help but smile.
Smelling the scent of grass, she hugged the little Tibetan fox, closed her eyes, and quickly fell asleep.
"hey-hey……"
"hey-hey……"
Zhuang Mingcheng looked at his wife beside him, somewhat puzzled.
My wife has been giggling several times in no time. What good dream could she be having? Could it be...?
Something suddenly occurred to him, and he couldn't help but smile.
"Huh?"
Seeing his wife still covering her shirt pockets while she slept, he suddenly seemed to be deep in thought.
Feeling very curious, he reached out to his lover, wanting to see what was inside.
Suspended in mid-air, he hesitated for a moment, then turned and petted the little Tibetan fox. He got up, called to the soldiers, and went back to work.
The soldiers worked until after 1 p.m. before finally throwing all the felled timber into the river.
Zhuang Mingcheng turned around and saw that his wife was still asleep.
He told the soldiers to ride back to eat first, clapped his hands, and walked towards his lover.
"Wake up, Fangfang, wake up."
"Hmm? Are you done with work?"
"They've all gone home for dinner now that they're done with their work, let's go home too."
Lu Fangfang stretched and stood up from the grass. She had slept very comfortably and soundly.
They turned around and looked around; only they remained nearby, the soldiers were nowhere to be seen.
Why didn't you wake me up sooner?
Zhuang Mingcheng didn't speak. He stroked his chin and looked his wife up and down.
"what?"
Lu Fangfang was startled. She instinctively wanted to protect her pocket, but she held back for a moment.
"Comrade Lu Fangfang, is there something you're hiding from me?"
"No! What could I possibly be hiding from you? Mingcheng, what are you thinking? I'm starving, let's go back quickly."
Lu Fangfang woke up the sleeping Xiao Hua and Xiao Tibetan Fox, then turned and walked towards the chestnut horse.
Zhuang Mingcheng didn't ask any more questions, and just looked at his wife quietly.
The two rode their horses, one in front of the other, towards the family compound.
Lu Fangfang, riding her horse, glanced back and felt the man's gaze still on her.
She couldn't resist nudging the horse's belly with her heel again, "Giddy up! Giddy up!"
When she passed by the vegetable garden on the riverbank, Lu Fangfang picked some vegetables. When she got home, she started preparing lunch.
She chopped two tomatoes, mixed them with sugar, and then cooked some rice porridge.
It's hot now, and she doesn't have much of an appetite. Eating something sweet or sour helps a little.
"Why...why have you been following me?"
Lu Fangfang turned to look at Zhuang Mingcheng, her expression slightly angry.
This man followed her closely as soon as she got home, and his eyes were particularly frightening, making her feel very uncomfortable.
"Comrade Lu Fangfang, we are revolutionary partners and husband and wife. We cannot hide things from each other."
"No, that's all. Follow me if you want."
Lu Fangfang muttered to herself and went straight to the yard to feed the quails.
She had taken good care of them these days, and the quails in the bamboo cage were laying eggs frequently. She picked some up and gave them to Zhuang Mingcheng.
The chickens and ducks at home have grown a bit, but they haven't laid eggs yet.
She chopped some tender vegetable leaves with a kitchen knife, then threw them to Zhuang Mingcheng, indicating that he should feed the chickens and ducks.
After a while, Lu Fangfang felt that having a little follower was not bad.
Yeah, it's kind of creepy.
"What are you doing? You're following me to the bathroom? Zhuang Mingcheng, you've gone too far!"
“Comrade Lu Fangfang, I am your lover, and I am going to spend my life with you. You shouldn’t hide things from me, and I won’t hide things from you either. We should be honest with each other.”
"Okay, okay, but let's not be honest about this."
Lu Fangfang rolled her eyes and pushed him out of the outhouse.
This person doesn't mind the smell, but she finds it uncomfortable.
After a while, she pulled up her pants and went outside to take a look. Zhuang Mingcheng was standing next to the outhouse with a blank expression.
"I'll make you stink to death!"
Lu Fangfang was finally convinced of his stubbornness; this man was incredibly obstinate.
After eating, she hurried to the fish farm on the riverbank.
Zhuang Mingcheng could no longer follow her, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
On the construction site, in addition to rows of neat adobe bricks, there were several more piles of timber.
The soldiers had been ramming earth to build the wall that morning, and it was already quite high by now.
Lu Fangfang went over to take a look. The four neat walls were quite thick, she estimated they were at least forty centimeters high, and the doorway was very small, so the insulation must be very good.
She reached out and touched it; the rammed earth wall was very hard, but it was still a little damp.
Taking out her notebook, Lu Fangfang drew a circular heated kang bed for incubating eggs, based on the image in the room.
After a while, she called Zhuang Mingcheng over and a few soldiers, planning to first build a heated kang (a traditional heated platform bed) for hatching eggs in the rammed earth house, and that there was no need to rush to build the roof.
“Sister-in-law, this doesn’t look like a heated kang bed. It looks more like an earthen stove with a big pot on top.”
Lu Fangfang laughed as she held the notebook. Actually, the soldier was right; it was indeed a large incubator covered in thick mud.
"Never mind what it looks like, as long as it works, let's build it quickly."
Rolling up her sleeves, she and the soldiers built a large incubator for hatching eggs inside the earthen walls.
Building this is much easier than building a rammed earth wall. They finished it in just a few hours, and it will be ready to use once the mud dries.
Lu Fangfang was a little disgusted by how ugly it looked, so she took a small basin, splashed water, and smoothed the surface of the clay pot with her hand.
This thing is primarily practical, but it would be nice if it looked good too.
After a while, seeing that it was getting late, she went to the river to wash her hands, said goodbye to Zhuang Mingcheng, and went home.
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