"Er Niu's family has forty-two catties, Xu Sao's family has thirty-nine catties, and Dong Da Ye's family has thirty-seven catties..."
Zhao Lanying and Uncle Guo carried a stick on their shoulders, with a steelyard balance underneath. A sack of grass seeds hung from the hook of the steelyard balance.
Lu Fangfang stood in front of the two people, weighing them while taking notes in a notebook.
The bags had names written on them with charcoal; these were the fruits of hard work by the families in Team Six, and she couldn't afford to misremember them.
Finally, she grabbed the largest sack, had the two of them hook it up and lift it up, and then she weighed it.
"Old Xu, fifty-three jin."
"Hey, Old Xu, this bachelor, does a side job while herding horses every day. He's picked more grass seeds than the two of us combined."
Uncle Guo smiled and put down the bag.
Across from her, Lu Fangfang did some calculations in her notebook and was quite surprised.
The grass seeds delivered by the sixth team this time were quite a lot; the farm's funds were still insufficient.
"Uncle Guo, we don't have that much money in the farm right now. I have to go to the regiment."
"It's alright, Comrade Xiao Lu, I'm not in a hurry."
Lu Fangfang went to the inner room, grabbed some white sugar, poured Uncle Guo a teacup of hot water, and then went to check on the incubation room.
There were still faint pecking sounds coming from the quail eggs, but the outer shells were not broken, so they probably wouldn't hatch yet.
"Uncle Guo, please have a drink of water at the farm and rest for a while. I'll be right back."
"Go, go."
Uncle Guo waved his hand, not in a hurry at all.
Seeing Xiaohua lying under the birch tree, he held up his teacup and leaned closer to touch her.
Having lived half his life in the Qilian Mountains, this was the first time he had ever been so close to a snow leopard.
"Meow~"
Little Flower called out as a greeting, then went back to licking its paws.
Seeing this, Lu Fangfang was relieved.
She couldn't just go to the regimental commander empty-handed to ask for money, so she called out to Sister-in-law Lan Ying and brought out all the eggs that the farm had produced recently to the yard.
The farm currently has 168 laying female quails, producing about 150 eggs per day.
In just half a month, the farm collected more than two thousand quail eggs, enough to fill five bamboo baskets.
Beside him, Uncle Guo, holding a teacup, couldn't help but gape.
"Comrade Xiao Lu, these... these quail eggs, were they laid today?"
"How could that be? Unless the quails on our farm can lay ten eggs a day."
Lu Fangfang smiled and shook her head, "Uncle Guo, this is what our farm has been saving for half a month."
"That's quite a lot, quite a lot."
Uncle Guo leaned closer and couldn't help but take another look.
Five baskets of quail eggs, that must weigh at least thirty or forty pounds.
He just saw it in the breeding shed; several rows of bamboo cages were empty, and even the first row wasn't full.
Such a small number of quails can produce so many quail eggs. No wonder Xiao Lu's farm needs to collect so many grass seeds. He's preparing for a big operation.
...
Lu Fangfang went to the wasteland by the river and brought back the stubborn little donkey.
Together with her sister-in-law Lan Ying, she carefully placed the quail eggs onto the donkey cart.
"Sister-in-law Lanying, I'm going to the regiment. You keep an eye on the incubator. Oh, and please empty the grass seeds from these burlap sacks onto the tarpaulin outside and let them dry in the sun."
"Okay, Xiao Lu, go ahead."
Zhao Lanying nodded, picked up a burlap sack with both hands, and went to the grassland outside.
Seeing this, Uncle Guo also reached out to help.
"Little Flower, keep an eye on the grass seeds outside, don't let the pikas ruin them."
"Meow~"
Xiaohua stood up, stretched, and then walked outside.
Lu Fangfang gave one more instruction, then boarded the donkey cart and headed to the regiment.
Along the way, the little wild donkey would occasionally turn its head to look at the basket on the cart.
It wagged its little tail, looking quite excited.
Seeing this, Lu Fangfang slapped the donkey's rump hard.
"Smack."
"You stubborn little donkey, these are the quail eggs from the troupe. If you dare to steal them, I'll make you eat donkey meat sandwiches tomorrow."
"Oh...ah..."
The little wild donkey shook its head and immediately became docile.
Upon arriving at the entrance of the troupe, Lu Fangfang jumped off the donkey cart and greeted everyone.
The soldiers standing guard on both sides of the entrance immediately lifted the railing.
"Sister-in-law, so many quail eggs!"
"Sister-in-law, is the troupe going to give us extra food? Will it be our turn to eat this time?"
The two soldiers stared at the quail eggs on the vehicle and couldn't help but swallow hard.
These days, they've seen quail eggs in the canteen, but those are only given as rewards to well-trained soldiers; they're not for them.
"I can't say for sure, the commander has to make the decision."
Lu Fangfang smiled and shook her head.
Seeing that the two soldiers were somewhat disappointed, she added, "Don't worry, the quails at our farm will hatch soon. In a few months, you'll have quail eggs to eat every day."
"real?"
The two soldiers' eyes lit up, and they immediately became excited.
Having eggs to eat every day, what a life that must be!
"Really! I made a solemn promise."
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
"Don't thank me, thank the regiment and the farm instead."
Lu Fangfang waved her hand and rode away in the donkey cart.
Once she joined the group, she didn't go anywhere else; she planned to go straight to Gao Dajiang.
Just as she turned the corner, she ran into Xu Jinbu.
"Congratulations, Comrade Xiao Lu."
Xu Jinbu looked at her with a somewhat complicated expression.
"Battalion Commander Xu, what's wrong?"
Lu Fangfang was stunned by his words.
Xu Jinbu shook his head and didn't say anything more. He glanced at Lu Fangfang again and then walked away quickly.
He was afraid he wouldn't be able to resist showing his jealousy.
Since the two got married, the gap between him and Zhuang Mingcheng has been widening, and now it's so wide that he's starting to despair!
If he doesn't work hard to catch up, he'll have no hope for the rest of his life.
"nerve."
As Lu Fangfang watched Xu Jinbu's departing figure, she couldn't help but mutter something to herself.
This person is rambling and doesn't speak clearly.
She shook her head, gave a greeting, and continued walking towards the commander's office.
On the way, Lu Fangfang noticed that the cadres she encountered were all staring at her. She touched her face but couldn't find anything dirty.
I couldn't resist showing it to the stubborn little donkey, and it looked completely bewildered.
"Is there anything dirty on my face?"
"Oh...ah..."
The little wild donkey shook its head, then leaned forward, ready to lick it.
"Smack."
"You greedy donkey, you want to gnaw on me? Stay here and behave yourself. If the quail eggs in the cart are missing, I'll hold you responsible."
Lu Fangfang slapped it, then turned and went into the regimental commander's office.
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