"Oh...ah..."
The little wild donkey wagged its tail, came close to Lu Fangfang, and nudged her arm.
Lu Fangfang leaned on the donkey's head and patted it hard. "Sister Shufen, it didn't steal any food, did it?"
"No, no, it's all thanks to it, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to finish today. Having a big animal at home is really convenient."
Wang Shufen smiled and waved her hand, a hint of envy in her expression.
The little wild donkey was displeased.
With its two small eyes glancing around, and seeing that Lu Fangfang wasn't paying attention, the little wild donkey suddenly lowered its head, went into her pocket, and stuck out its tongue to take a big bite of sunflower seeds.
It chewed hard, and its little tail wagged rapidly.
It smelled so good that the little wild donkey couldn't resist taking another bite, then turned and ran outside.
"Hey, you greedy donkey, now you dare to rob me outright!"
Enraged, Lu Fangfang slapped the donkey's rump hard.
"Smack."
"Oh...ah..."
Seeing the stubborn little donkey run off, she shook her head helplessly.
That little guy is really cunning; I guess I'll have to avoid him next time.
Beside them, Wang Shufen and Zhao Lanying were laughing uncontrollably.
The little wild donkey had stolen most of the sunflower seeds from her pocket, leaving only a few. Lu Fangfang simply took them out and shared them with the two of them.
After they finished eating the melon seeds, it was getting late.
She beckoned the two of them to go to the neighboring meadow and gather the grass seeds that were drying on the tarpaulin.
While working, she turned to look at the three little ones.
The little wild donkey lay lazily on the grass not far away, with Little Flower and the little Tibetan fox also there.
Little Flower had a pika in her mouth, which she placed in front of the little wild donkey, then looked up at the little wild donkey.
"Oh...ah..."
The little wild donkey shook its head, showing no interest in eating.
It nudged the fox with its head and offered it to the little Tibetan fox next to it.
Lu Fangfang stared, feeling somewhat incredulous; her greedy donkey had actually changed its nature.
Turning back, she couldn't help but ask again, "Sister Shufen, did my greedy donkey really not steal any food?"
"No, sister, don't worry. It was just my Tiedan and Daya who fed it some grass seeds and corn, and also caught some pikas to feed it."
No wonder.
Lu Fangfang suddenly realized.
Thinking about it, she laughed again. It seemed she had really misunderstood the stubborn little donkey. He had already eaten his fill openly and honestly, so there was no need for him to steal food anymore.
She shook her head, then picked up the grass seeds and continued filling the sack.
The three of them worked for a while and filled most of the tarpaulin with grass seeds.
Finally, there was some tarpaulin left, which they wrapped up and carried into the farm.
These grass seeds need to be dried for another day tomorrow. This will make them easier to pack up, and then we can take them out to dry again tomorrow.
"Sister Shufen, I'll have to trouble you tonight."
"Sister, Lan Ying, you two should go back now. I'll keep watch tonight, don't worry."
Lu Fangfang nodded. Sister Shufen had hatched baby quails with her several times, so she wasn't worried.
She took the stubborn little donkey from the pasture and tied it in the yard of the breeding farm, intending for it to keep Sister Shufen company that night.
With another animal in the yard, it's not so scary at night when it's dark.
Calling her Little Flower and Little Tibetan Fox, Lu Fangfang and Sister-in-law Lan Ying returned to the family compound together.
When she got home, she took the tarpaulin and went out to cover the rapeseed plants outside.
After finishing her chores, she went inside and took a look. Zhuang Mingcheng was still lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) asleep. It seemed he was really drunk this time.
After having a light dinner, Lu Fangfang didn't do anything else and quickly went back to bed to sleep with her husband.
...
The next day, Zhuang Mingcheng woke up early.
He gently pulled his arm out from under his wife, pinched his temples hard, and felt a slight headache.
Beside him, Lu Fangfang groggily opened her eyes and glanced at him.
Seeing that Zhuang Mingcheng was awake, she yawned and asked, "Mingcheng, are you feeling better?"
"You still have a bit of a headache, but it's okay. You should get some more sleep."
Zhuang Mingcheng felt a little embarrassed when he thought about how he looked yesterday; it was the first time he had ever been this drunk.
He opened his arms and hugged his wife.
After a while, seeing that his wife had fallen asleep again, he lifted the quilt and carefully got off the kang (a heated brick bed).
He went to the yard to wash his face to clear his head, and then got busy with his work.
Inside the house, when Lu Fangfang woke up again, she smelled the aroma of food.
Rubbing her eyes, she got up and shook her head with a smile.
My husband's arm is almost healed. Once he gets busy, I won't get this treatment anymore, so I have to cherish it.
After eating, the two went outside and uncovered the tarpaulin covering the rapeseed.
With nothing much to do today, Zhuang Mingcheng decided to stay home and tend to the rapeseed, and also try threshing it with a flail.
Lu Fangfang called out to Xiaohua and Xiaozanghu, and then went to the breeding farm.
When she arrived, Sister-in-law Lan Ying was already busy. She went to the incubator room and checked each of the brooders.
After a while, she returned to the storage room and started mixing the feed for the quails.
This time she didn't add oxytetracycline, which is quite expensive. The quails were very active, so there was no need to use it anymore.
...
Another week has passed in the blink of an eye.
The quails at the farm are growing very healthily under the care of Lu Fangfang and the others.
Apart from a few quails that died unexpectedly, the batch of chicks were fine and were successfully moved from the incubator to the breeding shed.
Lu Fangfang, Sister Shufen, and Sister-in-law Lanying also breathed a sigh of relief.
Besides the farm work, Lu Fangfang and her husband also used flails to knock down all the dried rapeseed.
After harvesting the rapeseed, the two used a bamboo sieve to sift out any impurities.
They harvested a total of 250 jin of rapeseed from the more than 200-meter stretch of rapeseed along the riverbank, plus the rapeseed in the wasteland. This yield surprised the two of them.
This is barren land! The yield is so high in the first year of planting. It's truly a natural place to grow rapeseed.
Wang Shufen's family has also harvested about the same amount of rapeseed.
Lu Fangfang and Sister Shufen discussed it and decided to hand over 100 jin of rapeseed to the troupe.
They kept the remaining 150 jin for themselves to make oil.
One hundred and fifty catties of rapeseed can yield about fifty or sixty catties of rapeseed oil, enough for two families.
Especially at Lu Fangfang's house, her several oil vats are now filled with bear oil, plus sixty catties of rapeseed oil, which is more than they can eat.
She has already decided that next year she will plant less rapeseed and more refined grains.
The men from both families didn't get involved in handing over the rapeseed to the guild; it was all handled by Lu Fangfang and Wang Shufen.
That morning, the two men discreetly led the wild donkey and quietly delivered two sacks of rapeseed to the regiment.
Director Zhao of the logistics department was very happy and even thought of giving the two credits and holding a commendation meeting, but the two stopped him.
Wang Shufen didn't want to be too high-profile.
As for Lu Fangfang, her family is already high-profile enough, and she really doesn't want to attract any more envy.
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