The following day at noon.
As Lu Fangfang walked to the entrance of the breeding farm, just as she was about to go in, she heard voices coming from the grassland to the south. The voices sounded somewhat familiar.
Curious, she walked over and saw a man and a woman talking.
Beside the two of them was a small red horse.
Lu Fangfang was quite familiar with these two people. She asked in surprise, "Old Xu? Xiuxiu?"
"Comrade Lu... Comrade Lu."
Xu Huayun also noticed her.
"I...I heard from Uncle Guo that Xiuxiu is back, so I came to ask about the situation..."
Xu Huayun was somewhat flustered.
He quickly grabbed the little red horse, wanting to leave immediately.
"Hey? Old Xu, you..."
"Comrade Lu, I have other matters to attend to in the team, so I... I'll head back now."
"Giddy up!"
Xu Huayun mounted his horse and quickly lashed out with his whip.
Soon, the little red horse carried Xu Huayun and ran a long way, as if it were running away.
Lu Fangfang watched him walk away with suspicion, then turned back to look at Xiuxiu.
"Sis, why are you staring at me like that?"
Xiuxiu touched her cheek, feeling a little embarrassed by her sister's gaze.
Seeing this, Lu Fangfang became even more curious, "Xiuxiu, why did Lao Xu call you here?"
"He...he asked me about blind dates back home. I told him about the one with the supply and marketing cooperative, and I didn't want to go with him..."
Xiuxiu's face was flushed, and she spoke somewhat shyly.
"How did Old Xu know?"
Lu Fangfang immediately thought of Uncle Guo.
She frowned, glanced at the girl again, and finally made up her mind.
Xiuxiu definitely has feelings for Lao Xu.
Old Xu's flustered demeanor just now must mean he's interested in Xiuxiu.
She immediately felt a headache coming on. "Xiuxiu, Lao Xu is eleven years older than you. He's an old man too."
"The person my parents introduced to me at the supply and marketing cooperative was more than ten years older than me, but my parents didn't mind."
“Old Xu’s class background is not good either. He’s an old rightist and still needs to be reformed. If you follow him, you’ll suffer for several years. You’d better think it through.”
As Lu Fangfang spoke, she secretly did some calculations.
It's 1969 now, and there are still seven or eight years until 1977 when they will be exonerated and their names removed.
Seven or eight years is neither a long nor a short time; those days were not easy to endure.
However, once we get through this period and the storm passes, the road ahead will be smooth, and life will be much better from then on.
I wonder if Old Xu has a father who went abroad. It seems I'll have to ask her properly next time we meet, otherwise who knows what might happen in the future.
After all, people like Old Xu from the movies of my past life are rare; there are plenty of heartless and ungrateful people in this world.
Thinking about it made her even more troubled.
"Sis, what nonsense are you talking about? Who wants to be with him?"
Xiuxiu spat and turned to run quickly to the farm.
Seeing this, Lu Fangfang couldn't help but sigh.
It seems that Xiuxiu not only has a good impression of Lao Xu, but a very good one.
Old Xu is a good person, talented, and good-looking, but... he's just too old.
After entering the farm, Lu Fangfang took another look inside the shed.
Xiuxiu was writing down the health status of the quails in a small notebook, ignoring everyone else.
She couldn't help but shake her head and went to the storage room.
"Sister Shufen, are all the quail eggs from the farm these past few days here?"
"Yes, girl, I've had them move everything over here. The eggs from several sheds are all here."
Wang Shufen nodded.
She's now essentially the deputy director of the farm, helping her sister out.
How many quail eggs are there in total?
"It weighs a total of 2,500 jin."
Lu Fangfang was still a little surprised when she heard this.
Two thousand five hundred catties of quail eggs is quite a lot. At the price of chicken eggs at eight cents per catty, that's two thousand yuan.
"Hey girl, there are still a few dozen kilograms of eggs left at farm number two. Do you want to send them to the city together?"
"Forget it, let's leave those and send them to the next group. The city can just send quail eggs."
As Lu Fangfang spoke, she leaned closer to take another look.
Baskets of quail eggs were displayed in the house, looking rather impressive.
Recently, most of the soldiers in the regiment have gone to the city to be stationed, and the eggs produced by the breeding farm are piling up more and more.
Today happened to be a sunny day, so she called over the trucks from the regiment to deliver all the quail eggs she had collected to the garrison in the city.
...
At noon, two Jiefang trucks stopped at the entrance of the breeding farm.
Hao Dazhuang, accompanied by several soldiers, entered the breeding farm and found Lu Fangfang.
"The quail eggs are all here, a total of 2,500 jin. Be careful when carrying them, drive slowly on the road, and don't break them."
Lu Fangfang led the soldiers to the storage room and gave them some more instructions.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry."
Hao Dazhuang waved his hand, signaling several soldiers to lift it up.
"Sister-in-law, the regimental commander asked me to tell you that the regiment's garrison duty this time will last a while, so please don't worry."
Lu Fangfang was still a little curious after hearing this.
"Dazhuang, how are you doing in the city?"
“Great, great. Our regiment is stationed next to the new military district compound in the city. The houses are all new, and there are even three-story buildings. I heard that the military district’s families all live in those buildings.”
"Sister-in-law, once the regimental commander gets promoted, you might have to move upstairs to live too."
Hao Dazhuang introduced the situation of the military region.
Lu Fangfang found it amusing. Living in those old-fashioned tenement buildings was quite uncomfortable; a small courtyard like this was much better.
After all the quail eggs were loaded onto the car, she asked Hao Dazhuang to leave her a note.
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