In mid-May, Zhuang Mingcheng finally returned from the city with his troops.
After spending some time with the two children, he quickly got back to work.
Armed conflict broke out on the border this year, and the military region decided to conduct large-scale military training. As the regimental commander, he had to focus on the training tasks.
A few days later, the military region sent down a new political commissar.
He was in his thirties, wore glasses, and was named Zhao Jianguo. He was a scholarly man.
Zhao Jianguo's wife and children also moved into the family compound.
Lu Fangfang took some time to visit the place with several of her sisters-in-law.
The new sister-in-law, Xu Qiaomei, is from Sichuan and is very warm and welcoming.
Lu Fangfang focused on the military spouses' farms and breeding farms in the regiment, and there was nothing else of note.
After they got to know each other briefly, she left.
Sister Shufen went to the city, and she couldn't take care of the crops in the wasteland on the riverbank.
They could only ask her and Xiuxiu to help weed. After the harvest, they would send some to Sister Shufen in the city, and they didn't plan to keep the rest; they would just hand it over to the troupe.
After next year, the cultivated land that Sister Shufen has cleared will be handed over to the group for cultivation.
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One day in late May, Lu Fangfang was busy at the farm when Dandan and Qingqing ran in.
"Mommy, Mommy, the flowers are blooming, the flowers on the tree are blooming."
"Mom, the flowers on the tree are so pretty! Can you take a picture of Qingqing?"
Qingqing, holding the family camera, pulled Lu Fangfang and walked outside.
As the two children grew older, they became increasingly lively, running wildly on the meadow all day long.
"Egg, Greenie, what tree is blooming?"
Lu Fangfang was completely bewildered by what the two children said.
"Mom, you'll see when you come with us."
The two children held Lu Fangfang's hands and pulled her out of the farm, then headed north.
On the grassland, the little wild donkey was bored.
Seeing this, it immediately took steps and chased after it.
Lu Fangfang followed the two children all the way to the wasteland on the riverbank.
Standing on the riverbank, she finally realized which tree was in bloom; it was the hawthorn tree she had planted earlier.
"Mom, look! What beautiful little flowers!"
Qingqing pointed to the small white flowers on the branches, and liked them very much.
She handed the camera she was holding to her mother, then ran to the hawthorn tree.
"Mom, can you take a picture of Qingqing?"
"Okay, I'll take the picture for you right away."
Lu Fangfang smiled, picked up the camera, adjusted the angle, and pressed the shutter button.
"Click~"
She let Dandan walk over to Qingqing and took another photo of the two children together.
Beside it, the little wild donkey curiously walked over, tilted its head back, opened its mouth, and took a bite.
It tasted good, snorted, and continued gnawing.
"Donkey, you can't eat it. Mom said it's a fruit tree and it will bear fruit in the future."
Egg pulled on the little wild donkey, pulling hard.
Lu Fangfang walked over and slapped the donkey's head.
"Go away, you big glutton! Are hawthorn blossoms really that delicious? Don't cause trouble here."
The hawthorn tree has been growing for several years and is now only a little taller than a person. She was afraid it would freeze to death in the winter, so she tied the trunk with thick layers of dry grass, just so she could eat a bite of the fruit it bore and not let the little wild donkey ruin it.
"Oh...ah..."
The little wild donkey turned around dejectedly and looked back at the vegetable garden.
Seeing this, Lu Fangfang quickly grabbed it and left.
The cucumber and tomato seedlings in the vegetable garden have just started to bloom; we can't let this greedy donkey ruin them.
When she arrived at the pasture in front of the farm, she subconsciously looked southeast.
In front of the hole where the little yellow dog and the tuft of fur were, many small flowers were planted. Some were red, some were purple, and some were yellow. They were quite pretty.
"Egg, did you and Qingqing plant that?"
"Yes, Mom, it's so beautiful."
Egg pulled Qingqing forward, then squatted down in front of the cave entrance and got busy again.
The two children took small shovels and transplanted wildflowers from other parts of the meadow to the entrance of the hole.
Egg didn't forget to use a ladle to scoop water from the river to water the flowers.
The little wild donkey stood beside Lu Fangfang, watching curiously, but this time it didn't go forward to nibble on the food.
After a while, the little yellow dog and a tuft of hair returned from hunting.
Upon seeing Lu Fangfang, the little yellow dog barked excitedly and ran over.
A tuft of hair sat by the cave entrance, watching, but did not go forward.
Lu Fangfang smiled and rubbed the little yellow dog, then looked at a tuft of fur.
After so many days of contact, Yicuo Mao is not as wary as before, but she still doesn't let anyone touch her.
She took two quail eggs out of her pocket, put one into the little yellow dog's mouth, and threw the other quail egg at a tuft of feathers.
"Awoo~"
Knowing it was something good, Yicuo quickly bit into it and started eating.
"Oh...ah..."
Seeing this, the little wild donkey immediately nudged Lu Fangfang's cloth bag.
"You big glutton, you ate my quail eggs, so don't you dare go and wreak havoc in the vegetable garden, or I'll make you pay."
Lu Fangfang took out another one and stuffed it into the little wild donkey's mouth.
"Egg, Qingqing, do you two want some quail?"
"Mom, I'm not hungry."
"I'm not hungry either, Mom. You can give the food to Donkey and Little Yellow Dog."
The little wild donkey's eyes lit up, and it immediately looked at Lu Fangfang again.
"Go away, it's gone, really gone."
Lu Fangfang pushed the donkey's head away, turned around, and walked quickly towards the farm.
When she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, just as she was about to go in, she saw Zhu Haiming leading the child towards the wasteland on the north side of the road.
She couldn't help but take a few more glances. Zhu Haiming and Li Dajun had given their son a very auspicious name: Hongbing, whose full name was Li Hongbing.
The child was very thin and weak. He was always taken care of by Zhu Haiming and couldn't play with Dandan and Qingqing.
Last month, when she was at the military region, she ran into Xiao Ting.
She gave birth to a daughter and hasn't gotten pregnant again in recent years. According to Sister Shufen, this person and Xu Jinbu have a very bad relationship, it seems like they are going through a divorce, and the organization has been trying to persuade the two of them.
Shaking her head, Lu Fangfang gave up on thinking about it and turned to go to the breeding farm.
Upon entering the storage room, she saw Xiuxiu holding a thick book, searching for something.
Curious, she leaned closer and discovered that Xiuxiu was reading a book about Chinese medicinal herbs.
"Xiuxiu, what are you looking for?"
“I wrote down all the medicinal herbs I could find in Qilian and gave them to Lao Xu. Lao Xu had nothing to do while herding horses, so he wanted to collect some medicinal herbs to sell for money.”
As Xiuxiu spoke, she raised her head proudly and said, "Sister, last month Lao Xu dug up a lot of cordyceps and sold them for several tens of yuan."
Lu Fangfang: "..."
She opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.
But knowing that making money is a good thing, I decided to rebuild that dark, mud-brick house first.
"Xiuxiu, don't fall behind in your studies. Look through your books often; they'll be very useful in a few years."
After giving Xiuxiu a few words of advice, she went into the shed with a headache.
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