"Oh...ah..."
Beside them, the little wild donkey looked into the distance, as if it had discovered something. It brayed at Lu Fangfang and then excitedly ran eastward.
Lu Fangfang looked through her binoculars and discovered that it was a herd of Tibetan wild asses.
"Huh?"
Among the herd of donkeys, she spotted two baby Tibetan wild donkeys that looked somewhat like the little stubborn donkey.
"Dan'er, Qingqing, when you two came to Qilian with Little Stubborn Donkey during the summer vacation, did it often run away?"
"Yeah, sometimes he doesn't come back all night."
Egg nodded quickly.
"That stubborn little mule is really irresponsible."
Lu Fangfang chuckled and scolded it, then petted Xiaohua and the little yellow dog again.
The sun is shining brightly today, and it feels very comfortable to be warmed by it.
She held the two little ones, looking very content.
As the sun set, the little wild donkey finally ran back.
Lu Fangfang reluctantly said goodbye to Xiaohua and the little yellow dog, took the little wild donkey to Old Xu's house, gave it some more instructions, and then returned to the city with Dandan and Qingqing.
...
After returning from Qilian, Lu Fangfang didn't delay and took her son and daughter on a train to Beijing.
Four days later, the train arrived in the capital.
Zhuang Mingcheng took a day off to go to the train station to pick up his wife and children and return to his hometown.
"Grandpa, Grandpa~"
"Grandpa, Grandpa~"
"Oh, good, good, Qingqing, Zhuangwen, Grandpa has missed you so much."
The father held his two children, his face full of smiles.
Beside her was Zhuang's mother, who had stayed at the Beidahuang Farm for another six years before recently returning home.
Having experienced these past few years, she has become very well-behaved. As long as her father is around, she dares not cause any more trouble.
In the evening, the family had a reunion dinner.
The following day, Zhuang Mingcheng went to the military academy for further study.
Lu Fangfang handed Dandan and Qingqing over to Zhuang's father, and then she searched for a courtyard in Beijing on her own.
She wasn't in a hurry about this. The courtyard she bought had to be free of tenants, and the ownership had to be clearly defined. She didn't want any disputes later.
Besides buying a yard, she also visited several trust stores, but unfortunately didn't find any more good furniture.
There are decent items, but the prices are much higher; they're no longer the dirt cheap things they were seven or eight years ago.
Now the house is piled with old furniture, even in the west courtyard where Zhuang's father lives. Seeing that the prices are high, she is too lazy to buy any more and focuses on looking around the courtyard.
Just before the Lunar New Year, she finally found a courtyard house she liked.
This courtyard house has a good location, near Shichahai, more than three kilometers away from the Forbidden City. To the south are Prince Gong's Mansion and Beihai Park. The only problem is that the courtyard is a bit small, just a single-entrance courtyard house.
Lu Fangfang took her husband to go and take a look.
Zhuang Mingcheng also thought the courtyard was quite nice, so the two of them discussed it with the homeowner and finally bought it for 8,500 yuan.
After the New Year, Lu Fangfang found another large courtyard house with three courtyards, located west of Beihai Park.
This courtyard house has a nice environment, and most importantly, it has a large backyard, so if the little wild donkey comes, it can run around freely.
However, this courtyard house was expensive, costing Lu Fangfang a full 11,000 yuan, plus a gold nugget.
After buying the courtyard, she didn't have much money left, but luckily she still had some gold dust.
After searching for more than ten days, she exchanged gold for a two-courtyard house in Baihua Shenchu Hutong.
She had three properties, enough for her to live in for the rest of her life, and only then did she stop.
With nothing to do, she would take her son and daughter to travel around the capital.
That afternoon, Lu Fangfang, Dandan, and Qingqing had just returned home when they heard the sound of the gate.
She told the two children to go find their grandfather, then turned around and walked to the door, pushing open the courtyard gate.
Outside, there stood a man in his twenties or thirties, who looked somewhat familiar to her.
The man, carrying gifts in both hands, was also taken aback when he saw Lu Fangfang, and then quickly said:
"Comrade, hello. My surname is Ma and my given name is Ma Weidu. Is this Grandpa Zhuang's house?"
"I heard that you have a collection of antique huanghuali furniture. I wonder if I'll have the chance to see it? I really love these kinds of old furniture. By the way, are you interested in selling it?"
"Ma Weidu?"
Lu Fangfang muttered the name, then suddenly realized why the person looked so familiar.
She felt nothing for the famous figures of later generations; on the contrary, she was somewhat wary of them.
She didn't want anyone to covet the good things she had bought, and she wasn't planning to sell them now.
"Comrade, do you recognize me? That furniture..."
Lu Fangfang shook her head. "Comrade Ma, I don't have any old furniture at home. You must have mistaken the house for yours. Don't come here again."
After saying that, she closed the courtyard gate tightly.
"Hey? Comrade? Comrade? I just wanted to take a look, just to take a look..."
"Comrade Ma, you should leave now. We don't have any old furniture, and we don't have the habit of selling old things."
Lu Fangfang returned to the house and gave the old man some more instructions.
These precious items in the courtyard are not to be seen by anyone, much less sold.
If it weren't for the fact that the newly purchased courtyard houses were unoccupied, she would have really wanted to move her furniture there.
As she spoke, she couldn't help but glance at Zhuang's mother.
"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm not short of money. Who would sell your old furniture for no reason?"
Zhuang's mother was somewhat ashamed and angry.
"Fangfang, don't worry. With me at home, not a single piece of furniture will be missing. I'll keep an eye on it for you."
"Thank you, Dad."
Hearing the old man's words, Lu Fangfang finally felt relieved.
A few days later, Zhuang Mingcheng finished his studies at the military academy, and his family took the train back to the military region.
The two children soon started school, and Lu Fangfang went to Qilian alone again to pick up the little wild donkey.
As for Xiuxiu's college entrance examination results, they have already been released.
Old Xu is indeed quite capable; Xiuxiu was successfully admitted to Lanzhou University and will start school in February.
Lu Fangfang was quite happy to hear the news. She had originally wanted to try taking the college entrance examination, but then she thought it was unnecessary.
The reform and opening up is just around the corner, and that's the important thing worth doing.
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