Lu Fangfang ate lunch at home, took a short nap, and then went to the wasteland on the riverbank.
She took a rake and cleared a small patch of land, preparing to plant spinach.
Wang Shufen carried a bucket of water and strode over.
She lifted the bucket and poured all the water into the ground. "Girl, I'll pick some spinach to eat when it grows."
With a large family, she planted more potatoes, leaving no spare land for spinach.
"Sister Shufen, please feel free to pick and eat. Mingcheng is still not back, and I can't eat this much by myself."
Lu Fangfang took a packet of spinach seeds and, seeing that the floodwaters had receded, carefully scattered them into the ground.
Now she is more and more skilled at farm work, and she sows the seeds very evenly.
She picked up a shovel, scooped up some soil, and covered the spinach seeds with it.
After planting the spinach, the two had some free time.
The seeds in the seedbed have just been planted and haven't even sprouted yet, so we can't grow any other vegetables now.
Wang Shufen looked around the field and then asked, "Girl, how many rapeseed seeds do you have left?"
Lu Fangfang took out a large bag of rapeseed seeds from the cloth bag; these were the seeds she had left over after planting her first plot of land.
Seeing this, Wang Shufen nodded, "There are quite a few. I have a big bag too. Let's plant all the rapeseed seeds this afternoon."
She pointed to the riverbank and said, "You go upstream, I'll go downstream."
Lu Fangfang looked up at the riverbank; this was going to be a big job.
Shouldering a hoe and carrying rapeseed seeds, she went to the riverbank.
The land right next to the river was covered with sand and gravel; nothing could be grown there.
A few steps further out, there were some wild grasses and unidentified shrubs. She stepped on them and found that the soil was black, which was obviously fertile.
Lu Fangfang picked up the hoe and swung it down forcefully.
"Bang!"
She lifted up a large clump of black soil.
The rapeseed planted here might not even yield a harvest of seeds, so she didn't plan to clear all the land. She intended to simply turn over the soil and plant the seeds.
When autumn comes, we'll harvest whatever we can; it's all profit anyway.
The soil on the bank was exceptionally hard, and Lu Fangfang held up a hoe and swung it vigorously with her head down.
She kept turning over the soil until it got dark, then she stopped.
Wiping the sweat from her forehead, she looked back and realized that she had already rolled dozens of meters, and she could barely see Sister Shufen in the distance anymore.
Carrying a hoe, she went over and called out to Sister Shufen, and the two of them returned to the family compound.
The next day, Lu Fangfang carried a hoe and continued to turn over the soil along the riverbank.
In addition to rapeseed seeds, she also bought some sunflower seeds.
The soil on the bank was so fertile that she planned to plant a row of sunflowers behind the rapeseed.
When the rapeseed flowers bloom, and sunflowers grow behind them, it will be beautiful.
As for whether they bloom at the same time, she wasn't sure, but she felt they should be about the same.
From yesterday afternoon until this afternoon, Lu Fangfang kept working upstream, turning over soil. In one day, she worked her way up nearly 200 meters.
Looking back, she felt somewhat incredulous.
"I'm really amazing."
Lu Fangfang couldn't help but admire herself.
Looking upstream, she saw a long stretch of flat land in the distance, but she didn't want to clear any more land. There was enough space to plant the rapeseed seeds she had in her hand.
"If this yields a bumper harvest, it will be incredible."
Lu Fangfang did some calculations in her mind and suddenly felt a little alarmed.
If all these rapeseed flowers are harvested, they can yield at least 40 to 50 kilograms of rapeseed oil.
Forty or fifty pounds...
She rendered five catties of ghee, and the whole compound knew about it. If she rendered forty or fifty catties, it would cause an uproar. Lu Fangfang didn't want to be too conspicuous in the family compound.
During her break, she shared her concerns with Wang Shufen.
Wang Shufen was overjoyed. She teased, "Little sister, I thought you were telling me that rapeseed oil had been extracted."
Lu Fangfang was embarrassed.
"Don't worry, girl. There's plenty of wasteland around here. Let whoever's eyeing it clear it themselves. But if they try anything funny, my man isn't someone to mess with."
"Too."
Lu Fangfang was also amused. She should keep a low profile, but she couldn't let herself be bullied.
After resting for a while, she took the rapeseed seeds and scattered them into the freshly turned soil.
After she finished scattering, she used a rake to scoop it up again.
Since there weren't many sunflower seeds, Lu Fangfang planted one at a distance.
Fearing the soil wouldn't be fertile enough, she shoveled some horse manure from the field and scattered it next to the sunflower seeds.
By the time we finished, it was already dark.
Lu Fangfang, clutching her aching back, said, "Sister Shufen, I'll take a day off tomorrow and won't be coming."
Wang Shufen carefully examined Lu Fangfang.
Seeing that her face was rosy and she didn't look sick, I was relieved.
"Girl, your health is the most important thing. If you're tired, take a few more days to rest and eat well. Don't neglect your health."
"Sister Shufen, don't worry, I won't mistreat myself."
Lu Fangfang replied with a smile.
When she got home, she boiled some quail eggs and stir-fried some cabbage with butter.
The more you work, the more you eat.
After a few days, Lu Fangfang felt that she had gained weight, but she was very tired.
After finishing her meal, she quickly went to sleep, not wanting to do anything else.
...
The following day, at the regimental headquarters.
"Ring, ring, ring..."
"Hello, this is Tall Jiang."
Gao Dajiang held the phone receiver, somewhat puzzled. "Speak up, or I'll hang up."
After a long while, a faint voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Commander... it's me, Li Dajun."
Gao Dajiang frowned and said irritably, "Li Dajun? Where are you? Why are you calling me?"
"Commander, I'm at the county train station. Could you send someone to pick me up?"
"What? Come pick you up?"
Gao Dajiang was so angry his nose almost twisted out of shape. "Li Dajun, you son of a bitch, do you know what you're saying? Get your ass back here right now!"
"Commander, Commander, please don't hang up! I bought a lot of things and I can't carry them all back by myself. Could you please send a car to pick me up?"
"Commander, Hai Mei and I are getting married soon, please help me."
...
"Just this once, and don't let it happen again."
Gao Dajiang's face darkened; he didn't want to listen to Li Dajun anymore.
"Commander, Commander, Hai Mei and I bought a lot of things. Could you send two vehicles, two military vehicles? Don't forget."
"Hello...? Hello?"
Gao Dajiang stared at the receiver in his hand, frozen in place.
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