Daya saw some clay on the ground, squatted down, and started playing with it by herself.
In no time, she had sculpted many small animals and placed them next to the mud bricks.
Lu Fangfang glanced at it and found that Daya was quite skillful; the little animals she sculpted from clay were all lifelike.
"Da Ya, make a few for your aunt too, I'll put them on my desk later."
"Auntie, what do you want?"
Lu Fangfang thought for a moment, then replied with a smile, "Make a few horses for Auntie, fine horses!"
Daya became interested and started to work on the clay.
After glancing at it a few times, Lu Fangfang started making mud bricks again.
Speaking of horses, she thought of the chestnut horse that Zhuang Mingcheng rode.
Gansu and Xinjiang are very large provinces. I don't know where Zhuang Mingcheng is now. Judging by the dates, he should be arriving in Xinjiang soon.
He should be able to come back by the end of next month.
Wiping the sweat from her forehead, Lu Fangfang was full of energy.
After a while, she ran out of soil in the small mound, so she took a shovel and made another one, and then went to fetch water.
Once the mud was mixed again, she continued making adobe bricks.
The road east of her house was filled with finished adobe bricks. Seeing that there was no room left, she moved them to Commissar Xiao's house. Anyway, not many people walked there, so it wouldn't be a problem.
Lu Fangfang wanted to make as many mud bricks as possible this afternoon, as she had many other things to do and didn't have much time.
...
"Sis? Sis? It's my turn, it's my turn."
Commissar Xiao's dog, Gou Dan, ran out.
He ran to Daya's side and was immediately drawn to the yellow mud on the ground.
"Sis, it's your turn to go home and watch over the hatching eggs."
Daya was a little reluctant. "Auntie, I've sculpted the horse for you."
After saying that, she picked up a lump of clay, intending to take it home and continue to mold and play with it.
"knew."
Lu Fangfang went over to take a look and found that Daya had made several horses for her, and the horses she made were all in different poses.
She bent down and picked one up, and found that it was actually quite delicately sculpted.
"Smack!"
Lu Fangfang turned her head and saw that Gou Dan was throwing mud cannons all by himself.
He shaped the clay into the mouth of a bowl, then slammed it down hard, making a "smack" sound, and the yellow clay broke open with a large hole.
"Giggle..."
Seeing Gou Dan laughing heartily, Lu Fangfang shook her head helplessly.
She put down the little mud horse in her hand and continued making adobe bricks.
Tie Dan's firecrackers made quite a noise, quickly attracting a few kids. Then, a group of them bent over and started playing a mud-throwing game, seeing who could make the loudest noise.
Lu Fangfang was baffled and didn't find it fun at all; she thought it was better to just sculpt small animals like Daya.
After giving the little kids a few instructions to be careful not to get their clothes dirty, Lu Fangfang left it at that.
She worked until dark, and on the east side of her own house and on the east side of Political Commissar Xiao's house, she filled the area with well-made adobe bricks, at least two or three hundred of them, enough to build a kang (heated brick bed).
Before heading home, Lu Fangfang glanced one last time at the little kids standing by the wall.
Their jackets and trousers were covered in mud; they were sure to get a beating when they got home.
Lu Fangfang was inexplicably happy. She was carrying her things and had just turned the corner when she ran into Wang Shufen, who was carrying farm tools.
"Hey girl, what happened to your face?"
"Pfft, Sister Shufen, you've got a face full of graffiti too! Neither of us will give in to the other."
Seeing Wang Shufen's face blackened by the smoke, Lu Fangfang couldn't help but laugh.
She kept smoothing the yellow mud on the mold with her hands, and if she wasn't careful, some of it would get on her face, but she wasn't surprised.
Wang Shufen touched her face and then laughed.
The two agreed to go to the bathhouse later, and then parted ways.
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"Oh my goodness, Tiedan, I just washed your shirt! Get over here right now!"
"Smack."
"Wow……"
Hearing Tie Dan's cries outside the wall, Lu Fangfang felt a sense of schadenfreude.
This little brat didn't take her words to heart. Now look what happened, he got a beating!
After washing her face, she took her toiletries and waited for Sister Shufen at the door of her house.
Before long, Wang Shufen arrived.
On their way to the bathhouse, the two talked about Zhu Haiming's wedding the next day.
"Hai Mei and her husband came to my house last night, wanting my husband to be their witness, but he refused. I heard that Hai Mei's husband was transferred to the logistics department of the regiment."
Lu Fangfang listened thoughtfully.
Li Dajun was transferred from the deputy battalion commander of the first battalion to the third battalion, and not long after that, he was transferred to logistics. It seems that what happened that day really angered the regimental commander.
"Sister Shufen, is your husband going tomorrow?"
Wang Shufen shook her head. "My husband said he's not going. There's a big training session with the troupe tomorrow, and he wants me to take the kids with me."
"Major training? Major training now?"
Lu Fangfang was amused; it seemed that offending the regimental commander was definitely not going to end well.
Upon arriving at the bathhouse, the two went in and thoroughly washed themselves.
These days, they're busy clearing land and planting vegetables.
After returning home, Lu Fangfang ate something and quickly went to sleep.
Before we knew it, it was the next day.
Early in the morning, Lu Fangfang was awakened by the sound of firecrackers from the family compound.
Instead of rushing to Zhu Haiming's wedding, she went to the east side of the courtyard and looked at the adobe bricks she had made yesterday.
I reached out and touched it; after a night, the adobe bricks had dried out a bit.
After drying for another day, the adobe bricks can be stood up. This way, the adobe bricks will dry faster and be of better quality.
After eating something at home, and feeling that it was about time, Lu Fangfang picked up two cans of food and left the house.
Last night, she and Wang Shufen made an appointment to go to Zhu Haiming's house together.
As soon as she left the hospital, she saw Wang Shufen coming over with Daya and Tiedan.
Lu Fangfang glanced at it and noticed that Sister Shufen was carrying two enamel basins with red paper pasted on them, a gift that was much more valuable than the one she had given.
"Girl, you're only giving me two cans of food?"
Lu Fangfang nodded, "I'll go alone. If I send too much, I won't be able to eat it all."
Two cans of fruit for one dollar and fifty cents—that's a pretty good gift, especially since it's for Zhu Haimei.
If it weren't for the wedding, Lu Fangfang would have just given a can of food as a gift.
Wang Shufen couldn't help but laugh. She shook her head and didn't say anything more.
The two were the last to arrive, and as soon as they reached the gate of the courtyard, the sound of firecrackers went off.
The courtyard was bustling with activity. All the women who were free came today, and there were even quite a few little kids, but there were hardly any grown men.
Lu Fangfang put down the can and took a few extra glances, then spotted two or three men in military uniforms.
"It seems that Li Dajun isn't very popular."
Lu Fangfang muttered to herself, but considering that the First Battalion had all gone on a mission and the regiment was conducting large-scale training, it was normal that not many people came.
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