"Progress, but what about the snow leopard?"
Xu Jinbu's face was ashen, and he didn't want to speak.
Xiao Ting, perched on horseback, looked down at him disdainfully. "You can't even handle the smallest things. Someone like you wants to marry me?"
"Tingting, have you heard that this snow leopard ran like crazy and jumped off a cliff? We really can't blame it."
Xu Jinbu felt very unlucky; they had been chasing each other for a whole day, covering more than ten miles.
They were about to catch up, but the snow leopard was so fierce that it would rather jump down than stay obediently.
Afterwards, they searched for more than an hour at the foot of the mountain but could not find the snow leopard's body and had to return helplessly.
"Tingting, don't worry, even if that snow leopard doesn't die, it will be crippled. It definitely won't come back to disturb the army horses again."
"Pah, who cares whether that snow leopard lives or dies? You'll have to figure out the gift for my dad yourself."
Xiao Ting pulled the reins to the left, then nudged the horse's belly with her heel. The big black horse immediately started running, leaving only its rump visible to Xu Jinbu.
Xu Jinbu stood still, took a deep breath, and said, "Tingting, wait for me. Don't worry about Dad's matter. I definitely won't let you lose face."
...
"Alas!"
In the distance, Lu Fangfang, riding on the little red horse, shivered.
She was riding high and could see far, so she saw both of their expressions and movements.
In addition, she knew a little bit about lip reading, so she could guess the meaning of their conversation with great accuracy, which made her feel extremely disgusted.
This man is far more cunning than Li Dajun—no, he's far superior.
He truly embodies the spirit of enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens.
If the Xiao family loses power in the future, Xiao Ting will have a hard time.
Lu Fangfang rubbed her arms together, feeling that the relationships between people were incredibly complicated.
She rubbed the horse's head, then pulled on the reins and rode back.
“Girl, if I go back to my hometown, I can be a skilled horse-drawn carriage driver. I can earn at least ten work points a day, not just eight.”
Wang Shufen was riding on horseback, having a wonderful time.
She gently touched the horse's belly, pulled on the reins, and rode alongside Lu Fangfang.
"Comrade Lu, Comrade Wang, slow down, slow down, don't run, be careful not to fall."
Xu Huayun followed behind the two, loudly reminding them.
After riding for a while longer, it was getting late, and the people from the sixth team had to drive their horses back.
Lu Fangfang reluctantly dismounted.
She patted the little red horse's head, and she and Wang Shufen rode in the carriage back to the family compound.
"Boom!"
In the early hours of the morning, Lu Fangfang was lying in bed when she vaguely heard muffled thunder.
She slept for a while longer, then suddenly woke up with a start.
Wearing a coat, she took a flashlight and went outside. The sky was dark, without a single star in sight, and it looked like it was about to rain.
She quickly went inside to find a tarpaulin, took it out, and covered the adobe bricks with it.
After finishing her work, she went back to sleep.
When morning came, Lu Fangfang got up and looked out the window. Sure enough, it was drizzling outside.
Now she couldn't go to the snow mountain to dig for caterpillar fungus. She yawned, went back to bed, and dozed off for a while.
It was drizzling outside, a sound that was perfect for falling asleep, and the weather was just right for a long nap.
However, Lu Fangfang didn't sleep for long. She lay down for a while and then got up again.
She's been busy digging for caterpillar fungus these past few days, and hasn't had time to do a lot of chores around the house.
She rinsed some rice and put it on the stove to cook.
While she was cooking, she put on her clothes, went to the yard, and carried the small bamboo she had bought earlier into the house.
"The rain is really heavy."
Lu Fangfang put down her wet clothes and stood at the door looking out into the yard.
I felt a little relieved; thankfully she woke up last night, otherwise all those mud bricks in the yard would have been ruined.
However, this rain is a good thing.
This spring rain... well, let's call it summer rain. This summer rain came just in time. After this rain, the grassland should turn green again.
"In a few more days, the snow on the mountain should melt."
The rain was falling heavily outside, and she couldn't see the snow-capped mountains in the distance.
Shaking her head, Lu Fangfang found a hemp rope and a machete, and prepared to cut bamboo.
The bamboo that Xiao Aiguo bought was very thin, not much thicker than a thumb. Such small bamboo doesn't need to be split; it can be used directly to make bamboo cages.
Lu Fangfang planned to raise more quails, so she prepared to make a larger bamboo cage and place it against the east wall of the yard.
"Two meters long, eighty centimeters high, and one meter wide..."
She took a pencil and drew the six sides of the bamboo cage on her notebook, and wrote down the specific length.
She planned to first make the six sides of the bamboo cage with hemp rope, and then tie them together.
"Bang, bang..."
Holding a machete, she cut some bamboo to the required length and then wove it together with hemp rope.
Midway through, the rice porridge on the stove cooked, and after eating some, she continued working.
This thing is easy to make. Just lay the bamboo on the ground at the desired density, and then use hemp rope to string them together one by one.
She worked until noon, and seeing that the rain outside had lessened, she put on a coat, took the caterpillar fungus she had brushed the night before, and went to Commissar Xiao's house.
"Hey girl, come quick! Your quail egg looks like it's about to hatch."
As soon as Wang Shufen saw Lu Fangfang, she pulled her into the inner room.
On the kang (heated brick bed), Tie Dan and Daya were staring wide-eyed at the quail eggs with curiosity. Lu Fangfang quickly went over to them.
Counting the days, these quail eggs have been incubating for almost half a month, and it's time for them to hatch.
"Mom, look, look! The shell is broken! The shell is broken..."
One of the quail eggs on the kang (heated brick bed) cracked open, and a wet quail shakily crawled out.
"Mom, why are you so ugly?"
Tie Dan looked disgusted.
Newly hatched quails are really ugly, with short, sparse, wet yellow feathers all over their bodies, looking just like a small red meaty egg.
"What nonsense are you talking about? It'll be fine in a bit. Daya, go to the outer room and bring the basket over."
Wang Shufen took a clean rag, laid it in the basket, and then put the hatched quail chicks inside.
It's raining today, and it's a bit cold. The little quail is shivering inside.
Soon, the remaining quail eggs also cracked open one after another, and baby quails emerged from them.
These quails were very small, and Wang Shufen carefully picked them up and put them in the basket.
After a while, there were still a few unhatched quail eggs left on the kang (a heated brick bed). Seeing that there was still no movement, Wang Shufen shook her head and covered herself with the tattered quilt again.
"Mom, Mom, I want to raise, I want to raise quails."
Tie Dan grabbed Wang Shufen's arm and stared blankly at the basket.
Wang Shufen was right. In just a short while, the quail feathers in the basket dried, turning into fluffy little quails, smaller than chicks, and looked very cute.
"What are you raising? Don't let it wreak havoc."
Wang Shufen untied her son's hand and then began counting the hatched quails.
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