"Giddy up!"
Lu Fangfang comforted the little red horse and rode off on its back.
The little snow leopard in her arms kept trying to get out, so she quickly patted it to calm it down.
Lu Fangfang pulled on the reins, making the horse move up and down in rhythm, running back and forth twice.
The little red horse was very cooperative; she felt that she wouldn't need to take a carriage tomorrow, she could just ride the horse directly.
"Giddy up! Giddy up!"
"Um?"
Hearing the noise, Lu Fangfang turned around and saw Xiao Ting riding a big black horse, quickly catching up.
She frowned, grabbed the reins, and changed direction.
She knew her own situation best; she was just a beginner and didn't want to compare herself to Xiao Ting.
"Giddy up! Giddy up!"
Lu Fangfang rode her little red bike for a while when she saw Xiao Ting chasing after her.
She couldn't be bothered to care anymore and just rode at her own pace, neither too fast nor too slow.
"Whoa~"
After Xiao Ting caught up, she slowed down.
He glanced at Lu Fangfang, who had a smug smile on her face.
"boring."
Lu Fangfang muttered to herself. Just then, she felt something nudging her, and then a small black and white head popped out.
"Neigh..."
The big black horse beside them neighed and raised its front legs high.
"Big Black? Big Black?"
Caught off guard, Xiao Ting was startled and quickly grabbed the reins.
Lu Fangfang was also startled. She patted Xiaohua's head and quickly stuffed her back into her arms.
Glancing behind him, he saw that Xiao Ting's big black horse had stopped and was restless with an uneasy expression.
"Cough cough..."
She quickly nudged the horse's belly with her heel and fled the scene.
...
"Comrade Xiao Ting, are you alright?"
Zhu Haiming saw that Xiao Ting's horse was startled and quickly ran over.
Feeling a bit smug, she really wanted to take a picture of Xiao Ting's embarrassed state.
Xiao Ting's face was pale. She took the whip and lashed it hard at the horse's rump. "Crack!"
"Neigh..."
The black horse became even more uneasy. It forcefully broke free of the reins in Xiao Ting's hand and ran straight into the distance.
"Big Black? Big Black? Come back!"
Xiao Ting was furious in front of Zhu Haiming.
With a dark expression, she ignored the horse and turned to leave.
"Hey? Comrade Xiao Ting? Comrade Xiao Ting?"
Zhu Haiming smiled and quickly chased after her.
...
With no one bothering her, Lu Fangfang practiced riding for a while longer.
It wasn't until late that she took a carriage and returned to the family compound with Wang Shufen.
On the way, she also saw Zhu Haiming, who was riding a bicycle, but at a much slower speed than the horse-drawn carriage she was in.
Lu Fangfang suddenly stopped envying bicycles.
The grasslands are all dirt roads, full of potholes and difficult to travel in some places, so riding a horse is the most convenient option.
...
Meow~ Meow~
As soon as Lu Fangfang returned home with Xiaohua in her arms, the little snow leopard let out two shrieks.
"Don't call me that anymore, this is your home from now on."
She patted the little snow leopard's head, placed Xiaohua on the chair, and then went about her own business.
There was still a small plate of fried fish left at home. This amount was only enough for the little snow leopard to eat for two meals at most, so she had to hurry up and catch some more fish.
We happened to have bamboo poles at home, so we just wove a bamboo cage to catch fish.
She also needed to clean the caterpillar fungus she had just dug up. Oh, and she also needed to check on the quail at Sister Shufen's house. There was so much work to do that Lu Fangfang felt like she was going crazy with busyness.
She poured some cornmeal and then started smashing beef bones.
Little Flower was a restless creature; it walked over curiously.
It wasn't afraid at all of the iron hammer that Lu Fangfang was wielding.
Meow~
"Bang."
Lu Fangfang dipped her finger in bone powder and fed it to the little snow leopard's mouth.
Little Flower sniffed it and then licked it.
"Hey, you little daring eater!"
Lu Fangfang glanced back and saw a large sack of beef bones in the corner, enough for the little guy to eat for a few days.
She mixed the crushed bone meal with cornmeal, left some for Xiaohua, and then took the small basin to Commissar Xiao's house.
As soon as Lu Fangfang pushed open the door and entered the yard, she saw Tie Dan holding a homemade slingshot and shooting something into the air.
She looked up and saw a large black bird flying in the sky.
"Tiedan, can you even hit him?"
"Auntie, I was just playing around."
Lu Fangfang smiled, looking at the slingshot in Tie Dan's hand, and suddenly had an idea. "Tiedan, can I borrow your slingshot for a bit? I'll return it to you tomorrow night."
"Auntie, here you go."
Tie Dan was very generous and handed it over directly, even giving her a handful of mud balls.
"Thank you, Tiedan, Auntie."
Lu Fangfang patted Tie Dan's head and accepted the gift with a smile.
Upon entering the house, Wang Shufen was cooking dinner, and Xiao Aiguo was also there, brushing the cordyceps with a small brush.
When he saw Lu Fangfang arrive, he said, "Fangfang, bring over the cordyceps you dug up today. We'll help you clean it. Lao Gao is going to the city tomorrow, and I'll have him bring some back for you to sell."
"Okay, I'll bring it over in a bit."
Lu Fangfang smiled, feeling very happy inside.
I've been saving up cordyceps for two days without selling them. Including today's harvest, I should have almost two jin (1 kg) left, which should be enough to sell for at least thirty or forty yuan.
With the eighteen yuan that Lao Xu gave her, she would soon be able to save up fifty yuan.
"Sister Shufen, I'm going to feed the little quails."
"Go ahead, Daya is in the inner room."
Lu Fangfang carried the small basin into the inner room, where she saw Daya sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed), looking at the baby quails in the basket. The electric light inside was still on, emitting a yellow glow.
"Da Ya, how's Little Quail today?"
“Great! Tie Dan and I even took them outside to bask in the sun for a while. Auntie, these little quails are so cute!”
Daya reached out and took out a small quail, placed it on the kang (a heated brick bed), and gently stroked it.
Lu Fangfang smiled and shook her head. She took the small basin and poured the mixed grains into the basket.
She reached out and picked up the shivering quail from the kang (a heated brick bed), put it back in the basket, and then covered it with her tattered cotton-padded coat.
"Da Ya, come on, come home with your auntie, I'll show you something even cuter."
"Something even cuter?"
Daya was full of questions. She quickly jumped off the heated kang and followed Lu Fangfang.
In the outer room, Wang Shufen saw her daughter about to go out and quickly called out to her, "Da Ya, dinner will be ready soon, where are you going?"
"My aunt said she wanted to show me something even cuter than a baby quail. Mom, I'll be back in a bit."
Wang Shufen was taken aback for a moment, then quickly realized what was going on.
Seeing Xiao Aiguo's puzzled expression, she vividly recounted her experience of finding the snow leopard cub that day.
"A snow leopard cub? Really?"
"I'm not lying, the little snow leopard is at the girl's house."
Xiao Aiguo listened with amazement.
He's been with the military for over a decade, and this is the first time he's ever heard of someone finding a snow leopard cub.
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