"These two are really funny."
Lu Fangfang looked at the two people walking down the mountain with a look of disgust.
By the afternoon, her cloth bag was full of cordyceps again.
At this moment, Xiao Hua was too tired to move, so Lu Fangfang quickly patted her great hero.
It was getting late, so she called out to Sister Shufen, and carried the cordyceps down the mountain.
Riding their horses back to the sixth team, the two didn't let Old Xu see them off and walked back directly.
When they arrived at the riverbank, Lu Fangfang told Sister Shufen to go ahead, while she went to the wasteland herself.
It was getting a little dark. She picked some tender rapeseed from the field, then walked to where the cage was, grabbed the rope, and pulled it out with all her might.
"Splash..."
Hearing the flapping sound of the bamboo cage, she was immediately delighted.
Once she pulled it to the shore, she quickly looked inside and found the cage full of jumping little fish.
"Little Flower? Little Flower? Come and eat fish!"
Lu Fangfang called out twice, and noticed that the little snow leopard in her arms stirred, then stopped moving again.
This little guy looks really tired.
She didn't even have time to feed the little flower. With her cloth bag on her back, bamboo cage in hand, and rapeseed in her hand, she hurried toward the family compound.
"Fangfang? Sister Fangfang?"
At the entrance of the residential compound, someone was shining a flashlight on the roadside.
"Who is it? I'm here."
Lu Fangfang responded twice and quickly walked over.
As she approached, she realized it was Xiao Aiguo standing at the gate. Curious, she asked, "Brother-in-law, is something the matter?"
Xiao Aiguo wiped the sweat from his forehead, then took out the money from his pocket. "Your cordyceps, a total of two catties and three ounces and five qian, sold for forty-seven. Here you go."
Lu Fangfang was overjoyed. She quickly put down the bamboo cage and reached out to take it.
Forty-seven yuan, there was actually forty-seven yuan.
Oh dear, she's been setting off before dawn and not getting home until dark these past few days, and she's exhausted and her whole body aches, but seeing these forty-seven yuan, she feels it was all worth it.
Sigh, making money these days is really not easy.
With tears welling up in her eyes, she carefully put her hard-earned money into her pocket.
With 47 yuan, plus Lao Xu's 18 yuan, she now has 65 yuan saved up, enough to buy half a bicycle.
"Fangfang, there's something I need to tell you."
Xiao Aiguo sized her up, then whispered, "Xiao Zhuang's mother, your future mother-in-law is here. She's waiting for you at your door right now. You should go back quickly."
"ah?"
Lu Fangfang stood there, her mouth slightly agape.
"Fangfang? Fangfang? Are you alright?"
"No...it's nothing."
Lu Fangfang shook her head.
She knew Zhuang Mingcheng's mother was coming, but she didn't expect her to arrive so early.
Taking a deep breath, she picked up the bamboo cage and strode towards the family compound.
Xiao Aiguo, holding a flashlight, quickly followed.
"Comrade Zhou? Comrade Zhou? Xiao Lu is back."
In the first row of houses, the last one on the east side, stood a woman in her fifties. She turned around after hearing the voice.
He had slightly wavy short hair, wore old-fashioned large glasses, had a serious expression, and was dressed in a gray top...
When Lu Fangfang saw Zhuang's mother, she was reminded of a stern old professor she had met in her past life; their demeanor was exactly the same.
Her heart skipped a beat.
Mrs. Zhuang glanced at Lu Fangfang, then looked at Xiao Aiguo and said politely, "Comrade Xiao Aiguo, thank you for your trouble today. Well, now that she's back, you can go back."
"Then... then it's settled."
Xiao Aiguo opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
He glanced at Lu Fangfang, then took his flashlight and turned to leave.
At this moment, only two people remained at the doorway.
Looking at Mrs. Zhuang, Lu Fangfang took the initiative to introduce herself, "Auntie, hello, I'm Lu..."
"Don't call me auntie."
Mrs. Zhuang frowned, looking displeased.
"mom?"
Lu Fangfang called out tentatively.
Since she was going to have to call him sooner or later anyway, she didn't feel uncomfortable about it.
Zhuang’s mother: “…”
She took a deep breath and said, "I don't have a daughter as big as you. You call me... call me..."
She opened her mouth, momentarily speechless.
Lu Fangfang pouted, losing all goodwill towards her future mother-in-law.
Needless to say, this older woman was definitely not satisfied with her.
Mrs. Zhuang shook her head. "Never mind, just call me Auntie."
Upon closer inspection of Lu Fangfang, she disliked her even more. Her body was filthy, and her face was covered in soot. She really didn't know what her son had seen in her.
"Um?"
Upon closer inspection, Zhuang's mother noticed Lu Fangfang's swollen belly and instinctively clenched her hands.
"How many...how many months has it been?"
Lu Fangfang felt that the people in Beijing were asking really strange questions.
She did the math to herself: eighteen years, multiplied by twelve months, she was born in January, plus…
Hmm, subtract or add?
Lu Fangfang was also confused, so she simply said, "It's been more than two hundred months."
"More than two hundred months..."
Zhuang's mother repeated it, then suddenly paused.
Looking Lu Fangfang up and down, she asked with a dark face, "More than two hundred months? Comrade Lu Fangfang, are you pregnant with Nezha? Let me tell you, our Zhuang family will not acknowledge this child!"
"Huh? A child?"
Lu Fangfang looked down and realized that she had been misunderstood by Zhuang's mother.
She quickly unbuttoned her clothes and took out the little flower from her arms. On her way back, she had too many things to carry, so she had put the little flower in her arms and had forgotten about it.
"Auntie, I mean I'm over two hundred months pregnant."
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