At the beginning of May, Li Hongjun received a notice from his unit, ordering him to rejoin the troops.
After a moment of silence sitting on the kang together, the husband and wife both sprang into action.
Li Hongjun went straight to the backyard; he wanted to water the land one more time before leaving, collect some extra stones from the river to lay out in the yard, and, since his wife's worm breeding box was no longer sufficient, he needed to find some wood to make her another.
Shen Yunfang, on the other hand, dug out the largest travel bag from the trunk and crammed it with all the eatables she could think of that would store well for a long time.
"Take the beef jerky to the troop and let your comrades try some, but hide the rest for yourself," she instructed. "This can keep for quite a while. Chew on a piece whenever you're hungry during training."
