The next afternoon, Li Long drove the tractor back to the county seat with Gu Xiaoxia.
Although sitting in the tractor's rear trailer made Gu Xiaoxia's bottom ache, it was fast, and she did not have to pedal herself. It actually felt pretty good.
Once they returned to the courtyard, Gu Xiaoxia prepared dinner while Li Long let the roe deer and the fawn out, cleaned the glass room, and replenished their water and feed.
While sweeping the courtyard, he saw the big hedgehog peeking around as it scurried along the wall toward the back of the house, something clamped in its mouth. He could not tell whether it was an earthworm or a centipede. Li Long guessed it was probably an earthworm. Centipedes in Northern Xinjiang did not grow that large.
As long as it had food, it could live well. Li Long thought having a few more living creatures like this around the house was rather nice. The courtyard was big, after all. Leaving it empty with just the two of them would not be so good either.
The roe deer romped around the courtyard, running a lap every so often and making quite a racket. Gu Xiaoxia poked her head out of the kitchen to look, then went back to cooking.
Once Li Long thought they had romped enough, he herded them all into the glass room. He figured that when the roe deer grew up and were no longer fun, he would take them to Old Ma's Place at the team, then see how he could put the glass room to use.
Growing some fresh vegetables to eat in the depths of winter would be nice. It would spare them from always eating the same few things until they were sick of them.
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