Chapter 472: Are your eyes still good?

Qiao Ran hesitated: "But, I'm afraid I'll tire you!"

"Hey! What kind of hard work has my old man never done? Why are you tired from making bamboo weaving? Just sitting there doing things with your hands is not tiring at all! Listen to grandpa, don't waste money. We have a lot of bamboo in the mountains. Just cut the bamboo and knit it yourself. Even if you come back from work, you can take time to knit it for a while, and it won’t hinder anything.”

Seeing that the old village chief insisted on making up his own story, Qiao Ran had no choice but to let him.

Sure enough, that day, the old village chief asked his eldest son to take Zhao Tieniu to the bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain, cut down more than a dozen bamboo trees, and start compiling the bamboo plaque that Qiao Ran urgently needed.

Another day passed, and Qiao Ran went to the clear water pool again in the morning, caught two larger buckets of clear water fish, and raised them with the spiritual spring water in the space.

In the afternoon, after her two younger brothers came back from school and asked Sun Xiucai for two days' leave, Qiao Ran drove the carriage, pulling her younger brothers, two buckets of fish, and some gifts prepared by her family and villagers into the city to her grandma's house.

The people in the village knew that the General's Mansion was going to hold a marriage recognition banquet to announce to the nobles in the capital that Huiniang was the eldest lady in their mansion, so they all sent their sincere wishes.

We don’t have any expensive gifts, but they are local products from the mountains, such as leather tanned by hunting on the road, dried wild vegetables, mushrooms and fungus, pickled dried meat, fresh mushrooms picked in the mountains today, freshly dug mushrooms, etc. Bamboo shoots...

Qiao Ran did not reject these things that the wealthy families in the city seemed unable to buy. She knew that although these were not very valuable things, they were everyone's wishes!

There were more than sixty family members, and each family gave them what they thought was the best gift. The spacious carriage was actually packed to the brim.

After thanking everyone and saying goodbye to her grandma, third aunt, and the others, Qiao Ran drove the carriage, pulling her two younger brothers and a carriage full of mountain goods into the city, heading towards the General's Mansion.

"Master, isn't that Miss Qiao driving a carriage? We haven't seen her for a few days, and she seems to have turned a lot whiter."

At the city gate, there were several people on horseback who were about to leave the city. Mu Er, who was almost sent to Takixi, where the poor mountains and rivers were full of unruly people, saw the man driving the cart not far away with sharp eyes, and hurriedly reported to his master.

Mo Beihan squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Mu Er: "Your eyes are pretty good?"

Looking at the figure driving the carriage leisurely and slowly forward again, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve slightly.

"Well, there will be a marriage recognition banquet tomorrow at the General's Mansion, and all the major families in the capital have received invitations. I didn't expect this little girl to be in the city just today, so she is really calm."

"Master, aren't you going? You should have posted a message to our house, right?"

Mo Beihan pondered for a moment and said: "Then it depends on your work efficiency. If I can come back in time tomorrow, I will go. If I can't make it in time, there is nothing I can do. I have asked Uncle Zhou to prepare a gift. If I can't make it back then, I'll ask him to be sent to the General's Mansion."

Looking at the carriage that had gone away again, he sighed with some regret: "Let's go!"

"drive!"

Several people came out of the city gate and galloped forward on their horses.

Mu Er and others secretly decided in their hearts to get things done as soon as possible so that the master could come back early and maybe catch up with the recognition banquet at the General's Mansion.

Qiao Ran didn't know that she almost passed by Mo Beihan and the others when they entered the city. Because there were too many people on the street, she could only drive the carriage slowly and arrived at the General's Mansion half a quarter of an hour later.

As soon as the carriage stopped, General Zheng strode out.

"Ran Ran, Dong'er, Bei'er, grandpa misses you so much! Come in quickly, grandpa will personally pick out some gifts for you, see if you like them."

He stepped forward happily, but saw Qiao Dong and Qiao Bei opening the curtains and walking out. The carriage was still full of things.

"Ran Ran, you came here right away, why did you buy so many things? Your grandpa's house is also your own home. Why are you so polite when you go back to your own home?"

General Zheng said reproachfully.

"Grandpa, I caught these two buckets of blue water fish from the mountain. You like to eat fish, so I caught more. I can keep them in a basin for ten days and a half. I can eat a few of them every day for you to eat. That’s enough.”

"These mountain products were given by the folks in the village. They said that the General's Palace sent so many guards and servants to help us pave roads and build houses, and they had nothing to repay, so they could only pick these mountain products and ask me to send them over. I hope Don’t dislike it.”

General Zheng looked at the carriage full of mountain products and shook his head with a smile: "Why do you dislike it? These are all good things! Grandpa is not one of those rich people in the capital who don't know good things. Grandpa likes these. Homemade goods."

"I wish you didn't mind it!"

Qiao Ran carried a bucket in each hand, picked up two buckets of blue water fish, and headed towards the gate.

General Zheng stepped forward quickly: "Hey, when will it be your turn to do these heavy tasks? What are you still doing standing around? Help my cousin move these things in."

"Yes, old man!"

A group of servants rushed forward to help move things.

Qiao Ran did not put down the barrel in her hand. She said to the worried old general:

"Grandpa, don't worry, these are not heavy for me at all. I am very strong!"

This little guy Qiao Bei never misses an opportunity to praise his eldest sister.

He ran forward and said to the old general with a proud look on his face: "Grandpa, you don't know how strong my eldest sister is! She can kill tigers and blind bears with a stick, and she can also pick up such a big tree with both hands. Such a big... big stone! More than a dozen uncles in the village couldn't lift that stone together. The eldest sister went up and lifted it up from the pit by herself! "

Looking at the little guy's beaming face, Qiao Ran laughed.

General Zheng, however, looked at his granddaughter's frail little body and felt both disbelief and distress:

"Oh! It must be that you grew up in the country and were used to doing menial work, so you have such strength. Although grandpa hopes that you can become strong and not be as weak as the rich ladies and young men in this city, but I think Thinking about how much suffering you have suffered in the past, grandpa regrets not being able to get you back earlier."

Qiao Ran quickly comforted: "Grandpa, let the past things go by. Don't blame yourself anymore! What happened in the past was not voluntary. It was an accident. Mom didn't blame you. Dong'er Bei'er and I I won’t blame you. Fortunately, we know each other now, and we will still have plenty of time to get together in the future!"

Qiao Dong also said thoughtfully: "Grandpa, when you return to Beijing after your official career, we will often come to accompany you! You can also live in Devil's Valley. Our house is quite big and has enough rooms. It’s for you and grandma, uncle and aunt, and cousin Lan’er to live in.”

Qiao Bei also saw that his brothers and sisters were comforting his grandpa. After thinking about it, he also said obediently: "Grandpa, Bei'er will play with you from now on. My sister bought me a lot of toys such as nine-link rings, jigsaw puzzles, etc., and also taught us how to play backgammon." , I will teach you how to play from now on."

Old General Zheng was sad for a moment. When he heard the considerate and comforting words from his granddaughter and two grandsons, he suddenly felt happy and said with a smile: "Okay! Okay! Grandpa doesn't think about it anymore. Grandpa will spend more time with you in the future! Beibei!" From now on, I will teach my grandpa how to play backgammon, because my grandpa has never heard of such a game!"