Zhu Fanfan was disappointed: "Then why did you ask me?"

Zhu Jiabao said, "Our country has cavalry units. Little girl, would you like to learn to ride a horse?"

Zhu Fanfan didn't trust her grandfather: "Just tell me what you want to do? I'm warning you, I won't cooperate if you don't explain clearly."

Zhu Jiabao confessed: "I want to meet with my former leader to clarify things in person and ask him to clean up the mess for us. We don't want empty fame for doing good deeds."

Zhu Fanfan was relieved: "You should have said so earlier. I'll learn. But Grandpa, does our capital have a cavalry battalion?"

She vaguely remembered that cavalry battalions were all located in border areas, which wasn't the case here. However, the information on national leaders was inconsistent, so it wasn't hard to accept that there might be some discrepancies.

Zhu Jiabao replied earnestly: "We had discussed before whether or not to retain the cavalry battalion in the capital. There is no doubt that it is necessary to have one in the border areas. Our place is the capital, which is a special case. We have specially retained a company there so that it won't be abrupt for us to visit our old leaders."

If he suddenly showed up at your door, people would definitely have doubts, but if you pretend it's a chance encounter, talk as usual, and chat openly, it won't arouse suspicion.

Zhu Fanfan didn't understand: "You're not doing anything bad, so why are you acting like spies meeting? Doesn't that just make us more suspicious?"

Zhu Jiabao patted Zhu Fanfan on the head: "What nonsense are you talking about? We just don't want to make it too obvious."

Zhu Fanfan said directly, "The New Year is just around the corner. Wouldn't it be more reasonable for you to visit and offer New Year's greetings? Wouldn't that arouse suspicion?"

Zhu Jiabao said helplessly, "Because there are still several days until the New Year, and we are afraid that if we wait one more day, many more people will starve to death."

He shouldn't have stopped Fanfan from contacting the Xu family. If the relationship were still there, at least they could sell the grain elsewhere, which would help many people.

Zhu Fanfan had no choice but to ask, "When are we going to the cavalry camp?"

Zhu Jiabao said, "I asked Yunshu to pass on a message to the old leader. We're going to the cavalry camp tomorrow. You should learn to ride a horse! Otherwise, if we go there and do nothing, people will gossip and think we're crazy just to see what a horse looks like."

Zhu Fanfan is truly devastated. What did she do to deserve such a grandfather? She has to learn to ride horses in the dead of winter. What kind of grandfather is this who is so cruel to his granddaughter?

Zhu Jiabao could only try to persuade her gently, because he had already given his family fortune to Fanfan in advance, and for a moment he didn't know what to do to win her over, so he could only look at Fanfan with longing.

Zhu Fanfan ultimately gave in; after all, he was her grandfather, and she had to give him face.

The next day, after they arrived at the cavalry camp, Zhu Fanfan discovered that although it was called a cavalry camp, the number of people was only about a company, and there were only a dozen or so horses in the horse farm. Zhu Fanfan was a little disappointed. She was looking forward to seeing thousands of horses galloping, which must have been very exciting and thrilling.

Zhu Jiabao specially found a pony for Zhu Fanfan to get used to. Zhu Fanfan happily followed his grandfather's instructions to learn to ride a horse, completely unaware of the danger that was about to befall him.

It wasn't until Zhu Jiabao explained all the precautions to Fanfan, and even led the horse around with her several times before letting her ride freely for a few more laps, that he said, "Fanfan! You're a smart child, you learn everything quickly, you're a genius. Have you remembered all the precautions Grandpa told you?"

Seeing his grandfather's expression, Zhu Fanfan subconsciously tightened the reins: "I didn't remember."

Zhu Jiabao, however, was full of confidence: "Grandpa believes in you, go, child!"

After saying that, he slapped the horse's rump hard. The horse was startled and reared up and ran wildly. Zhu Fanfan immediately tightened the reins, but the horse was running uncontrollably. Zhu Fanfan could only maintain her balance to prevent herself from having an accident.

Because of nervousness, he shouted, "Zhu Jiabao, you just wait, I'll definitely get Grandma to kill you."

Zhu Jiabao didn't care at all: "You just know how to threaten me with your grandma. If you're so capable, go and see who kills whom."

Zhu Fanfan gripped the reins tightly, afraid of falling off. The pony went berserk, running and kicking wildly. She had to protect herself. The pony finally stopped after running several laps and getting tired, stopping right next to her grandfather.

Zhu Fanfan was quite angry and was about to confront her grandfather when she noticed an older man standing next to him, watching her nervously. When he saw her stop, he opened his arms to hug her. Zhu Fanfan thought for a moment, then decided not to object and was about to complain, feeling wronged.

The old man was delighted to see the delicate little girl and took out an exquisite longevity lock: "I've heard so much about the Zhu family's New Year picture dolls. Seeing them today, they truly live up to their name. Grandpa has a little gift for you. Do you like it, little Fanfan?"

The longevity lock was made of silver, and Zhu Jiabao hurriedly said, "This is too much, the gift is too valuable, please return it!"

The Foreign Minister, holding Zhu Fanfan in one arm, simply put the longevity lock around Zhu Fanfan's neck with one hand: "I can only say that you're lucky, old man. This was originally a full-month gift for my nephew's grandson, and I only received it today. I have to give the child a little gift when I see him for the first time. It's not for you, so why are you so concerned about its value? Fanfan, do you like the gift your grandfather gave you?"

Zhu Fanfan naturally knew that this was a gift specially given to her by her grandfather, the minister, and that the excuse was probably genuine, so she happily said, "I like it."

The Foreign Minister was happy to see Zhu Fanfan happy, and picked her up and took her to his office: "Zhu Jiabao, what can I say to you? In the dead of winter, you dressed the child so lightly and let her ride a horse. Don't you know that bones are brittle in winter? If she falls, you'll see if your wife will forgive you."

He had heard that this little girl was Comrade Liu Yumin's darling, and no one could say a bad word about her, because she would really fight to the death. Was Zhu Jiabao treating the child like a monkey again?

Zhu Jiabao retorted, "I only dared to let her ride a horse because I was sure she wouldn't get hurt. I'm her grandfather, would I harm her?"

Zhu Fanfan was furious: "If you're not trying to harm me, what are you trying to do? You're doing this on purpose. I'm definitely going to tell Grandma and she'll teach you a lesson. You just wait."

Zhu Jiabao felt that his dignity as a grandfather had been offended, and his temper flared up: "You brat, you dare to tattle on me? Do you want to get beaten again? I think you're going to climb on the roof if you don't discipline yourself for three days."

Zhu Fanfan retorted without hesitation: "Try hitting me, and I'll cry."

Zhu Jiabao retorted sarcastically, "Go ahead and cry, cry all you want, and we'll see if I hold back."

The Foreign Minister laughed in exasperation: "Threatening a child? You've really got some nerve! I think you're the one who needs to be taught a lesson. A grandfather arguing with a child, you're something else."

Zhu Fanfan nodded in agreement. That's all Grandpa can do; he just bullies little kids.