Before Liao Qingting could react, Monk Jingchen immediately looked towards Zhang Meng and said, "Little Meng, go and call my disciple back. Let's go to the capital."
Zhang Meng curled her lips and said, "Master Jingchen, Gu Mingtai has gone up the mountain and won't be back until noon. Also, my grandma and the others are still at home. I can't just leave them at home and go to the capital without any preparation."
"Then take your grandmother and the others to the capital. After all, the Liao family still has mountains of gold and silver from those four families, so they don't mind having your grandmother and the others with them."
Zhang Meng's eyes suddenly lit up, not because of the four words "mountains of gold and silver" that Monk Jingchen said, but because she was moved by the suggestion he made.
Thinking about my grandmother who has lived in this village for almost her entire life, the farthest place she has probably been to is this town.
After making this decision, Zhang Meng immediately ran into the kitchen, found Grandma Zhang who was cooking, and told her the idea.
"What, you want me to go to Beijing? No, that place is too far away. I'm so old and can't walk anymore. You and Xiao Gu go, grandma won't go." Grandma Zhang immediately rejected her suggestion.
"Grandma, how are you old? You are not old at all. You look much younger than other people of the same age in the village." Zhang Meng praised Grandma Zhang while holding her arm.
Grandma Zhang smiled happily. After all, she was also a woman, and every woman liked to be praised.
"Okay, stop praising me, your grandma. If you keep praising me, I will be proud." Grandma Zhang couldn't stop laughing.
Zhang Meng chuckled a few times and continued the previous topic while the iron was hot, "Then grandma, come with us to Beijing and have a good look around there."
This time, Grandma Zhang didn't refuse as firmly as she did at the beginning. "Wouldn't that be a bad idea? You guys are going there to do some serious business. Why would we go over there? We won't disturb you, will we?"
"How could that be? It's not a bother at all, grandma. Just go. If you don't go, I, your granddaughter, will always feel uneasy in my life." Zhang Meng leaned on her shoulder with red eyes.
Grandma Zhang smiled kindly and patted her head. "Silly child, why are you so upset? You've done enough for me and this family. Over the years, because of your parents' early death, I've been useless. If you hadn't worked so hard to earn work points to support your brother and me, I'm afraid we, an old man and a child, would have starved to death long ago."
Zhang Meng hugged her and said, "Grandma, I don't allow you to say that. Taking care of you and Xiao Tao is what I should do. You are the most important relatives to me in this world. If I don't take care of you, who should I take care of?"
Grandma Zhang's face was wrinkled when she smiled, but her heart was warm.
"Okay then. Grandma and your two brothers will go to Beijing thanks to you. I heard on the radio that there's a Great Wall there. It seems very long. I'd like to go and take a walk even though I'm old enough."
"And the Forbidden City. I'll take you there to eat the best food and visit the most fun places in Beijing." Zhang Meng hugged her and counted the places she had heard of in her previous life.
While Grandma Zhang agreed, she felt a little sorry for the money. "Won't it cost a lot to go to so many places?"
Zhang Meng smiled and patted her hand, saying, "Grandma, you don't have to worry about the money. I can't say I'm a wealthy woman, but I have a lot of money. It's enough for you and your brothers to live a comfortable life."
After deciding to go to Beijing, Grandma Zhang simply cooked a few dishes and then went back to her room to pack her clothes as well as Xiaohu and Xiaotao's clothes.
When Gu Mingtai returned from hunting in the mountains, he found that the whole house seemed much quieter and simpler than before.
"You're back, hurry up and pack up, we're leaving for the capital."
When Zhang Meng saw him coming back, she immediately took the pheasant and rabbit from his hands and pushed him into the bathing room.
Only after taking a shower did Gu Mingtai have the chance to ask, "What are we going to do in Beijing?" Zhang Meng packed clothes for him and herself for the trip to Beijing.
"Go play, and go make money." She turned around and said these two sentences to him with a smile.
Because Grandma Zhang, Xiao Tao and Xiao Hu did not have the right like Zhang Meng to go anywhere at any time, Zhang Meng went to the home of Village Chief Zhang and told him that Grandma Zhang and the others were going to the capital.
"Oh, that's great. I didn't expect someone from our village to go to the capital. This is great news. This proves that I'm open. Wait a moment."
When Village Chief Zhang heard that Grandma Zhang was going to Beijing, he was even happier than if he were going himself. Without saying a word, he issued three certificates to Zhang Meng.
I don’t know how this matter spread. Zhang Meng had just come out of the village chief’s house when a group of villagers came to his house.
In two days it will be time to harvest rice in the village. In order to put the villagers in a good mood to do this, Village Chief Zhang specially gave everyone a day off today.
So, the villagers who came to Zhang's house today almost filled up the Zhang's yard.
"Old sister, you are so lucky. Even at such an old age, you still have the opportunity to go out for a walk. Unlike us old people, we don't even know if we will have the chance to leave this village in this lifetime." The speaker was an old sister who usually chatted well with Grandma Zhang in the village.
After hearing that Grandma Zhang was going to Beijing, she immediately asked her eldest granddaughter to help her come here to chat with Grandma Zhang.
When Grandma Zhang looked at the old sisters in the village, she felt half sad and half happy.
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