"You only know!" Zhang Meng ignored his son's heartache look and snatched the ox horn bow from the other party, turned his head and stuffed it back into Zhang Ran's arms!

And he glared at Zhang Ran fiercely and said a little unhappy: "Brother Ran, it's not me who said you... You don't even know the value of this bow, so why did you easily accept the gifts from others? As the saying goes, you don't receive any rewards without merit. You have to know that this favor debt is the most difficult to repay! So, I advise you to return the treasure bow to others as soon as possible! Avoid trouble in the future, and you will regret it!"

"Haha... Uncle is too worried." Zhang Ran couldn't help but smile and then explained to Zhang Meng: "Uncle, this bow is a gift from Cao Xiang to me... Cao Xiang, do you know? It was the fat boy I invited when our restaurant opened a few days ago! Because of his request with Huo Qubing, I taught the cooking techniques and pastry making methods of our restaurant to their kitchen... Therefore, the other party also gave me a good horse and a treasure bow as a thank you!"

"So it's a thank you!" After hearing Zhang Ran's explanation, Zhang Meng suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, but after looking at the treasure bow in Zhang Ran's arms, he still warned: "Brother Ran, don't accept such a valuable gift in the future! Do you know how long it takes to make such a treasure bow? How much energy? This thing is not something that we can use casually!"

Although I felt that Zhang Meng's words were a bit too much, Zhang Ran still agreed with a smile: "Yeah, I know! I will pay attention in the future!"

"Oh!" Zhang Meng saw Zhang Ran's insincere words at a glance, but now that things have come to this, he didn't want to say anything more. He could only sigh helplessly and said to Zhang Ran bitterly: "Brother Ran, I will go back to our Zhangli with the villagers tomorrow. When I am not here, you and Erniu should support each other and take care of each other. Think twice when encountering things. Never act willful..."

"Ah?" Zhang Ran was shocked when he heard Zhang Meng's words and asked Zhang Meng quickly: "Uncle, are you leaving? Why are you so anxious? Why don't you stay for two more days? But what place do I have to treat you well?"

"No! None!" Zhang Meng shook his head quickly, waved his hand to Zhang Ran and said, "Brother Ran, it has nothing to do with you, it's not that you have received badly... On the contrary, we have eaten well and slept well with you these days, and everything is fine!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ran couldn't help but be surprised: "What about you?"

"It's not me, it's the villagers who are clamoring to go home!" Zhang Meng sighed softly and explained to Zhang Ran: "Isn't the restaurant renovation all the time? The villagers all say that they are not used to staying in Chang'an, and they are clamoring to go home... I guess, your restaurant is almost done, and it's enough to have Zhang Shan and others stay in the restaurant and you can help!

The remaining twenty of us stayed here and there was nothing to do. It was not a big deal to eat yours and drink yours. Everyone was dissatisfied with it, so they planned to take some of the villagers back first... By the way, if we could find another job to shop the kang or repair the flue, and let everyone make another money before spring!"

"Ohhh" After hearing Zhang Meng's explanation, Zhang Ran finally understood and immediately smiled, "Uncle, you are too worried. You just ate a few more meals. Can't I still pay attention to the money for the villagers? Besides, our restaurant business is so popular now. I am planning to buy the shop next door and expand the scale of the restaurant... Now, it's the time to use people. If you take the people away now, where will I go to find someone in two days?"

"Yes," Zhang Erniu next to him also advised: "Aweng, I think you'd better stay for a few more days and help Brother Ran get the restaurant decoration work, and it's not too late to return home! Anyway, I've come here, and it's not a bad day or two!"

"Yeah," Zhang Ran also agreed and said, "Uncle, everyone has finally come to Chang'an City once. I haven't seen this yet. I'm so anxious to go back... If the villagers know about this, I won't poke my backbone! So, I suggest that you take this opportunity to take a walk in Chang'an City and see the prosperous scene of Chang'an City. It's not in vain!"

"Oh, that's OK!" After hearing the persuasion of the two, Zhang Meng finally gave up the idea of ​​returning home for a while... He promised to stay for a few more days and help Zhang Ran finish the restaurant before returning home!

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In the evening, Zhang Ran and Zhang Erniu personally cooked, prepared a table of delicious dishes, took out a pot of steamed wine, and drank it with Zhang Meng for a good meal, and also discussed the expansion and decoration of the restaurant.

The next morning.

After Zhang Ran got up, with the help of Xue Tong brothers, he put on the protective gear yesterday, rode a small mare, and arrived at Wei Qing's mansion as agreed, and met with Cao Xiang who came afterwards and left Chang'an City!

Unlike last time, although Zhang Ran and his friends' destination was also Shanglinyuan, they did not come to hunt, but came to Shanglinyuan's brief sightseeing to observe the guard's riding and shooting competition!

Shanglin Garden is hundreds of miles across, including more than 70 palaces. Basically, each palace garden has cavalry garrisons. The total number of these cavalry is as high as thousands of cavalry. They are recruited from the six counties in the northern region. These guards are guards who are good at guarding the weapons and are called Qimen Guards because of their "Qizhu Palace Gate". Even Wei Qing was one of them at the time!

Unlike the two armies of the north and south established by Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, the Qimen Guards formed an almost unique army, and were a few elite cavalry units directly controlled by the emperor... In addition, Zoumaguan was originally a place for the emperor to raise horses and watch horse racing, but due to the emperor's preference, it gradually became an arena for the Qimen Guards and other cavalrymen. Small-scale riding and shooting competitions were held regularly at the end of the month!

Huo Qubing is Wei Qing's nephew, the favorite minister of Emperor Liu Che, and Cao Xiang is the only son of Princess Pingyang. Both of them have very special identities and like to ride and shoot, so they often watch or participate in the ride and shoot competitions here with the emperor... According to the two, they also plan to show their skills this time!

As for the purpose of inviting Zhang Ran to come together... According to their statement, I want Zhang Ran to take this opportunity to open his eyes and observe the excellent riding and shooting skills of the guards in the Qimen, learn from it, and better enrich himself!

However, Zhang Ran always felt that these two people were clearly trying to show off their riding and shooting skills in front of him... they were not as good as they said!
Chapter completed!