Luxury Carriage

As expected, the departure date was indefinite. It was supposed to be about 15 days, but it was not brought forward. Instead, it was delayed. They only arrived on the 17th day.

Xiaoguo followed the description in Jiang Danhe’s letter and carefully checked the man’s face in front of her.

She didn’t look away until the man’s face turned red. “Let’s go.”

After leaving the spare key with Yang Jia, she brought Zhuang Zhuang into the carriage.

As soon as they entered the car, Xiaoguo and Zhuang Zhuang were shocked.

Zhuang Zhuang was about to exclaim when Xiaoguo covered his mouth. He must not embarrass himself.

After letting go of Zhuang Zhuang, Xiaoguo sat on the super soft seat cushion with him and said to the handsome man outside the door, “Let’s go.” After the carriage started moving, she could finally take a good look at the interior of the carriage.

Jiang Danhe had actually sent a super luxurious carriage to pick them up. The carriage looked ordinary on the outside, but the interior was completely different.

There was a bed, tea table, fruits, and a stack of scripts. It was very well-equipped and was several times more luxurious than the one she had seen the county magistrate sitting in.

The cushions in the carriage were like a dream. No matter how bumpy the carriage was, they could not feel anything inside.

Zhuang Zhuang sat on the cushion and pressed down hard. He said in surprise, “Mother, it’s so bouncy.”

Xiaoguo nodded happily in agreement.

Being able to sit in a luxurious carriage in this lifetime was something that was enough to wake her from her dreams with laughter.

The carriage traveled for the entire day, from dawn to dusk. When Xiaoguo felt that the carriage had slowed down, she gently put down Zhuang Zhuang, who was sleeping in her arms. Then, she lifted the curtain and looked out.

Not far away, piles of exuberant bonfires lit up the sky. There were armored soldiers with sharp spears standing guard and patrolling in rows. The sound of neat and light footsteps rang out incessantly.

In the center of the camp, there were tents of various sizes. From where she was, a strong fragrance of meat wafted towards them from the direction of the warm tents.

The carriages and horses were parked neatly at the side. After a day of driving, everyone was taking a rest.

As soon as they reached the entrance, she saw a figure walking out of the darkness.

Xiaoguo took a closer look and realized that it was Jiang Danhe, who had been waiting for a long time. Her frown instantly relaxed.

Jiang Danhe spotted her immediately. His face lit up and he quickly walked over.

When the soldiers saw Jiang Danhe, they immediately bowed. He did not even have time to look at them and walked right past them towards Xiaoguo.

“General!”

Jiang Danhe glanced at the young man who had escorted Xiaoguo and Zhuang Zhuang here and nodded at him. “Thank you for your hard work!”

The man blushed when he heard that. He replied excitedly, “It’s not hard work at all!”

“Go back and rest.”

With that, the man bowed and left happily.

In three steps, Jiang Danhe was in the carriage. He lifted the curtain and was about to call out to Xiaoguo when she stopped him.

Xiaoguo gently pointed at Zhuang Zhuang, who was sleeping. Jiang Danhe immediately understood. He held back his laughter and carefully picked the boy up. At this moment, Zhuang Zhuang suddenly turned over. Jiang Danhe was so shocked that he immediately froze on the spot. He didn’t move until Zhuang Zhuang fell asleep again.

“Let’s go,”

Jiang Danhe looked at Xiaoguo, who had gotten out of the carriage, and said softly.

Xiaoguo nodded and followed behind him with her bag.

As he was carrying Zhuang Zhuang in his arms, Jiang Danhe looked like he was not used to it. He appeared rather stiff and awkward. If Zhuang Zhuang was not sleeping, Xiaoguo would have laughed out loud long ago. Jiang Danhe looked just like a living robot.

After the three of them disappeared from their line of sight, the soldiers standing guard started whispering and laughing.

Xiaoguo entered the tent with Jiang Danhe. She found a stool and put her bag down on it. Before she could take a good look at the interior, she saw Jiang Danhe put Zhuang Zhuang down clumsily. He didn’t know where to put his head first. After putting him down, he couldn’t pull out his arm, so he had to pick Zhuang Zhuang up and put him down again. His series of actions almost woke the boy up.

Xiaoguo couldn’t stand it anymore, so she went forward to carry Zhuang Zhuang and skillfully placed him on the bed. Jiang Danhe stood on her side and covered the boy with a blanket. Xiaoguo lifted the blanket again, leaving only one corner to cover his stomach.

It was a little hot to cover him up with an entire blanket in this weather. Besides, Zhuang Zhuang was still wearing his clothes—just covering his stomach would be good enough.

Jiang Danhe looked at Xiaoguo’s familiar movements and pondered for a long time.

“What’s wrong?”

After Xiaoguo was done, she saw a strange-looking Jiang Danhe. She didn’t know what he was thinking, but his face was filled with guilt.

“Huh? Oh, it’s nothing.” Jiang Danhe smiled helplessly. “By the way, dinner is ready. Shall we wake Zhuang Zhuang up for dinner?”

“Yes…” Xiaoguo looked at Zhuang Zhuang with hesitance and nodded. “I’ll wake him up now.”

They had been traveling all day and had not eaten much. Zhuang Zhuang was feeling hungry earlier, but she had coaxed him to sleep.

Jiang Danhe nodded and went out to bring the food in. He knew that Xiaoguo and Zhuang Zhuang had not eaten, so he did not eat either. He was waiting for them to eat with him.

“Zhuang Zhuang? Zhuang Zhuang?”

After Jiang Danhe left, Xiaoguo came to the bed and gently stroked Zhuang Zhuang. After calling out twice, it didn’t work. She had to use her ultimate move.

She exhaled a mouthful of hot air into her hands and burrowed into his clothes. When she touched his soft flesh, she started tickling him.

“Huh? Haha…”

Zhuang Zhuang, who was sleeping, was woken up by tickles.

Seeing that he had woken up, Xiaoguo stopped what she was doing and rubbed his sleepy face. “We’re here. Your father went out to bring food. Wake up and prepare to eat.”

When Zhuang Zhuang heard her words, he looked around energetically. He realized that he was not within a carriage anymore. With this thought in mind, he jumped down enthusiastically and put on his shoes to look around.

Seeing his sudden interest, Xiaoguo was a little puzzled. He was looking listless a moment ago, but now he was looking energetic again.

“Mother… I don’t want to sit in the carriage again. I’m so tired.”

When Zhuang Zhuang was done jumping around, he stopped and said happily.

“We still have to sit in one tomorrow.”

Before Xiaoguo could speak, Jiang Danhe’s voice came from outside

Zhuang Zhuang missed his father a lot. When he saw him enter, he immediately ran over and hugged his legs. Even though Jiang Danhe was holding a tray in his hand, he could still pick up Zhuang Zhuang with one hand.

Although the father and son had a battle of wits and courage the last time, they were missing each other badly right now.

Xiaoguo walked over and took the tray from him. She placed it on the table and looked at the scene of father and son reuniting. Feeling jealous, she said, “Are you going to eat?”

Even she couldn’t hug Zhuang Zhuang like this. She was really envious and jealous of Jiang Danhe!

“Yes, yes, yes!” Zhuang Zhuang was the first to answer.

Jiang Danhe smiled and placed Zhuang Zhuang on a stool before taking a seat by his side.

On the tray were rice porridge, a few steamed buns, three plates of stir-fried vegetables, and a plate of grilled lamb chops.

Xiaoguo’s appetite was still small. After barely eating a bowl of porridge and half a steamed bun, she was full.

Jiang Danhe had wanted her to eat more, but he suddenly remembered how she had lost sleep once because of indigestion. His heart ached at the thought of it, so he gave up. He could only continue to eat up the remaining vegetables with Zhuang Zhuang.

After Jiang Danhe brought out the plates, he brought back a basin of warm water. “It’s not convenient now. If you want to wash up, I’ll prepare it for you when we get there tomorrow.”

Xiaoguo nodded. “Got it.”

She was not in a hurry to wash up. After all, there were still many people outside. Even if the conditions allowed it, she was too embarrassed to wash up here.

She used the water to wipe down Zhuang Zhuang and herself.

At this moment, Zhuang Zhuang was already a little sleepy. He used up his last bit of willpower to finish his dinner. At this moment, he could barely keep his eyes open. He looked like he was going to pass out at any second.