Zhebu was permitted to go home.
Moreover, even his mother Anjile was permitted to go home along with him.
This news, for Anjile and Zhebu, was without a doubt tremendously good news. They were so overjoyed that the mother and son hid in a place where others couldn't see and hugged each other, crying loudly.
Anjile's eyes were filled with tears: "Son, if this matter wasn't applied for properly, it could have brought disaster upon us mother and son. It's a good thing you dared to ask."
Zhebu: "Your child originally didn't dare to ask, but with Liu Maopao, this good sworn brother, your child mustered the courage and told the sworn brother. I didn't expect the sworn brother to be so loyal; he immediately helped by taking action and convinced the third manager."
Anjile let out a long sigh: "Liu Maopao has really been too good to our family. From the first day we mother and son arrived in Gao Family Village, we've received Liu Maopao's care. Over these many years, he's helped us in every aspect. This debt of gratitude, even after we return to the grasslands, must absolutely not be forgotten."
Zhebu: "Mother's lesson is right; your child will be good sworn brothers with him for a lifetime."
Anjile: "We still have shares in the Warm and Sleepy Wool Sweater Factory. Now that we're going home this time, what should we do about these shares?"
Zhebu: "Let's just keep these shares and not mess with them. Now, the major shareholder of Warm and Sleepy isn't the sworn brother anymore; the sworn brother transferred his shares to the village committee. Warm and Sleepy has changed from a 'private enterprise' to a 'village-run enterprise.' For us to hold a little bit of small shares in a village-run enterprise is a very good thing; we'll be seen as one of their own by Gao Family Village. We absolutely must not throw away these shares."
Anjile: "So that's how it is."
Zhebu: "Village-run enterprises won't make fake accounts. Even if we're not there in person, we don't have to worry about other shareholders swallowing our dividends. I'll have the sworn brother help us save the dividends."
At this point, Zhebu suddenly lowered his voice: "Mother, these shares can also become our fallback. If one day we can't make it on the grasslands, we can still come back to Gao Family Village and live off the shares from Warm and Sleepy."
Anjile suddenly realized: "Son, you're so smart now. You've become the smartest Mongolian I've ever seen."
Zhebu felt a little proud: "That's a must; I grew up studying heavenly books. In front of the Han people, I don't dare to be arrogant, but back on the grasslands, I'll be a top-notch smart person."
The mother and son happily packed their luggage, walked out the door, and saw Liu Maopao leading a group of village committee members coming to see them off.
The two sworn brothers "held hands, looked at each other with tears in their eyes, and were speechless, choked up."
In the end, it was still Liu Maopao who waved first: "Sworn brother, hurry and go, or I really won't be able to let you leave."
Zhebu clasped his fists, flipped onto his horse.
The mother and son together spurred their horses northward.
Mongolians were indeed awesome; Anjile, this middle-aged woman, could also gallop like the wind, steady on horseback as if sitting on flat ground.
Liu Maopao watched them go far away, then turned back and spread his hands to the group of village committee members: "Look at that Mongolian auntie's riding skills! Our Gao Family Village's cavalry battalion still needs a good hard training."
Zhebu and Anjile headed north all the way!
They crossed Huanglong Mountain, passed through Yan'an Prefecture, and soon reached the northern Shaanxi region...
To return to the grasslands from here, they inevitably had to pass through the Great Ming Dynasty's Yansui border town, and at this time, the Yansui commander was already Gao Family Village's person, Shi Jian.
Zhebu didn't dare to cross the border without permission; of course, he had to report to Shi Jian and hand over the pass issued by Gao Family Village's village committee.
The mother and son then rode toward Shi Jian's military camp.
Just as they arrived outside the camp, the mother and son saw a scene they'd never forget upon graduation. They saw ahead on the plain, a large pile of steam armored vehicles parked.
Moreover, they were all Gao Family Village's second-generation armored vehicles.
Using aluminum alloy to make the body, reducing the weight to one-third of before, lightweight yet not losing sturdiness.
At the forefront of the armored vehicle formation stood Zao Ying, loudly shouting to the soldiers: "This old lady went home to nurse the child for over a year, and now she's back again. In this over a year, have you guys trained properly?"
The soldiers replied in unison: "Daily training, we dare not slack off."
Zao Ying: "Now show me the results of your training!"
"Obey!"
The soldiers jumped onto the armored vehicles, closed the doors. A large swath of armored vehicles closed their doors at the same time, emitting a neat "bang" sound, with great momentum.
Zhebu and Anjile were almost dumbfounded watching the whole thing.
Then, all the armored vehicles moved at the same time, accelerating, charging into the distance. Over a hundred armored vehicles roaring together, charging together; it was simply a flood of steel...
Zhebu watched this scene in stunned silence: "This... how to resist this with flesh and blood?"
Anjile whispered: "Not being enemies with them, but being friends with them, might be the only way to resist."
Zhebu nodded dumbly.
The two, led by the duty soldier, found Shi Jian, submitted the "pass," and Shi Jian waved to let them through. Thus, the two finally crossed the Yansui border town and returned to the great grasslands.
They were finally home!
The mother and son's moods suddenly lifted, with a feeling of the vast sea and sky allowing birds to fly freely. They galloped wildly on the great grasslands for a while, and after spending a long time, finally returned to the Wushen tribe.
The Wushen chief came out to welcome them.
This chief, who had expanded his ambitions with Gao Family Village's backing and almost unified the grasslands, grinned: "Zhebu, you've finally come back!"
He was now the person with the greatest power on the grasslands...
But for some reason, when Zhebu and Anjile saw him at first glance, they suddenly felt a bit disappointed in their hearts. This wasn't the appearance they imagined a father (husband) should have.
In Zhebu's mind, the father he hadn't seen for many years should be as majestic as a fierce tiger, as proud as a gray wolf, carrying an aura like deep abysses and towering mountains.
But his father was too far from the image he imagined; in terms of temperament, he was quite lacking, just like a strong illiterate, the clothes he wore were of good quality, all top-grade animal skins, but his father wore them with a "dirty" feel, similar to the nouveau riche feeling over in Gao Family Village.
And Anjile also thought in her heart: The husband in my memory was a very capable man, but after getting used to seeing those heroes proficient in both literary and martial arts in Gao Family Village, looking at her husband again, she felt he completely didn't measure up.
Anjile suddenly remembered the new song recently released by Old Nanfeng's Huahua World Star Agency.
The lyrics went like this: "I really hope you've never seen the world, and love only my ordinary face for a lifetime."
The fault wasn't with the husband; it was with me!
It was me who had seen the world.
Wushen chief: "Anjile, what song are you singing?"
Anjile: "Ah, I'm happy, just humming a few lines casually."