Chu Tian smiled and said with a natural compliment in his tone, "Thank you so much, Captain Meng. If it weren't for you, I really don't know what I would do!"

Captain Meng waved his hand. "Hey, why are you so polite? You'll be working under me in the future, so just do your job well. I'm a straightforward person. I like to say what I want to say. I don't like beating around the bush!"

Chu Tian nodded, "Yes, Captain Meng, I understand."

Captain Meng nodded, glanced at Li Gang, who was standing at the entrance of the transport team chatting with someone, and said, "Alright, Li Gang is waiting for you, go find him!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and walked towards the truck not far away.

When Chu Tian walked to Li Gang, Li Gang had already finished talking to him. The other party nodded at him and left.

As the two of them walked towards Xu Fei's house, Chu Tian was silent for a moment, then said embarrassedly, "Brother Li Gang, I'm sorry I didn't tell you my real name before..."

Li Gang turned his head to look at Chu Tian and grinned, "What's the big deal? We're in the black market, so it's only natural for us to be a little wary of others."

Chu Tian smiled and nodded, "Brother Li Gang is right!"

The two returned to Xu Fei's house. Li Gang sat on a chair and looked at Chu Tian who sat down with him. He smiled and said, "You will be a formal employee of the transport team in the future, so you probably won't be here anymore..."

Chu Tian understood what Li Gang meant and continued, "No one would complain about having too much money. Although I will be working in a transport team in the future, I won't be driving a sports car every day. When I'm not driving a sports car, I still want to continue doing business with Brother Li Gang."

Li Gang was happy when he heard this, "Brother, I feel relieved with your words."

Chu Tian curled his lips and smiled, thinking of something, Chu Tian asked tentatively, "Brother Li Gang, can you receive the jewelry?"

Li Gang was stunned for a moment. "Jewelry? Gold? Or jade?"

Chu Tian pondered for a moment and said, "Anything is fine. Gold, jade, bracelets, pendants, rings, as long as it's jewelry, or ornaments that can't be called jewelry, I want them all..."

Li Gang hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Brother Chu, we've known each other for quite some time. I'd better remind you of something."

Chu Tian listened attentively, "Brother Li Gang, please speak."

"Now, with the "Four Olds" campaign underway, jewelry, gold, ornaments, and the like are all being beaten, smashed, destroyed, or confiscated. Basically, people don't dare to put them out in the open. Even if you buy them, you can't use them!"

Li Gang couldn't understand why Chu Tian wanted to collect those things. Wouldn't it be better to sell more food when he had time?

"My daughter likes beautiful jewelry, so I bought it just to make her happy and I won't take it outside..."

After a pause, Chu Tian continued, "Besides, no one can guarantee that those precious gold jewellery will never see the light of day again, right?"

Chu Tian just thought that Li Gang was a really good person. No matter what the reason was, whenever he came to Li Gang for help, Chu Tian would help find a solution. Just for this reason, Chu Tian felt that Li Gang was someone worth associating with.

Therefore, it is appropriate to give him a kind reminder occasionally. Of course, whether he listens or not is his business.

Li Gang was a smart man. He glanced at Chu Tian thoughtfully after hearing this. After pondering for a while, he whispered, "Brother Chu, have you heard any news?"

Chu Tian just smiled faintly, "Brother Li Gang, are you kidding me? I'm just an ordinary member of the company, how can I hear any news?"

The two chatted for a while, and seeing that it was almost one o'clock, they agreed to ask Sun Weiguo to deliver another batch of fruits tomorrow, and then Chu Tian said goodbye.

He will officially start work the day after tomorrow, and he has to go to handle household registration matters tomorrow. Just like Captain Meng said, the advantage of moving the household registration to the transport team is that it is much more cost-effective than keeping it in the team, although only his household registration can be moved there...

Chu Tian went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought Wu Ya's favorite orange candies, canned yellow peaches, and biscuits. He also bought two bottles of vanishing cream for Yao Xiujuan, and bought the thimble and several colors of thread that Old Lady Chu had been talking about, as well as the old-fashioned egg cake that she had said was delicious last time...

After buying the things, Chu Tian did not go shopping anymore. He rode his bicycle towards the outside of the regiment. Unexpectedly, before he rode out of the regiment, he saw Li Jianmin walking towards the outside of the regiment with two bags in his hands.

"Li Jianmin?"

Li Jianmin turned his head and saw Chu Tian riding in front of him. He raised his hand to check the time and was surprised to see that it was already past half past one.

"Brother Chu Tian, ​​why are you..."

Chu Tian smiled and said, "After finishing my work, I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things for my family, so I'm a little late..."

"Okay, let's talk on the way. Come up!"

Li Jianmin did not continue to be polite but just said "Hey" and jumped onto the back seat of the bicycle.

"Aren't you just going to take a picture? Why are you leaving so late?"

Chu Tian looked back at Li Jianmin.

Li Jianmin responded with a smile, "We plan to dig up the vegetable garden at the educated youth camp before the spring plowing. So, I might not have time to come here later. I paid extra to have the photo studio develop my photos expedited. I waited a little longer at the studio, picked up the photos, and took them directly to the post office to mail them back. This way, I don't need to come here later..."

Chu Tian nodded in understanding. "The company hasn't decided on a start date for this year's spring plowing. Why are you so anxious?"

"Although the weather has gradually warmed up recently, it's still too dry to work in the fields. I don't think we'll be able to start working in the next two or three days. Based on how dry the land was last year, I think it'll take at least three or four days..."

Li Jianmin chuckled and said, "I know, but last year we didn't have vegetables to eat until May... We don't want to wait that long this year."

Chu Tian nodded. "Didn't you eat separately last year? Why are you eating together this year?"

Li Jianmin didn't hide it, but said directly, "After that person left, we got together again. After all, we take turns cooking, so everyone can rest for a while when they are not cooking during the busy farming season..."

Chu Tian raised his eyebrows, "This is indeed better..."

When they arrived at the brigade, Li Jianmin got off the back of his bicycle, took out a bag of candy from his pocket and handed it to Chu Tian, ​​"Brother Chu Tian, ​​give this to Xinxin!"

Chu Tian waved his hand, "No, there's some candy at home, save it for the busy spring plowing season!"

Li Jianmin said frankly, "Brother Chu Tian, ​​I don't like sweets. I bought this just for Xinxin. If you don't want it, you can give it to someone else!"

After saying that, he put the bag of candy on the back seat, turned around and strode towards the educated youth point.

"Why····"

Looking at Li Jianmin who was striding away, Chu Tian had no choice but to pick up the bag of candy and put it in the bag hanging on the handlebar.