On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Fu brought his naughty brother Zhang to pay New Year's greetings. This time, Zhang brother did not catch chickens or chase dogs, but set off firecrackers everywhere. His two pockets were filled with firecrackers, which he lit one by one and threw out. He threw them into empty places, such as water tanks, stoves, washbasins, and even chicken coops and holes in the wall... The whole yard was in chaos. Meng Tao had a headache. What is a naughty child? If this was her brother, she would have beaten him every day.

Zhang Fu said that the tiger bone wine has been brewed, and the batch of Bamboo Leaf Green Wine that Meng Tao wanted was also received yesterday and all loaded into the small warehouse.

Meng Tao gave him the remaining money for the wine and asked him to pay it back after returning to work. Zhang Fu was very happy to receive more than 70 yuan in compensation.

Although he found so many gold coins and silver dollars in the recycling station, he followed Meng Tao's advice and didn't take them out for the time being. He would wait for two years. So now he had to go to work honestly to earn money. By the way, he also went to the cultural center to sign up for a night school class and started to make up for his lessons.

The last time he saw Jinniu learning to read, he was a little touched. He graduated from junior high school and originally thought that this level of education was enough. But since he followed Meng Taohua, no matter whether it was selling wine or rummaging through garbage, he didn't understand half of the knowledge points that other people talked about. He felt that it was still the truth that he should read more and learn more.

The gifts the two brothers brought were small fish cooked in spicy fermented rice, fried orchid root candy, and a small jar of sealed sour meat, weighing about five pounds. Zhang Fu said that his mother got it from her parents' home, and they got two jars. They ate one and kept one for Jinniu and Taohua.

This sour meat is a specialty of Province S. Zhang Ma's sister-in-law is from there. She made it herself using a secret family recipe. As for the taste, Zhang Fu couldn't really describe it. Anyway, everyone has different tastes and different descriptions. You won't know until you try it. But it is said to be very nutritious and can help patients or those in confinement to replenish their bodies.

It happened that Zhou Cuiling and Zhang Guoqing came over and brought a live grass carp weighing more than three pounds. Meng Tao directly replaced it and took out a large grass carp weighing five or six pounds from the lotus tank in the space. At noon, she stewed a pot of sauerkraut fish and made a dry pot of mutton. It was a rich and delicious lunch. Everyone ate so much that they wanted to swallow it. They were all full.

After dinner, Zhou Cuiling and Zhang Guoqing went back to Zhang's house. Zhang Fu and Zhang Di also had to go to the commune to wait for the bus back to the county town. Meng Tao thought about putting the tiger bone wine into the space first, so she said something to Jinniu, and told Wang Tiegen, then took Xiao Wangcai and took the bus to the county town with Zhang Fu and Zhang Di.

In fact, if Zhang Fu didn't come, she would have to go out in the next two days. In addition to putting away the tiger bone wine, spring is here. Ma Fengnian left her his phone number to see if he could get in touch with her. He wanted him to go to Jinling Tea Factory to order a batch of high-quality spring tea.

In addition, there were more than 100 kilograms of fresh tiger meat in the space. It was taken out and eaten as beef during the New Year, but only less than 10 kilograms was eaten. Although there was no sign of spoilage in the space, she was still worried because it was raw meat after all. She thought about going out for a while and saying that she bought it in Mengzhou when she came back, and then making it into jerky after crossing the road.

The three of them got on the bus, and Zhang Di was carrying the gift from Meng Tao, a large pumpkin weighing more than ten pounds.

The last time Zhang Di came, he ate steamed pumpkin. Meng Tao couldn’t remember whether it was an ordinary pumpkin or one from the space. Anyway, the kid remembered that pumpkin was delicious and insisted on having a big pumpkin to take back. Meng Tao’s family didn’t have ordinary pumpkins, so she gave him this one. Dad Zhang could also eat it, which would be good for his injuries.

Zhang Di asked Meng Tao: "Sister Taohua, you can't come back at night, can you stay at my house?"

Meng Tao smiled and shook her head, and told the brothers: "I will go to the small warehouse to test the wine first, then change the boss's lock, and then take the last bus directly to Mengzhou."

Zhang Fu knew that the boss had changed the locks, so he sent a car specifically for the boss, used his own key to open the door and transport the wine away.

He only asked, "What are you doing in Mengzhou? You have to stay in a hotel at this time, right?"

Meng Tao did not hide it from him: "I bought a house in Mengzhou, it's empty, go and take a look."

Zhang Fu was full of envy, thinking to himself that his peers, Taohua, who is still a girl, can buy a house in the city, so he must work hard too!

After getting off the bus at the county town, Zhang Fu wanted to accompany Meng Tao to the winery, but Meng Tao said no, she just wanted to take a look and leave as she was in a hurry.

So he said goodbye to brother Zhang Fu, went to the winery alone, unlocked the small warehouse, closed the door, collected the tiger bone wine and Bamboo Leaf Green Wine, and then rushed to the bus station to catch the bus.

As they walked out of the bus station, little Wangcai, who had been quiet in the bag, began to whimper. Meng Tao squatted down and let it out, thinking that the little guy might be bored after sitting in the car for half a day, so she let him walk back slowly along the street.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Wangcai got off the ground, barked a few times in one direction, and then bit Meng Tao's trouser leg and dragged her in that direction. Meng Tao was stunned, thinking that Xiao Wangcai wanted her to cross the road and go to the other side, where the street is wider. After hesitating for a while, Xiao Wangcai had already jumped off the curb and ran to the other side.

Meng Tao had no choice but to follow.

At this time, a man walked out of a state-owned restaurant across the street. He was wearing a black woolen mid-length coat, tall and straight, and his handsome face was as cold as snow. When he saw Xiao Wangcai rushing to him, the man was surprised and moved. He bent down to pick up Xiao Wangcai, stood up and looked around anxiously. When he saw Meng Tao, he immediately smiled, and the whole person was as bright and dazzling as the sun in May: "Taohua! It's really you! So great!"

Meng Tao was also surprised: Shen Yu is here?

Xiao Wangcai is so powerful that I can smell his scent from so far away.

Shen Yu put Xiao Wangcai down, walked forward and hugged Meng Tao tightly in his arms.

Meng Tao pushed him: "Let go! We are on the street, you are being a hooligan!"

Shen Yu buried his face in her hair, greedily sniffing her scent: "Let me hug you! I've been thinking about you day and night, and now I finally see you!"

Xiao Wangcai didn't bite Shen Yu this time. He circled around him, then squatted beside him, looking at the two of them with his little head tilted.

After hugging for two minutes, Shen Yu reluctantly let go of Meng Tao, gently fixed her hair, and asked, "When are you coming to Mengzhou? Fortunately, I thought of having a meal here, otherwise I would have missed you."

Meng Tao replied: "I just came today and got off the bus. Xiao Wangcai suddenly ran over. He knew you were here."

Shen Yu looked down at Xiao Wangcai and said, "Well done, Xiao Wangcai. Thank you!"

Meng Tao asked again: "What brings you to Mengzhou?"

Shen Yu stared at her deeply: "My lover is in Mengzhou, do you think I am okay? Can I not come?"

Meng Tao glanced at him sideways, and her already rosy cheeks became even more rosy, as if she had been given a layer of rouge.

Shen Yu resisted the urge to kiss her and raised his hand to touch his beloved girl's hair. On the street, you really can't be too excessive. When we hugged just now, we were stared at by those who passed by. We should be low-key.

(End of this chapter)