Halfway through the journey, Meng Tao said to Zhang Fu, "Miss Pan just said that your first love is back. Your house should be bustling now."
Zhang Fu snorted, "Impossible! Not to mention coming to my house, my mom would scold her to death if she dared to walk past my door! At the beginning, our moms worked together, and we agreed to let me date her. My whole family treated her well, and we really spoiled her like our own daughter-in-law. We were willing to spend money on her and gave her family all the good things. But in the end, she still betrayed me, fell in love with other 'capable men', and ran away without saying hello... If she still has the nerve to come back to me, I really admire her cheek and courage."
Zhang Di yelled, "Brother, Pan Qiaolian ran away with another man. Even if she comes back, I don't want her to be my sister-in-law!"
Zhang Fu: "Do you think your brother is a fool? Even if I can't get a wife in my lifetime, I can't marry him!"
"That's more like it," Zhang Di turned to look at Meng Tao and sighed, "It's a pity that Sister Taohua is engaged to someone else... Sister Taohua, my brother is a good person, why do you look down on him?"
Zhang Fu coughed repeatedly, and Jinniu said to Zhang Di seriously, "This depends on fate, you know? They are not destined to be together."
"Why is there no fate? Then why are my brother and Sister Taohua so good?"
Meng Tao explained: "When I met your brother, I was already dating my fiancé. Since we are good friends, we should be loyal to each other. We can't just fall in love with one person, right? So your brother and I have a brother-sister relationship."
"But I like Sister Taohua, and I want to have a sister-in-law like her, who is generous and beautiful."
"Don't worry, your brother is capable and will definitely find you a more generous and beautiful sister-in-law in the future."
"Who knows? Look at Pan Qiaolian, she's just so-so in appearance, and she ran away with someone while we were dating. It's hard to say whether she can get a wife in the future. Oh, it's so worrying!"
"puff--"
"Ha ha!"
Meng Tao and Jin Niu were amused by Zhang Di's pretentious tone.
Zhang Fu glared at his silly brother helplessly: "No wonder he hasn't grown any taller. He just eats and does nothing all day, worrying about nothing!"
When they got home, Zhang's father had already boiled a large pot of hot water for everyone to wash their faces and feet. Zhang Di chattered to Zhang's father about the content of the movie and told him what happened in front of the cinema. After listening, Zhang's father frowned and made it clear that he would not accept Pan Qiao Lian coming back to reconcile with Zhang Fu.
Meng Tao was worried about Tian Zhiyuan's trip to Province Y, and she really wanted to figure out what Tian Zhigao was up to.
While scooping hot water in the kitchen, he said to Zhang Fu, "When Master Gan has made the medicinal wine, you should store it in the small warehouse in time. Also, I need three jars of strong rice wine for the boss to use for making flower wine. If you see that the other medicinal wines in your factory are of good quality, I will also order some of each, so that we can make up 300 jars of the kind that can hold five kilograms... I may have to go to Mengzhou tomorrow. Is it okay for Brother Jinniu to stay at your house?"
"No problem. I'll just keep my dad company. How long will you be gone? Do you need help?"
"No, I'll probably be back in two or three days."
In fact, Meng Tao was not sure how many days it would take for him to come back. She had to find out where Tian Zhiyuan was going in Province Y. It would be best if she could know his specific route so that she could roughly guess Tian Zhigao's intentions.
So I had to follow him to Mengzhou Railway Station to see where he bought the ticket.
She took out a stack of RMB and handed it to Zhang Fu. Zhang Fu said, "Money for the wine? That's too much."
Meng Tao: "I'll give you more if you have more. This is the money the boss gave me for the purchase. I'll give you less next time you buy more."
The next day, Zhang's mother came over early to prepare breakfast. After everyone finished eating, Zhang Fu and Zhang Di went to work or school. After everyone left, Meng Tao told Jinniu and Zhang's mother the reason why she wanted to go to Mengzhou. Then she went out and walked along the road out of the city to the winery. She walked to a secluded place, checked that there was no one around, hid in the corner and took out the Fei Ge bicycle from the space.
The previous few times she left the village, she forgot to take her bicycle with her, so she had to walk across Mengzhou City. This time she learned her lesson.
Meng Tao hurriedly rode her bicycle to the small warehouse of the winery, collected two baskets of wild boar meat and venison, locked them, rode her bicycle straight back to the county bus station, put away the bicycle in a corner, and hurried to the ticket window to buy a ticket so that she could catch the bus to Mengzhou which left at 7 o'clock.
Meng Tao saw Tian Zhiyuan boarding the bus, and he deliberately sat at the back. Meng Tao sat at the front, wearing a big mask, two small braids, and a scarf, so that Tian Zhiyuan would not recognize her.
Tian Zhiyuan really couldn't tell.
In fact, he was still a little dazed. After all, he was going to a border province where he was unfamiliar with the place. He was very nervous and had all kinds of thoughts. He could never have imagined that his whereabouts had been discovered and followed by Meng Tao.
Three hours later, the bus arrived at Mengzhou Bus Station. Meng Tao got off first and hid in the distance watching Tian Zhiyuan get off. Probably after being warned by Tian Zhigao, Tian Zhiyuan changed his usual preferences. He was no longer slicked back with slicked-back hair and neat and new clothes. Instead, he deliberately made his hair messy and wore a grey coat that was half-worn and even had two patches on the elbows. He also had no decent luggage and was carrying a sack in his hand that looked old but very sturdy!
Tian Zhiyuan was still quite cautious. He looked around after getting off the bus. Seeing that there was nothing suspicious, he quickly walked out of the bus station and went to the train station.
Meng Tao followed closely.
Tian Zhiyuan went to buy a ticket when he arrived at the train station. There were no people queuing at that time, so he quickly bought the ticket and went to the waiting room to wait. Meng Tao walked to the ticket window and said to the conductor, "I'm going to Province Y with the person just now. Let's buy the same ticket."
The conductor quoted the price, Meng Tao handed over the money and received a train ticket. She picked it up and thought to herself that she had been careless: the ticket was for the capital of Y Province, which meant that after arriving in the capital of Y Province, Tian Zhiyuan would transfer to another train. How could she know where he was going? Should she follow him to Y Province? Meng Tao thought about it for a while and finally decided to go. Anyway, she had proof in her bag, so staying in a hotel would not be a problem. She would observe the situation on the way and find out what Tian Zhiyuan was like. She couldn't just follow him passively. If she could find something with written marks on him, it would be easy.
The train to Province Y would not arrive in more than an hour. Meng Tao walked to a post office near the train station and called Shen Yu to report to him, in case she couldn't find his phone during the trip and had no communication for a few days and then started to have wild thoughts.
During working hours, no one was at the Shen residence. Meng Tao called Shen Yu's office phone directly, but no one answered. After thinking about it, she called Meng Zhehan's office phone.
Meng Zhehan answered the call quickly: "Hello?"
Meng Tao: "Brother, it's me."
Meng Zhehan smiled: "Where is my sister, is she okay?"
Meng Tao: "I'm fine. Please tell Shen Yu that I'll call him in the capital of Y Province in a few days."
Meng Zhehan was stunned for a moment. Why did he go to the capital of Y Province? "Y Province's capital railway station? When will you arrive? I'll call someone to pick you up."
"No need, I'll contact you later, I'm hanging up now!"
"Hey, wait..."
The sound of hanging up was heard from the microphone.
(End of this chapter)