Meng Tao just watched with a smile, saying nothing or interfering. Shen Yu had told her that she must not agree to let her brother-in-law accompany her back to Mengzhou. Registering for a marriage certificate is only a matter for two people, so why would three people need to be present?
Even Xiao Wangcai could have been taken back, but in order to avoid being disturbed, Shen Yu only said to let him train for a few more days and did not allow Meng Tao to go see him.
Meng Tao felt quite guilty about poor little Wangcai.
But marriage is a big deal, and like Shen Yu, she is looking forward to the world of two people after getting the marriage certificate, so she has to be cruel and let Xiao Wangcai down first. She will compensate it when it comes back and leave more delicious food for it.
Meng Tao found some clean clothes. She was covered in dust after being buried in the pile of books in the scrap warehouse that morning. She needed to wash herself thoroughly. She could have gone into the space to take a spring bath, but Shen Yu was very careful and did not allow her to enter the space in broad daylight in this building, because the neighbors on both sides had elderly people, children and women, and they would come and knock on their door from time to time, so she was afraid that no one would notice anything.
After Shen Yu sent Meng Zhehan back, he saw the bathroom door was closed. Knowing that his wife was taking a shower, he went to the balcony clothesline to get two dry towels and put them there to help his wife wipe her hair later. This was his favorite thing to do.
In the afternoon, Shen Yu went to work and Meng Tao sorted out her things in the dormitory. She was only living there for a week, but she had bought a lot of things, some she bought, some given by Director Shen and Meng Zhehan, and some that Shen Yu had stored and was not using for the time being. She sorted them all out and put them into the space.
The two large boxes of "wedding candies and cigarettes" were also collected.
This is just a temporary residence. The inspection team that Shen Yu was in has already left, leaving only two people to supervise industry rectification and handle some affairs. Shen Yu voluntarily stayed here because of Meng Tao. His work here is almost completed, and he will probably return to Beijing next month.
So some things had to be put away to avoid the trouble of moving them around. If others asked about it, I could say that I took them back to my home at Qianjin Steel Plant bit by bit on a regular basis.
When Shen Yu came back from get off work, Meng Tao had already prepared dinner. The two talked while eating. Shen Yu told Meng Tao that he had received special news today, urging him to ship the goods.
Meng Tao's eyes sparkled: "Then make money! Why not? We have a lot of goods now. Fresh vegetables and melons, dried mushrooms and fruits, tea, wine, medicinal materials and other specialties. It can more than fill two 10-ton trucks. How much is it worth?"
Shen Yu looked at his money-grubber with amusement: "We can't give so much. That guy is very smart and he will guess our intentions. Just give out half of it first. I have seen those herbs. They come from deep mountains and are very good. We will not send them overseas. We will keep them for our own use in the future."
"OK."
"Give him some tiger meat and venison. Last time he asked if I had any tiger meat, saying he needed it for medicine. I didn't respond, and I don't know if he found any."
"I've made it all into jerky. Can it still be used as a medicine? I sent some to my cousin, the Liu family, and the Xu family. We also eat some on weekdays. I left a few pounds for Director Shen. There are probably about 20 to 30 pounds left. Is that enough?"
"Give me five or six pounds of tiger meat and venison each. This is a favor, not money."
"OK."
After dinner, the two of them divided the work of washing the dishes, wiping the table and mopping the floor, then they washed, dressed, changed clothes and went out. In the eyes of the neighbors, they were a newlywed couple, and they would definitely go out every night to "walk the street", watch movies, and have a romantic time.
Actually, it wasn't like that. Meng Tao had been staying in the provincial capital for those few days, and the two of them were busy day and night, so they had no time to watch a movie.
During the day, Shen Yu went to work while Meng Tao went shopping. At night, they went to various black markets together and looked for a boiler room that needed fuel to destroy more than a dozen boxes of "unique products" confiscated from Province Y. Meng Tao heard that there was an agricultural science institute outside the city, so they went there at night, claiming to be visiting, but secretly collected a lot of excellent seedlings and saplings grown in other people's experimental fields and planted them in the space.
Shen Yu also borrowed a truck and took Meng Tao to a ceramic factory dozens of miles outside the city, where they purchased a batch of ceramic jars in a private transaction. Thousands of them, large and small, of various styles, were placed in the space and could be used at any time to store wine, pickles, and sauces.
The reason why Meng Tao wanted to buy so many ceramics was because she was tired of going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy them. In the past, when she wanted to make kimchi, if she bought a few more, the salesperson would ask her a lot of questions. Moreover, the bottles and jars were large and could not be stored in the space all at once. They had to be loaded on a ox cart and brought back. On the way, if a corner was accidentally broken or one or two were smashed...it was really frustrating.
Considering that most of the bottled wine purchased in large quantities are labeled, even if the batch from Zhangfu Winery is not labeled, the same glass bottle will appear so many times that someone with a keen eye can trace it back. So it is better to buy more ceramic jars and replace the glass bottle packaging. Now no one can tell the origin.
After returning from Province Y, Meng Tao took Shen Yu into the space. For Shen Yu, it was like opening the door to a new world. Once he entered, he began to study endlessly, so they really had no time to watch movies or stroll around.
Of course, when two people are together, it never stops them from talking about love.
After watching the movie, they strolled back and it was almost ten o'clock, time for a break. They closed the doors and windows, turned off the lights, and embraced each other as they walked into the sea of clouds.
Meng Tao first took Shen Yu to see the "junk" she had collected in the morning. When Shen Yu saw the mountain of broken porcelain pieces, he couldn't help but twitch his lips. He secretly warned himself: I must not let my young wife stay with my fourth cousin from the Xu family in the capital who loves to study archaeology, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.
Looking at another pile of antique furniture with broken arms and legs, there are ebony relief tables, mahogany desks, mahogany rectangular flower tables, huanghuali Luohan beds, small-leaf red sandalwood inlaid jade official hat chairs, golden nanmu eight-immortal tables... Shen Yu went forward to take a closer look and also felt it was a pity, and said:
"These were made during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The craftsmanship was exquisite and the wood was precious and rare... But they are so damaged that it is difficult to restore them to their original state."
"Let's keep them for now. Maybe we can find a skilled craftsman to restore them to the public."
Meng Tao said, and then pulled Shen Yu to look at the books she had selected: "Look at these rare and valuable books, as well as silk books and silk paintings. Which one is not a masterpiece? What's even more valuable is the content recorded in the books. They are all precious historical materials, and some are still very useful now."
Shen Yu flipped through a few thread-bound books and nodded in praise: "Not bad, not bad, my wife is really capable and has done a great thing. She deserves praise!"
"Everyone can give verbal praise, but there's no reward. Humph!" Meng Tao said proudly.
"Who said no? Come on!"
Shen Yu stroked her hair with a smile, then squatted down. Meng Tao laughed and threw herself on his back without any hesitation. Shen Yu carried his young wife on his back, ran around the pile of "junk" four or five times, and then ran forward along the flat corridor paved with carved stone slabs. The two of them were filled with laughter all the way.
They went to the library.
There are three magnificent palaces in the space, namely the Study Pavilion, the Self-cultivation Hall, and the Alchemy Room.
Meng Tao and Shen Yu can enter and exit the library at will, but they cannot enter the Self-cultivation Hall and the Alchemy Room. Shen Yu said that there must be restrictions and they must practice and improve before they can enter.
So now when the two of them came in, the place they stayed the longest was the tall, spacious and airy three-story library. Shen Yu was more patient, while Meng Tao would usually slip out before she had finished half of a book, going to her small courtyard to do things that interested her more.
The small courtyard occupied by Meng Tao is right next to the plantation. It was originally used as a warehouse. It is a two-story wooden building with seven stone huts on the side. The spiritual plants, spiritual rice, and spiritual medicines stored are written on the lintels. The doors are usually closed. If you push the doors open, you cannot stare inside or you will feel dizzy. Meng Tao later figured it out: since they are warehouses, these stone huts should be infinitely large and can hold many, many things.
Meng Tao saw that the two-story wooden building was exquisitely built. The wood must be very valuable, with solid and fine texture, and exuding a faint fragrance. She liked it very much and decorated the whole wooden building as her own boudoir. She also temporarily placed her "belongings" in the wooden building, but she could not put all of them in. She could not help but sigh that her belongings were too few and she was embarrassed to occupy those small stone houses with unlimited capacity.
Tonight, under Shen Yu's supervision, Meng Tao had to follow him and stay in the library for two hours. Then the two of them went to the small circular square where foreign items were placed to sort out the goods to be shipped abroad and repackage them. They were busy for more than two hours, took a bath with spring water in the space, and then left the space and went to bed to rest.
The next day, Shen Yu arranged his work, called Director Shen and Meng Zhehan respectively, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, he drove away from the provincial capital with Meng Tao.
Instead of taking a straight road towards Mengzhou, they turned and went to a neighboring province. In a temporary warehouse in a city in the neighboring province, Meng Tao released the goods. Shen Yu called the other party and asked him to pick up the goods himself. The other party was well prepared. As soon as he received the call, he immediately said that he would send a car and transport the goods within about four hours.
There were people guarding the temporary warehouse, and by the time they came to move the goods, Shen Yu and Meng Tao had already run to some unknown section of the road.
After taking a long detour, they had to find a place to stay halfway, but the two of them didn't need to rush to stay in a hotel. They continued on the night road and drove forward. It was just right to arrive in the wilderness in the middle of the night. They went straight into the space with the car and people, just like they were at home, and had a good sleep. After being well rested, they came out and continued on their journey.
It was noon when they arrived at Pingjiang City. Meng Tao had prepared a cloth bag with three pounds of venison and wild boar meat, some specialties from Y Province, an enamel soup bowl with a lid filled with wild thornberries for Xiao Mingming, and some candies, biscuits, and milk powder.
(End of this chapter)
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