The brand new and shiny four-seater truck had excellent performance. Xu Yuting and Liu Jianli took turns driving it. The two were very excited. They had been to Xingyang County and knew the direction of the road. They drove so fast that they soon disappeared from sight.
Meng Tao took Xiao Wangcai to ride in Meng Zhehan's car. Meng Zhehan was driving and Shen Yu was sitting in the passenger seat. The car was not driving fast and the three of them were talking.
Shen Yu told Director Shen that he wanted to accompany his wife back to the countryside, but it was actually an excuse. He and Meng Zhehan were not going to Xingyang County today. They were going to Pingjiang City.
So Meng Tao will have to take the small truck driven by Xu Yuting and Liu Jicheng later.
When the couple reunited, they were so busy enjoying their sweet love that they didn't have enough time and put everything else aside. It was not until last night before going to bed that Shen Yu told Meng Tao the details: Tian Zhigao had been taken under control.
Just a few days ago, after he called Zhang Fu, he sent someone to Xingyang County. Originally, he planned to keep an eye on it first. However, although Tian Zhigao was not flexible, he was very thoughtful. He sold the yard, and then broke up with his brother Tian Zhiyuan. He got on a car with a stick and left Xingyang County, went to Pingjiang City, and wanted to buy a train ticket to leave.
After hearing the report, Shen Yu ordered the people watching to arrest Tian Zhigao directly. He is currently being held in Pingjiang City.
Meng Zhehan knew about this. He had contacted Shen Yu by phone when he was in Guangzhou, but he didn't tell Meng Tao. He felt that his sister was in a good mood while traveling, so why bother her with something as annoying as Tian Zhigao.
The next day after returning from Guangzhou City, Meng Zhehan went to Pingjiang City to meet Tian Zhigao. Tian Zhigao, who had been imprisoned without seeing the light of day, was a little anxious and panicked, but when he saw Meng Zhehan, he immediately understood who had caught him.
He was no longer panicked, but became calm and steady, and even revealed a bit of arrogance. He did not talk to Meng Zhehan alone, but asked Meng Zhehan to call Shen Yu so that they could discuss the terms together.
What conditions? Tian Zhigao wanted to completely resolve the feud with Meng Taohua, hoping that Shen Yu and Meng Zhehan would let him go from now on and stop bothering him, an ordinary person.
And he will show his utmost sincerity. His sincerity is absolutely priceless to Shen Yu and Meng Zhehan, and can benefit them for the rest of their lives! After passing a sharp turn on the mountain road, the car was silent for a few minutes. Meng Tao wanted to say something several times, but in the end she didn't.
Tian Zhigao is a reborn person who has experienced past and present lives and knows the details of the development of various events, big and small. He wants to negotiate terms with Shen Yu and Meng Zhehan. His greatest sincerity should be to tell the two of them to avoid the minefields of the previous life and save his life.
Meng Tao roughly browsed through the book, but did not see any explanation about Shen Yu's death. It can be seen that there are too many hidden plots that cannot be seen on the pages. For example, the ending of Meng Taohua, the cannon fodder, is a reviled existence in the book, but in fact she is the victim, abandoned by Tian Zhigao, and the Tian family turned black and white upside down, concealed the truth, and completely trampled her into the mud.
If Meng Tao hadn't come through and struck back at the Tian family, revealing the injustice, the world would have had no idea about it.
Therefore, it is indeed necessary to have a serious and detailed "talk" with Tian Zhigao.
Meng Tao had reminded Shen Yu a long time ago that Tian Zhigao was a "reborn person" who had awakened to the memories of his past life. What was in his mind was equivalent to a treasure and should be fully utilized. Just look at the benefits gained from the last trip to Province Y, the space has expanded a lot.
There is no doubt that Shen Yu and Meng Zhehan must be full of curiosity about Tian Zhigao's "rebirth", not to mention that Tian Zhigao also knows the "cause of death" of their previous lives, which is amazing. The two of them have probably been thinking about it in their hearts, and they didn't take action until today, which shows that they can keep their composure.
Meng Tao could foresee that the amount of information that Shen Yu and Meng Zhehan would dig out of Tian Zhigao would definitely exceed her imagination.
So, the fact that she was not the real Meng Taohua would soon no longer be a secret shared by just her.
Before the vest was dropped, Meng Tao actually wanted to explain, but suddenly she didn't know where to start. So forget it, and keep silent for the time being. When the time really comes, she will give a unified explanation.
Shen Yu looked back at Meng Tao from the passenger seat, and Xiao Wangcai's furry head immediately leaned over. Shen Yu pushed it aside, held his wife's hand, and squeezed it gently:
"Would you like some water? There are snacks in my bag, eat whenever you want. Are you bored? I'll come over to keep you company - Xiao Wangcai, come to the front."
Xiao Wangcai barked in protest and kept shrinking towards Meng Tao - he was sitting in the back with his master, why did he have to sit in the front? No! The man and the dog glared at each other.
Shen Yu: “…”
Meng Zhehan and Meng Tao laughed at the same time.
Meng Tao hugged Xiao Wangcai and said, "No, no, we will soon reach Xianyu County, and it's time to go our separate ways."
Meng Zhehan: "Why don't we send Taotao back to Xingyang County first? The two younger brothers are driving the Hero car, they are just busy running without paying attention to the road, and they just run over the potholes. Fortunately, it's a new car. If they were given an old one, it would probably fall apart."
Shen Yu: "I just don't trust them, so let's go directly to Xingyang County."
Shen Yu and Meng Zhehan certainly understood this truth, and since time was really tight, they no longer insisted.
Ten minutes later, they arrived at Xianyu County. A small four-seater truck driven by Liu Jianli and Xu Yuting was waiting on the side of the road. Shen Yu supported Meng Tao and took Xiao Wangcai over. He told them that Taotao was a little carsick, and asked them to watch the road conditions and drive slowly.
When Liu Jianli and Xu Yuting heard that Meng Tao was not feeling well, they rushed over to take care of her and promised to drive carefully.
Shen Yu watched the pickup truck go away before returning to the jeep. After closing the door, the car immediately sped off towards Pingjiang City.
After the small truck Meng Tao was riding in turned two corners, it suddenly accelerated, still using the heroic driving style of Liu Jicheng and Xu Yuting, stepping on the accelerator to the bottom and rushing towards Xingyang County.
Meng Tao asked that since Shen Yu and Meng Zhehan were in a hurry, she should cooperate and finish her work quickly so that they could meet up early in the evening and return to the provincial capital together without holding them back.
Liu Jianli and Xu Yuting were worried that she was not feeling well and was carsick again. Meng Tao told them that she was fine and that she was just pretending not to want to go to Pingjiang City with Shen Yu because she wanted to accompany her two friends to pick fruit.
Liu Jianli and Xu Yuting were of course happy to hear this: it must be the affection they had since childhood, Xiao Huahua would rather give up her newlywed husband and choose to be with them, how nice! The new car was empty, and it drove smoothly all the way, and soon arrived in Xingyang County.
Don’t go to Zhang Fujia first, drive directly to Yangjia Village Brigade in Qingxiagou, Guanshan Commune.
The captain, accountant and members of the Yangjia Village Brigade were worrying about the fruits on the trees. When they saw "Miss Xiao Tao" from the provincial capital food factory finally arrive, they all breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
The fruits on the trees are ripe. The members carefully watch over them day and night, trying their best to drive away insects, ants and birds. The fruits are still hanging on the trees: thin-skinned and juicy yellow earth pears, emerald green and crystal-clear boneless plums, pink and white peaches, the branches are bent by the weight of the trees, it is so pleasing! If Miss Tao doesn't come again, these fruits will be overripe, and the sweetness will become stronger and stronger. In the end, they can't be protected from insects and birds. If there is another storm, it will be even worse. 70% to 80% of the fruits will be knocked down and hit the ground and injured. Who will want them? Distributing them to the members is just a few bites to make their mouths sweet, but it can't fill their stomachs. It's heartbreaking.
Fortunately, Miss Tao came in time and took away the fruits. The team was able to add some money, so they could repair the basic farming road by winter, and then apply for a quota from the commune to buy a tractor in the early spring of next year. From then on, Yangjia Village had tractors to transport grain and buy fertilizers, and it got rid of its reputation as a backward village and no longer had to be looked down upon by those big villages outside.
Just thinking about it makes you feel so beautiful and excited! Xu Yuting and Liu Jianli had never seen such a large orchard. The sweet smell of the fresh fruits on the trees made them greedy, so they picked the fruits and ate them without saying a word.
Xiao Wangcai followed them into the orchard and soon returned to Meng Tao.
After Captain Yang, Accountant Yang and Meng Tao exchanged pleasantries, they immediately made arrangements. All the men, women and children in the village joined in the work. Three hours later, all the fruits on the trees had been picked.
Compared to bayberry, pears, plums and peaches are easier to pick. Bayberry is delicate and has no peel to protect it. Meng Tao came to supervise the picking personally and had strict requirements, not allowing direct touching of the fruits with hands, so the whole village picked the fruits from morning to night.
There were not as many fruits as bayberries this time. After weighing, the total weight was less than 2,000 kilograms, nearly 1,800 kilograms, which was similar to the members' estimates.
It had been agreed before and a deposit had been paid that plums, pears and bayberries were the same price, but peaches were five cents more expensive per pound, so the bill was settled quickly and Meng Tao paid readily.
Accountant Yang collected the money, and the members, like last time, carried the bamboo baskets filled with fruits on their shoulders and backs and used a horse-drawn carriage to deliver them to the side of the road. A small truck was parked there, and Xu Yuting and Liu Jicheng watched over the loading of the fruits into the truck bed.
Captain Yang and several aunts and grandmas invited Meng Tao and her two brothers to return to the village for dinner, saying that there wasn't much good food in the farmyard, but they could still slaughter a chicken or a duck.
Meng Tao smiled and thanked Captain Yang and the villagers for their kindness, saying that this batch of fruits were too ripe and had to be transported back to the factory for processing immediately to avoid waste, so there was no time to eat and they could come back next time.
Captain Yang and the others naturally understood, so they did not try to keep Meng Tao and told her to come again next year. As they watched the pickup truck start, everyone waved goodbye.
After more than forty minutes, the truck returned to Xingyang County.
Meng Tao directed Liu Jianli to the winery. When they arrived at the warehouse at the back door, they happened to see Zhang Fu leading four or five young men, who were about to open the warehouse lock and prepare to take out the goods to sell.
When Zhang Fu saw the brand new truck coming in, he was stunned for a moment. Then he saw Meng Tao sitting in the driver's cab, and he was immediately delighted: Taohua really bought a new truck, and drove it back so soon, it's so beautiful!
(End of this chapter)