Meng Tao introduced Xu, Liu and Zhang Fu to each other, and the three of them shook hands politely as they had never met before.

Zhang Fu said that he would go home for dinner after he delivered the goods to the guys. He then went to the office building to call Zhang's mother and asked her to leave work early and go home to cook some delicious dishes.

"Let's not eat. We're in a hurry." Meng Tao said.

Xu Yuting and Liu Jicheng also said you’re welcome.

The two were not actually hungry. Meng Tao prepared several kettles filled with boiling water in the car, as well as various snacks that were purchased from the Guangzhou Tea House and stored in the space, and dried meat, which the two of them loved.

Zhang Fu wanted to ask what was going on? Meng Tao didn't wait for him to ask, pointing to the truck bed and saying, "The fruits on this truck need to be unloaded and put in the warehouse. As usual, the boss's people will arrange a time to come and pick up the goods themselves."

Zhang Fu said hurriedly: "There are people here, let's ask them to come over and unload the truck."

Meng Tao: "Okay, I'll pay you for your labor. The fruit is fresh and has just been picked. You can eat as much as you want."

The young men who came with Zhang Fu to pick up the goods were very willing to help. When they heard that they would be paid for their work and could eat as much fruit as they wanted, they were very happy and very motivated. They immediately ran over to unload the truck.

Liu Jianli and Xu Yuting worked with them.

Meng Tao walked over and opened the door of the small warehouse. Half of the room was filled with neatly stacked pottery jars, all of which seemed to weigh two or five kilograms.

Zhang Fu said, "This is the batch of Huadiao wine. I got 600 jars, half of which were 2-jin bottles and half were 5-jin bottles."

Meng Tao nodded and said, "Well done. I guess the 'big boss' people will come over tonight or tomorrow, and they will transport it all away then."

I complained in my mind: What kind of “big boss” is this? He still has to sneak out by himself to pick up the goods late at night.

Alas, it’s really not easy to be a big boss.

Several guys unloaded 35 baskets of fruit from the truck bed. Each basket weighed about 50 kilograms. Two people worked in a group and quickly finished the work.

There were still four baskets left in the car, which were kept there on purpose.

After finishing their work, the guys picked some fruits to eat and praised them for being delicious. Of course, the fruits that were ripe on the branches tasted good.

Meng Tao left one basket each of pears, plums and peaches, and asked Zhang Fu to put them on his tricycle to transport them back. His family couldn't eat so much, so he gave some to relatives and friends, such as his uncle's family and second uncle, who provided a lot of convenience and help when they rented warehouses and needed wine.

This was the truth, and Zhang Fu agreed with a smile.

Meng Tao pointed at the small truck and said, "This truck will take us back to the provincial capital. You haven't learned how to drive it yet. I'll give it to you next time it comes back."

Zhang Fu touched the car door lovingly: "Okay, no problem, wait for it to come back, I promise to learn it!"

Seeing that it was getting late, Meng Tao still had to take Liu Jianli and Xu Yuting back to Linshui Village.

Since they came from far away, they always went to Grandpa Meng Shengli's house to see Brother Jinniu. Grandpa Liu, Grandma Liu, and Grandma Xu also asked them to bring something for Brother Jinniu.

They can only be together for a few hours, and they can't stay. Shen Yu will return to the capital tomorrow and take her with him, so they have to rush back no matter how late it is tonight.

Zhang Fu closed the door of the small warehouse, locked it twice, then said goodbye to Meng Tao, Liu Jianli, Xu Yuting and Xiao Wangcai, watched the small truck drive away, and then took a few young men to the big warehouse over there to get the goods and continue their "career": hanging around the black market at night and working as peddlers in the streets during the day.

Meng Tao, Xiao Wangcai, Xu Yuting and Liu Jicheng returned to Linshui Village and were warmly welcomed by their relatives and friends, especially Xiao Wangcai, the group's darling. He came back after being away for several months and not only grew up but also became handsome and cool. He was quite adorable and everyone rushed to hug him.

Xu Yuting handed Jinniu a cloth bag, which contained some local delicacies prepared by Grandma Liu and Grandma Xu, as well as a letter written by Grandpa Liu to Jinniu.

Taurus is now an educated man and can recognize quite a few words. This is the first time someone has written him a serious letter and he understood it all. He was so excited and moved that tears fell.

They were all young people, and they worked together to prepare a table of food and wine. They ate and drank happily until about ten o'clock, when Meng Tao, Xu Yuting and Liu Jicheng were about to leave.

Jinniu was so anxious that he jumped up and down: Leaving now? He was not even given time to prepare. What should he bring back for the three old people?

Xu Yuting and Liu Jicheng comforted him: It’s okay, Brother Taurus, we will come again next time.

I was secretly happy: it’s better to have nothing. They came here from H Province, carrying things on their shoulders and in their hands, which was already tiring and troublesome. I don’t want to be burdened by so many bags on the way back, I wish I could walk with empty hands.

Unexpectedly, Jinniu's future father-in-law, Captain Bao, was very supportive. He remembered that Comrade Liu Yongsheng loved to eat old pumpkins from Linshui Village, and there were two old pumpkins harvested last year hidden in his wooden building. Captain Bao immediately went home and called the boy's mother, and each of them carried an old pumpkin over.

Jinniu was overjoyed, and Meng Tao covered her mouth and laughed secretly.

Xu Yuting and Liu Jicheng were shocked when they saw the two big and heavy old pumpkins. Imagining the two brothers carrying the big pumpkins onto the train, they almost fainted on the spot.

They said they didn't want anything, but how could they stop Captain Bao? In the end, Meng Tao drove away, and Old Pumpkin stayed firmly on the truck bed. Xu Yuting and Liu Jianli leaned in the back of the car and cried. Little Wangcai turned around and looked at them from the passenger seat, and they all seemed to be smiling.

When the car arrived near the winery on the outskirts of the county town, Meng Tao used the excuse of going to the toilet and got off the car with Xiao Wangcai and disappeared into the darkness. In fact, she took out a bicycle from the space and quickly rushed to the back door of the winery to collect all the Huadiao wine in the small warehouse and more than 30 baskets of fruit picked in Yangjia Village during the day.

The small warehouse was empty in an instant.

Back in the pickup truck, Liu Jicheng also wanted to go out to pee. Xu Yuting was very tired during the day and fell asleep leaning on the seat. His face was frowning in his dreams. It was probably because of the pressure from the two big pumpkins.

Meng Tao found it funny just thinking about it, so while Liu Jicheng was running away, she put the old pumpkin in the truck bed and the four baskets of fruits that she had kept before into the space - even if they were nurtured for half a day, they would no longer be ordinary fruits when they were taken out again.

The old pumpkins are for the three elders to eat, and they will be replaced with ones grown in the space when the time comes.

Originally, we wanted to share two baskets of fruit with relatives and friends in Linshui Village, but they refused: These fruits are available in the countryside. There are pear and peach trees around the village, and we can eat them when the production team picks them.

On the contrary, Meng Tao and the brothers Xiao Xu and Xiao Liu had to spend money to buy food in the city, so they refused and asked to take it back to the city and eat it slowly.

Liu Jicheng came back after solving the problem. Fearing that Meng Tao would be tired, he asked her to go to the back seat to rest while he drove.

There were no other vehicles on the road late at night. Liu Jicheng had passed by it once during the day and knew the road conditions. He basically stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and the car seemed to have wings and was speeding up.

Meng Tao was not worried about any problems. The two of them were often caught by their brother to train, so their driving skills were very solid.

(End of this chapter)