Captain Wang couldn't refuse, so he accepted it. He turned around and told his daughter-in-law Zhu Chunhong to go home quickly and asked her to bring the two cloth bags that had been packed yesterday.

Wang Guilan and Zhang Zhaodi also took out packaged local specialties, including soybeans, vermicelli, red dates, pine nuts, hazelnuts, pecans, etc. They had prepared them in advance since they knew Meng Tao was coming.

Meng Tao didn't hesitate to thank her cousin and aunt and happily accepted it.

These local specialties are very good. Not only does she like to eat them, but most people like to eat them. Meng Tao thought that after two years, when the policy is relaxed, she could buy a large amount of them here and then sell them to the south.

When everyone was saying goodbye and explaining things to each other, there was a noise outside the courtyard gate. Meng Tao saw Wang Guilan say a few words to Zhu Chunxing and Zhu Chunhong, and then the two sisters took their sons-in-law out, and the noise stopped after a while.

When they came back, Zhu Chunhong told Meng Tao: It was Zhu Chunzhi and her mother-in-law. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law brought some things and insisted on delivering them to the relatives personally. Also with them were Wang Aixiang and her daughter. They clamored to see Zhu Chunlin and asked Chunlin to go with them to get married immediately.

As a result, these people were driven away by Chun Xing and Chun Hong with a verbal fight and a broom.

It was not so easy to drive away Wang Aixiang and her daughter. They were so shameless to come and make trouble, they must have been prepared to play tricks to the end. Chun Xing, who was usually honest and docile, suddenly had an idea and lied to them, saying: Chunlin was not in this room at all. He went to the small courtyard at the corner of the mountain to pack his things and would go into the city with his relatives later.

When Wang Aixiang heard that Chunlin was going into the city soon, her face changed immediately. Thinking of the rumors in the village that Zhu Chunlin would definitely become a worker and eat public food this time, Wang Aixiang was so anxious that her eyes turned red. Her mother hurriedly pulled her, and the mother and daughter immediately turned around and rushed to the small courtyard at the corner of the mountain to find Zhu Chunlin.

The remaining Chunzhi, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Chunxing and Chunhong are easy to deal with. Chunhong is responsible for quarreling, while Chunxing directly uses the broom. Anyway, according to Wang Guilan's wishes, she will never allow the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to enter the Zhu family.

Meng Tao thought that the scene was funny. To make Wang Guilan so disgusted, it seemed that she had been hurt by Zhu Chunzhi and her mother-in-law's family, and the hurt was not light.

And Chun Xing did not completely lie to Wang Aixiang. Zhu Chunlin was indeed going to leave Heilingzi Village and go to the city to work, but not today.

Now Zhu Chunlin is not in the small courtyard at the corner of the mountain. He has gone to another village to find his fellow apprentices and asked them to come and help him make furniture. He has to finish the work he has already taken on quickly, and then he can leave with peace of mind.

It was Meng Tao who suggested letting Zhu Chunlin enter the city.

Meng Tao looked at the carpentry work done by Zhu Chunlin, especially the hollow carvings, which were exquisite and detailed using traditional techniques. She felt that Zhu Chunlin was a very talented and smart young carpenter. If he was given more time to learn and hone his skills, he would be able to make greater progress and have more room for development in the future.

Not to mention anything else, a few years later antique furniture became all the rage, and Zhu Chunlin seized this opportunity and gained both fame and fortune.

Meng Tao told Shen Yu and Meng Zhehan about this and they both agreed. Shen Yu said that he could first arrange for Zhu Chunlin to work in the state-owned woodworking factory in City Z. He could stay in the factory for a while and then go to Beijing. Beijing gathers elites from all walks of life and after Zhu Chunlin has further studies for a few years, he will be a master.

Shen Yu sought the opinions of Zhu Manjin and Zhu Chunlin. When Zhu Manjin and his wife heard that they could arrange for their son to work in a woodworking factory in the city, where he would not only receive a salary but also learn skills from the masters in the factory, they were of course willing to do so. Zhu Chunlin was even more excited.

Zhu Chunhe and Zhu Chunyan were equally excited.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the host and guests finally finished saying farewell, and two jeeps drove away from Heilingzi Village in the drizzle.

According to the plan, Meng Tao and his party would take a detour to Hongsong Commune and return to the provincial capital by another route.

Zhu Chunlin and his two siblings will have to wait for a few days. After Shen Yu and Meng Zhehan go back, they will naturally receive a notice, and then they can act according to the regulations.

There are several narrow mountain roads in the direction of Hongsong Commune. They were slippery due to the rain. Liu Jicheng and Xu Yuting, two motorcyclists, did not dare to drive too fast. They walked very carefully in front and occasionally had to stop to remove rocks that rolled down the mountain to the road. They walked slowly like this until after seven o'clock in the evening, when it was dark, when they reached the outskirts of Hongsong Commune.

Hongsong Commune was formerly called Hongsong Town. It is nearly a hundred miles away from Heilingzi Village and belongs to another county.

As the car drove down from the halfway point of the mountain, Meng Tao was a little surprised to see a large area of ​​twinkling lights at the foot of the mountain in the distance: she had heard Liu Yongsheng's narration, and later heard Grandma Liu, Grandma Xu, and the occasional descriptions of the Liu and Xu brothers. She felt that Hongsong Town was a place two or three times larger than the Yanchong Commune Street Market. Now seeing this large area of ​​lights, it was almost equivalent to the size of a small county town in that era.

It’s no wonder when you think about it. This town used to have state-owned enterprises such as bedding factories, food factories, and timber mills. There are farms, forestry farms, and a railway station nearby... Twenty years have passed, and it will definitely get better.

Meng Taohua had lived in this place for more than a year, while Liu Jicheng and Xu Yuting were born and raised here and left when they were about to go to primary school. It was like their hometown, and they were somewhat excited and happy to return to their hometown. Although everything was unfamiliar, they were even happier about the great changes in the town.

As the saying goes, if you look at a mountain, you will die. When I was halfway up the mountain, I saw a sea of ​​lights right in front of me, but when I got down to the foot of the mountain, they were nowhere to be seen. I guess I have to walk a little further to get there.

The gravel road disappeared into a deep forest covered with dense shade. Wherever the car lights reached, there were trees. This should be a forest area.

Due to the bad road conditions and concerns that Meng Tao might be unwell, Meng Zhehan drove the car and Shen Yu sat in the back seat, letting his young wife snuggle up to him.

Meng Tao looked at the dark forest under the car lights, and suddenly remembered what Wu said about the black bear blocking the road, so she said to Shen Yu: "It would be great if a black bear jumped out now, my son wants to eat bear paws."

Shen Yu rubbed his wife's head and said, "He hasn't even grown any teeth yet. It's obviously you who wanted to eat him."

Meng Tao: “…”

This straight guy is so boring, can't he just keep chatting with others?

Meng Zhehan was concentrating on the road ahead, being amused by the couple's conversation. At this moment, he suddenly heard two "bang" sounds from the front, sharp and piercing. Meng Zhehan's expression became serious and he subconsciously stepped on the brakes.

(End of this chapter)