"Which countryside?" the man asked again.

Meng Tao: "That country place. Brother, if you don't like to eat fruit, please make way. I have to sell them all and leave quickly. This place is not a good place to stay."

The man looked around and nodded, "Okay, put the bag down and let me take a look at the fruit."

Meng Tao let go and put the bag on the ground. The man squatted down and untied the rope. A small bag of tangerines, oranges, pears and peaches were mixed together. The man couldn't help but take a deep breath when he opened the bag. The fruity fragrance was so tempting. The man took a look, picked up an orange and asked, "Auntie, can I try one?"

Meng Tao: “…”

Damn it, I thought she looked like an older sister, but she turned out to be an auntie. Okay, maybe she really looks a bit old now.

"Well, just peel it and try half of it, and leave the other half for others to taste." Aunt Meng Tao said unhappily.

The man peeled the orange, ate a slice, and then his eyes lit up. He stuffed the whole thing into his mouth in two or three bites and finished it in the blink of an eye.

"Auntie, let me try another orange. If it's just as sweet, I'll buy it all for you."

Meng Tao refused: "Brother, we are all doing business, we cannot afford to lose money. You can buy them and eat them one by one. Oranges, tangerines, and pears are three yuan each, and peaches are five yuan each. My fruits are worth the price."

The man looked up at Meng Tao and glared at her: "Auntie, this is... too expensive!" Are you crazy about money? Meng Tao put away the bag: "Brother, if you say so, maybe the people here can't afford to eat my fruit, so I'll go to another place."

The man grabbed the bag and said, "Wait! Wait two minutes, I'll be back soon - don't go, I don't know anything else, these oranges are expensive, I'll buy them all for you!"

The man stood up and walked away quickly, turning into an alley. A few minutes later, he came back as expected, followed by another man, who was younger than him, wearing glasses and looked quite gentle.

The man in the melon-shaped hat pointed at Meng Tao and said to the man with glasses, "Cousin, the fruits sold by this lady are really good. I have never eaten such sweet and fragrant oranges. Compared with them, the ones sold by your fruit company should be thrown away! Didn't you just say that you wanted to give gifts to your superiors? This half bag is enough for you to make two fruit baskets. I want all these oranges, cousin. Your cousin's wife has morning sickness, and she will be happy to eat these oranges!"

The man with glasses nodded to Meng Tao, squatted down, picked up a tangerine and a navel orange in one hand, and a peach in the other, sniffed it, and praised: "It smells good, and looks good, can you try it?"

The man in the melon-shaped hat had just eaten an orange, so he had a bit of conscience and helped Meng Tao answer: "This orange is quite big. It must be half a pound to taste one. It's not easy for the aunt. You can buy some. Oranges, tangerines, and pears are three yuan each, and peaches are five yuan."

The man with glasses looked like he had plenty of money. Without thinking, he took out a stack of money from his pocket, took out a ten-yuan note and a five-yuan note, and handed them to Meng Tao: "Buy one of each first."

Meng Tao took the money, and the man with glasses began to taste the fruit. The man with the melon-shaped hat helped him peel the tangerines and oranges, and he also ate two orange slices and nodded with satisfaction.

The man with glasses originally planned to eat only one bite of each, but he couldn't stop eating. Half of his peach was snatched away by the man with the melon-shaped hat. He glared at the man with displeasure - he ate half of his orange and tangerine, and then ate his peach! In the end, Meng Tao's small bag of fruits was divided equally between the two of them. There were more than 50 fruits, and they got about 200 yuan.

The man with glasses and the man in the melon-shaped hat left with their bags. Meng Tao also left. When they were about to reach the main road along the long alley, a man's voice shouted from behind: "Wait a minute, lady in front!"

The man with glasses showed little expression, but spoke in a serious tone: "Big sister, my home is in this alley. My father and I are both in a fruit company... The fruits we bought just now are really great, even better than the special fruits. Do you have more fruits like that? I want all of them!"

Meng Tao looked at him speechlessly: Why didn't you ask just now? Why did you rush over now? If I walked faster, wouldn't I miss it? What a waste of time.

The man with glasses turned his head to the side and coughed, then said, "I was careless and didn't ask a question. When I got home, my dad tasted the fruit and immediately asked me to chase you. If I couldn't catch you back, my dad would be angry and wouldn't let me eat at night..."

Meng Tao followed the man with glasses to a secluded corner on the road to talk, naturally, about the quantity and price of fruits. Knowing that Meng Tao could transfer 1,000 kilograms of "high-quality" fruits, the man with glasses was very happy and had no objection to the average price of 5 yuan per kilogram that Meng Tao wanted. He agreed immediately.

What Meng Tao didn't know was that the man's father said he wanted 10 yuan per kilogram! The two agreed that at 8 o'clock in the evening, Meng Tao would call the man, and then he would drive to the place Meng Tao specified, inspect the goods, and then they would have nothing to do with each other after the payment and delivery.

The man with glasses wrote his phone number to Meng Tao, and then they went their separate ways.

Meng Tao was afraid that someone would follow her, so she took three buses from the south to the north of the city. When she saw a high-end state-owned restaurant, she went in and had a good meal. Then she went to the bathroom and took off her outer coat, revealing a light green cotton-padded jacket with small white flowers, delicate buttons, a small stand-up collar and cuffs with edging. It was a very literary style. If it wasn't too bulky and could be a little slimmer, it would be even more perfect.

She then modified her makeup in front of the mirror, this time making her face pale, with drooping eyebrows, dark circles under her eyes, and lips painted dark purple. She wore a gray-blue snow hat on her head, and walked out step by step, looking like a heart patient who was so frail that he would have an accident if touched.

So along the way, no one dared to get close to her within ten steps. When she got on the bus, someone immediately gave up their seat for her, but no one dared to stand next to her.

After getting off the bus and walking back to the hotel where she was staying, Meng Tao made sure that no one was following her and paying attention to her before she took out a scarf from her pocket and wrapped her neck and half of her face.

After entering the room, I went directly to the service desk and said to the waitress on duty, "I'm from Room 308. I've been out shopping for supplies for our production team today. I asked someone to help deliver the goods this afternoon. Has it been delivered yet?"

The waitress was about sixteen or seventeen years old, still a little childish, and looked at Meng Tao in confusion: "I don't know! Really! I'm on the night shift, I just changed shifts, and I haven't gone upstairs yet. Maybe you have to ask Wu Dandan about this, but she has already gone home after get off work!"

Meng Tao said, "Then I'll go back to my room and see if the goods have arrived."

The little girl nodded repeatedly, "Go and see, go and see!"

But she can't lose anything. She can't take the responsibility.

Meng Tao returned to the room, drank a glass of water, and went downstairs to tell the waiter: "The goods have arrived and are piled in the room. I will find someone to move them to the station to handle the shipping procedures."

The waitress breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "It's good that the goods have arrived. Okay, sister, you go ahead and do your work. I also need to go to the warehouse to sort it out. There are a lot of luggage left by the guests today. It's a mess."

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