Tao Xiaoxi once again pushed her way through the crowd to go back. The people standing in the aisle thought she was crazy, looking at her with disgust and resentment, blaming her for disturbing the already bad atmosphere in the carriage.
Tao Xiaoxi smiled and just wanted to reach the toilet that smelled of urine as soon as possible. At this moment, she was so eager to smell it.
In the end, as she wished, she smelled it, but the mother and daughter were gone.
No matter how hard Tao Xiaoxi searched, she couldn't find them. She searched almost the entire train, all the carriages, every toilet, and even the conductor's lounge. It was as if the two people had disappeared out of thin air and never appeared again.
Tao Xiaoxi tried to recall over and over again which link had gone wrong and which link had exposed herself, but to no avail.
At that moment, her self-blame reached its peak.
She didn't give up looking until she got off the train. When the train started again, she stood on the platform and stared at the accelerating train until it disappeared from her sight. Then she followed the crowd to the exit. She was so distracted that she didn't even notice someone calling her three or four times at the exit.
"Xiao Xi, this way!" Li Nanshan simply jumped over the guardrail and grabbed his wife who was still trying to move forward.
"Li Nanshan?" Tao Xiaoxi finally saw him.
"What's wrong with you? Are you stupid? That's a pillar and you're still walking forward?" Li Nanshan pulled her closer to him angrily and distressedly.
"Li Nanshan, I'm so angry!" Tao Xiaoxi said with tears in her eyes.
Li Nanshan's heart tightened, and he took her into his arms, "It's okay, it's all done, it's okay."
"Has Mo girl been found?"
"What Mo girl?" Li Nanshan was surprised.
"I just saw Miss Mo on the train. You said you'd done it, but you found her, didn't you?"
"Of course not. I'm talking about leaving the country."
Both of them understood what the other was talking about and fell silent for a moment.
After a long time, Tao Xiaoxi finally remembered to ask, "Why are you back?"
"Nan Qiu called me and told me you were in trouble, so I came back."
"Why should I call you? It's just to make you worry more." Tao Xiaoxi muttered.
"Why is it useless? Brother Shang used to export a lot. He's more professional than any of us. It would definitely be more useful to ask him than to ask someone else. Besides, even if it's useless, I'm your husband. If not me, who else can I tell about your difficulties? If you don't tell me, and I hear about this from someone else, have you ever considered that I would feel guilty?"
"Okay, I admit that I was indeed inconsiderate this time." Tao Xiaoxi finally gave in.
"I want to be your first choice for everything, but I'm not the one you protect. You and your daughters should be under my protection, my silly daughter-in-law, you got it wrong."
"I got it. I'll definitely look for you first next time." Tao Xiaoxi said coquettishly.
There will be no future, Li Nanshan said secretly in his heart.
As for the matter of Miss Mo, it appeared briefly and then disappeared. Tao Xiaoxi never mentioned it again after returning.
It was on the night when the first batch of exported goods had been successfully cleared customs and Taoli Pharmaceutical Factory held a celebration banquet with everyone from top to bottom that Tao Xiaoxi thought of it again.
It was just after the Beginning of Autumn, and it was the Ghost Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival. However, the moon that night did not feel cold or evil at all, but was unnaturally bright.
Tao Xiaoxi drank some wine and was slightly tipsy but not drunk, and thought of the old friend again.
"Now, I am sure that the person I saw that day was Miss Mo, but I didn't recognize her at that time. Why didn't I recognize her at that time?" Tao Xiaoxi still regretted it every time he thought about it.
Li Nanshan listened to her self-blame and silently put a shawl on her. He said, "Little Mo has been missing for many years. Even if she stood in front of me now, I might not recognize her. Even if Big Brother saw her, I might not recognize her. So it's normal that you didn't recognize her. Besides, it's hard to say whether it was Little Mo or not."
Tao Xiaoxi shook her head. She firmly believed that it was Mo Yatou. Those eyes could not deceive anyone. They were so clear as if they had never stepped into the secular world. They were spotless, with a bit of rebelliousness and indifference to the world.
"Don't blame yourself, there are some things we can't do anything about."
Yes, there are many things that are useless even if we try our best, just like Beibei’s study and Dasao’s study of medicine, so Tao Xiaoxi did everything she could to the utmost.
Since opening up overseas trade, with the strong support of the local government, she opened branches in the southern and northern suburbs respectively, and developed the cultivation of medicinal materials into the county's star industry. Now when people mention Fenglai, they think of it as a county producing a lot of medicinal materials, and when people mention the cultivation of Chinese herbal medicines, they think of Fenglai Taoli.
Tao Xiaoxi opened up a market for semi-finished Chinese medicines, and later many pharmacies followed suit, selling them in this way, which greatly increased sales.
On the other hand, Miss Ma Zi also became a master and became the second gynecological expert of Fenglai. The first one is naturally Tao Xiaoxi. There is an endless stream of people coming to ask for medicine every day. This has become a unique landscape in the changing times when Western medicine is flourishing and traditional Chinese medicine is struggling.
It is precisely because of this that Taoli Pharmaceutical Factory has received special treatment from the government, enhancing cultural confidence, and traditional Chinese medicine is part of it.
Tao Xiaoxi was successful, quite successful, but she was also trapped, trapped tightly. The county leaders said that if she wanted to go on a long trip, she must report it in advance in case a visiting group or inspection group suddenly came and there was no one to receive them. So she became a representative.
Tao Xiaoxi was more or less at a loss for words. She had never expected that she could become a representative and half a government official by running a business. She was still thinking about the seaside villa that Li Nanshan had built for her. She wanted to go there to feel the sea breeze and roll in the waves.
She couldn't go, so Li Nanshan had to run back again and again, on average once a month. No matter how difficult it was, Li Nanshan would find time to come back.
Tao Xiaoxi felt apologetic, but not much. She really had no choice now. The responsibility on her shoulders was not only for the people in Mantou Village, but also for the herbal farmers in Fenglai County.
Once, when she went to a meeting, the leader above her accidentally revealed that Fenglai was going to abolish the county and establish a district. Tao Xiaoxi asked, then the urban area must be replanned.
"That's natural. The arrival of the phoenix will usher in great changes and a brand new look."
Tao Xiaoxi was even more excited than her leader when she heard this. As soon as she got home, she told Li Nanshan the news.
Li Nanshan was a smart man and immediately sensed the opportunity here. "Looks like it's time for me to come back."
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the document for Fenglai to abolish the county and establish a district was officially issued. A month later, the government issued an open tender to replan and rebuild the southern suburbs and create a modern living and commercial center. Li Nanshan returned with his battle-hardened team.
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