Sending Meng Tao out, the two girls stood at the gate of the courtyard and talked again, Zhou Cuiling told Meng Tao one thing: last night her father Zhou Shi'an came back, went to find Bao Shunfeng, and helped her cousin Zhou Cuilian open a certificate.

"I haven't seen Zhou Cuilian for a few days, where did she go?" Meng Tao asked curiously.

Zhou Cuiling snorted: "Who knows? The day before yesterday, she suddenly went to the commune to find my father, saying that she lived in the city these days at a distant aunt's house, and my father didn't know that she had such a distant aunt, but they said it well, and said that her aunt helped find a temporary worker in a paper mill, and asked my father to hurry back to the village to help her open a letter of introduction.

My dad thinks that Zhou Cuilian went to the city as a temporary worker, and she didn't want her family to contribute money and food, and she could still have a salary of 18 yuan a month, her family already had a lot of children, and life was difficult, which was also a good thing, so my dad helped her. In my opinion, it was Zhou Cuilian who was avoiding Tian Xianglan, if you said that she was also at Tian's house that night, then Tian Xianglan's words scolding her may be true. ”

"She's amazing, she found a temporary job so quickly, and she really hid out."

"That's fine, save yourself from making a fuss in the village, our old Zhou family can't afford to lose face now, one of my cousins is talking about kissing, and the matchmaker went to the cousin's house, I heard my mother say that the man will come to see Cuimei's cousin in two days, if you know about Zhou Cuilian, you will be affected."

Meng Tao nodded, and she would listen to this matter as a gossip.

Early the next morning, Meng Tao took a carriage to the commune, took a shuttle bus to the county seat, and caught the last shuttle bus to Mengzhou, so that he did not have to stay in the county seat for one night.

Arrived in Mengzhou City, it was more than six o'clock in the evening, went to the hostel to register for accommodation, still asked for a single room, Meng Tao put the travel bag, locked the door, went to the street to find a restaurant to eat, and then went shopping.

In fact, there is nothing to go about, at night, there is a department store and a few stores open on the street, these have been visited a few times, and you have to take a turn tirelessly, Meng Tao will not say that she is completely to feel those bright lights, and light kerosene lamps at night in the countryside, dim and dim, she is really embarrassed to death.

She also went to the black market to have a look, there were not many people tonight, the two stalls selling grain and game, two bags of cornmeal were sold out quickly, a hare and a few bamboo rats were watched, and people were bargaining.

Meng Tao didn't pretend, just wrapped a scarf, didn't join in the fun, and left after a turn.

Her fruit can't be sold for money here, and even if it tastes good, people will say that it's only locally produced, and it's not a rare fruit, which can keep the price very low for her.

Set up a stall to sell a pound or two pounds, bargaining, she can't afford to spend, in case she encounters a picket, she can't cope with it alone, or find a big buyer, dump quickly, and then leave cleanly.

So go to a bigger city.

In D province, don't go to Pingjiang City for the time being, then it's the provincial capital and the other two cities, Meng Tao thought about the provincial capital, and thought that Meng Zhehan and Shen Yu were there, although the probability of meeting them is not large, but what if? Ask her what she is doing in the provincial capital again? I have to find excuses to prevaricate and hurt my brain.

In the end, Meng Tao bought a train ticket, transferred to Pingjiang City, and went to Yicheng, which is more than 300 miles away from the provincial capital.

Yicheng is the third largest city in Province D, and it has also been rated as the most livable pearl city in later generations, and it is also a tourist city.

Meng Tao arrived in Yicheng at seven o'clock in the evening, and when she got off the train, the cold wind blew on her face, making her shiver, and then she remembered that Yicheng was further north, much colder than her hometown.

She only wore a tweed jacket, an old sweater inside, it was very warm in the train car, and it was not a top matter to get off the train, she had to wear a cotton jacket, and the family bought cotton and wool, but she didn't have time to make a cotton jacket, and the sweater was just getting ready to learn to knit, and it was difficult to wear a new sweater knitted by herself this year.

Looking at the clock on the wall of the waiting room, it was nearly eight o'clock, Meng Tao decided to find a restaurant to eat some hot food to warm up, and then go to the department store to buy a padded jacket, and then find a place to live.

At half past ten in the evening, Meng Tao checked into a state-owned hostel with a large bag and a small bag, and when she walked on the street, she felt more and more cold to the bone, only afraid of snow, she was afraid of the cold, so she bought two cotton jackets and pants, two pairs of shoes, and two sweaters in one go.

Thanks to the last time she went to Pingjiang City, Sun Hongsai gave her so many national cloth tickets, otherwise she would not be able to buy so much if she was not familiar with the place.

In addition, she also bought a very old-fashioned loose smock with floral flowers on a black background, and planned to wear it to go out tomorrow.

After resting for one night, getting up the next day and washing up, Meng Tao put on a cotton jacket, put on the black floral smock, took out the makeup box sent by Shen Yu a while ago from the space, picked two or three colors of rouge and smeared it on his face, and then slightly modified the eyebrow shape with an eyebrow pencil, and then put an earthy yellow scarf on his head, this time he didn't have to cover his face, the woman in the mirror with a black and yellow complexion, thick black eyebrows, and a dark red ball on each cheek was carrying a gray cloth bag, which was so dirty that Meng Tao couldn't recognize it.

Walking out of the hostel, I ate a bowl of hot noodle soup in a nearby restaurant, spent two taels of food stamps and three cents, and then strolled along the long street.

The black market in Yicheng is not as easy to find as in Pingjiang City, and it was not until more than four o'clock in the afternoon that Meng Tao found a place, still tired of walking, slipped into the small park in the middle of the street to sit and rest, chatted with an old lady with a grandson, and gave two oranges, only to inquire from the old lady, the old lady had gone there to buy food.

This black market is in a long and winding alley in the south of the city, there are many passages, the terrain is hidden and easy to evacuate, there are many stalls for sale, look closely at those stalls can be moved, the bottom is equipped with small wheels, push away to facilitate escape, these stall owners should live near the alley.

There are also oiled paper or newspapers directly spread on the ground, and then put things to be sold, which come from far away.

Only a few scattered people are buying things, and people in the black market know that this does not mean that there are few customers, they will come when they need to, and they will leave as soon as possible if they get it, this is the rule, the black market is not legal, the pickets will come at any time, it is not a joke to catch it, who is willing to take risks?

Meng Tao came prepared, the cloth bag in his hand was bulging, and when he walked, it was stuffed with newspaper balls, and when he entered the alley, he changed the fruit into it.

As soon as she stopped by a blue brick wall, a man in his thirties wearing a melon skin hat and a mustache walked over, put his hands in the pockets of his blue cotton coat, squinted his eyes and looked Meng Tao up and down, as if he couldn't estimate her age, and he didn't know what to call it, and asked after a while:

"Where did the fight come from? What's in it? ”