Several times in dreams

Chapter 41 Tracking
It's another spring, Meng Wanlan was admitted to the normal school in the holy city last year, but she didn't apply for the school in Shanghai, because Li Mengxian desperately blocked her, and her elder brother suggested.

In Li Mengxian's eyes, that place in Shanghai is a beast that devours everything. The two daughters of the Meng family went away well, one became like this, and the other exists in the letter and never returned.

She absolutely can't let her daughter follow this path, it's better to stay by her side safely.

Meng Xianjun's suggestion is to stay in the holy city. After the fall of Shanghai, the slightly better schools moved south or west one after another. Rather than take risks outside, it is better to stay in the hometown.

Meng Wanlan has always been a person who listens to advice, she goes out every morning and comes back at night, and starts studying in a normal school, Li Mengxian can be regarded as relieved now.

The young couple Meng Xianlun has been married for several years, and they are still extremely affectionate, but they still have no children.

The police station where Meng Xianlun works is now actually controlled by the Japanese. Naturally, Meng Xianlun often accompanies his uncle He Xizhi and eats with the Japanese.

This made Li Mengxian often wonder whether the Japanese gave Meng Xianlun the poison of cutting off their children and grandchildren, so that they could not have children. This idea made Meng Xianlun and his wife laugh.

Since the establishment of the detective team, it has become more difficult to communicate with the guerrillas outside the city and the anti-Japanese organizations inside the city.

Meng Wanyun took these vicious dogs and wandered around with nothing to do. The guerrillas sent liaison officers into the city, and they were almost sniffed by Zhang Ruoxi a few times. It would be great if they could get rid of this vicious dog.

After discussions between Meng Xianjun and Jiang Tongshen, the liaison station unanimously decided to make getting rid of Zhang Ruoxi one of the top priorities in the near future.

But Zhang Ruoxi is very cunning, if he misses, he will definitely bite him, and the consequences will be disastrous, which makes Meng Xianjun feel very troublesome.

After much deliberation, Meng Xianjun decided to find out his preferences and behavior rules first, and then make plans.

The starting point is outside Zhangjia Hutong, on the avenue leading to Xiangfu Street, there is a shopkeeper who sells groceries.

Qiao Dashan was sent by the Liujiayu guerrillas. His aunt lived in the holy city and had no children. Qiao Dashan came to the holy city to visit his relatives a year ago.

As a member of the Liaison Station, Kong Xiaoqi has been selling cigarettes for two years. His scouting location has always been the busiest section of Xiangfu Street. Here, he can see everything he wants to see, including people.

In addition, Meng Xianjun also asked Meng Wanlan to go to Zhang's bun shop to buy buns every now and then to observe the situation.

This family's plain stuffed buns are famous far and wide. The bun shop is just around the corner of Xiangfu Street. It's really hard to find people who don't know it.

Meng Wanlan likes this bite, it is big and thin, the filling is golden and emerald green, it is fragrant and clear but not greasy.

It is said that the method is to cut tofu into thin slices, deep-fried, served with seasonal vegetables, vermicelli, all chopped into fine powder, pepper and pepper powder, poured in cooked oil, the taste is better than meat buns eat!
Every morning, Lao Zhangtou has to steam at least three big pots, each pot has five drawers, adding up to one person's height, and he can rest for a while after selling out.

Two men were hired in the kitchen, one for the noodle table and the other for washing and chopping vegetables to prepare the stuffing.

This stuffing must be made by Lao Zhangtou himself. Regardless of the simple ingredients, this seasoning is a matter of learning. Whether it tastes good or not depends on the seasoning.

That day Meng Wanlan had no class in the morning, got up late in the morning, arrived at the steamed stuffed bun shop, it happened to be sold out, and a new pot was being loaded, and it was Zhang Ruoxi who was carrying the steamer with old Zhangtou.

"Wait a quarter of an hour, girl!" said old Zhangtou.

"Okay!" Meng Wanlan took out a book and sat at a small table by the side of the road to read it.

Don't look at this girl wearing thick glasses, she plunged her head into the book and didn't look up, but her ears are always upright.

"Ruoxi, tell me about you, what kind of team do you belong to, everyone pokes the back of our Zhang family from behind, why don't you sell steamed buns with daddy down-to-earth!"

The old man was nagging.

Zhang Ruoxi glanced at Meng Wanlan, saw that she was staring at the book, muttering something, she didn't know what to recite, so she looked back.

"Father, do you have anything else to do? I can go now, don't delay my business!"

Zhang Ruoxi is neither yin nor yang.

"What business do you have! You catch this or that all day long, what a crime!"

"A buddy asked for leave, and I'm too busy, so you can't help me for a day? What's the use of raising a child!"

Seeing that his son was about to leave, Lao Zhang was a little out of breath, and almost threw the rolling pin.

Zhang Ruoxi walked a few steps, then turned back after listening, took out a handful of French coins from his pocket, and threw them on the noodle table.

"Here! Take it, hire a few more people, don't tire you!"

After he finished speaking, he left without looking back.

Out of the corner of her eye, Meng Wanlan saw that Lao Zhang wiped his tears away, let out a long sigh, and continued to work.

After synthesizing the news from all parties, Meng Xianjun and Jiang Tongxin analyzed Zhang Ruoxi's whereabouts and route.

Every morning at 07:30, Zhang Ruoxi goes out on time. Generally, he likes to go to two places, the teahouse in Tingxianglou, and under the tree at the gate of the city.

Speaking of Tingxianglou, it is really a transfer and exchange station for news from all parties. People who discuss business, meet friends, idlers of all kinds, etc., order a pot of scented tea and two plates of snacks. There are too many people who sit for a day.

It covers major national affairs, minor family affairs, anecdotes and gossip.

Zhang Ruoxi likes to sit at the innermost table on the second floor, facing the window, with a screen in front of him, so that others can't see him, but he can see everyone clearly, and he can naturally hear what he says clearly.

Another place Zhang Ruoxi likes to go to is under the tree at the gate of the city. Beforehand, she needs to dress up in a rough and short dress, put on a broken felt hat, and squat under the tree, looking like a coolie looking for odd jobs.

But today, he did not go to these two places.

At 07:30, Zhang Ruoxi went out on time, and the salesman Qiao Dashan turned into the small alley while yelling, and walked across from him.

Zhang Ruoxi didn't care about a peddler, and hurried towards the opposite direction of Xiangfu Street.

Qiao Dashan made a quick judgment. The city gate was at the south end of Xiangfu Street. Obviously, Zhang Ruoxi didn't go to the city gate or the tea house, so where would he go?

Without further ado, Qiao Dashan immediately turned around and went to the Huo Shao shop outside the alley. The shopkeeper there was his own. Qiao Dashan pretended to have breakfast and spread the news.

When Meng Xianjun received the news, he strolled towards Dongguan with two packs of Lanfangzhai's snacks.

The scenery here is beautiful and quiet, without the hustle and bustle of people coming and going on Xiangfu Street, and the bustle and bustle of Xinyi Street.

Meng Xianjun looked around from the corner of his eyes as he walked, but he didn't see Zhang Ruoxi all the way, did he judge wrong?
I will be going to my aunt Meng Zhaoqin's house soon. In the past few years, the Meng family has had a lot of things to do, and I rarely go out with my aunt.

Cousin Qin Haichuan and father Qin Shijie have no court officials to do now, so they opened a small grocery store with the help of Meng Zhaoxuan.

The business is also taken care of by the Meng family on weekdays, and with Qin's father and son being diligent and capable, the whole family can barely make ends meet.

Qin Haichuan married the Miao family from Tongxiangpu early last year, and his cousin is pregnant now, and his aunt is in good spirits when it comes to happy events, and it is said that she is much more cheerful than before.

It's just that my cousin Qin Haiyan's life is not very satisfactory. Originally, my aunt saw that she had a soft temper since she was a child, and was afraid that she would marry far away and lose the support of her natal family, so she specially chose a wealthy family nearby to marry her.

Unexpectedly, after thousands of choices, she was still sent to the tiger's den. Cousin-in-law Kang Ningyuan looked at a good-looking talent.

Qin Haichuan hit Kang's family several times for this, but nothing changed at all, and the whole family was also worried and had no choice.

Meng Xianjun was thinking while walking, and suddenly found that there were two people chatting behind the tree by the roadside, one of them was Zhang Ruoxi, and the other was actually his cousin Qin Haiyan!
(End of this chapter)