Chapter 1436: Reunion

"Alright, I can make that happen for you. But it’s quite tiring on the train."

"No matter how tired, it shouldn’t be as exhausting as farm work, right?"

Tao Chunhe shook his head, "It’s different. On the train, I kept thinking it’d be more comfortable to actually do some work."

When Song Ping of the Liu Family found out that they had taken the dowry away, he was full of malice. That stuff was his, and taking it back from him wouldn’t be easy.

But if he really agreed with that person, would it affect the Tao Family?

Yet no matter how well the Tao Family develops, the three of them, mother and sons, wouldn’t get any benefits. Just because of that dead girl Liu Tongtong, she certainly wouldn’t help their son in the future.

Since that’s the case, there was no need to consider anything else. And besides, it was an anonymous report. If anything happened, he could just deny it.

So in the afternoon an anonymous letter arrived at the relevant department.

When the two returned from outside, the four of them joined the nanny in making dumplings.

The couple from the Tao Family came back from work. The dumplings were very popular.

"Tongtong, this afternoon I called your grandpa, and tomorrow you two should go get the marriage registration."

"Alright, we’ll do as grandpa says."

Tao Chunhe escorted her home but didn’t go inside, watching as the light in her room turned on before riding his bike back.

The next day, Tao Chunhe brought all the documents with him, and the two headed to the civil affairs bureau, where they smoothly obtained their marriage certificate.

"Wife, I’ll rely on you from now on."

Liu Tongtong burst into laughter, "Xiao Chun, I should be saying I’ll rely on you from now on."

"Are you coming to my place?"

"No, I’m going to make a couple of outfits, no outsiders needed. I want to wear what I like for my wedding."

"Alright, I’ll come to get you on that day."

"Okay."

On the day they got their marriage registration, the family was eating dinner when the door was suddenly knocked open, and some people charged in.

"We received a report that the Tao Family is hiding reactionary items, and we’re here to search."

"Oh? You received a report, have you gotten a warrant for the search from above? Our house isn’t one you can do whatever you want with."

The more the Tao Family said things like this, the more they felt the letter must have some basis. Besides, they got the news from above, so they had to search.

Of course, there wasn’t a search warrant. "We have a report letter here, so we hope you can cooperate with the investigation."

Mr. Tao sat on one side, waving his hand.

This made the group of people who came in lose their confidence.

But since they were already there and had offended the people, they had to search.

The Tao Family just sat on one side. Wang Menglin coaxed the two children.

An hour later, they came out uneasily, "Sorry, we didn’t find anything."

"You can leave now. I want that report letter."

"That’s against the rules." The leader hesitated.

"You came without a search warrant, is that within the rules?" Tao Chunhe sneered at them.

In the end, they left the report letter and slipped away.

"Captain, we’ve caused trouble now."

"Isn’t that right? You didn’t damage anything, did you?"

Everyone shook their heads; they came here already feeling scared, how could they not be careful?

"Hurry back and report to the higher-ups, we’re just following orders, any real problems won’t be blamed on us."

They all lowered their heads, that was the only way they could ease their minds.

The Tao Family looked at the report letter on the table. Tao Chunhe came downstairs as well.

"They mostly searched my room, so this was the work of the Liu Family."

"Hmm, I understand."

"Haha, they certainly have guts," Mr. Tao said with a smile.

"Alright. Xiao Chun, after you get married go back to the Capital with Zhongyi and them."

Tao Chunhe didn’t want to leave, but the elder had spoken, so she nodded.

The next day, Song Ping was feeling uneasy, not having received any notice about anything happening to the Tao Family. Could it be that the report letter wasn’t delivered? No way, the person had assured him.

She spent the whole day anxiously waiting for news. But by night, there was still no news.

"What’s wrong with you today?" Liu Changshan asked.

"It’s nothing, just feeling a bit down."

Liu Changshan thought she was upset about the dowry being taken back by their daughter, feeling pained, and so said nothing.

On the fifth day, Li Manjiang returned home with Mr. Tao at noon.

After getting off the car, although he wanted to see his wife and kids immediately, he knew he couldn’t just enter the compound, so he directly went to the troops to find Mr. Tao.

When he got home, he saw two children running in the living room, tears almost came out.

Wang Menglin saw him like this and felt especially satisfied inside.

"Xiao Chen, Xiao Ning, this is your dad."

Under Qu Xiaoli’s teaching, the two kids longed for their dad immensely. Hearing their mom, they ran to Wang Menglin’s side, holding onto her leg, looking at Li Manjiang.

"Xiao Chen, Xiao Ning, I am your dad. Come here, let dad see you." Ever since their birth, he hadn’t been by his wife’s side.

He wasn’t there for their birth, and now the children were two years old; it was his first time seeing them.

Hearing Li Manjiang speak, the two kids looked back at Wang Menglin.

"Yes, this is your dad. Go let him hug you, haven’t you wanted to see him? Now he’s here to see you."

The Tao Family members sat on one side watching, feeling quite emotional. They understood Li Manjiang due to their profession, but their heart ached for their own daughter too. It was really tough.

Blood is thicker than water, so the two children walked over to Li Manjiang. He picked them up, seeing his son up close, Li Manjiang couldn’t hold back his tears this time.

The two kids simultaneously wiped away tears, "Dad, don’t cry."

It was these simple four words that made Li Manjiang, this grown man, unable to stop his tears.

The two kids got scared and kept wiping his tears.

Li Manjiang calmed down after quite a while.

His voice was hoarse, "Dad’s okay, Dad’s just overwhelmed to see you."

It was the Tao Family’s first time seeing Li Manjiang, and they felt satisfied with him.

"Alright. Sit down."

Li Manjiang sat down, holding the two children, never letting them go.

Seeing his wife sitting on the other side, he looked at her with resentment.

Wang Menglin pretended not to see.

"Why are you early?"

"Grandpa, the train broke down halfway, I rushed to a nearby station and switched trains."

Mr. Tao nodded, pleased with his behavior.

"You had a tough journey, after dinner go rest."

"Grandpa, I’m fine. Uncle said Xiao Chun is getting married, is there anything I can help with?" Upon arriving at his wife’s family, how could he not make an effort?