Chapter 23 Father Liu's absence from his daughter's wedding
Chapter 23 Father Liu is absent from his daughter’s wedding
The wedding team got up early to assemble.
Zhang Jinlin led the team, followed by Zhang Jinshan, Zhang Jincheng and Zhang Jinhai.
Followed by a group of older people, totaling 12 people.
The gifts carried include a pig's head, eight jade cigarettes, two bottles of Maotai liquor, two pieces of precious bacon, etc.
Some wedding candies.
The group of people walked lively along the mountain road to Liu's house.
It was 9 o'clock when we arrived at Liu's house.
The groom Zhang Jinlin spent a lot of effort and used up all the red envelopes on his body to get the bride out of the room.
The dowry prepared by my mother-in-law's family was mainly bedding, and there were six people giving it away.
What's strange is that Father Liu was not seen during such an important event.
The other party didn't tell them about the happy day, so it was naturally difficult for the Zhang family to ask.
The bride Liu Mei was happily married back to the Zhang family.
There was no grand ceremony, but there were nine sumptuous bowls to entertain the guests.
After lunch, some guests were still drinking.
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After dinner, the most exciting part begins.
A little boy under three years old steps on a new bed.
A group of young people came to symbolically arrange a new house.
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This can be considered an ideal rural wedding.
Otherwise, just making trouble in the wedding ceremony may last for several hours.
The next morning, a newlywed couple got up.
Liu Mei was particularly worried about what was happening to her father.
Due to customs, it will take three days before I can return.
Zhang Jinlin was asked to find the Zhang brothers to discuss.
The business of Zhangjinshan Brick and Tile Factory and Precast Factory is gradually improving.
Many things in the factory cannot be done without him.
Zhang Jincheng opened a feed factory and produced it according to ordering needs, so there were relatively few things to do.
Zhang Jinhai, a student boy, was having fun on the weekend and had nothing to do.
After discussion, it was natural for Zhang Jincheng and Zhang Jinhai to visit Liu's house together to learn about Liu's father's specific situation.
It was already noon when the two brothers arrived at Liu's house.
The door of Liu's house is closed.
Zhang Jinhai asked around the neighbors, but no one found any news about the Liu family.
The current solution is to wait quietly at the Liu family's Longmenzi.
After about a few hours, Liu's mother finally came back.
When he saw the two brothers from the Zhang family, he was quite surprised and asked, "Jin Hai, why are you here?"
Zhang Jinhai replied: "Sister-in-law Liu Mei arranged to come over and ask about his father's situation.
Why didn’t she attend her wedding yesterday?”
Liu's mother whispered: "I heard from his father that he found a few familiar faces among the lively crowd watching the wedding yesterday.
He suspected that an enemy had come to visit him.
So I ran to the back mountain and hid.
But a whole day has passed since I left home yesterday.
His father hasn't come back yet.
You guys are here, just go with me to the back mountain to look for his father."
Liu's mother brought three sickles and three pairs of gloves at home, and gave one set to each of the two brothers.
I found another long bamboo rope.
The three of them set off on foot towards the high back mountain and climbed up.
The bushes on the mountain were so thick that they seriously blocked the path up the mountain.
It took about two hours of walking and chopping to get to the top of the mountain.
There are a group of natural caves here.
Liu's mother remembered that the old man said he should come here to escape.
The three of them lined up in a straight line and searched each cave.
Every time she entered a cave, Mother Liu would call the old man’s nickname: “Liu Ergou.
Liu Ergou.
Ergou'er, are you here?"
These caves are not deep, the deepest is forty or fifty meters.
I searched one cave entrance after another, but still couldn't find any clues.
Mother Liu remembered that there was a big and deep hole about a mile away from here.
He led the two of them through all the obstacles to find it.
When entering the cave, I heard an unusual sound inside.
The three of them immediately fell silent and walked forward slowly.
The sounds inside the cave became clearer and clearer, they were the voices of strangers.
It was also mixed with the sound of the whip hitting the person's body.
As we get closer, the sound gets louder and clearer.
Zhang Jinhai motioned to Liu's mother to hide behind the boulder.
He and Zhang Jincheng continued to move forward cautiously.
As we approached the central square of the cave, we could already vaguely see two figures.
One stood there shaking the whip in his hand, and the other was tied to a stone pillar.
Zhang Jinhai, who was hiding behind a crack in the stone, could just see the face of the man tied to the stone pillar.
After taking a closer look, it happened to be the Liu Ergou that Liu's mother called.
Zhang Jincheng accidentally made a noise.
The person holding the whip immediately turned around, wearing a Wukong mask on his face, and asked loudly: "Who?
come out!"
Zhang Jincheng really went out: "I, who are you?
How do you illegally detain people?
Let the person go quickly."
The man in the Wukong mask chuckled and said, "My name is Death, and today your death day has come."
The masked man took out a small and exquisite pistol, pulled the safety, and shot Zhang Jincheng.
Zhang Jincheng thought he was certain to die.
Damn it, why are you so unlucky?
He was actually shot.
Just when Zhang Jincheng felt like he was about to lose his life, an accident happened.
It turns out that Zhang Jinhai judged that an accident was going to happen after Zhang Jincheng made an unexpected noise.
So the invisibility function was instantly awakened, the teleportation ability was released, and the person teleported to the side of the masked man.
He waved the sickle in his hand, pointed it at the wrist of the man in the Wukong mask, and slashed it with a single stroke.
Before the masked man pulled the trigger, his hand lost its accuracy.
With a 'bang' shot, he hit his own foot.
The pistol also fell to the ground with a sound.
Zhang Jinhai kicked the pistol far away.
The man in the Wukong mask was injured in two places without seeing the enemy attacking him.
Knowing that there were many people on the other side today and they couldn't take advantage, they immediately ran away behind the cave.
Zhang Jinhai also did not want to form a deadly feud with the other party and allowed him to escape.
Zhang Jincheng climbed up from the ground tremblingly, patted the dirt on his body and shouted: "Jin Hai, come out quickly.
That bastard with the gun has already run away."
Zhang Jinhai had already teleported to the original hiding and observing position, released his invisibility function and ran out: "Third brother, has the enemy escaped?"
"Run away." Zhang Jincheng said: "The other party was injured and escaped behind the cave.
Let’s rescue Uncle Liu quickly and leave here.”
The two immediately began to untie Liu's father.
Asked: "Uncle Liu, why were you kidnapped by the man in the Wukong mask?"
Liu's father smiled bitterly and said, "It's hard to describe in one word.
I originally planned to go up the mountain to hide from my enemies.
As a result, I fell into their trap.
They captured me in this cave.
You must force me to hand over a treasure map."
Zhang Jinhai focused on the treasure map: "What treasure map? Have you found the location of the treasure map?"
Father Liu said in a daze: "I have never seen any treasure map before.
Let's go quickly.
There are still a few of them, and they might come back later."
After a group of four people came down the mountain, Liu's father and Liu's mother quickly took the important things from home and moved them to Zhang's house overnight.