The old man was very talkative, and from what he said, brothers Lin Tianqi and Xu Dongsheng also knew the situation. Today was the wedding day of Wang Youde's son, and the bride was a girl from the next village.
Wang Youde's son is called Wang Chengcai. He went out to work a few years ago. When the old man saw that Lin Tianqi and Xu Dongsheng were young and about the same age as Wang Chengcai, he thought that they were friends of the same age whom Wang Chengcai met when he was working outside. Xu Dongsheng was an honest and honest man.
The child originally wanted to tell the old man the truth, but was immediately stopped by Lin Tianqi.
"The old man guessed it right. My name is Lin Tianqi. This is my junior brother Xu Dongsheng. I am friends with Chengcai. I heard that Chengcai is getting married, so I came here to congratulate you."
Lin Tianqi climbed down the pole and simply pretended to be a friend Wang Chengcai had met outside. At this time, the sun was setting and it was dinner time. The old man was going to Wang Youde's house for a wedding banquet. Lin Tianqi and Xu Dongsheng also happened to follow the old man to Wang Youde's house.
Home.
Wang Youde's family lives in the back of Wangjia Village. It is an ordinary old farmhouse with wooden tiles, hung with festive red lanterns. In front of the house is a large yard surrounded by fences. The yard is filled with banquets and people sitting at the banquets.
It was full of people, about eight people per table. They gathered together and it was very lively. They were all drinking wedding wine.
Brother Lin Tianqi followed the old man here and separated immediately. They found an inconspicuous place in the corner and sat down to avoid attracting attention. After all, the two brothers were pretending to be friends of Wang Chengcai. If
It's easy to see through if it's too conspicuous and attracts attention.
"Brother, why do we pretend to be Wang Chengcai's friends?" Xu Dongsheng heard Lin Tianqi say in a low voice, his face looked a little unnatural, he looked at the people around him and whispered: "This is not good."
Lin Tianqi glanced at Xu Dongsheng angrily and said, "Just listen to me." This junior fellow student of his is too honest and stupid.
"Oh" Xu Dongsheng responded honestly. Although he felt that it was not good to pretend to be someone else's friend like this, he still chose to obey Lin Tianqi's words: "Brother, what should we do now? Go directly to Miss Wang's parents. Will
Tell them about Miss Wang?"
Lin Tianqi couldn't help but twitched his mouth when he heard this. He, his junior brother, is really stupid. Now he is going to find Wang Xiuqin's parents. Today happens to be a happy day for his son's wedding. You just run up and tell them that your daughter is dead. This is not the case.
Are you throwing cold water on your enthusiasm?
Besides, the sun has just set and it's not dark yet. Wang Xiuqin can't come out. How can anyone believe it based on the fact that the two senior brothers have no evidence? Let alone believe it, it will be a good thing if they don't get beaten out with sticks by then.
Otherwise, if the matter is not explained clearly, I will be embarrassed.
It would be better to wait until there are fewer people around for this kind of thing, and then let Wang Xiuqin come out and explain it clearly to her parents, and Lin Tianqi has a vague feeling that Wang Xiuqin's parents should not value her daughter too much, otherwise Wang Xiuqin would have only been missing for more than a month.
, at this time, Wang Xiuqin’s parents were not anxiously looking for someone, but preparing for their son’s wedding.
If he didn't value Wang Xiuqin's daughter, how could he do such a thing? The custom of favoring sons over daughters has existed in China since ancient times. Even in the 21st century of his previous life, many parents still maintained this idea.
In this era of the Republic of China, it is nothing unusual to favor boys over girls.
"Let's sit down and have a meal first. When there are fewer people in the evening, when Miss Wang comes out, we will arrange for Miss Wang to meet her parents. Let Miss Wang talk to her parents herself."
Lin Tianqi said to Xu Dongsheng, his voice was very low because there were many people present and he was careful not to be heard by others. Xu Dongsheng also nodded.
"I don't know what Wang Xiuqin will think when she comes out and sees this situation. She knows that today is her brother's wedding day. She must be very uncomfortable. She has been missing for more than a month. Not only are her parents not worried about searching for her all over the world.
, instead, he prepared for his brother’s wedding with great fanfare.”
Keenly feeling that Wang Xiuqin's parents did not seem to fancy Wang Xiuqin's daughter, Lin Tianqi could not help but feel a little sympathy for Wang Xiuqin.
Preferring boys over girls is indeed an annoying concept.
Time passed, and before you knew it, the sun completely set over the mountain. The two senior brothers sat at a banquet table in the corner, had a meal, and then found an inconspicuous place to sit down, without attracting much attention.
The wedding banquet also slowly came to an end, the last rays of the setting sun on the mountaintop in the west began to slowly recede, and the sky gradually darkened.
At this time, the sound of gongs, drums, locks, and firecrackers rang out on the path outside the entrance of Wangjia Village in the distance. A long red team walked in from the path toward the village entrance. The wedding team had returned, and there was a scene.
Lively and festive.
"The bride is here!" "Let's go see the bride together." "Go and see..." "..."
People in the yard suddenly became excited. Many people walked out to the gate of the yard, eager to see the bride. After a while, the welcoming team came to the door and walked into the yard. The bride was in the middle of the team, wearing a red cloth and looking at the bride.
Faceless, he was led by a father and daughter who looked to be in their forties.
"Where is the groom? Where is the groom? Come and pick up the bride."
The father and daughter holding the bride looked like matchmakers, with a bloated figure and a loud voice. The sound was already heard at the door before anyone entered.
"Hurry, Chengcai, the bride is here, go and pick her up."
At this time, in the wooden house of the Wang family, a couple also came out with a handsome man wearing a groom's clothes and a big red flower hanging on his chest. Everyone knew at a glance that this was the groom.
Wang Youcai and the groom's parents, Wang Youde and Tian Guihua, all had festive smiles on their faces.
"Why are you still hanging around? Go pick up the bride quickly."
Wang Youde patted his son on the shoulder and stepped forward with a happy and relaxed smile on his face. Tian Guihua next to him also had a smile on his face, as happy as a flower blooming on his face.
Amidst the cheers of the people around him, Wang Chengcai also stepped forward and walked towards the bride.
"I worship the church!" "First worship the heaven and earth" "Second worship the high church..."
The entire courtyard of the Wang family was bustling with activity, even more lively than when they were having dinner before. The bride and groom were pushed into the main room by people around them and began to worship. People at the door of the main room gathered one after another, one after another.
Everyone stood on tiptoe to look at the joy inside, which was very lively.
Brothers Lin Tianqi and Xu Dongsheng were still sitting in the corner of the yard, quietly watching the lively scene in front of them, but they did not join in the fun.
"Brother, do you think Miss Wang's parents are not worried about Miss Wang at all?"
After a long pause, Xu Dongsheng suddenly said, looking at Lin Tianqi with a somewhat incomprehensible look in his eyes. He really couldn't understand it. Putting himself in his shoes, if he had a daughter and disappeared in the future, he felt that he might
Searching like crazy.
But looking at the appearance of Wang Xiuqin's family before, both his parents and younger brother seemed to be fine. Instead, they were all immersed in the joy of Wang Chengcai's marriage, as if Wang Xiuqin's disappearance had nothing to do with them. Xu Dongsheng was a little bit
Can't understand.
Lin Tianqi didn't say anything. One was because he didn't know how to answer the question, and the other was that even if he answered it, he didn't think it would make any sense. This was someone else's family matter. Although he also sympathized with Wang Xiuqin and disliked the Wang family's performance, it was someone else's after all.
Household affairs.
The sky was getting dark, and the temperature around Lin Tianqi and Xu Dongsheng seemed to have dropped a lot. They both felt a chill, and then they saw Wang Xiuqin's ghost appearing next to them.
"Miss Wang." Xu Dongsheng called out.
"Brother Lin, Brother Xu." Wang Xiuqin also called the two of them with a smile, and then looked around.
"We're home." He glanced around briefly and found that it was a familiar home. Wang Xiuqin immediately showed excitement, but then when he saw the lively and festive scene in front of him, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Is this?
....”
Turning her head, Wang Xiuqin looked at Lin Tianqi. The festive scene in front of her was completely different from the scene she had imagined returning home.
"Today is the wedding day of your brother Wang Chengcai."