Chapter 73 Feast
Gu Mansheng was dragged back to the Lu family home by Lu Huaiyuan.
She changed into a garish red wedding dress and sat blankly in the cold room, muttering to herself:
"Why...why can Liu Zhixia marry so well? What do I lack compared to her? Why does Comrade Shen look down on me?"
"Bang!"
The door was kicked open, and Lu Huaiyuan stormed in angrily.
"What are you still doing here! The guests are all waiting to offer us a toast!"
“Huaiyuan…” Gu Mansheng immediately put on a wronged expression, her voice trembling with tears, “You’ve never been this mean to me before…”
"Shut up!" Lu Huaiyuan was already in a bad mood, and hearing her cry only made him angrier. He raised his hand and slapped her!
"Look at yourself now! I lost my job and all my face trying to marry you! And you still have the nerve to cry!"
Gu Mansheng covered her burning face and burst into tears of grievance.
"Cry, cry, cry! All you do is cry!" Lu Huaiyuan completely lost his temper, grabbed her hair, and slapped her hard across the face several times. "On this joyous day, you dare to cry like a mourner! Do you believe I'll beat you to death!"
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forecourt.
Gu Mansheng, with a swollen and red face, was dragged out by Lu Huaiyuan while trembling all over.
The commotion inside the house was clearly audible to everyone in the courtyard.
Everyone looked at her disheveled appearance with disdain and contempt in their eyes.
Gu Mansheng lowered her head, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground.
"What are you standing there like a dead man for! Get over here and greet the guests!" Lu Huaiyuan shouted from the side.
She forced herself to look up, only to find the courtyard filled with unfamiliar faces.
"Who are these people..."
“A relative of the Lu family!” Lu Huaiyuan said irritably.
"What about the rest of the team?"
"The people from the brigade?" Lu Huaiyuan sneered. "Who doesn't know I married a woman with a bad class background? They'd rather avoid me than come knocking on my door?"
Gu Mansheng looked around in astonishment. There were many tables and chairs in the courtyard, but only two tables were sparsely occupied. Apart from a few families who were close to Lu Jianping, the rest were all distant relatives of the Lu family.
The brigade leader's son got married, but not a single person from the brigade came...
The moment the thought crossed her mind, she looked up and met Lu Jianping's murderous gaze, which made her tremble with fear.
At this moment, Li Xuemei walked over with a smile, seemingly affectionately taking her arm, but her hand pinched her soft flesh hard!
Gu Mansheng gasped in pain, but could only force a smile under the scrutinizing gazes of everyone.
“Daughter-in-law,” Li Xuemei’s smile didn’t reach her eyes, “come over here quickly and pour us some wine.”
Gu Mansheng trembled, like a puppet, as she followed behind Li Xuemei...
In the afternoon, Shen Yi officially moved his belongings from Lu Kai's house into Liu's house.
Liu Xuejun ran to help, and when he returned, his face was filled with undisguised excitement.
He plopped down in the courtyard and vividly recounted to the Liu family, "Sister, you didn't see it! The Lu family hosted a banquet today, but hardly anyone from our village went! They prepared ten tables, but only their own relatives and a few lackeys sparsely occupied two tables. It was hilarious!"
"Where are the villagers? Aren't they going to the feast?" Liu Zhixia was also somewhat surprised.
“That’s right,” Shen Hongmei said, equally puzzled. “The brigade leader’s family is hosting a banquet, so the food must be quite good. Why don’t we take advantage of this?”
Liu Xuejun laughed even harder: "A good feast? I heard there wasn't even a decent main dish! Gu Mansheng was even worse off, standing there like a maid, serving tea and water to everyone!"
"Serves her right!" Zhang Xiuying slapped her thigh triumphantly. "Wasn't she always hoping to squeeze my daughter out and marry into the Lu family? Now, she's finally got her wish!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a tall figure walked out of the house, holding a rag in his hand.
Liu Zhixia quickly stood up: "Why are you still cleaning? Have you packed everything up?"
Shen Yi washed and hung up the rag, and replied naturally, "Yes, everything is tidied up. I wiped down the new furniture."
Looking at her diligent and capable son-in-law, Zhang Xiuying became more and more satisfied: "Alright, all of you, stop resting! Tomorrow is our family's banquet, we can't let it turn into a joke like the Lu family's!"
“Okay,” Shen Yi immediately agreed, “I’ll go with Lao Xu to the supply and marketing cooperative right now and buy some more meat!”
He called Xu Zhigang, who was playing with the child, and the two of them strode out to go shopping.
In the courtyard, the women of the Liu family also began to busy themselves, preparing the dishes for tomorrow.
No matter how many villagers come tomorrow, they will prepare according to the highest standard of twenty tables.
It's our own happy occasion, so we must make it a grand and spectacular event!
Shen Yi and Xu Zhigang, carrying baskets on their backs, headed straight for the supply and marketing cooperative.
Unexpectedly, the supply and marketing cooperative is closed today.
Xu Zhigang slapped his forehead: "I forgot! The Lu family is having a banquet today, and those who are close to Lu Jianping must have all gone to drink."
"It's alright," Shen Yi said calmly. "We can buy it in the city, just in time."
The two took a shortcut and hurried into the city.
Halfway up the mountain, Shen Yi suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
Shen Yi gestured for him to be quiet. Xu Zhigang immediately shut up and followed his gaze.
In the grass not far away, a furtive figure was crouching there.
The two exchanged a glance, then silently moved their feet, flanking the other from the left and right.
When Shen Yi realized that the man was Wang Laizi, he pulled out a spare rope from his basket and threw it to Xu Zhigang. He then picked up his basket and rushed forward!
With a "whoosh," the basket fell from the sky, completely trapping Wang Laizi inside!
"Ouch! Which bastard dared to ambush me while I was taking a dump!" Wang Laizi cursed as he tried to get up.
Xu Zhigang plopped down on the basket, pressing him down with his weight, and chuckled, "Hey, you've been hiding in the mountains for so many days, and you can still poop? Looks like the food's been pretty good."
"It's you two soldiers again!" Wang Laizi cursed. "If you've got the guts, let me out!"
"Let you out?" Xu Zhigang laughed heartily. "Perfect timing, we're going to the city anyway, we'll take you to the police station while we're at it!"
"Why should I!" Wang Laizi immediately backed down. "It's not illegal for me to wander around in the mountains!"
"Not illegal?" Shen Yi's icy voice came from above. "Arson, breaking into a private residence, intentional assault... which one of these isn't enough to get you a few years in jail?"
"You...you're making baseless accusations! Do you have any evidence?!" Wang Laizi was still making a last-ditch effort.
Shen Yi sneered, took out the lighter from his pocket, and waved it in front of him.
"The physical evidence is with me. The witness is me. Wang Laizi, stop struggling and come with us obediently, so you'll suffer less on the way."
Looking at the familiar lighter, and then at the two skilled soldiers in front of him, Wang Laizi felt utterly disheartened.
He knew that this time, he was truly doomed!
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