Chapter 76 Wedding Feast
The sky gradually brightened.
The Liu family courtyard was filled with joy as the family busied themselves with smiles on their faces, preparing for today's celebratory feast.
With the guests almost arriving, Zhang Xiuying couldn't see her daughter and began to wonder.
"This girl, she's usually the first one up, why isn't she up yet today?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Hongmei chuckled and winked, saying, "Mother, my little sister has a man now! We're newlyweds, and it's only natural that she got up a little late today after all the commotion last night!"
"You have such a big mouth!" Zhang Xiuying laughed along, but muttered, "These two are so unreliable, they're even having a banquet today, don't they know to take it easy..."
As she spoke, she walked to her daughter's bedroom door, preparing to knock.
As soon as I raised my hand, I realized that the door was ajar and not locked at all!
Zhang Xiuying's heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition surged up.
"Daughter? Son-in-law? Get up! Mother's coming in..."
She pushed open the door and found the room empty, the bedding neatly folded, and not a soul in sight!
Zhang Xiuying felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, followed by a piercing scream:
"Father of the children! Eldest, second, and fourth sons!"
Hearing the shouts, the whole family rushed over.
"What's wrong, Mother!"
"Your sister and brother-in-law... are missing!" Zhang Xiuying cried out in distress.
"Could it be... that the young couple went out for a walk early in the morning?" Shen Hongmei guessed.
Zhou Juan froze, then asked nervously, "Did my brother-in-law come back yesterday?"
After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.
They then remembered that Shen Yi had gone to buy meat yesterday and hadn't come back at all!
Liu Shouren frowned: "Oh no! Old woman, check if the flashlight is still in your daughter's room. I bet she went to the mountains to look for her son-in-law in the middle of the night!"
Zhang Xiuying calmed down as well: "Eldest son, second son, you two go take a walk in the mountains and check the situation. The old man and I will go and ask a few people we know to help us find people. Fourth son, you go to the educated youth settlement and ask for help! Eldest son's wife and second son's wife, you two stay at home and greet any guests who come!"
She looked at everyone and solemnly instructed, word by word: "Today is your little sister's big day. This banquet must not be ruined!"
"yes!"
The Liu family members immediately agreed solemnly and split up to take action!
The Lu family.
Before dawn, Gu Mansheng was dragged out of bed by Li Xuemei!
"You lazy bum! What time is it?! Get up and make breakfast for the whole family!"
Gu Mansheng was half asleep and was about to resist when Lu Huaiyuan kicked her off the bed!
"Get out there and cook!" Lu Huaiyuan snapped impatiently from his bed. "I married you to be my wife, not my pampered princess!"
“But…” Gu Mansheng burst into tears, feeling wronged, “Isn’t marriage supposed to be about two people living together? Why do I feel like a servant…”
"A maid?" Lu Huaiyuan scoffed. "Go ask around in the village. Which wife doesn't do the laundry, cook, and serve the whole family? You think you're so special?"
Li Xuemei added fuel to the fire, saying, "That's right! I used to do all these chores, but now that I'm a mother-in-law, it's your turn to do them! Once you have a son and become a mother-in-law, you'll have a much easier time."
The thought that such dark and hopeless days were still far away made Gu Mansheng feel dizzy.
"Still trying to play dead, are you!" Seeing that she didn't move, Li Xuemei grabbed her ear. "Come on! Come with me to the kitchen!"
However, when Li Xuemei got to the kitchen, she was devastated to find that this pampered young lady, who never lifted a finger to do housework, couldn't even start a fire!
Enraged, she grabbed a piece of firewood and started hitting Gu Mansheng with it!
"I must have had the worst luck in eight lifetimes to marry such a good-for-nothing like you! If I had married Zhixia, breakfast would already be on the table! I wouldn't need to be here teaching you!"
Gu Mansheng was beaten and curled up in the corner, trembling with pain, and could only cry helplessly.
She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug deep into her flesh.
Why should I?!
Both of them got married, so why is it that Liu Zhixia gets to be so glamorous while she has to be beaten and scolded here?
Gu Mansheng's eyes suddenly lit up.
Today... is the day the Liu family is holding their wedding banquet.
The whole village will go.
A sinister yet triumphant smile slowly crept onto her lips.
What if the whole village got poisoned at the Liu family's banquet...?
Liu Zhixia, even if you had mountains of gold and silver, you couldn't afford to pay this off!
Gu Mansheng had just finished preparing breakfast for the Lu family in the kitchen and couldn't wait to run out.
As soon as I reached the main road, I saw several of Liu's sons running around the village in a hurry.
Curious, she followed Liu Xuejun all the way to the educated youth settlement. When she heard Liu Xuejun's anxious words, her eyes lit up!
Liu Zhixia and Shen Yi... have disappeared?!
It's like someone just delivered a pillow when you're about to fall asleep!
She stood at the entrance of the educated youth settlement, her face contorted with a ferocious, maniacal laugh that could no longer be concealed.
Just as Liu Xuejun had gathered the educated youth and was preparing to go up the mountain, Gu Mansheng blocked their way.
"Gu Mansheng! What do you want to do!" Liu Xuejun looked at the woman with disgust.
"Liu Zhixia and Shen Yi are both gone?" Gu Mansheng laughed heartily. "Haha! Don't bother looking! It must be that Shen Yi got tired of playing around and didn't want to marry a country girl to take responsibility, so he ran away overnight! Your sister is too ashamed to face anyone, so she hid herself!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Liu Xuejun's eyes were bloodshot with anger. "Something must have happened to my brother-in-law and the others! Get out of my way!"
After she finished speaking, the group ignored her and rushed up the mountain with their tools.
"Don't waste your energy!" Gu Mansheng shouted from behind, "Liu Zhixia was just dumped! Don't you realize that a promising military officer like him would never be interested in someone like her..."
"Gu Mansheng!"
Before she could finish speaking, a cold voice came from behind her, startling her so much that she trembled all over!
She turned around in horror and saw Zhao Dongmei standing behind her, her eyes wide open, looking as if she wanted to kill her!
"Zhao...Zhao Zhiqing? You...you're awake?"
"Smack!"
Without uttering a single wasted word, Zhao Dongmei rushed forward and delivered a resounding slap!
"Why are you hitting me! How did you become so rude, like a country bumpkin?" Gu Mansheng covered her face and screamed.
Zhao Dongmei's gaze seemed to want to kill her. She gritted her teeth and said, word by word, "I was knocked to the ground by you that day, but I was still conscious. I heard every single word you and Wang Laizi said clearly!"
Upon hearing Zhao Dongmei's words, Gu Mansheng was so frightened that her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground.
She scrambled over, grabbed Zhao Dongmei's trouser leg, and pleaded, "Dongmei... for the sake of our shared educated youth community, please don't report me..."
"Get out of my way!" Zhao Dongmei kicked her away, looking down at her as if she were a filthy bug.
“Gu Mansheng, this time, no one can save you. Once I find Comrade Liu and Comrade Shen, I will go to the commune! Your plot with Lu Huaiyuan to frame Comrade Liu, and your plan with Wang Laizi to harm us educated youth… I will write every single word of these in my report!”
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