Li Sangru kept her word. At dawn the next day, she happily went to find Wang the matchmaker to find a wife for Lin Dashan, and she also promised to give her 50 yuan as a matchmaker fee after the matter was settled.
Matchmaker Wang didn't want to introduce a blind date to the mother and son, but when she heard that there was 50 yuan, she immediately smiled and said, "Okay, what does your Dashan want?"
When Li Sangru saw that Wang the matchmaker agreed, she said, "My son Dashan is tall and hardworking, so he must marry a city girl!"
When matchmaker Wang heard this, she thought, your mountain looks like a bear, but you have high standards, don't you?
Just as he was thinking about how to get her to lower her demands, he didn't expect Li Sangru to blurt out another sentence, "Sister Wang, if you find a city girl for my Dashan, I will give you 300 yuan as a betrothal gift. After the deal is done, I will give you another 50 yuan as a matchmaker..."
When Matchmaker Wang heard this, her eyes widened instantly and the hesitation in her heart disappeared immediately.
In this remote and poor area, 300 yuan for a bride price is not a small amount of money, and it is enough to attract those city girls.
"Aunt, are you serious? 300 yuan for a betrothal gift is unprecedented in our village!" Matchmaker Wang stared at Li Sangru, fearing that she would go back on her word.
Li Sangru puffed out her chest and said proudly, "Sister Wang, how could I lie to you? I have money now, and I want to find a good wife for my Dashan so that he can be glorious."
Matchmaker Wang's eyes rolled and she started to think quickly.
Although it is not easy to find a city girl, it is not completely impossible.
She remembered that she had a distant relative in the city. The daughter of that relative seemed to have no partner, but her requirements were a bit high and most people would not look down on her.
However, considering the generous reward, it is worth talking about it.
"Aunt, I remember a girl who was the daughter of a relative of mine in the city. She was pretty and had studied for a few years, but she was a little picky.
But I'll go and say something nice, maybe it will work. But the round-trip travel expenses, favors and so on..." Matchmaker Wang deliberately dragged out her voice.
Li Sangru immediately understood what she meant. She took out two big unity notes from her pocket and stuffed them into Wang Matchmaker's hands, saying generously, "Sister Wang, take these first, and consider them as the initial expenses. As long as this marriage can be arranged, you will get all the benefits."
Matchmaker Wang took the money and smiled from ear to ear: "Okay, then I'll go to the city right away, and you just wait for my good news."
Li Sangru returned home full of expectations and began to fantasize about the wonderful life her son would have after marrying a woman from the city.
She felt that she was about to be proud of herself in the village, but she did not realize that the crimes she and Lin Dashan had committed were enough to make them regret for the rest of their lives.
While Li Sangru was having a sweet dream, Lin Yuexi, everyone in the Lu family, and Captain Li gathered a group of young men that night and turned the village and the back mountain upside down, but they couldn't find the two children.
Everyone in the village was dumbfounded. They asked Wang Hongmei, the first-grade teacher in the village office, who said that because she had something going on at home, she had let the school go half an hour early.
She also specifically told Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun to wait for her sister Lu Xiaomei or her aunt to come and pick them up before leaving.
Besides, the school, the brigade headquarters, and the clinic are only half a mile away from Lin Yuexi's home. Where can they get there in such a short time?
Everyone racked their brains to figure it out, so they decided to report it to the police station.
The police at the police station were shocked when they received the report. They knew that Captain Lu’s twins were missing, so they immediately sent out police officers to search everywhere, but they could not find any trace of them.
Lin Yuexi was really anxious now, and quickly found Zhao Gang, who then found Liu Zhien, the police captain of the county public security bureau.
Liu Zhien has been receiving reports from various police stations in the county, township, and village about more than a dozen children going missing for unknown reasons, and he is extremely overwhelmed.
Now Zhao Gang came to tell him that Lin Yuexi's twins were also lost, and he was really furious.
He felt that the trafficker was too bold. Lin Yuexi was not only a military family member, but also his lifesaver. He was too disrespectful to him. He immediately reported the matter to the police and requested that they investigate the case with all their strength and mobilize the whole team.
This matter was reported up the chain, and naturally alerted the county's Deputy Secretary Li.
When Deputy Secretary Li heard that Lu Cheng and Lin Yuexi's child was lost, he was unacceptable.
When did this human trafficker become so rampant? He was so brazen!
With one order, "All personnel are mobilized to investigate. We must find the two children from Lu Cheng. We must not let the soldiers down."
Following Deputy Secretary Li's order, the entire county's police force was mobilized, checkpoints were quickly set up on all major traffic arteries, and strict inspections were carried out on passing vehicles and pedestrians.
Public security officers went deep into various towns and villages, checking for suspicious persons and clues from house to house, leaving no corner untouched.
At the same time, the atmosphere in the village became extremely solemn.
At this time, Li Sangru, who was completely unaware of the situation, was happily planning her son's wedding at home. She cleaned the house thoroughly and even began to plan to use the remaining money to buy some new furniture to satisfy her future daughter-in-law.
Although Lin Dashan felt a little uneasy, he gradually relaxed his vigilance with his mother's constant comfort, and looked forward to Wang the Matchmaker bringing back good news.
As for Matchmaker Wang, after arriving in the city, she finally found the distant relative after going through a lot of trouble.
When she explained her purpose, she was rejected as expected. When the girl heard that he was a country boy, she didn't even want to meet him.
However, the other party provided her with some information, saying that there was a father and daughter in the city, and the girl's mother had died of illness. If someone was willing to pay a dowry of 300 yuan, she would be willing to marry into the countryside.
Matchmaker Wang was overjoyed and immediately found the father and daughter. She explained Lin Dashan's situation to them, praised his hard work and ability, and emphasized the generous gift, which finally moved the father and daughter.
The girl's attitude softened a little.
But the prerequisite is that Lin Dashan must come to the city and bring enough gifts.
Matchmaker Wang returned to the village happily and told Li Sangru the news.
Li Sangru took out more money without hesitation and asked Lin Dashan to dress up and go to the city with Matchmaker Wang for a blind date.
Just when Lin Dashan was happily going on a blind date, Lin Yuexi finally focused her suspicions on Li Sangru and Lin Dashan.
It was already the third day since Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun disappeared.
This was when Li Sangru was shouting everywhere that her son Lin Dashan was going to marry a girl from the city. She even bought some cloth for Lin Dashan's clothes in the town and made him a fashionable Zhongshan suit. She even pretended to put a pen on the pocket of his shirt.
Lin Yuexi recalled Li Sangru's previous dissatisfaction and greed towards her, and now her nouveau riche behavior, and her doubts grew more and more.
She thought about it for a while and quickly understood that Li Sangru must have kidnapped and sold Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun to have so much money to help Lin Dashan get married.
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