Chapter 20: Wedding
The old man was very talkative. From his mouth, Lin Tianqi and Xu Dongsheng also knew the situation. Today is the wedding day of Wang Youde's son, and the bride is a girl in the village next door.
Wang Youde's son is Wang Chengcai. He went out to explore a few years ago. When the old man saw that Lin Tianqi and Xu Dongsheng were young and Wang Chengcai were about the same age, he thought that they were Wang Chengcai and met friends of the same age when they were strolling outside. Xu Dongsheng, the honest and honest child, originally wanted to tell the old man the truth, but was immediately stopped by Lin Tianqi.
"The old man guessed it well. My name is Lin Tianqi. This is my junior brother Xu Dongsheng. He is a friend of Chengcai. He heard that Chengcai is going to get married, so he came to congratulate him."
Lin Tianqi climbed down the pole and simply pretended to be a friend Wang Chengcai met outside. It was sunset and it was just dinner time, and the old man was going to Wang Youde’s house for a wedding banquet. Lin Tianqi and Xu Dongsheng also followed the old man to Wang Youde’s house.
Wang Youde's family lives in the back of Wangjia Village. It is an ordinary old farmhouse with wooden shingles, with festive red lanterns hanging. In front of the house is a large yard surrounded by fences. The yard is full of banquets, and the banquets are filled with people, about eight tables, and they are gathered together. It is very lively, and they are all people who drink wedding banquets.
The two brothers Lin Tianqi and his brothers separated directly after they came here with the old man. They found an inconspicuous place in the corner and sat down to avoid attracting attention. After all, the two brothers are now pretending to be Wang Chengcai’s friends. If they are too conspicuous and are noticed, they will be easily seen through.
"Senior brother, why do we pretend to be Wang Chengcai's friends?" Xu Dongsheng said in a silence with Lin Tianqi, his face a little unnatural. He looked at the people around him and whispered: "It's not good."
Lin Tianqi looked at Xu Dongsheng angrily and said, "Just listen to me." His junior brother 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 in his heart, he still chose to obey Lin Tianqi's words: "Senior brother, then what should we do now? Go directly to Miss Wang's parents and tell them about Miss Wang's affairs?"
Lin Tianqi couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth again when he heard this. His junior brother is really stupid. Now he is going to find Wang Xiuqin's parents. Today is just the festive day for his son's wedding. You run up and tell him that his daughter is dead. Isn't this pouring cold water on his excitement?
Besides, the sun has just set and the sky is not dark yet. Wang Xiuqin can't come out. Just because the two brothers and brothers are unfounded, how can they believe it after hearing it? Not to mention believing it, it would be a good thing not to be beaten out by sticks at that time. On the contrary, the matter may not be explained clearly and he will make him feel slutty.
This kind of thing is still waiting for fewer people, and then Wang Xiuqin will make it clear to her parents after she comes out. Moreover, Lin Tianqi vaguely feels that Wang Xiuqin's parents should not value her daughter too much, otherwise Wang Xiuqin would have been missing for more than a month after all. At this time, Wang Xiuqin's parents were not anxious to find someone, but instead prepared for the wedding for her son.
If he hadn't valued Wang Xiuqin's daughter, how could he do such a thing? The custom of favoring boys over girls has existed since ancient times in China. Even in the 21st century of his last life, many parents still maintained this idea. In this Republic of China era, it was not uncommon to favor boys over girls.
"Sit down and have some meal first. When there are fewer people in the evening, Miss Wang comes out and we will arrange for Miss Wang to meet with her parents and let Miss Wang talk to her parents by herself."
Lin Tianqi said to Xu Dongsheng, his voice was very small because there were many people present, so he was careful of being heard by others, so Xu Dongsheng nodded as well.
"I don't know what I would think when Wang Xiuqin came out and saw this situation. She knew that today was the day of her brother's wedding. I guess she was very uncomfortable. She has been missing for more than a month. Not only did her parents not worry about looking for her all over the world, but instead planned the wedding for her brother."
He felt keenly that Wang Xiuqin's parents did not seem to be interested in Wang Xiuqin's daughter, and Lin Tianqi couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Wang Xiuqin.
It is indeed an annoying concept to favor boys over girls.
Time passed, and before I knew it, the sun set completely on the top of the mountain. The two of them sat on a banquet in the corner and found an inconspicuous place to sit down, but they didn't attract much attention.
The wedding banquet slowly came to an end, and the last ray of sunset at the west mountain began to slowly fade away, and the sky gradually darkened.
At this time, on the path outside the gate of Wangjia Village in the distance, gongs and drums rang, locks and firecrackers, and a long red team walked in from the path towards the gate of the village. The team for weddings came back, and it was full of lively and festiveness.
"The bride is here!" "Let's go and see the bride together." "Go and see..." "..."
The people in the yard suddenly became excited, and many people walked out to the gate of the yard and couldn't wait to see the bride. Soon, the wedding team came to the door and walked into the yard. The bride was in the middle of the yard, carrying red cloth, and could not see her face, and was led by a father and daughter who looked over 40 years old.
"Where is the groom, where is the groom? Come and pick up the bride."
The father and daughter holding the bride were like matchmakers, with a bloated figure and a loud voice. The sound of people was already heard at the door before they even entered.
"Quick, Chengcai, the bride is here, go and pick someone up."
At this time, in the wooden house of the Wang family, a couple also walked out with a man wearing a groom's uniform with big red flowers hanging on their chests. They looked pretty and looked a little handsome. It made people know at a glance that this was the groom Wang Youcai, the groom's parents Wang Youde and Tian Guihua, with festive smiles on their faces.
"Why are you still standing there? Go and pick up the bride."
Wang Youde patted his son's shoulder and stepped forward, with a happy and relaxed smile on his face. Tian Guihua next to him was also smiling, as if a flower was blooming on her face. As everyone around him cheered, Wang Chengcai also walked forward and walked towards the bride.
"You're going to be a church!" "You're going to be a church for one's sake" "You're going to be a church for two..."
The entire Wang family's yard was full of lively, more lively than when they were having dinner. The bride and groom were pushed into the main hall by people around and began to worship. The people at the entrance of the main hall gathered one after another, one by one, looking at the joy inside, which was very lively.
Lin Tianqi and Xu Dongsheng were still sitting in the corner of the yard, quietly watching the lively scene in front of him, but did not join in the fun.
"Senior brother, do you say Miss Wang's parents are not worried about Miss Wang at all?"
After a long pause, Xu Dongsheng suddenly spoke, looking at Lin Tianqi with a hint of incomprehensibility in his eyes. He really couldn't understand. He put himself in his shoes. If he had a daughter in the future, he felt that he would probably go crazy looking for it.
But looking at the appearance of Wang Xiuqin's family, both her parents and younger brothers seemed to be fine, but instead were 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 incomprehensible.
Lin Tianqi didn't say anything. One was that he didn't know how to answer this. Another was that he didn't think it was meaningful even if he answered it. This was someone else's family matter. Although he also sympathized with Wang Xiuqin and disgusted with the Wang family's behavior, it was someone else's family matter after all.
The sky gradually darkened, and the temperature around Lin Tianqi and Xu Dongsheng seemed to drop a lot. Both of them felt a chill, and then they saw Wang Xiuqin's ghost appear beside them.
"Miss Wang." Xu Dongsheng shouted.
"Brother Lin, Brother Xu." Wang Xiuqin also smiled and called out to the two of them, then looked around.
"It's time to get home." His eyes glanced around briefly and found that it was his familiar home. Wang Xiuqin immediately showed excitement, but then when she saw the lively and festive scene in front of her, she couldn't help but be stunned: "Is this?..."
Turning his head, Wang Xiuqin looked at Lin Tianqi. The festive scene in front of her was completely different from the scene she imagined going home.
"Today is the wedding day of your younger brother Wang Chengcai."
Lin Tianqi spoke and looked at Wang Xiuqin.
Chapter completed!