Reborn in 1979, with a female educated youth lying next to me.

Since he hadn't planned to have much interaction with them, Liu Jia explained things to Qiu Zi and left after staying for a short while.

The next morning, Liu Jia thought it best to set off for the city as soon as possible.

I left home at 7 a.m. and arrived in the city around 7:30 a.m. I had a quick bite to eat and then handed over my basket.

But before he could push the cart out, Zhang Guilan called him back.

"Sanzi, wait a moment, the steamed egg custard is ready, eat it before you go."

"Mom, didn't I tell you a long time ago? You don't need to cook for me separately. If this goes on for too long, and I have to cook an extra meal every few days, can your body handle it?"

Before Liu Jia could say anything more, Zhang Guilan had already taken out the steamed egg custard.

In front of Liu Jia, Zhang Guilan added two spoonfuls of vinegar, one spoonful of soy sauce, and half a teaspoon of sesame oil to the steamed egg custard.

"Eat up, this morning our old hen's eggs broke open, and since it's hot now we can't leave them out, so I made steamed eggs. If you eat these, it won't delay your departure."

Liu Jia knew from a young age that his mother loved him dearly.

Seeing his mother, who was quite old, still making breakfast for him, Liu Jia felt a pang of guilt.

"Mom, I can't eat this much, you should eat too."

“What can’t a grown man like you eat? He has to work all day. If he can’t even eat a steamed egg custard, how can he manage? Hurry up and eat.”

"So what are you going to eat later?"

The steamed egg custard was a little hot, so Liu Jia gently stirred it with a small spoon and then asked another question.

"Our cooking is easy, so you don't need to worry about it."

"By the way, Mother, isn't today Big Hammer's wedding? Why hasn't there been any news yet?"

Liu Jia felt something was strange when he couldn't hear any noise from the street.

Having lived in this village for a long time, Liu Jia was very familiar with its customs.

Moreover, having been married before, he has a deep understanding of the relevant procedures.

Something's wrong that there's been no movement from Big Hammer's house at this time.

Zhang Guilan turned her head with a smile.

"I heard that Zhang Dalaba's family is waiting for the right time. They had a fortune teller look at their fortunes beforehand, and the fortune teller said that the best time to go to the wedding is between nine and eleven in the morning."

Liu Jia almost burst out laughing.

They're both from the same village, so who wouldn't know who?

Finding a wife is such a hassle, there's so much to it.

In an ordinary family, they would set off before dawn and bring their bride home before nine o'clock.

They didn't leave until nine o'clock, which was the first time I'd ever heard of such a thing.

Seeing Liu Jia smile, Zhang Guilan smiled too.

Zhang Cuihua had been hoping that Da Chuizi could get married. Now that her wish had finally come true, she was going to make a lot of trouble with the process.

However, it's better to believe something is true than to believe it isn't.

Every family wants a good life when they get a wife.

Since the fortune teller has already given his advice, let's just do as he says.

In the time it took to say a few words, the steamed egg custard in front of us had cooled down considerably.

The aroma of the steamed egg custard made Liu Jia swallow several mouthfuls of saliva.

Take a spoonful and put it in your mouth; it's smooth and tender, and it tastes incredibly delicious.

"Mom, your steamed egg custard is so delicious, no one else can compare to it."

"Stop talking nonsense all the time. If outsiders hear this, they'll laugh us to death. Who praises their own family?"

"It's delicious!"

Liu Jia said another sentence, then buried his head in eating his steamed egg custard.

Even after Liu Jia left Xili Village, there was still no movement from the loudspeaker's house.

It wasn't until nine o'clock that the streets became lively.

Big Hammer walked at the front, followed by several young men, with the elders of the Zhang family beside him.

The group of people walked toward Zhang Yanzi's house in a lively and cheerful manner.

We live in a new era, where new ways of doing things are all the rage.

Therefore, the process of getting married is not much different.

The loudspeaker's family didn't buy bicycles because they had already arranged it with Zhang Yanzi's family. Since Zhang Yanzi didn't say anything, no one else brought it up.

When the village children saw a wedding procession on the street, they started jumping and skipping, making the street even more lively.

The two young men at the front were holding firecrackers and chatting and laughing as they walked.

The groom's house isn't far from the bride's house, so they can't walk too fast.

If you move too fast, and people don't even know whose son is getting married before you take his wife away, that won't do.

When the woman heard that Big Hammer had already left, the neighbors also became excited.

Yanzi's mother was initially quite calm, but the thought of her daughter being married off soon filled her with a sense of reluctance.

"Swallow's mother, stop crying here. Go check on Swallow. Hammer will be here soon."

Someone in the crowd reminded her, and Yanzi's mother quickly came to her senses.

She quickly wiped away her tears and sniffed hard.

"Look at me, I'm so busy I'm dizzy. I quickly called Yanzi to open the door."

There's a custom in the village that once the groom enters the courtyard, the bride can't leave the house; she can only peek at him through the window.

Before the sledgehammer arrives, I need to remind my daughter a few things.

Yanzi hurried towards the side room. Before she even reached the door, she called out, "Yanzi, quickly open the door! The groom will be here soon. Would you like to go out for a bit?"

Swallow's mother spoke very subtly; what she meant by "going out for a bit" was going to the outhouse.

After the question was asked, there was no response from inside the room.

Swallow's mother frowned and took two more steps forward.

"Swallow, hurry up, it's almost time!"

After repeated urging, there was still no response.

Swallow's mother began to have doubts, and as she lifted the curtain, she pushed open the door.

"Creak" sound.

The door was pushed open.

"You daughter, can't you ever give me a break? What time is it, and you're still..."

She was halfway through her sentence when she suddenly froze.

The room was spotless, and the bedding on the bed was neatly folded, showing no signs of having been slept in.

The side room was no bigger than the palm of your hand; you could see everything inside with just a blink of an eye.

So, what's going on?

There's no one in the house!

Zhang Yanzi has disappeared!

Swallow's mother's head buzzed, and she almost lost her balance.

"Good heavens! Where are they? Swallows, where have they gone?"

Swallow's mother shouted at the top of her lungs, then rolled her eyes and knew nothing more.

The women following behind, hearing that Yanzi's mother's voice sounded strange, hurriedly came over.

As soon as I entered, I found Swallow's mother lying on the ground!

"Help! Something's happened! Swallow's mother is dying!"

"Help! Someone's in danger!"

The two women shouted at the top of their lungs, and soon everyone in the courtyard came running to the side room.

Everyone hurriedly carried Yanzi Yang onto the kang (a heated brick bed).

Pinching the philtrum (the area between the nose and upper lip) and moving the arms around the philtrum are all ways to revive the philtrum.

After all that commotion, Swallow's mother finally opened her eyes.

Seeing that a crowd had formed around her, Yanzi's mother didn't have time to speak and quickly searched for Zhang Yanzi in the crowd.

But no matter how hard they searched, they couldn't find their daughter.

"Where's Yanzi? Where's my daughter?"

Her question left everyone looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Mother Swallow, we haven't seen Swallow either. Weren't you inside just now?"

"Yes, where did the bride go?"

"What's going on? Haven't you seen any swallows this early in the morning?"

"Could she have gone out to buy something?"

Everyone was talking at once, but their eyes remained fixed on Swallow's mother.

Swallow's mother was stunned at first, then burst into tears.

"Heavens above! Is this any way to live? Swallow, you ungrateful wretch, you're trying to kill me!"

"You said you wouldn't marry me if I didn't want to, but you pulled this stunt on me. How am I supposed to save face now?"

"What should I do? The Zhang family is sending people soon, and I can't hand them over. What am I going to do?!"

When Swallow's mother shouted that, everyone understood what was going on.

Zhang Yanzi ran away!

Whatever the reason, the bride is gone!

Seeing this situation, the managers panicked.

While they quickly sent people to search the yard, they were also completely baffled.

The two stewards came to Swallow's mother.

"Sister-in-law, don't be anxious. Explain yourself clearly. When did Yanzi disappear? You live in the same courtyard, and she just vanished without a trace, and you don't know anything about it?"

Ignoring the waves of dizziness in her head, Yanzi's mother took a deep sniff.

"Yanzi said last night that she will become someone else's wife in one day and she will miss this family."

"She also said that marriage is a major event in one's life, and she wants to make sure it's done properly."

"She told me that her birth chart was strong, and that she was afraid that the arrival of relatives and friends would disturb them, so she told me to wait until the hammer arrived before opening the door."

After hearing Zhang Yanzi's explanation, Yanzi's mother suddenly realized that she had been deceived!

Another wave of chest tightness hit me, and it took me a while to finally catch my breath after stretching my neck.

"I believed everything she said, but how was I supposed to know it was all a lie! God, what am I going to do? The Zhang family is not someone to be trifled with!"

Everyone in the village knows that Zhang Dalaba is not someone you'll easily run into.

When Big Hammer goes berserk, he becomes ruthless and doesn't even recognize his own family.

If the wedding goes smoothly and the two families become in-laws, everything will be easier to discuss.

But now, things have come to a critical point, the bride has disappeared, and there's no way to explain it!

"Find him! We must find him!"

"Swallow's mother, think again, when did Swallow go out?"

"Yes, when was the last time you saw Yanzi?"

Did Yanzi tell you anything before she left?

Everyone bombarded her with questions, and Swallow's mother looked ashen-faced.

If there weren't so many people around, Yanzi's mother would have loved to curse out loud: Who knows who that little bitch ran off with!

I raised her for over ten years, and this is what happened in the end!

This is pushing yourself to the brink of despair!

Not only is it humiliating, but the Zhang family will definitely not let me off the hook!

From now on, don't expect any good days ahead!

When asked by everyone, Swallow's mother only replied with one sentence: "I don't know."

Many people looked on with suspicion.

Some people even speculated privately that today's scene was a staged performance by the mother and daughter.

Otherwise, how could one have run away and the other be completely clueless when asked?

The courtyard was in complete chaos, and no one knew what to do next.

"The groom has arrived to marry the bride!"

In the wedding procession, the two young men at the front always walked and shouted, getting more and more excited as they shouted.

But to Swallow's mother, the sound was like a series of death knells.

Each time she called out, her heart clenched.

Suddenly, Swallow's mother jumped off the kang (a heated brick bed).

No wonder everyone was giving her strange looks; Swallow's mother started rummaging through drawers and cabinets.

By the time Big Hammer entered the courtyard, Swallow's mother had also figured out a fact.

Zhang Yanzi ran away!

Not only did they run away, but they also took the money from the house with them!

This wasn't a momentary outburst of anger; it was something that had been planned beforehand!

Swallow's mother stared blankly, her teeth itching with hatred.

Some things can't be said outright, but her intuition told Yanzi's mother that Zhang Yanzi definitely didn't run away alone!

With her limited cunning, she could never have thought of something so comprehensive!

“Mother Yanzi, the Zhang family has sent people. Why don’t we go out and tell them? Hiding isn’t a solution.”

A senior person entered, frowning as he looked at Swallow's mother.

Swallow's mother looked blank, and as soon as she arrived at the door, she shouted!