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

"God, I don't want to live anymore, just let me die!"

"I failed to keep an eye on my daughter, and now everyone is laughing at me. Nobody stop me, just let me die."

Swallow's mother's two howls stunned the wedding procession, including the delighted Big Hammer.

"What's going on? What's wrong with my mother-in-law? Why is she being so foolish on such a joyous occasion, constantly talking about death? It's so unlucky!"

Big Hammer is a bit dim-witted; he's never been very smart.

But seeing the scene before him, he realized that something was wrong.

I turned to ask the young man next to me, and the young man's face looked like he was about to cry.

"Brother Hammer, I... I don't know!"

Swallow's mother spoke vaguely, implying that her daughter would die if she wasn't kept an eye on her.

The wedding procession was also completely bewildered; no one knew what had happened.

Some people speculate that Zhang Yanzi has gone missing.

Some people even went so far as to whisper, "Could it be that Zhang Yanzi couldn't think straight and took her own life?"

The person in charge stepped forward, inquired carefully about the situation, and his face immediately darkened.

Yanzi's family kept apologizing, but with such a big problem in front of them, how could it be resolved with just a few kind words?

Upon learning that Zhang Yanzi had run away, Da Chuizi remained silent for a long time.

"This is our fault. We apologize to you. You can take the things back. I'll try to find a way to raise the money and personally deliver it back to you."

Swallow's mother's mind went blank, and she blurted out everything she could think of.

"Bullshit! If Zhang Yanzi doesn't come back, this whole thing is over!"

"I, Big Hammer, am here to marry a wife, not to take anything. You have to give me back my wife!"

"If we can't get a wife today, no one will have peace!"

Big Hammer ripped the embroidered ball off his chest and glared fiercely at Swallow's mother.

Shocked and frightened, Swallow's mother's legs were so weak that she couldn't stand up.

Just then, Zhang the Loudspeaker appeared out of nowhere.

"Fine, you dare to bully me, Zhang Cuihua! Don't you even know who I, Zhang Cuihua, am!"

"However he ran away, you will find him. If he can't get married in a day, we'll stay here for two days. If we can't go in two days, we'll stay for a month."

"Since you're not going to do anything right, don't blame us for being impolite!"

Everyone was stunned after hearing this.

No one expected that Zhang Dalaba would appear at Zhang Yanzi's house.

Adding to Zhang Dalaba's words, Yanzi's mother felt short of breath and her chest tight.

What was bound to happen has happened; there's no escaping it!

At this moment, Yanzi's mother just wanted to find her daughter as soon as possible, otherwise, no one would be able to clean up this mess.

After this commotion, everyone in the village knew that Zhang Yanzi had run away.

Zhang Dalabagu once again became a laughing stock.

"You, and you young men, go in groups of two or three to check each checkpoint, and come back as soon as you hear news!"

After calming down, the person in charge on Big Hammer's side began to assign manpower.

Everyone nodded in agreement, but deep down they weren't optimistic.

There is only one main road in Xili Village, which is easy to find. However, it's not so easy to find outside of Xili Village.

Main roads, side roads, crossroads, three-way intersections—where isn't there direction?

If Zhang Yanzi intended to escape, why would she leave any clues?

Although everyone was trying their best to find a wife, they all knew that Big Hammer was unlikely to get married and there was a high chance he would never get married.

Soon, only a few main characters remained in the courtyard.

Zhang Dalaba, Dachuizi, Yanzi's mother, and Zhang Yanzi's family, along with a few other people in charge here.

The others sitting on the benches were either older or had difficulty walking.

There was a bowl of water in front of Zhang Dalaba, the surface of which was covered with dust, but Zhang Dalaba didn't even glance at it.

Now that things have come to this, no one has a smile on their face; their brows are all furrowed in worry.

"We can't just look for people; we also need to see who isn't home. Zhang Yanzi couldn't have run away alone. How could a young girl have such audacity? She must have run away with someone!"

Zhang Dalaba squinted and said something resentfully.

Upon hearing this, Swallow's mother sat up abruptly from the stool.

"What?! Hammer Mom, you can't ruin my daughter's reputation like this, we..."

"Pah! Now you care about reputation? What good reputation does your daughter have? Only you cherish her; in other people's eyes, she's just a used woman!"

Children are flesh and blood of our own bodies; who wouldn't love them and protect them?

Hearing Zhang Dalaba speak ill of her daughter in front of everyone, Yanzi's mother was so angry that her teeth itched.

"Zhang the loudmouth, have some decency! If you keep spouting nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart!"

"My daughter has a bad reputation, but that's because your son instigated it. My daughter is a slut, but what is your son?"

"To tell you the truth, marrying Big Hammer would be a waste of my daughter's potential. Who would want to spend their whole life with a lazy bum!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhang Dalaba stood up with a loud shout!

He reached out and charged straight at Swallow's mother!

"You shameless bastard, I'm going to fight you to the death today! You're the lazybones, your whole family are lazybones!"

Everyone around was dumbfounded.

Before they could figure out what was going on, the two women were already on the ground, fighting.

Zhang Dalaba grabbed Yanzi's mother's hair and wouldn't let go.

Swallow's mother suddenly grabbed Zhang Dalaba by the collar.

"hiss!"

After the noise, Zhang Dalaba's shirt was torn open.

"I'll fight you to the death! I'll fight you to the death!"

Ignoring his trembling fat, Zhang Daba went berserk and pounded wildly on Yanzi's mother!

At this moment, everyone came to their senses.

"Hey, stop hitting him! If you keep hitting him, someone will die!"

"Let go!"

"Go find the production team leader!"

"Something terrible has happened! Someone's going to die!"

The young men were all sent out, and those who were not mobile panicked.

Some people stumbled and staggered to find Zhou Fengshou, while others secretly wondered which man in the village wasn't home at the moment.

About ten minutes later, Zhou Fengshou arrived, jogging all the way.

The courtyard has returned to quiet.

But Swallow's mother and Big Trumpet were in a sorry state.

His hair was disheveled and he was covered in dirt.

A large lock of Swallow's mother's hair was pulled out by Zhang Dalaba.

Zhang Dalaba's face was also bruised, with several bloody marks scratched off by Yanzi's mother!

On the way, Zhou Fengshou had figured out what was going on, but seeing the situation in front of him, he still asked with a stern face.

"What are you doing? Something's happened, but are you really going to kill someone?"

Zhang Dalaba was absolutely wronged. He didn't even bother to straighten his clothes and ran straight to Zhou Fengshou.

"Captain, you have to stand up for Hammer! His family is a bunch of liars! They committed marriage fraud!"

"We received everything perfectly well at first. We gave the money and the bride price, but at the last minute, this old bastard taught his daughter to run away. Is this how you bully people?"

“We’re all from the same village, we see each other all the time. What they’re doing is going to bring them no descendants, they’ll be taken away by God soon!”

Zhang Dalaba got angrier and angrier as he spoke, gesturing wildly with both hands, his eyes practically bulging out of their sockets!

Upon hearing that it was a marriage of convenience, Yanzi's mother refused to agree.

"Captain, we can't find Yanzi, but we won't accept the claim of marriage fraud!"

"I just said, we'll return everything that's due and pay whatever money's owed. Who did we lie to? Why are they putting this high hat on us?"

"Captain, look what she did to me! She really went all out to kill me!"

The two women were talking back and forth.

Zhou Fengshou's head turned into two big ones.

As the old saying goes, even an upright official finds it hard to settle family disputes; this has been true since ancient times, and Zhou Fengshou is a case in point.

"Everyone, calm down first. I know no one is feeling comfortable right now, but since this has already happened, we have to deal with it."

"How do we solve this?"

Zhang Dalaba and Yanzi's mother asked the same question in unison.

Feeling that they had said the same thing, the two women glared at each other fiercely.

"Wait for news first, and it would be best to find the person first."

Before Zhou Fengshou could finish speaking, Zhang Dalaba asked impatiently, "Captain, we can't find it, what should we do? We can't let ourselves suffer this loss for no reason!"

"I'm the one who's at a disadvantage. If your son hadn't been so disappointing, my daughter wouldn't have run away from home. Give me back my daughter!"

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Zhou Fengshou quickly stopped them.

After trying for a while, neither of them would listen. Finally, Zhou Fengshou's face darkened, and he said, "If you two can solve this, then you can figure it out yourselves!"

With that, Zhou Fengshou turned to leave.

Seeing the scene before them, the two women finally calmed down.

Nearly an hour later, people gradually returned.

But none of them brought back good news.

No one saw Zhang Yanzi.

Meanwhile, someone else released a list of people who were not in the village.

Zhang Erhuai sprained his ankle and went to the clinic; he hasn't returned yet.

Liu Jianye went to the city hospital; I heard he went to visit his fiancée.

Liu Jia's reason for divorce was business-related; she had to deliver baskets to the Hongxing Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

Xue Nizi, her daughter gave birth and went to a neighboring village to help with postpartum care.

There are four people who are not in the village. Apart from Xue Nizi, who is a woman, the other three are men.

Of the three men, Zhang Erhuai was already over seventy years old, while only Liu Jianye and Liu Jia were young.

Logically speaking, it's perfectly normal for Liu Jia not to be in the village.

Because the baskets needed to be sold, Liu Jia went to the city every few days, which was common knowledge.

Needless to say, Liu Jianye was another one.

The news of what happened in Cuijiazhuang had spread like wildfire. Almost everyone in the village knew that Liu Jianye's fiancée had jumped off the roof and broken her leg.

After going through these names in their minds, many people still thought of Liu Jia.

Let's set aside what Liu Jia was thinking.

The most important one is Zhang Yanzi.

No one said it, but everyone knew what was going on.

Zhang Yanzi had long had her eye on Liu Jia; otherwise, she wouldn't have shamelessly accused him in front of everyone.

Now Zhang Yanzi has run away, and Liu Jia is nowhere to be found either.

It can't be done well.

It was Liu Jia who took Zhang Yanzi away!

Despite this thought, without evidence, no one could say anything.

Unfortunately, Big Hammer was stubborn and convinced that Liu Jia, his imagined rival in love, was the one who had run off with Zhang Yanzi.

"Captain, it must be Liu Jia! Liu Jia stole my wife away!"

"Liu Jia came to my house last night. No wonder he didn't come to pick up the bride; he's feeling guilty!"

"Besides, if we consider the timing of the wedding, Liu Jia wouldn't be able to escape!"

"Captain, quickly send someone to bring Liu Jia back! If that doesn't work, we'll go to Old Liu's house and demand an explanation!"

As he spoke, Big Hammer panted heavily, his face turning bright red.

Zhang Dalaba, standing nearby, was also gritting his teeth.

"If it really is that little brat Liu Jia who kidnapped Zhang Yanzi, I'll make sure the Liu family is never finished with me!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a figure suddenly emerged from the crowd.

"What are you saying? Say it again if you dare!"