Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

"Help, help! Shen Zhiqing has jumped into the river."

The captain's wife, Li Cuihua, came to the river to wash the earthen basket containing chicken manure and happened to see this scene. Her face changed drastically and she ran over while shouting, using a carrying pole to reach for Shen Zhiqing's body.

The carrying pole had no hook, so instead of catching people, they were pushed farther and farther away by it.

Li Cuihua was anxious and shouted, "Hurry up, help! Shen Zhiqing has jumped into the river, help..."

When the villagers who were working near the river heard it, they dropped their farm tools and ran over to rescue the people.

When the villagers arrived, she was no longer on the river.

Li Cuihua pointed to the spot where Shen Zhiqing had sunk and shouted, "Right there, I saw her jump into the river with my own eyes. Anyone who can swim, go down and save her! If you don't save her now, it will be too late."

It's a human life after all.

It would be a pity if he died.

Moreover, if an educated youth committed suicide in the village, it would bring a bad reputation to the village. She was planning to find a husband for her little girl after the New Year.

"I...I can swim. I'll go down and save them."

The honest Li Daniu spoke up, he took off his cotton jacket, cotton trousers and cotton shoes, and wanted to jump into the river, but a slender figure was one step faster than him.

"Hey, who was that young man who just jumped into the water?"

“It doesn’t seem to be from our village.”

"Of course he is, Cuihua. Isn't that your uncle?" Wearing a green military uniform, Li Cuihua's uncle was the only guest in the village. If it wasn't him, who else could it be?

"No." Li Cuihua was very sure, "My uncle is not that tall, nor that handsome."

Before the young man jumped down, she took a look at him and saw that he was so handsome.

When this old lady saw this, her heart would start pounding.

"What are you doing, my dear wife?"

Li Cuihua just wanted to take a look at the military coat thrown on the shore by the soldier, but she saw the wife of the village idiot pick up a large green backpack on the ground and leave stealthily when no one was paying attention.

Li Cuihua walked over quickly and grabbed the backpack, "Er Laizi's wife, Brother Bin went down to the river to save people, and you didn't help, but you, a lazy woman, stole other people's things. You are too shameless. You are shameless, but we villagers still have dignity."

Li Cuihua angrily snatched the backpack and put it back where it belonged.

The villagers immediately shifted their attention to Er Laizi's wife, accusing her:

"My dear wife, you usually steal things, but you dare to steal the luggage of the guests. Why don't you go to heaven?"

"Yes, if this gets out, and the guest is saving people in our Hongqi Village, but his luggage is stolen by our villagers, then won't our Hongqi Village become the object of ridicule by the people in the surrounding area?

"The village's reputation has been ruined. Who will dare to marry into our village in the future?"

"No one dares to marry a girl from our village."

"Yeah, I'm afraid it'll be stolen."

"No, we have to tell the village chief about this and let him teach Er Laizi and his wife a lesson."

"Er Laizi's wife, I lost two eggs a few days ago. Did you steal them?"

"If it's not her, it's Er Laizi. If there's something missing in our village, it's only them and their husband, no one else."

……

When Yuanchun came through, she felt like she was in water, and a suffocating feeling came from her chest.

Just when she was about to swim, suddenly, her body was lifted up by a pair of big hands and her head quickly emerged from the water.

She breathed heavily subconsciously.