Countdown to Awakening

After hearing what the villager said, Li Weimin responded instantly: "Don't worry, everyone. I won't run away. Even if I stay here teaching for the rest of my life, I won't feel anything wrong. I understand how you feel about Teacher Jiang leaving. After all, he was an excellent teacher and the only one in the village who returned to teach. But I ask you to understand him. He really left because something happened. Finally, I ask you to believe me. I can teach so many students even if I am alone. You don't have to worry about me running away like Teacher Jiang."

"That sounds nice, but what can you guarantee? What if you run away? What will happen to our village? What will happen to the students in the village?"

The villagers refused to give in.

As expected, the village chief came rushing over from home again. He had seen a lot of things every day, big and small, and he wanted to see what kind of trouble this time.

"Village head, you have to make a decision for us! If that bastard Jiang Wen runs away and Teacher Li also secretly leaves, those children in the village will have no one to teach them. It will be difficult for our village to produce college students in the future."

The village chief coughed, looked at Li Weimin, and said, "Please stop causing trouble. I believe in Teacher Li. He's willing to give up his good life in the city and come to our village to teach. How could he run away? You all know what Teacher Li is like. I allowed Jiang Wen to leave. He doesn't want to develop in this small village. He wants to make big money in the city. Can't we all understand? It's rare for Jiang Wen to have lived here since he was a child and still come back to teach. It's a normal procedure to leave after collecting the salary. I have a letter of guarantee written by Teacher Li. There are so many people in the village guarding him. Where can he run away?"

What Zhao Zhikang said caused everyone to think, and everyone couldn't help whispering in the crowd.

"Yeah, now that he's signed the letter of guarantee, how can he still run away? We still have to trust Teacher Li. If that damn Jiang Wen dares to come back, I'll beat him to death!"

However, some villagers still did not believe him, so Li Weimin proposed to write a letter of guarantee on the spot, have everyone sign their names one by one, and then press their fingerprints.

"Don't take advantage of us because we can't read. If you write something nonsense, we won't understand it. We'll just sign a guarantee letter without knowing what's going on..."

Li Weiming quickly said, "No, no, I won't write a letter of guarantee that I can't understand. Even if some people can't read, there will always be some who can."

This statement temporarily calmed the villagers present, and they stopped getting agitated about the matter.

Under the witness of the village chief Zhao Zhikang, Li Weiming wrote a letter of guarantee, and then asked the villagers present to sign and fingerprint it one by one, and finally signed and fingerprinted it himself.

"Everyone, stop making a fuss. This letter of guarantee is here as a testimony. He won't be able to get away."

The matter was dropped, but many villagers still resented Jiang Wen.

The guarantee letter was signed in the morning, and in the afternoon, Jiang Wen’s dormitory was seen smashed to pieces by villagers.

"Jiang Wen is such a heartless guy. He grew up in the village, but when we need him, he runs off to live somewhere else. We really have to tear his house down. He'll have nowhere to live when he comes back in the future!"

"That's right, that's right. It's better if he never comes back! What could be more important than the boys in our village going to school?"

Although Zhao Zhikang knew that the villagers had smashed up Jiang Wen's dormitory, he was still helpless and could only let the villagers continue to do what they did.

Whatever, as long as I can get some peace and quiet, Jiang Wen won't be coming back anyway. It doesn't matter if the house is destroyed.

The villagers talked about this matter all day long. Not only the uncles were talking about it, but the aunties were also talking about it.

Aren’t Jiang Shuilian’s sister-in-law and daughter-in-law talking about this?

Sister-in-law: "Who knows if Li Weiming is two-faced? He has no attachment to this place, so how could he be willing to stay here? To make him stay here willingly, he must become dependent on and attached to this place. If there is nothing to tie him down, we won't know even if he runs away at night..."

Jiang Shuilian's wife said, "Sister-in-law, you're right, but there's nothing we can do now. Even if he wants to escape, we can't trap him...Sister-in-law, do you have any good ideas?"

Jiang Shuilin's sister-in-law rolled her eyes and thought for a long time, but she couldn't come up with any good ideas...

"Forget it, what can I come up with? But I think the only way for him to stay here willingly is if there's someone else he likes. If there's someone he likes, then he won't be able to run away."

Jiang Shuilian's wife smiled. This is really a good idea...

So she whispered something in her sister-in-law's ear, and her sister-in-law praised her.

"If you ask me, you're the one with the most ideas... The only woman who can trap a man is the one he loves. Don't you think you've come up with a good idea?"

Jiang Shuilian's wife smiled shyly, "Sister-in-law, you are really quick-witted. Only when you have an idea can you find a solution."

But how can a woman get Li Weiming to stay with her? In the village, those around his age are either married or gone...

So he asked about Jiang Shuilian's wife.

"Shui Ling's wife, all the girls who look like him are either married, died in the water, or are still in the An Ling Pagoda. Where are the girls of marriageable age?"

Jiang Shuilian's wife scoffed, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you? You're usually the one with so many ideas, but why can't you think of anything at the critical moment? If there's no one close to his age, then look for someone younger. Aren't there plenty in our village? I don't believe a man in his late twenties wouldn't like a 20-year-old girl... As long as he doesn't run away, nothing else matters. What's the big deal about sacrificing a little girl?"

Jiang Shuilian's sister-in-law smiled.

"You're really smart, Shuilian's wife. But the girl's parents might not agree... Where can we find one? She's almost 20, and besides the two who got into college, who else is there? Those two who got into college might not even come back. They're exactly like that damn Jiang Wen... Especially that girl named Qi, she has a terrible temper."

When the two looked at each other, they thought of one person at the same time...