To be honest, the moment she decided to step out of the house tonight, she was still a little confused.
She didn't want to interfere with the fate of others. In her previous life, she had such a bad life, and no one ever helped her.
In this life, although she could avoid many detours before returning to the blind date, she knew her family situation well. Even if she tried her best to avoid this blind date, it wouldn't be long before the next blind date would be waiting for her. .
Even if there is no Zhao Xuesong, there will still be Li Xuesong and Wang Xuesong.
Her own destiny is difficult to control, so how dare she interfere in the destiny of others. Besides, to be selfish, both people in their village were good people during the flood. She had never even seen the educated youth who died, so what obligation did she have to save his life?
But, but.
Chu Ye, who stayed in the house at night, thought that in her previous life, when she heard that this educated youth's family would come to the village to pay homage to him every year, the first thing that poured into her heart was envy.
She envied this person who was loved even in death.
In this life, just think that she wants to continue to see a happy person living!
It was with this emotion in mind that she walked out of the house and reached out to create the first change in her rebirth.
Back by the river, Chu Ye asked Uncle Zhang to slow down for a while, then turned around and walked back, planning to find something handy. She glanced into the river just now. The educated youth was still two arms' length away from the river. It was not safe to reach out and pull him directly.
Uncle Zhang didn't know why, so he quickly shouted, "Chu Siya, we still have to save people, where are you going?"
"I know Uncle Zhang, I'm going to find something." Chu Ye didn't even look back, and his words drifted into the ears of the two of them.
Uncle Zhang turned his head and looked at the distance to the shore, calling himself careless. He also felt that Chu Ye deserved to be educated, not reckless, and his mind worked quickly.
So he quickly comforted his savior, "Comrade Xiaomu, if you hold on just a little longer, we will come to rescue you right away."
The educated youth is now in a small whirlpool, with the river flowing through it, making sharp turns here. He is still holding on to the willow branch, his body is a little uncontrollable, but his eyes are looking past Uncle Zhang, and he is looking into the depths, "Well "After saying this, he said no more.
Soon, Chu Ye came back, carrying a branch as thick as his wrist.
Then he stood with his feet apart, his legs in a horse stance, holding the middle of the branch with both hands, and extending the other end in front of the educated youth. Uncle Zhang got up from the ground, stretched out his hand to pull the second half of the branch, and the two looked expectantly. With educated youth.
The educated youth tentatively moved his body closer to the branch to control the distance, and then quickly grabbed the end of the branch with one hand. The two people on the shore didn't notice. The moment the educated youth grabbed it, the branch was pushed forward. Seeing that the educated youth was now grabbing the branch with one hand and the willow branch with the other, the two people hurriedly exerted their strength. Bring the branches to the shore.
The educated youth held the two ends firmly and did not dare to let go. After a while, his arms were stretched into a bow shape. Under the moonlight, the bones bulging under his skin could be seen. The whole person looked extremely awkward. If he did not go ashore, his arms would not be able to hold on. live.
Chu Ye turned his head and said, "Uncle Zhang, if you work harder, I'm going to pull him up."
"Okay."
In an instant, the branches advanced further to the shore. Seeing that the educated youth in the water was only an arm's length away from the shore, Chu Ye squatted down and stretched out his hand to the educated youth, "Come on, give me your hand."
When life and death are at stake, the human brain is not strong enough to think and will instinctively listen to what others say. As soon as Chu Ye finished speaking, the educated youth did not hesitate to let go of the hand holding the willow branch and reach out to Chu Ye.
In the flash of lightning, Chu Ye firmly grasped his hand, used force on his legs, and pulled the person out of the water with a sudden movement.
The branch fell to the ground with a "snap", and Uncle Zhang ran forward and dragged the educated youth to the shore again.
When the three of them calmed down, they heard the sound of shouting in the distance. They could hear it vaguely, and the sound floated into their ears intermittently.
"Old Zhang, where are you!"
"Chu Siya, Chu Siya~"
"Is there anyone around here? Respond!"
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The voices became clearer and clearer. Chu Ye recognized the voices of the village chief and Uncle Li. He stood up first and responded, "Village Chief! Uncle Li! We are here!" He shouted and waved.
Behind her, the educated youth who had regained his composure was looking at her blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Hearing the sound, he got the direction. The village chief led people over quickly. Before going out, the village chief even took out the flashlight at home. At this time, the white light came over and he could see the appearance of the three people clearly.
Chu Ye's body was a little better. His trouser legs were dusty and stained with a few grass blades. His handmade cloth shoes were half wet. His face was pale, but his eyes were bright, and he looked energetic.
Lao Zhang and the educated youth didn't look so good. Water was still dripping from their bodies, and their clothes were stained with mud and grass clippings. At night like this, they all shivered when the wind blew.
The educated youth looked miserable. The village chief looked over with his flashlight and saw that one of the educated youth's hands was bloody.
Due to time constraints, Uncle Li was the first to run to the nearest village chief's house, and then woke up several households next to the village chief's house. There were only five people in total. Apart from the village chief, the remaining four people came over and helped him. Uncle Zhang stood with the educated youth, and then simply treated the educated youth's wounds.
At the same time, the village chief asked his doubts, "Why is there so much water in this good place?" Without waiting for a few people to answer, he asked again, "Girl Chu, why are you here in the middle of the night?"
"I, I was reading around here during the day. When I went back, I found that a book was missing. I went out to look for it in a hurry." This was the excuse Chu Ye had thought up at home.
"When I was looking for a book, I heard something wrong with the sound of water flowing in the river. I saw the lights on in the room next to me. I thought there would be someone there, so I quickly called the people inside to come out." Chu Ye told the story completely.
Li Bo looked excited in the crowd, "Yes! Thanks to Chu Siya knocking on the door and calling me, otherwise my bones might have been washed away!" Li Bo's eyes shone and he couldn't stop praising him. . The village chief and others couldn't understand her running out to look for books in the middle of the night, but they thought that Chu Ye had really worked hard at studying, and her grades had always been among the best since she was a child. She probably had a reason for wanting to look for books because such a person who loves to learn precious books.
"Okay, have you found it? Do you want your uncles to help you look for it?" The village chief said casually, and Chu Ye naturally heard it.
"No, no, no." Chu Ye waved his hand, "I'll look for it when I'm free. If I really can't find it, forget it. It's not important in the first place, so I won't bother my uncles."
The village chief nodded and looked at Lao Zhang and the educated youth, "It's late at night. Let's take you two back to the village to rest. We'll talk about anything tomorrow."
After thinking for a while, he said, "Young educated youth, you go to my house tonight and make do with it. As for the things that were washed away, we will help you find them tomorrow. What do you think?"
Mu Zhiqing naturally had no objection. Things were twists and turns tonight. He finally moved the mattress and quilt and spread it out. It was really unlucky to encounter something like this before he could even sleep. Fortunately, he was fine. After thinking about it, he looked at Chu Ye with bright eyes. This was his savior!
But before he could say thank you, he saw his savior walking towards the village without even looking back, leaving only a cold figure behind him.
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The next day, just after the Chu family had eaten, the village chief came to the door with people playing gongs and drums.
At this time, everyone was preparing to go out to work, and the village chief's behavior attracted a crowd of people to watch. When they arrived at the door of Chu's house, they were already surrounded on three floors inside and three floors outside.
The village chief was walking at the front, holding a gong and a mallet in his hand, making a "pop" sound that attracted everyone's attention.
Surrounded by the crowd was an educated youth with a red flower on his chest and a layer of gauze on his right hand. His face was red and he was at a loss as he clung to the village chief like a little chicken. Along with him, there were Uncle Zhang and Uncle Li, their faces beaming with joy, as if they had won the battle.
"Old Chu, open the door quickly, I'm here to bring you good news." The village chief hammered the gong and shouted at the top of his voice.
People around couldn’t help but ask, “What’s the big event for the village chief to come here early in the morning?”
"Good thing! Good thing that saved people's lives!" the village chief shouted.
"Oh my god, I saved someone's life! Who is it?" Some people were curious, and someone else answered, "I don't know, the village chief didn't tell me clearly either."
There was a lot of discussion. When Lao Chu opened the door, he saw a group of people standing outside the yard. One by one, they hung their heads and looked over. He was instantly confused. Although he didn't know what was going on, he still took two steps at a time. He ran over and opened the courtyard door.
I saw the neighbors and villagers rushing in like a school of fish that opened a dam. The leader was the village chief. He rushed in with his head held high, walked eagerly to the door of the house, and pulled Chu Ye to the middle of the yard. He took out the same red flower as Mu Zhiqing from his pocket and pinned it on his collar.
After that, he couldn't help but put the gong into the hands of Chu's father who was still confused, and then pulled their wrists. Chu Ye looked over, feeling a little surprised.
It was dark last night. Although she saved someone, she couldn't see his face clearly. She only thought he was a tall man. When I took a look today, I discovered that this educated youth was a head taller than her, with short dark brown hair. His gray-blue eyes could be vaguely seen. But if you look closely, you can see that he still has the characteristics of a Chinese. It turns out that he is actually a Chinese. "Mulatto".
The "half-breed" seemed to have noticed something, and tilted his head slightly. When he saw it was Chu Ye, his eyes lit up, and then he showed a bright smile like a big dog.
Chu Ye turned his face silently.
"Folks! Be quiet and listen to me!" the village chief shouted, watching the crowd gradually calm down. He glanced at the crowd and grinned widely.
"I know what you are curious about, so I won't whet your appetite!" Seeing the expectant looks from all around, the village chief continued, "I think many people still don't know that the river embankment in our village burst last night! The water rushed straight into it. Next! Destroyed the old house of the old Zhang family and the old Li family. They were in that house last night and were almost washed away by the water.”
There was an uproar in an instant. People were in disbelief and began to exchange information with each other with their heads down. But few people noticed the frightened expressions on the faces of Chu's father and Chu's mother standing in the crowd.
"During the flood last night, Comrade Mu Jiajun rescued Lao Zhang in time, but he himself was trapped in the water. The situation was very dangerous. It was Miss Chu Ye who saw it and rescued our Comrade Mu."
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"These two are good comrades of our village! So today, I specially came to praise these two people." The village chief paused, reached out and took out two food stamps from his pocket, "So I decided to give these two people A three-pound meal stamp for each person! It’s a reward for these two people, and it also lets you know what advanced young people our village has produced!”
The village chief said with a blush on his face and put the food stamps in the hands of the two people. The crowd suddenly burst into applause and cheers from others. This made both of them lower their heads in embarrassment. Mu Jiajun quickly glanced at Chu Ye and saw the bright red flowers on her collar and the lingering blush on her face.
The people below exploded, and various words surrounded several people.
"I just said that this girl from the Chu family is capable. You see, she just recovered from her illness two days ago, and now she has done something big again." Aunt Wang, the neighbor, couldn't restrain her excitement. She had watched Chu Ye grow up from childhood to adulthood. , I have always felt that this girl was very capable since I was a child.
"Isn't it? Hey, Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang, tell us what happened last night." Some people surrounded Lao Zhang and Lao Li, trying to get more detailed information from them.
Naturally, not everyone is looking forward to it, "That's a ticket for white noodles! It's been a long time since I've eaten white noodles. If I had known that I had a bad day last night, I would have gone there myself." I don't dare to say this kind of thing out loud, it's very embarrassing. Quickly disappear into the crowd.
Others are concerned about others, "Village chief, why was there a flood last night?"
This sentence burst out of the air, and everyone couldn't help but become curious.
"Hey, someone asked about the important point. Early this morning, I took people to see it. Mainly, there was a piece of the river embankment that was built before that was eaten by termites. It happened to be a big flood last night. It washed away."
After the village chief explained, he began to suggest solutions, "The water flowing downstream this morning was much smaller, so I guess there won't be any big problem. A few people will come with me later to build the river embankment, and they will be paid according to the usual work points for working in the fields. Forget it!”
(End of chapter)