“Su Li used to be very weak and never knew how to fight back, but ever since the money in her house was stolen last time, she has become assertive and doesn’t respect anyone.”

Jiang Meifang; she really doesn't respect anyone, she calls out to people for ages and they don't respond. But then again, if she had that much money, she wouldn't respect anyone either.

"Su Jiaojiao, just say what you want to say, don't keep me in suspense."

"Let's go back and eat first! This isn't the place to talk."

Jiang Meifang was also afraid of missing mealtimes. If the educated youth didn't go back to the thrifty area to eat, no one would wait for them. And since the grain had already been handed over, wouldn't it be a great loss if they couldn't get any themselves?

Back at the educated youth settlement, the two had a meal and then chatted for a long time in the backyard.

Only the two of them know the specifics of their conversation.

Su Jiaojiao returned to her dormitory, took out the letter from her bag, and smiled to herself, thinking: Su Li, you just wait. Not only will I send you to hell, but I will also make sure your family suffers a terrible end. This is the price you pay for disobeying me.

Su Li ate two bowls of rice and went to work in the afternoon. She became more and more adept at using her hands, and her strength grew stronger and stronger.

In the afternoon, she and Chen Shengnan were evenly matched in weeding, and this time the two of them completed their tasks even faster.

Keep track of your work points and ignore the several envious glances from the field.

The two walked towards the educated youth settlement.

As usual, Chen Shengnan took four or five sacks, feeling that was about enough.

The two returned to the same spot, and this time Su Li behaved herself and didn't wander off again.

They kept picking dates and chestnuts, and after they finished, they also saw a wild persimmon tree.

Only a few of the persimmons on the table were ripe; the rest were slightly greenish-yellow.

Su Li was a little excited. These greenish-yellow persimmons were perfect for storing. When she wanted to eat them, she would put two apples in them, and they would turn red in two or three days.

Once ripe, they can be made into persimmon cakes, but these persimmons haven't been trimmed and have grown very tall.

Su Li and Chen Shengnan picked the bottom ones first, and stopped when they had picked almost all of them.

"It's too high up there, what a pity there are so many fruits we can't pick," Su Li said with some regret.

“I can climb up, but we don’t have enough sacks to hold it all.”

She grew up with boys and was quite good at playing and climbing trees.

"This should be enough for us to eat for a long time. Let's come back next time!"

"That's all we can do."

After picking the fish, Su Li looked at the sky and saw that it was still early. She pointed to the stream not far away and said to Chen Shengnan, "Shengnan, let's go to the other side of the stream and see if we can catch any fish."

"Um"

The two quickly arrived at the riverbank. Su Li couldn't catch fish like last time, otherwise it would be easy to expose her location.

She put her hands in the water, and several times the fish slipped away from her hands.

She was so anxious that she could only stare blankly. Chen Shengnan picked out a tree branch that was just the right thickness and rolled up her sleeves and trouser legs onto it.

"Su Li, step aside and let me try."

Su Li stood a little further away, while Chen Shengnan stepped into the water, lifting her feet very lightly.

Before long, she spotted a fish and swiftly and decisively plunged the branch into the water.

When she raised her hand, Su Li saw a large grass carp pierced through a tree branch.

She gave a thumbs-up and exclaimed generously, "Wow, Shengnan, you're amazing!"

Chen Shengnan smiled slightly, tossed the fish ashore, took a few steps into the water, and then aimed.

This time, I inserted one that was slightly smaller than the previous one.

After catching two, she didn't linger and walked straight up the stream.

"There are exactly two, let's each take one."

Su Li smiled and said, "Okay, I want the smaller one."

The two of them each carried a fish and went down the mountain.

Just as we reached the foot of the mountain, we heard someone shout, "Someone has fallen into the water! Someone has fallen into the water!"

Upon hearing the sound, Chen Shengnan quickly ran down the mountain to the riverbank.

Su Li couldn't catch up with her no matter how hard she tried. By the time she caught up, there was a "plop" sound, and Chen Shengnan had already jumped into the water.

She stood anxiously on the shore; she couldn't swim and was too afraid to go into the water.

Several women and children gathered on the shore, but apart from Chen Shengnan, no one else was willing to go down to rescue people.

The person who fell into the water was a woman, and Su Li thought she looked somewhat like an older educated youth from the educated youth settlement.

It was too far away for Su Li to see clearly.

Chen Shengnan quickly swam to the woman's side, but before she could swim behind her, the woman grabbed her tightly.

Su Li saw that the woman, whether out of desperation or something else, was desperately pressing Chen Shengnan's head underwater.

She swallowed several mouthfuls of water because of this, and Su Li was extremely anxious.

He turned to the woman beside him and said, "Auntie, could you go back to the village and ask someone who is a good swimmer to come and rescue them?"

Okay, I'll go call them now.

Not long after the older woman left, Chen Shengnan struggled out of the women's encirclement, swam behind her, and lifted her up, trying to swim to the shore. The woman struggled the whole time, but Chen Shengnan finally managed to rescue her.

Su Li hurriedly ran to the spot where they were about to get ashore and reached out to pull the woman up. It was only then that she saw the woman's face clearly.

She was an older educated youth who came a couple of years ago, named Sun Yingzi.

After Su Li pulled her up, she also pulled Chen Shengnan up.

"Shengnan, are you alright? Do you know how scared I was when you jumped into the water like that?"

Chen Shengnan smiled and said, "I'm fine, I'll be alright after a rest."

Chen Shengnan walked up to Sun Yingzi and comforted her, saying, "Don't be so pessimistic when you encounter problems. There's no hurdle you can't overcome."

Sun Yingzi looked impatient; "Who asked you to meddle in other people's business? Go and call Xie Feng here."

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