Not only were the villagers excited, but the educated youth were also eager to compete.

This does not include Zhuang Zhimeng and the other two, of course.

To be honest, the reputation of the educated youth settlement wasn't very good, and the villagers didn't really want to give the village primary school teachers to educated youth.

However, the educated youth were highly educated, so at this point, it came down to who could win people's hearts.

Several educated youths have started working hard to secure a teaching position at the village primary school.

…

Once An Baojin had recovered enough, Zhao Jinhua took him to Zhuang Zhimeng's house to deliver a thank-you gift.

"Zhuang Zhiqing, thank you so much. If it weren't for you and Qingbai, I really wouldn't be able to survive."

"Don't say that. Just tell the child to be more careful in the future. There are still dangers by the river."

"Definitely! I'll definitely make him keep an eye on it."

"It's nothing valuable, but you must accept it." He said, handing the gift he was carrying to Zhuang Zhimeng.

Zhuang Zhimeng accepted it without hesitation, otherwise Zhao Jinhua would definitely feel uneasy.

After they left, Zhuang Zhimeng looked at what they had brought: 20 eggs and half a pound of white sugar, which wasn't bad.

These days, farmers have no income other than working, so they can only save up a few eggs from the chicken butt bank. Getting 20 eggs is already quite an achievement.

Zhao Jinhua also gave An Qingbai a thank-you gift and expressed her gratitude, and that was the end of it.

After Zhuang Zhimeng finished gathering pig feed and completing her task, she ran into Aunt Wang.

As usual, Aunt Wang took her to chat by the big banyan tree, telling her about the efforts—or rather, the efforts—that several educated youth had made to get a teaching position at the village primary school!

Shi Hongye also wanted this spot, but instead of the team leader, she approached the scorekeeper.

An Guodong, the village's scorekeeper, was just a junior high school graduate and still a greenhorn.

Shi Hongye wanted to use her beauty to her advantage, so she moved closer to An Guodong and said in a deliberately coquettish voice, "Comrade An, do you want this teacher's spot?"

An Guodong had never experienced anything like this before; he could barely stand.

"I...don't...want..."

"I want it, can you help me try? If I get selected, I'll date you, okay?"

"Shi Hongye couldn't have chosen anyone but this scorekeeper. His mother is no pushover. But who knows, her charm might work. After all, An Guodong isn't married yet, he's still a young man!"

As she said this, Aunt Wang shuddered, feeling nauseous.

And then there's Zhang Zhiyuan. He hadn't agreed to An Xiuxiu's request before, but as soon as the elementary school teacher position came up, he immediately started fawning over her.

"Xiuxiu, I've thought it over and I agree to date you."

But hey! If I become this elementary school teacher, you'll be proud, right? And when I get paid, I can buy you more things, right?

"Have the accountant support me. If I get elected, won't we all be happy?"

An Xiuxiu didn't think about anything else; she only knew that Zhang Zhiyuan had agreed to date her, and of course, whatever Zhang Zhiyuan said went.

They immediately contacted Accountant An and told them that she and Zhang Zhiyuan were dating and that Zhang Zhiyuan was now on their side, so they would support Zhang Zhiyuan when the vote came.

“I don’t think Zhang Zhiyuan really wants to date An Xiuxiu. Who knows what will happen later!” Wang Zhaodi said.

That educated youth named Huang Ye started bribing children; he would give them a piece of candy whenever he saw them.

The idea is to have the child say a few good words for him at home, so that people will remember his good qualities when voting.

"Does he even realize that bribing children will work? How naive!"

Team leader Lin Jianhua gave a gift to the brigade leader, after all, he had been in the countryside for 5 years and the village respected him quite a bit.

I haven't heard of Wang Lihong using connections or asking for favors, so I guess she didn't want this spot.

"You two team leaders are pretty good. I feel that if both of them sign up, they have a very good chance of being elected."

Speaking of which, I learned that Zhuang Zhimeng did not sign up, and I felt sorry for her.

Zhuang Zhimeng listened to these things but didn't care because they didn't concern her much.

As a result, Shi Hongye came knocking on their door again.

Arriving at Zhuang Zhimeng's place and seeing how big her house was, I felt incredibly envious, thinking how I couldn't be so lucky.

Seeing Zhuang Zhimeng open the door, Shi Hongye quickly put on a smiling face: "Mengmeng, you live in such a nice house, it's so nice! Won't you let me in for a while?"

"Get to the point. I have no interest in entertaining you."

"Mengmeng, could you lend me some money? I need it urgently..." Shi Hongye hadn't finished speaking.

Zhuang Zhimeng interrupted her: "Why should I lend it to you? Because you're so arrogant?"

"roll!"