Chu Lifang spread her hands helplessly. "Isn't it just a matter of changing your mind? What makes my parents-in-law most angry is that girl really has no ideas of her own. She just does whatever her parents say..."

"She even went to my parents-in-law and said that her family wanted so much money and things for her own good, and that her family had seen the daughter of an official, Lai Baoxiang, and that if she gave them so much money and things, she would get Jianguo a job as an official in the regiment..."

"Is this true?"

Amidst the shocked expressions of the others, Chu Lifang let out a mocking smile. "Do you think it's possible? It's definitely fake. Not only is his son a complete liar, but he also has that filthy appearance. What official would be so blind as to find a man like that as a son-in-law for his daughter?"

“·····”

Yao Xiujuan was so shocked that she forgot to pick wolfberries. She thought the Wang family was crazy, and she also felt that Sun Jianjun's brother was confused. She already knew the other person's character, so she shouldn't have wanted to marry him in the first place!

"Hey, you don't know, he..."

Just when Chu Lifang was about to say something, everyone suddenly heard Yao Xiuli scream "Ah", followed by a "splash" sound of her falling into the water. Everyone was shocked. No one cared about Old Wang's family's affairs anymore. They dropped the baskets in their hands and ran to the canal.

Yao Xiujuan watched her younger sister being swept more than ten meters away by the rapids. Regardless of her pregnancy, she ran along the canal in the direction of the rushing water, shouting in panic as she ran.

"Beautiful, beautiful..."

Yao Xiuli was unable to open her eyes due to the rapid current. She could only flap her arms and subconsciously shout, "Big sister, save me...ah..."

Before she could finish her words, she was swept several meters downstream.

"Ah, help, someone come quickly..."

“Who can help me...?”

"Xiu Li, don't be afraid, I'll ask someone to save you..."

"Xiu Li, what are you holding onto..."

"beautiful····"

Yao Xiuli heard someone calling her, and she struggled to stretch out her arms again, shouting with all her strength, "Sister, save me..."

"Aunt..."

Even the few children playing on the grass not far away were startled by the noise made by Yao Xiuli and the others. Xinxin dropped the handful of wild flowers she had picked and immediately ran towards the canal, but was quickly caught by Aixing who was beside her.

"Xinxin, you can't go. We need to go and call the adults..."

Xinxin was so anxious, "But, but..."

Before she finished speaking, Xinxin saw Li Jianmin carrying a hoe and walking towards the field in the distance. She quickly ran towards him, shouting, "Uncle Jianmin, Uncle Jianmin, help me..."

Li Jianmin had vaguely heard someone calling for help. When he looked closely, he saw Xinxin running towards him in panic. He thought something had happened to Xinxin and rushed towards her.

"Xinxin, what's wrong?"

Xinxin pointed at Yao Xiujuan and the others who had already run away in the direction of the water flow, and shouted anxiously, "My aunt fell into the canal..."

Li Jianmin looked over and saw someone struggling desperately in the water from a distance. Without asking anything, he dropped his hoe and ran in the direction of the rushing water, while running, he did not forget to remind them, "Xinxin, don't go over there..."

Xinxin sobbed as she looked at the direction where Li Jianmin ran away. She raised her foot to follow him, but Si Ya caught up with her and grabbed her, "Xinxin, you can't go..."

Tears fell from Xinxin's eyes, "But auntie..."

Si Ya hurriedly comforted her, "Xinxin, your aunt has Uncle Jianmin to save her..."

On this side, Li Jianmin had long legs and ran fast. He had already run to the place closest to Yao Xiuli. He jumped into the surging water without hesitation and hugged Yao Xiuli, who was unable to stand due to the impact of the rapids.

"Comrade Yao, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I saved you..."

Yao Xiuli was already frightened. She only felt a pair of warm hands holding her first, and then she fell into a warm embrace, and bursts of familiar voices came to her ears.

The water in the canal on the Xinjiang side was not deep, less than half a person's height, but the current was very fast, so even though Yao Xiuli had been hugged by Li Jianmin and was no longer rushing down, the two of them still had no way to walk to the canal. Just as the people on the shore were turning around in circles in a hurry, the team members working in the fields also heard the noise and ran over.

"Li Zhiqing, grab the sticks and we'll pull you two up..."

"Hold on tight, we're going to start pulling..."

The two people were rescued. Li Jianmin was fine. Apart from being a little disheveled, he looked no different from usual. But Yao Xiuli was different. She was a girl, and after the shock of suddenly falling into the water and being washed for so long, she was terrified. She huddled up, her eyes dull, and her whole body trembling.

Yao Xiujuan rushed to Yao Xiuli's side, calling out anxiously, "Xiuli, Xiuli, are you okay? How did you fall into the water?"

"Xiu Li, wake up and look at your elder sister!"

Yao Xiuli slowly raised her head and looked at Yao Xiujuan with a dull look. After a while, her eyes regained focus. She weakly called out, "Sister..."

Seeing Yao Xiuli come back to her senses, Yao Xiujuan's eyes suddenly turned red with excitement, "That's great, that's great, Xiuli, it's really great that you're okay..."

"Xiu Li, what on earth are you..."

Just when Yao Xiujuan wanted to ask something else, she saw Zhang Ping helping Yao Xiuli up and looking at her.

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