Originally, when they were working together in the fields to earn work points, Zhou Guoqing could still pester Jiang Li and talk to her for a few words, but now Jiang Li is at school most of the time, and the two have less and less time to meet.

Coupled with the conversation between Lu Chaoli and Tiezhu that he heard at school a few days ago, Zhou Guoqing was very upset these days. Finally, under the influence of alcohol, he made the decision to express his feelings to Jiang Li.

After drinking a few bottles of peach blossom wine, Zhou Guoqing was now drunk. When everyone went to the place mentioned by the village chief for a meeting, Zhou Guoqing staggered towards the direction of the school.

After the school opened, Jiang Li, Xu Yuanyuan and three others divided the work and each served as a teacher for a course, teaching the children Chinese, mathematics, science, and ideology and morality.

Jiang Li is a Chinese teacher and has the largest workload.

Whenever the children made mistakes in spelling, Jiang Li would correct them in their notebooks.

In order to encourage children to study hard, Jiang Li implemented a red flower mechanism. Everyone's homework book would have their own red flowers drawn on it. The higher the spelling accuracy, the more red flowers they would get.

In order to get more red flowers, the children are very enthusiastic. They listen very carefully in Chinese class and stop playing around at home. Instead, they lie on the table and write pinyin honestly.

This also increased Jiang Li's workload. In order to avoid running back and forth to the educated youth institute with her homework books, Jiang Li would only go back after correcting the homework at school.

"Xiao Jiang, are you almost done with your grading? We'll wait for you for a while."

Xu Yuanyuan and Li Zhixiu came to Jiang Li's desk.

Jiang Li, who was correcting homework, looked up at the two of them and said, "I still have some time, you can go back first, you don't have to wait for me."

Xu Yuanyuan and Li Zhixiu looked at each other and said, "Okay, the village chief has a meeting today. Let's go over and see what they are talking about. Xiao Jiang, don't be too late."

Xu Yuanyuan winked at Li Zhixiu and joked, "Let's go, Zhixiu. Someone will pick me up later. Let's stop being a light bulb here!"

After Xu Yuanyuan finished speaking, she ran out first, fearing that Jiang Li would throw the chalk at her.

Li Zhixiu smiled and said, "Xiao Jiang, we'll go over there first. You can go back to the Youth Institute later. I'll let Yuanyuan tell you what today's meeting is about."

Jiang Li nodded: "You guys go quickly, I'll be ready soon."

After Li Zhixiu and Xu Yuanyuan left, Jiang Li continued to correct the homework books with her head down. She carefully read all the more than 60 homework books and left a different number of little red flowers on each homework book.

After doing all this, Jiang Li closed the doors and windows and prepared to go back.

These two days, Lu Chaoli came to send her back before she left. Jiang Li was not sure whether Lu Chaoli would come today, so she stood at the school gate and waited for a while.

After waiting for a long time without seeing Lu Chaoli, Jiang Li thought that he was busy with the pig farm and might not have time, so she walked towards the Youth League Institute alone.

The moonlight is very bright tonight, and Jiang Li can see the road clearly even without a flashlight.

The children were all very obedient, so Jiang Li found it easy to teach them. After seeing the children's progress, she was in a good mood and walked briskly towards the educated youth institute under the moonlight.

Since the school is located at the west end of the village and is relatively remote, there is a long stretch of woods on the way back to the Youth League Institute.

Jiang Li was not afraid of walking at night, especially since the moonlight was shining brightly and they were in Taohua Village, a village with simple folk customs.

Jiang Li put her hands behind her back and walked into the woods without changing her expression. All the villagers had gone to the meeting, and she was the only one in the huge woods.

Crickets are chirping on the roadside, and the air is filled with the smell of fireworks.

Everything was normal at first, until Jiang Li stopped when she saw a dark shadow staggering towards her.

A look of alert instantly appeared on his face.

Because the moonlight was obscured by the dense foliage, Jiang Li couldn't see who that person was, but her sixth sense told her that he was not a good person! Jiang Li pursed her lips, turned around and ran away without thinking twice!

After seeing Jiang Li running forward, the black shadow shouted in a daze.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang!"

Jiang Li was startled. The voice was... Zhou Guoqing!

After learning that the person behind her was Zhou Guoqing, Jiang Li ran even faster!

Seeing Jiang Lipao, the drunk Zhou Guoqing also chased after her, shouting, "Comrade Xiao Jiang, Xiao Jiang, don't run, I have something to tell you!"

Zhou Guoqing, determined to express his feelings to Jiang Li tonight, ran after her.

Zhou Guoqing, who was drunk, chased Jiang Li in front of him like a mad dog: "Comrade Xiao Jiang, Comrade Xiao Jiang, please stop. I have something to say to you!"

Zhou Guoqing was breathing heavily, constantly narrowing the distance between himself and Jiang Li.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, why are you running? Come here and listen to what I have to say!"

Hearing Zhou Guoqing's voice getting closer and closer behind her, Jiang Li bit her lower lip tightly and ran forward with all her might.

"Zhou Guoqing, I warn you not to mess around. If you have anything to say, go back to the Youth Institute and tell me. Don't follow me anymore!"

"Go back to the Youth Institute? If I go back to the Youth Institute, will Comrade Jiang give me a chance to speak? No, I want to tell you face to face right now!"

Hearing Zhou Guoqing's drunken tone, Jiang Li panicked. When she was about to turn and run towards the crowded area of ​​the village, she bumped into a wall of flesh.

Bang--

The next moment, Jiang Li was supported by the shoulders, and Lu Chaoli's anxious voice came from above her head.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang? Comrade Xiao Jiang, are you okay?"

Jiang Li looked up at him, her face pale and a layer of mist instantly covered her eyes.

"Lu Chaoli, you are finally here."

Lu Chaoli hugged Jiang Li into his arms and comforted her softly, "I'm here, don't be afraid, it's my fault, I came too late and scared you."

Jiang Li clutched the clothes around his waist tightly, still in shock.

Zhou Guoqing also caught up with them, and became even more furious when he saw the two people hugging each other.

"Lu Chaoli, it's you again! Let Comrade Xiao Jiang go!"

Zhou Guoqing shouted angrily, then walked towards Lu Chaoli and Jiang Li with his fists clenched.

After smelling the strong smell of alcohol, Lu Chaoli's eyes darkened. He couldn't imagine what would happen if he was a step later! Lu Chaoli gently touched the back of Jiang Li's head, and when Zhou Guoqing came in front of them, he let go of Jiang Li, stepped forward and kicked Zhou Guoqing in the chest! Bang! Zhou Guoqing, who was hit, fell backwards instantly and fell heavily to the ground! Lu Chaoli stepped forward and punched Zhou Guoqing's double-faced face twice!

"Asshole! If you dare to go after Comrade Xiao Jiang again, I'll beat you up every time I see you!"

Zhou Guoqing now realized how hard Lu Chaoli's fist was.

Two teeth were knocked out!

Lu Chaoli gave Zhou Guoqing a severe scolding and kicked him when he stood up.

"Get out of here now! Don't let me see you again!"

Zhou Guoqing knew he was no match for Lu Chaoli, so he quickly covered his bruised head and ran away! "Lu Chaoli, you, you wait!"

Even though he was beaten black and blue, Zhou Guoqing still held his tongue and made some harsh remarks before leaving.

Lu Chaoli shook his hands and looked at Zhou Guoqing who was fleeing with a cold look: "Okay, I'll wait!"

After Zhou Guoqing limped away, Lu Chaoli put away the sinister look on his face and turned to look at Jiang Li.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, are you okay? Don't be afraid, I've already beaten that bastard away."

Jiang Li had calmed down by now. She shook her head and said, "I'm fine. Thanks to you for coming in time today. I was really scared to death just now."

"Don't worry, I'll come pick you up every day from now on. With me here, that bastard won't dare to do anything to you again."

Jiang Li was somewhat helpless: "It seems that I will owe you a favor again."

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, don't owe me any more."

Lu Chaoli suddenly stepped forward, clasped Jiang Li's shoulders with both hands, and leaned slightly in front of her.

"Pay it back with the rest of your life."