Upon hearing that a former educated youth had jumped into the river, Luo Zixi was still wondering which troublemaker was behind it all.
It must have been a female educated youth. If a male educated youth had jumped into the river, he would probably have been laughed at to death for being so dramatic.
Moreover, female educated youths are inherently weak and easily targeted. Not every female educated youth can be as tough as Luo Zixi and withstand the hardships.
Of all the people Luo Zixi knew, Zhang Qianwen was the most pretentious.
However, she didn't have much interaction with the other educated youth who came later, and she heard that some of them were difficult to get along with.
Therefore, the educated youth compound has been in complete chaos lately.
These educated youths not only had to manage their own courtyard affairs, but also had to fight against Chen Feng's gang of thugs and hooligans, while also taking care of their work.
I'm exhausted from all sorts of things all day long, and I don't have any time to think about anything else.
This situation left the educated youth feeling extremely depressed. They were already struggling, and now things were even more difficult.
The hardships faced by female educated youth, in particular, are unimaginable.
Sure enough, when they arrived at the riverbank, they saw a familiar figure struggling there.
Who else could it be but that drama queen Zhang Qianwen?
Seeing this scene, Luo Zixi immediately became interested and quickly asked a familiar middle-aged woman next to her:
"Aunt Gui, what happened? Why did this educated youth jump into the river?"
Aunt Gui turned her head and saw that it was Luo Zixi, who loved watching the drama unfold. She immediately knew that she had found a perfect gossip subject:
"Oh, Luo, you've finally arrived! Look at you new educated youth, you're all so dramatic! It's such a small thing, and you act like you're going to die. You're so delicate. Why can't they learn from you? It would be so much better to just solve things directly."
The second aunt next to her also chimed in:
"Hey, do you think everyone can have a fist as hard as Luo Zhiqing's? But I've also heard about that girl. She's been really shameless lately, constantly pestering other educated youth to date her. If they don't want to, she threatens to kill herself."
An auntie next to me also joined the gossip:
"I heard about what happened today too. Apparently, this Zhang educated youth likes Gu educated youth, so Gu educated youth said some harsh things to her, telling her not to bother him anymore. He also said that Zhang educated youth is shameless, a toad trying to eat swan meat, and other such things."
"That Gu educated youth also speaks rudely and is prickly all over, even more so than Luo educated youth!"
The women got excited when Gu Yancheng was mentioned, since he was a handsome young man and quite a few girls in the village had their eyes on him.
When Luo Zixi heard their gossip, she couldn't help but roll her eyes. A bunch of old women, it's one thing to talk about Gu Yancheng, but what's the point of bringing her into it?
She's still better than this crazy male supporting character, right?
However, now that these women have been dealing with Luo Zixi more often, they know that this girl is actually not a bad person. As long as you don't touch her sore spot or do anything untoward, Luo Zixi is relatively easy to get along with.
At the very least, Luo Zixi won't act unreasonably just because she has the strongest fist, and she won't bully the weak.
The key point is that Luo Zixi also takes special care of those children, giving them good things to eat from time to time. Every family's children have benefited from Luo Zixi's kindness to some extent.
Therefore, the villagers now have a much better impression of Luo Zixi than the other educated youth, and they get along quite well with her.
Therefore, people are becoming increasingly unrestrained in their speech.
Because they all knew that as long as they didn't ruin Luo Zixi's reputation or spread crazy rumors about her dating so-and-so, there would be no problem.
Luo Zixi doesn't have any major flaws. At most, she's a little thick-skinned and a bit lazy at work, but otherwise, she's really fine.
Now that everyone knows where the other person's bottom line is, getting along is much simpler.
Just then, the village secretary, who was standing nearby, heard a large group of old women whispering loudly again. He was completely dumbfounded.
This group of people not only didn't help get the person out, but they also stood by and made sarcastic remarks. They really just wanted to stir up trouble.
At this moment, the educated youth sank into the river even faster.
If someone dies shortly after these new educated youth arrive, the two village leaders will also bear responsibility.
It's as if they treated these educated youth very harshly.
Actually, compared to other places, Crescent Moon Mountain was relatively friendly to educated youth.
At least there aren't so many messy things happening.
But now that someone is about to die, how could the village party secretary not be anxious?
"Hey, you lot, stop making sarcastic remarks. Hurry up, men, think of a way to save them! This is a matter of life and death, not something to be taken lightly."
But out of all the men, not one was willing to take action.
Because everyone knows that if they save Zhang Qianwen, they might get into a lot of trouble in the future.
These days, saving lives is risky. First, it involves risking your life, and second, it may damage your reputation.
The rescue was supposed to be a good thing, but what if this girl tries to extort money from us?
That's a situation where even if you're right, you can't explain yourself.
After all, physical contact is inevitable when rescuing someone, and this educated youth was a troublesome person, so rescuing her was indeed risky.
These days, reputation is extremely important. This girl was saved, so she has to repay him with her body, right?
But now that I've heard so much about Zhang Qianwen, who would still want to marry a girl like that? Wouldn't that just be asking for trouble and creating big problems for themselves?
Therefore, those with some ability are unwilling to get involved in this mess.
Seeing that there was no way to resolve the issue, the village party secretary and the brigade leader immediately offered a substantial reward:
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