By the time they arrived at the village branch, the village chief already knew about it.
When Gu Xiangnan saw him, he said directly: "Village head, I know that many people in the village have always treated us educated youth as outsiders, but since we have gone to the countryside, we are here to respond to the country's call and contribute to the construction of the countryside, not to be bullied.
The villagers wanted to kill people just because the educated youth’s actions did not satisfy them. We cannot accept this reason!
We usually go to work with the villagers and work together. We think we have done nothing wrong to them. If the villagers really think so, we plan to go to the Youth Educated Office to ask, are we here to be oppressed and wasted when we go to the countryside to build the rural areas? "
The village chief got anxious when he heard this and immediately explained: "Gu Zhiqing is overthinking. Villagers don't have this idea. We have never regarded the Zhiqing as outsiders."
This statement is a bit far-fetched. Whether they were treated as outsiders or not, both sides knew in their hearts that at least the educated youth did not receive the same treatment as the villagers in the village.
Gu Xiangnan understood this logic, but he did not make a scene because this was not his purpose.
"I understand what the village chief means, but not everyone else in the village understands. Just like the case of Jiang Zhiqing this time, the villagers pestered him and no matter how he refused, it was useless. In the end, they had already obtained a marriage certificate, but the villagers were angry and dissatisfied and pushed him into the river.
Do we have to agree to whatever ideas the villagers have?
If you don’t agree, other measures will be taken. Can I assume that even our own safety cannot be guaranteed in the village?
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If that's the case, I really need to go to the Youth League Office to ask, or ask my family to help me move to another place to build a village."
After hearing this, not only the village chief became anxious, but also the secretary who had been silent became anxious and said quickly: "Gu Zhiqing thinks too much. This incident was an accident. Shi Chunyan is just a little girl and cannot represent the village. Don't worry, we will ask her to apologize to Jiang Zhiqing later. She was wrong in this matter."
But a simple apology is definitely not the result that everyone wants.
At this time, Sun Shengnan, the representative of the female educated youth, also spoke up.
"Village head, secretary, I believe you know how the villagers view us educated youth. I believe you also understand how some educated youth married villagers before. I believe you also understand how some educated youth married villagers before. Situations like Jiang Zhiqing have also happened to educated youth before.
In the past, we educated youth were weak and unable to resist, but if we were pushed to the limit, we could do anything!
We believe that most of the villagers are good people, but we ask the village chief to control the rest of the villagers. If the educated youth really have a crush on the villagers, we won’t say anything, but if they try to force us to submit, we will definitely fight to the death.”
The implication of her words was too obvious, and the village chief and the secretary looked very unhappy after hearing it.
But it’s hard to say anything, after all, they were indeed wrong.
I could only assure them that I would look after the villagers and that no matter what they did, the villagers and the educated youth would be treated equally.
Only then were these educated youths appeased and sent away.
After they left, the village chief and the secretary still looked very unhappy.
"A bunch of yellow-haired girls are threatening me!"
After hearing what the secretary said, the village chief shook his head and said, "It's because they have someone behind them. Last time I went to a meeting in the town, I heard the director asking about Gu Zhiqing, saying that someone in the county asked them to take care of him."
"Really? Isn't his family from the capital? How can he be in charge of this place?"
The village chief sighed, "Who knows? But no matter what, he is more important than a small village chief like me. I can only hold him in high esteem."
"Ah," the secretary also sighed.
The village chief thought for a moment and said, "Let's restrain the villagers in the future. They really went too far before."
The secretary nodded, "What about Mr. Shi?"
"What else can we do? We should apologize and compensate. Fortunately, we rescued him in time today. If someone died, we would all be responsible for it!"
"...I guess he doesn't want to."
The village chief's face turned cold. "You have to go even if you don't want to. There is no other way. Okay, I'll go talk to him."
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