Soon, the competition for primary school teachers began.
This time, the candidates who needed to participate in the competition had to take a written exam first and then give a lecture on stage.
Pei Yunxi was very confident.
Early in the morning, Pei Yunxi hummed a little tune and walked towards the school with a cloth bag in her hand.
She deliberately wore a light blue polyester-cotton shirt today. Her two long braids were neatly combed and shiny, and she also wore a bow hairpin. She looked as energetic as a flower.
"The weather is so fine today, and the scenery is everywhere..."
Pei Yunxi sang as she walked, completely unaware that Li Mei and Fang Jie were following her furtively behind.
Seeing that they were about to reach the river, Li Mei suddenly rushed out from behind and bumped into Pei Yunxi.
Pei Yunxi winced in pain and almost fell.
Taking advantage of the moment, Li Mei pulled out the hairpin from Pei Yunxi's braid.
"Sorry, sorry. I'm in a hurry."
Pei Yunxi was originally going to get angry, but seeing Li Mei apologize so sincerely, she didn't say anything more.
Suddenly, Li Mei looked at Pei Yunxi in surprise and shouted,
"Oops! Pei Yunxi, where's your hairpin? Why is it gone? Could it have fallen into the river!"
Pei Yunxi didn't suspect anything and was extremely anxious. "Where did it fall?"
This hairpin was her favorite. She bought it for ten yuan at a department store in the capital before. It wasn't cheap!
"It should be around here. Let's look for it."
Li Mei pretended to help Pei Yunxi look for the hairpin.
"I seem to remember seeing your hairpin fall in this spot just now."
Fang Jie tried to recall.
Pei Yunxi walked towards the river according to the direction Fang Jie pointed and started looking carefully.
"Pei Yunxi, look, is it over there?"
Li Mei deliberately pointed to a place. Without much thought, Pei Yunxi walked over.
A look of triumph flashed in Li Mei's eyes.
In the blink of an eye, Fang Jie suddenly rushed up from behind and stood beside Pei Yunxi.
Fang Jie and Pei Yunxi were standing on the same rock.
This rock was not stable and was a bit wobbly.
When Fang Jie stepped on it suddenly, Pei Yunxi lost her balance a bit.
"Ah~~~"
Pei Yunxi let out a scream.
Fang Jie was so scared that she stepped back to the side.
Now, the rock wobbled even more.
Pei Yunxi plunged into the river with a "plop"!
"Help! I can't swim!"
Pei Yunxi thrashed about in the water and choked on several mouthfuls of water.
Li Mei and Fang Jie stood on the shore, pretending to shout anxiously, "Come on! Someone has fallen into the river!"
In fact, the two of them were overjoyed in their hearts - now, Pei Yunxi definitely wouldn't be able to make it to the first exam.
Coincidentally, at this time, an old man in his forties walked along the village path.
This old man was named Zhang San. He was from the neighboring village. He came to Wang Family Village today to borrow grain from his sister and happened to pass by. This Zhang San was in his forties, lazy and idle, and still hadn't gotten married. Usually, he couldn't take his eyes off young girls and married women.
When he saw that it was Pei Yunxi, such a delicate and charming girl, thrashing about in the river, his eyes popped out.
If he pulled this girl out of the water, he could grope her all over. Then, wouldn't this girl become his wife?
It would be like getting a beautiful wife for free!
Just thinking about it made Zhang San happy.
He rushed over impatiently.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! Third Brother is here to save you!"
Zhang San shouted as he took off his clothes. He looked like he was about to strip himself naked.
Li Mei and Fang Jie glanced at each other and quickly stepped aside.
"Comrade, please help us save Pei Yunxi quickly!"
"We can't swim."
Pei Yunxi?
Even her name sounded so nice.
Zhang San stared at Pei Yunxi lecherously with his beady eyes, looking as if he wanted to devour her alive.
His yellowing teeth, lewd mung bean eyes, and dark skin...
Pei Yunxi saw clearly in the water. In a hurry, she choked even more.
She would rather drown than be touched by Zhang San's hands!
Just at this critical moment, a green figure flashed by like a gust of wind, and then "plop" into the river.
That movement was much more agile than Zhang San's.
Ah~~~
Someone was cutting in line?
That wouldn't do.
With a "plop", Zhang San also jumped into the river.
The two of them swam towards Pei Yunxi with all their might.
Pei Yunxi was so anxious that she choked on several more mouthfuls of water.
What should she do?
Woo, sister-in-law, save me!
She didn't want to be saved by those stinky men!
Many educated youths had to marry the people who saved them after being rescued.
She didn't want to get married!
Pei Yunxi struggled desperately.
Wang Weimin swam to Pei Yunxi's side in a few strokes and put his arm around her waist.
Just as he was about to take Pei Yunxi to the shore, he was slapped hard on his dark face by a fair hand.
Slap!
Then, Pei Yunxi slapped him several more times.
Wang Weimin frowned and trapped Pei Yunxi's hands in his arms, then took her to the shore.
Pei Yunxi had choked on a lot of water. In a daze, she saw a dark face and a pair of angry eyes on it.
Then, she passed out.
After Wang Weimin pulled Pei Yunxi out of the water, he bent his knee and laid Pei Yunxi on it, then pressed hard on her stomach.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
After Pei Yunxi coughed out a few mouthfuls of water, she finally woke up slowly.
The next second, a piece of clothing was thrown at her.
Pei Yunxi shook her head and finally saw clearly the person who saved her - a young man with his upper body bare.
He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a crew cut, and there were still water droplets hanging on his bronze-colored skin. He was wearing military pants and only a white vest on his upper body, with well-defined muscles.
"Comrade, are you okay?"
The young man looked at Pei Yunxi and his voice was as loud as a bell.
Before Pei Yunxi could answer, Zhang San came over: "Oh, Sister Yunxi, you really scared Third Brother! Let Third Brother see if you're hurt anywhere?"
As he said that, Zhang San wanted to lift the white shirt covering Pei Yunxi's body to have a good look.
An iron arm grabbed Zhang San's hand. The young man frowned, and the strength in his hand increased a lot.
Zhang San's face contorted in pain. "It hurts, it hurts. Stinky boy, what are you doing?"
"I'm concerned about my wife. It's none of your business."
"Who's your wife? Shameless."
Pei Yunxi's pale and angry little face instantly turned red.
"My wife is you, Sister Yunxi."
Zhang San looked at Pei Yunxi with extremely lewd eyes.
"I've seen every part of you from top to bottom."
Pei Yunxi angrily stood up all at once.
Looking around, there were a few dry and semi-dry branches nearby.
They should have been brought by the children in the village to play with and then thrown aside.
Without even thinking, Pei Yunxi picked up a thicker branch, clutched the clothes on her chest tightly with her other hand, and swung it at Zhang San.
Ah~~~
There was a scream like a pig being slaughtered by the river.
"Let you try to take advantage of me."
"Let you talk dirty."
"I'll beat you until you can't find your teeth all over the place."
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