Chapter 8: Acting Out of Righteousness (1 / 2)
搬空錢財：下鄉嫁給周廠長被爆寵 by 月夜紅蓮

In her previous life, Jiang Manman definitely didn’t weigh 200 pounds—she was 170 cm tall, 100 jin, with a slender waist, long legs, and the appearance of a stunning beauty.

At that moment, she leapt lightly and dove into the river from the bank.

Unexpectedly, the person in the water surfaced right then, and she didn’t have time to stop herself—she could only shut her eyes and ended up crashing straight into him, her chest aching from the impact.

Zhou Ye was hit head-on by a heavy object. Everything went black, and he immediately sank back underwater.

Jiang Manman was also thrown off by the impact. She saw the man fall into the river with his eyes shut.

This river was pretty deep. She quickly dove underwater. Fortunately, the water was clear, and she could see the man—a chiseled, handsome face.

His eyes were tightly shut, looking completely unconscious.

If she had been even a moment later, he might’ve drowned.

She swam over and dragged him toward her. The moment she grabbed him, she felt solid, muscular arms.

She reached out and ran her hand over his chest—sure enough, it was all muscle, firm and strong.

What a fine young man… and yet he was trying to kill himself by jumping into the river?

Jiang Manman shot him a look of disdain and then pulled him up to the riverbank.

At this moment, she was glad the guy had passed out. If he’d been awake, it definitely would’ve turned into a struggle—rescuing him would’ve been difficult.

She swam to the shore and directly carried him out in a bridal-style hold.

The woman who had just shouted for help rushed over to check on him.

“Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou, wake up! Wuwuwu… Brother Zhou, you’re not dead, are you?”

Jiang Manman rolled her eyes at her. The girl had braided pigtails and was dressed in a white blouse and black pants—no patches on her clothes at all.

Looked like she came from a decent family.

Right now, she looked anxiously at the man in Jiang Manman’s arms.

Jiang Manman’s mouth twitched. She was about to set him down to try and revive him—he’d probably just fainted from swallowing water.

But before she could lay him down, the man suddenly coughed up a mouthful of water and woke up after a few coughs.

“Brother Zhou, thank goodness you’re alive! Wuwuwu, I really thought you were going to die!”

Zhou Ye coughed up some water and opened his eyes, only to realize he was being held in someone’s arms. He looked speechlessly at the large face of the girl holding him.

“Relax, I’m not dead.”

Zhou Ye looked at Jiang Manman.
“You know, girl, maybe you should let me down now?”

Jiang Manman retracted her arms.

Thud!

“Damn it! Ah—my waist!
Hey, you fat girl, couldn’t you put me down more gently?!”

“Just for calling me that, you deserve the drop. Besides, I’m your life-saver. From now on, whenever you see me, call me ‘savior!’”

Zhou Ye: “???”

“Hey, let’s get this straight. I was just down there taking a bath! You jumped down out of nowhere and knocked me out.
And now you have the nerve to call yourself my savior? Wow, thank you so much!”

Jiang Manman paused. Thinking it over… Did it really happen like that?

She decided to selectively ignore that detail.
“Well, since you’re thankful, show some sincerity—twenty jin of rice.”

“Twenty jin of rice? Why don’t you just rob me?”

At this moment, the brigade leader walked over, frowning and with his hands behind his back.

“Zhou Ye, what’s the matter with you?
That girl saved your life. Giving her twenty jin of rice isn’t too much. Is your life not worth that much?

Just now Cauliflower said you fell into the water. None of the three on the cart can swim. If Comrade Jiang hadn’t jumped in to save you, what would’ve happened to you?”

Zhou Ye rolled his eyes in silence.
“Brigade Leader, you know I can swim!
I really—”

The brigade leader didn’t let him finish and directly scolded him.

“Shut up. Comrade Jiang bravely dove in to save someone. She acted with righteousness, and that spirit deserves praise.”

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Chapter 8: Acting Out of Righteousness (2 / 2)
搬空錢財：下鄉嫁給周廠長被爆寵 by 月夜紅蓮

“Make sure to give her twenty jin of rice later. Don’t argue.
And why weren’t you working at the factory, huh? Going to the river for a bath?”

Zhou Ye was speechless. After shoveling pig manure, he’d wanted to wash up.

But before he got to the river, he slipped and fell into a pile of dog poop—he stank to high heaven. Of course he had to bathe!

He turned and glared at the culprit, Zhao Cauliflower.

“And you—why were you screaming like that?
What does your marriage have to do with me?
Why should I listen to your explanation? I don’t even like you!

Today must be the worst day of my life.”

The brigade leader chuckled at his words.

“You had it coming. Now hurry back to the pig farm—have you even finished your work for the day?

I need to take the new educated youth to the youth station.”

Jiang Manman wrung out her wet clothes and pulled a dry set from her bundle to change into.

She didn’t even look at the man she just saved again.

How could anyone blame her for this?

She ran over and saw someone coming up from the water, flailing—clearly drowning.

Of course she jumped in to save him. Damn it! The guy had a handsome face and a solid build, and he was just… swimming.

And that girl on the bank, yelling about drowning and crying for help—what the hell?

Jiang Manman changed her clothes with a dark expression. It was June, so she wasn’t wearing much. Even though she was chubby, she still had curves.

Tang Xiaomin came over.
“Didn’t expect you to be such a good swimmer.”

“Of course. Us women can hold up half the sky.”

The two male comrades on the ox cart exchanged awkward glances. When they arrived at the youth station, Secretary Zhao walked over with his hands behind his back.

“Captain Zhang, the newcomers are back!
I’ve already had them clean up the housing at the youth station.
Oh? What happened to this young lady?”

Secretary Zhao looked Jiang Manman up and down. Captain Zhang quickly explained, and Secretary Zhao nodded.

“I see. Comrade Jiang did well.
Even if it was a misunderstanding, your righteous spirit is commendable.

Make sure that kid thanks you properly—he’s a skilled hunter. I’ll have him catch you two rabbits later.”

Jiang Manman smiled faintly. She didn’t want to act righteously ever again.

There were originally three female educated youths at the station. Now with the two newcomers, there were five.

The male side had four before. Adding the two new ones, that made six.

So now there were ten total—what a lively place.

Jiang Manman suddenly sensed an unfriendly gaze on her.

Unfriendly?

She had just arrived and already did a good deed—why would anyone look at her like that?

She looked toward the girl glaring at her.

A seventeen- or eighteen-year-old female educated youth. Okay, so all the other girls here had pretty normal figures—except her.

She silently made a note of the girl.

Captain Zhang said,
“Settle in for now. I’ll go get your grain ration for the month.”

Secretary Zhao added:
“There are three rooms here. Two for the men, one for the women.”

The girl who had looked at Jiang Manman with hostility spoke up:
“Secretary Sun, our room wasn’t big to begin with. There are already three of us—it’s too crowded to add two more!”

Hearing that, Secretary Zhao frowned.

He’d just said the rooms had been prepared. What was up with this Educated Youth Li?