The cause of the incident was that Mrs. Xu saw that Xu Jiaojiao was unhappy and did not want to eat or drink.
Mrs. Xu loves her daughter very much, thinking that her beloved daughter has not yet recovered from the shock of Bai Sanzhuang and Tian Maimiao's engagement.
"Jiaojiao, you only see that Bai Sanzhuang is good-looking, but you don't know that he has a big family behind him. If he is willing to marry into his wife, he can be regarded as a good match. If he marries like Tian Maimiao, it will be enough for the big family alone. . It’s not like you don’t know that the last time your father went to his house, his grandmother’s temper was so bad that no one could resist it after marrying her." Mrs. Xu comforted Xu Jiaojiao.
"What are you afraid of? The whole Nanguan Town is not as rich as our family. There are always families with many sons who are willing to give up one of their sons to marry into the family. If you can't find a bride-in-law after a few years, even if you are married, the mother will still have to find a small family for you. Simple, not like Bai Sanzhuang, who has many sons in the family."
"Mom, what are you talking about? Their engagement is not in my way. I have no idea. It's just that the weather is too hot and I feel irritable all over."
That's true.
Mrs. Xu believed that the weather caused Xu Jiaojiao to be in a bad mood.
Xu Jiaojiao is slightly chubby and likes to sweat. She usually looks like this in summer, but this year it's even worse.
But it’s even hotter this year!
On the first day of the Lotus Festival, the Xu family's boat was decorated and parked in the Huaihe River. Mrs. Xu took Xu Jiaojiao to check out the decoration of the boat, and took her to enjoy the flowers in advance and blow in the wind to dispel the depression.
Xu Jiaojiao didn't want to go at first, but Mrs. Xu forced her out of the door and onto the boat.
"While there are few people around now, let's take a boat first and look at the lotus flowers in the middle of the river. When the official day comes tomorrow, I'm afraid the whole river will be crowded with a bunch of boats crowded together." Mrs. Xu asked the boat boss. Row the boat to the middle of the river.
Just as the Xu family's boat was about to row, two beautifully decorated large boats in the distance also rowed towards the middle.
Another boat came from behind.
Xu Jiaojiao stood on the stern of the boat blowing the wind, and her pupils shrank when she saw a head emerging from the boat.
At this time, the big ship was approaching. In order to avoid the big ship, the small boat slammed into the Xu family's boat.
Xu Jiaojiao lost her balance and fell straight into the river.
Mrs. Xu screamed in fright on the spot.
Xu Jiaojiao didn't know how to drink water. She splashed around in the lotus and was about to ask for water to be poured into her mouth and nose.
"Hurry up and call someone, hurry up." Mrs. Xu lay on the side of the boat and shouted, ordering Xiaomei to call someone.
The captain of the boat would jump into the water, but he was petrified by this sudden turn of events and stood still holding the oar in his hand.
A figure on the big boat fell into the water, but it was too far away from where Xu Jiaojiao fell into the water.
Soon enough, a shadow on the boat jumped into the water and quickly swam to Xu Jiaojiao.
"Hurry, hurry." Mrs. Xu shouted at the top of her lungs.
Xu Jiaojiao fluttered her arms. The people on the boat reached out to Xu Jiaojiao, and Xu Jiaojiao held on to him tightly.
The man held Xu Jiaojiao by the waist and swam to the shore.
Wu Xiaoying was on the big boat checking the security work of A Zhen for participating in the Lotus Festival. When he saw a person falling into the water, he immediately went into the water to save him. Before he could swim to him, he found that someone had already rescued him.
So he swam back to the ship without showing his face.
Many people gathered on the shore, and a group of people surrounded Xu Jiaojiao and Li Jin.
Mrs. Xu and Xiaomei stumbled to Xu Jiaojiao.
Xiaomei's heart skipped a beat when she saw the person in front of her.
The person who saved Xu Jiaojiao was not anyone else, but Li Jin.
Xu Jiaojiao had been fed with water and was unconscious.
Mrs. Xu burst into tears.
Li Jin put Xu Jiaojiao in his arms and pressed her chest hard. Xu Jiaojiao took a large gulp of water and slowly woke up.
When she saw the half-smiling face in front of her, Xu Jiaojiao wanted to faint again.
Then he took off his soaked clothes and covered Xu Jiaojiao.
"Jiaojiao, Jiaojiao, are you okay?" Mrs. Xu held Xu Jiaojiao's hand and cried.
"Madam, Miss, everything is fine." Li Jin held his hand towards Mrs. Xu with an elegant expression.
Mrs. Xu was just panicking, but now she raised her head and met the face of a young man.
Judging by his attire, he is a scholar.
"Thank you very much. May I ask where you live? My husband and I will come to pay you a visit later." Mrs. Xu said.
"There is no need for reward. The late student is Li Jin, a student of the Tan family school next door." Li Jin smiled.
When Xu Jiaojiao heard this name, she lay in Mrs. Xu's arms and gnashed her teeth in hatred.
Li Jin looked back at Xu Jiaojiao, concealed the hatred in his eyes, and then walked towards the private school.
Mrs. Xu is full of affection and gratitude to Li Jin.
"Xiaomei, why are you so stunned? Go get some clothes quickly." Mrs. Xu's tears were still hanging on her face.
Xu Jiaojiao was lying on the boat, soaked to the skin. Her summer clothes were thin and the water-stained clothes clung to her body.
Mrs. Xu became fond of Li Jin again, and he even knew how to take off his clothes and cover them with Xu Jiaojiao.
It can be seen that he is a very kind person.
Mrs. Xu covered Xu Jiaojiao with the clothes that Xiaomei had brought, and she was glad that the person who saved her daughter was an elegant scholar. She looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old, and she looked upright.
"Hey, the scholar from Tan Family Academy is a nice young man."
"Isn't this a girl from the Xu family? Could it be that this is a beautiful marriage?"
The crowd of onlookers started talking.
In just half a day, word spread throughout Nanguan Town that the girl from the Xu family fell into the water and was rescued ashore by Li Jin in his arms. The girl from the Xu family must marry Li Jin.
It was even rumored that the Xu family girl's clothes were washed away by the water and she was naked in Li Jin's arms. She had no choice but to marry Li Jin.
When Mrs. Xu and Shopkeeper Xu heard these remarks, they were not very angry because Li Jin was a decent-looking man of about the same age and was a good candidate for a good son-in-law.
Shopkeeper Xu also found out that Li Jin's family was poor and he was a widowed mother.
This is more in line with Shopkeeper Xu's wishes than Bai Sanzhuang's.
Even if he doesn't want to marry into his wife, shopkeeper Xu can help him study, and maybe he can earn a royal life for his daughter in the future.
Shopkeeper Xu and Mrs. Xu asked Xu Jiaojiao for his opinion, but Xu Jiaojiao refused and scolded Li Jin for spreading the rumors outside.
"Daughter, please don't make false accusations against your savior. There were many people watching when he rescued you. This must have been spread by the meddlesome person," Mrs. Xu said.
A lifesaver!
Xu Jiaojiao sneered and told her parents regardless of her previous private meeting with Li Jin.
Shopkeeper Xu and his wife were so angry that their blood vessels were about to burst. After all, it was the apple of their eyes that was reluctant to criticize their daughter and only scolded Li Jin for deceiving people.
Shopkeeper Xu has been in the business for so many years, and after a brief thought, he understood that Xu Jiaojiao's fall into the water was Li Jin's plan from beginning to end.
Thinking about the rumors all over the town again, Shopkeeper Xu was so angry that he broke the table legs.
Rumors spread throughout the street that Xu Jiaojiao was going to marry Li Jin.
Bai Sanzhuang and Tian Maimiao stood in the crowd and frowned, listening to the disgusting words.
"Li Jin is too poisonous." Bai Sanzhuang said.
"Beast! Xu Jiaojiao usually has a bad temper, but she shouldn't be plotted like this." Tian Maimiao looked sympathetic, and then said, "Wait, shopkeeper Xu will not let Li Jin go."
Bai Sanzhuang shook his head and said, "I'm just afraid that the shopkeeper's concern will cause chaos."
Bai Sanzhuang and Tian Maimiao talked for a while and then went to the private school. He was not looking for Li Jin, but for his fourth brother's classmate Tan Yan.
Bai Sanzhuang decided to seek justice for Xu Jiaojiao, not for Xu Jiaojiao, but for the kindness of shopkeeper Xu.
