1970s: Transmigrated into a cannon fodder female supporting character in a lucky koi novel!

"Come sit here, I'll get you some water!"

Wen Li stopped Aunt Zhang, who was about to pour water, "Aunt Zhang, don't bother, I came to exchange some vegetables with you!"

"Why would I want to change? I'll take you to the backyard to pick some. We have more vegetables than we can eat!"

"That won't do. I'll be cooking by myself, and I haven't even planted any vegetables yet. I'll be coming to your house to pick vegetables in the future!"

Aunt Zhang's family was considered well-off in the village, but Wen Li couldn't possibly take advantage of them.

Aunt Zhang wasn't one to mince words, and readily agreed, "In that case, just give me two cents a pound each time you come over!"

Two cents is quite cheap. Even though vegetables aren't worth much these days, they still cost at least three cents a pound!

"OK!"

"Come on, I'll show you. Pick whatever you want yourself!"

The three followed Aunt Zhang to the backyard, where cowpeas, eggplants, tomatoes, cucumbers, and green peppers were planted—all seasonal vegetables.

The vegetable garden was well-maintained, with different vegetables planted in each row, showing that the person who grew the vegetables was very particular.

We picked some of each type of pear, and in the end, we weighed them and found they weighed four jin (2 catties), which cost us eight cents in total.

"Aunt Zhang, I'd like to trade some eggs. Do you have any here?"

"Oh dear, we really don't have any. All the eggs in my house were eaten by my three little ones. If you want to exchange them, I'll take you to Aunt Qian's house; she should have some!"

"Okay, thank you for your help!"

Aunt Zhang picked up her three-year-old granddaughter, locked the courtyard gate, and led the three of them toward Aunt Qian's house.

Along the way, Aunt Zhang introduced the village to the three of them again, and Wen Li wrote down everything she could remember.

When the group arrived at Aunt Qian's house, Aunt Qian was feeding the chickens. When she heard that they wanted to exchange eggs, she quickly led them inside.

"I happen to have thirty eggs here. Look, they're all fresh. You can have them for five cents each!"

Wen Li glanced at it. "Chen Yan, would you like to change your order?"

Chen Yan nodded quickly, "Let's split it in half! You pay first, and I'll give you the money back when we get back."

"good!"

Thirty eggs cost one yuan and fifty cents, and Wen Li paid the money.

Aunt Qian smiled and accepted the money, then gave them the basket as well.

"Take the basket back first, and return it to me when you go to work tomorrow!"

"Okay, then we won't bother you any longer!"

Seeing that her good friend had an income, Aunt Zhang was happy for her and cheerfully led the three of them away from Aunt Qian's house.

Seeing that Sanya was just staying in her grandmother's arms without saying a word, Wenli thought she was cute, so she teased Sanya and took out three fruit candies from her pocket.

Sanya saw the fruit candy, wanted it but didn't dare to take it, and looked at her grandmother with her big, watery eyes.

"Oh dear, Little Pear, you'd better put this away quickly! This thing is precious, don't let this girl ruin it!"

Wen Li placed the fruit candy into Sanya's little hand, "It's alright, Aunt Zhang, I haven't thanked you yet!"

"You're too kind, Sanya. Say thank you to Sister Xiaoli!"

Sanya said "thank you" in her childish voice.

Wen Li tapped her little nose. "Sanya is so polite!"

"Aunt Zhang, I've gotten a pheasant, but none of us know how to kill it. Could you teach us?"

Aunt Zhang already had a good impression of Wen Li, and now she liked her even more. "What's so difficult about this? You all go back first. I'll take Sanya back and then go to the educated youth compound to teach you!"

Wen Li originally just wanted to ask for advice, and since Aunt Zhang was willing to teach her personally, she naturally wouldn't refuse.

"Okay, let's head back now!"

"Go ahead, go ahead!"

Aunt Zhang hurriedly carried Sanya back, and the three of them headed towards the educated youth compound.

"Xiao Li, you're really amazing! You've become familiar with Aunt Zhang so quickly!" Chen Yan looked at Wen Li with envy.

"The main thing is that Aunt Zhang is a nice person. She's a kind-hearted person. As long as you don't act aloof, you can get to know her. We'll be living in the village for a long time, so it's best to get along well!"

Chen Yan nodded with a look of understanding. She understood the reasoning, but she still didn't know how to lower her head. Many people had tried to curry favor with her since she was a child, but she had never taken the initiative to make friends with anyone.

"But I can't!"

"If you don't know how, you'll learn slowly. But there are plenty of bad people in the village, so don't be naive and trust everyone!"

"Okay, then you have to teach me!"

The moment Chen Yan boarded the train, she knew that she would have to rely on herself from now on. She was trying her best to adapt, and she was actually quite envious of Wen Li for adapting so well.

She has never had any true friends since she was a child. The peers around her all fawned over her and tried to please her. Every time they were in front of her, they acted as if they liked her very much and treated her as a true friend.

But she knew they were talking badly about her behind her back, but she was too afraid of being alone, so she could only pretend not to know what they were saying about her and continue to hang out with them.

Seeing how they clearly disliked her but had no choice but to fawn over her, she sometimes felt a sense of satisfaction, but at the same time, she felt even more lonely.

She was actually very happy to have met Wen Li, a friend with whom she had no vested interests.

When the three returned to the educated youth compound, they saw Guo Caixia loitering in front of Wen Li's door.

The smiles on Wen Li and Chen Yan's faces gradually faded.

"Xiao Li, where have you been? I've been looking for you all day!" Guo Caixia seemed oblivious to the fading smiles on their faces, still warmly approaching them, her eyes filled with worry.

Wen Li's tone was indifferent. "What do you want from me?"

Guo Caixia smiled and took out a lunchbox containing a cold cornbread. "I noticed you didn't come back for lunch and was worried you hadn't eaten, so I specially saved you a cornbread!"

Wen Li almost thought it was raining blood. Guo Caixia had never given the original owner anything before; this was the first time.

"No need, I have food here, I won't go hungry!"

Guo Caixia looked worried, her voice tinged with urgency, "How can you do that? Your body can't handle eating all those snacks!"

"Tch~" Chen Yan rolled her eyes speechlessly. "Xiao Li has malted milk powder, canned food, and dried meat. It's still better than your throat-irritating cornbread!"

Guo Caixia's face paled, and she lowered her eyelashes in disappointment, a flash of hatred passing through her eyes.

"I... I'm sorry, Xiaoli. I know I'm not worthy to be your friend. I was just being presumptuous!" When Guo Caixia looked up again, her eyes were already red. Coupled with her delicate face, she looked incredibly pitiful.

Before Wen Li could even speak, he covered his face and ran away.

"Who is this?!" Chen Yan was speechless.

Wen Li crossed her arms and looked at Jiang Chen standing not far away. So this was where he was waiting for her!

Guo Caixia is really something else, trying to use her and Chen Yan as stepping stones.

It seems she knows she can't get anything out of me, so she's going to take full advantage of her!