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

Li Hong was in charge of arranging the cooking. She wasn't very good at cooking at first either, so it took some time.

"No problem, all seven of us former educated youth can cook. With the seven of you, it'll be perfect. Just discuss who you'd like to be paired with!"

"The shift work will continue as before. Those who don't cook will go to the back hill to collect firewood after work!"

"By the way, since you'll be living separately in the backyard, you'll need to gather extra firewood, otherwise there might not be enough to heat the kang (heated brick bed) in winter!"

"It's still summer, why are they storing firewood so early?" Qi Jun thought it was a bit exaggerated. As a southerner, he really couldn't understand how cold it could get in the north.

Li Hong solemnly reminded everyone, "Of course, the temperature drops here in October, and we'll basically start heating the kang (heated brick bed) around mid-October, which will last until about March next year. So we must store a lot of firewood. People have frozen to death before, so please don't take this lightly!"

"We understand! Thank you, Li Zhiqing!"

"You newcomers have two days to prepare your things. Get everything you need ready in these two days, otherwise it won't be easy to ask for leave once you start work!"

"It's so far to the commune, how are we going to get there?" Chen Yan didn't want to walk anymore; the blisters on her feet hadn't healed yet!

"There are oxcarts in the village, you'd better go early, or you'll miss your turn!"

They've learned almost everything they needed to know, and the former educated youth have mostly packed up.

Chen Jiahao called everyone over so they could all get to know each other.

Perhaps because they rarely ate so well, the older educated youths didn't cause any more trouble, and everyone's faces were peaceful and amicable.

Among the former educated youth, there were three men and four women. The male educated youth included Chen Jiahao, Pan Yong, and Zhou Yu.

There were four female educated youths in total: Li Hong, who was in charge of managing the female educated youths; Niu Zhaodi, the one who had just been trying to curry favor with Wen Li; Liu Xiu, the one who had just scolded Wen Li; and Li Lingling, who was almost invisible.

Wen Li glanced at Zhou Yu and Li Lingling. The two of them had barely spoken all night and their presence was even less noticeable than the male lead.

After getting acquainted, everyone dispersed. Their luggage was still unpacked, and the house was quite dirty; they had a lot to do tonight.

Wen Li first cleaned the house, then borrowed a wooden basin, filled it with water in the front yard, and wiped all the dust out of the room.

The house has been uninhabited for a long time; there are cobwebs on the roof and some of the paint is peeling off the walls.

She only swept the floor once; the roof can only be done tomorrow.

She took out her luggage only after the house was cleaned.

The original owner only brought a summer quilt, so Wen Li can only use it as a temporary mattress on the kang (heated brick bed). She'll have to make do with it tonight.

She put her luggage aside for the time being, as there were still quite a few things to buy tomorrow. After packing, she went straight to sleep.

The next day, before dawn, the sound of whistles rang out outside. Wen Li buried her head in the quilt, not wanting to get up at all.

A moment later, there was a knock on the door, "Knock knock knock—"

"Who is it?"

"Wen Li, get up quickly, or you'll miss the oxcart!" Chen Yan's voice rang out from outside the door.

Wen Li regained her senses and immediately sat up. "I'm coming right away!"

She quickly put on a shirt, braided her hair, washed her face hastily, and rushed towards the entrance of the educated youth compound.

Chen Yan and Qi Jun were already waiting at the door.

"You've finally arrived! Any later and we'd miss the oxcart!" Chen Yan grabbed Wen Li and ran off.

"Slow down, doesn't your foot hurt?" Wen Li was caught off guard and almost stumbled when she was pulled like that.

"It hurts, of course it hurts! But the thought of going shopping gives me so much energy!"

When the two ran to the village entrance, Yu Shuang and the other two were already there. Deng Wei quickly waved, "Come on, there are still seats!"

"Here we come!" Qi Jun plopped down next to Deng Wei.

As soon as Wen Li and Chen Yan sat down, Yu Shuang rolled her eyes.

Qi Jun: "Yu Zhiqing, is there something wrong with your eyes?"

Yu Shuang choked, glaring fiercely at Qi Jun, "You're the one with eye problems!"

Qi Jun: ...

"Hehe, maybe I misread it!"

Su Hao shrank back, trying to stay as far away from Yu Shuang as possible. He really didn't expect that Yu Shuang could change her expression like that.

"Oh, you're all new educated youth who just arrived yesterday, right?"

Two elderly women carrying baskets came over. After getting on the oxcart, they looked Wen Li and the other two over and over. To be honest, Wen Li was very uncomfortable with it.

"Hehe, you city girls are really something else, aren't you? You're all as tender as tofu!"

Chen Yan maintained her haughty persona, raising her head like a victorious rooster.

Wen Li really couldn't understand her thought process. She was clearly a chatterbox, so why did she have to act all tsundere?

Yu Shuang glanced at the two of them with disdain, then silently turned her face away.

Seeing that neither of them spoke, Wen Li quickly said, "Hello, aunties!"

The two aunts noticed Yu Shuang's disdainful look and their expressions changed. Seeing that Wen Li's attitude was good, they quickly pulled Wen Li aside to chat.

"Hello, hello, you must be Wen, the educated youth?"

Wen Li was somewhat surprised. "You know me?"

"Hey, I heard a while ago that a stunningly beautiful educated youth came to the educated youth compound. The moment I saw your face, I knew it had to be you! I don't know how your parents could have given birth to such a beautiful girl!"

"Auntie, you're exaggerating! Just call me Xiaoli, what should I call you?"

"My surname is Zhang, you can call me Aunt Zhang, and this is Aunt Qian!"

"Hello Aunt Zhang, hello Aunt Qian!"

"Are you going to the commune to buy things?"

"Yes, we just arrived and don't have anything yet. We also need to let our families know we're safe!"

Aunt Zhang deeply sympathized; her son went to the army two years ago, and she hasn't had a full night's sleep since.

"That's only right, it's not easy for you to be away from home! They must have been very worried."

Wen Li chatted with the two aunts about the commune along the way, and she managed to dig up all their secrets.

Aunt Zhang's husband is the village accountant. She has two sons and two daughters. Her eldest son is married, and her two daughters are also married. Only her youngest son is still in the army. She has tried to introduce him to potential partners, but he is unwilling.

She was so worried that her hair turned white.

Wen Li thought to herself, "Your son is the female lead's suitor, of course he doesn't want to go on blind dates."

However, Wen Li didn't dislike Aunt Zhang much, after all, her son was the only one among the female lead's suitors who was relatively upright.

Aunt Qian and Aunt Zhang are old best friends. There's not much gossip in her family, just the usual mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts, which Wen Li still finds fascinating.

The oxcart arrived at the commune in an hour. Aunt Zhang and the others were going to other places, so Wen Li said goodbye to them and then went to the post office with Chen Yan.

Su Hao and the others also wanted to go to the post office to let their families know they were safe, so all six of them went together.

Wen Li originally wanted to write a letter, but worried that her handwriting was different from the original owner's, so she made a phone call instead.