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

Wen Li walked out of the deep mountains and ran into Chen Yan and Qi Jun. Chen Yan sat on a rock, bored, and directed Qi Jun to gather firewood.

"Chen Yan, Qi Zhiqing!"

Upon hearing Wen Li's voice, Chen Yan immediately stood up. "Xiao Li, where have you been? I heard you went up the mountain, so I came to look for you, but I haven't seen you at all. If you don't go back soon, I'm even thinking of going to find the brigade leader!"

"I'm just staying around here, and I'm getting familiar with the village! What brings you guys up the mountain?"

Chen Yan's eyes lit up, and with a gossipy look, she hooked her arm around Wen Li's. "The educated youth compound is too noisy, so we're going up the mountain to find some peace and quiet!"

Wen Li raised an eyebrow. "What happened?"

"Yu Shuang and Niu Zhaodi almost got into a fight! Hahahaha!"

Before Chen Yan could say anything, she started laughing to herself.

"Didn't Niu Zhaodi cook with her at noon today? Yu Shuang can't do anything, and not only did Niu Zhaodi look down on her, but during the meal, Niu Zhaodi kept making sarcastic remarks about Yu Shuang."

Yu Shuang initially held back, but eventually couldn't take it anymore and started arguing with her. You didn't see it, if Deng and Chen hadn't stopped them, they almost overturned the table!

"That's amazing?"

Wen Li knew this day would come sooner or later, but she didn't expect that they would start arguing on the very first day.

Chen Yan gestured wildly to describe the scene, "That's right! Luckily I ran fast, otherwise that bowl would have been dumped on my head! Hahaha, you didn't see it, Chen Jiahao got porridge all over his face, his nose was crooked with anger, hahaha!"

Wen Li thought of Chen Jiahao's pretentious manner; he must have been furious at noon today, but unfortunately, she didn't see it.

"Who were you paired with again?"

"Little Li, the educated youth!"

There were only two educated youths with the surname Li in the educated youth compound. One was Li Hong, whom everyone called Li Educated Youth. Li Lingling was a few years younger than Li Hong, so everyone called her Little Li Educated Youth.

Wen Li's eyes darkened. "With all this arguing today, didn't you mention switching groups?"

Chen Yan shrugged. "I told her, but nobody wanted to be in a group with Yu Shuang, so we'll have to stick with the original group assignments in the end!"

Wen Li glanced around and said in a voice only the three of them could hear, "Stay away from Xiao Li, the educated youth, from now on!"

Chen Yan met Wen Li's serious gaze, and her expression turned more serious. "May I ask why?"

Wen Li shook her head without explaining. She had only given this much advice because of her good relationship with Chen Yan. If Chen Yan ignored her advice and continued to get close to Li Lingling, Wen Li would not interfere anymore, since they were not that close yet.

Although Chen Yan was a bit willful, she wasn't really stupid. Given her family's situation, she was actually more vigilant about many things.

Qi Jun glanced at Wen Li with a scrutinizing look, then quickly looked away. He suspected that Wen Li knew something, but he also felt it was unlikely.

His mission was to protect Chen Yan. Wen Li had no hostility towards them, and besides, Wen Li's parents were both soldiers, so her identity should be fine.

Chen Yan understood and didn't press further, continuing to complain, "You have no idea how awful the food at the educated youth compound is! I've only eaten there twice, and I'm already feeling nauseous!"

"Perfect timing! I can cook tonight. I haven't cooked the pheasant from yesterday yet! You guys can eat here tonight!"

Chen Yan's face immediately lit up with a smile. "Great! Tonight I finally don't have to eat those tough cornbreads that scratch my throat. Now I realize that the welcome dinner the day before yesterday was really a 'feast'!"

"Didn't you switch to refined grains? Why aren't you eating them?"

At this point, Chen Yan's face immediately fell. "They said to save the fine grains for the New Year! I just don't understand, that's clearly my own grain, why should I listen to them?"

Wen Li shook her head, once again thankful that she had cooked alone; otherwise, if she had to eat those cornbreads and crystal-clear mixed grain porridge every day, it would have been the death of her.

Moreover, while those older educated youths appeared to be without major problems on the surface, they secretly skimped on the food subsidies for themselves from the new educated youths. Now that a few big fat sheep had finally arrived, of course they wanted to fleece them!

Wen Li looked at Chen Yan's bright face, which was now scrunched up in a frown, and finally her heart softened.

"Alright, if you don't like eating with them, build a stove in the house, and I'll teach you how to cook!"

"Really?" Chen Yan was overjoyed, but then, remembering something, she felt a little disappointed. "But can I really learn it?"

"Cooking isn't hard. Even if you can't make something really delicious, it's still better than eating communal meals!"

Chen Yan agreed, hugging Wen Li's hand affectionately, "You're right, Xiao Li, you're so sweet!"

After the three of them went down the mountain, they went straight back to the educated youth compound. Su Hao and the others had all gone out, so now it was just the three of them in the educated youth compound. The male protagonist, Jiang Chen, rarely interacted with everyone. He had hardly been seen these past two days. Seeing that his door was locked, it seemed that he had gone out to do something important again.

Wen Li went back to the house to get the pheasant, and then she was stumped. How should she kill it?

Chen Yan and Qi Jun put down the firewood and came over together. As soon as they arrived, they saw Wen Li looking at the pheasant on the ground with a worried expression.

Chen Yan, her face beaming with eagerness, said, "Xiao Li, I'll help!"

"Do you know how to kill chickens?"

Chen Yan: ...

Qi Jun: ...

Both of them shook their heads vigorously.

Silence spread silently!

"I'll give it a try!"

As a man, Qi Jun was the first to step forward. He rolled up his sleeves, picked up the knife from the ground, and looked at the pheasant on the ground with a solemn expression. He looked very reliable!

Wen Li and Chen Yan both lagged behind.

Finally, after watching Qi Jun's series of fierce maneuvers, the score was only 0.5.

Qi Jun stared at the chicken feathers all over his head and finally managed to catch the pheasant that had run away.

"Pfft~"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

The two men's merciless mockery made Qi Jun's ears turn bright red.

"Haha, why don't we go ask the other educated youth?"

"Alright, let's tie him up first! Let's go ask Aunt Zhang, I happen to be out of vegetables, let's go to her house and exchange some!"

"Fine!" Qi Jun secretly breathed a sigh of relief; his image was completely ruined.

The three locked the door again and took their things to Aunt Zhang's house, which was right next to the village chief's house, so it was easy to find.

"Knock knock knock—"

"Who is it?" a childish voice rang out in the courtyard. Then the door creaked open, revealing a chubby little dumpling. "Who are you looking for?"

"Little friends, we're new educated youth here, looking for Aunt Zhang. Is she home?"

The little dumpling tilted its head and then ran away.

"Grandma, Grandma, someone's here!"

Hearing her granddaughter's shouts, Aunt Zhang, who was inside the house, quickly came out.

"Who is it?"

"Aunt Zhang, it's us!"

As soon as Aunt Zhang came out, she saw Wen Li and the other two, and immediately greeted them warmly, "Little Li, Chen Zhiqing, what brings you here? Come in and sit down!"

The three of them walked into the yard and saw that it was clean and tidy. Even though there were chickens and ducks in the yard, there was no unpleasant smell. It was clear that Aunt Zhang was a clean person!