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

"No, is she sick?" Chen Yan became angrier the more she thought about it.

"Alright, don't bother with someone like that!" Wen Li shook her head helplessly as she looked at Chen Yan's angry expression.

"Are you stupid? How could you be friends with such a hypocrite?"

Wen Li nodded in agreement, "Who says otherwise! My eyesight wasn't good before, but now I recognize you!"

Chen Yan was still angry, but Wen Li's words instantly soothed her, and she raised her head high.

"Of course, I'm not the kind of person who takes advantage of others and then doesn't appreciate it!"

Wen Li pulled her into the house, "Yes, yes, our Chen Zhiqing is the best! Hurry up and prepare dinner! I've been eating chicken cakes all day, I'm starving!"

Qi Jun put the vegetables into her room, then separated the eggs before going to the front yard to fetch water.

After Qi Jun brought the water back, Wen Li started a fire to boil it. Once the water was boiled, Aunt Zhang came over.

"This pheasant is quite plump; it would be delicious cooked with potatoes!"

"That's what I thought too, but unfortunately none of the three of us know how to kill a chicken, so we'll have to trouble you to make the trip!"

"What's the big deal? It's perfectly normal for you young people not to know how. My daughter-in-law didn't know how either, but she learned it after learning from me twice!"

"Qi, get a bowl and put some salt water in it!"

Aunt Zhang directed Qi Jun, who went back into the house to get a bowl and added some salt to the water.

Aunt Zhang sat on a small stool, holding the pheasant between her legs to keep it from moving, and then plucked some feathers from the pheasant's neck.

"Watch this, just like this, don't let it move, just make a cut like this with a knife!"

As Aunt Zhang spoke, she also taught the process, and soon the pheasant was ready.

"Wow, it's that simple!" Chen Yan looked at Aunt Zhang with admiration.

"That's right, it's that simple. Did you all learn it?"

Wen Li: I can understand it in my mind, but I don't know if I can do it with my hands!

Qi Jun nodded, "I've learned it!"

"That's good. Boil some more water, put the pheasant in it for a quick dip, and the feathers will come out easily!"

Aunt Zhang carefully placed the chicken blood back in its place. "Once the chicken blood has coagulated, you can stew it together with the other ingredients!"

The three men thanked Aunt Zhang repeatedly, and Qi Jun gave her a handful of fruit candies, saying, "Thank you so much for making this trip, Aunt Zhang!"

Aunt Zhang happily accepted the fruit candies. "Oh, don't be so polite with me. Just come find me next time you need anything, don't be afraid of the trouble!"

"Okay, take care!"

After Aunt Zhang left, the three of them got busy again. There wasn't much pheasant meat to begin with, so Wen Li used it to stew a potato, added two eggs, and chopped a tomato.

Chen Yan assisted, while Qi Jun tended the fire and learned to cook from Wen Li. Chen Yan admired Wen Li more and more, her eyes shining when she looked at her, and she kept praising her.

Before long, the two dishes were ready. The fragrant chicken stew with potatoes filled the entire educated youth compound with its aroma as soon as it came out of the pot.

"Are we having meat today?" Liu Xiu went straight to the kitchen as soon as she returned, and her face fell when she saw that it was still just two boiled vegetables and a clear porridge.

Niu Zhaodi slammed the plate on the table, her dissatisfaction with Wen Li at its peak. "What's going on with us? You want to eat meat? Dream on!"

Liu Xiu sniffed hard, his saliva almost dripping out.

The others didn't look too good, and they were all resentful towards Wen Li. Why did she only invite Qi and Xiao Chen, the educated youth? Was she looking down on them?

"Perfect! We can enjoy this aroma while we eat!" Deng Wei seemed oblivious to everyone's unpleasant expressions, and smiled as he picked up a piece of green vegetable with his chopsticks and took a bite.

"Yeah, I didn't expect Wen Zhiqing to be such a good cook!" Su Hao sniffed hard, then picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and ate it, as if he were eating meat as well.

Seeing that everyone's faces looked grim, Guo Caixia let out a soft sob.

Liu Xiu, with an air of schadenfreude, asked, "Guo, what's wrong with you?"

Guo Caixia forced an awkward smile.

Yu Shuang slammed her chopsticks on the table angrily. "What else could it be? It's all because Wen Zhiqing is too arrogant. Guo Zhiqing saw that she hadn't come back for lunch and was worried that she was hungry, so he kindly brought her some food, and she still got a lecture about it!"

"Yu Shuang..."

Before Deng Wei could finish speaking, Guo Caixia pitifully tugged at Yu Shuang, "Yu, you educated youth, stop talking! Xiao Li is beautiful and comes from a good family. I'm not worthy to be friends with her!"

Although the older educated youth were fond of taking advantage of small things, they were all shrewd and everyone was happy to watch the show.

When Pan Yong saw Guo Caixia being bullied, his sense of justice immediately surged.

"That Wen educated youth is going too far. Chairman Mao said we are all sons and daughters of China. What right does she have to look down on you?"

With support from the audience, Guo Caixia performed even more energetically.

"I...I don't know what I did to offend Xiaoli. I even went to the countryside with her. We agreed to take care of each other, and my family stopped supporting me, but she... Waaah~"

Guo Caixia's words were very clever. Everyone automatically understood that Guo Caixia went to the countryside for Wenli. The policy of sending people to the countryside was in effect at the time. Unless you had a job, you had to go to the countryside once you reached the age limit. This meant that Guo Caixia had already found a job!

As a result, when others signed up for her to go to the countryside, her family was so angry that they stopped caring about her and stopped giving her subsidies. As a result, Wen Li turned her back on them. How is Guo Caixia supposed to live in the future?

Everyone noticed Guo Caixia's predicament. The newly arrived educated youth were all buying things, but Guo Caixia had almost nothing except a few clothes and bedding.

Guo Caixia dared to say that because she was certain that Wen Li had no evidence. So what if Wen Li gave her clothes and money before? Did she have any evidence?

"What? She also said you lied to her?" Yu Shuang asked, voicing everyone's thoughts.

Guo Caixia's face paled, and her voice trembled. "I... my parents are both factory workers, and our circumstances aren't as good as Xiaoli's family. But don't friends exchange gifts? It's just that my family is poor, so the things I gave might not be as expensive as what Xiaoli gave, so... she probably feels like I took advantage of her!"

Yu Shuang suddenly realized, "So that's how it is! This Wen Zhiqing is too cunning; she made me misunderstand you!"

Others also felt that Wen Li was really going too far. Guo Caixia had gone to the countryside for her sake, and yet she still treated her like this.

"That Wen Zhiqing is too ruthless!" Pan Yong was furious.

Jiang Chen felt a pang of guilt when he saw Guo Caixia's pitiful state. He had initially thought Guo Caixia was a bad person, but it turned out that Wen Li was the one lying.

Jiang Chen clenched his fingers tightly, a flash of disgust crossing his eyes. He hated those who bullied others by relying on their power. If it weren't for these people relying on their family background... his parents and grandfather wouldn't have been sent to the farm, and he wouldn't have ended up in this situation.