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

Aunt Liu was instantly amused by Wen Li's words, "Hahaha, then I won't be polite!"

The three chatted and laughed until they reached their destination.

Today their task is to pull weeds out of the peanut field.

Aunt Liu carefully explained to Wen Li and Deng Wei how to distinguish between peanuts and weeds. Peanuts and weeds are easy to distinguish. Aunt Liu demonstrated it, and the two learned it.

"When you're pulling weeds, make sure to set these kinds of weeds aside; someone will come and take them away later!"

"What are you going to do with this weed?" Deng Wei asked Aunt Liu curiously.

"They're used to feed the pigs! Our village raised ten piglets this year! Other villages can only raise a maximum of five!"

Aunt Liu was very proud when she talked about the pigs in the village. This was a benefit that her daughter had helped her get. Other villages only raise a maximum of five pigs!

"Wow~ so many!" Wen Li exclaimed enthusiastically.

"That's right, other villages can only envy that!"

Aunt Liu became even more proud as she spoke. She gave the two a few more instructions and then went to work on the side.

The team leader, being considerate of them being newcomers, only assigned them four work points, meaning that today she only needed to finish weeding the patch of land in front of her before she could leave work.

Wen Li put on her gloves and bent down to start weeding. Now that there are no pesticides, the weeds in the field grow much faster than the crops. If they are not removed in a few days, new ones will grow back.

At first she was a little rusty, but after a while she got used to it and her speed increased.

Seeing that Wen Li had overtaken him so quickly, Deng Wei immediately sped up.

When the captain and the scorekeeper came over, they saw that the two were doing a good job and nodded in satisfaction.

After the brigade leader left, the aunties next door started dawdling over their work.

Wen Li seemed tireless, constantly bending over and working diligently.

Deng Wei didn't dare to stop for a moment in order to catch up with Wen Li. He didn't see Wen Li stop to drink water until he felt his back was about to break.

Deng Wei let out a heavy sigh of relief, plopped down on the ground, drank most of the pot of water, and then started rubbing his lower back. Weeding looked simple, but having to bend over for so long was really tiring.

"I never imagined that Wen, who looks so delicate and frail, would be so capable when it comes to work!" Aunt Wang said, noticing that Wen Li was almost catching up with her, and unconsciously sped up her pace.

"Deng, a grown man, isn't as efficient at work as Wen!"

Although the auntie who was speaking tried to lower her voice, she was loud and Deng Wei still heard her.

Deng Wei's expression almost cracked, and he even began to doubt himself. Was he really that bad?

He glanced around in confusion.

Huh?! Qi Jun on the left and Jiang Chen on the right are not as good as me!

Now he finally felt a little better. He had been holding a grudge and wanted to surpass Wen Li, but seeing that Wen Li was much happier than him, he completely gave up.

No comparison! No comparison at all!

Anyway, it's not like I'm the only one who can't compare to Wen Li.

Just as Wen Li was immersed in her thoughts, she suddenly heard a loud "Waaah!" coming from not far away.

Everyone looked up.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Aunt Liu loved watching the excitement, and as soon as she heard the crying, she looked around frantically.

The loud-voiced auntie curled her lip in disdain, "Tsk~ It's nothing, just that Yu, the educated youth, has several cuts on her body and is sitting there crying!"

"I don't know what Yu, the educated youth, was thinking. She was wearing a dress to work; if she didn't get hurt, who would?"

"Waaaaah~ I want to cry too!"

Chen Yan was sweating profusely from the heat, her fair face was flushed red from the sun, and her clothes were soaked with sweat. The sticky feeling was really uncomfortable, and she was almost at her limit to have endured this long.

Seeing that she looked like she was about to cry, Wen Li found it amusing and took off her straw hat and threw it at her.

"Put on my straw hat first!"

"Waaah, thank you, Little Pear! I'll return it to you when I'm cooler!" Chen Yan picked up the hat as if it were a treasure and quickly put it on her head. Wearing the straw hat finally made it less sunny.

Wen Li waved her hand and continued weeding. Instead of talking, she should finish her work and go back to rest.

As the sun rose higher, the gossiping aunties gradually fell silent.

The sun was getting increasingly scorching, and there was nowhere to block out the sun. Wen Li felt like her hair was about to be roasted.

In such hot weather, it's easy to get heatstroke. She opened the kettle and secretly added a drop of spiritual spring water to the water. Although the diluted spiritual spring water wasn't as effective, it greatly reduced the unbearable heat.

During her break, she glanced at the plot of land she was responsible for. Hmm, it was already halfway done. She wouldn't be able to finish it this morning, but she could leave early this afternoon.

"Oh! You're actually slacking off?" A sarcastic voice rang out from the edge of the field.

When Wen Li looked up, she saw a short girl with two braids glaring at her angrily. Standing next to her was a girl with a unique temperament and outstanding appearance.

Wow! Isn't that the female lead, Jiang Yue'er? Wen Li didn't expect to run into the female lead again on her first day of work.

And judging from their appearance, it seemed like they came here specifically to cause trouble.

There were people all around, and they were all looking at the short girl with strange expressions.

Wen Li slowly took another sip of water. "Comrade, I was just feeling too hot, so I sat down to have a drink of water. I wasn't being lazy!"

"You're still trying to deny it? Yue'er and I both saw it!" Although Zhang Cuicui was short, her voice was sharp and seemed to penetrate one's eardrums.

Wen Li frowned. "Comrade, are we not allowed to rest for a while after working so hard?"

"Oh~" Zhang Cuicui looked at Wen Li with a look of utter surprise, "You admit it?"

"What do I admit to?"

"You admit to cheating and shirking your responsibilities?"

Wen Li knew she couldn't reason with this person, so she put away her gentle expression and looked at Zhang Cuicui across from her with icy eyes.

"If you insist on slandering me, then I can ask the brigade leader. I just sat down to have a drink of water, and you accuse me of slacking off. Does that mean that all the commune members are so tired that they're not even allowed time to drink water?"

Everyone around felt that Wen Li made sense and looked at Zhang Cuicui with disapproving eyes.

"You...you're just making excuses!" Zhang Cuicui's eyes darted around, clearly feeling guilty.

"Alright, Cui Cui, it's so hot. Wen Zhiqing just sat down to have a drink of water. Don't keep harping on him."

Aunt Liu had always disliked Zhang Cuicui. Despite being only a teenager, she spoke as sharply and meanly as her mother. Aunt Liu didn't like her daughter getting too close to Zhang Cuicui, but her daughter was too soft-hearted and felt sorry for her, so she could only turn a blind eye.

After finishing her sentence, Aunt Liu looked at Jiang Yue'er and asked, "Yue'er, what brings you here?"

Jiang Yue'er looked away, smiled, and stepped forward. "Mother, it's so hot, I cooked some mung bean soup and brought it to you!"

"Oh my, my daughter is so filial, unlike those brats!" Aunt Liu couldn't help but feel happy when she saw her daughter.

"Guixiang, stop laughing, you're showing your gums!" Aunt Wang teased from the side.