The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 1062: Chapter 1038: Honor Amidst Chaos

Xiao Yin went to find Xiao Hui.

When she entered Xiao Hui’s room, she saw Xiao Hui secretly crying.

Xiao Yin was shocked.

After all, Xiao Hui hadn’t cried for a long time, and Xiao Yin thought something major had happened.

”Sister Hui?”

She walked over carefully and tugged on Xiao Hui’s clothes.

Xiao Hui quickly wiped her tears and looked at Xiao Yin with a smile: ”Yin’er, what brings you here?”

Xiao Yin smiled: ”I came to congratulate you, sister.”

Speaking of which, Xiao Yin asked Xiao Hui: ”Are you not happy, sister? Why are you hiding and crying secretly in your room? Or do you not like General Dong?”

Xiao Hui shook her head: ”I’m not unhappy, I’m just too happy.”

Huh?

Xiao Yin was a bit puzzled.

Xiao Hui pulled her to sit down and spoke softly: ”Father put in so much effort for me, how could I not be happy? You probably don’t know, earlier... when General Dong returned injured, I pleaded with mother to make the decision for me to marry General Dong. Mother said it was difficult to arrange and asked father for his opinion.”

”Ah?”

Xiao Yin almost screamed out.

She knew Xiao Hui had some fondness for Dong Da, but she didn’t know Xiao Hui liked him so much, let alone that Xiao Hui had asked Anning for help.

Xiao Yin almost thought that Xiao Hui’s engagement was just a drunk promise from Xiao Yuan, and she assumed it was a fluke. Little did she know there was such an inside story.

Thinking about it now, is Xiao Yuan the type to get drunk easily?

After all, in all these years, Xiao Yin had never seen anyone who could get Xiao Yuan drunk, and Xiao Yuan always had a clear and unparalleled mind. He only calculates others; who could calculate him? Even if he’s drunk, not just anyone could scheme against him, could they?

If Xiao Yuan wasn’t planning something, how could he possibly say he would let Xiao Hui marry Dong Da?

Xiao Yin wasn’t foolish; knowing the inside story, she realized that probably, Dong Da was being schemed by Xiao Yuan.

Thinking about how Dong Da and those people like Yuan Wei looked pale visiting home this morning, and how those ladies came to apologize to Anning last night, Xiao Yin wanted to hold her head.

These fools, so many people banded together and still let Xiao Yuan play them like a fiddle, counting money for him even after being sold.

Xiao Yin said a few words to Xiao Hui and returned to her room, her head still a little dizzy.

Thinking about the things Xiao Yuan did these past days, she truly admired him.

Actually, as Anning said, Xiao Hui wanting to marry Dong Da was really difficult to arrange.

After all, Xiao Hui is Xiao Yuan’s daughter, and there’s quite an age gap with Dong Da. Even if Dong Da had the guts of a bear, he wouldn’t dare to contemplate marrying Xiao Hui. Even marrying a village woman, he wouldn’t have any thoughts of marrying Xiao Hui at all.

Therefore, if Xiao Hui wanted to marry Dong Da, she would have had to throw away dignity and refinement to seduce Dong Da, or have Xiao Yuan lower his status and discuss the matter with Xiao Da; perhaps there would have been a slim chance.

However, such behavior was absolutely not allowed in Xiao Hui’s upbringing.

Anning also wouldn’t allow their girl to lose face like that.

Thus, the matter would have become stuck.

Nevertheless, such a difficult matter was perfectly resolved in Xiao Yuan’s hands.

What’s more, because of this matter, Dong Da had to be grateful to Xiao Yuan and would truly cherish and love Xiao Hui.

No one would say anything negative about Xiao Hui, only feeling that this girl is truly filial, sensible, and obedient.

After all, if this happened to another family, whose daughter wouldn’t cause a fuss if their father, drunk, betrothed her to such an older man?

But Xiao Hui didn’t have a single complaint, doing her best to make things smooth for her father. Isn’t such tolerance and grace admirable?

It can be said that Xiao Hui gained a lot from this event.

Xiao Yin, understanding these things, realized why Xiao Hui cried secretly.

Xiao Hui must have felt Xiao Yuan’s love and deep concern for her, and cried out of gratitude.

At the same time, Xiao Yin made up her mind that no matter what, she should never play tricks on her parents; those two are like ancient foxes refined into experts, and trying to outwit them would only end up trapping herself.

Over at Dong Da’s house, he kept grinning, and the old housekeeper, upon knowing Xiao Yuan wouldn’t go back on his word and truly intended to marry Xiao Hui to Dong Da, truly thanked heaven.

He quickly prepared betrothal gifts for Dong Da and helped him find a matchmaker to propose at the Xiao Family.

A few days later, Dong Da brought several carts of gifts to the Xiao Family; on that day, he dressed very smartly, entering the Xiao Family gate with a smile.

By the afternoon, the news of Xiao Hui and Dong Da’s engagement had spread all over Prefecture City.

Many came to congratulate Dong Da, with countless others envying his good fortune.

Truly, heaven favors fools; this simpleton somehow stumbled upon luck, encountering Third Young Master drunk, and in a moment of carelessness, hearing grand assertions, eventually benefitting Dong Da, who gained such a good wife.

It’s well known that the daughters educated by Third Young Master are well-mannered, and every family’s eligible young man wanted to marry a daughter from Third Young Master’s home.

Many were still observing, but this good fortune fell upon the old man Dong Da; countless families regretted not proposing to the Xiao Family sooner.

After the engagement, Dong Da was visibly in a much better mood; no longer staying home, he went to the military camp to train soldiers, leaving early and returning late every day, as if he had endless energy.

Additionally, Dong Da scoured Prefecture City for fresh items to send to Xiao Hui, wholeheartedly trying to please her.

As days passed, after the New Year, in February, the weather turned warm, coinciding with the spring sowing season in Southern Yi.

Many refugees who arrived in Southern Yi last winter began farming in their fields.

Southern Yi was once again a picture of prosperity.

Amidst such peaceful days in Southern Yi, an accident occurred in Jiangnan.

This year, the weather in Spring Jiangnan was quite unusual. Normally, this would be the plum rain season, and although it would rain, it consisted of light showers, not enough to cause flooding.

But this year, several heavy rainfalls hit Spring Jiangnan consecutively.

Just a few days ago, a rainstorm lasted several days.

The Qi Dynasty’s government was riddled with corruption, and few officials in Jiangnan were honest. Furthermore, the river governor was related to the Noble Princess Consort Li’s family, doing as he pleased in Jiangnan through nepotism instead of competence.

Since taking office, he continually petitioned the court for silver to repair riverways and flood control, most of which ended up in his pocket, naturally, part of it also reached the Noble Consort. Little money was actually spent on the riverworks.

Without consecutive heavy rains, this might have gone unnoticed, but now, the continuous downpours have overwhelmed the rivers.

Several river embankments collapsed in succession, unleashing torrents, even drowning citizens in their sleep.

Jiangnan, for a time, became a hell on earth.