The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

When Anning arrived in town, Xiao Yuan was waiting for her with a thermos in his arms.

”What’s this?”

Seeing Xiao Yuan, Anning approached him smilingly and asked.

Xiao Yuan held Anning’s hand and found a quiet place to sit down. He opened the thermos: ”I made these snacks early this morning, try them.”

In the thermos, Anning saw several layers divided. One layer had fried dumplings, another had small and delicate fried buns, yet another had steamed sticky cakes, and another had vegetable balls.

She held the thermos, first fed a fried dumpling to Xiao Yuan, then ate one herself: ”This flavor, I’ve been missing it.”

”Then eat more.”

Xiao Yuan’s face was full of smiles: ”What else do you want to eat?”

Anning shook her head: ”It’s not easy for you to make these, this time is enough, if I want to eat something, I’ll make it myself.”

”Then you make it for me, I want to eat steamed pork ribs with rice powder.” Xiao Yuan replied.

Anning only said after eating a fried bun: ”Alright, but I don’t have much money right now.”

Xiao Yuan turned out his pockets: ”My pockets are cleaner than my face.”

The two looked at each other and smiled: ”Alright, we’re just two paupers.”

After Anning ate a few vegetable balls, Xiao Yuan took the water bottle he carried and gave her water.

Anning thought of the world ahead and couldn’t help but laugh: ”Before, still the domineering president, now turned into a village girl, what an absurdity.”

After the two finished all the food, Xiao Yuan pulled Anning up: ”Let’s go, I’ll take you to find a loan.”

Actually, at this time, taking out a loan wasn’t difficult; banks and credit cooperatives and the like all had lending tasks, especially facing rural areas. However, the people in the villages were still particularly conservative at this time, basically not daring to take loans.

They always felt that borrowing money from the country wouldn’t be spent well, feared not being able to repay the loan, thought about loan interest, so even when credit officers visited, they were mostly not daring to complete the procedures.

Therefore, those credit officers were also stressed out to complete their tasks.

Xiao Yuan and Anning found his relative, and after only a few words, the other party happily agreed to provide a loan.

However, it was Pei Laoshi who needed to handle the loan.

After Anning arranged a time and place with the person, she and Xiao Yuan left together.

By noon, Anning said she wanted to treat Xiao Yuan to a meal.

In fact, Xiao Yuan didn’t have a single penny on him; Anning was slightly better off but couldn’t afford anything good, had just enough to buy a few buns.

As Xiao Yuan ate the buns, he still joked with Anning: ”Am I eating a soft meal for two lifetimes now? Don’t say, it’s really quite delicious.”

Anning glared at Xiao Yuan: ”Don’t think about eating a soft meal in this life, get yourself together, I plan to rely on you to back me up.”

The two joked and laughed, and felt especially satisfied sitting and eating a few buns together.

While the two felt good, the parents on both sides were full of discomfort.

Xiao Yuan’s contact was the son of Xiao Zhenzhen, Xu Long.

Xiao Zhenzhen didn’t marry far away, the Xu Family wasn’t much more than a few miles away from the town, not far from Xiaxi Village either, so Xu Long knew a few girls from the Pei Family.

He went home to eat and told Xiao Zhenzhen: ”Ma, my cousin from the Xiao Family’s Old Third is dating the Fourth Son of Pei Family.”

”Who?” Xiao Zhenzhen was a bit startled: ”Xiao Yuan? He’s dating who? Fourth Son of Pei Family, from Xiaxi Village?”

Xu Long nodded: ”Yes, it’s her. Didn’t Pei Yu get caught red-handed not long ago? Many people in town saw it, don’t know how embarrassing it was. Anyway, lots of people in our community are talking about it, saying that Pei Yu has probably hooked up with all the men in a ten-mile radius, if she sees someone pleasing, she won’t let go, Pei Family’s Old Third is just like her aunt, so this Old Fourth... probably isn’t much different.”

In any case, the Pei Family’s reputation was wrecked, and Xu Long had heard many curse words against Pei Yu, so he used the greatest malice to speculate on Anning.

Xiao Zhenzhen’s face dropped immediately: ”This can’t be, the Xiao Family is a clean and honest family, though your great uncle might be a bit lazy, his character is pretty good, never had quarrels or tiffs with anyone, if he marries a girl from the Pei Family, everyone will be pointing fingers at us.”

”Isn’t that right.” Xu Long added while spooning rice: ”That’s what I think too, my cousin hasn’t seen a woman in lifetimes, why pick a girl from Pei Family, why get mixed up with her, if he really married Fourth Son Pei, I’d be embarrassed along with him.”

”I’ll go to your uncle’s place now.” Xiao Zhenzhen couldn’t even eat her meal anymore, threw down her chopsticks, and was about to leave.

Xu Long didn’t stop her.

Xiao Zhenzhen was quick on her feet, she arrived at the Xiao Family while they were still having lunch.

When she got there, she sat at the dining table and chattered away to Mr. Xiao and Mrs. Xiao: ”Brother, sister-in-law, I’m just saying, but you all clearly don’t care about Old Third, he dates whoever and you don’t care, is Pei Family a family to marry into, what kind of family is that, go out there and ask about it, their girls are notorious in a ten-mile radius... not only in a ten-mile radius, the loafers in town know about their girls, who knows how many unscrupulous people are scheming for Fourth Son Pei, our family is clean, such girls can’t come into our house.”

Mr. Xiao and Mrs. Xiao didn’t look good either.

Especially Mrs. Xiao: ”I knew it, I asked him who he was dating and he wouldn’t say, turns out he fancied Fourth Son Pei, this won’t do, definitely won’t do, even if the Pei girls look like Heavenly Immortals, we still won’t take them. Old Third can fancy uglier ones, I don’t care, even marry a disabled person, I wouldn’t stop him, but not anyone from Pei Family, they’re all indiscriminately absurd people, not a good one among them, if Fourth Son Pei were to come into our house, never mind what others say, her ignorant behavior would surely drive me mad.”

It’s not just the Xiao Family that’s unwilling.

The Pei Family isn’t willing either.

The town isn’t far from Xiaxi Village.

Anning, a famous girl from the Pei Family in a ten-mile radius.

Her and Xiao Yuan’s date was observed by quite a few, of course, there were people from Xiaxi Village who came to buy things, quite a few young men and women saw them. Then, it didn’t take long for the news to reach the Pei Family.

Pei Anyi hadn’t even gone out when a young man came and told her about the matter.

Pei Anyi sent him away and went to find Liu Dalian.

”Ma, did you know our Old Fourth is dating Xiao Family’s Old Third from town.”

”What?”

Liu Dalian threw down the fire stick: ”The Xiao Family, poor as dirt?”

”Yes, that’s their family.”

Pei Anyi nodded emphatically: ”Ma, I dislike this. Not just in town, but even among all these villages, which house is Xiao Family better than? Their family is so poor, rats can’t stand it, if Old Fourth marries there, she’s afraid of barely getting fed.”

Liu Dalian was also considering this issue.

”When she comes back, I’ll talk to her, that Xiao Daguang is really lazy, even lazier than your elder sister. I heard he used to beat his wife back in the day, what a terrible thing, if his son is anything like that, Old Fourth would be aggrieved to death. Moreover, our family isn’t wealthy, Xiao Family poorer, if Old Fourth marries into her husband’s family, depends on nothing, even at her husband’s family there isn’t food to eat, how will she live this life, previously I thought if we really couldn’t find someone better, get her a rich and older man, someone who’d at least ensure she doesn’t worry about food or drink, but this...”

Pei Anyi snorted: ”Old Fourth looks smart but don’t know where her brains went, even called me foolish, see who’s really foolish, running low on money is a life worth living?”