The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

After buying a car and making a splash, the Pei Family once again made a splash in Xiaxi Village.

The reason is that the Pei Family installed a telephone.

These days, not many households can afford a telephone, especially in the countryside. In a whole village, almost no household has a telephone, except perhaps the village committee might have one. Most people go to the village committee or the post office in town to make a call.

The Pei Family installing a phone certainly brought a lot of gossip to Xiaxi Village.

Many people rushed to the Pei Family to see the excitement.

With a smile on her face, Liu Dalian grabbed some sunflower seeds and peanuts to entertain the guests.

When she heard people complimenting her, her smile became even wider: ”It was Ningning who wanted to install it, saying it’s convenient for future business dealings or whatever. Besides, our Third and Xiao Yu are still in Dream City, so far away, it’s really inconvenient not to have a phone at home to keep in touch.”

As soon as Liu Dalian finished speaking, the phone rang.

Under the envious gaze of everyone, Liu Dalian picked up the receiver.

”Hello, is it Xiao Yu? I’m your sister-in-law, yes, Ningning isn’t here, he’s busy in the fields, so just tell me if there’s anything.”

After a while, everyone saw Liu Dalian’s smile growing bigger and bigger: ”Really? That’s good news. Are you about to become a big star? Sure, sure, I’ll let your brother and them know when they come back. Do you still have money there? If not, remember to tell the family, don’t let yourself suffer...”

After Liu Dalian hung up the phone, she smiled and said to the villagers: ”Sorry, I need to quickly go to the fields to tell his father about this.”

”What’s the matter?”

Someone asked.

Liu Dalian laughed: ”It’s Xiao Yu, you know she’s over in Dream City. She’s performing in bars and other places with some friends she’s getting along with, and also going on gigs. Someone from a record company noticed her, saying how good Xiao Yu’s voice is, how nice her songs sound, and how she can imitate things, said they want to release an album for her, though I don’t really understand.”

”Really?”

Many people were shocked: ”If she releases an album, that means she’s a star! Congratulations, congratulations!”

Liu Dalian kept smiling: ”Star? Who knows what happens in the future, whether the album can sell or not, the future’s really hard to say.”

What Liu Dalian said is true, but the villagers don’t know much about it.

The general belief was that Pei Yu was going to become a big star.

After Liu Dalian relayed this to Anning in the fields, Anning hurried home to call Pei Yu and ask about the situation.

Currently, Pei Yu often goes on gigs with people and has made many friends; moreover, the vocal coach who teaches her also has some connections. Following these people, her experience has broadened, and since she’s naturally shrewd, she didn’t just sign with the record company. Before signing, she thoroughly investigated the company, and via Huang Long’s connections, she hired a lawyer to review the contract; only then did she sign.

Anning asked for the company’s name and then felt at ease.

The company Pei Yu signed with is a legitimate record company and is set to make several singers famous by next year.

When Anning hung up the phone, Pei Laoshi eagerly asked, ”How is it? Is the company your aunt signed with reliable?”

Anning nodded with a smile: ”It’s a legitimate company, and Boss Huang helped to gather information. They also hired a lawyer to review the contract. My aunt won’t suffer any losses.”

”That’s good, that’s good.” Pei Laoshi finally felt at ease.

Then he became happy: ”Your aunt’s luck is coming. I was worried before, you know how flighty she is, with her reputation even spreading around here... what would she do in the future? But who knew, the wheel of fortune turned, she went to Dream City and got a good opportunity. If she really becomes famous, I’ll finally be at ease.”

Pei Laoshi talked and talked until he was in tears.

He didn’t go back to the fields but asked Liu Dalian to prepare some fruits and carried a jug of wine to Anning’s grandparents’ grave.

Anning knew, he must be going to report the news to the grandparents.

While the Pei Family installed a phone, on the other side, the Yang Family’s vegetables finally found a buyer.

This vegetable seller was brought in by Yang Baozhu.

The vegetable seller’s name is Yang Jiujin, a somewhat connected intermediary from the Provincial City. Some restaurants and such in the Provincial City are using a type of green vegetable as side dishes; whether it’s cold dish or stir-fried, the taste is great. Because it’s scarce, the price naturally went up.

Yang Jiujin made inquiries and discovered these vegetables are sourced from a place called Xiaxi Village, so he wanted to come over and see if he could wholesale some.

He ran into Yang Baozhu on the road, found out that she was from Xiaxi Village, and the Yang Family grew greenhouse vegetables. He was very pleased and directly followed her to Xiaxi Village.

Seeing Yang Jiujin come to buy vegetables, the Yang Family was extremely happy and immediately prepared a spread to entertain him.

Yang Laoer drank half a bottle of wine with Yang Jiujin.

He was also happy in his heart, thinking that they’re from Xiaxi Village, and since the soil quality is the same, the vegetables grown by the Yang Family should be identical to those appearing in the Provincial City.

He was so happy he drank a lot, but even while tipsy, Yang Jiujin asked Yang Laoer: ”Brother, you must ensure the vegetables you grow are the same, you can’t fool me.”

Yang Laoer confidently replied: ”They’re definitely the same, all from the same village. However the Pei Family grows their vegetables, we do it the same way; how can they be different?”

And with that, they agreed on a price.

The price Yang Jiujin offered the Yang Family was really high, even higher than the Pei Family’s selling price.

The Yang Family was extremely elated and treated Yang Jiujin as a VIP.

After Yang Jiujin found a truck to haul away the vegetables, Yang Laoer and Sun Jinhua counted the money and were nearly ecstatic.

Sun Jinhua specifically went to buy several new outfits, casually wandered around the Pei Family’s yard.

Fan Zhili was even more dramatic; she bought high heels, a wool coat, and lipstick, wearing a bright red coat, bright red lipstick, awkwardly heading over to the threshing ground in high heels.

Once she got there, Fan Zhili started boasting: ”The Pei Family thinks not teaching us means we can’t grow vegetables? Tch, we’re all farmers, dealing with the land for years, who can’t grow vegetables? Uncle Yang took one look at our house’s vegetables, gosh, our vegetables are better than the Pei Family’s, and there you have it, people offered a higher price than the Pei Family.”

Sun Jinhua also boasted: ”Who’d have thought growing vegetables really makes money, now that we have money, we can really pick the wives for our Baoshan and Baolin, and what’s more, our Treasure Bead, oh my, you don’t know, our Treasure Bead is capable...”

Liu Dalian happened to be returning home, listening to Sun Jinhua say this, she couldn’t help but get angry.

But she didn’t pay any mind to Sun Jinhua and walked straight into her house.

Once Liu Dalian entered, Sun Jinhua laughed: ”Pei Yu says she wants to be a star, huh, is becoming a star that easy? A village girl without connections or contacts, would anyone release an album for her? What a daydream, who knows if she’s relying on her looks in Dream City to find some old lech, and still making phone calls to fool people, only Liu Dalian would be na?ve enough to believe her nonsense.”