The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

An Xian and her two sisters discussed the dowry for Anning.

Pei Yu bought a car, a really extravagant gesture, but An Xian and her sisters didn’t have that much money and couldn’t think of what Anning might need.

They thought for a long time and decided to give some money.

The two sisters each contributed eighty thousand yuan to add to the dowry.

Eighty thousand yuan was already a huge sum for ordinary people at that time. On the day of Anning’s marriage, the dowry caused quite a stir in the entire town when it was revealed.

Everyone was saying that the Xiao family had gotten a wonderful daughter-in-law, who brought one million nine hundred thousand yuan in dowry along with a small car, bringing the total to over two million yuan.

This was money that other families couldn’t earn even in several generations, and the Xiao family was literally changing its fortunes.

Zhong Liumei smiled as she dealt with people, but every time she heard about the money, her heart bled.

She regretted dividing the family too early; if only she hadn’t divided the family, Anning would bring in so much money when she got married. Although it wouldn’t mean she could keep the money herself, she could use her status as a mother-in-law to get some benefits from Anning.

But now the family was divided, and their relationship with Xiao Yuan was extremely cold; no matter how much money Anning brought, she figured she wouldn’t benefit much from it.

Xiao Daguang also deeply regretted it.

If only he knew Xiao Yuan was so capable, he should have tightly held onto him and never let him leave the family so soon.

No matter what Xiao Daguang and Zhong Liumei thought, Anning and Xiao Yuan got married smoothly, and the wedding day went particularly well without any unpleasant incidents.

After Anning got married, Pei Yu didn’t stay at home for long before leaving.

She still had some things to deal with over in the Capital, and she had taken on a few performances. Pei Yu was extremely busy and might not even make it home for the holidays.

As soon as Pei Yu left, Yang Baozhu returned.

After Anning returned home, she went to the county to attend some meeting, and upon her return, she was pulled aside by Liu Dalian.

”Yang Baozhu, from next door, came back; do you know?”

Anning shook her head: ”Didn’t know; wasn’t she working in the Provincial City? Why did she come back?”

Anning had more than once heard Sun Jinhua boast, saying that Yang Baozhu had found a very respectable job in the Provincial City and would marry into the city and become a city person someday. She thought Yang Baozhu wouldn’t come back at all, but didn’t expect that she returned after such a short time.

”Who knows?” Liu Dalian pouted: ”Sun Jinhua only knows how to boast, who knows what Yang Baozhu is doing in the City? She’s without qualifications or skills, how could she find a respectable job?”

Anning smiled: ”Forget it, let’s not talk about her, we can hardly manage our own stuff.”

Liu Dalian was just casually chatting with Anning, not thinking much of it.

However, while the Pei Family wasn’t thinking much, Yang Baozhu was filled with anger; in every life, her hatred for the Pei Family increased day by day.

Ever since Pei Yu went to the Wang Family, and Wang Ming drove her away, Yang Baozhu felt even more hate towards the Pei Family.

Shortly after she returned, many people in Xiaxi Village began gossiping about Pei Yu.

They said that even though Pei Yu was a big star now, she still couldn’t change her ways and couldn’t live without a man, constantly stealing other people’s men, acting as the third party. It was said Pei Yu was caught by someone’s wife outside, and was badly beaten, and the rumors continued circulating, none of which were good.

But now that the Pei Family had risen, no one dared speak gossip in front of them.

Yet, despite not speaking directly, Pei Laoshi and Liu Dalian still heard some rumors.

This really angered the two.

Liu Dalian came back, complaining: ”One after another snacking with nothing better to do but chew nonsense, Anning led them to plant greenhouses, leading them to prosperity, and arranged jobs for many villagers, and now they’re spreading rubbish to ruin our family’s reputation, really...”

Anning returned and heard these words.

She quickly asked Liu Dalian what happened.

Liu Dalian explained the entire situation.

Anning was thoughtful.

A few days later, the gossip in Xiaxi Village changed.

From gossiping about Pei Yu, it shifted to gossiping about Yang Baolin.

Many said that last winter everyone’s card games were raided by the police, and they were all reported by Yang Baolin. Yang Baolin often leaked information to the police, and as soon as someone played cards, he would immediately report it, just to earn some money to squander.

Last winter, when no one was planting greenhouse vegetables, many young villagers were bored during the cold winter, so naturally, they looked for ways to have fun by playing lots of Mahjong and Poker.

Winter was also when the police cracked down on gambling; Xiaxi Village alone had been raided several times, and every young person who liked to play had been fined.

Initially, people didn’t think someone had reported them.

Now, upon hearing it was Yang Baolin who did, suddenly someone confronted the Yang Family.

A few days later, two fat pigs, raised by the Yang Family for slaughter during New Year, were poisoned to death.

For this matter, Sun Jinhua cried and cursed several times, but never found out who poisoned them, leaving the Yang Family with no choice but to let it go.

The Yang Family lost two fat pigs, leaving Sun Jinhua and Yang Laoer heartbroken.

Last year, the family lost quite some money; this year, while other families followed Anning to plant greenhouse vegetables, Sun Jinhua was unwilling.

She believed planting wouldn’t earn much money, and moreover, she didn’t want to buy Anning’s Nutrient Liquid, so the Yang Family’s land was planted with wheat, while others sold crop after crop of vegetables, living flourishing lives, the Yang Family’s fortunes worsened, and Sun Jinhua was left anxious and irritated.

She had initially relied on selling those two fat pigs to have a good New Year, but now the pigs were gone and with no money in the house, the year was bound to turn bad.

Sun Jinhua cried secretly several times about it.

Yang Baozhu was also anxious and angry.

She spoke to Yang Laoer and Sun Jinhua: ”Dad, Mom, the one spreading rumors must be Anning, she must have told others that my brother reported gambling, she’s really shameless, none of the Pei Family have any shame.”

”You mustn’t talk nonsense.”

Yang Laoer was startled and quickly stopped Yang Baozhu: ”There’s no proof, besides Anning is so busy, why would she have any free time to manage our family’s affairs?”

Yang Baozhu was so angry that she began crying: ”I knew you wouldn’t believe me, honestly, I was only fired because of Pei Yu.”

”What?”

Sun Jinhua widened her eyes: ”Please speak clearly and in detail.”

Yang Baozhu explained it in detail to Sun Jinhua.

She recited words she had thought of in advance, telling Sun Jinhua that Pei Yu had a relationship with Wang Ming, but once Pei Yu saw Wang Ming crippled, she dumped him, leaving Wang Ming very upset. Later, she took care of Wang Ming in the Wang Family, and because she was careful and thorough, and tried to cheer him up, Wang Ming gradually recovered, and ended up dating her.

However, somehow Pei Yu found out about her relationship with Wang Ming, ran to the Provincial City to meet with Wang Ming, and used all sorts of tricks to incite misunderstandings, and shamelessly disrupted them, causing Wang Ming to misunderstand her. On top of Wang Ming still having feelings for Pei Yu, Pei Yu insisted Wang Ming break up with her, and so Wang Ming did end things and ousted her.

”Mom, I was initially unwilling to talk about it, but...”

Pei Yu cried as she spoke: ”Think about it, why would anyone else have hatred for our family; it was Anning, she previously liked my third brother, but because he didn’t accept her, she surely harbors resentment.”