Chapter 32: Chapter 32

“I knew it. As long as those people aren’t blind, our An Ning will definitely succeed.”

When it came to An Ning passing the assessment, the most excited was actually Teacher Ye outside waiting. Ignoring Old Ye’s stern face, she immediately wanted to excitedly drag An Ning out shopping to relax.

The two rode their bicycles skillfully to the largest department store nearby.

“This watch looks great, it’s a Meihua brand, it suits you perfectly, An Ning!”

“And this one too, An Ning, your fair skin looks best with this light blue shirt.”

“This dress is nice as well. An Ning, haven’t you noticed? Since you put your bangs down, you really look elegant.” She looked just like the noble young lady from classical books, refined and graceful.

A true beauty and talented woman all in one.

But An Ning did love reading books. Could it be the legendary saying, ‘A belly full of poetry and books naturally exudes charm’? Or maybe when someone is fair and beautiful enough, their aura naturally rises.

Teacher Ye’s eyes sparkled.

Looking in the mirror at the beautiful woman with black hair and red lips, An Ning was equally stunning, after all, this was the result of her long-term diligent maintenance.

Sure enough, only money and beauty were a woman’s true sources of happiness.

With that thought, the two “gold swallowers” strolled all the way to the end of the department store.

Ye Jingshu was not short of money herself, and An Ning, ever since she emptied her worthless father’s little secret stash, never hesitated when buying things.

Only that her fabric coupons were still a bit scarce.

But Anhua Factory’s welfare should be better on ordinary days!

After shopping in the afternoon, the two carried big and small bags to a nearby state-run restaurant. As usual, An Ning ordered a portion of slippery pork slices, a serving of Kung Pao chicken, and an extra four taels of rice.

Blocking Teacher Ye’s move to pay, An Ning quickly pulled a one-yuan bill from her pocket.

While waiting for change, An Ning suddenly seemed to remember something:

“By the way, Teacher Ye, don’t I have to sell this job now? They say don’t let good water flow to outsiders. Do you think anyone from our old class needs it? Or maybe neighbors or relatives around you are in urgent need of work?”

“A job? Actually, there really is one.” Teacher Ye suddenly slapped her forehead.

“An Ning, do you still remember Jiang Huai? He was even the class monitor in your class.”

“I kind of remember…” An Ning hesitated and nodded, after all, the original body really didn’t like to interact with people and was unfamiliar with almost everyone.

Ye Jingshu was not surprised and immediately took charge: “Don’t worry, leave it to me. When we were about to graduate, Jiang Huai even left the phone numbers of his parents’ workplaces with me.”

Quite resourceful, An Ning thought to herself. It seemed that as long as it didn’t involve the female lead, this so-called infatuated male supporting character was somewhat normal.

“The situation is bad now, so if you can’t find someone for now, it’s okay…”

“How can that be!” An Ning’s innocent flower phrase hadn’t even finished when Teacher Ye stopped her from the side:

“Even brothers settle accounts clearly, An Ning, you’re just a young girl, it’s not easy to save money.”

“Besides, it’s so hard to find work these days!”

To Teacher Ye, giving an opportunity was already very generous. With An Ning’s family situation, it was not easy for a young girl to get this far!

In short, in Ye Jingshu’s eyes, the young girl before her was undoubtedly a genuine innocent flower struggling bravely in the quagmire.

This kind of girl instantly triggered a protective urge in this tomboy woman, so she patted her chest and promised:

“In any case, leave it to Teacher Ye. I won’t let you suffer any losses.”

“Thank you, Teacher Ye!” An Ning was truly moved.

The system silently watched all this: “…”

“The host must have planned this early on, right?”

Teacher Ye was an only daughter, her biological mother died early, and Professor Ye himself had no siblings. How would there suddenly be relatives urgently needing work?

“So what if there are?” Feeling like she’d earned another thousand or so, An Ning was in an extremely good mood now:

“In the original owner’s wish, wasn’t there something about repaying that fellow villager who helped her?”

“In these times, isn’t having a job without going to the countryside the best kind of repayment?”

But isn’t this a fair trade?

Yeah, this kind of repayment is really worthwhile.

The system’s mouth twitched. It had clearly seen that its host did not want to lose a single bit.

“Wait, no, hold on…” The system finally reacted after a long pause: “If the infatuated male supporting character doesn’t go to the countryside, what about the male and female leads?”

You have to know that at this moment, the female lead had decisively gone to the countryside after breaking ties with her terrible family, with barely anything in hand. The male lead, Ji Peizhi, was even worse off—he was still staying in the cattle shed with his grandfather!

Without the male supporting character’s network subsidy and technical support, how would the village’s sugar factory open in the future?

Jiang Huai’s parents were both veteran employees of the sugar factory.

“Host, you didn’t do this on purpose, right?” the system asked quietly.

Is it really necessary? It was just twenty yuan exchanged for an exquisite jade pendant of the original owner.

Her host really held grudges.

“No way!” An Ning acted surprised:

“From your tone, System, isn’t that female lead from the self-reliance and self-strengthening type?”

“I believe that even without the infatuated male supporting character’s help, without this cannon fodder adding bricks and tiles, the male and female leads can still carve out their own path, right?”

“Right… right!” The system was somewhat uncertain.

An Ning snorted and said nothing.

To be honest, she had no feelings for the male and female leads in the original memories. But the educated youth and those villagers with their sharp tongues were utterly detestable.

After going to the countryside, although the original body became a bit more silent and withdrawn, her face was really pretty. Even with the previously thickened big bangs, you could still see two points of good color.

Somewhat beautiful, fragile, alone, and seemingly ignored at home—such conditions were undoubtedly a soft target by nature.

Everyone wants to prey on the weak and fears the strong. It’s human instinct.

“An Ning, there’s less firewood today. How about you work harder and collect more?”

“An Ning, I really feel unwell today. How about you help with the afternoon meal?”

“Ah, An Ning, there’s only porridge left now. How about you make do?”

There were also second-rate hoodlums hanging around the young girl, indifferent village officials, and nosy villagers who enjoyed watching the drama.

Perhaps these were just small evils, but there’s a saying: When an avalanche occurs, not a single snowflake is innocent.

Not wanting to entangle with these people and lowering her quality of life was one thing, but not seeking revenge? Impossible.

As for whether innocents would get involved, sorry, Shen Anning was not a good person, nor did she have that awareness.

“Maybe without the male supporting character, this village can get rich by other means?”

Humming a little tune with satisfaction, An Ning was indifferent.

The system couldn’t help but twitch the corner of its mouth.