Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 26: Chapter 26: The Crime of Gender 26

Qin Shuangshuang’s heart tightened, and at the same time, she felt Mrs. Bai, who was holding her, tremble and suddenly stiffen up. Her arms wrapped even more tightly around her.

As Qin Laoer entered, just as Qin Shuangshuang feared, he made a beeline for her and Mrs. Bai with great commotion. Qin Shuangshuang quickly struggled to pull her head out of Mrs. Bai’s embrace!

Just as she managed to free her head, she saw Qin Laoer with bloodshot eyes, silently swinging a fist toward Mrs. Bai’s back!

Qin Shuangshuang’s eyes darkened. She pulled her right hand out from Mrs. Bai’s embrace and just barely caught Qin Laoer’s wrist before his fist hit Mrs. Bai’s back. Qin Shuangshuang gripped Qin Laoer’s wrist with great strength. Although her body was weak, she used all her might to hold onto Qin Laoer’s hand.

Qin Laoer was unaware that Qin Shuangshuang’s grip on his wrist not only didn’t weaken compared to usual but was even stronger!

He felt as if Qin Shuangshuang’s grip was about to snap his wrist, reminding him of every painful memory that lasted for days every time Qin Shuangshuang had grabbed him like this!

Regret instantly filled Qin Laoer’s heart. He shouldn’t have listened to the third brother’s instigation to come back and punish Mrs. Bai and the second daughter-in-law to vent his mother Old Chen’s anger! Who would have thought that even after such severe injuries, Qin Shuangshuang still had such strength.

Today, Qin Shuangshuang did not plan to let it go easily. She yanked hard on Qin Laoer’s wrist, pulling him towards her. Qin Laoer stumbled onto the bed, slamming his stomach just below the ribs into the edge of the bed, letting out a sharp breath and a low cry of pain!

Qin Shuangshuang let go, and Qin Laoer slumped from the bed to the floor, clutching his ribs and moaning, glaring fiercely at Qin Shuangshuang. But as soon as he looked up, he saw Qin Shuangshuang’s dark eyes staring back at him.

There was no emotion in Qin Shuangshuang’s beautiful dark eyes, just a silent gaze, which inexplicably felt chilling!

A chill ran down Qin Laoer’s back, and fear for this Qin Shuangshuang rooted itself in his mind, causing his gaze to drift unsteadily! Not daring to meet Qin Shuangshuang’s eyes again.

As Qin Laoer averted his eyes, Qin Shuangshuang buried her head back into Mrs. Bai’s embrace. After a while, she keenly heard Qin Laoer let out a small sigh of relief, allowing Qin Shuangshuang to quietly relax as well, her body weak and helpless!

Moments ago, Qin Shuangshuang had used up all her strength. Had Qin Laoer tried again, she wouldn’t have the energy to stop him. Fortunately, Qin Laoer was frightened by her and didn’t continue his madness.

Mrs. Bai, holding Qin Shuangshuang, wanted to turn around and check when she heard Qin Laoer cry out in pain behind her. Qin Shuangshuang quickly hugged Mrs. Bai tightly, mumbling playfully, ”Mama, I’m sleepy!”

Mrs. Bai immediately focused her attention back on Qin Shuangshuang, holding her and patting her back gently to coax her back to sleep.

Qin Laoer, cowardly to the point of being selectively aggressive, was so scared by Qin Shuangshuang that despite being silently chastised, he dared not do anything more. He simply got up and noiselessly moved to sleep on the other side of the bed.

The time to heal passed quickly, with each day being peaceful. However, old Chen’s curses could still be heard morning and night but not for long, as in the morning she had to go thresh rice early, and by evening, she was too exhausted to do much cursing.

The most delightful change for Qin Shuangshuang was Mrs. Bai’s transformation. Mrs. Bai seemed to completely abandon her patience, really not doing any work and focusing solely on caring for Qin Shuangshuang, making her meat in various ways every day.

For the first time, Qin Shuangshuang discovered that her mother had such good cooking skills! In the past, Mrs. Bai mostly did the hard work like feeding pigs and chickens or cleaning the yard, while the lighter tasks like cooking were usually done by Little Chen.

Anyway, whenever others had leisure time, it was Mrs. Bai who had to cook. When there was work in the fields, Mrs. Bai had to be there. Wherever heavy work was, that’s where she had to be!

Now that Mrs. Bai cooked special meals for her every day, Qin Shuangshuang discovered that her mother had such skillful hands, able to craft even wild vegetables into something special! Qin Shuangshuang felt deeply satisfied every day.

Touching her non-existent double chin, Qin Shuangshuang thought that if she continued to eat like this without moving, by the time she healed, Mrs. Bai might have fed her into a little chubby girl!

While Qin Shuangshuang was healing, spring planting season arrived, and the work in the fields immediately became busy. Although the Qin family had a lot of labor hands, they also had a lot of land – a full fifty acres, which still left them short on strong laborers.

Especially now with Mrs. Bai solely tending to Qin Shuangshuang and Old Chen spending every day threshing rice, they suddenly lost two laborers, leaving them even more overwhelmed.

Mr. Qin initially wanted Mrs. Bai to help with the work, but the village chief had expressly forbidden her from working. Mr. Qin dared not defy the chief, so he subtly hinted for Mrs. Bai to request to work herself, but Mrs. Bai was determined to play dumb and refused to take the bait!

Mr. Qin was infuriated by Mrs. Bai’s lack of awareness, but with her not taking the hint, he was helpless. So he had to let the Eldest Lady, Si Lang, and Wulang take over the cooking, while Little Chen and Mrs. Fang were sent to the fields, taking on what used to be Mrs. Bai’s role.

The Eldest Lady, despite not having done much heavy work, grew up learning household chores and cooking in a family where both grandparents and parents favored boys over girls. Thus she led Si Lang and Wulang to cook for the whole family but was still able to handle it, though with some difficulty!

Contrary to the Eldest Lady, Little Chen and Mrs. Fang were scolded harshly by Mr. Qin as soon as they hit the fields. The reason was simple: as mature women, combined they couldn’t even match up to half the efficiency of the thin and small Mrs. Bai!

Mr. Qin had long been accustomed to his daughter-in-law Mrs. Bai, who was as effective as a man. The sudden change to Little Chen and Mrs. Fang, who hadn’t worked in the fields for years, was such a stark drop in productivity that he couldn’t help but get angry.

Came home that day, he didn’t even take time to eat before he started scolding the two daughters-in-law in the yard. And if you listened closely, you would realize that his scolding words were the same as those Old Chen used to use.

Qin Shuangshuang knew that while Mr. Qin was scolding Little Chen and Mrs. Fang, he was actually using them to indirectly express his dissatisfaction with her mother, Mrs. Bai. Unfortunately, with the village chief and many villagers watching over and protecting them, Mr. Qin, being the one in the wrong, dared not openly cause trouble but could only express his dissatisfaction in such a veiled manner!

Afraid that Mrs. Bai would feel upset from listening, Qin Shuangshuang considered taking Mrs. Bai next door to Aunt Hao’s house to escape. Maybe they could help out there. It was better than listening to Mr. Qin’s tirades.

Finally convincing Mrs. Bai, the mother and daughter had just stood up when a half-grown boy from the village barged in, panting heavily, and told Mr. Qin, ”Quick, you must go take a look at the threshing floor! Something’s happened to the old lady!”