Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 1153: Chapter 1063: Lady Prime Minister (Part 1)

This time, Shuangshuang’s reincarnated name is Yin Shuangshuang, born into an ordinary farming family, and she is the only daughter of her parents.

This is an era where boys are regarded as treasures and girls are viewed as dirt. Families that cherish daughters are extremely rare, and Yin Shuangshuang is fortunate to have parents who love their daughter dearly.

The current world is quite peaceful. The reigning Emperor is not necessarily a wise ruler, but neither is he an incompetent one. He neither reduces taxes for the common people nor arbitrarily increases them.

There are a few capable ministers in the court, and fortunately, the Emperor listens to some of them, so the common people’s lives are relatively decent.

Under the rule of such an Emperor, as long as the common people are willing to work, they may not eat well, but they would not starve to death.

The Yin Family, where Yin Shuangshuang belongs, is such a family that doesn’t eat well but won’t starve either. The family head is Old Master Yin and Mrs. Zhao, and both have the era’s unique patriarchal mindset.

Old Master Yin and Mrs. Zhao have four sons and three daughters.

The three daughters don’t have names and are simply called Big Girl, Second Girl, and Third Girl. Nowadays, the granddaughters are also named along the lines of Big Girl and Second Girl.

These three daughters were married off early, traded for dowries, marrying for money. Naturally, their situations weren’t great, and over the years, they rarely return home.

The four sons are precious male heirs. Old Master Yin spent Copper Coins to have the old student at the village head give each son a name.

The eldest, Yin Zhong, married Mrs. Hu. Mrs. Hu gave birth to two sons, Da Lang and Second Lang, and two daughters, Second Girl and Third Girl. Although she gave birth to two daughters, because she had two sons, Mrs. Hu’s status in the family is very stable.

The second, Yin Zheng, married Mrs. Wang, and this couple is Yin Shuangshuang’s parents, who have only her as their daughter.

Yin Zheng and Mrs. Wang are not unable to have more children, but because of Yin Shuangshuang’s poor health, they worry that having another child would divide their spiritual power, making it impossible to care for Yin Shuangshuang properly.

So, the couple simply gave up on the idea of having more children and focused solely on taking care of their daughter, Yin Shuangshuang.

Yin Shuangshuang is the only girl in the family with a name. Originally, according to Old Master Yin and Mrs. Zhao’s decision, she would have been called Big Girl, anyway just a girl, a financial burden, not worthy of a name.

Yin Zheng and Mrs. Wang loved their daughter and naturally couldn’t let her be called such a common name that half the girls in the village would respond to.

The couple didn’t argue with Old Master Yin and Mrs. Zhao. Yin Zheng went out quietly, worked odd jobs for ten days, earned a hundred Copper Coins, and separately asked the old student to name Yin Shuangshuang.

The third son, Yin Cheng, is currently a student who takes exams every year but hasn’t even passed as a child student, yet he remains the apple of Old Master Yin and Mrs. Zhao’s eyes, with the whole family supporting his studies.

Yin Cheng’s wife, Mrs. Feng, was married into the family at the sky-high price of fifty taels, which emptied Old Master Yin’s savings, and being the Scholar’s daughter, she is also the most attractive among the daughters-in-law.

Mrs. Feng was fortunate, becoming pregnant as soon as she entered the house, and giving birth to three sons in one go: Third Lang, Si Lang, and Wulang. With her husband favored by his parents, Mrs. Feng is the most confident daughter-in-law in the family, and because she is a Scholar’s daughter, she considers herself superior and rarely does any household work.

The youngest, Yin An, is the youngest son, just reaching the age to discuss marriage, and has yet to wed.

Logically, Yin An, as the youngest son, should be the most favored, yet he is not.

Yin An is introverted, diligent in work but speaks little and acts like an invisible person at home.

Old Master Yin and Mrs. Zhao have an unconditional preference for their third son, Yin Cheng, while they are even-handed with the other three sons, paying no particular attention. The position in the family depends entirely on their own efforts.

The eldest, Yin Zhong, as the firstborn, is relatively capable. Mrs. Hu appears honest but has a steady disposition and ideas. This couple, along with their two sons, holds the highest status in the family, apart from the third son.

Yin Shuangshuang’s father, Yin Zheng, is said to be the most mischievous one in the family. He ensures to get his hands on any good food and only completes his share of household chores, doing no extra, spending the rest of his time on odd jobs.

However, all the good food Yin Zheng acquired went into Yin Shuangshuang’s mouth, and the money he earned from odd jobs financed Yin Shuangshuang’s medicine.

Yin Shuangshuang’s mother, Mrs. Wang, is also the most forthright among the sisters-in-law. She cannot avoid housework, but if she is given too much work, she absolutely refuses to do it.

Eggs in the household were generally not to be eaten freely, yet Mrs. Wang frequently managed to get one for Yin Shuangshuang to eat now and then.

The third couple needs no further discussion. The fourth, Yin An, is the least favored, lacking capability, neither lazy nor saving privately, doing the most housework yet receiving the least attention, but he is the most honest and straightforward person in the family.

Being born into such a family, if Yin Shuangshuang had been healthy and had such doting parents, life would not have been too difficult.

Unfortunately, Yin Shuangshuang is not normal; she has a severe heart condition incurable in this era, and her frail body leaves her bedbound for more than half the year, dependent on her parents’ care.

Thanks to her parents’ dedicated care, Yin Shuangshuang, despite her weak body, lived for over thirty years, a miracle indeed.

But Yin Shuangshuang’s miraculous survival came at the expense of her parents’ lives; she was unwilling, unwilling to have lived so short a life unable to accompany her parents into their old age. She wished to live on.

Yin Shuangshuang regretted and felt guilty, regretting her long-lived life had burdened her parents, knowing if she had died earlier, though her parents would grieve, they could, at least while still young, have another child, avoiding loneliness in old age.

When Yin Shuangshuang entered this body, seeing it thin and small, she thought it was only about ten years old, yet receiving the memories, she realized it was already fourteen.

In other families, girls at this age were already being introduced for marriage, matchmakers breaking thresholds with offers, and some even married in haste.

Yin Shuangshuang, however, had no prospects. No matchmaker ever considered introducing her as a prospective bride; no family would accept someone bedridden for over half the year, draining resources like a bottomless pit for medicine.

Many in the village mocked Yin Zheng and Mrs. Wang for treating a sickly burden as a treasure, preferring to become childless.

Yin Zheng was definitely good at earning money, but as Yin Shuangshuang observed her surroundings, this room could be well described as bare-bones, reflecting how all the money Yin Zheng earned went into her medicine.

Feeling a pang of chest pain, Yin Shuangshuang clutched at her heart, enduring the familiar pain with practiced patience, until after a long while, the pain subsided.