Chapter 26 026 A Slap in the Face
Qin Xiaoxiao was embarrassed.
Why does everyone say she's lost weight? My family says so, and even Grandpa Su and Grandpa Luo say so. Could she really have lost weight? Is the weight scale in the virtual world inaccurate?
I'll change the battery and weigh it again later.
Qin Xiaoxiao touched her face and smiled, "Okay, thank you, Grandpa Luo."
Su Zhiyuan, feeling his limelight stolen, glared at Luo Hongxing with displeasure. "You think we can just eat at your Uncle Luo's house? Isn't the food at Uncle Su's house delicious?"
Qin Xiaoxiao looked at Su Zhiyuan and quickly reassured him, "It's delicious. The food at Grandpa Su's house is just as delicious as the food at Grandpa Luo's house."
What a kind person! They insisted on inviting her to their home for dinner.
These days, food is so precious, yet people still actively invite her to eat!
Qin Xiaoxiao felt the goodwill of Su Zhiyuan and Luo Hongxing, and was in a great mood, her smile becoming even brighter and more charming.
Although she is thin, her looks are undeniable; even now, Qin Xiaoxiao is considered the most beautiful woman in the village.
Su Zhiyuan and Luo Hongxing were clearly taken aback by Qin Xiaoxiao's smile. After a moment of stunned silence, they stood up with extremely pale faces and stood in front of Qin Xiaoxiao, blocking the view of the young men in the village.
Qin Feng's sharp gaze swept across the entire room, and the young people were so intimidated that they all lowered their heads, not daring to look at Qin Xiaoxiao again.
Qin Feng snorted coldly and stood in front of Qin Xiaoxiao. "Listen up, all of you. Don't even think about messing with my Xiaoxiao. Stay away from her, or don't blame me for getting angry."
The consequences of Captain Qin's anger were severe; the young people in the village all lowered their heads, not daring to look at Qin Xiaoxiao again.
Qin Xiaoxiao stood happily behind Qin Feng, marveling once again at how favored the original owner of the body was, and how she herself had benefited from it.
Soon the villagers and educated youth arrived, and Qin Feng began assigning tasks.
The work system in Qinjiagou is different from that in other villages. In Qinjiagou, the work is assigned to individuals. For example, if you are assigned one mu of land today, you will be given ten work points after you finish the work. If you don't finish the work, you can earn extra work points. You will only get points after you finish the work.
Those who earn four or five work points are assigned less work; they only need to finish half an acre of land.
If one day isn't enough, then two days will do. Anyway, the work has been assigned to you, and whether you can earn work points depends on yourself.
Although Qin Xiaoxiao had Qin Feng to rely on, she still had to work in the fields. However, she didn't need to choose; Qin Feng directly assigned her to the ninth team, with four work points.
He glanced back at the group of little brats in the tenth squad and blinked.
Her uncle seems to have underestimated her abilities.
Okay, let's get started. He'll know how amazing she is after today.
Qin Xiaoxiao was assigned a plot of land of three-tenths of an acre, and her task was to weed. This was a simple job, but it was hard on her hands.
Qin Xiaoxiao followed behind Grandma Qin, listening to her grandmother tell her how to distinguish between wheat seedlings and weeds. Weeds couldn't be thrown away; some were wild vegetables that could be eaten, and some could be fed to pigs. Even the inedible ones could be dried and used as firewood in winter. It was truly a case of making the most of everything.
Qin Xiaoxiao glanced at it a few times and then started working. She thought it was a good idea. It's just weeding, what's the big deal? She did it when she was in school. Every fall semester, the school had to weed!
But after only ten minutes, Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't take it anymore. That's when she realized that weeding was not only hard on her hands, but also hard on her back.
Her back is sore and aching; if she doesn't straighten it, she probably won't be able to walk by the time she finishes work.
Although she had survived a year in the apocalypse, Qin Xiaoxiao wasn't that strong from the start. It took her three months to adapt, and the suffering she endured during that time was indescribable—it was all tears!
Therefore, Qin Xiaoxiao is not one to endure hardship, and her dream of earning work points to support her grandparents is out of the question.
Standing with her back straight, Qin Xiaoxiao's cheeks flushed red with embarrassment!
That slap in the face really hurt!
Looking again, Qin Xiaoxiao's face turned even redder as she saw that Old Mrs. Qin had already finished cleaning a section of the ground.
She refused to believe that she, a mutant with superhuman strength, couldn't defeat a woman in her sixties.
Qin Xiaoxiao squatted on the ground and pulled the weeds with all her might, but today the weeds were also going against her, as they were rooted too deep. She used a lot of effort to pull the weeds out, but she used too much force and fell to the ground.
"Xiaoxiao?"
Grandma Qin, who was worried about her granddaughter, saw Qin Xiaoxiao fall to the ground, let out a scream, and rushed towards Qin Xiaoxiao with her small feet.
Qin Xiaoxiao thought that with so many people around, everyone was focused on their own work and no one would notice that she had lost a contest with a blade of grass. But when Old Mrs. Qin called out, hundreds of people around looked at Qin Xiaoxiao.
The social demise came so quickly!
Qin Xiaoxiao closed her eyes tightly and decided to give up.
I can't afford to lose face!
Grandma Qin rushed to Qin Xiaoxiao with incredible speed and hugged her tightly. "Xiaoxiao, don't scare Grandma. Are you alright? Talk to Grandma."
Waaaaah... You damned Qin Feng, you're just asking for trouble. Your brother only has one daughter, and you still make him do so much work.
Qin Feng, get your ass over here.
Where's Qin Ye? Didn't you see your sister faint? Where are they? Where have they all gone?
If anything happens to my little one, I'll kill you two good-for-nothings.
Upon hearing this, Qin Xiaoxiao quickly opened her eyes, took Qin's grandmother's hand, and said softly, "Grandma, I'm fine. It's just that the sun is too strong, and I haven't been able to get used to it yet. I'll be fine in a couple of days. Please don't shout anymore."
Grandma! Please stop calling me that!
If I keep shouting that, my uncle's heroic image will be completely destroyed. How will I be able to keep the villagers in line in the future?
Grandma Qin didn't care about any of that. How could her son, who was over forty years old and looked like an old tree bark, be more important than her sweet and soft granddaughter?
While coaxing Qin Xiaoxiao to rest, Old Mrs. Qin scolded Qin Feng for being a heartless person, arranging such heavy work for Qin Xiaoxiao, and also scolded Qin Ye for being useless despite his tall stature and long legs, for arriving so slowly, causing her little Xiaoxiao great suffering.
As Qin Xiaoxiao walked towards the big tree at the edge of the field, she looked back at the results of her ten minutes of hard work.
Very good, less than a meter.
Cover your face!
As soon as she covered her face, Old Mrs. Qin misunderstood again.
"Does Xiaoxiao have a headache? Did she bump her head?"
Qin Feng, where the hell have you been? Get your ass over here right now! Xiao Xiao bumped her head, get her to the hospital right away.
"Old man, old man, go and bring Old Huang out, we'll take Xiaoxiao to the hospital."
Grandma Qin spoke very quickly. Before Qin Xiaoxiao could react, Grandma Qin had already shouted out the first two sentences. Qin Xiaoxiao quickly reached out to cover Grandma Qin's mouth, but Grandma Qin finished the last sentence even faster.
"No, no, Grandma, I didn't hit my head... no, Grandma, let go of me, please listen to me, Grandma, I didn't hit my head, I didn't..."
"What are you talking about? Look at you, all sweaty, you must be in a lot of pain. Old man, where is he? Hurry up!"
Qin Aiguo hadn't arrived yet, but the people from Qinjiagou all rushed over to help Old Lady Qin support Qin Xiaoxiao.
Qin Xiaoxiao dared not let them help her up any longer and quickly explained again.
"No, I didn't hit my head. It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."
Grandma Qin pressed Qin Xiaoxiao down to sit under the big tree and looked up. This time, she really saw the Qin family.
Qin Feng ran quickly towards the crowd under the big tree, pushed through the crowd, and rushed towards the helpless Qin Xiaoxiao.
(End of this chapter)
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