Chapter 861 - 859: The Transmigrated Woman Bound to the Good Pregnancy System 3
Chapter 861: Chapter 859: The Transmigrated Woman Bound to the Good Pregnancy System 3
[Host, have you made up your mind? If you have, then hurry up and complete the task, choose a man you like and take action.] The voice of the Good Pregnancy System carried a sense of certainty, with a faint trace of an arrogant control over life and death.
Ah Chen replied, [Yes, I have made up my mind.]
This actually made the Good Pregnancy System pause for a moment, not uttering a sound for a while, as if surprised by her quick decision.
Ah Chen found it interesting. This Good Pregnancy System seemed a bit odd, as if it was very familiar with the Commissioner. She remained silent, waiting for the system’s reaction.
[Did you not say before that you are against having children, and now you’re easily accepting the task? Are you planning some trick?] The suspicious voice of the Good Pregnancy System sounded, but soon it turned mocking, [Host, I must remind you, once bound, the only path is to complete the task. Remember, you were on the brink of death when you bound with me. Without my binding, you would only face death in the next moment. Only by completing the task well can you hope to continue living.]
Ah Chen asked, [Are you saying I can still return?]
[Of course, but exactly when you can return, I don’t know. Anyway, just focus on completing the task.] The Good Pregnancy System mentioned, grasping onto a perceived weakness, and continued, [But if you don’t complete the task well, you can never return.]
Ah Chen felt that this binding with the Commissioner probably wasn’t a coincidence.
She’s not clear on the specifics yet, but sooner or later, she will find out.
[Whether I go back or not isn’t that important, besides, without your system’s appearance, wouldn’t I be dead? Life and death are fated.] Ah Chen spoke in a light-hearted manner, [I am indeed against having children and can’t possibly follow the tasks issued by the system.]
[Oh, it seems the host still hasn’t realized the seriousness of the mandatory tasks, insisting on hitting this wall. I won’t persuade you; you’ll find out by trying.] Upon hearing Ah Chen’s unwillingness to complete the task, the Good Pregnancy System wasn’t angry or in a hurry. In its view, after binding with it, the host has no path but to complete the task, and an ordinary person can’t change anything.
[Really?] Ah Chen also smiled. While the Good Pregnancy System was still feeling smug, she had already wrapped it with her power, cutting off any communication with the outside world. As the power seeped in slowly, the contract between the two reversed in an instant.
Previously, it was the Good Pregnancy System that bound her, controlling her fate.
Now, it was she who bound the Good Pregnancy System, controlling everything about the Good Pregnancy System.
All this happened quietly, so much so that even the Good Pregnancy System itself didn’t notice anything amiss, still maintaining a look of enjoying the show.
Having dealt with so many low-level systems like the Good Pregnancy System before, she was already adept and didn’t require much effort.
However, during the recent contract change, she discovered something quite interesting.
As they approached home, the voice of the Good Pregnancy System sounded, [Host, I hope you’ll still be this determined three years later.]
Ah Chen laughed, [I will.]
The Qin Family arrived.
This was a very ordinary rural courtyard, appearing somewhat shabby but with plenty of houses, benefiting from the ancestors’ legacy, which allowed everyone in the Qin Family to have their own room.
This place is Mei County, Meihua Village.
The oldest in the Qin Family is the Commissioner’s grandmother, Liu Hehua, who is fifty-one this year.
Liu Hehua has three sons and a daughter. The daughter, Qin Dan, was married off long ago, but not far away, occasionally returning to show off.
The Qin Family hasn’t separated, living together as a big family.
The eldest and second Qin sons have been settled for many years, while the youngest, at the age of twenty, is still unmarried.
It’s not that Liu Hehua isn’t anxious, but Qin Shanjie considers himself a scholar, still a child student. Given his age, continuing to take exams might not be hopeless, he surely has a future, and he looks down on the girls in the village, even those daughters of businessmen.
He wants to find a beautiful and high-status official’s daughter who can help him rise to success.
Currently, Qin Shanjie works in a bookstore in the county, his life seems to be well-organized, at least in the eyes of the villagers, Qin Shanjie’s future is limitless.
The Commissioner’s father is the eldest in the Qin Family, Qin Shanlin, and his mother is Cui Ying. The couple has an honest, down-to-earth personality, not good with words, only knowing how to work silently, not exactly the apple of Liu Hehua’s eye, and such a personality is even less pleasing.
The most displeasing thing is that Cui Ying injured herself during childbirth, making it difficult to conceive again.
Because of this matter, Liu Hehua was very discontented.
As for changing wives for Qin Shanlin or marrying a concubine, since she’s not her favorite, and there are two to be educated, Liu Hehua has no such intention. Besides, with the eldest son’s family without a single male, just raising a useless brood is fine, allowing all thoughts to be focused on schooling her youngest son and eldest grandson.
The first grandson of the Qin Family comes from the second son, Qin Shanyan’s family, named Qin Yunshu, now sixteen, who has already passed as a child student, seen by everyone in Meihua Village as having the best chance to make it. Naturally, Qin Yunshu holds an emperor-like status in the family.
Even though Liu Hehua doesn’t like girls, Qin Yunshu’s sister, Qin Shan, enjoys the extra benefits, and Liu Hehua cannot help but have affection towards this granddaughter as well.
Therefore, the hardworking family is the eldest son’s family in the Qin Family.
"I told you to go dig up some wild vegetables. Why are you only back now? Were you slacking off?" As soon as they entered the Qin Family’s courtyard, a berating voice broke out, like a clap of thunder that might startle one who wasn’t careful.
Ah Chen wasn’t startled though, carrying her basket in, and saw Liu Hehua standing akimbo in the courtyard.
Without waiting for Ah Chen to say anything, the other party started to scold a torrent.
After a while, seeing Ah Chen never spoke or got angry, being the eldest son’s family—all of them being quiet folks—she was already used to it.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry and get to the kitchen to cook. You’re fifteen already, do I still need to teach you this? You greedy little wretch, don’t think about slacking off! The whole family is waiting for a meal."
The cooking at the Qin Family was indeed assigned to the Commissioner partly because there were two studying in the family, the adults had to work in the fields, and during off-peak farming times, they needed to do other jobs to supplement the household. All the household chores naturally fell on the shoulders of the Commissioner, this teenager.
As for the cousin Qin Shan, relying on having a scholarly brother, and a naturally sweet mouth, coaxing Liu Hehua around, Liu Hehua turned a blind eye towards her laziness.
As long as someone was doing the work at home, it was fine.
Ah Chen glanced at the room of Qin Shan, there was a gaze, likely Qin Shan was secretly watching this side.
Tell her to cook?
Not even a little can be done.
She basically didn’t enjoy cooking.
Occasionally making some food, that was also conditioned by her mood.
As for whether the Qin Family will starve, let them starve, she won’t be hungry anyway.
"Granny, let Qin Shan do it. Originally, the house chores were ours, Qin Shan hasn’t done these, she ought to learn to do them." Ah Chen said.
Cooking was simply out of the question.
Ah Chen’s words naturally infuriated Liu Hehua, who glared her eyes wide, then grabbed the feather duster aside, and rushed towards Ah Chen, unhesitatingly aiming at her legs.
Ah Chen gently moved her feet, floating around the courtyard, not letting Liu Hehua injure her at all.
Instead, the originally tidy courtyard was messed up, and Liu Hehua’s face was stuck with some feathers.
Seeing Ah Chen still standing properly in the corner, Liu Hehua almost fainted from anger.
"You’re rebelling!" Liu Hehua glared angrily at Ah Chen, "You shameless girl dare to dodge, aren’t you afraid to miss a meal?"
Inside the house, Qin Shan, who was watching the excitement, was also stunned. She really didn’t expect the normally obedient Ah Chen to resist, and even her grandmother was helpless against her.
This made Qin Shan panic. If Ah Chen didn’t do it, then she’d have to do the household chores.
That was not okay.