She was replaced by a husband, married the future tyrant and farmed to fight back

Chapter 5 What on earth is she planning?
"You gave it to my house, but it's not what I want." Qin Xiuzhu snatched the chicken and said embarrassedly.

"Well, I brought it to you, you just need to make the soup." Liu Yingyue nodded.

"Xiuzhu, don't eat Liu Yingyue's chicken. If she changes her mind and asks you to compensate her later, what will you use to compensate her?" Yang Yongcui pulled Qin Xiuzhu's sleeve and said in a low voice.

Qin Xiuzhu shook her head. "She promised in front of my brother, she won't go back on her word."

"Hard to say."

"Don't worry, she won't."

The two spoke in low voices, but Liu Yingyue still heard it.

Qin Xiuzhu has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Although she is always harsh on the original owner, after the original owner married into the Qin family, Qin Xiuzhu would always stand up and speak for the original owner when she saw others bullying her.

It’s a pity that the original owner didn’t like this rough-spoken, uneducated, dark-skinned and rude sister-in-law.

The original owner thought that her sister-in-law was not as pretty as her sisters, and despised Qin Xiuzhu's every word and action.

In fact, Qin Xiuzhu was not ugly, with delicate features and a slim figure. She was prettier than most girls in the village.

She is dark because Qin Xiuzhu has to work in the fields.

Even the most beautiful skin and facial features will become rough after years of wind and rain.

Qin Xiuzhu ignored Yang Yongcui's words, raised her eyebrows, threw the chicken into an old wooden basin, rolled up her sleeves and happily went into the kitchen to boil water.

Liu Yingyue picked up the hatchet and continued to chop the wood.

After all, he was not much of a laborer, so he was clumsy in chopping.

The force was reduced and the board did not move at all.

She used too much force and her knuckles became numb from the shock. The board also bounced up and fell on her feet, making her jump and scream.

"Ouch--"

When she looked up, she found Qin Yiran looking at her with a faint smile on the corner of his lips, but his face soon darkened again.

Liu Yingyue looked slightly embarrassed.

The original owner had never done such rough work. All the materials she used in her previous life were ready-made, and she had never done any work like chopping wood.

I've made a fool of myself today.

But without a board, we can’t make a splint and fix the injured limb.

Liu Yingyue gritted her teeth and had to continue chopping the wood.

Qin Yiran frowned slightly, leaning on a cane, and walked over slowly.

He took the hatchet from her hand.

"You——" Liu Yingyue looked at Qin Yiran in surprise.

"Look, if you use the wrong force, you will only get half the result with twice the effort."

Qin Yiran placed a thick piece of wood upright on a wooden stake, raised the hatchet with one hand, squinted one eye, found the right angle, and chopped it down with force.

Click!

A splinter of wood fell off.

Liu Yingyue understood what was happening, took the hatchet and started chopping like him.

Sure enough, a piece of wood was chopped off easily.

"This method is really good." Liu Yingyue looked up at Qin Yiran with a grateful smile, and continued chopping wood.

Although the smile only lasted for a brief moment, Qin Yiran was still stunned.

As far as he could remember, this was the first time Liu Yingyue smiled at him.

Even when she begged him for mercy, she was still arrogant, unruly and savage, never willing to bow her head and surrender, let alone smile knowingly.

She came today, bringing gifts and helping out with all sorts of things.

What on earth is she planning?
In the kitchen, Yang Yongcui saw this scene through the small window, bit her lip, and asked Qin Xiuzhu, "Xiuzhu, will your brother fall in love with Liu Yingyue?"

"That's my eldest brother's business. I have no right to interfere."

"Are you stupid? Can you afford to offend Liu Yingyue if she's your sister-in-law? Her mother is so fierce, and the Liu family is large and powerful. Your family will suffer the consequences." "Nonsense, wasn't Liu Yingyue promised to the Gao family? How can she be my sister-in-law?" Qin Xiuzhu shook her head.

"What if the Gao family doesn't want to marry her? What if she marries into your family again?"

"Sister Yongcui, how did you know?" Qin Xiuzhu looked up in surprise.

"I...let me give you an example." Yang Yongcui said embarrassedly.

"That's my brother's business, what can I do?" Qin Xiuzhu shrugged. "Oh, the water is boiling, I have to pluck the chicken feathers."

Qin Xiuzhu patted her dress, walked over and poured boiling water into the big rooster in the wooden basin. Suddenly, white mist rose in the room.

Liu Yingyue was holding the chopped wood board and walking towards the main house. When she passed the kitchen, she heard the conversation between two people in the house.

She thought to herself, no wonder the Qin family was so surprised to see her coming.

Hasn’t the Qin family been informed about the marriage exchange yet?
Didn’t mother say that the replacement was successful?

Liu Yingyue pretended not to hear the conversation in the room. She coughed lightly and said loudly, "Xiuzhu, do you have any scraps of cloth at home? Tear some for me so that I can fix the splint and bandage Aunt Qin and Brother Qin's injured legs later."

Qin Xiuzhu was startled by the voice. She was worried that Liu Yingyue had heard her conversation with Yang Yongcui, so she waved her hand at Yang Yongcui, signaling her to stop talking, and replied loudly, "Oh, yes, yes."

She patted her dress and walked out.

Watching the two girls talking as they walked into their mother's bedroom, Qin Yiran's brows relaxed and he followed them.

"Brother Qin, your leg injury hasn't healed yet, why are you always walking around? Take a rest." Yang Yongcui wanted to reach out to help Qin Yiran.

But Qin Yiran gave way.

"No need." He replied coldly and walked into the bedroom with a cane.

Yang Yongcui was disappointed.

In the bedroom, Liu Yingyue was bandaging Madam Qin's injured leg.

"It may be a little painful, but it won't hurt once it's bandaged. Aunt Qin, please bear with it." Liu Yingyue said softly.

Qin Xiuzhu stood by and watched, constantly reminding them to "be gentle".

Qin Yiran leaned against the door frame, looking at Liu Yingyue quietly.

He found that her technique was quite skillful.

She actually knows how to bandage?

After a short while, the bandage was completed.

Madam Qin gently lifted her leg and said in surprise, "It really doesn't hurt as much as before."

"But you can't use any force. The bandage on this leg cannot be removed for less than a month." said Liu Yingyue.

Qin Yiran walked over with a cane.

"Qin Yiran, why can't you stay idle? Sit down quickly, your leg needs to be bandaged."

"Need not."

Liu Yingyue would not bargain with him and forced him to sit on the chair.

"Da Lang, Yingyue bandaged your wound really well. Ask her to bandage your wound too." Madam Qin said with a smile.

"My brother's legs are more damaged. Liu Yingyue, can you wrap them?" Qin Xiuzhu stood aside and asked worriedly.

"No problem." Liu Yingyue lifted up Qin Yiran's trouser legs and reached out to press Qin Yiran's legs.

Qin Yiran's legs subconsciously retracted, his brows furrowed, and veins bulged on his forehead.

"Liu Yingyue, you hurt my brother." Qin Xiuzhu stomped her feet in dissatisfaction.

"You frown when it hurts when you are touched, why are you still walking around? Don't you want your legs anymore? When you heal in the future, you will still have uneven legs. Aren't you afraid that others will laugh at you?" Liu Yingyue glared at him reproachfully.

"Will you laugh at me?"

"I..." Liu Yingyue looked up and found that Qin Yiran was looking at her with hatred.

(End of this chapter)