Chapter 35: The Crime of Gender 35
As the man approached, Qin Shuangshuang was momentarily taken aback before remembering to answer him, "I’m not afraid. I’ve been running around in the mountains for a long time. I’m familiar with every path here, I won’t get lost."
"Running around in the mountains for a long time?!"
Hearing Qin Shuangshuang’s response, the man was surprised. How young was Qin Shuangshuang, yet she was already accustomed to running in the mountains!
Moreover, he glanced at Qin Shuangshuang’s basket, which contained quite a few wild vegetables, all of good quality, and even a small bunch of tender bamboo shoots that seasoned foragers couldn’t find at this time of year! It was clear that her claim of running in the mountains wasn’t false.
The man thoughtfully touched his chin, carefully looked Qin Shuangshuang up and down again, and confidently said, "You’re the second daughter of the Qin Family Village!"
Qin Shuangshuang was stunned, a little surprised, and said, "Uncle, how do you know who I am?"
The man laughed heartily, "In Qin Family Village, there’s a girl with immense natural strength, and she’s quite capable. Even at a young age, she brings home lots of things from the mountains to help with household expenses. Who doesn’t know that? I heard you recently hunted a wild boar on your own; this story has been spread around ten miles eight villages!"
What the man didn’t say was that Qin Shuangshuang’s reputation for natural strength and capability was accompanied by tales of her troublesome grandmother, who loved to torment her children-in-law and granddaughters, and her meddlesome third uncle and aunt.