Chapter 7: Disfigurement is not impossible
Xie Qiujin woke up early today and wanted to go to the bathroom when no one was around.
Just when I found a hidden place, I looked up and saw a dead body.
The corpse was bent at a strange angle under the tree, with bloodstains all over its forehead and face. Even though it was dead, its eyes were still wide open.
Xie Qiujin was so frightened that she screamed and hurried back. She is still in shock.
She didn't know the other person, but she could tell from her messy clothes that she was one of the people who was dragged out and raped last night.
Sang Yongjing went out to inquire and came back to tell her that all the girls who were taken out last night had committed suicide.
In this era, a woman's chastity is more important than anything else.
If a woman commits suicide after losing her virginity, she may be praised for her strong character. However, if she continues to live in the world after losing her virginity, even her family will talk about her and insult her behind her back.
They probably knew their fate long ago, which is why they screamed so loudly when they were dragged out by the officers.
Death is not a big deal in the army, as long as not all of them die and the officers cannot complete their mission.
After a few officers hurriedly checked the bodies and confirmed that they were all dead, they urged the team to set off again.
The fact that someone committed suicide was like a pebble thrown into a lake, failing to create a single ripple.
The officers escorted the prisoners on their journey, and every day they were still fed with moldy coarse flour bread that was not enough to fill them up, as if it was the same as before.
But the team was in panic, and everyone had a bitter face.
No one knows who they will choose tonight, whether it will be themselves, or their wife and daughter.
Every day when walking, Sang Yu would pay special attention to the weeds on the roadside. When he saw dandelions, he would tear off the leaves and take them with him. The whole family would eat some bitter grass leaves every day, which was enough to fill their stomachs.
After several bloodletting treatments, Sang Xinghao was no longer sickly and looked much more energetic.
As life gets better and better, Sang Yu's worries grow heavier.
She discovered that someone seemed to be targeting Xie Qiujin.
The officers usually followed the team casually, walking and stopping from time to time to ensure that the team did not get out of touch, and they would not deliberately follow a group of people.
But it was different recently. Every time Sang Yu went on the road, she could see the officer who was not far behind her family.
His full beard is so eye-catching that it is hard not to remember him.
If that were the case, he might have taken a fancy to one of the girls in the team behind him.
But every time Sang Yu took the opportunity to look back while picking grass leaves, he could see the other person's eyes firmly fixed on Xie Qiujin.
Several births did not leave much trace on Xie Qiujin. Instead, they made her look more like a mature woman, so it was not surprising that she was targeted.
This aggressive gaze, like a leech on the tarsal bone, was too obvious. Xie Qiujin noticed it at the first moment and subtly switched positions with Sang Yongjing, letting her husband stand behind her.
However, it is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. It can block the attention temporarily, but can it hide forever?
Even the usually thick-skinned Sang Xingjia noticed that the atmosphere among his family was not right, and secretly asked Sang Yu: "Little sister, why do parents always look so worried these past two days? Aren't we able to eat enough?"
Supporting my grandmother on the road is even more tiring, but the family has been able to eat 70% to 80% of their fill every day recently by eating dandelion leaves.
It is much better than before, and he feels more hopeful about the future.
"Oh, you don't understand." Sang Yu glanced at him and quickly looked away, not wanting to talk to this fool.
When she just woke up, she thought that this elder brother was a calm, reliable and steady person.
After spending some time together, she realized that he was clearly a fool with a poor tongue.
Now I have to add one more thing, which is not very tactful.
Not knowing how he had offended her, Sang Xingjia, feeling frustrated, shut up silently.
My younger sister is much smarter than me. If she says she doesn't understand, then I shouldn't ask her any more questions and just upset her.
Sang Yu is indeed annoying. She is an extremely protective person.
When she first started shooting videos, she was too busy to handle it alone, so she hired a female college student to help with the filming part-time.
When she went to the village to shoot, she was left alone and was harassed by an old bachelor in the village. She finally made the village chief bring people to her house to apologize before she stopped.
Now that I am alive by borrowing the original owner's body, I should take good care of her family.
If she were free, even if her hands were not tied, she would have a way to protect Xie Qiujin.
But now her hands and feet were tied, so no matter how great her abilities were, she couldn't use them at all.
Is there any way to make the other party give up this idea?
Sang Yu thought hard for a long time but still couldn't come up with any good ideas.
She silently cast her gaze on Sang Xingjia and suddenly asked, "Brother, when do you men usually lose interest in women?"
"ah?"
Sang Xingjia stumbled when he heard her question suddenly and almost tripped over the iron chain.
Thanks to Sang Yu's quick eyes and hands, he didn't fall headfirst to the ground.
"Ahem, little sister, what are you asking? How can a girl, how can she..."
He was speechless for a long time, his face flushed red but he couldn't say the rest of the sentence.
Sang Yu looked at his embarrassed look and nodded as if she understood something. "Then let me change the question. What kind of woman can make a man lose interest?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Sang Xingjia coughed violently again. It was not because her saliva had choked into her trachea, but because she was afraid that others would hear what she said.
Listen, is this what a girl who hasn't even reached marriage age should say? If others heard this, they might talk about her behind her back.
He didn't answer, but Sang Yu figured out the answer himself.
What kind of woman can make a man lose interest? She must be ugly or disfigured.
Xie Qiujin's appearance was given by her parents and cannot be changed, but disfigurement is not an option.
If it really comes to that, living with a disfigured face is much better than dying after being ruined. Maybe there will be a chance for treatment in the future.
Of course, it is best not to get to this point if you can avoid it.
At night, everyone camped outdoors in a valley again. The best sheltered spot was occupied by the officers, who began to use the firewood picked up by the prisoners to light a bonfire for heating and cooking.
Sang Yuduo was more careful and led his family to a crowded place instead of sleeping alone as before.
Sometimes having a lot of people is not a bad thing. Sang Yu specifically observed this when the police were dragging people away a few days ago.
Most of the people they dragged away had been picked out early in the day.
But sometimes some people were crowded together with other people, and it was difficult for the officers to get into the crowd to drag them out, so they gave up.
Now that someone is targeting their mother, their family certainly can't continue to rest on the periphery. The more people there are, the better.
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