When Chen Chunhua returned home, it was already past dinner time, and of course she was beaten again.
"Damn it! I thought you ran away! Wandering around in the middle of the night, where did you go to seduce other men? You don't even cook or wash clothes, what's going on? You still think you're some wealthy lady! Then you must have been reincarnated into the wrong place!"
Shen Laicai took a duster made of willow branches and hit Shen Chunhua on the back. Qian Laier sat in the corner doing needlework without saying a word, as if she didn't see this scene.
Chen Chunhua never expected her to come to help or plead, but Shen Donghua hid in the corner and looked at her several times, wanting to go forward, but in the end she did not dare to move because she was afraid of being beaten.
In the end, it was Shen Qiusheng, the younger brother who was five years younger than Shen Chunhua, who came over impatiently and said something.
"Didn't you say my second sister is getting married? How can you ask for a dowry after you beat her like this, Dad?"
Shen Laicai finally stopped whipping the duster and threw the willow branch aside. "I didn't hit her in the face! You're lucky, little bitch!"
Shen Donghua quickly stepped forward and helped up Chen Chunhua, who was lying motionless on the ground. She hadn't eaten dinner and had been beaten like that, so she couldn't get up at all.
"Daddy and Mom, I'm going to take my sister to take a shower. We have to go out and meet people tomorrow..."
Shen Laicai waved his hand, like he was chasing a dog away. He turned around and told Qian Laier to have the boss keep watch all night to prevent this little bitch from running away.
After entering the half of the room where they lived, Chen Chunhua asked with a weak voice,
"Tomorrow? Meeting someone?"
Shen Donghua stripped off her clothes mixed with blood and sweat, while speaking in a low and rapid voice,
"Someone came over before dinner today and said they agreed to pay 170 yuan. They'll come tomorrow to pay and hand over the person."
Chen Chunhua wanted to curl the corners of her mouth, but she didn't have the strength to do so.
It really is a fucking business!
I don’t know whether the Lin family will come tomorrow. If they don’t come, or come late... then she will have made Yue Gui’s mother work in vain today.
Chen Chunhua closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her eyes were full of despair.
"Donghua," she called her sister softly,
Donghua replied with a "hmm." "Third sister, don't move for now. I'll clean the blood for you. It should be a scab by tomorrow."
"Stop working and go get me a pair of scissors."
Donghua's hands, which were busy behind Shen Chunhua, suddenly stopped working. She sat there blankly, her tone full of fear.
"sister……"
Although she was only 16 years old, she understood everything she should understand. She knew that if Chen Chunhua married him, there would be no good result, so when she heard about it, she told her without thinking.
She also knew what Chen Chunhua meant by asking for the scissors. Was she planning to fight to the death with the father and son, or with these beasts in her family?
The women in the Shen family have never had a full stomach, and Shen Donghua is not so naive to think that her sister can succeed. The final outcome will probably be that only one person will die.
Shen Laicai wanted to sell Shen Chunhua for 170 yuan, most likely to save money for Shen Qiusheng to marry in the future. If Shen Chunhua was gone, the money would be gone. But Shen Qiusheng would eventually marry a wife.
She is 16 years old, not young anymore... When Shen Donghua thought of this, her whole body trembled, and there was a bit of genuine fear in her voice when she called her sister.
Chen Chunhua looked at her gravely and spoke word by word.
"Do you remember what my eldest sister said before she left?"
"Run as early as you can!"
"I was stupid. I didn't remember it at the time. Now it's impossible to escape, but you still have a chance."
"Tomorrow I will have two endings."
"One is to be bought by the father and son who kill the pigs, and then I will kill myself with a pair of scissors. Then they will definitely come back to make trouble. If you don't want to be sold in my place, find a chance to run away before the trouble starts tomorrow."
"Don't even think about not giving me the scissors. Living is hard, but dying is easy."
Shen Chunhua said this with extraordinary calmness. Even the calm Shen Donghua felt terrified when she looked at her, and her tears fell uncontrollably.
"There's another one..."
"There is another ending," Chen Chunhua raised her eyelids and softened her tone slightly.
"I found a family today who are willing to buy me as their daughter-in-law for 170 yuan. But they are from the next county, and I don't know when they will come tomorrow. I don't know if they will come at all. If they can still make it..."
"If only there was still time..." Chen Chunhua repeated this several times before finally calming down.
"If I had made it in time, I wouldn't have to die. But you still have to find a chance to escape."
She glanced at Shen Donghua, and there was not much pity for her sister in her eyes, only some indescribable emotions.
"Don't think you can breathe easy just because I'm sold and Shen Laicai and the others receive the money. There's no difference between us. Perhaps we were born to make money for them. Don't overestimate the conscience of those beasts out there.
When you reach that age, you'll definitely end up like me and my older sister, sold off for a price. Maybe in two years, or maybe right now.
What if they still aren't satisfied after taking the Lin family's money, and the butchers over there are still keeping an eye on our family? I can't guarantee they won't use you to make up the difference!"
Shen Donghua was completely terrified. She had never imagined that this incident would end up happening to her. If only she had known...
What did you know earlier? Didn't you tell Chen Chunhua? But as Chen Chunhua said, don't overestimate the conscience of those beasts out there.
Even if they didn't say anything, they wouldn't remember her help. In their eyes, their daughter was not a human being, but just a commodity.
Even Qian Lai'er, as a mother, probably thought so.
…
Shen Donghua still found a pair of scissors for her sister. As a thank you, Chen Chunhua gave Shen Donghua the one yuan and twenty-two cents that she had secretly saved for more than ten years.
"Hide it yourself. I won't be able to use it anyway."
Shen Donghua took the money with shaking hands. She wanted to say, you asked me to run away, but you only gave me one yuan and twenty-two cents. I guess I can't even escape from this amount in their county.
But then he thought, if Chen Chunhua had enough money to run away, he would have run away long ago. Why would he wait to give her money?
Shen Donghua didn't sleep all night. She sat on the edge of the bed with her knees hugged, not knowing what she was thinking.
Chen Chunhua didn't sleep either. She lay motionless on her side on the bed, holding the scissors, waiting for dawn with her eyes open.
When the day breaks, her fate will become clear.
Whether you live or die, it all happens today.
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