Past Events 5
The dark shadow in the distance was getting closer, and the crying in the city became sharper, reaching people's crowns. Li Ping'an listened to the sound and rubbed her ears uncomfortably. The time on her mobile phone was paused, and the sky was still so dark. She didn't know how much time had passed.
But he was already a little hungry, so Li Ping'an took out a bag of instant noodles from his arms, opened it and handed it to Sun Wuya, motioning her to take a handful. However, Sun Wuya looked at the instant noodles and smiled bitterly. Li Ping'an also reacted and started to eat it himself embarrassedly.
For a moment, apart from the ghost's screams in the distance, the only sound left was Li Ping'an chewing instant noodles.
"You failed to rescue your elder sister," Li Ping'an's words were crispy and chilling.
After hearing this, Sun Wuya shook her head and said, "I'm so useless."
Not only did he fail to rescue his elder sister, he was almost caught and sold.
When she ran home covered in dust, the old man didn't even ask her where she had been. He picked up a stick beside him and started beating her, once, twice... She gritted her teeth and didn't scream, but this irritated the old man. The bigger he got, the more vicious he hit her, until the last hit her chest. He stopped only after Sun Wuya spat out a mouthful of blood.
The old man stepped forward and kicked Sun Wuya, "Stop pretending to be dead, get up and cook."
The little one, who had just learned to toddle, also imitated the old man, walked forward, kicked Sun Wuya, and then ran to the old man with a smile and hugged his legs. When the old man saw this, he lifted him up and laughed out loud, "You are worthy of being my son, you are really capable."
Sun Wuya looked at the scene of loving father and filial son in front of her and felt furious. Why, why did her sister end up like this?
From then on, Sun Wuya's work became heavier, so heavy that even if she started working as soon as she opened her eyes every day, she would never be able to finish it. Her back became more and more bent, and her head became lower and lower.
Sun Wuya completely forgot what kind of person she was in her previous life. She even began to fantasize that when she grew up, got married, and moved into someone else's home, her life would be better and she would be able to visit her elder sister.
Even though Sun Wuya brainwashed herself every day, forced herself not to think about the past and numbed her nerves, she would still wake up in the middle of the night with tears streaming down her face.
“So, I started my second escape.”
Sun Wuya started her second escape. She thought that as long as she escaped successfully and made a fortune, she could come back to save her elder sister.
This time, Sun Wuya made sufficient preparations in advance. She took advantage of the fact that no one was at home and sneaked into the old man's room. She turned his room upside down and stole all the copper coins he had hidden in the cabinet under the bed.
She put on the old man's clothes and painted her face black with soot. She was so thin and small from hunger that she looked like a half-grown black boy dressed like this. She then put on the cloth shoes that the old man had bought her and that she would only wear on big days. She took the dry food she had prepared and ran to the back mountain.
She didn't dare leave the village because there were too many people around. She walked from the back mountain to the next town, where she knew few people.
Sun Wuya ran past Xingniang's grave, past her mother's grave. A gust of wind blew by, telling her to run faster, run even faster...
It was almost there, just a little bit this time. Sun Wuya had already found the caravan heading south, and had made an agreement with it. She would work for the caravan for free as long as the caravan would take her to Jiangnan.
But just before the convoy left, she shouldn't have let her guard down and shouldn't have gone out to buy buns. Speaking of this, Sun Wuya suddenly raised her hand and slapped herself, "Why am I so greedy!"
Sun Wuya was caught. Just as she got the buns, Wang Mazi from the village grabbed her outstretched hand and said, "Good for you. You actually came here."
Sun Wuya begged him, stuffed the bun in her hand into his hand, and knelt on the ground to beg him, but Wang Mazi just laughed and dragged her towards the village.
The leader just glanced at her, and the convoy heading south continued on its journey. Sun Wuya knew that she was finished.
The villagers didn't have whips, but they had willow branches. They would pull a long and thick willow branch, pick off the leaves on it, and then whip people with it. It would definitely hurt people to the bone.
Sun Wuya was tied to a tree in the yard for three days and three nights. She did not drink a drop of water or eat a grain of rice. She was beaten three times a day, morning, noon and evening. In the end, her consciousness became blurred.
When she thought she was going to be beaten to death, the old man put her down. In a daze, she seemed to be covered with a piece of clothing, which was a dazzling red.
On the same night, with the same suona sounds, Sun Wuya leaned weakly in the wedding sedan. Her confused mind raced for a moment, and she realized that she was destined to be arranged into a ghost marriage like her second sister.
The sedan chair landed and Sun Wuya waited for the people outside to come and take her life. But after waiting for a while, the noise outside became louder and louder. Sun Wuya wanted to listen but couldn't hear clearly.
A middle-aged woman came in, dragged Sun Wuya out and threw her on the ground. "You can stuff anything dirty and smelly into my house. Don't tarnish my son's reputation." Sun Wuya heard this clearly.
Sun Wuya lay powerlessly on the muddy ground, feeling the pointing and talking of the people around her. She thought to herself, let her die, it would be better if she died.
But things did not go as planned. The old man came with a dark face, dragged Sun Wuya back home, and threw her in the yard, "You bitch,"
The old man used punches and kicks to show his anger, "Even the dead despise you, you money-loser."
When people are in extreme pain, they will numb themselves. Sun Wuya seemed to be crazy at the time and actually laughed softly. The old man laughed to death when he heard this and was shocked. Then he used violence to cover himself up.
"Guess why I was returned?" The sufferings of the past turned into a story in her mouth. Sun Wuya even asked about Li Pingan with great interest.
Thinking of what the middle-aged woman said when Sun Wuya was dragged out of the bridal sedan, as well as what the old man said, Li Pingan said, "Is it because of your escape? Others think your reputation is ruined."
Sun Wuya clapped her hands and praised Li Pingan, "You are really smart. I lay on the ground and thought about it all night before I figured it out."
"However, what they said was not as elegant and pleasant as what you said," "Bitch, little slut, shameless, she hooked up with someone outside and wanted to elope, the courtyard in the village is not soundproof, all kinds of nasty words, Sun Wuya has heard them all.
After being scolded so many times, Sun Wuya herself began to doubt herself. Could it be that she really had eloped with someone and was caught?
Sun Wuya sighed and said, "I have to say, sometimes human life is really cheap. She felt like she was going to die countless times, but she was still holding on to her breath and couldn't die."
One time, when the old man was passing by, he noticed that Sun Wuya was still breathing, and suddenly smashed the basket on her, "If you're not dead, go work for me."
Sun Wuya came back to life and limped up the mountain with a stick. But when she returned home, there was only a shallow layer of pig grass in the basket. As expected, Sun Wuya was beaten by the old man again. Lying on the ground, Sun Wuya covered her stomach and sighed in her heart that pig grass was still quite delicious.
Apart from being pointed at when she goes out and no longer being able to enter the kitchen, everything seems to be the same as before. The only difference is that the old man goes out early and comes back late every day, and no one knows what he is doing. Occasionally when he comes back, he is in a particularly bad mood. In this case, Sun Wuya often gets beaten.
Just when Sun Wuya thought she could live in a daze every day, one time when she went up the mountain to cut grass for pigs, someone suddenly covered her mouth and dragged her into the grass. When she opened her eyes, she saw it was Ergouzi from the same village. He was impatient and wanted to strip Sun Wuya's clothes.
After Sun Wuya realized what was happening, she struggled hard, but he slapped her several times and said, "Why are you pretending to be a chaste woman?"
Then, he touched Sun Wuya's swollen face and said, "Let me feel good for a while, and then I'll ask my mother to go to your house to propose marriage."
His tone and expression made Sun Wuya think that this was a reward for her. His breathing began to quicken and his hands moved faster.
Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, Sun Wuya grabbed a stone nearby and smashed it hard on his head. In an instant, Ergou covered his head and fell backwards.
Seeing Ergou struggling to get up and chase her, Sun Wuya was so scared that she ran home. The old man was lying on a recliner in the yard playing with the little thing. Seeing Sun Wuya's anxious look, he wanted to scold her.
Sun Wuya was frightened and panicked, and told the old man everything that happened on the mountain. Sun Wuya now feels that she was really ridiculous at that time. She actually held a glimmer of hope deep in her heart, thinking that the old man would make the decision for her.
After hearing this, the old man stood up angrily. This anger was directed at Sun Wuya. He kicked her to the ground and said, "Shame on you! If you didn't have a bad reputation, would they come to you?"
"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being a slut. Just like your sister, you're a whore."
Sun Wuya stood there in a daze, not knowing whether it was because of the kick or the words.
When she realized what was happening, she immediately got up and rushed towards the old man and started wrestling with him. "Don't scold my sister, don't scold me. It's all your fault, it's all your fault, you old man."
Why don’t you die? If you had died earlier, they wouldn’t have suffered so much.
The old man seemed to have not expected Sun Wuya to resist, and he became furious in an instant. He picked up a stick beside him and was about to hit Sun Wuya. Sun Wuya also picked up a bench and smashed it on the old man. The little thing started crying, and the yard became very lively.
The sound attracted the villagers. When Sun Wuya came in, the courtyard door was not closed. Not long after, many people gathered outside the door, pointing and talking inside the courtyard.
Outnumbered, Sun Wuya was finally held down by two men's arms and forced to kneel on the ground. The old man straightened his clothes and was about to teach Sun Wuya a lesson when a burst of crying came from outside.
Er Gouzi's mother dragged him stumbling in, shouting as she walked, "This damn shameless bitch, not only did she not succeed in seducing my son, she actually wanted to stone him to death."
"You bitch, how can you be so cruel."
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