He Shaohua listened, but was powerless to change the situation.
He Shaoyun could only cry, but when she was tired of crying, she still had to continue living her life.
He Shaoyun went to the farm, which was some distance from her sister's village.
She lived on the farm where men and women lived together. There was a row of girls and a row of boys, separated by a curtain. The houses were built from a few planks of wood and bark.
Girls would bathe in groups, taking turns, and those who finished would wait outside the bathroom.
That time, He Shaoyun was alone.
She went to the river to wash clothes, and on her way back, a big man dragged her into a bamboo forest. If it weren't for the female militia members on patrol who found her, she would have been violated by that old man.
His clothes were torn to shreds; he almost succeeded.
Every night when He Shaoyun sleeps, she dreams of that disgusting man's appearance. She is constantly afraid and terrified.
He Shaohua hugged He Shaoyun and said, "Xiaoyun, you must believe that everything will pass. You can't accept your fate when faced with injustice. We have already suffered a lot, and we can't give up now. If you compromise, you will have to stay in this place for the rest of your life."
He Shaoyun remained silent. She knew very well that she couldn't accept her fate, but she was afraid she wouldn't be able to hold on.
"Sister~ I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on. My best friend on the farm, Liangliang, committed suicide! Her experience was the same as mine. She was bullied by those people. In order to get a spot to go back to the city, she gave her body to the farm director. That man was a scumbag. After he got what he wanted, he often threatened Liangliang to be with him. But the spot to go back to the city was given to someone else. Liangliang's mother is seriously ill, and her father is no longer alive. She did so much just to go back to the city to take care of her mother. She risked her entire life's innocence, but in the end, she was just played. That evil man didn't get any punishment and is still living a good life. When I think of Liangliang, I think of how my mother looked before she died!"
"My mother chose to commit suicide to protect me!" He Shaoyun couldn't let go of this matter. She hated those who drove her mother to her death, but she was powerless to do anything about it. She could barely protect herself, and even survival was a problem.
“I feel like there are many eyes watching me from behind, and I feel like I’m the next Liangliang,” He Shaoyun said, her voice choked with emotion.
“Sister, the farm is really terrible. If you get bitten by a poisonous snake, there’s no cure, and someone dies within minutes. That brother was a very good person. He often took care of us and told me about life in his hometown. He would often come to visit us and comfort us. He was bitten by a snake and died there. He was an only child. The other day, his parents came to collect his belongings. His mother, with her graying hair, was sobbing uncontrollably!”
She hasn't had a single good day in the past three months.
In that place, everyone lived in fear, and there was no guarantee of where to live. Rats, snakes, and insects were common, and several people died within six months.
Only these past two days, sleeping in her sister's bed and feeling her sister's warmth, have she dared to let herself rest.
He Shaohua hugged He Shaoyun. She was trying her best to help her sister, but there was nothing she could do about it.
"Sister, why don't we go find Aunt Yu? I can still get married on my own and go with my husband to the army. I can do any kind of work, I can take care of people, I can endure hardship. I just want to leave that place." He Shaoyun went from refusing to accept her fate to accepting it in an instant.
“No, Xiaoyun, we can’t give up. We’ll definitely find a way. I’ll definitely find a way to get you out of here. Trust me,” He Shaohua said to He Shaoyun.
He Shaoyun said, "Sister, don't sacrifice your own happiness. I know what you want to do, but I won't allow it. If you really marry that man, I will never forgive you for the rest of my life."
He Shaohua arranged a blind date with the son of a section chief in order to help his sister escape the farm and find a suitable job for He Shaoyun in the city.
He Shaohua was speechless when she saw her sister like this.
"Xiaoyun, I won't keep you waiting too long. I'll definitely find a way." He Shaohua was determined to help her younger sister escape her suffering.
He Shaoyun said, "Sister, I'm fine. Please don't do anything to hurt yourself."
He Shaoyun longed to leave that place; if it meant losing her sister's lifelong happiness, she would rather not leave.
He Shaohua stroked her younger sister's hair and comforted her, "Xiaoyun, your older sister won't sacrifice her own happiness. There's always a way."
He Shaoyun looked at her sister with a mixture of belief and doubt.
“Xiaoyun, I’ve suffered enough. I’ll definitely find a way to get you a spot to return to the city. Trust me,” He Shaohua said to He Shaiyun with a determined look in her eyes.
The two sisters hugged each other tightly, tears streaming down their faces.
He Shaoyun deeply felt how her sister had lived these past years, and how those people, some of them, really didn't treat them like human beings.
He Shaoyun was very slow at first when she was working in the countryside, but she worked very hard to catch up with everyone else.
She gradually caught up with everyone else's work pace, but those people still felt that she wasn't doing a good enough job.
Even when you're sick, you have to go to work; even when your hands are blistered and bleeding, you still have to go to work. You have absolutely no freedom.
If you don't go, you won't get any food, and you'll lose work points.
"Sister, you must have felt this desperate before, right?" He Shaoyun couldn't help but ask her sister about her past experiences.
With tears streaming down her face, He Shaohua gently patted He Shaoyun's back and said with a smile, "Back then, I had many classmates, and I was very well protected."
After hearing that her sister had been well protected, He Shaoyun closed her eyes, tears welling up in her eyes.
In a foreign land, the two sisters could only rely on each other for survival.
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