With Ding Tou gone, Xu Keke returned to the workshop. Now, her group is under Chen Hui's management.
In the morning, the two female workers closest to her and Yunsheng, as usual, brought them hot water.
What are you doing?
Chen Hui's loud rebuke startled the two female workers, causing them to tremble. A few drops of hot water spilled from the bucket.
They didn't know what they had done wrong, hurriedly put down the bucket, and looked at him blankly.
"Is this their job?" Chen Hui held the whip, glaring angrily at Xu Keke and the other man, his eyes so fierce it looked like he wanted to devour them.
"You're not doing your own work, so why are you helping them? Let them do it themselves. Hurry up!"
The two female workers hesitated before letting go, their eyes filled with worry as they looked at the two men. In their hearts, the children were so small; could they really lift them?
"Get back to work! Who gave you permission to slack off? Get to work now!"
The whips snapped open beside them. The two female workers were so frightened that they ran back inside.
Xu Keke and Yun Sheng walked over on their own. The bucket was very heavy. The two of them lifted it with trembling hands.
Xu Keke has explosive power, but with her small frame, she really can't hold on for long. Xu Keke gripped the wooden stick tightly with both hands and lifted it upwards.
She knew that if she let go, the bucket of hot water would spill onto their feet. They were both wearing cloth shoes, and she knew without a doubt that it would hurt.
Yun Sheng, standing ahead of her, was staggering; he was even worse off than her. Without even looking, Xu Keke knew he was gritting his teeth and desperately trying to lift himself up, just like he had done to that woman that day.
It was quite a feat to finally carry it to the large tub for scalding the cocoons. Pouring that tub of hot water in without hurting them was truly a challenge.
Seeing that Chen Hui had left, the woman next to him quickly came over, helped them lift the contents, and poured them inside.
Xu Keke looked at the door in horror. Chen Hui had returned and was standing there, looking at them with a gloomy expression.
This time he didn't stop her, but Xu Keke felt that this was even more terrifying than if he had yelled at her.
Chen Hui was different from Ding Tou; he was more diligent and dedicated to his work as a foreman.
He didn't hit them, nor did he say anything. But every time he inspected them, his face was frighteningly pale. The female workers even became extremely cautious in their breathing.
Sure enough, at noon, he forbade them to eat or stop. Anyone who dared to stop was dragged out by the woman who had been pouring water for Xu Keke and the others. She was then whipped ten times on the back.
Then he kicked her from behind, telling her to go back to work.
"This is the first time, and you don't know my rules. I'll let you off this time. Listen carefully, work hard, and I won't always beat you. But next time, I won't hold back. I'll beat you to death. Anyone who wants to try can come and try."
Apart from the sounds of work, there was no other sound in the room.
"If you don't finish all this work before dinner, you can forget about eating. You can stop working when you're done."
He doubled their workload. Even if they worked non-stop, they might not be able to finish. Xu Keke trembled; she felt the hairs on her body stand on end.
Ding Tou is a snake, and Chen Hui is a wolf, a vicious wolf.
The suffering was endless and inescapable. The original owner's negative and resigned attitude once again eroded Xu Keke's nerves.
This struggle will never end with a temporary victory. Complete change can never be achieved by simply altering the present world.
Here, the rules are in the hands of the one who wields the whip. There is never any fairness. There is only endless enslavement.
These events shattered Xu Keke's original beliefs, pushing her to the brink of madness. She couldn't accept this world. She felt a restless urge to destroy it.
The most direct way to destroy is through the death of the original owner.
All worlds depend on the original owner for their existence; once the original owner ceases to exist, that world will also perish.
The original owner's wish was simply to survive.
By the time they finished their work that night, it was completely dark.
The woman who helped them developed a high fever because her back injury wasn't treated in time and she was working under high pressure.
Xu Keke gave her a pill of the medicine she had stolen from Ding Tou. Su Ying and the others got some wound medicine from somewhere and treated her wounds.
Seeing her sitting blankly on the bed, Yun Sheng stuffed a piece of candy into her hand. It was the same one Hui Fang had given her last time. This time, Xu Keke didn't even think before popping it into her mouth.
Saliva moistens it, and a little bit of sweetness flows down the throat.
Su-ying took out half a hard, rock-hard cake and stuffed it into her hand.
With the sweet taste in my mouth, it didn't seem so hard to take small bites of the pancake.
"Suying, do you want to go out?"
The little girl has been speaking very little lately, and Su Ying has always thought it's because Ding Tou has been tormenting her too much. She keeps thinking that she'll get better after these days.
People like them, no matter how badly they're hurt, will recover. They just need to endure it.
Su Ying looked up at the dark sky outside the window and shook her head sadly. "Going out is not as good as staying here. I don't know what my home is like outside. Maybe I won't even have a place to stay. At least here I can eat and have a roof over my head to keep out the rain."
Su Ying patted Xu Keke's head and said, "Don't think nonsense. Your father only sold you for eight years. You'll be able to leave in a few more years. By then, you'll be a grown woman."
Su Ying didn't say anything else, but Xu Keke understood. How they sold her would depend on whether her face or her strength was more valuable. Where she would end up being sold was anyone's guess.
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