Seeing someone who was once so strong and vibrant, who had endured so many years of abuse yet still managed to live well, turn into this, even having suicidal thoughts, Zhu Chunhong was shocked and heartbroken.
At that moment, she had almost no other thoughts but that she had to save her.
No matter what, she couldn't let Song Zhaodi be tortured to death like this.
Zhu Chunhong boldly stuffed everything in her hands into Song Zhaodi's hands, but fearing that the Zhou family would notice something, she dared not leave any trace.
She persuaded Song Zhaodi to drink the water and finish her food, and then took back the cloth used to wrap the steamed buns and the bamboo water bottle used to hold the water.
Before leaving, she held tightly Song Zhaodi's hand, which was covered in wounds—
"Zhao Di, you must hold on."
“That Zhou family bastard is inhuman. You can’t stay stuck in this fire pit forever. If you really can’t take it anymore, don’t even think about it. First, get your body back in shape and save up some strength. At worst… at worst, find a chance to escape and never come back!”
Song Zhaodi was stunned for a moment, and at that instant, a glimmer of light ignited in her eyes.
For many days afterward, Zhu Chunhong would often sneak over the haystacks outside the wall late at night, when the Zhou family was not at home or were all resting, to bring Song Zhaodi food, drink, and medicine for her injuries.
The bruises and wounds that are immediately visible on the surface are left untouched to mislead the Zhou family.
The wounds covered by clothing were all covered with ointment.
As time went by, those wounds gradually healed.
Each time before leaving, Zhu Chunhong would carefully encourage Song Zhaodi through the pigpen fence, urging her to live no matter what.
As long as you survive, there is still a glimmer of hope.
Song Zhaodi, who initially had no will to live, slowly recovered and regained some of her former vitality.
Although it wasn't the first time Zhu Chunhong had told her to live well, Song Zhaodi always nodded earnestly and told her—
"I will."
Even if it's just for Zhu Chunhong, she would do it.
She will not let down such pure kindness.
However, after saying those words in her excitement when she first came to see Song Zhaodi, Zhu Chunhong did not dare to say much more to persuade Song Zhaodi to leave.
After all, quite a few women had been abducted, stolen, or robbed in this village, and the men in the village used all sorts of methods to make these women obedient and compliant.
Among them were families like the Zhou family, who would brutally beat people and then lock them in pigsties without food or water.
This method may seem barbaric, but it is very effective.
Most of the women who were imprisoned still held onto the hope of escaping.
Where there is hope, there is the will to survive. Even after being beaten and punished, they still wanted to live well and wanted to find a chance to escape.
Therefore, after being severely punished like this, they often become obedient and temporarily give up resisting, just to live and avoid being beaten.
The Zhou family probably learned these methods from those people.
In the past, there were also kind-hearted women who secretly persuaded abused women to give them food and drink.
As soon as I finished trying to persuade her, a woman ran away.
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