After crossing, I surrounded the capital from the countryside

Xu Qingqing didn't know whether she should comfort him or how to comfort him, and felt a little confused.

In the next hour, Xu Qingqing saw He Anran crying silently while working hard to wash clothes.

Trying to control her emotions seemed to have drained away all her energy; she washed the clothes more and more slowly, and it took her longer and longer.

Most of the women who were chatting had finished washing and went home together, and the noise from the river gradually faded away.

He Anran finally finished washing the clothes when it was getting dark.

Seeing her struggling to lift a heavy wooden basin and staggering as she prepared to leave, Xu Qingqing became a little anxious.

"and many more!"

He Anran paused and turned to look at the little girl who called her.

"You..." Xu Qingqing wanted to ask her if she was okay? Did she need help?

But when I think about how I am just a six-year-old kid in other people's eyes, how can I help others? No one would believe it.

"Sister, please have some candy!" Finally, Xu Qingqing just pretended to take out a candy from her arms, but actually took out a candy from the space and prepared to put it into He Anran's hand.

But seeing that she was holding the basin with both hands, he pulled her down and fed her into He Anran's mouth.

He Anran was still a little confused when he was pulled, but he still squatted down. The next second, a pair of small hands stuffed a candy into his mouth.

The sweetness spread in her mouth, and the sweet feeling made her intoxicated, as if time had stopped at this moment.

At that moment, she forgot her miserable life, the pain and suffocating family that surrounded her.

She looked at the concerned eyes of the little girl in front of her, felt the concern and comfort, and her numb heart finally had a trace of emotion.

The pain was overwhelming, and she didn't understand why it happened to her? Why did she have to live in such pain? Was she not worthy of living a good life just because she was a girl?

Just because she is a woman, she should be ignored, despised, assigned endless work, and be beaten and scolded?

My mother is also a woman, so why is she the same as my father? She looks down on me and bullies me?

Tears flowed down He Anran's pale cheeks, like a silent roar and catharsis.

Xu Qingqing gently wiped away He Anran's tears: "Sister, don't be sad! Trying hard to live is better than anything else. Those who torture you will get their comeuppance one day!"

After a pause, Xu Qingqing finally said, "Sister, if you can't hold on any longer, come to the Xu family to find me. My name is Xu Qingqing!"

He Anran still didn't say anything. She just stared blankly at the little girl in front of her who was obviously loved. She didn't know what she was looking at, maybe envy?

A few seconds later, He Anran held the heavy wooden basin in her arms and looked deeply at Xu Qingqing, then turned around with difficulty and walked towards the abyss that had trapped her for thirteen years.

Looking at He Anran's back, Xu Qingqing felt a little uncomfortable. As a woman of the new era, she had accepted new ideas, new education, and had new perspectives that were different from those of this era.

She deeply understands that women are no worse than men. Everyone has an independent personality and should not be looked down upon by anyone.

But in He Anran's case, the patriarchal society's preference for boys over girls was laid out so blatantly before Xu Qingqing's eyes. Coupled with the things that happened during her escape, one thing after another made it clear to Xu Qingqing that this was an era of inequality, cruelty, and cannibalism!

He Anran's back gradually disappeared. Seeing his sister staring blankly at the direction where the girl left, Xu Yun hugged Xu Qingqing in his arms and gently stroked her back.