Era: The naive beauty charmed the villain!

Zhao Zhaodi had never had a good life back in her parents' home.

So even though she knew that "marrying" her in the future would mean being sold, she didn't object to it before.

Sometimes, even in the dead of night, when her stomach is growling with hunger, she would fantasize that after she got married, she would marry into a good family and live a good life where she could eat her fill every day.

But to her surprise, life was only hard at her parents' home, but after getting married, it was an inhuman existence.

Zhao Zhaodi was the fifth child in her family. Her mother had given birth to seven daughters in a row but had never had a son.

She died while pregnant with her eighth child, along with her unborn child.

After Zhao Zhaodi's mother passed away, her father remarried a woman who had a son with her.

Old Zhao thought that since the woman had a son, she would definitely be able to give him a son if she remarried.

Unexpectedly, after getting married, she gave birth to three more daughters, making a total of ten daughters when combined with the ones born to her first wife.

Old Zhao wanted to have another child, but his second wife was not happy about it.

She stated frankly that if Old Man Zhao forced her to have another child, she would remarry into a good family with her son.

Although Old Man Zhao didn't believe that someone as ugly as her, who had given birth to so many children, could possibly marry into a good family again, he was still somewhat afraid.

That's his son, even though he's someone else's son. But his wife is his now, so the son she brought with her is also his.

Old Zhao reluctantly accepted the son brought by his second wife as his own, placing all his hopes on him.

In order to make her son's life better, she sold her daughters one by one.

Zhao Zhaodi's older sisters had all been "married off" to various places, and they had never returned since.

The sisters were all taken away by middlemen. Zhao Zhaodi had never met her brothers-in-law and did not know whether her sisters were married well.

Now it's finally her turn.

Her father accepted the betrothal gifts brought by the middleman and handed her over to the groom.

Because the stepmother said that it would be unlucky for a married daughter to take away her family's money, Old Man Zhao also believed it. Therefore, none of the Zhao family's married daughters were able to take a single needle or thread from the family.

Zhao Zhaodi was no exception; she went out wearing her tattered clothes, her hands empty, and obediently followed the person.

After arriving at the Liu family home with the middleman, she learned that she was going to marry a fool.

Zhao Zhaodi was naturally unwilling, but she had no other choice.

However, the initial setback was just the beginning.

Granny Liu was not someone to be trifled with. After spending a fortune to buy Zhao Zhaodi, she really wanted to squeeze every last drop of value out of her.

Whether it was day or night, Granny Liu couldn't stand seeing Zhao Zhaodi idle.

If Zhao Zhaodi paused even slightly while working, she would be met with Liu Pozi's hysterical cursing.

What she found even more unbearable was that Granny Liu was particularly reluctant to feed her.

When Zhao Zhaodi was living with her parents, she had never had a full meal in her entire life because of the poor conditions and large family.

The night before her "wedding," her father, perhaps out of a pang of conscience, secretly slipped her a dark-colored steamed bun after dinner, hiding it from everyone.

Taking advantage of cleaning the chicken coop, Zhao Zhaodi secretly swallowed the steamed bun in a few bites, finally getting her fill.

But since coming to the Liu family, she has had to do more work every day, but she gets less food, and she is dizzy from hunger every day.

Zhao Zhaodi was already thin when she came out of the mountains, and after staying with the Liu family for a while, she became even thinner and more emaciated.

In terms of appearance, it even shows signs of resembling the skeletal appearance of Lin Jincheng back then.

When Wang Aiguo and his wife came to their door, Zhao Zhaodi was enduring her hunger and struggling to carry water to water the vegetables with her thin, trembling shoulders.

Actually, she had already prepared breakfast a long time ago, and Old Man Liu and Liu Yaozu were now slurping noodles inside the house.

Plain boiled noodles have little flavor, but because she was so hungry, Zhao Zhaodi's sensitivity to food increased dramatically.

Even from a distance, the aroma of wheat from the noodles couldn't help but waft into her nose.

Zhao Zhaodi swallowed hard and watered the vegetables even more diligently.

She dared not even dream of noodles, but Granny Liu stipulated that after she finished all her chores, she would receive a bowl of thin white porridge so light that you could see your reflection in it.

Zhao Zhaodi had been busy all morning. After watering the vegetable garden, she would be able to get her share of white porridge and then get a short rest.

Fortunately, Granny Liu woke up late today. Zhao Zhaodi pursed her dry, chapped lips and secretly rejoiced.

Fortunately, Granny Liu didn't keep an eye on her while she made breakfast, which allowed her to sneak a couple of sips of noodle soup.

Although the scalding hot noodle soup in the pot burned her lips, it at least provided her with some meager energy once it reached her stomach.

Otherwise, given her condition today, where her vision blurred while she was working, she probably would have fainted before she even got to drink the congee.

She had fainted before, but whenever she did, Granny Liu would curse her for faking it and would come over and grab her hair and hit her hard.

On several occasions, even when Granny Liu wasn't around, Liu Yaozu, who was of low intelligence, would imitate his mother and beat her when he saw her lying unconscious on the ground.

The idiot is very strong. Last time, she was beaten to death by Liu Yaozu.

It's better to live a miserable life than to die a good death. Zhao Zhaodi didn't want to die, or at least not so easily.

Therefore, she needs to conserve her energy and try her best to persevere.