Chapter 251 Apply medicine
After Tong Huaqiong applied medicine to Liu Yanhong and put on his clothes, she asked Maner and Yaozu to accompany him to have snacks, and then went to the inner room to visit Chunni.
Mrs. Hong took off Chunni's clothes and was applying medicine.
Tong Huaqiong saw that Chunni was so thin that only bones were left. Her body was covered with purple-red scars from her wrists to forearms, calves to thighs and all the way to her buttocks.
There are not only fresh scars, but also old marks.
Tong Huaqiong didn't have much contact with Luo's family, and she knew that most people in the countryside didn't care about girls. She never expected Chunni to be so unappreciated at home.
The scars on his body can be considered as being abused.
Mrs. Hong was crying with heartache while applying medicine to Chunni.
"Does it hurt?" Mrs. Hong asked in a gentle voice while applying medicine to Chunni with the cotton ball given by Tong Huaqiong.
Chunni shook her head.
But an uncontrollable hissing sound broke out from between her lips and teeth, and Tong Huaqiong knew that Chunni was enduring it.
How can it not hurt?
Just now, Liu Yanhong was howling in agony when applying medicine. Chunni's injuries were more numerous and heavier than Liu Yanhong's.
"Chun Ni, were all the wounds on your body caused by your grandma?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
Chunni said softly, "My grandma and my dad fought."
Chunni's father, Tian Fugui, usually looked like a very honest man. Tong Huaqiong didn't expect that he would be so cruel to his own daughter.
Tong Huaqiong asked again: "Your grandma and your dad beat you, and your mom just stood there and watched?"
Chunni endured the pain, lowered her head and said: "Mom sometimes protects me... Dad beats mom as well."
Tong Huaqiong's breathing stagnated. She never expected that Tian Fugui, who could not even fart with a stick, was a domestic violence maniac.
Tong Huaqiong had little contact with Chunni's mother, Cao, and only knew that she was a woman who worked very efficiently.
After hearing what Chunni said, Mrs. Hong felt both distressed and angry.
I feel sorry for little Chunni who has to live such a miserable life, and I am angry that there is no one to protect her at home.
If she had a daughter like this, she would be willing to be a vegetarian for the rest of her life.
Chunni's tears flowed down her face. In her entire life, no one had ever cared about her health and applied medicine on her so gently as Hong and Tong Huaqiong did.
Her mother would care about her behind her father and grandmother's back, but that care was filled with helplessness and advice for her to be patient.
Hong applied medicine on Chunni and led her to the main room.
In the main room, Maner, Liu Yanhong and Yaozu were sitting around the table eating snacks and egg custard.
Tong Huaqiong handed Chunni a pair of chopsticks, and Maner placed the egg custard in front of Chunni.
Chunni didn't dare to eat it.
She almost never sat at the table at home. Every time she and her mother cooked a meal and put it on the table, she would sit by the pot with her bowl in hand and eat.
Whenever meat dishes were prepared at home, Chunwang would eat first, and his father would eat the leftovers.
Save the leftovers from dad’s meal for Chunwang and dad to eat together at the next meal.
She, Mrs. Luo and Mrs. Cao were not qualified to eat it.
She saw that there was more egg custard in Maner's bowl than in Yaozu's bowl, and she was surprised and envious.
She didn't even dare to think about living a life like Man'er. She would be satisfied just to sit at the table and pick up some food with her chopsticks.
"It's okay, this is my home, no one dares to hit you." Tong Huaqiong said.
Chunni swallowed and took a bite of egg custard.
Really delicious!
When Mrs. Luo saw Chunni being taken to Tong Huaqiong's room by Hong, she felt uncomfortable but she did not dare to stop it. After all, she had beaten County Magistrate Liu's son and was afraid that if she angered Tong Huaqiong, she would be kidnapped like Xu Yong.
She waited outside for a long time, but Chunni didn't come out. She couldn't help it, so she went to Tong Huaqiong's yard and shouted into the house: "Dashu Niang, Chunni should go back."
Chunni heard Mrs. Luo's voice and silently put down the bowl.
She must go back.
Although the Gu family is good, it is not her home.
She knew that if she went back now, she would avoid being beaten more severely. If she delayed going back, she would be beaten even more severely.
"Grandma Tong, I'm going back. Thank you for the medicine and egg custard." Chunni said obediently, then stood up.
Tong Huaqiong and Hong sent Chunni out.
When Mrs. Luo saw Chunni coming out, she wanted to hit her again, but she held back when she saw Tong Huaqiong.
Don’t worry, there will be plenty of opportunities to play when you get home.
Tong Huaqiong said to Mrs. Luo, "You beat the child too hard. Who will work for you if he is crippled? You can't expect Chunwang to work for you. If you beat him to death, you will ask your daughter-in-law to give birth to a granddaughter. She will be much younger than Chunwang by then. How can you exchange her for a dowry for Chunwang?"
Tong Huaqiong felt so sick of herself after hearing what she said.
There is no other way. This is the only way that might make Mrs. Luo treat Chunni a little better.
Mrs. Luo still hopes Chunni will work, and hopes that Chunni will grow up to be exchanged for a dowry for Chunwang.
She hoped to follow Mrs. Luo's idea and exaggerate Chunni's role in Chunwang. Mrs. Luo might restrain herself because of Chunni's value.
Mrs. Luo smiled with wrinkles on her face and said, "Who said it wasn't true? I was so angry today that I beat her like this. Normally, I provide her with food and clothing. As a grandmother, I would never beat her to death."
Mrs. Luo saw Maner standing at the door of the main room looking outside.
Man'er was wearing brand new clothes, with two small buns on her head and a pair of golden ringlets on her ears. She looked not much different from a city girl.
Mrs. Luo was filled with contempt for Tong Huaqiong.
Widow Tong was confused. She didn't love her grandson Yaozu very much, but loved a granddaughter instead, and she wasn't even born from her own daughter-in-law's belly.
People say that Widow Tong is capable, knowing how to run a snack shop and mix pesticides. But in her opinion, Widow Tong is very stupid.
In the past, he doted on Gu Taohua to death, and now he dotes on Maner in the same way.
Do girls deserve to be pampered like this?
Nor are they afraid of shortening their lifespans.
Girls must be beaten at their parents' home. If they are not well-behaved at their parents' home, they will still be beaten to submission when they go to their husband's home.
No wonder Gu Taohua is almost 15 years old, but no one has come to propose marriage to her yet.
This is all the retribution for Widow Tong’s pampering of girls.
Chunni went back with Mrs. Luo, and Mrs. Hong was sad that she didn't keep Chunni.
Tong Huaqiong said: "We can protect her for a while, but we can't protect her forever. She has to go back eventually."
Hong said, "Is there no way to prevent Chunni from being beaten?"
Tong Huaqiong was silent.
They could only protect Chunni for a short while. When she returned home, she didn't know how Mrs. Luo and Tian Fugui would beat her even more severely.
It would have been fine if Tong Huaqiong didn't see it, but since she saw it and was asked to let go of her hands, she couldn't pretend not to see it.
As for how to help?
Tong Huaqiong hasn't thought it through yet.
Because this matter is quite tricky.
When it was dark, Chunni's mother, Cao, came to the door.
"Aunt Tong, Chunni has caused you trouble today."
Cao placed a basket of pig feed in Tong Huaqiong's yard.
Tong Huaqiong knew that she came to thank her.
Tong Huaqiong said directly to Cao: "Chun Ni's body is covered with wounds. As a mother, you have to think of a way. She can't live like this forever."
Cao lowered her head and wrung her hands.
Her daughter is always beaten. How can she, as a mother, not feel distressed? But what can she do?
Many girls come here this way.
She could neither stop the man nor her mother-in-law.
Tong Huaqiong knew that she couldn't convince Cao with just a few words.
"These medicines are for you. Rub Chunni's wounds on her body."
Tong Huaqiong took out the medicine from the house and handed it to Cao.
Cao thanked him, took the medicine and left.