The original owner’s room had been usurped by her cousin, leaving her to sleep on the sofa in the living room. She didn’t even have a bed; since the sofa was made of wood, she had only a single quilt, which she used half to pad the seat and half to cover herself. Every day, she woke up with a sore back and aching waist, yet she kept her suffering to herself.
She always told herself to just endure it for a few more years until she came of age.
The original owner had effectively become the family’s little maid. She did all the housework, and whenever she did it poorly, her grandmother would punish her by forcing her to kneel, denying her food, and often slapping her across the face. She frequently had to go to school with a swollen, bruised face.
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