Foot binding!

Liu Chun is quite disgusted with these two words, not to mention bad habits, if women are bound to their feet, where can he find someone in his factory? And from Xu Miaojin's letter, I learned that this wind has spread to the factory. Liu Chun couldn't sit still anymore, and the backyard caught fire, which was very bad.

He hurried back to Baiyangkou from Daning.

When I came back, I found that the problem seemed to be even bigger.

Xu Miaojin puffed out her cheeks and came to him to complain.

"Recently, Beiping has held several cultural conferences, gathering a large group of people, what do they say about promoting education and reshaping etiquette...... The first is actually a big deal for men and women, what to say about three from four virtues, to let women feel at ease to teach their husbands and children, not to show their heads, especially hateful, to implement foot binding! You say, a good pair of feet, wrapped so small, how much sin! No feet are allowed in the palace, so why bother to spoil the girl! ”

Xu Miaojin's complaint is of course reasonable, thanks to the gift of Queen Ma, the palace of the Ming Dynasty does not need to wrap the palace maids, so if you want to be selected as the palace show girl, you must be a pair of heavenly feet.

Xu Miaojin was born in a noble family, so naturally she didn't have to suffer from foot binding.

But Xu Miaojin's sister-in-law really wrapped her feet, and she always felt that it was because of her feet that she couldn't get along with her sister-in-law...... The wind of foot binding is said to have begun in the fifth generation, and the initiator was the sentimental Empress Li.

After the Two Song Dynasty, especially after the Southern Song Dynasty, science flourished, and it became more and more tightly restricted, and the wind of wrapping up feet also spread. When the Yuan Dynasty was established, there was no intention of changing customs, and even the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty wished that the Han women would be small-footed women!

Lao Zhu doesn't like foot binding because of Queen Ma's situation, but the problem is that foot binding is a scientific proposition represented by Zhu Xi, and in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Xi has a special status, so Lao Zhu did not force an order to abolish the custom of foot binding.

On the whole, there are many wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, heirlooms of poetry and books, beautiful ladies, daughters of wealthy families, and even those who are not willing to wrap their feet, so they can't get married.

For example, in the book "The Story of the Ximen Officials and Pan Jinlian" written in the Ming Dynasty, Xiao Pan touched the hearts of the Ximen officials because he had a pair of small three-inch golden lotuses and achieved a touching love epic!

It can be seen that foot wrapping was still very popular in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no need to deny it.

But the problem is that it is the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a vast and sparsely populated north, and women are used as men.

Isn't this a draw from the bottom of the kettle!

"Who's got their feet tied? I want to check it out! ”

Xu Miaojin immediately said: "Second Sister Han has a little sister, who is not yet eleven years old this year, and was taken back by her parents to bind her feet!" ”

It's this wonderful pair of parents again!

Liu Chun didn't know what to say, so he called Second Sister Han and asked her to lead the way...... The second sister would have been angry a long time ago, if it weren't for the fact that she couldn't get away from the matter of the factory, she really wanted to go home, and told her parents that now Liu Gongzi is willing to take care of it, it would be great.

"My father and mother are confused, they say that if a girl wants to marry well, she must be dignified and virtuous, and behave. You can't come out to do things like me, you should be at home, and you can't get into the eyes of nobles without going out of the door! ”

The more the second sister talked, the more angry she became, in the past, her father and mother wanted to sell her at a high price, but she resisted, but the little sister suffered, they had no other ability than to sell their daughter!

Liu Chun came to the second sister's house, five newly built houses, which were still very decent in the village. Although Second Sister Han is angry with her parents, she is a close relative of flesh and blood after all, so she can't really leave it alone.

She gave the ten taels of silver she had saved to her family and asked them to renovate the house.

That's why there is the Han family in front of you...... But these two are not satisfied!

I just gave a mere ten taels!

The house was renovated, and not only was there nothing left, but some savings were also moved.

Girls are outgoing, and they haven't married yet, so they don't have the same heart as their parents!

She obviously has so much money, and she is still in charge of the accounts, and a little money flows out of her fingers, which is enough for the family to spend, why is she so brainless?

These two complained about their daughter, but they didn't dare to go to the factory to make trouble, so they could only endure it.

Not long ago, Mrs. Han met the Fang family again, and heard that Fang Xiucai went to Beiping, and was deeply appreciated by the scholars, and said that she would let the Fang family take the lead in the township and take the lead in implementing foot binding.

After Mrs. Han inquired, she suddenly found that this was an opportunity!

"Girl, your second sister can't be counted on as a mother, so she can only rely on you. Listen to my mother's words, let's suffer a little hardship first, wrap our feet, and after three years and five years, wrap up a three-inch golden lotus! Just by virtue of your small appearance, there must be dignitaries and dignitaries who like it, and when the time comes, it is better for you to be a concubine for others than to marry a village man! For my mother, this life is hard, follow your father, even if you are unlucky! ”

Daddy Han was so angry that he snorted!

"What nonsense are you talking about? Fang Xiucai said that the matter of foot binding was said by Lord Tanhua! What is Tanhua? One in three years, that's the Wenqu star in the sky! Father Han's face was full of longing, and he said softly to his little daughter: "Girl, if you can serve tea and pour water for Lord Tanhua, it will be a blessing!" ”

Han Xiaomei shook her head desperately, tears kept rolling in her eyes, pitiful, and said aggrievedly: "I don't want to, I want to be like the second sister, I, I earn money and feed you!" Please, don't let me bind my feet! The little girl knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and her head turned red.

Han Lao Niang was unmoved, and snorted, "Xiao Nizi, it's really a big heart, you want to learn from your second sister to be angry with me, right?" Let you disobey, let you disobey! ”

She grabbed a feather duster and beat her daughter down.

"I tell you, in this life, a woman depends on the masters! It's better to learn anything than to marry well! ”

The feather duster fell on Han Xiaomei's body, beating her all over her body, and big tears fell.

Han Lao Niang gasped and said: "Xiao Nizi, this foot binding, if it is entangled, it must be entangled, and if it is not entangled, it must be entangled!" ”

"Yes!" Daddy Han followed: "Not only do you have to wrap it, but you also have to wrap it into a three-inch golden lotus, the smaller the better!" In this way, you can make the nobles like it. If you can marry Wenqu Xing, your father is Wen Qu Xing's father-in-law, you should have more face! Hahaha! ”

This one looked up and laughed, not to mention how happy he was.

Han Lao Niang snorted, "You are Wenquxing's father-in-law, and I am still my mother-in-law!" It's too late for our girl to wrap up now, and I really regret that I didn't do it sooner! ”

"What are you still doing in a daze, help a hand, wrap the girl's feet!"

Father Han really pressed his daughter's legs, Mrs. Han grabbed the footcloth, wrapped it around first, and then saw her pulling the strip of cloth with both hands, winding it vigorously, first wrapping ten toes together, and then pressing desperately to the center of her feet.

How much strength she has, Han Xiaomei is only in her early tens, where can she bear it. She wept and pleaded.

"Mother! Spare me! Don't pester! ”

She sobbed and prayed, and the pain made the little girl sweat all over her head and tremble.

Daddy Han's hands held down his daughter tightly, and Lady Han worked harder, she also said, "Don't blame my mother for being ruthless, if you want to be a master, you have to be ruthless to yourself!" ”

Han Xiaomei was so painful that she couldn't scream, only twitching and trembling.

"I, I don't want to...... Second sister, second sister, help me! ”

Bang!

The door opened, and the second sister walked in with a black face!

The Han family was dumbfounded, and they were really a little scared in the face of their daughter. But Mrs. Han felt that she was a mother after all, so she couldn't help but stretch her neck, glare, and reproached: "It's not that you are disobedient, otherwise your father and I wouldn't have to make such a decision!" ”

It turns out that this one is reasonable.

Second Sister Han rushed up angrily, snatched the third sister over, and hugged her directly outside.

"What are you doing?" These two people are in a hurry, how can they take away the future cash cow.

"Give it back to us!"

The two of them chased out and happened to see Liu Chun head-on.

At this moment, Liu Chun seemed to be smiling, shook his head and sighed: "My biggest mistake is to let you eat too much!" Thinking about something out of tune all day long! ”