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"Three-inch golden lotus, what does this mean?"

Wushan gritted his teeth and was mentally prepared before speaking out the disgusting vulgarity.

"They call bound feet 'lotus'. Feet of different sizes are different levels of 'lotus'. Feet larger than four inches are 'iron lotus', four-inch feet are 'anemone', and three-inch feet are 'lotus'." Golden Lotus'."

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All the women present couldn't help but let out a breath of cold air. What kind of three-inch golden lotus is this? The difference was to break off the girls' feet. Even if the fingers were injured, it would be extremely painful. People say that ten fingers are connected to the heart. Aren't toes part of the human body? I can't even imagine how painful that would be!

"No, breaking off a person's feet, and even breaking off the good-looking feet, isn't this a mental illness? What on earth are they doing this for? Human hands and feet are born with different sizes, and they are forcibly made smaller. , what’s the point?”

Wu Shan's face didn't look good either. He was a doctor, and he especially didn't want to harm others. What's more, those little girls are only five or six years old. What do they know? Their parents did this. It's really shocking that someone could be so cruel to his own daughter.

Especially when Wu Shan thought of the reasons for those people to do this, even though several years had passed, he felt depressed in his heart.

"It is said that in the Jiangnan area, women bind their feet to make their feet look small and exquisite, so that they can marry those high-ranking officials. As Ning Ning once said, if the superiors do something good, the subordinates will follow suit. Those high-ranking officials have the standard for marrying wives. She became a woman with small feet. From top to bottom, gradually, civilians or businessmen who were just living a normal life also started to develop this trend."

"Some people want to bind girls' feet and then find a dignitary for them to marry so that they can get attached to them. Some parents are just helpless because everyone is binding their feet. If they don't, not only will they be They will be criticized by the people around them. What's more serious is that when the girls grow up, they can't find their husbands at all. They even call those women who have not had their feet bound as women with big feet. People in those places have always been ashamed of women with big feet. "

"There are even many literati who write poems praising those women's three-inch golden lotuses. It is said that only women with figures as light as dancing on the palms of hands are good women."

But what all the women present didn't understand was, what's so beautiful about the small and exquisite illusion created by forcibly breaking off a person's feet?

Wu An's face was extremely ugly, and he looked back at his husband, who looked quite gentle.

"We are all women, so we don't understand why a girl's feet should be broken off just to make the feet look smaller. My husband, you are a man, do you know why?"

You Sifang shuddered and quickly shook his head. No, although he is a man, he also looks down upon this custom of foot binding. Who in the right mind would like a foot that has been tortured and looks deformed? Those who like it must have something wrong with their heads or something else.

So he quickly explained to his wife.

"Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law! You have to believe me. Although I am also a man, I don't like the three-inch golden lotus at all. Aren't Zhengzheng's feet bad? Plus, if you really make a woman's feet look like How can she walk after being entangled like that? It must be painful to walk. If you really love your daughter, then those parents and relatives will definitely not be willing to let their children suffer such a sin." ˆ ˆ ˆ "That's right, I do too. I don’t think it will look much better after being wrapped with three-inch golden lotus. Normal feet are the best looking.”

Boss You and several other grown men quickly shook their heads in denial. They come from the bottom of their hearts, especially for farmers like them. Because their lives are so poor, men have to go out to work every day, and women have to take care of the housework and take care of the home. If a woman's feet are really tied up and even walking becomes a problem, how can she manage everything at home?

Their farmers only pay attention to practicality and not to beauty, not to mention that it is not beautiful at all. Just thinking about how the toes and arches of those feet were broken are terrifying.

In fact, Ning Ning also felt strange at this time. What good things could come after giving birth to a three-inch golden lotus? Moreover, after breaking off the toes and arches, tightly wrapping them with cloth, and then stuffing them into shoes, it will inevitably cause odor due to the stuffiness and airtightness. Do those literati just like the smell of foot odor?

Then wouldn’t it be enough for them to smell their own private parts? Why do you have to smell other people’s?

"Grandpa, what will those women with three-inch golden lotuses look like when they grow up? In other words, why do those high-ranking officials like to marry women who have their feet bound? Do they just like to see how bad they are?"

Wu Shan didn't understand this question either. After all, he was a normal man. In addition, there are still some differences between the Wu clan and the Central Plains culture. Especially after his aversion to foot binding was noticed by the locals, they became particularly wary of him. So he didn't figure it out until the end. This problem had been bothering him for a long time. It just happened to be mentioned at this time, so he spoke out.

Then the only person present who can answer this question is...

Everyone silently turned to look at Mr. Song. Mr. Song couldn't help stroking his beard. In fact, he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in. These were indeed done by the so-called literati. As a literati, he felt ashamed of this.

It's just that Mr. Song has never been one to avoid problems. After being mentally prepared, he still spoke slowly.

"Let me express my attitude first. I don't like this so-called three-inch golden lotus at all."

The You family members nodded. They had never thought that Mr. Song would like this kind of thing. After all, Mr. Song was such an upright person.

Seeing that everyone trusted him, Mr. Song was relieved and then began to recall the scenes he had seen before.

"Women who have their feet bound will wear special shoes when they reach adulthood. Those special shoes will make their feet look more beautiful. However, because their feet have been bound since childhood, those women cannot stand for long periods of time or run. A woman who can move forward step by step, some people think that such a woman walks gracefully and has the beauty of a lotus growing with each step."

"Some people also say that women with bound feet will be more supple than those with natural feet. This is because they believe that the bones that are broken during the foot binding process are not only in the feet, but also in the women's spines. "