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Chapter 518 The old custom of foot binding. 2
In the Ming Dynasty, it entered a prosperous period and developed rapidly in various places. The theory of "three-inch golden lotus" appeared, and they all thought it was fashionable.

There are even certain requirements for the shape of the bound feet.

It is required that the feet should not only be as small as three inches, but also be bowed and wrapped in the shape of an angular millet.

At that time, women's big feet were a big taboo at that time, and Empress Ma of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was loved by her adoptive parents when she was young, and she insisted on not binding her feet. Later, the people called her Queen Big Feet, which shows how corrupt the footbinding custom was at that time. .

Then in the Qing Dynasty, foot binding was popular in the north during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, and it became popular for women in the south during the reign of Lord Qianlong. Later, during the reign of Xianfeng, footbinding had spread to women from all walks of life.

All women, rich or poor, high or low, bound their feet one after another.

Fu Yuejun and Zhao Yanqiu are both Manchurians, the imperial court strictly forbids footbinding of women in the eighth period, and the Qin family and the Fucha family have a good relationship, and there is only one daughter, so Master Qin is also reluctant to bear her footbinding.

Besides, the Qin family is also a wealthy family, even if Qin Zhiyu can't get married, they can still support her for a lifetime.

Fu Yuejun has never seen footbinding, but he has heard of this process.

At the beginning, the feet are soaked in hot water to soften them, and then the four toes except the thumb are forced down. Some people even bend the whole foot down, and finally tie it tightly with cloth.

Only one big toe is exposed at the front to form a tiptoe, and this process has to be repeated every day.

What's even more frightening is that sometimes, in order to achieve the goal, some sharp things are added to the foot wrap, such as shards of porcelain, and even outrageous things that cut the muscles...

Due to the poor medical conditions among the people, bound feet are often infected. People can't find a better way, they can only cut off the rotten part and squeeze out the pus...

It was too cruel, too bloody!
Fu Yuejun has always known that men are respected since ancient times, but he didn't know that among the people, women's status is so low that in order to please men, they actually broke their feet.

Just when Fu Yuejun and Zhao Yanqiu were stunned, the girl had already been taken back by her mother, and a heart-piercing scream came from the alley, which made people's hair stand on end.

Fu Yuejun's heart was about to break, the two looked at each other, nodded, and then entered the house at the entrance of the alley.

This family can be regarded as a wealthy family, and some prepared things were brought up, including six ten-foot-long cloth belts that were starched and washed, needles and threads, cotton, small scissors for manicure, alum, and flat cloth shoes...

There is also an old woman in the family, that woman should be the girl's grandmother. The old man looks a little thin, but she is very energetic, and her thin body is completely supported by the pair of three-inch golden lotus.

The old woman was leaning on a cane, her upper body clothes were wide and big, her hair was combed baldly, and was tied into a small bun at the back, with a shiny silver hairpin inserted into it.

Looking at it from a distance, it looks like it is walking on three legs, like a monster!

The girl was pinned down on a chair by her father, crying terribly, and her voice was hoarse, but she still couldn't stop the fate of bound feet.

Ten fingers connected to the heart, the pain is more than piercing?
At this moment, the girl's mother took a basin of clean hot water to scrub the girl's feet, then put her feet on a clean white cloth, asked her father to hold her down, and swung an inch-thick wooden stick by herself. Hitting her toes hard.

(End of this chapter)