Grandma's little feet

When I was a child, I often watched my grandmother wash her feet under kerosene lamps. Grandma's small and pointed deformed feet make me curious!

Every night, people who have been busy all day come home from crops and vegetable fields. When a large pot of water is boiled, the family will fill a porcelain basin with hot water in turn, put a pair of feet in it, soak for a while, and then rub it clean with their hands.

The process of washing feet is not only a relief of fatigue in a day, but also a pleasant enjoyment.

Grandma always washes her feet slower than others and takes longer than others. A pair of little shoes made of cloth, embroidered with flowers and plants, are fine in workmanship and very beautiful. Grandma doesn't wear socks on her feet, but is wrapped in long cotton cloth, layer by layer. The cloth was opened, revealing little feet.

Look at the feet carefully, only the big toe thumb is intact, and the other four toes are twisted under the baseboard to make a pair of conical feet. This is what people call "Golden Lotus".

When I was a child, I was very curious and asked my grandmother, "Grandma, why did you wrap your feet like this?" Does it hurt? " Grandma smiled. "In the old society, women were like this."

Gradually, I noticed that many grandmothers in the village were wrapped in little feet, and even many grandmothers in the village were wrapped in little feet.

In winter, when the sun is shining, several grandmothers take off their shoes and put a pair of little feet under the cloth on the stone bench in the lane outside their home, all basking in the sun, baking the sun, pedicure and chatting.

Why are there so many grandmothers? In fact, grandma is still grandma, and they don't know. They just go with the flow and do as the Romans do.

In the old society, women in most parts of China had to bind their feet. This custom became more popular from Sui Dynasty to Ming and Qing Dynasties. The richer a woman is, the more bound her feet. The smaller her feet are, the more she is loved. The so-called "iron lotus, anemone, golden lotus."

"Three-inch Golden Lotus" was praised, and Bigfoot women were despised.

Some people say that "women bound their feet and restricted their movements. In the old society, women had a low status!" "Others said:" Women are full and supportive, catering to men's sexual desire! " "

Although all these are reasonable, modern people seem to destroy women!

In my mind, grandma walked in the uneven roadway with little feet and heavy water on her back. ...

In my mind, grandma is carrying baskets of grain on a narrow ridge. ...

In my mind, there are more than 80 grandmothers, climbing the Longmen of Xishan Mountain, with light steps and full of energy. ...

I can't help but sigh! Did society make them? Or has life honed them?

Let this bad habit disappear!