"Um, I'm sorry, I was being presumptuous."
Ji Minxiu then remembered that in ancient times, women's feet were not supposed to be shown to men outside the family.
Upon hearing the apology, Yun Zhourong knew that Ji Minxiu had misunderstood.
A pang of sadness welled up inside her, but she quickly explained, "Lord Snow Demon, I didn't mean to offend you, but I didn't bind my feet. My big feet are ugly, and I really don't want to..."
Deep down, she didn't want the Snow Demon to see her bad side.
Foot binding?
Hearing the evasiveness in her voice, Ji Minxiu's heart stirred slightly. He turned around and said seriously, "Naturally grown feet are the most beautiful. In my opinion, those so-called 'three-inch golden lotuses' are a distorted aesthetic that violates human nature and are very ugly."
He remembered that in that wicked old society, having big feet was considered shameful and having small feet was considered honorable, and there was even a saying that "small feet make a person noble, while big feet make a person lowly."
Although he didn't know the reason, he was very glad that Yun Zhourong hadn't bound her feet and could still run freely between heaven and earth.
These words left Yun Zhourong stunned in astonishment. "Ugly? You mean bound feet... are ugly?!"
In wealthy families, it was customary to bind feet, but unfortunately, her biological mother passed away just as she reached the age where foot binding was required.
Her stepmother didn't care about her at all, and she had no one to teach her or understand, which is why she didn't bind her feet.
When she reached marriageable age, after they learned that she had bound feet, no good families came to her door. They all said that women without bound feet were not respectable and unworthy of being the mistress of a high-ranking family.
Her marriage was delayed, and she became an old maid who was still unmarried at the age of twenty.
She only then realized the importance of foot binding and became very self-conscious.
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