Chapter 377 Bound Feet
The servants then began to clean up the old house in a hurry.
The servants in the Miao family have all seen blood and are much braver than servants in ordinary families. After all, they work for the Miao family.
If you are not brave enough, you will not be able to do this job.
But the good thing is that the Miao family pays a lot of wages. As long as they work diligently, they can make money much faster than looking for work outside.
It was already afternoon by the time the Miao family's old house was cleaned. Everyone was so tired that they sat in the yard and no one wanted to talk.
Juanjuan had already fallen asleep leaning against the soft bed, with a lot of dirt on his fair little face.
Miao Jiu looked at the sky and decided not to go back today. He gently picked her up and walked towards his yard.
He also found a little girl with nimble hands and feet and changed her clothes.
Seeing that the little one was sleeping soundly, I asked someone to buy some food, fearing that she would be hungry when she woke up at night.
It was the first time that Miao Jiu was able to take Juanjuan to sleep. He had envied others for a long time before that.
This time when he went back, he took the little girl Juanjuan back with him and let her sleep with him and his wife.
As Miao Jiu was thinking about this, he fell asleep on his side beside her.
Juanjuan rolled to his side and woke him up.
Seeing the little guy beside him, a smile appeared on his face again.
"What a pity that I gave birth to three brats." Miao Jiu murmured, and something came to his mind.
"Juanjuan and Achen may not become husband and wife in the future. He has three sons. Although they are younger than Juanjuan, they are still competitive."
The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed to him. He decided to discuss it with Aning when he got back.
Juanjuan was sleeping soundly, but she had no idea what her uncle had already started to plan.
When Old Man Miao came, Juanjuan had just woken up and was sitting on the bed yawning, his eyes unfocused.
"I asked someone to bring food and made some new clothes for Juanjuan."
Curly's little nose twitched and his stomach growled.
"Are you hungry?" Miao Jiu rubbed her loose hair.
"Yeah, I'm hungry." Juanjuan is now completely awake.
"Come, grandpa bought you some delicious food, see if you like it." Old man Miao handed the clothes in his hand to Miao Jiu.
Miao Jiu reached out to take it and looked at the clothes in front of her. It was a light blue cheongsam with beautiful little koi embroidered on it. It was the perfect size for Juanjuan to wear.
"When was it done?"
"I did it a long time ago, but I never had the chance to give it to the children." Old man Miao smiled as he watched Juanjuan put on the little cheongsam.
"It's so beautiful, thank you Grandpa!" Juanjuan stretched out her little hand to touch the little koi embroidered on it.
"As long as Juanjuan likes it." Old Man Miao said as he pulled her to sit at the table, where delicious food was already placed.
The father and son hadn't eaten together for many years, and the atmosphere at the table was a little cold for a moment.
"Grandpa, Juanjuan wants to eat that."
"Uncle, Juanjuan wants to eat that."
"Grandpa, give this to my uncle, he can't get it."
"Uncle, please serve grandpa a bowl of soup!"
The two of them were being directed around by Juanjuan, but the atmosphere seemed to be less awkward.
"Are you going back tomorrow?" asked Old Man Miao.
Miao Jiu hummed softly.
"Grandpa, let my younger brothers come to see you in a few days!" Juanjuan spoke vaguely with something stuffed in her mouth.
"Okay, Juanjuan and Achen will come too." Old man Miao said with a smile.
"Okay." Juanjuan nodded with a smile.
The old house of the Miao family has never been so quiet. The masters of each courtyard have left, leaving only the two masters of the main courtyard.
Even Butler Miao is dead, and now the person temporarily acting as butler is Miao Long.
But after just one day he already wanted to escape.
In the end, there was no choice but to transfer Miao Qing over to take over the position of housekeeper.
It just so happened that Miao Qing was older, so the housekeeper's job was relatively easier.
As for the pawn shop business, new people were assigned to take over.
Juanjuan took Miao Jiu's hand and waved goodbye to Old Man Miao: "Grandpa, we are leaving. Come and play with Juanjuan when you have time!"
Old Man Miao smiled and nodded: "Okay, Grandpa will go find Juanjuan to play when he is free."
He also asked Miao Long to move all the things prepared for the children into the car.
Miao Qing looked at the departing car and said, "Master, Master Jiu will understand you."
"I know, but I feel sorry for him." Old man Miao turned around and walked into the Miao family's old house.
The once bustling old house became quiet.
Juanjuan leaned against the car window, looking at the bustling street.
There was a traffic jam today, so they stopped and waited for a while.
"Mom, please, I don't want to have my feet bound."
"You child, I let you bind your feet for your own good, why are you so ungrateful?"
"Mom, it hurts so much, I'm scared."
"Silly child, your mother is doing this for your own good. By binding your feet, you will be able to find a good marriage in the future and you will have no worries about food and clothing."
"Woo woo woo! Mom, I'm scared!"
Juanjuan stretched her little head out to take another look, but was pulled back by Miao Jiu: "Have you forgotten what I told you before?"
"Uncle, Juanjuan hasn't forgotten. I'm just curious about what that young lady said just now." Juanjuan turned and looked at him.
"What are you curious about?" Miao Jiu didn't notice the noise outside just now.
"What is foot binding?" Juanjuan tilted her head and looked at him.
"Did you just hear someone talking about foot binding?" Miao Jiu frowned slightly.
"Yeah, a little girl's mother said she wanted to bind her feet, saying it was for her own good." Juanjuan looked confused.
"Miao Long, go and take a look. If it is for sale, buy this girl back." Miao Jiu ordered.
"Yes." Miao Long parked the car aside and went to look for someone.
"Juanjuan, are you curious about what will happen to people who have bound feet?" Miao Jiu looked at her and asked.
"Yeah." Juanjuan nodded her head.
Miao Jiu picked her up and pointed to an old woman sitting on a stool embroidering in the distance. Her exposed feet were only half the size of his palm.
"Uncle, this grandma's feet are so small!"
"This is because this lady had bound feet, which is a very bad custom." Miao Jiu had seen such a woman.
There were girls like this in the building, but their feet were bound by their families before they were sold to brothels.
At that time, he was curious and asked them to open it and show it to him. He is still impressed by it.
"Does it hurt a lot?" Juanjuan, you remember the little sister crying so sadly just now.
"It was very painful. They broke my toes and put them under my feet and wrapped them with cloth. Even so, I had to endure the pain and walk. Sometimes I was covered in blood and flesh."
Miao Jiu also heard from the girls in the building that it was more painful than being in a brothel.
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