Chapter 2613 Changing Customs

The woman continued to reprimand: "If you want to take over your grandfather's position and become the village chief in the future, you must have a pair of nice little feet! Otherwise, do you want to disappoint your grandfather and think that you will never achieve anything in your life?"

The boy cried and said, "I don't want to, but it hurts too much. I can't bear it anymore. Mom, please stop pestering me. Just for one day. Just let me take it easy for one day, okay?"

"It's not that I don't feel sorry for you. If you stop for a day, the binding on the back will be more painful, and it will also affect the size of your feet, so you won't be able to have small feet." The woman sighed and said, "Look at your father and uncles They all came here like this, you have to live up to your expectations."

After the woman finished speaking, she moved her hands again, and the boy cried heartbreakingly again.

That kind of crying was not the cry of a child losing his temper, but the scream of real pain that was so painful that he couldn't help it. Everyone in the yard fell silent.

It’s so permeable!

At this time, Katsudera's deliberately lowered voice came from the next door: "Keep your voice down, the distinguished guests are all here, don't disturb them to rest."

"But Ah Sheng is in too much pain, I can't help it." The woman's voice was choked with sobs as she spoke.

"Then shut your mouth. Isn't this how I came here?" Shengdera said angrily, "A Sheng, you were born as a son of our Shengdera family, how can you be so worthless, and you can't even bear this little hardship? "

Ah Sheng bit his lips tightly, trying not to scream, but the screams were gone, but they were suppressed and painful moans. For Bai Ruozhu, who had excellent hearing, it was still a kind of torture.

She had never seen the little boy, but she couldn't bear it, so she stood up and said, "Let me go and have a look."

Jiang Yichun followed, but whispered: "It's better not to look at it, I'm afraid it will make you uncomfortable."

They couldn't stop anything, even if they took action forcefully, they might not be able to save the child.

The two quietly jumped to the yard next door and saw the scene inside through the open window.

The little boy was about seven or eight years old, about the same age as Xiao Si. However, his face was pale at the moment, big beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his lower lip was bitten and stained with blood.

With tears in her eyes, the woman put a handkerchief in his mouth, "Bite it, don't hurt yourself."

Bai Ruozhu looked at it and shook his head. He wanted to speak but held back.

What qualifications does she have to order people not to bind their feet? Even if she uses force to make them obey, what happens after she leaves?

Customs in many places are difficult to change overnight.

She went back to the house feeling a little depressed, and Jiang Yichun held her hand distressedly, "Otherwise, let's buy the child and save each one for free."

"The child may not be happy if he leaves his family. But just because I feel comfortable, the child may not be happy." Bai Ruozhu said wiltedly.

Jiang Yichun saw that she was a little depressed and felt uncomfortable, so he started to think about it.

"How about this? Tomorrow, ask the astrologists to tell them about the prosperity of Kyoto, and then tell them about some islanders who went to Kyoto to become high officials, but they have to know that officials cannot be restrained." He said suddenly.

Bai Ruozhu's eyes lit up. He walked up high and spoke to the Shengsi family. He wanted his child to be the village chief in the future, so he didn't think it would embarrass the family. But that was the end of the village chief. If there was a better one, Bai Ruozhu's eyes lit up. What's the way out?

"Go and do it now, it's still early anyway." She rushed out like a gust of wind and told Oda her intention directly.

"I'll give it a try, but their custom has lasted for hundreds of years and may not be changed overnight." Oda was a little worried.

"Maybe we can't help the child named Asheng, but we can help future children, so it's not in vain for us to pass by here." Bai Ruozhu said.

Then she explained it to Oda and taught him this and that.

Oda took a pot of wine and went directly to the village Zhongshengji Temple next door. He said with a smile: "Village Chief, thank you for your hospitality. This pot of wine is for you to drink."

"This sir is so polite." Katsudera was particularly happy. They didn't know how to make wine on their island, and he hadn't drank such a precious thing as wine for many years.

"I'm not an adult, I'm just an entourage. The village chief doesn't need to be polite to me. How about we have a drink?" Oda looked very cheerful.

"Okay, okay." Katsudera hurriedly asked his family to get the wine cups, and then ordered his daughter-in-law to prepare two dishes to go with the wine.

He was very envious when he saw Oda's well-dressed clothes. He thought that even the officials' entourage was so decent. The people in Kyoto were really different.

After the two drank several glasses of wine, Oda talked a lot more.

"Brother, your island is so close to Fuso, why don't you go to Fuso to develop? There is a high-ranking official in Kyoto who came from the Emerald Island in the west. Now the house in Kyoto is almost as big as that of my family. Not only that, he He also guided several of his younger generation on the island to study in Kyoto and become officials in the future. I heard that he donated a lot of money to his hometown, and the houses in his hometown are even more magnificent than those in Kyoto, which is really amazing."

Katsudera looked envious when he heard this, "We are a small island and everyone has no knowledge. How dare we go to Fuso to show our shame."

"Brother, you are too modest. But you older ones can't help it. But your children can go to school. If they take part in the imperial examination in the future, they will naturally be able to become officials. It's not what I said. That high official on the Emerald Island is really It’s Guangzong Yaozu.”

"Can our children's reading be comparable to that of children in Kyoto? There is a huge difference." Katsudera waved his hands hurriedly.

"Why is it difficult to study? It mainly depends on whether you can endure hardship and whether you are willing to take the time to learn. There are many young men in Kyoto who are unwilling to endure hardship, and in the end they can only rely on the care of their families. How can they compare with children who can endure hardship and make progress? We The emperor only selects talented people, but does not care about their background."

Oda casually swept his feet and said, "You have already endured the pain of bound feet. What is the hardship of studying? But Kyoto does not like bound feet, especially those of military generals whose feet are too small to stand. If you are stable, you won’t be able to be an official.”

"Foot binding represents dignity and is our tradition here." Katsudera became anxious when he heard this. After all, it is difficult to change the concept that has been held for many years.

Oda didn't show any flaws on his face and continued according to Bai Ruozhu's instructions: "Speaking of the fact that our emperor wants to establish diplomatic relations at sea, he may be able to choose a civil servant on your island. You saw the adults who speak the Central Plains dialect today. Really? They are the envoys for the state-building exchange between Fusang and the Danliang Kingdom in the Central Plains."

Shengsi thought of Bai Ruozhu and the others' dressing up and their aura, and felt extremely envious, and his eyes lit up.

"This is a good thing. Brother, you have to help me and introduce me to him." Katsudera hurriedly poured a glass of wine for Oda.

Oda sighed, "Brother, it's not that I won't help you, you can't be an official with your feet, otherwise you can choose a nephew or something, as long as he doesn't have small feet."