Chinese Cinderella

What is Nai Nai's opinion on customary foot binding?

chapter 1-4

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Nai Nai is happy the custom has been done away with.

“Of course! It hurt so badly I couldn’t sleep. I screamed with pain and begged my mother to free my feet, but she wouldn’t. In fact, the pain has never gone away. My feet have hurt every day since they were bound and continue to hurt today. I had a pair of perfectly normal feet when I was born, but they maimed me on purpose and gave me lifelong arthritis so I would be attractive. Just be thankful this horrible custom was done away with thirty years ago. Otherwise your feet would be crippled and you wouldn’t be able to run or jump either.”

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Chinese Cinderella