I don't remember what exactly I was watching at the time,but it had something to do with Chinese Foot Binding...I think
So this is what this is about ^_^"
The Title means "Bounded Feet" I think .
China watched as woman,young and old hobbled down the crowded streets.
It ashamed him that his *Emperor would do this to such young girls. Putting them through such pain and misery.
The Girl-ish man sighed and walked away.
Another child's feet was to be Binded that Afternoon.
He began walking to the little hut.
Three Women surrounded a young,*four year old looking child.
The little child and the women looked up
" 午安,中國先生"( Wǔ ān, zhōngguó xiānshēng) The little girl waved enthusiastically. China waved back,smiling softly towards the poor girl.
China turned towards the mother.
" 我可以在旁邊看嗎?" ( Wǒ kěyǐ zài pángbiān kàn ma?) China asked polity
" 如果您想要看的話,中國"( Rúguǒ nín xiǎng yào kàn dehuà, zhōngguó) The woman's mother,smiled. Her smile was sad and almost dead-looking. Her eyes showed regret. China guessed at what was to be down.
The child looked confused.
"媽媽,看什麼 會發生什麼事情?" ( Māmā, kàn shénme? huì yǒu shé me shìqíng fāshēng) Her brown eyes showed confusion and fear.
" 女兒, 你要被纏足了"( Nǚér, nǐ yào bèi chánzú le) The woman made a motion with her hand to the other women.
The child then tried to get away,running behind China who looked down at her.
"*梅林-" ( Méi-lín-) China was abruptly cut off
" 不! 我不想要被纏足! 我想要能跑跟跳! 我想要可以來去自如!" ( Bù! Wǒ bùxiǎng yào bèi chánzú! Wǒ xiǎng yào néng pǎo gēn tiào! Wǒ xiǎng yào kěyǐ láiqù zìrú!)
" 梅林, 如果你不纏足的話, 你不會嫁入一戶好家庭. 你也能可說不定會被丟入牢裡,或者會被處罰." ( Méilín, rúguǒ nǐ bù chánzú dehuà, nǐ bù huì jià rù-hù hǎo jiātíng. Nǐ yě néng kě shuō bu dìng huì bèi diū rùláo lǐ, huòzhě huì bèi chǔfá.) China looked at the child.
China felt pity for her.
May-Lin's eyes stared into his warm,light chocolate eyes.
Before she walked back to the chair,sitting gracefully.
Who didn't want to marry into a good family? Not get punished and put into Jail?
China smiled and sat by the child,
" 梅林, 你要不要趁他們幫你纏足的時候跟我一起談話?"He asked,little May-Lin nodded and giggled.
Her mother was soaking her feet in a warm mixture of herbs and animal blood.
" 我以前曾經有一個妹妹."May-Lin gasped,
" 真的嗎? 你以前有一個妹妹啊?"She sat up in the chair,splashing the odd mixture out of the little basin.
"May-Lin,please be still"her mother interjected
" 對不起, 媽媽."She apologized softly
"是. 她很像你."He confirmed one again
"真的? 她的名字是什麼?"A bright smile on her face reminded China of Taiwan
" 她的名字是台灣."He stared at the wall,he remembered moments with the little girl.
"哎呀!" She yelped when her mother began cutting back her toenails to a length that would prevent in growth.
" 你有交過朋友嗎?"China quickly asked,wanting to force May-Lin's mind off of the Foot Binding
May-Lin shook her head,wincing
Her mother pressing her toes into the soles of the foot. She then started to massage her Daughters feet.
May-Lin giggled again,the foot massage tickled. She wanted to pull her foot way but stooped herself when she remembered China's words.
" 梅林, 如果你不纏足的話, 你不會嫁入一戶好家庭. 你也能可說不定會被丟入牢裡,或者會被處罰.
Simplified: 梅林，如果你不缠足的话，你不会嫁入-户好家庭。你也能可说不定会被丢入牢里，或者会被处罚"
Her mother began soaking three Meter by five Centimeters Cotton Bandages in the same mixture as earlier.
She curled each toe under and then with great force pressed down and squeezed into the sole of the foot. Breaking each toe.
May-Lin screamed,trying to jerk her foot out of her mother's grasp.
" 請住手! 我會痛!" she repeated over and over,struggling to get away. The three women held her down.
Her mother had tears in her eyes.
The broken toes were held tightly against the sole of her foot.
" 梅林, 很快就不會痛了, 冷靜下來"
The foot was then drawn down straight with the leg and the arch forcibly broken.
This was just the beginning of the process.
Her mother began wounding the Bandages in a figure-eight movement.
She started at the inside of the foot at the instep,carried over the toes,under the foot.
Round the heel.
The freshly broken toes pressed tightly into the sole of the foot.
At each pass around the foot,the binding was tightening.
Pulling the ball of the and the heel close together.
May-Lin's broken foot folded at the arch. Her toes pressing underneath.
May-Lin let out a broken and choked sob.
Two of the three women held May-Lin's arms down wile the other held her knees down,as she tried to thrash out of their grip on her limbs.
"殺了我吧!"She screamed,hiccuping pathetically.
After the binding was complete the end of the binding cloth was sewn tightly to prevent May-Lin from loosening it.
"你一定要站起來, 梅. 你不能休息."Her mother,*Rin-mao stroked her Daughters black hair"China,do you think you can take her out to..you know"Her mother looked pleadingly at The Chinese man.
He nodded,grabbing May-Lin's small hand and pulled her outside.
"中國先生, 為什麼我不能休息?"She wiped her eyes with her Kimono sleeve.
" 我不知道, 梅林."Ignoring the look of pity and sympathy from passerby's.
China heard a soft whimper from the little girl.
The binding must be drying.
They must be tightening.
"對不起, 梅林. 讓你受苦了."China refused to meet eyes with her.
The chided let out a broken giggle,
"這不是您的錯, 中國先生"She ended her sentence with a broken smile" 我是女孩, 所以我需要承擔責任, 嫁入一戶好家庭, 對不對？"She softly grabbed China's hand and squeezed.
China squeezed back.
"為什麼你們一定要虐待這麼無辜的小女孩呢?"
*There's several different stories of the Emperor.
A clubbed foot
One who met a woman with bound feet
It's hard to tell.
*A name that I like...sorta. To me it just sounds cute.
*I think at the time this is put around Taiwan was under Japan rule...
*I mixed a name from Beyblade.
I really wanted to put the Dialogue in Chinese but since I don't know Chinese and I was kind of afraid to use a Translator ;A; so if anyone can translate the Dialogue into Chinese please tell me ^_^.
I got everything from Wikipedia~