He never had expected that to get the most desirable of small feet (" three inch golden lotuses "), a mother would first bend all of the toes, save the big toe, back to the sole of the foot and then tightly wrap the foot with a cloth. Then she would press a grind stone weighing tens of pounds on the feet to break the bones in the toes.
沒想到為了要有雙三寸金蓮，媽媽要先將女兒除拇指外的所有腳趾向內彎曲貼在腳底，用布裹緊；之後還要再用一塊幾十斤重的大磨石，壓在她腳背上，折斷腳趾的骨頭。