The demons will then have to be beheaded, without any clemency. Selling sons Contracts concerning taxes or property transfer were written on regular white paper, but the heartbreaking custom was to use red paper--of the type meant for weddings--when the object of the transaction was a person, for example a wife, child, maid, or a son- or daughter-in-law.
賣子無叫子名買賣房屋、租稅契約用的都是平常的白紙，如果買賣的是妻子、孩子、奴婢，或是童養媳、招贅男子，這類人事契約書用的反而是喜事用的大紅紙，分外教人難堪。