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Foot binding is an opportunity for any young girls to marry out of her league. This is why mothers took the risk of foot binding. A lot of girls usually don’t survive this as they will get infection/sepsis from the procedure . Read snow flower and the secret fan by Lisa see. It’s a good novel about foot binding.

That will depend on the dynasty. It started in the…sui dynasty??? It was ban by the Qing dynasty but Han people still continue it, even when the Qing dynasty ended, some place still continue to practice until communist took over and ban it completely.

hua family:
Senior Hua - Old Master
- head of the household
- husband, father, grandfather
Old Madame - legal wife
1. 1st Son [married Zhu lady]
A. hua zi (has 4 maids)
B. Hua bo lin
2. 1st Daughter (hua jing) - from old madame
2nd daughter (hua qian) with mistress (not mention)
3. 2nd Son [married qi lady]
A. Hua Bo li
4. 3rd son [married xia lady]
A. Hua Ling
B. Hua Bo Yu
C. hua Duo
With mistress qin (3rd madame’s dowry maid and bo Li’s bio mom):
Hua xian
5. 4th son [married Wu lady]
A. Unborn baby

2nd and 3rd son had other concubines/mistresses but they all fled when the family fell.

Everyone else is pretty much close maids from each branch of the family), servants, housekeeper (Mr. Zhong)etc.

A branch ( in mandarin: Fong. Etc yi Fong refers to HZ’s immediate family)represents the male son.
A branch could move out and establish his own manor depending on imperial edict or bestowment. When this happens, the family is officially independent.

In the old days, beside the senior (highest patriarch: father), one son from the family could hold a political position in court. The rest of the sons will have to do something else or continue studying. This is a way of balance to make sure no family has too much political power in court. The drama seems to have all the sons (besides the 4th) have some kind of position in court. It is normal for families to live under one roof with the exceptions of the daughters marrying out.

Check out kiss? 21 ep posted so far

Lol I thought it sounded weird——too deep. HYT’s voice is consistent with all his drama…ep 22 was a very odd to me

I think he comes in later 1/2 of the drama. He won’t be around until he made a name for himself and have a say in front of his family.

Love like the galaxy is probably the only drama that I watched that follows closely to the novel. This drama is pretty on point with the drama so far (the main points of the plot twist).

Yup…they are the worst in the novel. Only the 4th mrs is decent, trusted and helpful when it comes yo handling small family matters. HZ’s mom is just naive and impressionable but bc of that, she’s more of a burden. With tradition, the family’s manager responsibility should be to the eldest daughter in law, if not, the most capable. The drama gave all of them too much credit for being a decent human.

Wednesday and Thursday are only 1 ep

ESP with the fl

Lol…well the ones that flee were bc they are no longer getting shelter and food. Stay only for the good times but left when bad times happen. Those who stayed bc of the children or they would also left.

ML acting is ok…but he’s popular among audiences.

The 3rd auntie already have her own son…the one who turn 10 and left with the men. She don’t have to adopt boli…doing so would make him legit and fight with her own for family fortunes etc…she was probably happy at the idea that boli went to the second auntie (her sister in law).

Lol it’s confusing but you are not getting how the society the women are in. Concubine’s kids are considered as back ups. All the concubines’s kids refer to the legal wife as mother and see her as mother. Men had all the fun back in the days. If the wife can’t produce a son as an heir or to carry the family name, they get concubines as back up. Concubines status are low and their position don’t have much day or decisions making. They are in the family as a baby maker and if they produce sons, their status is stable as in stay in the family for life. But if they only have daughter, the man could get another concubine …creating even more internal jealousy and fear among the harem.

There was a reason why the concubine is always lurking around boli. She s his biological mother. If the hua family did not lose their society status, the concubine would not dare to act out. There were other concubines from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd sons but they fled when the family lost power and wealth.

The man only have one legit/legal wife…the ladies after her are all concubines. The 3rd brother have a boy with the legal wife (myolie is the actress playing the third wife). ‘Yee niang’ is translated to auntie-mother…what the kids would refer to the concubines. E.g. jiang (surname) yee niang. The wife position must be empty for a concubine to be elevated. Sometimes the man would just marry another noble lady then promote the concubine. Concubines are usually servants (like maid servant that came with the first wife as her dowry) or low class workers which is why their status is cheap in the family. Bo li is the concubine’s son and if he stay in his biological place, he will always be treated second hand by society. Which is why the concubine agreed to have her son adopted to the second branch (second hua son).

I don’t get why that theme is so common/popular??? I m glad they can’t include that part in.

Family background (nobility, education, official post) is on par with each other, making the marriage suitable. So if one family is of lower status, the marriage is not well match. That’s how things are back then.

More like sacrifice and agreement, not lies.

The son was transferred or adopted to the second lady since the couple have no kids. The son is actually from the 3rd brother and his concubine. Once that processed is complete, the biological mother have no say or claim to the son anymore…legally and in the family setting. It’s better to be the legit son of the legal wife than a concubine. Kids from concubines do not inherit family titles or given the same treatment or see as equals.