With her interest in her, Wanrong's life suddenly became more fulfilling. During the day, she occasionally went shopping and watched movies with Lu Jingyan, and spent the rest of the time practicing comics. At night, she went to Zhou Hexuan's home to ask for advice on comics techniques.
After spending several days together, Zhou Hexuan and Wanrong had a heated fight, but there was no substantial violation of the rules.
In the blink of an eye, the "March 8th" International Women's Day is coming.
At this time, the Northern Expeditionary Army had occupied most of the southern areas. Not to mention the military, politically it began to implement a series of progressive new policies, such as changing customs.
March 8, Hankou.
More than 200,000 soldiers and civilians organized by the government held a celebration meeting for International Women's Day in Hankou. The massive parade passed through the streets and attracted lots of sideways glances. Many young girls and young wives came out to watch.
On the street, a little boy suddenly pointed at the parade and said: "Mom, look, those aunts are so strange, why don't they wear clothes?"
"Kid, don't look!" The woman quickly covered her son's eyes.
An old man was heartbroken and scolded repeatedly: "It's against the morals, it's against the morals!"
But there were dozens of naked women mixed in the parade. They were really naked, naked!
The famous prostitute Jin Yayu walked in the front. She was not ashamed, but proud. She waved colorful flags and shouted slogans: "Long live the liberation of Chinese women!"
"Long live the liberation of Chinese women!" the naked woman behind shouted.
There are countless progressive young students, regardless of gender, who are also shouting for women's liberation. They may usually look down on prostitutes, but at this moment, both sides have formed a united front and are running and shouting for the liberation of Chinese women.
In the early years of the Republic of China, Chinese women were in urgent need of liberation. The purpose of this demonstration was to corset women's breasts.
In the aesthetic consciousness from the Southern Song Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, flat breasts are beautiful. Beautiful breasts are small breasts that can be filled in one hand, and literati call them lilac breasts.
Therefore, serious women need to bind their breasts to protect their reputation. Even if their breast ulcers are not treated, they will be honored even if they die.
In the early years of the Republic of China, women could not expose their bodies. Even when sleeping, they had to wear vests that were longer than the knees. At first, women wore silk cloth to bind their breasts, and then prostitutes began to use small vests, and women from good families also followed suit.
The front piece of a short vest is decorated with a row of dense buttons to tightly fasten the breasts. This is the most primitive pattern. Later, women who pursued openness also interpreted tight-fitting vests to create a style, using light gauze materials to make vests
, covered with mesh, exposing her arms and skin, and was attacked by conservatives.
Nine years ago, Shanghai Congressman Jiang Quesheng wrote to the Jiangsu Provincial Office: "Women are now wearing a kind of obscene clothes, which are really inappropriate and unsightly. The blouse's arms are about one foot exposed, and the women's pants are hung up to one foot."
When he has more than a foot, in the summer, he wears a red gauze vest underneath and a gauze shirt with eyelets on the outside, so that his muscles are almost exposed."
Seven years ago, the Shanghai government issued a notice prohibiting the wearing of clothes that exposed legs and arms. If found, they would be arrested immediately and punished accordingly.
The famous painter Liu Haisu was almost arrested and imprisoned by Sun Chuanfang last year after he encouraged his students to use nude models for painting and publicly displayed portraits of human figures at art exhibitions.
How can we not overthrow a custom that is so discriminatory and oppressive to women?
The women's liberation movement intensified in the south, with progressives and conservatives spitting at each other. The women's association propaganda team was running around. When they gave a speech at the Sheshan Racecourse, Gu Lingzhi shouted: "We must resolutely put our foot down, we must resolutely cut our hair, and we must oppose
Corset! Corset is the most inhumane! Corset is a poisonous snake! It entangles the bodies and souls of netizen women..."
Speaking of excitement, Gu Lingzhi took off his shirt, held his uncorseted breasts with both hands and shouted with tears in his eyes: "Look, this is the real liberation! Long live the liberation of all Chinese women!"
When Hu Shi returned from abroad in the middle of the year, he even promoted "big grandma doctrine" at the graduation ceremony of Chinese and Western girls' schools. He said: "Without healthy grandma, healthy children cannot be nurtured."
This vigorous women's liberation movement, also known as the "Heavenly Breast Movement", lasted from March to July, when the southern government finally promulgated the "Prohibition of Women's Breast Binding".
The South is making a fuss, and the North is also making noises.
In order to please Zhang Zuolin, many northern newspapers reported the incident in detail and accused the revolutionary party of being shameless and immoral.
The article in "Ta Kung Pao" took a middle ground, rationally analyzing the harm of breast binding to women from a medical and physiological perspective. However, it also said that it is okay to expand the breasts, but not to expose them in public. The movement in the south went too far.
Running naked in public is considered immoral even in the West.
It was the weekend, and Zhou Hexuan did not go to work in the newspaper office.
When Wanrong came to him to ask for advice on cartooning techniques, she happened to see a newspaper on the table. She glanced at it and her face turned red, and she spat: "How can such a shameful thing be discussed in a newspaper?"
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "It's normal. Calling for women's liberation is a great thing for women."
"Mr. Zhou also supports breast expansion?" Wanrong asked.
"Of course I support it. Chest binding and foot binding are persecutions of women and should be resolutely resisted." Zhou Hexuan suddenly glanced at Wanrong's chest and asked curiously, "By the way, do you Manchu women also have their breasts bound?"
Wanrong blushed even more and whispered: "I tied it up too."
Chest corseting and foot binding are both customs of the Han people, but the Manchus and Han had a serious cultural influence on each other. In 1928, the Qing Dynasty Tomb was stolen, and people found a woman wrapped in three inches of golden lotus next to Qianlong's corpse.
This can be proved that although the Manchus prohibited foot binding, some Manchu women secretly bound their feet. This was in pursuit of fashion. As a queen, Wanrong's corseting was probably also influenced by aesthetic habits.
Zhou Hexuan really wanted to know how big Wanrong's breasts would be after they were released.
"Mr. Zhou, why do you keep staring at this person... over there?" Wanrong stomped her feet in shame.
"Ahem."
Zhou Hexuan coughed twice in embarrassment and said, "Actually, you can open your chest, which is better for your health."
Wanrong blushed and said continuously: "If you let go, it will be very ugly when you go out."
When Wanrong said it was ugly, it was not that her big breasts were ugly, but that the bulge on her chest was hard to see.
An idea flashed in Zhou Hexuan's mind, and he laughed and said, "I thought of a good way to make money!"
"What makes money?" Wanrong couldn't keep up.
What kind of business does Zhou Hexuan want to do?
Lingerie!
The natural breasts movement is getting bigger and bigger, even in the north. Many progressive women secretly let their breasts increase, but they encounter an embarrassing situation - they have no replacement underwear to wear.
Zhou Hexuan can definitely open a garment factory and create an underwear brand. No matter what era, women and children make the most money, this is a business with a bright future.