m always thought my Ancestry was based on the Pirates of the South China Seas, because the memoir of my great-grandmother, bemoaned her barbarian-bride status of being a Noble- with unbound feet.
She was married into Nobility as part of the pirate-bargaining with the Emperor, that all daughters of the Late Pirate Queen should be married into his extended family, in order that they could keep their wealth.
She became the second wife, chosen by Chiong Afa, for her Pirate-history taught her 6-Languages, that he could use for bargaining and business in the East Indies.
Her daughter was born a Princess, who was my murdered grandmother. She too had unbound feet, as the barbarian- bride married on condition-her daughters would not be bound, nor would he have
any concubines.
In my Great-Grandmotherās Memoirs She Nicknames her Daughter āQueryā to remind her of her matriarchal heritage, as ruler of the seas.
I have somewhere a photo of my grandmothers wedding scroll, which should trace back her origin, I know she was from Southern China.
I have her Silver Bracelet from her wedding, which has been passed down through the family since 1847.
It is solid and decorative silver, with Jade seal script. I will have to dig it out and translate.
Something is missing about my Ancestral history, it may not be important but, I feel somehow -
I feel a deep connection to Nature, as though lāve lived before, and am carrying knowledge that is no stranger to my Ancestors, but doesnāt fit with anything I have been taught. I spoke with Jamie today, and our recollections grew, that I was no ordinary little girl, the things I did were like re-enactments of a memory.
Collecting bugs and centipedes in a chinese cabbage jar.
Pouring boiling water on Snails, to extract their slime.
Collecting sap from trees, to make into āblood Potionā
and dare us to drink it,
to make ourselves invisible, from the dangers we faced at home. I know these were just games we played. but I somehow Feel inside, I knew and believed in what I was doing, I knew how to escape the tragedies we faced alone.
confessed to Jamie, the ways I teased him then, but he said to me instead, these were the most magical times of our lives, the best heād ever done. And She said to me she misses me, and I made her who she is today, a Woman sheās become
