Li Ji Kills the Serpent

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I was twelve years old when I decided to die.

My name is Li Ji. I am the sixth daughter of a poor family in a county that no one has ever heard of. We lived in a house with three walls and a roof that leaked when it rained. We had one cow, two chickens, and a debt that grew larger every year.

My mother used to say that daughters were a burden. She said it without cruelty. It was simply a fact, like the weather or the price of rice. Daughters cost money. Daughters could not work the fields. Daughters had to be married off with dowries that families like ours could not afford.

Serpent on Evil Genius

Li Ji Kills the Serpent