The first comb brings good fortune, the second brings longevity, the third brings freedom, the fourth brings integrity, the fifth brings a steadfast heart, the sixth brings the deep bond of sisterhood, the seventh brings great luck and prosperity, and the eighth brings freedom from hardship and disaster... When I was eight years old, I poisoned my father to death and went to live in my great-aunt's house as a "self-combed woman," thus stepping into the true world of the self-combed women.