Red Mansion, Second Master Lian is too despicable

Chapter 113 Miscellaneous Talk: The Status of Wet Nurses
Of course, any family that hires a wet nurse is a wealthy family. Wet nurse, wet nurse, wet nurse, and wet nurse all mean the same thing. In Jia's family, they are called wet nurses. We have introduced them here and will not discuss them again.

The average life span of ancient Chinese people was relatively short, medical technology was underdeveloped, and infant mortality was extremely high. Therefore, early marriage and early pregnancy were advocated by the public. Couples should have more children at an age suitable for childbearing, and increase the number of babies to make up for the loss of infant deaths. .

In many dynasties, girls gave birth to their first child between the ages of 14 and 19. Many young mothers who are novices have not yet matured physically. Although they are able to conceive and give birth to children, they often face the problem of insufficient milk.Most mothers who live at the bottom of society have to take care of housework and even do farm work. They themselves are malnourished, and their babies are also underfed.

In ancient times when there was no milk powder, some students would suggest feeding babies with fresh milk.In fact, ancient Chinese people did not have the habit of drinking milk. First, they believed that only barbarians would drink milk from livestock.Second, because my country’s ancient social economy was based on farming, in order to protect agriculture, cattle were mainly used as farming tools. Cow hides and horns were strategic materials for making weapons and armor. The government had many restrictions on the consumption of cattle.Third, due to the limited source of milk, most of the native cattle in my country are cattle and buffaloes, and the milk production of either type cannot be compared with that of dairy cows.The introduction of cows from Europe happened at the end of the [-]th century and the beginning of the [-]th century. In the late Qing Dynasty and after the Opium War, my country became a semi-feudal and semi-colonial country. In order to drink fresh milk, a large number of foreigners brought cows and cows from Europe. my country's cattle breeding is also the first time that China has dairy cows.

When breast milk is insufficient, ordinary people have no good choice. They either feed their babies rice soup with little nutritional value. If there are goats at home and they happen to be lactating, they can also squeeze out goat milk for their children to drink. Of course, this It is a last resort for survival. After all, humans and animals are not the same species.If there is a close relative or neighbor who happens to have a lactating woman with sufficient milk, the baby can be asked to adopt a godmother. Of course, the godmother must have her own biological children to feed, so some babies can adopt several godmothers in order to feed. mother.

But it is different for wealthy families. If they have the material conditions, they can hire a wet nurse, and they can ensure that the wet nurse eats better than others.In order to ensure that the family business is inherited by the wealthy merchants and nobles, they often have many wives and concubines, and some of them become pregnant at the same time. In this way, a rich family can raise several wet nurses, and the children of the wives and concubines are all taken care of by their respective mothers. The wet nurse feeds the child, which directly cuts off the relationship between the child and the biological mother. Marriage in ancient China is a system of monogamy and multiple concubines. In the family, the husband and wife also shoulder the responsibility of educating their children, and the wife who is married to the media exercises maternal rights, whether she is married or not. He gave birth to the children, and his wife was the mother of these children. The children continued to grow and they did not have a deep relationship with their biological mother, which indirectly consolidated the wife's status in the family.With this understanding, everyone can better understand the mother-daughter relationship between Jia Tanchun and Aunt Zhao in "A Dream of Red Mansions".

The wet nurse feeds the baby instead of the mother, which greatly liberates the mother and allows her physical and mental state to return to normal quickly from the pregnancy period. This is very important for a wealthy family with many wives and concubines. The wives and concubines can use their recovered bodies and concubines as quickly as possible. Spirit, go all out to fight for favor.

In addition, lactating women generally do not have their periods, and breastfeeding inhibits ovulation. In order to conceive the next child as soon as possible, even those who can only afford one wife will ask others to feed their children as long as they still have money. This has become a Another driving force to promote the development of nanny's career.

Taking care of a newborn is a very hard job. You may not be able to sleep for a full night for a year. How can those wives and aunts endure such hardship?It has become a consensus among rich families that breastfeeding is a job for servants. Poor women, especially those with illegitimate children, sometimes have to temporarily or permanently give up their biological children and use their own milk to feed other people's babies. Under supervision The work of breastfeeding was completed under the guidance of the nurse. Therefore, ancient wet nurses often came from humble backgrounds and had lower education levels than today's first-grade primary school students.However, they are generally simple-minded and kind-hearted. Some large families with good family traditions will still keep the wet nurse at home to do other things after the child is weaned because the wet nurse is very attached to the child and in order to repay the nurse for her hard work in raising the child. At work, the pay is generally relatively generous and the status is relatively high. Even when the wet nurse gets old, she is allowed to retire and take care of herself. Grandma Li, Jia Baoyu's wet nurse in "A Dream of Red Mansions", has a very high status.

In the palace where the power struggle was fierce, the situation was different.Especially in the Qing Dynasty, when the feudal system reached its peak, in order to prevent trouble in the harem and foreign relatives interfering in politics, the relationship between the prince and his biological mother was alienated, and it was clearly stipulated that the biological mother could not raise her own children.Princes and princesses are cared for by wet nurses as soon as they are born. They have only one mother, the empress.Moreover, the wet nurse does not belong to the concubines, but is under the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and completely obeys the emperor.Dear royal concubines, you only see your children a few times a year.In this case, the status and role of the wet nurse is very important. If the little prince fed by the wet nurse becomes the emperor, the wet nurse will follow him to heaven.

A monk came to his door and saw Shi Yin holding Yinglian. The monk burst into tears and said to Shi Yin: "Donor, please take this thing that has fate or bad luck and affects your parents. What are you doing in your arms?"]

There is a long line of criticism about this sentence of the scabby monk, [Jiaxumei criticism: How many heroes will die with eight words?How many loyal ministers and filial sons have died?How many people with lofty ideals have died?How many poets and poets have died?Now, the author has shed a handful of tears into the boudoir. How can the men in the world still encounter this kind of hairpin?Seeing that the first woman he wrote in the opening book used these two words to determine her life, we know the purpose of the excuse. Who can say that it is only based on the word "love"!The three parts of Wu Hou, the two emperors of Wu and Mu, and the hatred between the two sages will not be exhausted to this day. How much more is the grass and grass of today?There are differences in the size of the affairs of the family, state, king, and father, but there is little difference in their management, operation, and number.Those who know luck and numbers must forgive and then sigh. 】

The eight words mentioned by the reviewer refer to "fate but no luck, and it will affect parents". The emphasis is on "fate but no luck". As for "fate but no luck", perhaps the mangy-headed monk frightened Zhen Shiyin.

Destiny simply means destiny and luck. From the perspective of numerology, it has two meanings. One is fate. Fate is given by parents and is innate. Once fate is given, it cannot be changed and it is inevitable.The second is luck. Luck is given by the environment in which a person lives. It is acquired. The environment will change differently at each stage of life, and there are accidents.Having destiny but not luck means that the innate conditions are very good, but unfortunately there is no luck, and there is no suitable time or space to operate the originally good destiny!

The three-year-old girl Zhen Yinglian used the words "fate but not luck". In ancient patriarchal society, more men had fate but not luck.There are indeed too many emperors and generals, heroes, loyal ministers and filial sons, benevolent people, poets and poets in history. They have ideals and ambitions, but unfortunately they have no luck!Therefore, the reviewer said that "A Dream of Red Mansions" is not simply about the love between children, but also cited two examples, "Wu Hou is divided into three parts, and Wu Mu is divided into two emperors." "Wuhou" is Zhuge Liang's title. Before Liu Bei died, he asked Zhuge Liang to ask him to be the emperor in Baidi City. If Liu Chan could be the king, please ask Zhuge Liang to continue to assist him. If Liu Chan was fatuous and incompetent, ask Zhuge Liang to replace him.Zhuge Liang loyally assisted Liu Chan in succeeding to the throne. He was named Wuxianghou, and later generations called him "Zhuge Wuhou" or "Wuhou".Zhuge Liang devoted himself to the Northern Expedition six times, and finally died of exhaustion in Wuzhangyuan.Some people say: "Just because of the instructions from the late Lord, the stars fell in the autumn wind on the Wuzhangyuan." The hatred of Marquis Wu was that when Liu Bei's group was weak, he proposed to divide the world into three parts first, and then seek unification. Unfortunately, time is not forgiving, and no matter how capable he is, he has no time to do it. Complete the great cause of unification.This is the result of "luck" being limited by time.

"Wu Mu" is the posthumous title of Yue Fei. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was in power.His father, Song Shenzong, died early. Song Huizong was not groomed as a successor when he was a child. He was just a sensual and playful prince, and his brother Song Zhezong was the successor.Song Zhezong died earlier, without even a son when he died. Song Huizong was originally an artist, but suddenly became the emperor.The army of Jin soldiers pressed on him, but he was still indulging in calligraphy and painting and ignored state affairs, and simply passed the throne to his son Song Qinzong.In the first year of Jingkang (1126), the Jin soldiers broke through Kaifeng City, and Emperors Huizong and Qinzong were captured on the grassland together.

The next year, Zhao Gou (Gaozong) proclaimed himself emperor in Shangqiu, Henan, and made his capital Lin'an (Hangzhou, Zhejiang) known as the Southern Song Dynasty in history.Yue Fei, a famous general who fought against the Jin Dynasty in the Southern Song Dynasty, "was so angry that he rested on the railing, and the rain stopped. He looked up, roared to the sky, and his heart was strong. Thirty years of fame and fame are like dust and earth, and eight thousand miles of road are filled with clouds and moons. Don't wait for it to become white. The head of a young man is empty and full of sorrow! The shame of Jingkang has not yet snowed. The hatred of the ministers, when will it be destroyed! Driving a long chariot, trampling through the gaps in the Helan Mountains. The ambition is to eat Hulu meat when hungry, and laugh and drink the blood of Xiongnu when thirsty. Let's start over, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky. .”

Yue Fei was good at fighting. He joined the army at the age of 20. He was brave and resourceful. He wanted to recover the lost territory in the Northern Expedition, avenge his humiliation, and welcome back the emperors of Hui and Qin.However, Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, didn't think so. He won the battle and brought my father and my brother back. Who is the emperor? I cannot use a capable war fighter like Yue Fei. He was also the number one scholar. The leader and faction Qin Hui are good.Besides, fattening an eagle risks being pecked out of sight, while fattening a pigeon can be roasted and eaten at any time, so Zhao Gou used doves to suppress hawks.

According to folklore, Yue Fei, Yue Yun and others were killed by Qin Hui and his wife at the Fengbo Pavilion of Dali Temple in Hangzhou, the highest judicial authority at that time.On the streets of Hangzhou, a breakfast vendor was very angry when he heard the news. He kneaded two noodles, twisted them together, fried them in a pan, and called them "fried cypress."People rushed to buy them to vent their anger.As the number of customers increased, the shop simplified the production process and directly entangled the two noodles and fried them, which became today's fried dough sticks.The word "槧" in Qin Hui has two pronunciations, "hui" or "gui". Now, in some places, the fried dough sticks are still called fried cypress or fried ghost.

Yue Fei failed to fulfill his ideal of welcoming back the Second Emperor and avenging his humiliation, and eventually died in the hands of his own people. This was the result of his "luck" being limited by the space environment.

Therefore, the reviewers said, "There are differences in the size of the affairs of the family, state, king, and father, but there is no difference in their management, operation, and number. Those who know the operation and the number will forgive and then sigh." Everyone's duties, status, responsibilities, and missions , ideals are different, but there is not much difference in numerology, destiny, and destiny. People who understand these principles, even if they regret because of unachievable goals, can also comfort themselves and forgive, and at most lament the impermanence of the world and the fate of people. Yes, luck!

It is best to prevent the festive Lantern Festival, when the smoke and fire are extinguished.

"The pampered child laughs at you for being crazy, and the snow is fluttering in the air. Just be prepared to avoid the festive Lantern Festival, when the smoke and fire are extinguished." These four sentences are prophecies. Prophecies refer to things that can come true after they happen. It can also be understood. It is a prediction of the future.

"The spoiled child laughs at you because you are crazy." [Jiaxu Side Comment: I cry infatuatedly for the parents in the world. 】Zhen Shiyin, who is over [-] years old and has an only child, must be pampered towards Zhen Yinglian. The mangy monk laughed at him because Zhen Shiyin did not know the future fate of his daughter. Parents all over the world want their children to live well. If Zhen Shiyin knew that Zhen Yinglian would become a concubine in the future , and was tortured to death by Xia Jingui, I must be in agony. The more I hurt my children, the deeper the hurt. I also cried with my heart for all the parents in the world.

Linghua is empty and the snow is flowing. [Jiaxu Side Criticism: Life is not in good time.Encounter is not an accident. ] On the surface, this sentence is about flowers. You can see many lotus flowers. After the lotus flower blooms, it bears lotus seeds. Lotus roots grow in the water. People rarely see water chestnut flowers. The fruit is called water chestnut, and the water chestnut flower blooms in summer just like the lotus, and as written in "Ai Lian Shuo", it "comes out of the mud without being stained, and it is clean and clear but not demonized", but "the water chestnut flower is empty against the snow", It is just empty talk and nonsense that the water chestnut that blooms in summer meets the snow that only comes in winter. If this abnormal phenomenon really occurs, the water chestnut flower will be frozen to death!
Through this sentence, the author also hints that Zhen Yinglian was originally a nobler lotus. After being abducted by human traffickers, she changed her name to Xiangling and became Linghua. Her identity changed from a young lady from a rural eunuch family to a pariah without a household registration.Xiang Ling met Feng Yuan who wanted to treat her wholeheartedly, but the boy named Feng Yuan was really wronged and his wife was beaten to death before she got married.Miraculous things happened next. Linghua really encountered snow, and it was heavy snow. "It snows so much in good years, and pearls are like earth and gold are like iron."

Xiangling was bought into the Xue family by the idiot king Xue Pan, and Ling became Xue's concubine. Her fate was not much better, and she would be cold to death sooner or later.This is not over yet, Xia Jingui's appearance hastened Xiangling's demise.The water chestnut blooms in summer, but in autumn, the water chestnut can hardly hold on anymore. The water chestnut flowers fade and the osmanthus blooms. The golden osmanthus that blooms in autumn just overwhelms the water chestnut flowers.Jingui is an evergreen broad-leaved tree with a well-developed root system and can reach a height of 15 meters. It is much more vigorous than aquatic plants such as water chestnuts. Moreover, her surname is Xia. Xia Dianping, Xia Jingui's "Hedong Lion's Roar" is fierce and fierce, Xiangling's "Little Bird Yiren" is gentle and docile, the Xue family has one husband and one concubine, the wife is extremely strong, the husband cannot cure it, the concubine is extremely weak, the husband cannot save it, the weak concubine is A strong wife is abused to death, what a fate, fate, and pain!
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