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The dowry is a symbol of a woman's status when she is married, and it is the guarantee of her status in the mother's family after marriage.
Lady Wang and Wang Xifeng married into Jia Province, and both carried rich dowries.
This wealth is a "private property" for a woman to marry into the man's family. Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian argued about the use of money, and on this as an excuse, they unceremoniously questioned Jia Lian: "Sweeping the cracks in the ground of my royal family is enough for you to live a lifetime." Don't be afraid to say what you say! The existing proof: Look at the dowry of my wife and me, compare it with yours, and it is not worthy of you. (Dream of the Red Chamber, 72nd)
Xue Baochao is a member of the Xue family, with business all over the world, a family of millions, only one brother, and she will definitely have a rich dowry when she gets married;
Xue Baochao's body flowed with one-eighth of the genetic blood of the Wang family, and Lady Wang and Wang Xifeng married into the Jia Mansion with a rich dowry, and she would also follow suit and bring wanguan family wealth.
There is a special standard for marrying a daughter in Jia Fuli, and Wang Xifeng once said to Ping'er that marrying a daughter should be married to 10,000 taels.
Therefore, Xue Baochao's marriage must be more than the dowry of Madame Wang and Wang Xifeng.
02
Xue Baochao got married, and there were three types of dowries.
One is silver, one is jewelry, and the other is a kind of item, including gifts that Jia Yuanchun has given in the past, (2 upper-class palace fans, 2 strings of red musk beads, 2 ends of anchovy luo, and 1 collar of hibiscus mounds. Books, personal belongings, etc., including two medicines.
The first medicine is a sore pill.
Baoyu was very familiar with this pill. Jia Baoyu was charged with the crime because of Jin Jun'er's death, and because Shi Guan, the governor of zhongshun's palace, came to the door and questioned him about his private dealings with Jiang Yuhan, Jia Zheng was furious and beat him up.
Because he was ugly, he could not ask the palace doctor to come to the palace for diagnosis and treatment. After he was carried back to the house, Xue Baochao came in with the pills. (Reference: In the 34th episode of "Dream of the Red Chamber", the Yahuan said: "Bao Girl is here.") The raider heard it, knew that he could not wear a middle coat, so he took a bed of yarn and covered it for Baoyu. Only to see Bao Chao walk in with a pill in his hand. ）
Xue Baochao's medicine had a miraculous effect, and Baoyu's condition quickly improved and recovered as before.
Because Jia Lian refused to rob Shi Nerd's ancient fan, Jia Yu was dissatisfied in his heart and beat him badly. That night, Ping'er followed Wang Xifeng's instructions and found Xue Baochao to ask for pills to treat Jia Lian's injuries.
The second medicine is cold incense pills.
Xue Baochao was born, brought out a hot poison from the mother's womb, asked all the famous doctors, ate all the famous medicines, and could not be cured. Later, by chance, the leprosy monk prescribed her cold incense pills, using the water of the four hours and the flowers of the four seasons to make cold incense pills.
When the production of cold incense pills depended on the sky, Xue Pan took two years to formulate pills and put them in the jar, and Xue Baochao took them wherever he went.
Therefore, when Xue Baochao got married, there were two kinds of pills in the dowry.
03
The reason why Xue Baochao used the pill as a dowry was simple, the pill was precious.
In feudal society, the level of social medical care is relatively low, and once sick, there is no medicine to cure; the cost of medicine is high, and the food and clothing of poor people are problematic, and there is no money to buy medicine.
Grandma Liu entered the Rongguo Mansion and took half a cart of gifts with her before leaving. Among the many gifts, she actually only asked for one thing, that is, four kinds of medicines. When she resigned to Jia Mu, mandarin duck said when handing out gifts: "In this bun is the medicine you said before: plum blossom dot tongue Dan also has it, purple gold ingots also have it, there is also Huo Luo Dan, and there is also a birth-saving Dan, each of which is a square foreskin, and the total foreskin is inside." (Dream of the Red Chamber, 42nd)
The first pill brought by Xue Baochao had a miraculous effect on healing sores, and its value was far from being measurable by silver, it should be a secret recipe. In this regard, Baoyu was naturally happy.
While he was happy, Jia Baoyu looked at Leng Xiang Pill and inexplicably thought of Lin Daiyu's death.
Lin Daiyu was frail and sickly, and as soon as she entered the Rongguo Mansion, everyone saw her wind and fluid state, and they knew that she had deficiency. After Jia Mu inquired about her medication, she immediately ordered the pharmacy to dispense medicines for Lin Daiyu; later Jia Mu asked Wang Tai Doctor and Madame Wang tai to ask Bao Tai Doctor to treat Lin Daiyu successively, but to no avail; he found a home remedy medicine, which Xue Pan formulated, and did not dare to use it for Lin Daiyu; he listened to Zi Juan's words and asked Jia Mu to ensure that Lin Daiyu ate one or two bird's nests every day, and failed to cure Lin Daiyu's condition.
Lin Daiyu eventually died of illness, which became a major regret in his life.
Xue Baochao is as famous as Lin Daiyu, and in the eyes of Madame Wang, Jia Yuanchun and others, she is as good as Lin Daiyu. The two are known as sisters, and both have feelings for themselves. On the surface, Xue Baochao looked healthier than Lin Daiyu, but in essence, he was weak and sick.
After Lin Daiyu's death, Xue Baochao married himself, and after seeing lengxiang pills, he realized that Xue Baochao would not be as incurable as Lin Daiyu, and eventually died of illness, so his heart was very happy. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows....
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