There are many ancient rules, which modern people cannot appreciate. There are many rules for eating, sleeping, talking, and even going to the toilet.
In these ancient rules, some of which we can still understand, such as "eating without speaking, sleeping without speaking", "the mother is not celebrating the birthday, the father is not leaving a beard" and so on. However, there are some rules that we cannot understand, such as the ancient couple who let the beard guard the bed after going to bed.
Imagine what kind of scene this is, wouldn't it be embarrassing?
In fact, this is because we do not understand the ancient system of the beard.
In fact, there are several kinds of ancient mane, distinguished from age, the young is the mane, and the old man is called the old mother.
From the perspective of work content and division of labor, it is divided into four levels, of which the highest level is the close-fitting beard,
However, in the close-fitting beard, it is divided into two types: intercourse and dowry. Then there are first, second, and third classes.
For example, the first class is responsible for living, the second class is responsible for eating, serving tea and pouring water, etc., so they can enter and exit the master's room.
The third class does rough work such as pouring night pots, running errands, sweeping the floor, carrying water, etc., the dirtiest and most tired, and the monthly money is still very small.
According to the description in "Dream of the Red Chamber", it is only 500 yuan per month.
The bed-keeper we talked about above is not a first- or second-class, second-, or third-class, nor a dowry, but a house-keeper that we often hear.
"Tongfang", in ancient times, means to rule all the rooms, in other words, that is, the head of all the beards, which is generally the master's favorite mane.
This is fundamentally different from the dowry.
As we all know, the dowry maid is the favorite one that a young lady chooses when she gets married. But when the lady was newly married, they could only serve the lady during the day, and at night they had to return to their rooms.
The room is different, because they have to serve the master at any time, so at night they must "guard the bed" by the master's bed, waiting for the masters to sleep, and then they will return to the side room connected to the master's room to rest.
Of course, they can't sleep too hard, in case the master has something to do in the middle of the night, they must also get up at the first time to wait.
As for why couples do not feel embarrassed when they go to bed, it is because whether it is a man or a woman, they have enjoyed the service of close to the maid since they were young, although they later became husband and wife, but they have become accustomed to having someone around them at any time, so naturally they will not feel embarrassed.
But then again, although the status of the intercourse is relatively high, other maids have to obey her arrangements, but their own work is also more tired, especially poor sleep, so their life expectancy is generally not long.
But there are exceptions to everything, and they also have the opportunity to change their fate, especially when the master mother has been unable to have children.
In ancient times, the inheritance of incense was emphasized, and if the main mother had been unable to have children, then they often played the role of concubines and had children for the main son.
Once the mother has given birth to a son, she is eligible to become a side chamber, and this is their only chance to change their fate.
Reference: Dream of the Red Chamber