In ancient times, the status of women was low, there were countless buyers and sellers, and the fate of maids was even more miserable. Either their parents sold them, or they were abducted by traffickers, or some were the families of guilty officials. After being sold to a large family as a maid, there is no freedom to speak, and the children born will not escape the fate of becoming slaves. And the big family's beards are also divided into three, six, and nine. Therefore, their parents would buy a girl of the same age as the lady to take care of the daily life of the lady, called the maid.
Because the young lady did not have many connections, she was a personal maid, chatting with the young lady and giving her advice. After marriage, a woman must listen to her in-laws and husbands, abide by the woman's morality, and not contact strangers. In order not to let the daughter be wronged in the in-laws' house, the rich family will match the daughter with a personal maid when the daughter is married. The maid was much freer than in the lady's house.
As long as the girl is willing, the girl will work as a maid in the main house, or directly as a child, and this status has been raised a lot. Although their status was lower than that of their original wives and concubines, they were also better than before. What's more, if they can be further liked by the owner, then their status will gradually increase, which is a better solution.
But if she is not liked by the master, then it will become a tool for the master to vent his emotions, sell out at will, and the oppression of the good life, after she conceives the child, she will become a concubine, but in general, after giving birth to the child, she will be abused by the original miss, and even the most humble maid in the house looks down on her.
So, for some dowry maids, the real pain begins after marriage. Another use of dowry is the custom of trial marriage. Don't be surprised, the Qing Gege will send a competent person the night before she becomes a parent. The role of maid accompaniment, sleeping all night is called style, mainly to check the concubine's life management function is equivalent to the current marriage inspection, the concubine is not responsible for the dowry at all, so most of the ancient dowry is very tragic.