Concubines are bought and sold. This sentence has established the identity of the ancient concubines, who are just a "commodity".
So, in ancient times, how much silver did it cost to buy a concubine? In fact, different women also have different values. For Jia Fu, there are generally three ways to come from a concubine, one is the dowry of the hostess, who can be promoted to the concubine of the hostess with the consent of the hostess; the other is the concubine of the jia fu himself, because she is outstanding, she is designated as the concubine of the host; and the other is bought from outside.
Among the three types of concubines, the lowest cost is the concubine of Jia Fu, the concubine who is promoted. In ancient times, buying an ordinary handmaiden was actually very cheap. In "Jin Ping Mei", because the industry of ximen Qingjia has been expanding, the number of slaves in the family has also increased, and he has bought a handmaiden several times to enter the door. Xiao Yu, the handmaiden next to Wu Yueniang in the main room, only spent five or two pieces of silver; Qiu Ju beside Pan Jinlian spent six or two pieces of silver; later, the summer flowers in Li Jiao'er's room were only five or two pieces of silver.
In "Dream of the Red Chamber", Jia Baoyu's wet nurse, Grandma Li, also once scolded people, "You are just a hairy girl bought from a few stinky silver, and you will be consumed in this house!" It can be seen that in the era of "Dream of the Red Chamber", buying a handmaiden was only a few silver or two.
Therefore, even if the attacker later became Jia Baoyu's concubine, she was probably the lowest-valued concubine in Jia Province, but she spent a few silver.
In the Jia Mansion, there was also a concubine, who was worth dozens of times that of the attackers. This woman is Yan Hong in Jia Shu's house.
If it weren't for Jia Yu taking a fancy to the Mandarin Duck, if it wasn't for the Mandarin Duck who would rather die than follow, if it wasn't for Jia Mu putting down her words and letting Jia Yu just take care of "Ten Thousand Eight Thousand To Buy", Yan Hong would not have entered the Jia Mansion at all. However, when a series of impossibilities became "possibilities", Yan Hong, who was in miaoling, became an innocent victim, and was bought into Jia Fu by Jia Fu for eight hundred taels of silver.
The attacker's value of silver was only a few pairs of silver, and Yan Hong's body value of silver cost eight hundred taels of silver. In such a comparison, Yan Hong's body value is dozens of times that of the attacker! Why is Yan Hong's value so high? Obviously, she has undergone good tuning, and must have a relatively noble origin, which is worthy of such a "big price" as Jia Shuhua. This small side also reveals another story of "Wan Yan and Sorrow" in "Dream of the Red Chamber", and why is Yan Hong not a small role in "Bo Mingsi"?
In fact, even Jia Lian's concubine, You Erjie, also has "silver value". Many readers may say, how can Sister You have "value"? She was promised to Jia Lian by Old Lady You, and she was ready to be Grandma Lian in the future!
When Jia Lian began to beat up Second Sister You's idea, an intriguing thing happened - because Jia Jing's funeral cost too much, Yu Lu, the little housekeeper of ningguo mansion, could not take out the silver to pay for the silver of the shed and filial piety, so he had to come to Jia Zhen. Jia Zhendong pieced it together, and there was still a shortage of two hundred taels of silver, so he let Yu Lu put it on. At this moment, Jia Lian just walked over and smiled: "How big a deal is this, why borrow from people?" Yesterday I got a piece of silver, but I haven't made it, so why not add it to him? ”
It was precisely because Jia Lian used two hundred taels of silver to help Jia Zhen solve the urgent need, so that Jia Rong told Jia Zhen that when Jia Lian wanted to marry Second Sister You, Jia Zhen thought about it for half a day and had to nod her head and agree.
In other words, the two hundred taels of silver that Jia Lian took out were the "silver of value" that he paid to Jia Zhen's Second Sister You! A noble lady with a family in decline was "transferred" to Jia Zhen by Jia Zhen because of two hundred taels of silver!
Therefore, the value of silver was eight hundred and two silver Yan Hong, it is very likely that the original identity is higher than That of Second Sister You. However, it was also because of the decline of the family that he had to be sold into the rich as a concubine. The author's unswritten writing is hidden in this detail.
Even if the value is four times that of You Erjie, how about dozens of times that of the attacker? This woman, who must also be very outstanding, was also submerged in Jia Fu, the butterfly kite that yearned for freedom, and expressed her sadness and helplessness.