Slavery is a product of the ancient hierarchy. This phrase comes from the "Wu Yue Chunqiu Gou Jian Into the Outer Biography", "And the son and the master are slaves, and come to Wu, is it not contemptible." As the emperor of a country, he once served as a slave for Wu Wangfuchai for three years, suffered humiliation, and left a story of "lying down and tasting courage" for future generations.
However, for the vast majority of slaves in ancient times, slavery was a lifelong system, and once they became slaves of aristocratic families, they were branded with a lifetime. Their fate and life will all be decided by the master. In front of the master, they also have only the right to promise and obey.
A "Dream of the Red Chamber" seems to open up a new world of slaves for us. In the flower-studded mansion of Jia Province, the slaves seemed to be able to live as they pleased. They eat and wear on par with their masters, and only need to do a very small amount of work every day, and other times they just follow behind the master and show the master's style. They can get a lot of monthly money, and the master is all responsible for taking medicine to see a doctor.
In this situation, someone on the Internet once issued an exclamation: I would rather go to Jia Fu as a slave! The clothes of Jia Fu are too exquisite, the food of Jia Fu is too exquisite, the pavilions of Jia Fu are too gorgeous, and the welfare of Jia Fu is too perfect! However, some people overlook a very important problem - these slaves have no personal freedom.
Today, our work is not smooth, we can fry the boss's squid and open new life opportunities. Slaves in ancient times had absolutely no such opportunities. Moreover, even if they are "fired" by their masters, the end is often particularly tragic, and even their families will face an extremely painful situation.
As the eldest lady in Madame Wang's room, Jin Jun'er once had an extremely decent position and enjoyed the best treatment among the servants of Jia Fu. However, in that midsummer afternoon, because Jin Jun'er was momentarily dizzy and said something that should not be said to Jia Baoyu, she was immediately slapped out by Madame Wang, forcing her sister Yu Jun'er to immediately call their mother over and lead Jin Jun'er home.
Although Jin Jun'er knelt on the ground and pleaded bitterly, Madame Wang insisted on not being moved. The servant who was thrown out was found a few days later and died in a well in the back garden of Jia Province.
For the death of Jin Jun'er, Madame Wang staged the most classic "cat and mouse" drama, wiped her tears again, and took fifty taels of silver to give to Jin Jun'er's mother, Bai Lao'er, and took Xue Baochao's two sets of clothes to wrap Jin Jun'er.
Jin Jun'er's soul is too weak, and the saddest thing is her mother, Bai Lao's daughter-in-law, and her sister Yu Jun'er. But they were also slaves of Jia Fu, and their lives were all in Lady Wang's hands, so what could they do for Jin Jun'er?
However, Madame Wang summoned her mother to come up, took a few hairpin rings and gave them to her in person, and ordered several monks to recite the sutras. Her mother prostrated her head in thanks and went out.
The daughter died under The Obscenity of Lady Wang, and the only thing the old daughter-in-law could do was to "prostrate her head and thank you" and , according to Madame Wang's instructions, to "chant the sutra for her daughter." When Jin Jun'er was found after throwing herself into the well, "her family was still just messing around to save her life, where was it used?" It can be seen that the death of Jin Jun'er caused her relatives a lot of pain. However, in front of the master, where did the old white daughter-in-law dare to show it?
What about Yu Jun'er? When her sister died at the hands of Madame Wang, she still had to face Madame Wang every day, pouring tea and water for her, pinching her waist and pounding her legs. Until that day, Wang Xifeng asked Madame Wang to choose another big lady to supplement Jin Jun'er's nest.
Madame Wang listened, and then thought about it and said, "Well, this sub-case just closes, no need to make up people, just give this one or two pieces of silver to her sister Yu Jun'er, her sister served me, there was no good result, leaving her sister, eat a double molecule is not too much." ”
Therefore, Wang Xifeng found Yu Jun'er and declared "great joy, great joy." Yu Jun'er also hurried over and gave Lady Wang a kowtow to thank her.
This is the life of her sister, the "double molecule" that yu Jun'er has exchanged. With such a monthly money, can Yu Jun'er feel better in her heart? However, in the eyes of the masters, slaves should not have feelings, and they only have the qualifications to be grateful to Dade.
Her sister was forced to die by Lady Wang, and Yu Jun'er still had to be loyal and conscientious to Lady Wang, and even because of some of Lady Wang's rewards, she and her mother had to be grateful to Lady Wang and prostrate themselves. This is the real living situation of the ancient slaves. Their humility and forbearance are unimaginable.