At the beginning of the old drama, Xiao Mo interpreted "Acacia" from the perspective of modern people, and he was very puzzled that Wang Chutong and Liuniang, a pair of childhood sweethearts, had such a good relationship, why didn't they elope?

After all, there is no shortage of love stories between a young lady and a poor scholar in ancient picture books! is like Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying in "The Legend of the West Chamber......

But in ancient times, Xiao Mo discovered that in the era when feudal etiquette was greater than the sky, especially in the Qing Dynasty, the rules were strict, and those who eloped could not be wives, but only concubines.

Marrying a wife is a major event in life, whether rich or poor, it is an indispensable process.

Moreover, even if Wang Chutong, a poor scholar, eloped with Liuniang, how would the two of them make a living?

Useless is a scholar.

If the two really eloped, it is impossible to say that Liuniang, the daughter, will wash her hands and make soup, and the embroidery of the female workers she once learned will no longer be a thing for entertainment and boredom, but will become a tool for making a living, and Chu Tong, a scholar, in order to prepare for the exam, can only not ask about family affairs, do not ask about livelihood, and concentrate on preparing for the exam.

In the past few years, when the gold list is titled, do you know if there will be another story of "Qin Xianglian looking for a husband"?

A story is a story, in strict feudal etiquette, it is easy for a lady to not see a man.

A young lady, the maids around her will never encourage her own young lady to have a private meeting with a foreign man like Cui Yingying's maid matchmaker. If this is known to the owner, in an era when there is no human right, it will be severely punished, or sold, or allocated, or beaten to death with sticks......

A young lady can't have only one maid. The first-class maids and nurses who serve in the room, the maids who guard the door and do chores, the maids who sweep in the yard, and the miscellaneous servants in the kitchen...... It's just that we have more than an ordinary family now......

If two people want to teach and receive it privately, it will be five levels and six generals, escaping countless pairs of eyes, I don't know how difficult it is.

So there was a time in the Dream of Red Mansions when Mrs. Jia listened to the book of "Feng Qiu Xianluan", and only after hearing that a scholar named Wang Xifeng entered Beijing to take the exam at the beginning, passing by her father's friend's house, and this family had a school-age daughter named Xiaoluan, she immediately told the ending of the story.

When everyone was amazed, Mrs. Jia once again pointed out that the routine of these painting books must be: the man is suave, gentle and elegant, enters Beijing to take the exam, and his family background is not good; As for the woman, she must be full of poetry and books, knowledgeable and reasonable, with a wealthy family and just the right age for marriage. This man either stays overnight or borrows water, and this woman must fall in love at first sight when she sees this man, and she will not marry.

"Tell me, these ladies and daughters, why do they forget their usual poetry and book etiquette when they see men's usual knowledge? So, we usually just use these to relieve boredom, but we never discuss it in the junior face. ”

Xiao Mo was really stunned when he read this paragraph, he never expected that Mrs. Jia in the book would have such wisdom.

Next, Mrs. Jia gave science to the ladies and ladies and girls in Daguanyuan: "The purpose of the person who wrote this kind of book is nothing more than this: first, the person who wrote the book has a grudge against the main family, and discredits the family style of the main family; Second, this toad wanted to eat swan meat, so he deliberately wrote this book, imagining that he could also encounter such a beautiful thing. If you can let these daughters in the boudoir see the book and change their temperament, it will be even better. ”

Thinking about it now, Xiao Mo also agrees with Mrs. Jia's words very much. When I was in high school, Xiao Mo was very depressed, why are there beautiful stories of talented and beautiful people in ancient books, why are the beauties, daughters, beautiful ghosts, and beautiful demons all fall in love with poor scholars, and now I think about it, these must be the YY works of scholars.

There is also the limitation of ancient thought, there is no big brain hole of modern authors, all kinds of crossing, system, fantasy, rebirth, and immortal cultivation can give you a play.

"Oh, then according to this, what should I do with the pair of Chu Tong and Liu Niang? At the beginning, I only wanted to fulfill their beautiful love, but now I can dig myself into a pit...... "Xiao Mo is distressed.

"After thinking about it, I still don't have an idea, forget it, I don't want to, let's go to bed first! I'm not a night cultivator, and I don't have a mobile phone to play here, so it's embarrassing to sleep if I don't sleep. Xiao Mo muttered to himself, fortunately, Zhao Yingying had been widowed for many years, but no one was scared.

Blowing out the candles, Xiao Mo smeared and climbed into bed, and her strong talent for sleep made her fall asleep quickly.

"Wow......"

In the early morning, the chickens began to crow, waking up the morning of this small town.

"Oops, so early!" Xiao Mo rubbed his eyes, lay lazily on the bed, and did not get up.

Actually, this is not too early in ancient times. Because there is no electricity, mobile phones and other entertainment facilities, except for those rich people who start their night life in the bright lights, singing and dancing, most of the ancients still began to rest after nightfall.

Throughout the year, the longest day in summer is usually dark at eight o'clock, and the rooster crows at about five o'clock in the morning, so you can basically sleep for eight or nine hours!

And Xiao Mo is just a habit of lying in bed, and now it's only five o'clock, the sky is not very transparent, at least not the sun, Xiao Mo is happy to lie on the bed for a while.

Xiao Mo observed Zhao Yingying's house and found that although Yingying was widowed, the house was clean and tidy, and all the items needed for the home were available. It can be seen that Yingying lives alone, and she is not worse than others.

The wooden bed was covered with a layer of straw mats, a layer of mats, and then a cotton quilt, plus a sky-blue cotton and linen sheet, which was very warm; And Xiao Mo's body is covered with a cotton quilt made of powder blue silky satin, and the weather is neither hot nor cold now; The bed was covered with two layers of curtains, the inner layer was a strong drape of fabric, a few delicate plum blossoms were embroidered on a blue background, and the outer layer was a layer of white light yarn. It can be seen that Yingying is also a person with some romantic thoughts.

Looking at the side of the bed, there are several rouge gouache boxes on the dresser, with delicately carved copper mirrors, clean wooden combs, and a delicate vase with yellow spring flowers, which makes people feel refreshed and happy, and also has more fun dressing up.

There was a locked drawer under the dresser, and Xiao Mo thought about it carefully, presumably this is where Yingying put her jewelry.

On a round wood-colored table is a teapot made of blue and white porcelain, with six delicate cups. There is only one cup with the mouth facing up, and it must be that only Yingying drinks tea here.

The wooden structure of the house, coupled with this antique collocation, made Xiao Mo calm down.

Suddenly remembering something, Xiao Mo quickly got up, turned over the bed, and found that there was indeed an iron box, and found the key with his memory, Xiao Mo opened it and found that there was one ingot of gold, four ingots of silver, and ten strings of copper coins.

Xiao Mo can know from Yingying's memory that this is one hundred and ninety taels of silver. One ingot of gold is equal to five ingots of silver, one ingot is equal to ten strings of copper coins, a string of copper coins is equal to a hundred copper coins, and one copper coin is equal to one penny. A penny could buy a large bun in ancient times.

According to the average person's annual expenditure of 20 taels, it is enough to spend nearly ten years.

Xiao Mo roughly converted, and he could buy a bun for a penny, which is equivalent to one dollar now. This one hundred and ninety taels is also equivalent to a modern small 200,000.

This money is not only earned by Yingying in the past few years by embroidery work, but also part of it is after Sun Youcai started gambling, Yingying saw that Sun Youcai was about to lose all her family property, and she was desperate, and for the sake of long-term planning, she secretly hid some of the furniture.

It can be seen that women still have to have a long mind, after all, no man can live, no money can't work! Whether ancient or modern, silver and money are passes.