Milk lady is often called nanny now, in fact, in ancient times on the mainland, there was a milk lady. In the Book of Rites, there is "the son of a scholar has a mother", and the "mother-eating mother" here refers to the "nursing mother" milk lady, which has become a very common occupation in ancient society. Especially in the palace, all the concubines almost did not milk children. It symbolizes the status of the magnate, especially among the nobles of the imperial palace, and is indispensable. Therefore, the profession of the grandmother also became the "iron rice bowl" at that time. Dependent on men to survive. There is a special profession for women. But in addition to feeding the babies, it is also necessary to serve some special hobbies of the powerful.
In the ancient imperial palace, the nursing lady has become a profession to make a living, and most of these nursing ladies are selected from the people, and the selection criteria are quite harsh so that there is enough milk to ensure that there is enough milk. The second is good health, so that the nursing children can also grow up healthily. The third is that he is born innocent and cannot have a grudge with the master's family, otherwise he is likely to blackmail the child. This old lady attaches great importance to it, and in order to repay her nurturing grace, Cao Xueqin's great-grandfather Cao Xi was specially promoted to the position of jiangnan weaving supervisor, which shows that if the ancient nursing mother got along well with her master
Sometimes the nursing mother not only has to feed the child, but sometimes has to serve the male owner, that is, to drink milk to the male host. Because the ancients believed that drinking milk could make themselves like children, maintain a perfect skin and not kill babies with black hands while breastfeeding. The third is to require the woman who is being married by the media, and can only be pregnant with one child, because in this way, it can ensure that the milk of the nursing mother is sufficient and loyal to the royal family of the dynasty, after all, it is her own next generation to be fed, and the consequences of damage are unimaginable. There is also a requirement that the first child must bear the work of a mother, feed the baby to grow up, provide sufficient nutritional milk, feed the child white and fat, and take care of the intimate and meticulous. Then the basic work is done perfectly. The standards for nursing mothers are also very high. To be a qualified nursing mother, you must be in good health and free from any diseases and defects.
It also needs to be chosen, if you can feed the prince, then the glory and wealth in the future will certainly not be less. After all, it is possible that one of the princes will become emperors in the future. It also has to go through rigorous scrutiny and has no experience in committing adultery. The royal family also requires that the nursing mother must be a woman who is married to the media and give birth to the first child, so that the milk is sufficient. But it has to be taken care of. Therefore, it is necessary to ask the nurse to help her better and more experienced to feed her children to grow up. Nature can't take care of feeding your own children personally. In the royal family, the prohibition of breastfeeding is even more to prevent the dictatorship of foreign relatives caused by the deep love between mother and child. The nursing mother who gives birth to a boy has to breastfeed the girl, and the nursing mother who gives birth to a girl has to breastfeed the boy. As for whether there is any truth in this, Xiaobian still can't understand.
But the nursing lady's food was particularly good and the treatment was very good. Generally speaking, the royal dining room will formulate a reasonable diet plan for the nursing mother to ensure the quality of milk. Of course, there are still some wet nurses in history who end up being treated very well. Ordinary women were elected to the imperial palace and became the nursing mothers of the crown prince, but the nursing mothers could no longer feed their children, and they had to regard the princes as their own children and take care of them wholeheartedly. Maybe one person will get the Word, and the chicken dog will ascend to heaven. Because after all, it is better to be born than to raise relatives, after the child grows up, the grandmother naturally has a certain status. Sex education can also make them relax their trust. And sometimes the thoughtfulness of the grandmother's style has become the object of juvenile ignorance. Therefore, there are many upgrades from nurses to sex educators.