Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 968

The old blacksmith saw that Luo Cheng was surprised by these, so he thought he was a rich man who didn't understand the suffering of the people.

"It just so happens that I have an appointment with Wang Yazi to talk about things for a while, if you are interested, go and have a look together."

Luo Cheng then responded with all his mouth, he really wanted to see what was going on with this pawn wife, but Wei Zheng didn't seem to be completely clear about these things.

"In fact, there were hostage wives in the Southern and Northern Dynasties."

There are some differences between pledged wives and pawned wives. According to Wei Zheng’s explanation, pledged wives are regarded as a kind of mortgage. Some people, such as owed debts, have no money to pay back, so they take their wives as mortgages, and some even borrow money. At that time, he took out his wife as a mortgage.At the beginning, these pledged wives were only collateral, and they would be taken away and sold by creditors when there was no money to repay.

Later, the nature of the pledge of wives gradually changed. Some people simply took their wives and temporarily sold them to others as wives, earning a sum of money from it, and getting it back after a few years.After all, those creditors in the past also sold their pledged wives to others to make money for their wives, so it would be better to sell them directly, and there is no middleman to make the difference.

So the hostage wife became the pawn wife.

All the way to the present, the pawn wife already has a set of default rules.

Under normal circumstances, the pawn wife lives in the pawn husband's house, and during the pawn period, she is not allowed to live with her original husband, and she is not even allowed to go home to take care of her own children.

The children born during the Dianfu belong to the Dianfu. Of course, there are some people who agree that only the boy belongs to the Dianfu, and the Dianfu’s surname will enter the Dianfu’s genealogy and inherit the Dianfu’s property. The general Dianfu period is only three to five years. The longer the less.

"How could the court allow this to happen?"

Luo Cheng asked.

Wei Zheng said with a smile, "There are many things among the people. Although they can be called bad habits, they also have their causes. There are many wives in the south, and there are gangsters in the north."

"What is this trickery?"

"Northern people pull carts, and sometimes they don't have enough horsepower, so they will pull another horse beside them. In some families, the man who is the pillar of the family is suddenly seriously ill or disabled, and loses his labor power. As a result, the family is poor, and it is impossible to rely on women alone. Pulling up a family, so there is a gangster, recruiting a bachelor man to come to work and support the family, and also act as half of the male master."

Now Luo Cheng understood it all at once, it was a bit like a door-to-door recruiter, but usually the door-to-door recruiter was recruited after the husband's death, and he was regarded as a son-in-law who came to the door.But this kind of help is that the male owner is still alive, but he has lost his labor force and cannot support the family, so he recruits another man to come to the door. He has no status and is not considered the owner of the family. Also just share this woman.

If one is lucky enough to be able to give birth to a child, then one will have a blood relative, but generally, a child born through a gangster must have the surname of the head of the family, and will not be recognized as his child.

Pawning a wife is the same as being a gangster, a relationship that is not recognized by the government, but among the people, it really exists.

It can only be said that the people have their own needs, and there is nothing they can do about it.

After waiting for a long time, the old blacksmith said Wang Yazi came.

He brought good news to the old blacksmith, "I'll help you go from village to village, search everywhere, and I really found someone who fits your requirements, that's Liu San from Xiahezhuang."

"Liu San? I know, it's famous for its delicious food and lazy cooking, but it's also good for drinking. I heard that there is some money and food at home, so I asked him to exchange it for wine."

"No, he beat his wife and children when he was drunk."

Lao Wang told the old blacksmith that this Liu San was idle when he was young, and later the family helped him marry a wife, which was regarded as a kind of love for a few years, but after a few children were born, he slowly recovered his nature and began to eat and be lazy.In the early years, the dozens of acres of land left by the family were all ruined.

Now that the imperial court has allocated the land to him, it should have been said that life will be easier, but this guy is lucky, the land allocated by the imperial court is not allowed to be bought and sold, so he rents it out to others to plant, and becomes a landlord himself, collecting some rent. He also thought about eating and drinking, and often went to whores in the county brothels.

He didn't have any family background at all, who could live in such a prodigal family.

As a result, other people's lives are getting better and better, and they have a lot of money, but his family lives in utter desolation, and the children often have nothing to eat and wear, and they have to find someone to borrow.

No, it is impossible to borrow now, so this guy simply decided to pawn his wife.

"Father, Liu San's wife is not bad, she is hardworking and honest, and she looks pretty good." Wang Tiejiang's second son said with some emotion, they are all from far and wide, and everyone knows about people like Liu San .What's more, Blacksmith Wang's family often went around forging iron, and they also met Liu San and his wife.

Wang Lao Er is 26 this year. At this age, other people have five or six children, but he is still single now. He used to be poor, so he had no choice but to think about marrying a wife, and no one wanted to marry.Now that the family conditions are good, I am very eager to marry one.

But after searching and searching, he couldn't find any one he liked, either the bride price was too high for other people's daughters, or he didn't like the bearded girl brought by Ren Yazi.

Old Wang gritted his teeth.

"Everyone knows it. You don't need to inquire about it. I just don't know how many years Liu San is willing to sacrifice?"

"Three years."

"How much does he want?"

"Liu San's bastard, you know, poor and crazy, he asked for [-] yuan a year, and in addition to subsidizing him ten stones every year, and said that after giving birth, he would return to his Liu family."

Old Wang shook his head like a rattling drum, "How is this possible? Mrs. Liu is a woman who has given birth to three children. She is much younger than my second son. She is not young, and she is tall and thin. Maybe [-] a year?"

Wang Yazi laughed and said, "So Liu San is a bastard, but don't take it seriously, I also told him directly, if you are willing to pawn, the total is [-] yuan, pawned for three years, and another post every year." His grain ration is five shi, and he gave birth to a child in the past three years, whether male or female, he will belong to your old Wang's family."

"This is more reasonable." The old blacksmith heard that the conditions were similar.

"Yes, I have always done things in a safe manner. Another point is that to hold a ceremony, there must be a matchmaker, a bride price, an auspicious day to choose, an incense table, a banquet, and a beautiful wedding."

"How much dowry does he want?"

"This is just to make a point. You can just give three to five thousand yuan, and you can tell him."

This old Wang is indeed very neat in his work, and he came to negotiate with Blacksmith Wang only after the matter was negotiated.

So the old blacksmith calculated in his mind, pawning his wife for three years, pawning [-] yuan, and another [-] dowry money, and a few thousand for banquets and so on. At least [-] yuan.

This is not counting a year, and another five stones of grain will be given.

"father."

Over there, Wang Er couldn't bear it any longer. He had been single for a long time, and now even an old sow could look up to her, not to mention Mrs. Liu San, who was tall and upright.

"[-] yuan for five years, no food, including dowry, if you want to do it, please talk to Liu San, we will sign a contract together, and strive to welcome people to my Wang family as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)