According to the traditional concept of China, it is the biggest goal of many farmers to send the old people away safely and watch their children get married smoothly. Therefore, farmers do weddings, funerals and weddings, and always want to satisfy everyone as much as possible. With the development of society, rural friends have given more and more consideration to weddings, funerals and weddings, but there is a problem that makes many farmers have a headache, that is, lavish weddings and funerals.
There is a saying in the countryside that "one marriage is poor for ten years, and one mourning is tight for three years". In reality, this description is not exaggerated. In recent years, it has become more and more common for farmers to do big things in weddings, funerals and weddings. For many ordinary rural families, a marriage may make the whole family poor for another ten years, and there will be a funeral, and the whole family will have to live a tight life for two or three years. It can be seen that weddings and funerals in rural areas cost a lot of money. So, where did all this money go?
In rural areas, weddings and funerals are inseparable from banquets. Nowadays, the atmosphere of comparison in rural areas is becoming more and more serious, and the ostentation and extravagance of banquets is naturally getting bigger and bigger. A decent banquet, the collocation and production of ingredients, will cost a lot of money and thought. Banquets in rural areas are more lively. A table of more than a dozen dishes, plus alcohol and tobacco, generally costs 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. Of all the expenses for weddings, funerals and weddings, catering expenses are not the most.
The reason why there is a saying that "once married, you will be poor for ten years" is that the burden of marriage in rural areas is getting heavier and heavier, and the sky-high bride price that has been raging in the past two years has made many farmers unbearable. It is a tradition for married men to give bride price to their wives. However, due to the increasing number of rural bachelors, she asked for more and more bride price. For example, the bride price is colorful, and it is at least 100 thousand yuan, which does not include houses, cars and other properties that need to be prepared in advance. Therefore, in rural areas, a marriage often consumes the savings of the whole family for many years, and some families even have to be in debt.
The cost of doing white things in rural areas is also quite high. In recent years, the atmosphere of "supporting the poor and burying the rich" in rural areas has become more and more obvious. After the death of the old people in rural areas, the funeral will last for several days. Even people with ordinary economic conditions have to be beaten and fat, and they even have to borrow money and pay it back slowly afterwards, just to prevent people from gossiping.