The reasons are as follows:

1. Always at your beck and call

Serving people is a delicate job, and it does not mean that everything will be fine when the master sleeps. The owner wakes up after midnight and needs someone to light the lamp. If the maid is asleep far away, the maid may not be able to hear the master's shout. Even if you hear it, it will take some time to come. The maidservant of the general house lives with the master and can be at your disposal at any time.

2. Learn from experience and serve the male master

The maids are all children from poor families. They were sold into the house as maids at a very young age and have never experienced love between men and women. . They will serve the male master in the future, and they cannot do it without experience. When the couple sleeps, the maidservant of the first-in-law wife should also serve beside them. The maid-in-law of the first-in-law wife can just learn from the experience, so that she will not be too unfamiliar when serving the male master in the future.

The status of the Tongfang girl

The Tongfang girl can be seen from the word "Tongfang" that she is the most favored maid. Because it is convenient to serve the master at night, she The bedroom is connected to the master's bedroom. The girls who live in the same house can easily glimpse the pleasures of the boudoir (when they are young), so they tend to mature early, and they also have the advantage of being near the water, the first to get the first moon.

In the ancient Chinese marriage system, the status of the first-in-law girl was lower than that of the concubine. Only girls who have gone through the formalities and have a title can call themselves side wives. The girls of the first-in-law are similar to the concubine in sexual matters, but their status is not as good as that of the concubine because they have no status.

Reference for the above content? Baidu Encyclopedia-Tongfang Girl