What a person eats can best reflect a person’s living standard, and the same is true for the Jia family in "A Dream of Red Mansions". During the most prosperous period of the Jia family, banquets were held every three days, and one meal would cost twenty to thirty taels of silver. This was the annual expense of an ordinary family, and the food was often thrown away before it could be finished. Sometimes a table of dishes would be thrown away without even taking a few bites, which was very extravagant. What's amazing is that a vegetarian dish uses several meat dishes as side dishes. These dishes are no longer just filling, but also a source of mental pleasure.

Later on, the Jia family began to lose. A table full of food had reached the point where the masters, who rarely used chopsticks on weekdays, were not full. One can imagine how quickly the Jia family was defeated at this moment. Changes caused by politics are the most likely to destroy a family. At that time, if there was no hope in politics, it was equivalent to losing hope for the rest of his life. In fact, the Jia Mansion had a lot of real estate outside, but they were all sold off due to changes. The trees fell down and the hozens scattered. The forces that used to be attached to the Jia Mansion dispersed in a hurry, and took away too much property.

Looking again at the prosperous Jia Mansion in the past, Grandma Liu came to beat Feng, which means asking for money. Although Wang Xifeng was very disdainful of this, she still entertained them with good food and good food. He also gave them twenty taels of silver. Grandma Liu came to Jia's house to ask for some money to make ends meet because her family couldn't get rid of the trouble. Like the crab banquet hosted by Xue Baochai for Shi Xiangyun, if Shi Xiangyun had to do it alone, he would have to pay at least twenty taels, and twenty taels is equivalent to how many RMB we have now, which is probably more than thirteen thousand when converted. a little.

A meal of crabs costing more than 10,000 yuan is actually okay, but if you are one of those nobles, you will probably pay at least this price. More than 10,000 yuan is indeed equivalent to a year's living expenses for a poor family. And Xue Baochai could easily take out this money, which shows that the Xue family is very wealthy. That Jia Mansion is even more self-evident. But it declined quickly later on, and there were no countermeasures before, so the natural food intake deteriorated too much, and even reached the point where I couldn't eat enough.