A wet nurse is a wet nurse, also called wet nurse, wet nurse, wet nurse or wet nurse and so on. Newborn children must rely on breast milk to survive. In fact, the original meaning of women's breasts is breastfeeding, and women will only produce milk after giving birth. However, for aristocrats in feudal society or young mothers in the palace, there is often insufficient milk to feed their babies. At this time, because of the need to breastfeed the child, there was a wet nurse.

It is not difficult to see that wet nurses are actually a means of livelihood for poor women in the middle and lower classes in ancient times. In other words, most wet nurses are poor. After all, the rich women or concubines in the palace can't leave their children alone and go to other places to nurse other people's children.

The wet nurse of an ordinary rich family is actually a handmaiden with high status. She doesn't need to do much work, just feed and take good care of the ladies in the house.

In a palace where the struggle is fierce, there will be many reasons to hire a wet nurse. In addition to the lack of milk, it shows the identity of the harem concubine, and it can also alienate the prince and the biological mother, which is helpful to prevent the threat of harem interference and the exclusive rights of consorts.

Therefore, not only can the biological mother not breastfeed the prince herself, but she can only see the prince about five times a year. If a concubine gives birth to a princess, there will be fewer opportunities to meet each other.

In addition, the selection of wet nurses is more stringent.

Take the selection of palace nurses as an example.

First of all, good health is a must. There is also an age limit. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, nannies were required to be between 15 and 20 years old. When entering the palace, the wet nurse must have just given birth to the baby for three months to ensure adequate milk.

Secondly, you should be good-looking, not too ugly, literate, literate and considerate. Before entering the palace, there was a series of etiquette education and training. It is said that in order to have enough milk, wet nurses still have to eat salt-free trotters, and they can't change when they are tired of eating.

The girl has just given birth to her own child, so there is plenty of milk. But because the family is poor, it is impossible to support the children under normal circumstances. When I happened to come to Wang Fu, I was a servant of Wang Fu. Wang Fu's servants saw her holding a child. Her body was long and strong, and she looked healthier, and she was dressed in rags. At first glance, she was born in poverty. So I dragged her into the palace. After selection, she met the standard, and gave her a sum of money to recruit her to be Puyi's wet nurse.