In Huazhi Lane, when Jia Lian's little maid Xing'er communicated with the You sisters, she once revealed that there is a tradition in Jiafu that when the young masters are getting older, the elders will arrange two special maids to serve in their rooms. These maids, known as the "people of the house", are different from ordinary maids.
Not only do they have to take care of the young master's daily life, but more importantly, they have to meet their physical needs to ensure that the young master doesn't cause unnecessary trouble outside. Generally speaking, if everything goes well, these "people in the house" will become their aunts after the young master gets married. For example, Jia Lian had two people in the house before marriage, but after Wang Xifeng entered the door, he drove them away for various reasons. Jia Zhu also had two people in the house, but after his death, Li Kun let them go.
The attackers and Qingwen in Baoyu's room were originally maids in Jia's mother's room, and were later assigned to serve Baoyu. According to Jia's mother's plan, Qingwen will become Baoyu's aunt in the future because of her outstanding speech, appearance and needlework ability. The attacker was sent to Baoyu because Jia's mother admired her pure heart and conscientious attitude, but her monthly money was still received from Jia's mother. This hints at whether Jia Mu also has plans to attack people as Aunt Baoyu.
But in any case, none of this matters, because Baoyu's first experience was with the raider. In the fifth episode, Baoyu takes a nap in Qin Keqing's bed, during which he sleepwalks in too illusory realm. Under the guidance of the Vigilant Fairy, he spends a happy moment with Kerr's sister. When he awoke, he asked the raiders to share the experience with him, and the book states, "Thankfully, no one has found out." However, regardless of whether or not you are caught on your first attempt, once you try it, you will want to stop it.
Therefore, in the thirty-first episode, when Qingwen and Baoyu had an argument, the attacker came forward to persuade her, and she excluded Qingwen from her rhetoric, calling herself and Baoyu "we". This infuriated Qingwen, and she sarcastically said, "I don't know what your relationship is, don't make me ashamed of you!" You can't hide what you do in private. Before you became husband and wife, you started calling us 'we.'"
Qingwen's "what you guys are sneaking around" undoubtedly refers to the secret between the raider and Baoyu. Because it's so frequent, that the girls know it very well. Some people wondered, why didn't the attacker get pregnant after having so many intimate contacts with Jia Baoyu? There is a view that this is because Jia Baoyu was too young at that time and her reproductive organs were not fully developed, so she naturally could not conceive. There is indeed some truth in this statement, after all, when Jia Baoyu first experienced it, he was still a child of about ten years old.
However, in the years following the initial experience, there was a period of four or five years between them until the raider distanced himself from him due to Baoyu's kick. At that time, Baoyu was already fourteen or fifteen years old and had the ability to give birth. You must know that Emperor Shunzhi's first son was only thirteen years old when he was born. Therefore, the argument that you are too young to have children is not convincing.
So, what is the real reason? In fact, the answer is very simple, the attacker can't and doesn't dare to get pregnant. In that era, not only Jiafu, but also the young masters of many wealthy and noble families had "people in the house" before marriage, and this arrangement was mainly to prevent the young masters from messing with flowers and grass outside and losing the face of the family.
When the young master has an intimate relationship with the girl, there is indeed a risk of pregnancy. If the young master has an eldest son before he is married, this will undoubtedly affect his future marriage. After all, a family of the same strength would not be willing to let its own young lady marry an unmarried young master who already had an eldest son. In order to prevent this from happening, the extended family has a well-established prevention mechanism.
Teach Mama to teach the girls about sex, including contraceptive methods, early on. For those girls who serve the young master closely, the mammies will be even more mental. Ancient people naturally have the wisdom of ancient people, such as fish bladder, musk, safflower, etc. are all used as contraceptive substances. In short, you're in control.
Some people may ask, what if the girl wants to improve her status by getting pregnant? In fact, they clearly know that if they get pregnant before the young master's marriage, whether the child is born or not, their fate will be tragic. The child may be put to death or left behind and the girl may be expelled from the house. Only a very few lucky ones can be reunited. If the future housewife is a person like Wang Xifeng, then the consequences are even more unimaginable. Therefore, no one will take this risk.
In short, these girls are very aware of their situation and fate. They knew that the matter of the bed with the young master would not bring them any good, but might bring them endless pain and disaster. Therefore, no one would be stupid enough to try such a thing. This is also the fundamental reason why the attacker has frequent contact with Jia Baoyu but is not pregnant. The fate of Jiafu is closely related to the status of the heirs.
From the story, we can observe that except for the attackers, Ping'er, Aunt Zhou, Jia Zhen's concubines Luanfeng, Peifeng, and Jia Rong's wives and concubines are not pregnant. Although their situation is very different from that of the attackers, why did they not choose to have children to strengthen their position? This is undoubtedly a hint of the author. Since the beginning of the story, no newborns have been born in Jiafuzhong. In Ningguo's mansion, Ningguo Duke Jia Yan had four sons, of which the eldest son Jia Daihua inherited the title of Ningguo Duke, but he only gave birth to two sons, one of whom died young. After Jia Jing inherited the family business, he only gave birth to Jia Zhen. And Jia Zhen only has one son, Jia Rong, and Jia Rong has no children.
On the other hand, in the Rong Mansion, Jia Yuan's son Jia Daishan has three children: Jia Yu, Jia Zheng, and Jia Min. According to Leng Zixing, there are several sisters. In Jia Lian's generation, he had two sons and a daughter, but in Jia Lian's generation, the people gradually withered. Sister Feng and Second Sister You finally conceived a child, but they both miscarried for various reasons.
There is a delicate relationship between the status of the heirs and the fate of the family. When the fate of the family prospers, so does the people; Conversely, when the fortunes of the family decline, the heirs gradually wither. This is the same as the rise and fall of a dynasty. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, although Emperor Shunzhi did not live long in the early Qing Dynasty, he had fourteen children. The Yongzheng Emperor was known for his diligence and was less involved in the affairs of Fengyue, but he also had more than a dozen children. However, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, after several emperors were extinct, did you know if fate was at work?
Therefore, not only attacking people, but even Xue Baochai, who later married into the Jia family, could not have children. The so-called "Langui Qifang" is just Cheng Gao's wishful thinking.