What did the ancient children do?

We often see in costume dramas that the ancient literati will be accompanied by a little book boy who is mainly responsible for the daily life of the literati. Occasionally, a scholar will take a bookish book with him when he takes the exam, but is a bookish book really like that? I'm afraid you wouldn't think so if you knew the real function of Guji. Because the relationship between ancient bookishness and scholars is a bit difficult to describe.

Since ancient times, scholars are all the same, and ancient scholars also need to pass exams again and again before they can enter the official career and make a fortune. When we watch TV series, we often see those poor scholars who study hard for more than ten years just to become famous, and finally return to China in gold clothes when they take exams in Beijing.

Moreover, since ancient times, standard scholars must have had some extremely young people around them. These extremely young people are similar in age. When the reader is studying hard, the book boy is responsible for grinding, accompanying and taking care of the reader's daily life. Sometimes the Jinshi go to Beijing to catch the exam, and they go for months, only with extremely young people.

Although an excellent boy's job is somewhat similar to that of a little maid, he usually takes care of the scholar's daily life, helps him clean up his study, or studies with him.

But if you think this role is extremely simple, you are naive. Ancient scholars only knew how to study hard at the cold window all day, vying for fame and profit, and basically had no entertainment life. But scholars are also men, and men also have normal physiological needs.

At this time, the real function of extremely bookish is revealed, which is to help readers solve their physiological needs. Because most ancient literati seldom got married before they became famous, it was difficult to get close to women during their hard study in the cold window, so it can be said that all entertainment activities were put an end to.

The most important thing is that every time a scholar goes to Beijing to catch the exam, it takes several months to walk, and it is inevitable that he will feel lonely and unbearable. At this time, only when the scholar is hungry can he seek the help of people who are extremely knowledgeable around him. Especially some handsome little bookboys in ancient times, especially loved by scholars.