Many rural people say that it costs one million to raise one son and two million to raise two sons. Why is this?

There is a saying in rural areas: If you give birth to a son, it is China Construction Bank; if you give birth to two sons, it is Agricultural Bank of China; if you give birth to three sons, it is China Everbright Bank; if you give birth to a daughter, it is Industrial and Commercial Bank of China; if you give birth to two daughters, it is China Merchants Bank. The father of three daughters is Shanghai Pudong Development Bank.

The meaning expressed by this jingle is that to have sons, parents have to spend money for them. Spending three sons will use up all the family’s savings and turn it into an “Everbright Bank”; having a daughter is different. If there are three daughters in the family, just wait for "hair".

This jingle is also in line with the current situation of raising children in rural areas. Many rural parents spend about one million to get married for their sons. So what is the money spent? I will tell you below. Share it.

Whether you are giving birth to a child, you actually have to spend money to raise it. From the moment the baby is born, the money for milk powder, mother and baby products, school fees, toys, food and drink for the child's minor needs, etc. No one can live without money, whether it is a boy or a girl, this money is indispensable.

Therefore, when rural people say that it costs one million to give birth to a son, they do not refer to the cost of childcare, but to the money needed to get married when the child grows up. When a daughter gets married, she is married off and lives with her husband. There is no need to consider the daughter's accommodation after marriage. When the daughter gets married, she can just give her a dowry.

But it is different for boys to get married. This is marrying someone else’s daughter into the family. The other person’s daughter comes to live with his family. Now the requirements for marrying a wife in rural areas are no longer what they used to be. The three major items of "Two Turns and One Ring", now in rural areas, if you want to find a wife, you need to spend more money. 1. Betrothal gift

Rural betrothal gift has existed since ancient times. In the past, it was called bride price, and bride price represented a secondary meaning.

The first is the meaning of gratitude, to be grateful to the woman’s parents. It is not easy for them to raise their daughter. There is hard work without credit. It is precisely because of the efforts of the parents that the daughter can grow up and become an adult. Only his son can marry a girl from his family. This is a way of expressing gratitude to the girl's parents.

Another meaning is to impress the girl's parents by offering a bride price, so that the girl's parents can choose themselves as their in-laws from many competitors.

This is because in rural areas, every girl of marriageable age will have a matchmaker come to her door to introduce the girl to a partner. The more outstanding a girl is, the more people she will introduce. This is called blind date.

Because it is a blind date and there is no emotional basis. Whether the marriage can happen or not mainly depends on the family background of both parties and the man's character. Under the same conditions, how to let the woman choose him, the bride price will be high. play a decisive role.

Although the custom of paying a bride price has been around since ancient times, in the past, the amount of the bride price was usually within the scope of the family's financial income. Even if it exceeded, it would not be too high.

However, with the imbalance of the ratio of men to women in rural areas, more and more gifts are required for bride price. For example, the bride price (bride price) in some rural areas has reached 100,000 or more, and this amount The money is also more than the income of most local farmers. 2. Cars

When marrying a daughter-in-law in rural areas, a bride price (betrothal gift) is not enough. The bride price is given to the girl’s parents. How much bride price the girl’s parents will leave for their daughter is different. Each family’s financial situation is different. It's also different. In the past, when a daughter married a man, she would check whether the man's family had the necessities of life, such as bicycles, motorcycles, TVs, stereos, VCDs, etc.

With the improvement of living standards in rural areas, these ordinary household appliances are available in every household, as well as transportation means such as motorcycles and electric vehicles. Nowadays, the quality of tools for rural travel has also improved. As the economy improves, leather-wrapped vehicles such as motorcycles are no longer enough, and four-wheeled cars are needed.

Although with the mass production of domestically produced cars, the price of cars is not very high now, but most people really look down on cars that are too cheap. For example, if you buy a 3~5 van as a wedding After marriage in the future, let alone girls, even the neighbors will laugh at you.

In this case, the standard for buying a car is at least 100,000 yuan. It will be shameful to drive a car that is too bad. 3. House

In the past, when people in rural areas got married, they would separate households with their parents. Then they would apply for a new homestead in the village, and their parents would sponsor some money to build a new self-built house. If the parents were financially well off, , will build a wedding house for his son in advance.

At that time, when rural people got married, all they needed for a house was a place to live, and a house would be available sooner or later.

In the past, rural people would still live in the countryside after getting married, but it is different now. For the sake of their children’s future education and to enjoy a better life, many women will ask to go to the city to buy shopping bags before marriage. Just one house. Houses in cities are much more expensive than self-built houses in rural areas, and you have to pay at least hundreds of thousands more to buy one. Conclusion:

What rural people say is that it costs one million to raise a son and two million to raise two sons. This is a joke made by farmers on the current situation in the countryside. Parents cannot simply raise their sons. , and have to make plans for her son’s future marriage. This is why some rural people now prefer to have daughters rather than sons.