What does the door-to-door son-in-law mean?

Door-to-door son-in-law is a folk saying The door-to-door son-in-law is the woman's family responsible for the cost of marriage. After marriage, the man lives in the woman's house, which means that the husband needs to live with his wife's house, and the children in the future should take the woman's surname. This kind of marriage is mostly because the woman has no brothers or sisters. Invite a son-in-law to carry on the family line.

In ancient times, "son-in-law" was a derogatory term. Because rich and powerful people, if their children are girls, need men to inherit the family business, carry on the family line, and continue the incense, so there is the saying of a door-to-door son-in-law

The reason for the door-to-door son-in-law

1, the woman's house is better than the man's.

If the financial condition of the woman's family is better than that of the man's family, the woman's parents don't want her daughter to be wronged there, and they will let the man live in the woman's family if they live in hardship.

There are many boys in the man's family.

There are many boys in the man's family. Because there are not so many homesteads, and he can't live with his brothers after marriage, he has the idea of being a son-in-law at home.

3. Only child

Now many girls are only children. In order not to be lonely, the parents of the woman's family will ask her daughter to find a boyfriend, and she must find someone who can be a door-to-door son-in-law

4. Can't afford to marry

Nowadays, there are more and more bride price in rural areas, and some poor families can't afford the bride price money, so they become door-to-door sons-in-law. After all, they can save a lot of money.