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Many of Jia Fu's servants are better than Miss, and Jia Mu can see through this. Jia Mu once told Xi Chun and other granddaughters that Mandarin ducks were better than them. If she didn't really appreciate the Mandarin Duck, this old grandmother wouldn't have to hold a confidant in front of several granddaughters.
Think about these girls of different classes, identities, ranks, and ages described in "Dream of the Red Chamber", there are many outstanding. This article analyzes and comments on a little girl who is rarely noticed by people - in the eyes of readers and friends, she is a little girl, but in terms of real identity, she should be a first-class or second-class girl in the Grand View Garden. Why?
This is not surprising. Although "Dream of the Red Chamber" has been published for hundreds of years, only those most conspicuous young ladies and other characters are well known to readers, and those marginalized characters in Jia Fu, even if their status is noble, are often "buried", such as Jia Yingchun, the second miss of Shu.
Although Yingchun is the master, he does not appear much and the character portrayal is not brilliant, so there is no light on his body. Even the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and handmaidens who brought her to a room in Zilingzhou were unknown, except, of course, for the troublesome Siqi. Let's talk about the story of another embroidered orange in the Spring House.
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Because Yingchun's nursing mother took away the pearl-soaked golden phoenix privately, the Dragon Boat Festival could not be worn, so the handmaiden embroidered orange in the house planned to go to Fengjie to explain this matter.
Yingchun's pearl-saving golden phoenix was taken away by the nursing mother, and from this incident, it can be seen how chaotic the management of Yingchun House is.
Ancient clothing pays attention to shape, and some expensive accessories in addition to the cumbersome craftsmanship and high value, they often have a deeper meaning and role, which is a symbol of etiquette. Like this kind of tired golden phoenix, every girl in the Jia family has it, and Dai Yu should also have it. It is usually worn by the girls during the New Year's Festival or when meeting important guests. Such an important jewelry, Yingchun's nursing mother can take it, which shows boldness.
Embroidered orange siqi and other people are yingchun's personal servants, and it is their duty to be in charge of the ring skirt. Soon it is August 15th, definitely want to wear such jewelry, and others wear it, just don't wear it in the spring, if Lady Jia Mu Wang and others see it, they will naturally have to ask questions, so Xiu Tangerine only thought of returning to Wang Xifeng and letting her start to deal with this matter.
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The daughter-in-law of Yingchun's nursing mother, Wang Zhu's daughter-in-law, heard Embroidered Orange and Yingchun talking about Jinfeng outside, and these mother-in-laws and daughters-in-law of Jia Fu were all women who had become elites, and they knew that Yingchun was cowardly, so they did not pay attention to this young lady at all, so they did such a thing.
At this time, Wang Zhu's daughter-in-law still did not repent, but instead intensified her efforts, trying to prevent Xiu Tangerine from telling Feng Jie about the matter. She said that the embroidered orange was a "trouble", and said that the golden silk phoenix was the grandmother's old fool, who lost the money and temporarily borrowed it, and redeemed it when it was fished. This is not to mention, she also wants Yingchun to look at the love from the snack milk, and go to the old lady to intercede.
But people who can't stand up always like to count several things together so that they can cover up their faults, and this is the case with this daughter-in-law.
Xiu Tangerine was keenly aware of this, and only then did he tell her that ransoming jinfeng was one thing, intercession was another, and there was no inevitable involvement between the two things, and there was no need to put them together.
The reason why these daughters-in-law put together and say that the underlying motive is nothing more than to use the ransom of Jinfeng to blackmail Yingchun to intercede, which means that only when Yingchun goes to intercede, they will redeem Jinfeng as soon as possible, and the intention is very sinister:
Who knew that Yingchun's mother-in-law's daughter-in-law Wang Zhu's daughter-in-law was because her mother-in-law had sinned and came to ask Yingchun to please... It is also due to the cowardice of the day, and they do not pay attention to it. Now seeing that Xiu Orange intends to go back to Feng Jie, I estimate that this matter cannot be taken off... He smiled and said to Xiu Tangerine first, "Girl, don't you go to trouble." The girl's golden silk phoenix, it turned out that our grandmother was confused, lost a few money, did not have to fish, so temporarily borrowed ... But it just so happened that I didn't know who had gone through the wind and caused trouble. Even so, in the end, the master's things, we dare not delay, after all, we will be redeemed. Now he also asks the girl to see the love of nursing from the child, go to the old lady's side to beg for a face, and rescue her old man's home. ”
04
It turned out that Yingchun's nursing mother and others had been severely punished by Jia Mu and thrown out of Jia Province because of gambling. This daughter-in-law and the nursing mother did something wrong first, and at this moment, instead of coming to make amends, they put forward further demands, and they also kicked their noses in the face and deceived people too much.
Yingchun refused, her words were still very soft, but she refused in a kind way, neither blaming Wang Zhu'er's mother-in-law for her mistakes, nor any deterrent force:
Yingchun xian said, "Good sister-in-law, you beat this delusion early, you have to wait for me to intercede, and it will not be useful until next year." Fang Cai lian bao sister Lin sister everyone interceded, the old lady is not dependent, let alone me. I am ashamed of myself, but I go to be ashamed? ”
Instead, the handmaiden embroidered orange, and at a glance, she saw through the daughter-in-law's heart, and said that she was the key to breaking the point:
Embroidered Orange then said, "Ransom Phoenix is one thing, intercourse is a thing, don't hang in one place and say it." If the girl doesn't intercede, you won't redeem it? The sister-in-law also took the golden phoenix to say more. ”
The original text said that Wang Zhu's daughter-in-law saw that "the words of embroidered oranges are sharp and unanswerable" and "cannot pass on the face for a while", why are the words of embroidered oranges so sharp? The root cause is that she broke the point in one word.
Embroidered Orange's thinking was clear and organized, and she knew that this daughter-in-law had not necessarily wanted to redeem Jin Feng until now, but really wanted Yingchun to intercede. There is even more evil intention to threaten Yingchun and intercede on the grounds of Jin Feng. That's why she said bluntly, don't you want to redeem Jin Feng if the girl doesn't intercede?
Yes, this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law never planned to redeem the golden phoenix, otherwise she would never have said that the embroidered orange was "a trouble" from the beginning, let alone that someone else had "gone to the wind". When you make a mistake, not only do you not want to make up for it, but you also slander others as a troublemaker.
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The cleverness of the embroidered orange lies in the fact that she was not only not led by the nose by Wang Zhu's daughter-in-law, but also recognized her ulterior motives at a glance, suggesting that she ransomed the golden phoenix and interceded were two different things, first taking the golden phoenix, and then talking about the intercession.
Seeing the situation, Wang Zhu's daughter-in-law had no choice but to slander embroidered oranges and other servants, saying that they were too calculating about silver money, and also said that they had secretly deceived the cases in the Yingchun room, etc., and said that these mother-in-laws and daughters-in-law paid for a lot of expenses in Yingchun and Xiu, the original text is as follows:
Wang Zhu'er's family heard that Yingchun rejected her so much, and Xiu Tangerine's words were sharp and unanswerable, and for a moment his face could not pass, and he also deceived Yingchun Su Ri's good nature, but he spoke to Xiu Tangerine: "Girl, don't be too aggressive. You count the whole family, whose mother and tits do not benefit from the master's brother and sister, but we are like this 'Ding is Ding, 卯 is 卯', only you are allowed to sneak and deceive. Since Lady Xing came, the wife instructed her to save one or two pieces of silver a month to go with her uncle's wife, and here she added the envoy fee of Lady Xing, but one or two pieces of silver were missing. Often short this, less than that, which is not our supply, who wants to go? But that's all for you. Even today, there are thirty-two to say less. Our money has not been filled in in vain! ”
Starting from the exploration of the Chunli family, the Wu Xindeng family's blatant difficulty in exploring the spring, and then to the wet mother's gambling in the Yingchun house and the daughter-in-law's trouble, it can be seen that these slaves in Jia Fu have a deep heart and are really difficult.
From this point of view, although the siqi, embroidered oranges, and waiters in the Yingchun and Tanchun rooms do not have real power like Ping'er Mandarin Ducks, they are bold and eloquent, and they have opinions on things, and about half of the reasons are also forced out by this living environment.
In summary, there are many small characters in "Dream of the Red Chamber", although they are not the protagonists, and the author has taken a few strokes lightly, but they also have remarkable points in them, which are worth learning and affirming.
References: "Dream of the Red Chamber Fat Collection", by Cao Xueqin, Comments on Fat Yan Zhai, Yuelu Book Club.