Jia Mu's kindness is famous in "Dream of the Red Chamber". The old lady has really done a lot of good things in her life. Qin Zhong, a young boy with a cold door, followed Jia Baoyu to Jia Mansion, and won the love of Jia Mu and treated him like a great-grandson, "because he saw that Qin Zhong was not very generous, and even helped him with some clothes and shoes and other things."
When Jia Mu celebrated her eighties, she also specially ordered someone to hold a liter of beans, let the nuns read the Buddha, and then picked them up one by one in a basket, picked one up each one, chanted a Buddha, and cooked the fate of the people at the intersection of the cross street to make good friends. The old lady also left behind two poor girls from the Jia family's side branch, because she was afraid that the slaves in the Jia family would look down on these two girls, and ordered the Mandarin Duck to tell the people in the Grand View Garden: "The women everywhere in the garden went to the front and instructed them, although the Xi sisters and the four sisters who were left behind were poor, they were also the same as the girls in the family, and everyone took care of them, I knew that the men and women in our family were all rich and noble, two decent eyes, and they might not put the two of them in their eyes, and some people underestimated them, and I heard that they were not dependent." ”
For the ladies in the family, Jia Mu has always been very tolerant. The happiness of the ladies in Jia's mother's room is probably second only to Yihong Courtyard. As the chief big man, Mandarin Duck even dared to refute Jia Mu's return. When Mandarin Duck was forced to marry by the grand master Jia Pardon, Jia Mu did not hesitate to stand next to Mandarin Duck, angrily rebuked her son and daughter-in-law, and made the lord for this humble servant and saved her from the predicament.
In addition, Grandma Liu, who came to the door for help, and the little Daoist who was slapped by Wang Xifeng, had all received help from Jia Mu. Isn't such an old lady kind enough? In fact, if we really think that Jia Mu is the kindest person in "Dream of the Red Chamber", we may be very wrong, Jia Mu's desperation is hidden in some subtle details, and all the good deeds she does are only to seek a "good result" for herself and her children and grandchildren.
Jia Mu loved Qin Zhong, but she loved Qin Zhong, but it was only because Qin Zhong "could accompany Baoyu to study", and when Qin Zhong was critically ill and lost this effect, Jia Mu's desperation was immediately revealed. Jia Baoyu was going to visit Qin Zhong, and Jia Mu only had a cold sentence: "When you get there, you will come back as long as you can, and there will be no delay!" ”
And Jia Mu's support for Mandarin Duck is only because Mandarin Duck is very good at serving Jia Mu, can accurately grasp the old lady's preferences, so that the old lady does not have to bother with any thought, can get the most satisfactory way of life. If the Mandarin Duck does not have such a function, she will also be unceremoniously abandoned by the old lady.
Therefore, the sixteen-year-old girl Yan Hong became a substitute for the Mandarin Duck. Jia Mu did not feel sorry for these girls who were in their youth at all, and she asked Lady Xing to tell Jia Shu, "I have silver here, let him just take care of buying it for eight thousand, just this girl can't do it." ”
Among Jia Mu's many granddaughters, her least favorite is Yingchun. Because of Yingchun's personality, He does not like to laugh and does not please the old lady. Therefore, for Yingchun's marriage, Jia Mu knew that it was inappropriate, but still just coldly said "I know".
Yingchun's misfortune, her father Jia Yu and her husband Sun Shaozu are certainly the main causes, but they are also related to Jia Mu's absolute love and indifference. Isn't Jia Mu a refined egoist for her granddaughter? What she did, even if it was good, was only to satisfy the needs of her heart, or to hear a compliment from someone else and praise her, "The old lady is so kind."
Jia Mu ordered Jia Baoyu's small house to bring a few strings of money when he went out, "to meet the monks, the poor, and to give alms", in order to protect Jia Baoyu's safety, so that those "narrow ghosts" hiding in the shadows should not torture Jia Baoyu; Jia Mu sent people to cook Buddha beans and make good friends at the intersection of the street, in order to pray for her own blessings; Jia Mu's kindness to Liu Grandma was only because Liu Grandma could please her.
Once they lost these effects, Jia Mu would abandon them like Qin Zhong and others. This is Jia Mu's unknown despair.
Even for the most beloved granddaughter Lin Daiyu, but when her interests conflict with Jia Baoyu, Jia Mu will not hesitate to give up Lin Daiyu and choose Jia Baoyu. This is the embodiment of Jia Mu's indifference and desperation.
Therefore, Jia Mu is not the kindest person in "Dream of the Red Chamber", and her absolute love is hidden by the author in details that are not easy to be detected, and we need to read it carefully.