In fact, Xue Baochao, who looks dignified and elegant on the surface, is a delicate egoist.
When Xue Baochao was about to face the embarrassing situation of eavesdropping on Xiaohong and Xia'er's conversation in Di Cuiting, her instinctive reaction was to push the responsibility for eavesdropping on Lin Daiyu.
When Bao Chao heard this outside, he was surprised and thought, "... Today I heard her short child, a moment of rapid rebellion, the dog jumped the wall, not only was there trouble, but I was not interested. Now, they are in a hurry to hide, and they can't hide, so they can't help but make a 'golden cicada out of its shell'. Before he could finish thinking about it, he only listened to the "creak", and Bao Chao deliberately put his steps down and shouted with a smile: "Er, I see where you are hiding." ”
Knowing that hearing Xiaohong's "short child" is a very boring thing, it may make Xiaohong "rebel in a hurry, and the dog jumps the wall", but deliberately transfers such embarrassment to Lin Daiyu.
In the future, when Xiaohong meets Lin Daiyu, will she secretly doubt in her heart? Will it have bad ideas about Lin Daiyu? This was not within Xue Baochao's consideration at all. As long as she defused her embarrassing situation, she would not consider Lin Daiyu's situation at all.
When Ping'er wanted to hand over the errand of managing flowers and plants in the Grand View Garden to Ying'er's mother, Xue Baochao's performance was also very intriguing——
Bao Chao said, "I can't make a decision, how many people you have to use here, one by one idle, there is nothing to do, this will make me come again, call that person even I look down on, I came up with a person for you, The old Ye Mother of Yihong Courtyard, she is the mother of Ming Yan, that is an honest old man, and the mother of our warblers is very good... She doesn't know, don't need us to say, she went to Ying'er's mother to discuss, even if Old Ye Mama didn't care at all, she actually handed over to that one, that's their private affair, some people gossip can't complain about us..."
The matter of managing flowers and grass is the fattest errand in the Grand View Garden, and Xue Baochao is not that he does not want his old mother to manage it, but he is afraid that someone will complain about himself and his hand is too long.
After this ingenious arrangement by Xue Baochao, the errand actually fell on Ying'er's mother, even Mingyan's mother had to accept Xue Baochao's affection, and the other mothers-in-law of the Grand View Garden could not say anything. This is where Xue Baochao shudders, gets benefits, and makes people have nothing to complain about.
When Liu Xianglian, who had saved Xue Pan, left home, and when You Sanjie killed herself, the indifference and selfishness shown by Xue Baochao were even more chilling. She only considered how to entertain those guys who were still useful to her family, and for Xue Pan's savior Liu Xianglian, she didn't care at all.
Xue Baochao grew up reading a lot of books with his father, and was one of the most talented girls in "Dream of the Red Chamber", alongside Lin Daiyu. Why would such a well-informed girl become a delicate egoist? What kind of education did her parents educate her? In other words, what kind of original family caused Xue Baochao's exquisite self-interest?
From Xue Baochao's life experience, we can see that her cultural attainments come from her father's meticulous cultivation. Since the death of Xue Baochao's father, Xue Baochao was obviously deeply influenced by her mother, Aunt Xue, and since then, her personality has also changed greatly.
Once Xue Baochao, a frank woman of the Lin Daiyu style, also stole books such as "The Tale of the West Chamber" and "Peony Pavilion", and liked poetry and songs. But later Xue Baochao became a delicate egoist who seemed to abide by feudal morality, but only planned for himself.
Undoubtedly, this is the influence of Aunt Xue. Because Aunt Xue is such a woman.
She brought a pair of children into Beijing, so that her daughter could become the daughter-in-law of Jia Fu and achieve "golden jade and good fortune". At this time, the Xue family urgently needed the support of a rich and powerful family. In Xue Pan's marriage, Aunt Xue also showed "exquisite self-interest", so although Xing Xiuyan was gentle and sensible, she was excluded by Aunt Xue because of her poor family, but in order to win over Lady Xing, the eldest wife of the Rongguo Mansion, Aunt Xue promised Xing Xiuyan to Xue Tadpole.
Such a clever arrangement can not only allow the Xue family to get the support of Lady Xing, but also avoid the risk of Xue Pan marrying a girl from a poor family as a daughter-in-law.
In Xue Pan's marriage, Aunt Xue chose Xia Jingui, who was diametrically opposed to Xing Xiuyan's personality, but her family was very rich. Aunt Xue's abacus was clever, but she did not expect that Xia Jingui was not a good troublemaker, and after entering the door, she made the Xue family uneasy.
This is Xue Baochao's original family. Although Father Xue was a Confucian businessman who knew how to write and dali, and had also influenced Xue Baochao to a large extent, because Xue Baochao died too early, Xue Baochao began to be influenced by Aunt Xue and became a refined egoist.