There is a saying that "Yama is good to see, but the little devil is difficult to haunt." Sometimes, the evil of human nature of the people at the bottom is more chilling than those who are in high positions.
In Jia Fu in "Dream of the Red Chamber", this point is even more vividly demonstrated. As the highest level of Jia Fu, Jia Mu is a generous and charitable old lady, and she never looks down on the poor. She gave Liu Grandma the real treatment of a distinguished guest, and once stopped Wang Xifeng from teaching the little Taoist who cut candle flowers. When the old lady left the fourth sister and Xiluan of the Jia family's side branch to live in the Grand View Garden for a few days, because she was well aware of the faces of the slaves in the Jia Family, she specially instructed the Mandarin Duck to go to the Grand View Garden to give an explanation, "Who dares to despise the two of them, I heard that it is not dependent." ”
However, with Jia Mu's own strength, it was impossible to change the nature of hundreds of slaves in Jia Province to bully and fear the hard. Therefore, the evil of human nature at the bottom of Jia Fu will also be expressed in "Dream of the Red Chamber" from time to time.
A bowl of steamed tofu, a bowl of egg soup, the chilling struggle between the slaves of Jia Fu hidden behind it, and the intricate relationship are all more manifestations of the evil of human nature of these low-level people.
The cause of this incident is because Siqi sent the little girl Lotus to go to the small kitchen to help herself get a bowl of egg soup. The people of Jia Province eat very little, especially these big men who do small work, and they eat not much more than cats. A bowl of egg custard with a meal can only use two eggs at most. However, even if there were two eggs, the Liu family in charge of the small kitchen was not willing to give them to Siqi in vain.
Not only did it not do it, but also choreographed a lotus flower. Lotus was angry and turned over the old accounts, what "last time I wanted tofu, you got some steamed bread"; Qingwen wanted to eat reeds, you "hurried to wash your hands and stir-fry, and the dog turned upside down like a child"; what "eating is the master's, our sub-case" and so on.
Of course, the Liu family's failure to make egg soup for Siqi is also well-founded, according to the rules of Jia Fuzhong, the meals are divided into exceptions, and who eats who takes the money in addition, even Tanchun and Xue Baochao cannot be exceptions, let alone Yatou Siqi. Therefore, the Liu family is not willing to show weakness, and the two people have a big fight in the small kitchen.
The result of this incident was that Siqi led a group of people to smash the small kitchen, and the Liu family was forced to be helpless, or made a bowl of egg soup for Siqi, but Siqi spilled the egg soup on the ground.
It seems that a dispute is over, but in fact, the real drama has just begun.
The Liu family's watchman's dish is not the first time, the original bowl of steamed tofu is proof. Why did Si Qiming know the character of the Liu family, already eat a bowl of steamed tofu, and send Lotus Ton to ask for egg soup for himself again? Couldn't she have imagined that she would definitely eat the closed door soup again?
When we see the development of the story later, it is not difficult to infer that this time Siqi went to the small kitchen to ask for egg soup, which is likely to be a premeditated opportunity to provoke.
Because shortly after this smashing of the small kitchen, the Liu family was detained because of a bottle of rose dew. Wang Xifeng's decision to deal with it was to "beat her mother (the Liu family's) with forty boards, throw them out, never allow her to enter the second door, beat the five children with forty boards, and immediately hand them over to Zhuang Shang, either selling or matching people."
The Liu family was thrown out, and the small kitchen could not be left unattended, and the girls could not be left without food. So, who is the person who will take over the Liu family's errands? Si Qi's aunt, Qin Xian's family.
This is the result of great thought.
There were many slaves in Jia Fuzhong who were idle at home, and it was obvious that Siqi's aunt was also one of them. However, Qin Xianjia's family is not without skills, she is good at cooking, so she is qualified to replace the Liu family after the Liu family is picked up.
Both the Liu family and the Qin Xianjia were good at cooking, one became the head of the small kitchen in the Grand View Garden, and could earn a lot of extra money every day, and one was idle at home and had nothing to do. This person who earns extra money is always difficult to play chess. Do you guess Siqi ever thought about getting the Liu family down and pushing his own aunt up?
The answer is obvious. Therefore, Siqi sent Lotus to the small kitchen to ask for egg soup, and he already knew what the result was. But she just wanted to take the opportunity to cause trouble, take this opportunity to take down the Liu family, and let her aunt take her place!
Even if there is no bottle of troublesome rose dew in the small kitchen, there are always other drawbacks, and it is not difficult to be caught by Siqi. After all, the Liu family was not an innocent person.
Therefore, a bowl of steamed tofu has long aroused Siqi's resentment towards the Liu family, and a bowl of egg soup is Siqi's premeditation to overthrow the Liu family. Therefore, everything was perfect, and when the Liu family stepped down, Siqi's aunt took over—if it weren't for Ping'er's decision, Siqi and her aunt would really succeed.
A bowl of steamed tofu and a bowl of egg soup show the evil of human nature at the bottom of Jia Province, the greed and snobbery of the Liu family, and the scheming and cunning of Siqi and her aunt. All of this, in the final analysis, is just for the position of a small kitchen manager.