Dream of the Red Chamber Continuation 120: After Lin Daiyu's death, Madame Wang, who hated her, unusually organized a grand funeral for her. Why did Madame Wang do this? The reason behind this is simple and intriguing.
01
When the news of Lin Daiyu's death came, everyone wept.
Jia Mu cried to death and came back to life, and there was no time to deal with Lin Daiyu's aftermath. At this time, Xue Baochao had just married Bao Yu, and although he was very talented, he had never dealt with this matter, so he did not dare to take the initiative to do things; Wang Xifeng had returned to Jia's pardon room and lost his former power, even if he had great ability, he could only abide by the rules. How to deal with Lin Daiyu's aftermath, to make Jia Mu satisfied, and to make Bao Yu feel at ease, has become a difficult problem.
"Do a good job, do a big job, do everything you can, and send Dai Yu all the way!" Madame Wang quickly made up her mind and directed the crowd to get busy.
Jia Mu put away her tears, and she was a little puzzled in the face of Madame Wang's actions.
Jia Baoyu felt a little comfort in his heart, his sweetheart's soul returned to heaven, Madame Wang did not like Lin Daiyu, and it was unexpected to be able to make such a move.
02
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are a pair of natural enemies, and although Lin Daiyu only has too close contact with Baoyu, she is rejected by Lady Wang.
When Lin Daiyu first entered the Rongguo Mansion, the two sides were only famous and did not meet, but they had just met, but they became a trend of water and fire.
Lin Daiyu met Jia Zheng according to the rules, Jia Zheng went out, Madame Wang came forward to receive, on the surface warm, but in fact issued a warning: "I am not at ease with only one thing: I have a bad root, is the family's 'Chaos Demon King', today because the temple is still willing to go, has not yet returned, you see it at night." You just don't want to pay attention to him later, and you sisters don't dare to mess with him. ”
As she grew older, Lady Wang arranged for her daughter Jia Yuanchun to reward the Dragon Boat Festival, hinting at the good fortune of Jin Yu, and supporting Xue Baochao as her daughter-in-law, and began to do everything possible to reject Lin Daiyu.
Jia Fu gradually entered the downhill road, before checking the Grand View Garden at night, Madame Wang exposed her dislike of Lin Daiyu when she was angry with Qingwen: "Last time we followed the old lady into the garden, there was a water snake waist, shaved shoulders, eyebrows and eyes are a bit like your Lin sister's, and is scolding the little girl there. My heart was very disdainful of that madness, for I had gone with the old lady, and I had not spoken. Later, I asked who it was, but I forgot. Today, right Kan'er, this girl must be her. (Dream of the Red Chamber, 74th)
When he scolded The Mulberry, the spearhead pointed directly at Lin Daiyu.
03
If Madame Wang simply handled Lin Daiyu's aftermath, it would also be reasonable.
Jia Fu has entered the last days after a hundred years, with many enjoyers and few planners, at this time the economy is tense, the youth and yellow are not connected, yin eats grain, and the financial resources cannot make ends meet.
Jia Baoyu's birthday, Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu chatted under the flowers, talking about Jia Tanchun's talent in managing housework, Lin Daiyu worried and said: "Our family is also too expensive." Although I do not care about things, my heart is always idle, and I calculate for you, and if I do not save money now, I will not take over my hands. (Dream of the Red Chamber, 62nd)
Lin Daiyu's second entry into the Rongguo Mansion did not bring more wealth in herself, and she privately told Xue Baochao about her situation: "I have nothing, I eat and wear, every grass and a tree, all of them are the same as their girls, are the little people not suspicious?" ”
Her close-knit ring Purple Crane had also privately told Jia Baoyu that if Lin Daiyu went home, she would not be able to afford bird's nest at all.
Jiangnan Zhen's family was raided, Jia Tanchun bluntly said that the Jia family will also be raided, external pressure has increased, in this case, Madame Wang simply handled Lin Daiyu's aftermath, will not provoke criticism.
04
Lady Wang insisted on doing a big job, xue Baochao did not know the reason, and when she tentatively inquired about the standard of work, Mrs. Wang said softly: "10,000 taels of silver." ”
Xue Baochao was shocked after listening to it, Madame Wang was not generous when she was not much, and there was no silver.
On Jia Mu's birthday, Madame Wang did not have silver to buy gifts, and with the help of Wang Xifeng, she pawned a box of belongings and exchanged them for three hundred taels of silver. Under these circumstances, Madame Wang generously took out 10,000 taels of silver to handle Lin Daiyu's affairs.
Madame Wang said the standard of 10,000 taels of silver, others do not know, but Wang Xifeng knows it, she once said privately to Ping'er, the Jia family married their daughters, each person according to the standard of 10,000 taels of silver to buy a dowry.
However, Wang Xifeng only knew one and did not know the other, and Madame Wang handled Lin Daiyu's affairs in a high-profile manner and had her own ideas.
One is that Lin Daiyu is dead, Jia Mu and Jia Baoyu are heartbroken, and handling Lin Daiyu's aftermath will be recognized by the two.
The other is that the more high-profile she is, the more authoritative she is in Jia Province, especially in front of Aunt Zhao, she has more confidence, and the dispute between concubines will form a decisive advantage.
Jia Mu was also pleased. After Lin Daiyu's death, she and Jia Baoyu needed a decent funeral to show the people of Jia Province; similarly, the Jia family was declining day by day, and a grand funeral was needed to whitewash and boost the influence of the outside world.
Use someone else's funeral to manifest one's desires. Madame Wang had a request, and Jia Mu also approved, so a grand funeral kicked off...
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