In the process of getting along between Jia Mu and Lady Wang, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Jia Mu had an absolute advantage at first. After all, in the context of the times at that time, the daughter-in-law only had the share of serving in front of her mother-in-law with a small and cautious and low brow.
Therefore, Jia Mu dared to unceremoniously evaluate Madame Wang in front of many grandchildren and subordinates, "I don't talk much, I am like wood, and I don't look good in front of my in-laws." This evaluation can be said to have left no face for Madame Wang. Therefore, when Jia Yu wanted to marry Mandarin Duck as a concubine, Jia Mu also dared to scold the innocent Lady Wang in public, "You were all coaxing me, filial piety outside, secretly calculating me, and if there are good things, you also come to ask for them; if there are good people, you also want them." There is such a hairy girl left, see me treat her well, you are naturally angry, get rid of her, so that you can fiddle with me! ”
Even if she was called "wood" by her mother-in-law, even if she was forcibly charged, Madame Wang never dared to defend herself. The only way to do this is to "get up and stand up and don't dare to say a word."
At this time, Madame Wang was more well-behaved than the angry little daughter-in-law, more supple, and still deceitful. It is difficult to believe that At this time, Madame Wang is also an upright lady of the commandments, the mother of the noble concubine, the head of the Jia family, and also a person with children and grandchildren.
However, with the development of the storyline, as Jia Mu's age grows older day by day, Madame Wang, the "angry daughter-in-law of the year", gradually survived. Unusually, she changed the practice of being obedient to Jia Mu and "going back to the old lady" to do everything, changing it to "cutting first and playing later".
The main thing is that Qingwen was picked up.
Jia Fu is a family of poetry and etiquette, and the rules are very strict. The slaves given to the younger generations by the elders all felt that they had a very special status, and Jia Baoyu also taught the lessons of the patriotic Lin Zhixiao family. And Qingwen, the handmaiden, was also given to Jia Baoyu by Jia Mu, and revealed in the open and secret that she would make a concubine for Jia Baoyu in the future.
Such a handsome lady, Madame Wang did not dare to shake it, and if she did, she was punching Jia Mu's face. Even if you want to pick it up, you should also go back to Jia Mu and explain clearly what mistakes Qingwen can't forgive before you can pick it up. But Madame Wang did not do this. Bold, she first took away Qingwen, and then used a plate of pickles to test Jia Mu's concessions and compromises, and then told a big lie in front of Jia Mu.
After taking Qingwen away, Madame Wang did not dare to tell Jia Mu directly. She wanted to try what Kinden's attitude Jia Mu had towards herself now. As a result, such an intriguing thing happened in "Dream of the Red Chamber" -
On that day, Jia Mu had dinner, and Jia Shu, Jia Zheng, Lady Xing, and Lady Wang, according to the custom in the family, still picked one from their own meals and came out to honor Jia Mu. This time, Jia Yu and Lady Xing honored two foods that could not be seen as a dish; Jia Zheng honored a bowl of chicken marrow shoots, and Lady Wang honored a plate of pure pepper sauce.
Jia Mu first reiterated her new rules, "Last few times I have ordered, now you can get rid of these, you still don't listen, now it is better than the time when you were first spoke." Then, the two dishes of Jia Shu and Lady Xing's filial piety were returned unchanged, and Jia Zheng's chicken marrow shoots were given to Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, leaving only Lady Wang's pepper oil pure sauce.
Madame Wang smiled: "But it is all home-cooked things, today I eat fasting, nothing else, but some tofu gluten, the old lady does not like to eat, only picked up a kind of pepper oil pure sauce." Jia Mu smiled and said, "This is just right, I was thinking about eating this." ”
Jia Mu was an aristocratic lady with an extremely exquisite life, and her diet was also extremely exquisite. Does she really like the simplest but pure pepper sauce on this plate? Not necessarily. The reason why Jia Mu said this was only to give Lady Wang face. She is no longer the jia family that was in the limelight, she has become an old lady who begs for a living in the hands of her daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law's filial piety dish, and in front of the daughter-in-law's face, of course, she said, "I was thinking of this to eat."
In other words, this is Jia Mu starting her own compromise and concession to Lady Wang. She had realized that she probably didn't have much time left, and her future granddaughter Lin Daiyu would still fall into the hands of Lady Wang, and she could no longer put her mother-in-law's shelf in front of Lady Wang.
Madame Wang was also keenly aware of this, and her temptation succeeded. Therefore, a few days later, Madame Wang had the audacity to tell Jia Mu about Qingwen's being beaten, and also told a big lie, saying that Qingwen had her daughter's tuberculosis and could not go out without getting rid of her.
Jia Mu did not believe Madame Wang's lies at all, but the old lady once again chose to give in and compromise.
A plate of pickles became a tool for Madame Wang to test Jia Mu, and from then on, the real family of Jia Fu changed from Jia Mu to Madam Wang, and the tragedy of "Jinling Twelve Chao" really began to stage.