The third-class servant in the Yihong Courtyard who did rough work was the person with the highest ambition in the dream of the Red Chamber
Xiaohong is the daughter of Lin Zhixiao, the housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion, and was already assigned to work here in advance before Baoyu moved into Yihong Courtyard. Xiaohong's original name was Lin Hongyu, because of the heavy jade characters of Baoyu and Daiyu, it was renamed Xiaohong. There are two doubts about Xiaohong, one is that she changed her name, which is not analyzed here for the time being, and the other is Xiaohong's identity. Xiaohong is the daughter of the housekeeper Lin Zhixiao, but she has become an inconspicuous third-class rough servant in the Yihong Courtyard, the key is that this girl has high ambitions, is not willing to struggle at the bottom, and hopes to get ahead and fly up the branches to become a phoenix.
First, Xiaohong wants to be Baoyu's concubine.
Bao Yu saw that there were no servants, so he had to come down by himself and take the bowl and pour tea into the teapot. Only to hear the back say: "The second master carefully burned his hands!" Let's pour. As he spoke, he walked up and took the bowl earlier. Baoyu was stunned and asked, "Where are you?" Suddenly it came and scared me. While handing over the tea, the young lady replied, "I was in the back yard, and I came in through the back door of the middle room, didn't the second master hear the footsteps?" While eating tea, Bao Yu carefully looked at the girl: wearing a few semi-new and not old clothes, but a good black hair, holding a hairpin (the original word is the upper ear hairpin), long face, delicate figure, but very beautiful and clean.
Such a pretty Little Red has been working in Yihong Courtyard, and Bao Yu saw that she didn't even know, which showed that there were many servants in Yihong Courtyard and the rules were very large. It is difficult for the little girl who does rough work outside to have the opportunity to enter the master's house to work, let alone meet, which is also the reason why Baoyu does not know Xiaohong, of course, this is also the reason why Xiaohong deliberately created an opportunity to see Baoyu.
Obviously, Xiaohong is not willing to be an obscure rough handmaiden like her parents arranged, saying that parents love their children and will make a long-term plan for them, and Lin Zhixiao and his wife are no exception.
Lin Zhixiao and his wife only have one only daughter, Xiaohong, and will certainly not want the only daughter to always be a rough maid, the reason why they arrange such a job for their daughter should have two reasons, on the one hand, the maid in Yihong Courtyard can be released to marry freely in the future, and is no longer bound by the master. On the other hand, I believe that Lin Zhixiao and his wife also hope that their daughter can break away from slavery in the future, become a free person, marry well, and live a happy life.
The daughter of the Zhou Rui family is a role model in the eyes of Lin Zhixiao and his wife, and they also hope that their daughter Xiaohong can get rid of slavery and marry a good family in the future. Perhaps it was with this idea that the Lin Zhixiao family arranged a third-class rough servant's job for their daughter Xiaohong, otherwise with the status of the Lin Zhixiao family, they could completely let their daughter go to the master's side to be a second-class servant.
Xiaohong did not want to be just a third-class rough servant, she wanted to be Baoyu's concubine, so she dug her heart out to create opportunities, and finally met Baoyu, but did not want to attract the insults and bullying of other big ladies in Baoyu's house.
Qiu Wen listened, took a bite out of his face, and scolded, "Faceless obscene things!" You said there was an accident, but you told us to go, and you can wait to do this Qiaozong'er. Mile by mile, this is not coming up. Can't we keep up with you? You also take a mirror and look at it, and the tea and water are not matched! Bi Chen said, "Ming'er, I said to them, if you want tea and water to send east and west, let's not move, just tell her to go." Qiu Wen said, "So, it's better that we disperse, just let her be in this room." ”
The insults and humiliations of Qiu Wen and Bi Zhen made Xiao Hong instantly wake up, and it was not easy for her to be a concubine of Bao Yu. There are many big girls in the Baoyu room, and third-class coarse servants like Xiaohong have no chance to enter Baoyu's room, let alone get close to Baoyu and make Baoyu like her, which has become impossible.
After XiaoHong woke up, she immediately adjusted her goal, no longer taking being a concubine of Baoyu as the goal of struggle, but shifting the goal to Jia Yun, the near branch of Jia Fu. In Xiaohong's view, even if Jia Yun is not rich, he is the grandfather of Jia Fu, marrying her, Xiaohong is no longer a slave, and it is also a good choice to get rid of slavery.
Second, Xiaohong seized the opportunity to successfully jump ship.
Sister Feng said, "Since this is the case, Ming'er and Bao Yu said to him to ask him to ask for another person, and to tell this lady to go with me." I don't know if I want to? Hongyu smiled, "Whether we want to or not, we don't dare to say." Just following Grandma, we also learned some eyebrow heights, up and down, big and small things also have to be seen. Just after saying that, I saw Lady Wang's servant come to invite her, and Sister Feng resigned from Li Gong and went away. Hongyu went back to Yihong Courtyard, not a word.
From XiaoHong's answer, it can be seen that the emotional intelligence and IQ of this girl are very high, she not only seized the opportunity, successfully jumped ship, won the like of Wang Xifeng, and spoke very decently.
Xiaohong was originally just a third-class rough maid in Yihong Courtyard, through job hopping, she successfully improved her identity status, transformed herself, from a third-class maid to a more trusted big girl in Wang Xifeng's house, and even followed the master out of the house to have her share, it can be seen that Xiaohong followed Wang Xifeng to jump ship, mixed well.
In fact, when Wang Xifeng beckoned in the Grand View Garden, Xiaohong had several little girls around her, and they didn't notice it, only Xiaohong saw Wang Xifeng's call. It can be seen from this that Xiaohong is clever and clever, she is very good at seizing opportunities, and jumping to Wang Xifeng's department is the best example.
Third, Xiaohong and Jia Yun's office romance.
When Bao Chao heard the conversation outside the pavilion, he stopped his feet and listened carefully inside, only to hear: "Look at this handkerchief, and sure enough, if it is the piece you lost, you will hold it; if not, you will return it to Second Master Yun." Another said, "Not my piece!" Bring it to me. Then he heard, "What have you taken to thank me?" Can't it be found in vain? He replied, "Since I promised to thank you, naturally I will not coax you." Then he heard, "I have found someone to give you, and naturally thank me; but if you are only a chosen one, you will not give him any thanks?" He replied, "Don't talk nonsense! He is a grandfather's family, he has picked up our things, and naturally he should pay them back. Tell me what to thank him for? ”
Through this conversation that Bao Chao overheard at Di Cuiting, it can be seen that Xiaohong and Jia Yun borrowed handkerchiefs to communicate, and Xiang'er inadvertently acted as a red bride. Like them, once they communicate privately, once they are known to the master, Xiaohong will definitely be punished.
Later, Xiaohong and Jia Yun both worked in Wang Xifeng's department, and their office romance should have been carried out in private, and their ending was not mentioned at the end of the first eighty times. However, in the 87 version of the Dream of the Red Chamber, after Jia Fu was raided, Jia Yun asked his neighbor Ni Er to help find Xiao Hong, and Jia Yun mentioned Xiao Hong's help to him in his words, according to the compilation of this plot, Xiao Hong and Jia Yun's final ending is together.
It can be seen that Xiaohong is a very far-sighted handmaiden, she is ambitious, not satisfied with the status quo, when the goals she set for herself are difficult to achieve, she did not hesitate, immediately adjusted her goals, adaptability and work ability is very strong. With her own efforts, she not only successfully jumped ship, but also won good job opportunities, of course, happier is to get a good job at the same time, but also won a happy love.
I am Xiao Meng, telling you the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Reference works: Cao Xueqin, Fat Yanzhai commentary on "Dream of the Red Chamber" Fat Collection