There is such a small ring in "Dream of the Red Chamber", the number of appearances is not much, but it also makes a deep impression. However, this is not a good impression, but it is surprising and lamentable, and the fights and mutual struggles of the people at the bottom will never distinguish between age and gender. Some people, looking like the "flesh and bones made of water" in Jia Baoyu's mouth, are actually another face underneath, and the most ugly appearance is often exposed in front of people of the same class as themselves.
This little ring is called Lotus Flower, which is the small ring in the Spring Room, and only appears in the sixty-first time of "Dream of the Red Chamber". Lotus Flower came to the small kitchen on the orders of Siqi to deliver a message that a bowl of egg soup should be steamed and steamed tenderly. Who is this bowl of egg soup for, of course, not the cowardly and fearful Miss Yingchun, but the vice miss Siqi, who has always been crazy and accustomed to eating it. Lotus is only responsible for passing on the word here.
But Liu's sister-in-law, who is in charge of the small kitchen, does not buy it, and theoretically it does make sense. The small kitchen is for the convenience of the ladies and gentlemen in the garden, and it is not set up for anyone alone, let alone a ring that can be ordered casually. However, in actual operation, in order to get her daughter into Yihong Courtyard, Liu Sister-in-law tried every means to please Yihong Courtyard's big girl ring, even Fangguan, only to yihong courtyard not long ago, because it was deeply valued by Baoyu, Liu Sister-in-law also fought with Fangguan fiercely, from time to time to open a small stove for her.
In short, Liu Sister-in-law is to watch people cook dishes, fake public welfare, please the people they want to please, and the big room that is not favored and has no use value is too strict to "do things impartially", and the tofu sent to the Yingchun room is actually dirty, which has offended the hot-tempered Siqi.
Sure enough, this time, a bowl of egg soup, still making Liu Sister-in-law's flesh ache, directly rejected the lotus flower, and cried poor, saying that there was no egg, asking Siqi to eat it another day. In fact, another day is just a push, but it is just to send the other party away.
If it is someone else, it may be counted, and since Sister-in-law Liu said no, then leave. Even if you know that the other party is fooling yourself, it is not good. But Lotus Had no intention of leaving, and Willow's sister-in-law's attitude made her very angry, and she couldn't leave. If you go back like this, you may be scolded by Siqi, besides, although this lotus flower is young and does the work of running errands for the big guy, it is not a fuel-saving lamp. Maybe because of this, Siqi would send her over, how could she go back in a daze?
Although Sister-in-law Liu drove the train with her mouth full of perfunctory words, she did not want to tear her face with the other party, but only wanted to take the shelf of the elders and the people who came over, so that Lotus Would retreat. But Lotus flower did not forgive, directly moved her hands, and sure enough, in the kitchen turned out a dozen eggs, this ironclad evidence, Lotus's voice is even bigger, angry willow sister-in-law is not your eggs, afraid of people eating.
It can be seen that this lotus flower is very courageous, not afraid of things, not her own territory, and has no timidity, in the face of the age can be her own mother's sister-in-law, she does not have half a point even on the surface of the courtesy. Sister-in-law Liu still treated her like a child, and gave her a bittersweet education, saying that it was difficult and difficult for a while, and then saying that the young lady had added money to cook another dish. But these words, and her usual operation is different, obviously untenable, by lotus three words and two words back, yes, lotus is not a three-year-old child!
In the end, Siqi sent someone to urge, and after Lotus went back with a gamble, she added another word, which caused Siqi to catch fire and lead the crowd to come, and involuntarily smashed the small kitchen, and the others pulled for half a day before pulling it to stop. In order to calm the people, the bowl of egg soup that Siqi wanted was still steamed. In fact, if it weren't for Lotus's oil and vinegar, it might not be that Siqi would be so confused, and in the team of the big fussy kitchen, it is not necessary to say that Lotus is also a very happy one.
The little lotus flower has such a beautiful name, but there is no beauty and tranquility of the lotus at all, she is afraid that things are not big enough, where to think that more is better than less. Of course, this style of hers comes from Yingchun's room, and it is not surprising that Yingchun is too weak and troublesome, and she has never been able to govern the people below, and they are fooling around, and even bullying to their own heads, and they do not make a sound. With such a master, those underlings are naturally lawless and cunning. The atmosphere in the Yingchun room was the worst, plus siqi, the deputy lady, took the lead in fooling around, and the yahuan at the bottom also had the same kind of learning, the officers were not good, but they were all troublemakers.
The lotus flower is just a close-up of the rings in the spring room, and in the spring room, there is more than just a lotus flower! Where she has the innocence and simplicity of a young girl, she clearly has the city servant and spicy atmosphere of Aunt Zhao. It can be seen that jia baoyu said that her daughter was a priceless treasure before she got married, and this is also absolute.
Some people, no matter how old they are, are prematurely dyed in the big dye vat of reality. Moreover, the Yahuan in the Spring Room, even to their own people, rarely have warmth and kindness. For example, the person who came to urge Lotus to go back said, "If you die here, why don't you go back?" ”
It can be seen that the environment and personnel faced by Lotus Flower are complex, the weak eat the strong, and what she learned is what she learned. She has a clever mouth and an unbalanced heart, which is her weapon for survival at the bottom. But such a weapon, in fact, does not have much effect, she is still young, people are soft-spoken, who listens to her? Therefore, she relied on the power of Siqi to smash the small kitchen with Siqi, which was also a bad breath in her heart.
When Lotus Accidentally met Lin Zhixiao's family and heard that something was missing in Madame Wang's room, she immediately remembered that she found a dew bottle when she turned over the kitchen, and immediately reported to Lin Zhixiao's family, just to get revenge on Liu's sister-in-law. Therefore, Liu Wu'er, who came to deliver something to Fang Guan, was detained for interrogation and locked up all night. Lotus's report made Liu Sister-in-law almost lose her job, Liu Wu'er was almost betrayed, although the matter was closed because of Ping'er's justice and Baoyu's top pot, Liu Sister-in-law's baby daughter was seriously ill, and later died, which made Liu Sister-in-law completely disheartened.
Maybe Lotus is not a completely bad person, after all, she is only so old, and her ability and strength are really limited. But she is really not a good person, and she will repay her, indirectly killing a girl like a flower, and her heart is very bad. True response to the sentence "I'd rather offend a gentleman than offend a villain," although Lotus Flower Er was insignificant, when she seized the opportunity, her casual words could put Liu's sister-in-law's mother and daughter to death, which was really killing people without a knife. This is really a thousand miles away from the attitude of the second miss Yingchun, which does not matter to everything and get by. Although Yingchun is cowardly, she is kind, but Lotus's heart is full of evil qi.
The yahuan and mother-in-law in the spring room are all in trouble. Even when Xing Xiuyan stayed temporarily, they also started the idea of Xing Xianyan, no matter what guests are not guests, misses are not misses. As long as there is no big deal, who will take care of it? Moreover, Xing Xianyan was also a poor lady who could not be blue-eyed, and she might not even be able to look at those yahuan. Xing Xianyan had to pawn clothes and buy them wine and snacks. Presumably, there is also a lotus flower.
Lotus Flower's seniority is not deep, but in her, it makes people see the horror of human nature and the sadness of reality. The old saying praises the noble quality of the lotus flower, the so-called "out of the mud and not stained", but this lotus girl is clearly a person who is contaminated by the environment, has lost her good heart, and has no compassion! In order to survive, she is like a hedgehog, and she will not be merciless when she can stab others, although she can't live better, but she is not comfortable without doing so. Maybe that's the real sadness, although they are all the lowest people, they despise each other and fight endlessly. Obviously, it is not easy, but do not forget to trample on others at any time.
How many more such lotuses are there in the Spring Room? And how many such lotus flowers are there in Jia Fuli? At the best age, they are abominable, ugly, or two faces before and after people, bullied or bullied, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind, this is their daily life. Their vitality is particularly tenacious, but there is no compassion and pity in their hearts, and it may be that for them, survival will always come first, and nothing else can be taken care of.
Author: Ah Wu, this article is to read less of the original works of the Red Chamber.