That day, Qingwen of Yihong Courtyard accidentally broke Jia Baoyu's fan. Jia Baoyu, who was angry, couldn't help but point at Qingwen and scolded, "Stupid! idiot! What about the future? Tomorrow you yourself will be in charge of your own affairs, and will you also take care of the front and the future? ”
Jia Baoyu has always been spoiled for his handmaidens, and no matter how they toss and turn, they just laugh it off, especially the most outstanding Qingwen, and even do whatever they want. At this time, Jia Baoyu's words were too severe, and qingwen, who was arrogant and arrogant, could not accept it at all, and immediately turned his lips to ridicule: "The second master has been very angry lately, and his actions have given him a look at his face, and even the attackers have beaten people before, and now he is not looking for us... At first, even the agate bowl and glass jar like that were broken, and I didn't see an atmosphere, this will be a fan like this, why bother..."
Glass, which is a common and inexpensive commodity today, was precious in ancient times, even on par with agate bowls. Yihong Courtyard is rich in materials, and it is casually ruined by the servants, whether it is a broken agate bowl or a glass jar, Jia Baoyu does not pay attention to it.
The luxury and waste of Jia Fu are also vividly displayed in such details.
However, when it came to the Mid-Autumn Festival Night Feast in Jia Province on the seventy-sixth time, the painting style took a sharp turn, and a fine porcelain tea cup made several daughters-in-law of Jia Province find most of the night.
When the daughters-in-law here were cleaning up their cups, plates, and bowls, there was a thin porcelain cup missing, and they could not find it everywhere, and asked the people: "Who must have lost their hand and hit?" Where is it? Tell me that taking the porcelain tiles to collect them is a testimony, otherwise, and saying that they are stealing. ”
This tea cup made these daughters-in-law look for half a day, and finally found the green wisp and the purple crane. Cui Wei smiled and said, "We poured tea for the girl to eat, and even the girl was gone when she looked back." "With the girl, naturally even your teacup is there, you will look for it tomorrow morning, what is the busyness?"
From the agate bowl and glass jar that can be dropped casually in the Yihong Courtyard, to the disappearance of a person in Jia Fuzhong, and let these daughters-in-law find a fine porcelain teacup in the middle of the night, the contrast between before and after is not obvious. So, what is the reason for such a huge difference?
Of course, we all know that the Jia Fu at the time of the seventy-sixth time can no longer be compared with the Jia Fu when Qingwen broke the fan. After Jia Mu's eighty-year-old celebration, Jia Fu quickly entered a period of decline, and even the silver needed for daily life and the interaction between relatives and friends could not be maintained, coupled with the "blackmail" of the eunuchs in the palace, Jia Fu was even worse.
So, is it really this situation that causes Jia Fu to start caring about a teacup? This is not the case. The management of Jia Fu has always been very strict, except for Jia Baoyu's Yihong Courtyard.
When Wang Xifeng was in charge of the Ningguo Mansion, he used to make it very clear that who was in charge of providing tea and food, who was in charge of ushering in the delivery, who was in charge of cups and plates of tea sets, and who was in charge of wine and rice utensils. Obviously, in the Rongguo Mansion, this management method is also practiced, so even if only a teacup is missing, these daughters-in-law who are responsible for the tea set must also quickly find it, otherwise they will have to pay their own pockets to "make compensation".
In the Yihong Courtyard, it was obvious that everything was out of order, under Jia Baoyu's unprincipled pampering, those servants could do whatever they wanted, and Jia Baoyu's money was used by the servants at will, not to mention some utensils. Even if it is precious, it is nothing for Jia Baoyu, who was born in the fu wo since he was a child.
Yihong Courtyard has thus become the most desirable place for the slaves of Jia Province. The contrast between these two scenes can only prove the casualness of Jia Baoyu, the young master.
And Jia Baoyu's lifestyle is also the way of life of most men in Jia Province. A Wang Xifeng, even if he is capable and standardized in management, with Jia Baoyu's arbitrary will, the rules of Jia Fu will inevitably be gradually broken.
The agate bowl and glass jar in Yihong Courtyard can be dropped at will, and a teacup on the Mid-Autumn Festival Night Feast in Jia Province makes the daughters-in-law of Jia Fu find midnight, which is actually the incompetence of the men in Jia Fu and the diligence of the women in Jia Fu, which is a sharp contrast.