There is a Western proverb that says, "The devil hides in the details", and now this sentence is often used to describe the extreme pursuit of details in a master's work in Chinese environment to the point of heinousness, and the focus of this sentence is on "details", not "devil". But in fact, "devil" we can understand as "wonderful", we have said countless times that "Dream of the Red Chamber" is wonderful, that she is a great work, and that master Cao Xueqin has emphasized Master Cao Xueqin's attention to details countless times.
(Silly XiangLing love pomegranate skirt)
Reading the sixty-second time, the target question is "Xiangyun drunkenly sleeping peony medicine pants, dumb xiangling love to dissolve the pomegranate skirt", but we do not talk about the main plot of the target question, only seriously talk about the "devil" hidden in the details.
One of the details: Xiaohong is different from Qingwen, she is not from a poor background
At the beginning of this time, Liu Sister-in-law was reinstated as the head of the small kitchen, and Qin Xian's family fell into a deficit, which was mainly because she wanted to give gifts to Lin Zhixiao's family.
On the one hand, he also made some gifts to send Lin Zhixiao's family, quietly prepared a basket of charcoal, five hundred catties of firewood, and a load of japonica rice, and sent his sons and nephews to the Lin family outside...
Because Lin Zhixiao and lin zhixiao are both supervisors (male housekeepers and female supervisors), it is evident that the Lin family often "uses power for personal gain" and obtains people and property in lower positions. Referring to the situation of Lai Da's (he is more powerful, he is the general manager) family, the Lin family is definitely not an absolute "poor", Xiaohong is lin zhixiao's daughter, so she is not from "extreme poverty".
(Little Red)
This shows the problem: 1, Xiaohong was ostracized by Qingwen at Baoyu, and finally chose to "jump ship" to Fengjie, who accepted Xiaohong, not only to see her clever and well-behaved, but also to see the status of her parents; 2, Qingwen was eventually expelled from Yihong Courtyard, Lin Zhixiao's family may have contributed a lot, but they have the right to speak inside and outside (perhaps at this point, we have wronged people).
Detail two: When working in the Grand View Garden, speech is also controlled
Lin Zhixiao's disposition of a daughter-in-law:
Lin Zhixiao's family pointed to the daughter-in-law and said, "This is the mother of the little girl in the fourth girl's house, Cai'er, who is now a waiter in the garden." The mouth is very bad, it is I who heard and asked him, and he did not dare to return to the girl when he said it, but he had to throw it out. ”
Lin Zhixiao's family took away a daughter-in-law on an errand for a simple reason that she had a "bad mouth". How is the mouth bad? 1, turn the tongue, say bad things about people; 2, spread words, spread news that should not be spread. A family like Jia Fu is actually very strict in management.
Detail 3: Dai Yu is not a completely ignorant "Miss Jiao" and "Sick Straw"
Many people who read the Red Chamber for the first time, or are misled by traditional comments, will think that Lin Daiyu does not understand life at all, but is just a "Petite Miss" and "Sick Straw", but in fact, she is one of the few people who have a clearer understanding of the situation in Jia Fu (others include Qin Keqing, Feng Jie, Bao Chao, Ping'er, etc.), this time, it is written that Dai Yu and Bao Yu have a dialogue:
Dai Yu said, "If you want this, our family is 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. Bao Yu smiled, "Depending on how he doesn't pick up his hands, he can't shorten the two of us." ”
(Lin Daiyu)
Dai Yu actually has the talent of the rational family, and even she has calculated the financial income and expenditure of Jia Province, in contrast, Bao Yu is the one who is "rich and noble, not happy, poor and desolate... There is no hope in the country and at home, the world is incompetent first, and the ancient and modern are not matchless" people. When Baoyu heard Daiyu's "frugal" remarks, he only stood on his own position and only cared about the livelihood of his and Daiyu's "two people".
Detail Four: Dai Yu has fully identified with Bao Chao
Dai Yu recognized Aunt Xue as a mother, not as simple as Bao Yu simply said that "Meng Guang took over Liang Hong's case", she was full of satisfaction with the recognition of Bao Chao's family, because here is a detailed description, the raider sent tea to Bao Yu and Dai Yu (it can be seen that the raider usually takes care of it together with Dai Yu), a total of two cups, after Bao Yu took a cup -
(Daiyu and Baochao)
The raider sent the bell to baochao, and only got a bell of tea, and said, "The one who is thirsty will take it first, and I will pour it down again." Bao Chao smiled, "I'm not thirsty, just gargling one mouthful is enough." He said and took a sip of it first, and handed the remaining half cup to Daiyu in his hand. The attacker laughed and said, "I'll pour it down again." Dai Yu smiled and said, "You know that I am sick, the doctor will not allow me to eat more tea, this half an hour is enough, it is difficult for you to get it." "Finish speaking, drink dry, and put the cup down.
Note that Daiyu, who has always been known for her cleanliness, Baochao has drunk half of the tea, and she is willing to take a sip and drink the remaining half, and she has no dislike for Baochao, which is actually very telling, and Daiyu even found a sense of "sisterhood" identity here in Baochao. Therefore, in the last forty times and the drama "Dream of the Red Chamber", Bao Chao was married to Bao Yu by the "Li Dai Tao Zombie" scheme, which did not conform to Cao Xueqin's original intention, but was another arranged ending for posterity.
Detail five: Xiangling did get Baochao's care
Xiangling's pomegranate skirt, made of pomegranate red silk sent by Baoqin, the original text reads:
Xiang Ling said, "This was brought by the former Qin girl." The girl made one, I made one, and today I got up. ”
Bao Chao should take care of Xiang Ling, she is also taking care of Xiang Ling, in addition to Xiang Ling can have the opportunity to learn poetry with Dai Yu (this is the care of the spiritual level), there is also the care of the life level, the material of the pomegranate skirt was sent by Bao Qin, Bao Chao made one himself, and the other one was given to Xiang Ling, which is just one of the details of Bao Chao taking care of Xiang Ling.
(Cao Xueqin statue)
"Dream of the Red Chamber" on the plot arrangement, the shaping of the characters are often realized in the details, so she is a well-crafted work, is Cao Xueqin's ultimate pursuit of details to achieve a bloody work, never a novel can be like "Dream of the Red Chamber" pay attention to the polishing of details, the deeper you read, the more you will like her.
([Follow the pudding to read "The Red Chamber"] No. 134, picture from the Internet)