Dream of the Red Chamber Continuation 166: Xue Baochao got married, and Jia Mu gave her an "heirloom" as a gift, and Baochao remembered what he had done and was ashamed and embarrassed.
(Creative Introduction: Reading "Dream of the Red Chamber" has many different realms, according to the content of the first eighty times, analyzing the development trend of things, restoring some classic details, is a reading method.) When Xue Baochao marries Baoyu, Jia Mu will definitely have gifts to give, and Jia Mu's attitude towards Xue Baochao will be abandoned before and after, what kind of gift will be given to her in this case? This article starts with a pack of expired century-old ginseng and speculates on the story. ）
01
Jia Mu has a crush on Xue Baochao, mainly due to the marriage between Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochao and Jia Baoyu.
After Lin Daiyu's mother died, Jia Mu loved her daughter Jia Min, so she insisted that Dai Yu take her into the RongGuo Mansion for education. Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu were in love, and everyone in Jia Province knew that Jia Baoyu wanted to marry Lin Daiyu.
Jia Lian's close-knit xiao Xing'er openly said to You Erjie and You Sanjie: "If you talk about how you behave as a person, it is a good pair." It's just that he (Jia Baoyu) already has it, but he hasn't been revealed. In the future, it was set by Aunt Lin. Because Lin Girl is sick, the two are still young, so they have not yet reached this point. In another three or two years, the old lady will speak, and there is no more inaccuracy. (Dream of the Red Chamber, 66th)
Although Xing'er's words were rustic, they were very straightforward, and the secrets that a third-class servant like him could know were naturally known to everyone.
Therefore, Xing'er represents the mainstream of public opinion in Jia Province,
Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu also thought that the marriage between the two was a matter of certainty, on baoyu's birthday, Dai Yu was worried that rongguo mansion would not be able to make ends meet, and Bao Yu comforted: "By virtue of how he does not pick up his hands, it will not be short for the two of us." (Dream of the Red Chamber, 62nd)
When the marriage situation between the two was very good, Xue Baochao never gave up the "spoiler".
After Xue Baochao's draft failure, he re-chose the marriage partner; Jia Yuanchun supported Xue Baochao to marry Jia Baoyu by rewarding the Dragon Boat Festival.
It is not a gentleman's deed to seize the love of others; to use power to oppress others is not a ladylike demeanor.
Jia Mu therefore did not like Xue Baochao.
02
Lin Daiyu died in tears, changing the choice pattern of Jia Baoyu's marriage, and choosing one of the two became the mandatory one.
Fate tricked people, Lin Daiyu died in tears.
Jia Mu quickly adjusted her state, re-recognized Xue Baochao, and fulfilled xue baochao and Jia Baoyu's "golden jade good relationship".
Why did Jammu do this?
First, Xue Baochao is very good.
If the flowers bloom, the butterflies come, and if the people are excellent, they will like them.
When Lin Daiyu was alive, Although Jia Mu had a crush on Xue Baochao, she admired her very much. When Jia Mu praised Wang Xifeng's ability, Xue Baochao took the opportunity to praise Jia Mu, and Jia Mu praised her in public: "Mentioning sisters, it is not that I flatter in front of my aunt's wife, it is true, from the four girls in our family, they are not as good as Bao Yatou." (Dream of the Red Chamber, 35th)
The four girls mentioned by Jia Mu naturally did not include Jia Yuanchun, because she was already a virtuous concubine at this time. Therefore, among the four girls, including Lin Daiyu, Jia Mu praised this time, affirming that Xue Baochao was better than Lin Daiyu.
Second, Xue Baochao was helpful.
Shi Xiangyun joined the Grand View Garden Poetry Society and competed to be the host while happy.
Xue Baochao knew that she had no financial strength and cleverly helped her set up a crab feast. Shi Xiangyun told Jia Mu in public that everything was prepared with the help of Xue Baochao, and Jia Mu blurted out: "I said that this child is meticulous and thinks about everything properly." (Dream of the Red Chamber, 38th)
Third, Lin Daiyu was dead.
Man dies like a lamp extinguished, the living rest in peace, and the living continue to live.
Although Jia Mu loved Lin Daiyu, but the deceased could not be resurrected; not to mention that Xue Baochao was the person chosen by Jia Yuanchun, after Lin Daiyu's death, Xue Baochao became the only object of Jia Baoyu's marriage, pushing the boat along the water, and everyone was happy and naturally became what she wanted.
03
Icing on the cake, good plus, is a common disease of the world. Jia Mu agreed to the "golden jade good relationship", in order to express her heart, when Bao Chao got married, she took out the ancestral "heirloom" and gave it to Xue Baochao.
The "heirloom" is a pack of centuries-old ginseng. Xue Baochao was shocked when he saw it.
Wang Xifeng led the team to check the Grand View Garden at night, fell ill in bed that night, and asked a doctor to dispense medicine the next day, requiring two or two ginseng. Madame Wang found Jia Mu to ask for a pack of century-old ginseng, and after the Tai Doctor saw it, it had lost its effectiveness. Madame Wang asked people to make a mark and give it back to Jia Mu.
Xue Baochao did not know the origin of the hundred-year-old ginseng at that time, and immediately laughed and said: "Although this thing is valuable, it is just a medicine, and it should have been scattered to the masses." We can't compare to the people who haven't seen the world. If you get this, you will treasure it. (Dream of the Red Chamber, 77th)
Neither Madame Wang nor Xue Baochao knows that the failed century-old ginseng is actually an "heirloom".
First of all, Rong GuoFu has a pharmacy, and Jia Mu will not be unaware of the efficacy of a hundred years of ginseng;
Secondly, Jia Mu said that she had been married to Jia Fu for 54 years (reference basis: "Dream of the Red Chamber", the 46th time, Jia Mu said, "I entered this door as a heavy grandson and daughter-in-law, and now I also have a heavy grandson and daughter-in-law, and I have been with fifty-four years of joint investment, and I have never seen such a thing with a big fuss and a lot of strange things." ”）
It can be seen that the centenary ginseng was passed down to Jia Mu by the previous generation.
Jia Mu was born in a historian and was well-informed, not paying much attention to the practicality and value of materials as ordinary people, but paying more attention to the background, connotation and meaning of things.
"Things are more expensive than rare". People tend to regard the scarcity of things as the total value of things. In fact, it is not, "things will be expensive for a long time", the passage of time will make the material increase the value of the years, the true feelings of the world, family inheritance will give material intangible value.
Xue Baochao came from a family of merchants, and only had material economic value in his eyes, and did not know or understand the intangible value of material.
After Jia Mu solemnly handed her the hundred-year-old ginseng, she suddenly realized.
Remembering her ignorance and unreasonableness, and Jia Mu treating everything as usual, she could not help but be ashamed and ashamed...
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