Aunt Zhao is Jia Zheng's concubine, the mother of Tanchun and Jia Huan.
By secular standards, Aunt Zhao is a successful person. Being able to rise from a yahuan to an aunt, and giving birth to a pair of children, not only has no worries about food and clothing, but also can be regarded as a lifelong hope, such a blessing, not everyone has. Moreover, Jia Zheng is honest and upright, not as careful as other men, and he still likes Aunt Zhao, which is even more unattainable by ordinary people. How many yahuan, whether born from home or bought from outside, are eager to ascend to the throne of their aunts, and from then on, the salted fish turns over and crosses the class.
The words are so, but it seems that Aunt Zhao is not happy.
Some people say that Aunt Zhao's misfortune is mainly caused by herself, and in wang Xifeng's words, she does not respect herself, wants to go down, and complains about the eccentricity of others. Aunt Zhao in Jia Province, is a jumping beam clown-like existence, double business is not online but also just, bias is still very high-profile, not four, make themselves into jokes, not to say, but also tired of Tanchun and Jia Huan. TanChun thought that as long as she was a little more peaceful, like Aunt Zhou, no one would look down on her.
Aunt Zhao always has a lot of grievances and a lot of anger, but her ability is limited, and she jumps up and down, and no matter how noisy she is, she can't turn the sky upside down. Her words and deeds, with the atmosphere of the city, calculating everywhere, opening her mouth is to complain, indeed, there is no quality and no pattern.
After Aunt Zhao and the little dramatists wrestled, Tan Chun rushed to deal with this matter, which was how aunt Zhao was persuaded, and the aunt was too willing to be angry, those little girls were originally some things, like it, just play jokes with him, don't like it, you can ignore him. He is not good, like a cat and a dog scratching and biting for a while, forgive but forgive, when not forgiven, you should only call the housekeepers and daughters-in-law and say that they will punish him.
Tan Chun could never feel the same way, Aunt Zhao heard Fang Guan scold that sentence, Mei Xiang worshiped the handle, it was all the anger and unwillingness of the slave for a few moments. This is exactly where Aunt Zhao's sadness lies. She was bent on climbing up, perhaps, once a young girl, she thought that as long as she became an aunt, she would reach the peak of her life and open the open and hanging mode from then on. But the reality is that the aunt is not a serious master, coupled with a series of brain-dead operations of Aunt Zhao, she not only has no status, but also has no dignity to speak of. She refused to concede defeat, she could not be reconciled, and the way she opened her teeth and claws was both funny and pitiful.
The concubine room is nothing more than to open up branches and leaves for the main family, and the main purpose is to provide the male master with pleasure and reproduce. Compared with ordinary slaves, it is stronger, but it is absolutely impossible to cross the class, and no concubine has such a big face or such a big skill. With children, the concubine can be counted as half a master, and the children born to themselves can only recognize the main room as the mother, and call themselves "aunts", and even have no qualifications for raising. Tanchun grew up around Lady Wang since she was a child, and although Aunt Zhao had the honor of raising Jia Huan, in the long run, this was even more unfortunate for the mother and son.
So, is a concubine like Aunt Zhao a master or a slave? This also counts the occasions, depending on the needs.
Sometimes, they are slaves. Aunt Zhao could not eat and have fun with the masters, and she did not need to appear on important occasions. And when she shows up, she has to work with the rings to do things like closing the curtains. The work is not hard, but the nature speaks for itself. As if to remind you at any time, don't forget your identity!
Aunt Zhao's economic conditions were not good either. Although she has a daughter who is very popular in the house, this has little to do with herself. In Aunt Zhao's room, there was not even a decent piece of cloth, and she herself described it as "boiling oil for so many years", which is not an exaggeration.
Who takes Aunt Zhao as the master? When Sister Feng heard Aunt Zhao teach Jia Huan outside the window, Sister Feng immediately reprimanded Aunt Zhao unceremoniously, did not give any affection, and said that there was something wrong with Jia Huan, and there was a wife to discipline her. Here, although Aunt Zhao was wrong, she did not give Jia Huan a positive and positive education, but Sister Feng had no scruples at all, and she trained Aunt Zhao through, and Aunt Zhao, who usually had no words and deeds, did not dare to put one, which can be seen how low the status of Aunt Zhao is.
What made Aunt Zhao even more sad was that her own daughter Tanchun did not help herself, and even her uncle did not recognize it. Aunt Zhao wanted to help her mother's family to win more than twenty-two pieces of silver, and quarreled with Tanchun, who had always been impartial and selfless and unwilling to release water. Tanchun did a good job, but with Aunt Zhao's thinking, she couldn't understand it, and when she heard Tanchun say it, my uncle had already been promoted to the checkpoint of the Nine Provinces! Aunt Zhao's heart should be cold. No matter how good the daughter born to herself is, she is not toward herself, and the class is different, like a sharp blade, cutting the blood relatives out of one crack after another.
From this point of view, Aunt Zhao is a slave. But no, at some point, she will still be remembered. For example, when Sister Feng's birthday, Jia Mu asked everyone to make a part, and Sister Feng thought of the two aunts and said, "All the up and down, and two aunts and grandmothers, he can't come out and ask a question." Do their best to be reasonable, otherwise they should only underestimate them. ”
Zhao Zhou's two aunts were already financially strapped, and even some of them were not as good as yahuan. But what can they do when it's spoken? When have they ever been favored? Although Aunt Zhao did not obediently hand over the silver, although She did not obediently hand over the silver, where did she dare to say a "no" word? From this point of view, she is also an absolute weak. Usually, she only dares to make noise in front of Tanchun, but in front of others, she is still very measured. When You Shi wanted to return the silver to them, Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou did not dare to accept it.
So, what is Aunt Zhao's own cognition? Masters, slaves? She actually can't figure it out herself, who wants to be looked down upon? But an aunt is just an aunt, why should she be the master? This is the embarrassment and contradiction of Aunt Zhao. She jumped hard, but she couldn't jump above the clouds, but she fell down, she was very unwilling, but a vulgar breath, as if there was no need to explain, others knew what role she was. She has no confidence and self-confidence, but she is not willing.
She always wants to fight in her own way, to show that I have weight and I am the master!
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that when the Fangguan of Yihong Courtyard confused Jia Huan with jasmine powder and rose nitrate, Aunt Zhao was angry! She felt that her dignity had once again been challenged, but no matter how Fangguan was, it was just a ring, and Aunt Zhao wanted to move her, she was still full of confidence, and she wanted to give the other party a little color to see! Coupled with the fact that there was a mother-in-law next to her, the words spoken were exactly in line with Aunt Zhao's wishes: Your old man also shakes the mighty wind, and it is better to fight for something else in the future. Even the girls and grandmothers, it is not good to say that your old man's is not for that little fan head. How comfortable aunt Zhao was to hear this, and even accelerated the pace of going to Fang Guan to settle the account.
Therefore, Aunt Zhao came to Yihong Courtyard, threw the powder on Fangguan's face, and pointed at Fangguan for a stinky scolding. She's a completely condescending attitude. But Fangguan is not easy to provoke, the most sharp teeth, when Aunt Zhao scolded Fangguan for being a slave, Fangguan fiercely refuted, saying that Aunt Zhao was only a slave. At this point, Aunt Zhao launched a frenzy and directly got started, and the scene was even more chaotic.
Aunt Zhao originally wanted to be mighty, but she was even more humiliated. She didn't know that such a performance was more verifiable, she couldn't get on the stage, but it was a joke. Tanchun once again took care of the aftermath for her and told her what was the most appropriate way to solve things. Aunt Zhao was very dismissive, she would only do this for the rest of her life, very hard to maintain self-esteem, fight for rights, but always make a mess. Where is there a bit of a master's look?
The more Aunt Zhao cared about something, the more she lacked something. The more she tried to prove that she was the master, the more it showed how inferior she was in her heart. She probably knew that she was nothing. Even if others admit that she is the master, her performance is completely irrelevant. If she is like Aunt Zhou, self-aware and low-key, she may still get some respect. But Aunt Zhao couldn't do it. She once said that she could not even attack people. She really can't compare. The raiders can also break into the master's class, become friends with the young lady, and Shi Xiangyun is like a sister, and talks with Xue Baochao very happily, so that Aunt Xue praises one after another, and coaxes Baoyu to turn around. Aunt Zhao never learned to operate with a little high emotional intelligence, even if she put on the dragon robe, she didn't look like a prince. This is more than the younger generation of Qiutong.
And Aunt Zhao is at ease, and the place where she comes and goes freely is still at the lowest level. She got along well with her mother-in-law and her servants. Although others may not be sincere with her, in that class, she feels kind and comfortable. She grew up in that environment since she was a child, saw the complexity of human nature, experienced the embarrassment of life, and she wanted to escape and become a superior person, but she was intimate with those people. Man, it's always contradictory.
It is not difficult to understand why Aunt Zhao, who has no human touch, is full of wind and waves, and is incomprehensible, will also show a warm side. And this kind of warmth is not given to his daughter and son, but to those who are inferior to himself. For example, her mother's family, for example, Caiyun and Caixia, who are good friends with Jia Huan. When Caiyun was let down by Jia Huan, Aunt Zhao not only scolded Jia Huan, but also comforted Caiyun, "Good boy, he has failed your heart, I can see the truth horizontally." I put it away, and in two days, he naturally turned around. "Is this still the unreasonable, nonsensical Aunt Zhao on weekdays?" It is clear that it is rational and loving.
Aunt Zhao's life is also in the mezzanine, she can't go up and down, she climbed a high branch, but she can't be the master, one is that the system and etiquette can't agree with someone like her, she is not worthy, and the other is that she does not have the quality and pattern across the class. She wouldn't admit that she was a slave, but what was the use?
In fact, in her own heart, she had never believed that she could be compared with the real master. She didn't understand, but if she didn't fool herself, wouldn't life be too hard? But how old is she? There was no one to cooperate with her.
Author: Ah Wu, this article is to read less of the original works of the Red Chamber.