The woman who only appeared in the front once was the worst companion in the dream of the Red Chamber
On the seventy-first occasion of the Dream of the Red Chamber, Cao Xueqin specially wrote about Jia Mu's eighty-year-old celebration, and used this celebratory birthday feast to write about the ugliness of the low-level people. The people at the bottom here include not only the little ladies of the Ningrong and The guardsmen, but also the housekeepers and wives.
Here, for the time being, we will not discuss the little servants in the two houses of Ningrong and the mother-in-law who guard the courtyard, nor will we analyze the good and bad of the housekeeper's wife Lin Zhixiao's family, and only write about the wives' rooms.
Wives' roommates.
1, shrewd companion Zhou Rui's family.
The so-called companion room refers to the slaves brought from the mother's family when the ancient lady got married, and it is also part of the dowry. A single maid who follows the lady to marry into the husband's family is called a dowry maid, and the woman who follows the miss to marry to the husband's family as a family unit is called the escort room, such as Mrs. Wang's escort zhou rui's family.
Zhou Rui's family is the accompanying room of Mrs. Wang in the dream of the Red Chamber, she once introduced her work to Grandma Liu, that is, she only cares about the things that mrs. and grandma go out, and her husband Zhou Rui usually manages the land rent in the spring and autumn, and also manages the things that the little masters go out when they are idle. It is reasonable to say that the workload of the Zhou Rui family is not large, after all, the wives and grandmothers will not often go out to run errands, and they still stay in the house to take care of affairs most of the time.
In fact, although this person in charge of the Zhou Rui family did not have much, she was unusually active, and she could often be seen in the house, such as in the seventy-first time, You Shi was a little angry because his little servant had a quarrel with the mother-in-law who was guarding the door in the Rongguo Mansion, and the raider sent someone to pass on the word, but this matter was known to the Zhou Rui family, and she usually had a bad relationship with these mother-in-laws in the garden, so she took the initiative to mix it up in this matter, and also reported the matter to Wang Xifeng. After receiving Wang Xifeng's instructions, the Zhou Rui family did two things, one was to send someone to inform Lin Zhixiao's family, and the other thing was to immediately send someone to bundle up the two troublemakers.
I did not think about this practice of the Zhou Rui family, but it brought trouble to Wang Xifeng, not only by the public humiliation of her mother-in-law Lady Xing, but also by the joint blow of You And Lady Wang, Wang Xifeng can be said to be heartbroken, and she also cried a lot for this. Of course, there was a reason for the Zhou Rui family's move, not that she was extremely stupid, but to take revenge on Wang Xifeng for once severely punishing her son.
Putting aside this matter, this person of the Zhou Rui family is still very measured in other matters, at least not like Lady Xing's companion room behind her back, she is a shrewd companion, but also has a kind side, such as helping Liu Grandma who went to Rong Guo Mansion for the first time to fight the autumn wind, so that Liu Grandma could harvest twenty-two silver.
2, not to be underestimated Fei Pozi.
Fei Pozi is one of The two companions of Lady Xing, she is not Lady Xing's right-hand man, Lady Xing's right-hand man is Wang Shanbao's family, but Fei Pozi is also a figure to be reckoned with in the dream of the Red Chamber.
This Fei Pozi was originally Lady Xing's companion, and at first it was also prosperous, but because Jia Mu had not been a lady Xingxing recently, even the people on this side had reduced their prestige. There are some decent people on the side of Van Ja Zheng, and everyone over there is looking at the tiger. This Fei Po Zi often relied on the old and sold the old, and served Lady Xing, often ate some wine, and scolded and complained in her mouth. Nowadays, Jia Mu celebrates such a big event, watching people sell their skills and do things, drinking six tricks, and their hearts are already uncomfortable, pointing out chickens and dogs, gossiping and making trouble. People on this side did not dare to compete with her. Now that she had listened to Zhou Rui's family's bundle of her own family, she was more and more inflamed, and with the wine, she pointed to the wall of the partition, scolded for a while, and then came up to Madame Xing, saying that there was nothing wrong with her own family, "But after two sentences of white fighting with the little lady of the big grandmother in the house, zhou Rui's family instigated our second grandmother to be tied to the horse pen, and after these two days, she will fight." Beg the wife,-my mother-in-law, who is also an old woman in her seventies and eighties—to speak to the second grandmother and spare him this time. ”
It can be seen from this that Fei Pozi is not a fuel-saving lamp, let alone a character that can be underestimated. She usually used Lady Xing's power to move around the palace, and now because Lady Xing could not face in front of Jia Mu, the power of the slaves around Lady Xing had also decreased a lot.
Seeing Madame Wang and Wang Xifeng's side of the escort room running errands in the palace, she was very powerful, and her heart was both jealous and angry. When he caught the opportunity, he said bad things about Wang Xifeng in front of Lady Xing, and later said bad things about Lady Wang, instigating the relationship between Lady Xing and Wang Xifeng's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and also caused a gap between Lady Xing and Lady Wang.
This is not to mention, hearing that his own mother was tied up by Lady Wang's escort Zhou Rui's family, he interceded for his own family in front of Lady Xing, and at the same time did not forget to provoke Lady Xing.
Lady Xing was originally scolded by her mother-in-law for the matter of Mandarin Duck, and lost her former dignity, but now her daughter-in-law Wang Xifeng is very proud, which makes Lady Xing very angry. Coupled with the fact that fei pozi and Wang Shanbao's two companions were provocative on the side, Lady Xing could not help but feel a little angry in her heart, thinking that Wang Xifeng was deliberately embarrassing her mother-in-law, so she interceded in public at Jia Mu's birthday banquet to embarrass Wang Xifeng, which was a bad breath.
Cao Xueqin's worst companion room.
Fei Pozi is Lady Xing's companion, the first seventy times she did not appear in the dream of the Red Chamber, until the seventy-first time, Jia Mu's eighty-year-old celebration, Cao Xueqin arranged for this little person to appear, and her positive appearance was only once, but there was a lot of turmoil, and also made Wang Xifeng, a strong woman, cry.
Beg the wife,-my mother-in-law, who is also an old woman in her seventies and eighties—to speak to the second grandmother and spare him this time. ”
Lady Xing did not intercede with Sister Feng in front of many people laughing until the evening, saying, "I heard that last night the second grandmother was angry and sent the wife of the Zhou housekeeper to tie up two old wives, but I don't know what crime I have committed." Reasoning, I should not be pleased, I think the old lady has a good life, fiercely give up money and rice, Zhou poor and old, our family first tortured people. Without looking at my face, he looked at the old lady and let them go. "Say it, get in the car."
Fei Pozi heard that her own family was tied up by the people of the Zhou Rui family, and felt that this matter was not solvable, so she immediately ran to Lady Xing to intercede, and also said some provocative words, which made Lady Xing feel very angry after hearing it.
Lady Xing was originally dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law Wang Xifeng, and after listening to the instigation of Fei Baozi and Wang Shanbao's family, she decided to give Wang Xifeng some color to see, so she interceded in public and deliberately embarrassed Wang Xifeng. Wang Xifeng listened to her mother-in-law say this, and coupled with the fact that You Shi and Lady Wang joined forces to attack her, Wang Xifeng felt aggrieved and shed tears behind her back.
This matter was later passed on to Jia Mu through the Mandarin Duck, and Jia Muming knew that Lady Xing deliberately embarrassed Wang Xifeng, and for the sake of family harmony, she did not mention this matter again, but when the Mandarin Duck said that Wang Xifeng did the right thing, I believe that afterwards the Mandarin Duck will also tell Wang Xifeng about the old lady's attitude and comfort Wang Xifeng's wounded heart.
It's just that this incident was originally just a verbal altercation between You's little maid and the two mother-in-laws who watched the door, but in the end it evolved into a mother-in-law contradiction between Lady Xing and Wang Xifeng, and the instigator in the middle was Lady Xing's accompanying room fee mother-in-law. Although Fei Pozi only appears in the novel seventy-one times, she is the worst companion of Cao Xueqin's pen, because she is dissatisfied with Wang Xifeng and others because of the loss of power of her master, especially after her own family was tied up, she even provoked the master Lady Xing to vent her resentment.
It can be seen that Fei Pozi can not be underestimated, Cao Xueqin next wrote another companion of Lady Xing, Wang Shanbao's family, this woman is even more pretending to be Lady Xing's right-hand man to frame Qingwen, and finally accidentally lifted a stone to drop her foot, hurting her granddaughter Siqi. From this point of view, Wang Shanbao's family is somewhat stupid, unlike Fei Pozi, who was as shrewd as he hit Wang Xifeng and did not hurt himself, Fei Pozi is the worst companion in the dream of the Red Chamber, and he is also a figure that cannot be underestimated.
I am Xiao Meng, telling you the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Reference works: Cao Xueqin, Fat Yanzhai commentary on "Dream of the Red Chamber" Fat Collection