Some people say that the best brother in "Dream of the Red Chamber" is Xue Pan. Although Xue Pan is an out-and-out "jerk" in front of outsiders, fighting dogs and cocks, eating and drinking, bullying others, and doing everything, in front of his sister Xue Baochao, there is no temper at all, and Xue Baochao asks him to do what he does. It's not like Jia Zhen and Jia Lian, who don't pay any attention to their sisters.
This is not wrong, but Xue Pan is a person with thick lines after all, he does not understand the girl's heart at all, so he is not angry that Xue Baochao is crying his nose. And the brother who can really be considerate of the girl's heart and cares deeply about his sister is actually Jia Baoyu.
Jia Baoyu has a half-sister, Tanchun. Because Jia Baoyu has a "privilege" since he was a child, he can mix in the inner circle, and he has a lot of contact with his sister Tanchun, so the feelings between the brothers and sisters are stronger and more sincere than those of other brothers and sisters.
In a flower note of Tanchun, Jia Baoyu's most sincere care for his sister is hidden——
Di Tan respectfully blessed the second brother Wen Ji: On the eve of the new Ji, the moon is like a wash... Not deceived by the wind and dew, resulting in the risk of salary collection. Yesterday, I was instructed to help myself, and I sent several waiters to ask for cuts, and I also gave them fresh lyches and true Qing inkblots...
After Jia Baoyu personally greeted his sister's illness, he ordered someone to take fresh lychee and Yan Zhenqing's ink treasure to give to Tanchun. Yan Zhenqing was one of the most famous calligraphers in ancient times, and his ink treasure was extremely valuable. Jia Baoyu gave such a precious calligraphy work to Tanchun because he knew best that Tanchun was the most favorite calligraphy girl in the Red Chamber. From this point of view alone, Jia Baoyu knew his sister's heart better than Xue Pan, who was an older brother.
For Tanchun, she is also very concerned about her brother Jia Baoyu. Although she and Jia Baoyu were not born to a mother, her relationship with Jia Baoyu was obviously more harmonious than that of Jia Huan, who was the same mother. Because Jia Baoyu has a good aesthetic and also has a very elegant hobby. Therefore, if Tanchun had any needs, he would rather entrust Jia Baoyu to bring himself in from the outside than entrust it to Jia Huan.
It is precisely because of these small things that the most sincere brother-sister relationship between Jia Baoyu and Tanchun began to be shrouded in an awkward atmosphere.
The twenty-seventh time, when Tanchun once again proposed to let Jia Baoyu help him bring some "clay dust stoves, incense boxes with whole bamboo roots, and small baskets by wicker edges" from outside, Jia Baoyu told Tanchun another thing-
Bao Yu smiled, "When you lift your shoes, I remember the story... The attacker said, 'That's all, Aunt Zhao is so angry that she complains, serious brothers, shoes pulled, no one sees, and does these things!' ’”
Miss Qianjin could not easily leave the house, and Tanchun asked her brother to bring her some outside things, which was a normal thing. As a reward, Tanchun made a pair of shoes for his brother, which is also a deep brother-sister love. However, in the large mansion with complicated interpersonal relations in Jia Province, behind this incident, it actually caused some people to be dissatisfied and complained - Aunt Zhao took it for granted that Jia Huan was Tanchun's brother, and even if she made shoes, Tanchun should also do it for Jia Huan; even if she took money to let people bring things to themselves, Tanchun should also entrust Jia Huan, and by the way, let Jia Huan drop a few money to spend on herself.
The most sincere brother-sister relationship, in the short but complex trivia of these parents, is inevitably discounted and plunged into a strange circle.
Although Tanchun said very hard that he wanted to be close to his brothers and sisters, he would be close to whomever he wanted, and no one could control himself. But how could she not be psychologically affected? Her mother-in-law, who "chanted" in her ear for three days, could bear it in the long run?
Therefore, when visiting the spring housekeeper, he also had to think of ways to prepare to take Jia Baoyu to "open the knife".
Bao Yu said, "You don't know yet, when you were sick, she did several things and did several more things, just taking me and Sister Feng to tie a raft and forbade others..."
Housework, seemingly simple but very complicated, especially in a large family like Jia Fu, is mixed with intricate relationships such as concubines, half-mothers, and half-mothers, which makes the shrewd Tanchun also have a headache. Therefore, Miss Qianjin visited the spring and could not help but envy those small households, "Although it is cold, it is joyful, everyone is happy", "We can't say the annoyance here, it is more powerful."
Tanchun had no way to choose his mother, and therefore fell into a lifetime of passivity, even if he was close to his brother Jia Baoyu, he could not be satisfied. The most sincere affection between the brothers and sisters was finally defeated by the incredible parents in the giants.