Lin Daiyu
"She counted as a grandmother, and called the mother locust to get it."
Can you believe it?
This sentence actually came from the mouth of Lin Daiyu, who had a beautiful appearance and a poetic talent, and the person she was talking about was Grandma Liu who entered the Grand View Garden three times.
Grandma Liu, one of the four famous works in China, "Dream of the Red Chamber", is a more special existence, as an authentic rural old woman, widowed in the early years, widowed for many years, and later to take care of her grandchildren, only to live with her daughter Liu family.
It can be said that the image represented by Grandma Liu is a person at the bottom of society, and also the vast majority of the people in ancient times, compared with the rich and powerful Jia family, it is simply the poor generation among the poor generation.
However, it was such a poor old woman who was able to enter the Grand View Garden of the rich and noble Jia Mansion three times, and was also received by the old lady with the highest grade of the Jia family.
Old Lady Jia and Grandma Liu (right)
Whoever was stunned was said to listen to, no one necessarily believed it, but on the contrary, Grandma Liu did it.
In fact, although Grandma Liu is a rural person, she is very shrewd, wise and foolish, according to modern people, that is, to dress up as a pig and eat a tiger.
Why?
Throughout the entire "Dream of the Red Chamber", in fact, in the life of Liu Grandma, she has entered the Jia Family Grand View Garden three times, and each entry has a different purpose.
The first time, Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden in the name of her relatives, in fact, she "beat the autumn wind" and came to ask for money.
At that time, the harvest of Liu's son-in-law's family was not good, and it was too poor, so that it was a cold winter season, and the new year was approaching, and they did not even have the money to buy food and clothing.
Grandma Liu
It is reasonable to say that Grandma Liu is not half related to the rich Jia Fu, so how did she climb to this level of jia fu?
It turned out that her son-in-law Wang Dog'er was actually a little related to Mrs. Wang of the second house of the Jia Family RongGuo Mansion, but because of the face of the big man, Wang Dog'er did not go to the Jia family to ask for money, on the contrary, Liu Grandma directly took her grandson Ban'er to "go to relatives".
First, Grandma Liu is older, more experienced, more experienced, and more able to open up this old face than the young people; second, she knows the priorities of things, and in the face of several fresh lives, what is the face!
Therefore, Grandma Liu took advantage of the little kinship between her son-in-law and grandson Wang Ban'er and Mrs. Wang, and stepped into the rich Jia family step by step.
However, she also knows that her identity is definitely not on the table compared with these rich princes and girls, so she can bend and stretch, and she does not say that she is an elder because of her age, but all the way to face everyone with respect.
Finally, after a lot of personal introduction, Liu Grandma met Wang Xifeng, the actual ruler of the Jia family, and also received twenty-two relief money.
Grandma Liu (second from left)
Twenty-two, equivalent to a year's living expenses of the peasant family, can Grandma Liu thank the Jia family and thank Wang Xifeng?
Therefore, this is the continuation of Liu Grandma's second entry into the Grand View Garden.
It was also this time, the forty-first time in the original work, the author Cao Xueqin made a deeper character portrayal of Liu Grandma.
On that day, in order to thank the Jia family for their help to her family, Grandma Liu came to the Jia family with the fruits and vegetables she grew at home, wanting to let the nobles taste the early, but inadvertently got the eye of the old lady of the Jia family, Jia Mu, and invited her to visit the Grand View Garden together.
This is truly a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes!
Grandma Liu's face smiled into a juju, and she knew in her heart that she was definitely not simply enjoying the fun, the main purpose was to accompany this old lady of the Jia family to relieve her boredom, and it was best to leave a deep impression in front of the old lady of the Jia family.
Mrs. Jia
So, she let these nobles play tricks, and she had to laugh happily and say hello.
While visiting the Grand View Garden, Mrs. Jia suddenly came to be interested, picked one of the big red chrysanthemums in the Grand View Garden and put it on her head, and then beckoned Grandma Liu, obviously asking her to wear this chrysanthemum as well.
But at this time, Wang Xifeng caught the opportunity to amuse Old Lady Jia, and volunteered to say that he wanted to dress Up Grandma Liu well.
However, she actually picked all kinds of chrysanthemums at random, and then randomly inserted them on Grandma Liu's head, which was simply a good "flower cluster".
For this result, Grandma Liu had long been mentally prepared.
Just to see that she took the opportunity to wipe the position of her hair, with a slightly funny look, she flattered and said, "I don't know what blessings I have cultivated, but today I am so decent." ”
Wang Xifeng (first from the left) arranges flowers for Grandma Liu (center).
As soon as these words came out, they could make everyone, including Old Lady Jia, happy.
There was a burst of laughter in the Grand View Garden, which lasted for a long time.
Obviously, at this moment, Grandma Liu is a clown who comes to be funny in the eyes of the Jia family.
If you say that Grandma Liu herself did not perceive this, it must be false.
But this is the reality, in her identity, can only be in this way to mix with the eyes of the big guys, while making everyone happy, maybe you can get a few rewards from the nobles.
After all, if she is as poor as she is, who will not be able to live with money?
I have to say that this is the shrewdness of Grandma Liu.
Everything she had experienced, she actually remembered them one by one, but usually pressed them in her heart and did not say them.
Who is kind to her, who is teasing her, who is really good to her, she knows everything.
On the surface, you see that Grandma Liu is happy with these people, but who knows what is going on in her heart?
In the face of this great Jia family, understanding and pretending to be confused is the way Liu Grandma handles things.
After everyone had visited the Grand View Garden, it was time to dine in the blink of an eye.
And Wang Xifeng, who has always had an idea, actually arranged a play for Grandma Liu.
Only to see her and the big mandarin duck beside Jia Mu, take Liu Grandma out of the room before the meal, and then mutter something in Liu Grandma's ear, followed by Liu Grandma's humble gesture of leaning over, nodding, and responding.
Wang Xifeng
Finally, when it was time for the formal meal, everyone obeyed the rules, did not eat, did not speak, chewed slowly, and did not even dare to make too much noise, that is, the standard rich and noble family pie.
Of course, there are individual exceptions.
Grandma Liu is the exception, after all, she is from the countryside, where there are so many rules, not to mention, at this moment, Grandma Liu got Wang Xifeng's instructions, and suddenly shouted: "Old Liu Lao Liu eats as much as an ox, eat an old sow without looking up." ”
Immediately after, Grandma Liu also puffed up two cheeks and stood where she was, letting people see.
Unsurprisingly, Grandma Liu once again provoked everyone to quickly cover their mouths, laugh straight, and even some people laughed out of tears.
Seeing this, Wang Xifeng's purpose was achieved.
And Grandma Liu's purpose was also achieved.
Isn't she here to be funny?
Eating too much and eating fast, it is no wonder that Lin Daiyu would secretly give Grandma Liu the title of "mother locust".
Obviously, the naïve Lin Daiyu was still too young to understand the doorway here, and even Liu Grandma's real and fake acting could not be distinguished.
But as far as the situation was concerned, this little "joke" was enough, and they actually made a fuss in the wine glass of the drink.
Only to see that the wine glass in front of Grandma Liu was replaced by a huge wooden bowl by The Lady, and then she drank two large bowls of wine under the instigation of everyone's left and right sentences.
That's amazing!
Liu Grandma was already old, although she was a farmer and drank some wine, but it was not this way of drinking, and sure enough, Grandma Liu was drunk.
But before she was really drunk, Grandma Liu still maintained a hint of sobriety.
She said she was going to go to the toilet, but the ladies could not go to the latrine near the nobles, so they took her to the other side of the latrine.
Then Ya Gui left, leaving Grandma Liu alone.
By the time Grandma Liu finished going to the toilet, she was already a little drunk, and then she couldn't find the direction, and accidentally went to the wrong place.
As for the place where Grandma Liu came, it was Jia Baoyu's residence.
Jia Baoyu's residence Yihong Courtyard
In "Dream of the Red Chamber", Baoyu's residence is depicted in this way - only to see that the four walls are exquisite and transparent, the sword and bottle furnace are all pasted on the wall, the brocade yarn cover, the golden pearls, and even the bricks stepped on the ground are turquoise chiseled flowers.
It can be seen that the wealth and magnificence of the Jia family, not to mention, this is still the residence of the most favored Jia Baoyubao second master in the house, which is undoubtedly into the phoenix nest, everywhere is beautiful, everywhere is honorable.
Jia Baoyu
Perhaps, this is the most exquisite residence that Grandma Liu has ever seen in her life, and she is naturally unclear about some of the furnishings inside, which are also extremely exquisite decorations in modern times.
For example, this Western mirror, on all sides is carved with hollow rosewood panel walls, and then the body mirror is embedded in it, and it can also be opened and closed, which is really clever.
At this time, Liu Grandma, who was already seven or eight points drunk, was trapped in this place, where else could she manage, simply randomly touching around, trying to find an exit, and she was really touched by her blind cat and touched the place.
With the force of Grandma Liu's hand, a door quietly opened, making her surprised and happy, and then stepped out, but what she saw was a delicate bed tent.
At this moment, Grandma Liu did not reach a state of full drunkenness, and naturally knew that the place she entered must be the bedroom of which prince or girl, but she...
"Tired again, he sat on the bed with his ass on his butt, only to rest, not to bear to look at himself, leaning forward and backward, with hazy eyes, and falling asleep on the bed as soon as he was crooked."
see! In the face of the ridicule of these nobles, it is not that she does not have the ability to resist, but she has cleverly chosen a way that can not only relieve herself, but also make herself retreat.
However, this counterattack of Grandma Liu made a lot of noise, and she even sent out a few servants in jia mansion to look for her.
The first to find out that Liu Grandma was missing was her grandson Wang Ban'er, but by this time Liu Grandma had obviously slept in Baoyu's bed for more than a while, and it was enough for her to leave behind the alcohol on her body, as well as the stomach discomfort and the stench of the toilet just now.
And "when the attacker entered the door and turned the collection mallet, he could hear the snoring like thunder." Busy coming in, only smelling the smell of wine and farts, looking around the room, only to see Grandma Liu dancing on her back on the bed" When she was busy, she must have spent a lot of effort to find someone before this.
Attack people
In this way, with the passage of time and time again, Baoyu's room will inevitably be smoked by Liu Grandma, and the author Cao Xueqin here describes Liu Grandma as a person, and the smell of wine fart smokes the whole room, which is also in line with common sense.
Secondly, Wang Ban'er's discovery, the search for people, and the leisurely sleeping Liu Grandma, this Zhang Yiyi, in fact, are also deliberately arranged by Cao Xueqin, in order to promote the plot, make the plot interesting, but also have a deep meaning.
As we all know, Wang Ban'er is the grandson of Grandma Liu, and the grandson found that Grandma is missing, out of the psychology of a child, he will definitely cry, this is the common sentiment of people, and the author's arrangement is absolutely correct.
However, the blame lies in the fact that the author actually arranged for Liu Grandma to fall asleep in Jia Baoyu's Yihong Courtyard, and then arranged for Liu Grandma to be discovered by the attackers.
So what is the identity of the attacker?
Jia Baoyu and raiders
In addition to being Jia Baoyu's personal servant, she is also a room specially selected by Jia Baoyu, which is Jia Baoyu's little lover, commonly known as "little concubine".
Since he is a close-fitting person, the attacker naturally knows Jia Baoyu's living habits better than others, and he also knows Jia Baoyu's personality better.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the author arranges the attackers in this link.
Moreover, the appearance of attacking people can more show that Baoyu's identity is extremely noble.
Grandma Liu, as an ordinary peasant household, sometimes she still can't eat enough and wear warm clothes, but Jia Baoyu is a prince of your family, dressed in gold and jade food, and a delicate lady waiting, which can be described as a day and a place, which is simply the difference between cloud and mud.
At this time, the low-status Liu Grandma slept on the bed of Jia Baoyu, who had a noble status, which was an extremely sharp contrast, as if it was an irony, and it seemed to be a kind of warning, which made people wake up like a dream, and do not indulge in the glory and wealth in front of them.
And it turns out that in the plot development behind "Dream of the Red Chamber", the former Jia Fu family fell in the middle, Jia Baoyu did not have a warm dress in the cold winter, and had to rely on eating sauerkraut to survive every day, compared to Liu Grandma, who has become a middle-class family, it is really miserable.
Before that, Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden three times, but the scenery of Jia Mansion was not as good as before, showing a scene of decline, and even Wang Xifeng could only entrust her daughter Jia Qiao sister to Liu Grandma, and from then on, Sister Qiao would not be Miss Qianjin, but an ordinary peasant woman.
Once a phoenix, a sparrow, no one knows what the fate of tomorrow will be, but what is certain is that the current Jia Baoyu is still the phoenix, and Liu Grandma is the sparrow, and she is still a shrewd sparrow.
From this level, and then analyzing back, the reason why Cao Xueqin described "Liu Grandma's wine fart stinks all over the house", as if there is another meaning, that is, Liu Grandma is incompatible with this rich and noble who does not belong to herself, just like this wine fart smell, sooner or later it will disperse.
On the other hand, Liu Grandma's scent of wine and ass was undoubtedly the most ordinary existence, and it actually stained the bedroom of Baoyu, who was formerly a divine attendant, which was equivalent to the worldly turbidity that stained the clean Heavenly Palace, and the immortals in that heavenly palace would definitely suffer human calamities.
No matter what way to cover the smell, what has happened is what has happened, and no one can change this fact.
The attacker was afraid to alarm the people, and Baoyu knew about it, and only shook his hand at him, not asking him to speak. He stored three or four handfuls of lilies in the ding, still covered with a hood. ”
This is the subconscious action of attacking people, I have to say that as a close person of Baoyu, the attacker really understands Baoyu, and even what incense to use has been arranged, but here it is a bit of a calming feeling, want to cover up the feeling of Mi Zhang.
As I said above, what has happened is the truth.
Even if the attacker covers the smell with the scent, the bed has always been slept by a poor woman, of course, the attacker does not want Baoyu to know that his bed has been slept by Grandma Liu, which is forgivable.
After all, if Bao Yu knew, he might not be able to make a fuss, and he might even have to change his residence.
This is not an exaggeration, because Baoyu himself is a "little bully" in Jia Province, and Jia Province has never lacked sisters, so he is the most honorable and the most favored by the people of Jia Province.
Moreover, with the Miaoyu cup throwing incident before, Baoyu would be even if it was a disturbance.
Myo Yu
Mention this Miaoyu throwing cup, don't think much about it, it must be related to Grandma Liu.
On that day, Old Lady Jia took Grandma Liu to Miao Yu's residence to rest, and Miao Yu brewed a pot of good tea to entertain, and also specially used a precious teacup for Old Lady Jia to use the colorful small lid bell of the kiln, and as a result, Old Lady Jia drank half a cup of tea and handed it to Grandma Liu.
Grandma Liu was not disgusted, and directly drank all the tea that Old Lady Jia had drunk, but she saw Miao Yu as extremely responsive, and after Grandma Liu left, she even made Lady Jia want to throw away this exquisite teacup.
But just at this time, Baoyu was also there, so he stopped it, saying that it was a pity to lose the teacup, and it was better to give it to the poor woman (Liu Grandma).
Miaoyu's reaction was, "That's all." Fortunately, the cup was something I had never eaten, and if I had made it, I would have smashed it and would not have given it to him. ”
Bao Yu smiled and said, "Naturally, you are talking to him there, and even you are getting dirty." ”
Hurtful words are the most heartfelt, but in the mouths of these noble sons and girls, they have become ordinary chats.
But at this moment, they are not much different from the shrews shouting on the street, just one scolding bluntly, the other scolding elegantly, but in the end it is not right.
Therefore, the author deliberately arranged the performance of Liu Grandma after getting drunk in Baoyu's bedroom, compared with Miaoyu, the outsider's bedroom, it is obvious that Baoyu's main family's bedroom is more convincing, and the Liu Grandma they dislike sleeps on the top, which is really a slap in the face.
Finally, looking back on The life of Grandma Liu, she entered the Grand View Garden three times, witnessed the rise and fall of Jia Fu, and realized the transformation from "she flattered the nobles" to "the nobles have asked for him", which is also a counterattack, and this is the author's own expectation.
"Dream of the Red Chamber" by Cao Xueqin
Why do authors have such expectations?
Because Grandma Liu is the embodiment of Cao Xueqin.
Because Cao Xueqin also had a similar experience that was not recognized by the children of rich families.
Because he was hindered by his identity, he could not directly resist those people.
Therefore, Cao Xueqin can only borrow the identity of Grandma Liu in the book and use the secular "stink of wine" to make a cryptic counterattack against those who claim to be noble!