Everyone knows that Wang Xifeng is a very shrewd woman in "Dream of the Red Chamber". Although this woman did not read much, she did not know how to read before marrying into Jia Province, but her ability was very strong.
During Qin Keqing's funeral, there was a very interesting little detail.
When Sister Feng wanted to speak, she saw four deacons from Rong Mansion come in, all of whom were going to take things and get the right cards. Sister Feng then ordered Cai Ming to ask for the post, read it, and listened to it, a total of four pieces. Sister Feng pointed to two pieces and said, "These two expenses are wrong, so I will come back after calculating clearly." Saying, throwing down the post, the two of them swept away.
There are all kinds of trivial and trivial things in Jia Fuzhong every day, let alone hundreds. These slaves were obviously ready to take advantage of Wang Xifeng's busyness and the abundance of accounts to coax errands and earn some benefits for themselves. But these little tricks of theirs simply did not work in front of Wang Xifeng. Wang Xifeng only needed to listen to it and know what was wrong. Such a Wang Xifeng, Zhen Zhen'er, corresponds to the Zhou Rui family's evaluation of her, "less said that there are ten thousand hearts and eyes."
With Wang Xifeng's shrewdness and the great Rongguo Mansion, it was possible to proceed in an orderly manner. Those slaves, each of whom had learned Wang Xifeng's might, were all in awe of this second grandmother, and did not dare to play with her head.
But "the wise man has a thousand worries, and he will have a mistake." Even if Wang Xifeng is shrewd, there are times when he can't take care of it and don't think it through. The appearance of a little girl made Wang Xifeng, who "said that there are ten thousand hearts and eyes", lose to her sister-in-law Li Feng.
Li Feng and Wang Xifeng form a sharp contrast in "Dream of the Red Chamber". One of them is shrewd and capable, one is shaped like the dead ash of a mallet; one lives warmly and openly, one always seems a little lifeless; one is very strict with the people below, and the other is the "great bodhisattva" of the lower population.
Therefore, many readers believe that Li Feng is not as good as Wang Xifeng, and she is far from Being a steward of the Jia family. But in fact, some very subtle plots in the book show that Li Feng is actually not simple, she just had to hide her sharp edge because of the limitations of widowhood.
The twenty-seventh time, the articulate art of Hongyu, the little girl in Yihong Courtyard, made Wang Xifeng overjoyed, and immediately smiled at Hongyu: "You Ming'er served me, I recognize you as a daughter, I will adjust and condition, and you will be out of breath." ”
As a humble servant in ancient times, it was a great honor to be favored by the master and recognized as the "dry daughter" of the master. However, Hongyu actually refused Wang Xifeng: "I laughed at my grandmother's recognition of the wrong generation, my mother is my grandmother's daughter, and this will recognize me as a daughter again." ”
Sister Feng said, "Who is your mother?" Li Yi said, "You didn't recognize her before?" She is lin zhixiao's daughter. ”
We don't know why Wang Xifeng recognized a middle-aged woman in her twenties as a "dry daughter" at that time. But from her conversation with Xiaohong, it is not difficult for us to see that Wang Xifeng has long forgotten what happened in that year. But for the Lin family, this is a very "honored" thing, and they firmly remember it. Obviously, as Wang Xifeng's dry daughter, Lin Zhixiao's family is certainly not less than fighting for their own identity to gain benefits for themselves.
Just like Jia Lian said Jia Baoyu, "Recognizing a son is not a good friend." Wang Xifeng vaguely recognized a dry daughter, and after the fact, he forgot about it, and even did not recognize the child of the dry daughter's family. Wang Xifeng did not recognize Lin Hongyu, but Li Feng was very familiar with this young lady.
A little girl in Yihong Courtyard didn't even know Jia Baoyu, but Li Feng was very familiar with it. This is enough to prove that Li Feng is by no means the "dead ash of the wood" presented on the surface, she is also a very careful and shrewd person. What kind of relationship between the slaves in jia mansion was related to each other, she had already known it.
The shrewd Wang Xifeng, because of the appearance of this little girl, lost to Li Feng, who was "like the dead ash of the wood". This is by no means an isolated case, nor is it just an accident. Li Feng held the highest monthly routine in Jia Province, and he didn't care about anything, but he could get the best reputation for himself, which Wang Xifeng couldn't compare no matter what.
The complexity of human nature is vividly expressed in "Dream of the Red Chamber", which is the most brilliant place in this book.