Question: Jia Mu's lack of food is not enough to eat, is it a satire on Xue Baoqin's excess? Are Mandarin ducks really arrogant?
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In the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber", Jia Fu, as the Houmen Gongfu, is the usual eating and drinking in the family, and the rules are also very large, for example, Jia Mu is the mother-in-law of Lady Wang and Lady Xing, and when Jia Mu eats, Lady Xing and Lady Wang not only cannot sit, but also wait for the old lady to eat.
Of course, in order to ensure that Lady Xing and Lady Wang, who are daughters-in-law, can ensure decency when eating, they generally do not eat with the old lady, but return to the main field of their own residence, and are served by the younger generations of the family and the servants.
In the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber", Lin Daiyu and the three girls in Jia Fu can go to the table and eat with the old lady. Sometimes, Jia Mu would also invite her granddaughter-in-law or niece and granddaughter-in-law to eat together.
Once, after Jia Mu finished eating, rinsed her mouth and washed her hands, she went down to the table, talked some gossip with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wang, to dissipate her food and let You Shi eat at the table. At this time, the two Tanchun Baoqin who had eaten with Jia Mu also got up. It can be seen that in ancient times, it was more miserable to be a daughter-in-law to others, and the status of the rich and noble families was still very high in the family.
Tanchun Baoqin and the two also got up and smiled: "Lost companion, lost companion." You Shi smiled and said, "I am left alone, and I am not used to eating at the big row table." Jia Mu smiled and said, "Mandarin duck amber came to take advantage of the situation to eat some, and then made a guest." Yu shi smiled and said, "Good, good, good, I was about to say it." ”
In the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber", You's temperament is relatively introverted, she eats alone in rongguo mansion, she feels uncomfortable, and even wants to eat with her, Fang does not feel single. Then Jia Mu asked You's silver butterfly to come to the table to eat, and You's followed suit.
Jia Mu looked at the negative hand for fun. Seeing that the person who was waiting for the rice was holding a bowl of rice from the next person, You Shi was still eating white japonica rice, and Jia Mu asked, "Why did you faint, and bring this rice to your grandmother." The man said, "The old lady has finished her meal." There was a girl added today, so it was shorter. ”
Why is there not enough food for Shi Taijun to eat? It turned out that in the past two years, there have been natural disasters, droughts and floods, and these fine rice have also become scarce materials, and if you want a little surplus, Jia Fu can only wear a hat every day.
So, the problem comes: the old lady's meal was originally enough, Jia Mu herself had a small amount of food, and she ate exquisitely, leaving some surplus for Li Feng to eat, how could it not be enough to eat? Who is the extra girl on the table today?
Many people believe that the author is satirizing the Xue family's long-term sojourn in Jia Province, taking advantage of food and drink, aunt Xue's mother and daughter, and Xue Baoqin. You must know that Xue Baoqin and Jia Fu have no relationship with each other, but they live in Jia Mu's place every day and eat jia mu's original surplus meals.
However, the girl that the person was talking about actually referred to the third girl, Jia Tanchun, not Xue Baoqin, and there were two pieces of evidence.
First, Xue Baoqin lived in Jia Mu for a long time, not only today, which is not in line with the saying that "a girl was added today". Since Jia Mu recognized Xue Baoqin as her granddaughter and let her live with herself, Jia Mu naturally prepared Xue Baoqin's meal. Moreover, Xue Baoqin was not a member of the Xue family camp, and many people did not understand this.
Second, Jia Tanchun originally did not eat at Jia Mu's place, but Jia Mu temporarily took the initiative to let the three girls stay and eat together, which led to the follow-up of "Mandarin Duck let everyone go to the three girls' places and take the meal prepared for Jia Tanchun today".
The Mandarin Duck said, "Even so, it is the same to go and take the third girl's meal to add, just like that." Yu Shi smiled, "I have enough of this, and I don't need to take it." The Mandarin Duck said, "You are enough, I will not eat." "The daughters-in-law underground heard that Fang was busy taking it.
Many people see this paragraph, and even say that the Mandarin Duck is bigger and more picky than the master, and You Shi is willing to eat a half full, or eat the next person's meal, but the Mandarin Duck insists on eating the master's fine rice. Oh, my God!
In the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber", Mandarin ducks, amber, and silver butterflies accompanied You's to the table to eat, obviously these three yakuza are not full, why is the fine rice not enough, Jia Mu only mentioned that the rice served to You's by the next person is not fine rice?
Because Mandarin Duck and others were not qualified to eat fine rice, she was obviously a powerful servant of Jia Mu and was doing her best for Jia Mu. This story can only show that the underground daughters-in-law do not take Youshi in their eyes, but cannot explain that Mandarin ducks are spoiled and habitual.
The information in this article is mainly quoted from: "Dream of the Red Chamber" Cheng Gaoben, "Fat Yan Zhai Full Review Stone Record"