There is no shortage of beautiful women in Jia Province, nor is there a shortage of talented women, however, when Xue Baoqin turned out to be born, her talent caused a whirlwind in Jia Province, which was extremely sensational.
People often ask: What is the significance of the author's portrayal of Xue Baoqin's character?
It can be said that the author's portrayal of the character of Xue Baoqin is of great significance, on the one hand, the author tests lin daiyu's growth through the appearance of Xue Baoqin; on the other hand, the appearance of Xue Baoqin makes us see Jia Mu's aesthetics, she actually does not like Lin Daiyu, which is also the main reason why Lin Daiyu is desperately trying to find a sense of security in Jia Baoyu.
Lin Daiyu entered Jia Mansion and Xue Baoqin entered Jia Mansion, and Jia Mu's attitude was very different.
Lin Daiyu entered the Jia Mansion, and before she could perform the greeting ceremony, she was "put into the arms of her grandmother, and the 'heart and liver' cried out", and said, "My children, the only one who hurts is your mother", which makes it easy for readers to think that Jia Mu loves Dai Yu very much.
However, does she have specific loving actions?
When Lin Daiyu entered Jia Province, she was still a six-year-old child, and she had just experienced the pain of losing her mother and entered a completely unfamiliar environment. At this time, she needed warm embrace and comfort too much.
According to common sense, the grandmother saw the young granddaughter of the "heart and liver" for the first time, and she was eager to sleep in her arms every night.
However, on this day, except for this time, she hugged and cried, and never saw any intimate actions of Jia Mu to Daiyu again. Moreover, when Baoyu fell the jade, the young Dai Yu was greatly frightened. At this time, she needed a soothing embrace too much, but Jia Mu only cared about comforting Baoyu, completely disregarding Daiyu's feelings, but instead lied to Daiyu's mother who had just died to comfort Baoyu.
If Xue Baoqin did not appear, we would think that this was Jia Mu's style. She only loves Baoyu, her joys and sorrows revolve only around Baoyu, and no one else can make her heart soft and loving, not even the dearest granddaughter.
However, Xue Baoqin appeared, and we saw the true face of Jia Mu.
Xue Baoqin entered the Jia Mansion, and before everyone could get to know her, they got the news, "When the old lady saw it, she liked it so much that she forced her wife to recognize her daughter." The old lady had to feed herself, and she had just decided. ”
"The old lady wants to feed", how is it a way to feed? There are many courtyards in the Grand View Garden, and Jia Mu can completely give Baoqin a courtyard alone, and at the same time, she will appreciate a baoqin for her favorite big girl, which is a very high treatment. However, this practice only requires the old lady to move her mouth, and Wang Xifeng will arrange it. This is not "the old lady wants to feed", but the Rong Guofu wants to feed. The old lady's support is to keep Baoqin by her side, play with it during the day, and sleep with it, just like Baoyu and Daiyu "sit together on the same day, and rest together at night", inseparable.
Baoqin and Jia Mu are not related by blood, she is just the niece of Jia Mu's daughter-in-law's sister-in-law's husband's family, and this relationship is really a bit far away. However, Jia Mu "liked it when she saw it, and she liked it inevitably", indicating that Jia Mu liked Baoqin as a person.
Because I liked it, I slept in my arms that night, and even my granddaughter who came from afar did not have this treatment.
This is the true face of Jia Mu, she saw Dai Yu and did not like it, because Dai Yu did not conform to her aesthetic. Jia Mu likes beautiful and bright girls, although Dai Yu is beautiful, but with a face of sorrow, "two bends like a frown, a pair of eyes that seem to be happy or not happy." The sorrow of the two, the illness of the delicate body", it is too gloomy.
In contrast, Baoqin is not only healthy and beautiful, but also has a carefree and lively nature, very sunny.
For Jia Mu, who enjoys the pursuit of hilarity in her old age, she needs someone like Baoqin too much to accompany her, and she is happy to watch.
Jia Mu asked Baoqin to marry, and she wanted to keep Baoqin by her side for a long time.
Many readers say that Jia Mu supports "wood and stone", which is really some intentional smallpox. In the eighty texts, Jia Mu never explicitly or implicitly, but instead "lied" on the spot because Dai Yu fed Bao Yu wine in public, and had no intention of defending Dai Yu.
However, when Jia Mu saw Baoqin under the background of the white snow and red plums, she immediately began to ask for marriage.
Note that for Baoyu's marriage, Jia Mu's attitude has always been "not suitable for early marriage", and she really wants to keep Baoyu around to bear happiness. So, why did she have to think about Baoyu's marriage at this time?
Without him, just because the scene of Baoqin standing in the snow is too beautiful, "this snow slope with her character, it is this dress, and the back is this plum blossom", the scene is better than the "Bright Snow Map" painted by Qiu Shizhou hanging in the old lady's house.
This is a detail that is easy to be ignored by readers, Jia Mu is also an elegant person, not only collecting all kinds of rare treasures in the house, she also knows how to appreciate calligraphy and paintings, and there are famous paintings hanging in the house.
Of course, the old lady is not a vassal, she hangs such a painting, is really fond of the scene in the painting, which is also in line with her pursuit of beauty. However, the scene of Baoqin standing in the snow was even more beautiful than the painting, "Where is this dress in the painting?" People can't be so good either! "Baoqin's clothes are given by Jia Mu, it is her treasures, and the best clothes are worn on the best people, which has achieved the ultimate beauty in Jia Mu's eyes."
Therefore, Jia Mu wanted to keep this beauty by her side for a long time, and the only way to keep it was to let Baoqin become Bao Yu's wife.
I analyzed in the article "Pet but not love, raise but not teach, Jia Mu uses the mentality of raising pets to provide Baoyu and Daiyu", Jia Mu is very selfish, she keeps Baoyu and Daiyu as pets, in order to make her old age more lively and rich, so that the rest of her life is spent in happiness. However, even if Baoyu and Daiyu were inseparable, Jia Mu did not think of letting them get married. Because, just Bao Yu likes Dai Yu, Jia Mu doesn't like it.
And Baoqin is what Jia Mu likes.
From here, we can see Jia Mu's selfishness again. She loves Baoyu, but loves herself more. Even if Baoyu is inseparable from Daiyu, Daiyu cannot play a role in pleasing Jia Mu, and Jia Mu does not want Dai Yu to stay by her side. Therefore, she only let Baoyu and Daiyu inseparable, but she was not close to Daiyu.
Dai Yu is a very intelligent and sensitive person, and on her first day in Jia Province, she discovered this cruel truth: her grandmother did not like herself. If it were not for Baoyu's love for her at first sight, she would not have enjoyed the treatment of "sleeping, eating and living, just like Baoyu".
In other words, Baoyu is Jia Mu's pet, and Daiyu is Baoyu's pet. Therefore, Dai Yu only wants to firmly grasp Bao Yu, as long as Bao Yu's favor for her does not disappear, she can maintain the treatment of "sleeping, eating and living, just like Bao Yu" in Jia Province.
Because of this, when Dai Yu mistakenly thought that Bao Yu no longer valued her, she was so sad that she thought of death and cried to bury the flowers. She thought that as long as Baoyu's heart was not on her, she would fall into the situation of "the wind and the sword and the frost and the sword were strictly forced".
Baoyu is the protector of Daiyu and the only protector.
The situation in Baoqin is just the opposite, although Baoqin is very beautiful in all aspects, it does not conform to Baoyu's aesthetic. Baoyu was weak, and the weaker he was, the more he liked it. Therefore, Baoqin's entry into the house did not cause any impact on Baoyu, but caused a great impact on Jia Mu.
That is to say, Bao Yu likes Dai Yu, and Jia Mu likes Bao Qin, and they are all reluctant to like. Therefore, Bao Yu thought that Dai Yu would be stupid to return to her hometown, and Jia Mu had the heart to ask Bao Qin to marry Bao Yu.
It is precisely because Jia Mu has the heart to ask Bao Qin for Baoyu to marry, so she forced Zi Juan to be anxious, and she panicked to try Jade, afraid that Bao Yu and Jia Mu were one heart.
It can also be concluded from this that if Dai Yu had not died of illness, Jia Mu would not have agreed to Bao Yu marrying Dai Yu. Because she had never liked Daiyu, she did not want to be sad daiyu to ruin her joy in her later years. Those who say that Jia Mu supports "Mu Shi" are really ignorant of Jia Mu.