There are many aunts in Jiafuli, not many have given birth to children, not many have given birth to children and are still alive, and there are very few who have given birth to children and are still alive and well. In this scarcity, Aunt Zhao sat on the top spot.
The men in Jiafu all have a group or several aunts, and even Baoyu, whose family affairs have not been decided, have determined the attacker in advance. Jia Lian has Second Sister You, Ping'er and Qiu Tong, and Jia Amnesty has a lot, the aunt who gave birth to Yingchun and Jia Cong for him has long since died, and even Jia Daishan, the Duke of Rongguo, who has been dead for many years, still has four old aunts alive.
These women had better be the sexual tools of the male master and the maid who served them all their lives, and they could live a peaceful life and live a peaceful life, but if they can give birth to a son and a half daughter, the most likely outcome is early death, the ladies in Jiafu are generally from high-ranking and powerful official families, because of the political and economic value of political marriage with Jiafu, they can generally be in an absolutely strong position, and the male owner will spoil his aunt at most, but if there is a little threat to the status of the main room, the end of the aunt will be extremely tragic.
Among the aunts in Jiafu, there is only one Aunt Zhao, who not only gave birth to Tanchun and Jia Huan, but also lived a lively and delicious life, which can be regarded as an outlier in Jiafu.
Aunt Zhao is Jia Zheng's favorite concubine, this woman doesn't know what she did in her previous life, in Cao Xueqin's pen, she can hardly find any advantages in her body, and has become a completely negative character, Jia's mother, Mrs. Wang, and Wang Xifeng are disgusted with her to the point of hatred, and they can't do it when they see her, and they have to scold her. Even Ping'er, who has always been known for her peace and fairness, said that she was "not two of the three", and when she defended Tanchun, she said that she was afraid of "catching mice and hitting the jade bottle", and compared Aunt Zhao to a mouse, which shows that this person is unbearable.
Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng can still understand, the problem is that Jia's mother hates her very much, and the fundamental problem here is the contradiction between Jia's mother and Jia Zheng, otherwise the parents don't like it, and the son can't be disobedient. This shows that Jia Zheng not only did not listen to his parents on the issue of Aunt Zhao, but he should have taken it upon himself to accept Aunt Zhao as a concubine under great pressure. Therefore, Aunt Zhao's is Jia Zheng's aesthetic and Jia Zheng's favorite.
This is Aunt Zhao's biggest support and backing to be able to gain a foothold in Jiafu and live well, no matter what, Jia Zheng is good to her, and her losses or material deficiencies are limited.
Just like Tanchun said her, let her learn more from Aunt Zhou, Tanchun's logic is: Aunt Zhou is quiet, does not make trouble, and keeps to herself, so no one in the house bullies her, and no one hates her. This is the survival rule and cultivation of a concubine.
Tanchun is still too young, just looking at the problem from the surface, her mother Aunt Zhao, if she doesn't toss, it is likely that she and her younger brother Jia Huan will not exist, if Aunt Zhao doesn't toss, she will give birth to a child for her master, and there is a high probability that she will die early like Yingchun's biological mother, and she will no longer hinder the eyes of her master.
Aunt Zhao never, she just wants to brush up on her sense of existence:
The Zhao family wants power
Because of Aunt Zhao, all the servants of the Zhao family were arranged in important departments of Rongguo Mansion, and many of them were middle-level, such as Aunt Zhao's younger brother Zhao Guoji, who was the chief male servant who went to school with Jia Huan, and his status was similar to that of Baoyu's nurse's son Li Gui, but unfortunately he died early, even if he died, Aunt Zhao was still fighting for an extra twenty taels of silver for her brother. Aunt Zhao's nephew of another maiden family is also powerful, he fell in love with Liu Wu'er, and Liu's sister-in-law was unwilling to offend the Zhao family.
Mandarin ducks have a saying: I saw someone's daughter as a little wife, and the family relied on her to be the king. This example is probably the Zhao family.
Tanchun asked Aunt Zhao to keep to herself, if so, can the Zhao family rise in the minions?
Slaves also have ranks, the highest level of slaves in Jiafu is the Lai family, among the younger generations of the Lai family, the son is the same as the master, a large group of maids and nurses are waiting to study and raised, and the girls are raised like golden branches and jade leaves, Lai Shangrong also relied on Jiafu to become an official? Since they are all slaves, why can't the Zhao family be self-motivated?
No matter how great the credit of the Lai family is, that Aunt Zhao also gave birth to a son and a daughter for Jia Zheng. In the future, her daughter will order her son to be a big official, and they still have the genes of the Zhao family. Therefore, as far as the slave group is concerned, the Zhao family is a new force that is rising. The more status Aunt Zhao's family has, the more powerful Aunt Zhao is.
Aunt Zhao wants dignity
Slaves have no dignity, Ping'er was beaten is the best example, if she is beaten, she will be beaten, and Jia Mu will warn her not to come nonsense in the good days of her master. Ping'er not only has opinions about Jia Lian, but even Sister Feng has opinions in her heart, but she can only bury them deep in her heart. Because she is all in one body, she is completely subordinate to the master.
Aunt Zhao wants dignity, no matter how much Mrs. Wang hates Aunt Zhao, she will not give Aunt Zhao obvious embarrassment, nor will she deliberately bully her. After all, there is Jia Zheng in the front, Tanchun and Jia Huan in the back, not to mention Mrs. Wang, even if anyone in Jia's mansion wants to move Aunt Zhao, they have to weigh it.
There are also people who don't open their eyes, such as Wang Xifeng, she trained Jia Huan and also trained Aunt Zhao by the way, she offended Aunt Zhao, Aunt Zhao would not spare her, gave her a nightmare magic, and almost died, this kind of thing is actually easy to check, but not only no one checks, it is over and it is over. Even if you know it, what can you still do to correct Jia Zheng's woman?
There is also a Fang official, not only scolded Aunt Zhao, but also fought, although Aunt Zhao was a loser, but Tanchun vowed to find out who was provoking this matter, what was she angry about? That is, her biological mother was bullied, and she could not forgive as long as she knew.
Aunt Zhao even dreamed of letting Jia Huan inherit the family business of Rongguofu, this is not a fantasy, Jia Zheng only has three sons, and one has already died, to put it bluntly, Jia Huan's competitor is only one Jia Baoyu.
Aunt Zhao wants feelings
Jia Zheng pretends to be serious and gentlemanly on the surface, but in fact he is vulgar and incompetent, violent and confused. He and Mrs. Wang no longer have any feelings, but they are just a community of interests and maintain the cooperative relationship between the two families of Jia Wang. Aunt Zhou's place, Jia Zheng almost didn't go, as if there was no such person, Aunt Zhou was likely to be Mrs. Wang's companion, so she was Mrs. Wang's person, and she was also the person who was actually given up by Jia Zheng. Only here is Aunt Zhao, Jia Zhengneng can completely relax, and his normal humanity is exposed. In front of Jia Zheng, Aunt Zhao seemed to have suddenly transformed into a normal wife, she served Jia Zheng with her heart, and at the same time got the return she wanted.
Tanchun and Jia Huan are already big children, but Aunt Zhao's favor is undiminished, and Jia Zheng doesn't even accept young aunts anymore, I have to say that either Aunt Zhao has two brushes, or Aunt Zhao and Jia Zheng smell the same.
My mother's family is in power, she has a son and a daughter in hand, and she can still get her husband's affection, can you say that Aunt Zhao failed? Can you say that Aunt Zhao is meaningless to toss for her own interests?
Everyone has their own identity and the coordinates of their lives, Aunt Zhao was born a slave, that is her fate, but it is normal for her to change her fate with her own efforts and skills. These, as long as she accepts her fate and does not toss, none of them will belong to her, and there may be no place to bury her for a long time.
The author of this article: Pingshan Magenta Mansion
Reference to the original work: Jiazhu Ben, Gengchen Ben "Fat Yan Zhai Re-evaluation of the Stone Record"
Image source: "The Dream of Red Mansions by Sun Wen"