Wang Xifeng screwed up Jia Lian's courtship with Pinger, which represented the fundamental rift between Xifeng and his wife. Pinger is caught in the middle, so it is difficult to make ends meet. Later, Jia Baoyu thought that Pinger was more unlucky than Lin Daiyu, that is, she was caught between Jia Lian's customs and Xifeng's power, and no one made decisions for her.
Pinger is a copy of Aunt Zhou, who has no children and is also used by Mrs. Pinger. Wang Xifeng is just following the trend.
Not to mention the trivia of a family of three, here Wang Xifeng has something to ask Jia Lian.
It turned out that the 21st day of the first month was Xue Baochai's15th birthday, and15th was regarded as an adult in ancient times.
If you are engaged to get married, you should comb your hair and use a hairpin to show that your adult is taken. When outsiders see her "adult" headdress, they know they are married, so they won't joke and ask her about it. Therefore, Hou Jia asked to be a matchmaker, purely to disgust Aunt Xue.
Women who are not engaged can't comb their hair and keep their teenage hair style until they are engaged or over 20 years old.
"Engagement" is the most important event after a daughter's "marriage". When the daughter grew up, her family began to prepare the dowry. When she was fifteen, after her birthday, a matchmaker came to propose marriage, or the central matchmaker found a suitable marriage partner.
At this time, Xue Baochai was in Jia's house. Although she is 30 years old, it is impossible for the matchmaker to come to Jia's house to match her. This is an embarrassment.
At this time, the grandmother presented twenty taels of silver to celebrate her "big" birthday, which was quite meaningful.
What Wang Xifeng asked Jia Lian was how Xue Baochai spent her birthday. After all, Jia Lian is Guo Rongfu's real housekeeper, and Wang Xifeng also helped him to be a man and a woman, and asked for instructions for his cousin's birthday.
Jia Lian, of course, knew that Wang Xifeng was just asking casually, and he had plans in his heart, so he didn't bother to refer to Lin Daiyu's standards. Obviously, Daiyu's birthday standard in Jia's family should be higher than that of Sanchun and other sisters.
The problem is that there are two problems for grandma to fund the birthday party, which need Jia Lian's consent, otherwise it is easy to fall behind.
First, Jia's status is honorable. Old ladies must set a higher standard for their younger children's birthdays, or Jia will lose face?
Second, the grandmother only gave twenty taels of silver, which was not enough to arrange a birthday and needed to be supplemented.
If Lin Daiyu is the standard, it will be over just by eating, drinking and preparing gifts. However, Jia Mu arranged a grand birthday for Xue Baochai, and at least drama and wine were not enough.
Although Jia Fu has twelve little actors from pear fragrance court, it is a private troupe of Jia Yuanchun. Generally, Jia Fu doesn't need them to formally sing, let alone Xue Baochai!
Moreover, since it is a birthday, the invited troupe should also be lively. The actor in Lixiangyuan is Kunqu Opera, which is too elegant and boring, and does not conform to the atmosphere.
As a result, twenty taels of silver was not enough, and Jia Lian's consent was needed to make up the bill. Jia Lian certainly knew that Wang Xifeng only wanted money, so he said it would be good to make up for it. He doesn't care much about it either.
However, this is a trivial matter for Jia Lian, but for Jia Mu and Xue Baochai, this birthday is not simple.
I still remember that Jia Baoyu was drunk at Aunt Xue's place, because the maple syrup tea was thrown out and Mammy Li retired. At that time, as we said, the grandmother Jia kicked out Mammy Li, mainly to shake the tiger. She was dissatisfied with Aunt Xue's doting on Jia Baoyu and told her to stay away from Jia Baoyu.
The "snow" passed Xue and kicked her out, which represented the grandmother's firm opposition to Jin's marriage, and she wanted to kick Xue's family out and not let it stay in Jia's family.
This time, Grandmother Jia donated 220 taels of silver for Xue Baochai's birthday, which was very subtle. Pay attention to some specific points.
One hundred and twenty taels of silver is not enough for the birthday present, and Jia's sincerity is not enough. Let Aunt Xue taste it for herself. Wang Xifeng also said, "This is enough wine to play"? Make it clear that there is not enough money.
Twenty-two taels of silver is the amount that Granny Liu sent away last time. The standard for Jia family to send people to have an autumn wind should be twenty taels, and the meaning of Jia expulsion should not be too obvious.
Third, at night in Yuan Chun, my mother-in-law showed that she liked Xue Baochai and disliked Lin Daiyu, for fear that your grandmother would be vigilant.
If Yuan Chun changed "Hualien, Guo Ting" to "Hualien" and removed "Xiang Yu" and "Jade" from "Red Fragrant Emerald" and changed it to "Hongyi Fast Green", then the author implied that Jia Yuanchun didn't like Lin Daiyu, and she also said through Xue Baochai that she didn't like jade. Then, Yuan Chun likes to refuse to play Peony Pavilion, and insists on playing the Lingguan in Hairpin Phoenix. Her position is too obvious!
Mrs. Jia is a sophisticated woman, not proficient in the "implication" of famous people! Use hairpin to support Jin's marriage and Xue Baochai. She knew at a glance that Mrs. Wang and her daughter belonged to the same family.
Now that the "Wangs" have formed a political party with the support of Yuan Chun, she is welcome. Only in this way can we contribute twenty taels to Xue Baochai's birthday as an excuse to drive away Xue's family.
Anyway, Xue Baochai's birthday party was held as scheduled. On the same day, Wang Xifeng invited a small troupe with two cavities of Kunyi, which was also very interesting.
"Kun" is a Kunqu opera, and like the twelve small artists in "Lixiangyuan", the tune is elegant and beautiful, which can be regarded as Lin Daiyu, who was born in a scholarly family.
Yi language is Yiyang dialect, mainly popular folk opera, with lively plays such as martial arts and clowns as the mainstay. Xialiba people can be regarded as businessmen Xue Baochai.
Courtesy, the author's intention to pave the way for the dispute between Bao Dai's marriage and golden marriage is obvious!
There was an interesting plot during the dinner. Grandmother Jia invited Lin Daiyu to play, and Daiyu invited Aunt Xue, Mrs. Wang and others to play. Grandmother Jia said, "I brought you here today to have fun. Let's just mind our own business and ignore them. I sing and drink for them, don't I? They are free here, it is already very cheap, and let them order! " Everyone laughed when he spoke.
Grandmother Jia used the word "teasing" and said to ignore them, which is not a good word.
What is teasing? Later, Granny Liu entered Guo Rongfu and was teased and called "teasing". In order to please Jia, Xue Baochai called The Journey to the West "for fun". Every day, the Xue family asks in Jia's home as early as possible, and asks for greetings later. Jia looked on coldly and said he was not welcome. It's also "a joke" that the Xue family doesn't leave!
"Ignore them" is even more sensational. Although Jia Mu skillfully blends into daily jokes, it is really embarrassing to combine Jia Mu's original intention of contributing to her birthday.
Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang are not fools. It is impossible not to understand! Jia didn't take them to play, let them see. Isn't that just to let them experience it for themselves?
Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang are both adults who can't hold their breath. Of course, their "big radish face is not red or white" can't be said.
Xue Baochai is too young to eat. She understood what the old lady meant by "expelling people", but she could not be as calm as Aunt Xue. She just ordered a song "Drunk Wutai Mountain" and hit back by innuendo, meaning that she understood the intention of expelling people.
Cao Xueqin borrowed the script "Drunk Wutai Mountain", which has two meanings.
On the first floor, Xue Baochai used Lu to be dismissed as "rude" by the monks of Wutai Mountain and decided to drive him away. Seeing that the master was not well, he got drunk and said that he would leave here and not leave my own place.
Xue Baochai praised Lu and hit back at the old lady with a play: You don't have to drive us away, we'll go by ourselves. Unfortunately, Xue Baochai is young after all. If she wants to leave, she must see if Aunt Can Xue leaves! They didn't reach a good marriage, and they couldn't do without it after all.
On the second floor, Lu's "coming and going naked without care" was also the foreshadowing for Jia Baoyu to finally leave home and become a monk.
Wang Xifeng teased Grandmother Jia for not paying enough: "Is it possible that Brother Bao will be the only one to support your old man in Wutai Mountain in the future?" Those stairs were left to him only. Although we don't deserve to be them now, don't let us suffer. Is this enough wine? Dramatic enough? "
Wutai Mountain has become a symbol of becoming a monk, and Buddhism is empty, which indicates a dream.
In a word, I kicked out the Xue family, starting from kicking out. After understanding Jia Yuanchun's position, she gave Xue Baochai a "insincere" birthday. A series of things are her opposition to Kim's marriage. Hate aunt Xue is doomed not to leave. Jia mu is also in vain.
It is this scene directed by Jia Mu that makes Lin Daiyu "injured"! So, how did Lin Daiyu get hurt? If you want to know how, listen to the next decomposition!
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