Chapter 7 Another truth about Xue Baochai's long-term residence in Jia's mansion

When it comes to Baochai, the first thing readers think of is the word "rich".Speaking of the Xue family's property, no one is in awe, "Pearls are like earth and gold is like iron", rich!The ancestors of the Xue family were also government officials in the court. The ancestor of their family, Xue Gong, was once a member of Ziweishe.The so-called "Ziwei Sheren" is also called Zhongshu Sheren. It is an official position. Its main job is to write and draft amnesties. Simply put, it is to act on behalf of the emperor. Its nature is somewhat similar to today's personal secretary.However, unlike the Jia family’s nobility system, this profession cannot be passed down from generation to generation, so the successors of the Xue family changed their careers and went into business. With the relationship of their ancestors, they became "imperial merchants" and led internal money. Money and food, purchase miscellaneous materials.The so-called "money and silver" refers to the money of the national treasury, and the merchants who receive the money from the National Bank are "imperial merchants".It stands to reason that such a family should be quite rich. Indeed, if the Xue family were not wealthy, they would not be able to rank fourth on the list of "official protection charms".But there is a process of success or failure in everything. Xue Baochai's parents and grandparents managed the family business well, so there were great events in the past, but when the leader was replaced by Xue Pan, this situation began to change, and the Xue family gradually lost. Connected.

Although Jia Wang Shixue is the four major families described in "A Dream of Red Mansions".But as a reader, don't think that these four major families are the top wealthy families of that era. They are just a handful of wealthy forces in the entire society, and they are also representatives of the gradual decline.In the fourth chapter, when this official talisman appeared, it had already been explained in the article that "everyone who is a magistrate has a private form, on which is written the names and surnames of the most powerful, wealthy and noble gentry in this province, It’s the same in all provinces.” It can be seen that the four families of Jia Wang Shixue written on the talisman are only famous in the Jinling area. If they extend to the entire Qing Dynasty, they are certainly not considered wealthy families.And a family like Lin Ruhai's may not be poorer than the Xue family's. The reason why they didn't make it to the list of the four major families may be because this official amulet is from Jinling, not Gusu.The text reads:

Jia is not fake, white jade is the horse of Tang Jin. (After Ning Guo Rong Guo's second prince, there are a total of 20 house divisions. Except for the eight houses sent by Ning Rong in the capital, there are currently twelve houses for the original residents.) Efang Palace, three hundred miles away, cannot accommodate a history of Jinling. (After Baoling Hou Shangshuling Shigong, there are eighteen houses in total, ten houses are currently inhabited in the capital, and eight houses are currently living in the original place.) There is a shortage of white jade beds in the East China Sea, so the Dragon King came to invite the King of Jinling. (After Du Taiwei ruled the county uncle and prince, there were twelve houses in total, the second house in the capital, and the rest were registered.)

In a good year, there is heavy snow, and pearls are like earth and gold is like iron. (After Xue Gong, Ziwei's family, she is now in charge of the financial banker of the inner government, with a total of eight housing units.) Yucun hadn't finished watching it yet, and suddenly heard a rumor, and someone reported: "Master Wang is here to pay respects." Let's look at the last sentence: "Yucun has not finished watching." What does it mean?If this talisman is just for these four families, Jia Yucun should have finished reading it after seeing this. Why does the author say that he has not finished reading it?Unless, there are other families on this list, not just these four!

It is very possible that the author exposed this talisman and then covered it up, which means that these four families are related by marriage, and there will be other families in the future, but because of the relationship with these four families There is not much connection, so don't mention it.The purpose of portraying these four families as four major families is to make the inextricable connections between them serve the storyline.Therefore, when interpreting the true economic situation of the four major families, one should not simply stop at this official talisman. Maybe there are many families like Jia Wang Shixue in Jinling and even the entire Qing Dynasty, which are nothing. Rich in the country.After all, as soon as "A Dream of Red Mansions" begins, the four major families have already entered the stage of decline.The top-ranked Jia family has long been unable to make ends meet, and the second-ranked historians have almost gone bankrupt. Although the Wang family did not state it clearly, the situation must not be much better. It is necessary to sell my niece Qiaojie for money.Looking at it this way, the Xue family, which is ranked fourth, has even less capital.

Here, let's just take a look at the situation of the Xue family.Starting from the fourth chapter, Xue's family lived in Jia's mansion, which itself is a manifestation of Xue's family's decline.The book describes the situation of the Xue family at that time as follows: In addition, Mr. Xue, who bought Yinglian and killed Feng Yuan, was also from Jinling, and he was originally a family of scholars.It's just that Mr. Xue lost his father when he was young, and his widowed mother pitied him that he was an orphan, so he was spoiled and indulged, so he became a failure in his life; and his family is rich in millions, and now he is receiving money and grain to buy miscellaneous materials.

This Mr. Xue's scientific name is Xue Pan, and he has a luxurious temperament and arrogant speech since he was five years old.Although he also went to school, he only knows a few words, and he just fights cocks and horses all day long, and travels around mountains and rivers.Although he is an imperial merchant, he is completely ignorant of the economic affairs of the world, but relying on his grandfather's old friendship, the household department puts up a false name and receives money and food.The widowed mother, Wang Shi, is the younger sister of Wang Ziteng, the current military governor of the capital, and the wife of Jia Zheng of the Rongguo Mansion, Wang Shi.There is also a daughter, two years younger than Xue Pan, whose baby name is Baochai, who is born with beautiful muscles and bones and elegant manners.At that time, his father was in Japan, and he loved this girl so much that he made her read and write, which was ten times better than her brother's.After his father's death, seeing that his elder brother couldn't cling to his mother's bosom, he stopped taking calligraphy as his business, and only paid attention to needlework and family planning, so as to relieve his mother's worries and labors.

Recently, because of the advocacy of poetry and etiquette, the search for talents, and the long grace of the world, in addition to the selection of concubines, all the daughters of official officials and famous families are all named Dabu, so that they can be selected as princesses and princesses to attend school and serve as talents A job of praise.Second, since the death of Xue Pan's father, all the sales bureaus, managers, and associates in the provinces, seeing that Xue Pan was young and ignorant of the world, took advantage of the opportunity to abduct Xue Pan, and several businesses in the capital were gradually consumed.Xue Pansu heard that Duzhong is the most prosperous place, and was thinking about a visit, so he took this opportunity, one to see off his sister to be selected, two to visit relatives, and three to settle the old accounts by himself, and then calculate new ones, ——In fact, it means visiting the scenery of Shangguo.

These two passages clearly explain the family situation of the Xue family and the reasons for coming to Beijing.Judging from the text, Aunt Xue is a middle-aged woman in her forties. Although she is Wang Xifeng's biological aunt, her ability to run a family is far worse than that of this niece.After her husband died, Xue Pan was in charge of the family. As we all know, Aunt Xue's son is a worthless playboy who is busy making troubles all day long.Although her daughter Baochai is sensible, she is still young, and there is no way for a girl who has not left the cabinet to show her face.The Xue family is a merchant's family, an imperial merchant who specializes in purchasing various supplies for the court.Of course, it stands to reason that the profits here are quite large, but since it is a business, it needs to be operated, and those who do business must have business acumen and management skills.Presumably, Xue Baochai's parents are very capable of managing, otherwise the Xue family would not have a prosperous age of "pearls are like earth and gold is like iron".But since the death of Xue Baochai's father, the situation began to change.Unlike his father, Xue Pan's business intelligence is very poor, and he is often deceived by his subordinate employees, so he is not a material for doing business at all.The article also said that Xue Pan at that time "although he was an imperial merchant, he didn't know anything about the economic affairs of the world, but he relied on his grandfather's old love, and the household department used a false name to receive money and food."Obviously, if it weren't for the face of his ancestors, Xue Pan might lose his job as an "imperial merchant".It is impossible to do a good business with Xue Pan's ability, and whether it can make a profit is a question.It is only a matter of time before the Xue family falls under the leadership of a family member like Xue Pan.Therefore, the reason why Aunt Xue entered the capital city but did not go back home to live, but went to live in Jia’s mansion of her sister’s husband’s family. The day is really sad.

Regarding the financial constraints of the Xue family, although the author did not explicitly mention it in the book, he hinted at it many times.Judging from the whole book, Aunt Xue is an aristocratic woman who has a different ideology from noble women such as Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang. She is very frugal, and even her daughter Xue Baochai lives a very simple life, which is not like a wealthy family at all. Miss, and they treat the maids around them very frugally.Let's take a look at the original text: Xiangling got up and looked down, there were still drops of green water dripping from the skirt.Just hating and scolding, it happened that Baoyu saw them fighting grass, and also found some flowers and plants to join in the show. Suddenly, everyone ran away, and only Xiangling bowed her head and fiddled with her skirt, because she asked, "Why are you scattered?" Said: "I have a husband and wife Hui. They don't know, but they say I'm lying, so they made a fuss and dirty my new skirt." Baoyu laughed and said, "You have a husband and wife Hui, but I have a twin lotus here." He said in his mouth, but he was really holding a lotus with two pedicles in his hand, and he was holding the couple's lotus in his hand.Xiangling said: "What kind of husband and wife are not husband and wife, whether they are married or not, look at this skirt."

Baoyufang looked down, then beeped, and said, "Why is it dragged in the mud? It's a pity that this pomegranate red silk can't help being dyed." Xiangling said, "This was brought by Miss Qin. Girl I made one, and I made one, and I just got on my body today." Baoyu stumbled and sighed: "If your family is trampled on for a day, this one is not worth anything. It's just that the first one was brought by Miss Qin, you and Sister Bao’s is the best seasoning, why don’t you pour it dirty first, you don’t let him down. The old aunt’s mouth is broken. Forgive me like this. I also heard that you don’t know how to live. Cherishing blessings. My aunt saw it, and it’s not a light thing to say.” This is Chapter 62, a passage about Xue Pan's concubine Xiang Ling.Xiangling played a grass-fighting game with a group of little maids in the Grand View Garden, and their skirts were stained by them.Doucao, also known as Doubaicao, was originally a custom of the Dragon Boat Festival, and it has been popular since the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Returning from the Dragon Boat Festival outing, they bring back famous flowers and exotic herbs.Face each other with the names of flowers and plants, and the one with the correct answer is the winner.This is a game that is very popular among young girls. However, in this text, the fighting grass game is not the protagonist, but Xiangling's skirt. It stands to reason that a rich merchant's family like the Xue family has everything that one expects to find, and it is not a rare thing.Jia's silk is not only used to make clothes, but also used to paste windows. Didn't Jia's mother once said that the soft smoke in the mansion has been backlogged for a long time, and there is too much to use? Are you afraid that it will be moldy when you make clothes for a long time?It stands to reason that it is better for clothes to be worn out than to be moldy! But Xiangling here is very annoyed, or rather scared, because she broke a dress, why?Baoyu gave two reasons: first, the fabric of this skirt was a gift from Xue Baoqin, only Baochai and Xiangling had it, Baochai's was still brand new, but Xiangling's was broken first, I'm afraid Baoqin would not be happy Second, I was afraid that Aunt Xue would scold her for wasting things and not knowing how to be frugal.Of these two reasons, the first is supplementary and the second is the main one.Both Baochai and Baoqin are reasonable girls, especially Baoqin, who is as bold and open-minded as Shi Xiangyun, and will never take these trivial matters to heart, and Baochai is also the most considerate girl, thinking Soft and greasy, let alone blame Xiangling for such a trivial matter.What's more, Xiangling is still her brother's concubine, she can be regarded as their "sister-in-law", and she would not blame Xiangling for a piece of clothing due to emotion and reason.In fact, this passage cleverly expresses Aunt Xue's frugal living habits.Of course, from a normal person's point of view, if she can't spend all the money she has and is extremely wealthy, then frugality cannot be considered.The so-called cherishing blessings is false, and the truth is when the economy is in crisis.The Xue family's prosperous times of "pearls are like earth and gold are like iron" no longer exist.That's why in the fifty-seventh chapter, there is another strange dialogue between Xue Baochai and Xing Xiuyan: On this day, because Baochai came to see Daiyu, Xiuyan also came to see Daiyu, and they met halfway.Baochai called him with a smile, and they walked together to a stone wall.Baochai asked him, "It's been very cold these two days, why have you changed all the clamps?" Xiuyan asked, but bowed her head and didn't answer.Baochai knew there was another reason, so she asked with a smile, "It must be that one month's money has not been paid. Feng girl is so careless now." Xiuyan said, "He thinks of a good life, Because my aunt sent someone to tell me that I won’t need two taels of silver a month, and asked me to save one tael and send it to my parents. If I want to use anything, I have my sister’s things anyway, so I can use them. My sister thought, two taels My sister is an honest person, and I don’t pay much attention to it. Although he doesn’t say anything when I use his things, among those mothers and girls, which one is easy to trouble, and which one is not sharp-mouthed? Although I am there, I dare not They are very intimidating. After three days or five days, I will take some money to buy wine and snacks for them. Therefore, two or one month of silver is not enough, and now I have gone for one or two. A while ago, I quietly put Cotton clothes make people spend a lot of money." Baochai heard this, and sighed with frown: "Pianmei's family is in office again, and they will come in the next year. If it is here, Qin'er will pass by, so that we can discuss your matter. If you leave here, it will be over. Now it's over for him Regarding the younger sister, I would definitely not dare to marry first. Now it is a difficult task. If it is two years later, I am afraid (you) will suffer from illness. Wait until I discuss it with my mother. If someone bullies you, you just need to be patient. , don’t torture yourself to get sick. It’s better to give them the one tael of silver tomorrow, so you don’t have to worry about it. You don’t have to give those people food for nothing in the future. If you can't hear it anymore, everyone go away. If there is something short, don't be so petty, just go to me. It's not like this after marriage. We'll be fine when you come. Don't be afraid of gossip, you Just send the little girl to talk to me quietly." Xiuyan bowed her head and agreed. Baochai pointed to a jasper pei on his skirt and asked, "Who gave this to you?" Xiuyan said, "This is from my third sister." Baochai nodded and smiled, "He sees that everyone has it. You don’t have any, I’m afraid people will laugh at you, so I’m giving you one. This is his cleverness and meticulousness. But there’s one more sentence (word), you should also know that these decorations were originally made by a lady from a wealthy family, look at me from the beginning Do you have these gorgeous casual makeup on your feet? However, I came here like this seven or eight years ago, and now I can’t compare it to a moment, so I will save what I should. In the future, when you come to our house, there will be no such things. I’m afraid there’s still a box of things to use. We can’t compare to them now, we have to be consistent, not to compare to them.” This paragraph of text can't help but make people sigh, the author is really a genius pen, originally thought that the magnificent Grand View Garden, the blessed land of gods, and the daughters of wealthy families would have no worries about food and clothing shortages?But in the blessed land of wealth and honor, I write about a poor girl from Xing Xiuyan who lives in a rich and noble town, and needs to spend her days in ordinary clothes!Baochai being considerate of Xiuyan is not only her understanding, but also shows that her understanding of life is higher than other girls.Regarding the jasper pei that Tanchun gave to Xiuyan, Baochai said this: "These decorations were originally made by a lady from a wealthy family. Do you think I have these rich and casual makeup from head to toe? After seven or eight years First of all, I also came here in the same way, and now I can’t compare it to the moment, so I save what I should. In the future, when you come to our house, I’m afraid there will be a box of these useless things. We can’t compare now They are gone, and we must be the same, and we should not compare with them." This passage is very important for studying the economic situation of Xue Baochai and Xue's family.It can be seen that the current economic situation of the Xue family is indeed not optimistic. The reason why Baochai no longer has rich and casual makeup is because she feels that she is no longer a lady of a rich and powerful family. At the same time, she also explained that Qiba The self before was also dressed very luxuriously.It can be seen that Baochai likes to be clean and simple no matter how she dresses up or tidies up the house. She advocates a simple life, not only because of her personality and hobbies, but also because of the worrying financial situation of her family. . "We can't compare with them now, we have to stick to the facts, not compare them." The "we" refers to both Xing Xiuyan and Baochai himself, and "they" obviously refers to several members of Jia's family. Ladies, it can be seen that Baochai has admitted in his heart that he is indeed not as wealthy as Tanchun and others. There are many other descriptions like this.In the forty-eighth chapter, Xue Pan went south to do business. After leaving, Aunt Xue made the following arrangement for Xue's family: The family brought by Aunt Xue to Beijing was only four or five houses, and two or three old mothers and little maids. Today, with Xue Pan, there are only one or two men left outside.So Aunt Xue went to the study today, moved all the furnishings, toys, curtains and other things in for storage, and ordered the two wives of the man (who went) to come in to sleep together.He also ordered Xiangling to tidy up his room, "lock the door, and go to bed with me at night." Baochai said, "since Mom has these people as companions, why don't you ask elder sister Ling to accompany me. In our garden It's empty again, the night is long, I work every night, the more people I have, the better." Aunt Xue said with a smile: "Exactly, I also forgot, I should have asked him to go with you. I told you the day before yesterday I also told your brother that Wen Xing is young and doesn't know what to say. Ying'er alone is not enough to serve you, so I have to buy a girl to serve you." Baochai said: "I don't know what I bought. Money is a small matter, so I’m not being naughty. I’m slowly inquiring about it, and if anyone knows the history, I’ll just buy one.” While speaking, he ordered Xiangling to pack up the quilt and make-up dowry, and ordered an old nun and Zhen’er to deliver it to Go to Hengwu Garden, then Baochai and Xiangling (then come back to the garden together.) After reading this passage, I lament that Xue's family is thin, and even the number of servants is pitifully small. The sum of all of them may not catch up with the number of servants ordered by Baoyu, Daiyu, Yingchun and other junior masters alone.Although living in a relative's house, the Xue family spent all their own money, even if they had two more servants, they would not cause trouble for the relatives.While Baochai lived in Hengwu Garden, although there were some servants who did rough work, a considerable part of them were the house managers who had been brought by the various residences in Daguanyuan.Baochai's serious maids are only Ying'er and Wen Xing. In the words of Aunt Xue, "Wen Xing is so young, she doesn't know how to do it." Ying'er is the only one who can be used.As soon as the other ladies of the Jia family came out, which one was not surrounded by a group of maids and wives.As Xue Pan's concubine, Xiang Ling still lived a life of half master and half servant, and there was still a lot of work to do at home, which showed her hard work.In Jia's mansion, even Aunt Zhao, the disgusting "doormat", didn't see her busy with work all day long.Of course, it is even more impossible for Baochai, the real lady, to be idle. She has to do needlework until late at night, and she is in the same situation as Shi Xiangyun whose family fortune has already declined.Perhaps you can understand this as Xue Baochai's hard work, but even if a wealthy family needs to teach their unmarried daughters some life skills to please their in-laws in the future, there is no need for such labor. The girls of the Jia family are not like her .It is not bad for Lin Daiyu to be able to make a sachet a year, but Tanchun occasionally makes a pair of shoes as a gift from Baoyu, not every day.The young ladies of Jia's family just play Go, practice calligraphy, make paintings, and cultivate themselves all day long.Qingwen and Fangguan in Baoyu Yihong Courtyard "just sleep" all day long, doing nothing.The azaleas and snow geese in Lin Daiyu's house do not only take care of Daiyu's daily life, but also feed the birds and chat with the insomniac owner in the middle of the night. I have never seen anyone working until late at night.It can be seen that Baochai has worked harder than Qingwen, Fangguan, etc. In the Grand View Garden, only Baochai can sympathize with Shi Xiangyun whose family has declined. The situation of these two people is actually quite similar! Xue Baochai is a precocious girl who gradually grew up in the unsatisfactory life.She had a happy childhood, but when she grows up, she faces the crisis of family ruin.At a young age, she already knew the hardships of life. Among the girls in the Grand View Garden, only she has a clear concept of money status and knows how to be diligent and thrifty in housekeeping, so she doesn't like luxurious dresses.From this, we can better understand the hardships of Xue's mother and daughter, and understand why Aunt Xue tried her best to promote the "golden and jade marriage".After all, only if Xue Baochai's future husband's family has a strong foundation and can help unconditionally, it is possible to further delay the fate of the Xue family's decline.Otherwise, just relying on this "dumb overlord" Xue Pan who makes troubles all day long, I am afraid that the Xue family can only get closer and closer to "utter defeat". From this point of view, although the Jia family is not the best match, it is still a good choice. Baoyu is good-looking, and her sister is a popular imperial concubine. The Jia family can't ignore the orphans and widows of the Xue family. However, Baoyu and Baochai are really not a good couple. Although Baochai has some affection for Baoyu, it is just a girl's youthful sprouting. These two people are not like-minded siblings at all. Most of the reasons for wanting to marry Baoyu are out of family considerations.Although Baochai does not have the pure and straightforward personality of Daiyu, she has a stronger sense of responsibility and responsibility than Daiyu. Must be very rich.It's a pity that a heavy burden falls on a girl who wants to use her marriage to save the whole family from decline, how can Baochai not suffer? Daiyu's suffering is caused by nature, while Baochai's suffering is caused by society. Daiyu's tragedy makes people cry, but Baochai's tragedy makes people sigh.So readers also understand more about the difficulty of Xue's mother and daughter in Jia's mansion.In order to be able to rely on something, the mother and daughter are willing to act as "door guests".Aunt Xue's mother and daughter are not at home in Jia's house, and they also need to bear considerable psychological pressure. The most famous sentence in Xue Baochai's Begonia poems is "before the extremes are pale, the flowers are more beautiful", which is a portrayal of her own spiritual pursuit.But in terms of the language of flowers in the Red Chamber, she is the king of flowers, peony. Peony": It seems that there is another reason for the total east wind, and Jiang Luo's high rolls are beyond spring. Co-education and interpretation of language should be overwhelming, no matter how ruthless it is, it is also touching. Paeoniae and the king are close attendants, where can hibiscus avoid the fragrant dust. Poor Han Ling, after his success, failed to live up to Yunhua. In the book, Baoyu also compares Baochai to Concubine Yang Gui, and readers will naturally associate Baochai with words such as Fengyan and Lili.Moreover, influenced by the 87 TV series, there are serious misunderstandings about the appearances of Baochai and Daiyu: in the play, Daiyu appears in a plain dress with a few hairpins scattered about, which is very plain, while Baochai It is full of pearls and emeralds at every turn, and it is dressed in brocade clothes.It's actually quite misplaced.Although Xue Baochai's name is "Baochai", she doesn't like rich and expensive ornaments, and her dress is extremely simple, which is in line with her "Snow" characteristics.On the contrary, Lin Daiyu is a standard aristocratic lady. She is extremely particular about her clothes and diet, and her clothes are mostly red, which is in line with the author's spirit of "love red". The most beautiful colors, first-rate people must wear first-rate colors, and Daiyu must always wear red and green.The reason why Baochai is not liked by Baoyu, Jiamu and others is also inseparable from her personal hobbies and dress. After all, Jia Mu, Jia Baoyu and others are confused people sleeping in the dream of wealth and honor, and they don't understand the truth of "the flowers are more beautiful when they are pale".Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai are like Zhao Feiyan and Ban Jieyu in the Han Dynasty. Although Zhao Feiyan was jealous and did not hesitate to kill the harem, but in terms of love alone, it is not necessarily unacceptable. At least her requirements for love are quite high. , Do not allow other women to share.But Ban Jieyu was a well-known virtuous woman who enjoyed a high reputation among the concubines of the Han Dynasty.The queen mother also praised her: "In ancient times there was Fan Ji, but now there is Ban Jieyu." Compared with Ban Jieyu, the famous concubine of Chuzhuang King, it can be seen that she has a noble quality.But this virtuous beauty fell out of favor immediately after Zhao Feiyan entered the palace, and from then on she served the queen mother for the rest of her life, which is both sad and clever, hiding under the queen mother's wings, at least she was not harmed by Zhao Feiyan.To this day, Ban Jieyu has left to future generations the famous "Tuan Fan Song": Freshly cracked, Qi Wansu, as bright as frost and snow. Cut into acacia fans, reunion is like a bright moon. In and out of your sleeves, shake the breeze. I am often afraid that the autumn festival will come, and the coolness will beat the heat. Abandoned donations are in the box, and kindness is in the middle. It can be seen that in the face of love, no matter good or bad, even if it is as bright as frost and snow, it is inevitable that the kindness will be broken.Xue Baochai or Ban Jieyu both lost because they were too virtuous. For men, wayward women are often more attractive. Ji Maoben once commented on Baochai's Begonia poem: "Excellent, how many people can have high-sentimental giant eyes?" Xue Baochai is one of the few "high-spirited and giant-eyed" people in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions".Most of the people in the Red Chamber belong to the generation of "there is more behind and forget to shrink back, and there is no way to turn back in front of the eyes". They only want to enjoy the wealth and honor, but don't care about the changing situation?Even Lin Daiyu is the same, although she knows that Jia's income and expenses "go out a lot and get in a little", she is still coquettish and honorable, living day by day, only immersed in her own little sentimentality.And Xue Baochai is able to practice frugality in the midst of wealth and plan for the future when he has not yet completely declined. He is a rare and sober person. The author writes about Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai, two extraordinary women from ancient times and modern times. On the surface, it seems that Daiyu's family is poor and Baochai is rich, but in fact it is just the opposite.As a result, readers respect Baochai's character even more.She knows current affairs and is a strong and capable girl. She has her pitiful features, but she has to bear the pressure of life at a young age, but she can deal with it indifferently, neither humble nor overbearing, and stick to her own position. It is not easy.In contrast, Daiyu is not mature enough.Of course, Daiyu is purely a product of poetry, a girl who has emerged from the artistic conception of poetry. Even if she is sad or bitter, she is also a kind of poetry.Baochai belongs to life, and Daiyu belongs to art. It is normal for Baoyu to be infatuated with Daiyu, but married people will understand the advantages of Baochai. To live life, Baochai is the most down-to-earth.From this point of view, Baoyu is indeed unlucky!