Chapter 33 7. Jade seeks a good price in the tree - Lin Hongyu

There are three jades in the Grand View Garden: Baoyu, Daiyu, and Miaoyu, which is easy to understand.But there is another jade, which is often overlooked by readers, and that is ruby.Lin Hongyu. Lin Hongyu plays a very important role in the novel. Although she is only a maidservant, she has a name and surname with origins. She is the daughter of Lin Zhixiao. Her original name was Lin Hongyu. This is a trick.Deliberately confuse attention and make readers ignore this character subconsciously.However, Cao Xueqin was unwilling to be reconciled to people really completely ignoring her, so she repeatedly reminded her, even at the expense of contradicting herself, and arranged many doubts for her, making careful readers have to pay attention to this character.

Doubt 1: her identity. She is the daughter of the housekeeper Lin Zhixiao.Who is Lin Zhixiao?That is a very important person in Rongguo Mansion, but his daughter was just sent to Yihong Courtyard to be a rough envoy to sweep and irrigate, and she couldn't handle the tasks before serving tea and water.When Baoyu went crazy, Lin Zhixiao's family came to express condolences. What does this imply?One is that, as the housekeeper, she is very courteous and dignified, and it is her turn to greet the young master; the other is that Baoyu is the last to see mothers-in-law, and Chunyan's mother will be scolded even when she enters the threshold. Then Lin Zhixiao's family can go straight in, or it's just to highlight the word "Lin".

Dai is green, red is red, Lin Daiyu and Lin Hongyu, how like the names of a pair of sisters? However, the name was too conspicuous, so it was changed to Xiaohong. Doubt 2: It is the name change. Xiaohong made a petition to Sister Feng, and because she valued Baoyu and Daiyu's jade, she changed it to Xiaohong.Sister Feng said: "You also like jade and she likes jade. It seems that you have got the advantage of jade. I hate it very much." I don't know which one I hate. There are many taboo places mentioned in Dream of Red Mansions. For example, Daiyu never mentions the word "Min" and always pronounces it as "Secret" when she mentions it;From this point of view, it seems reasonable to change Hongyu to Xiaohong, and there is no doubt about it.

However, Chunyan, another little girl in Yihong Courtyard, isn't afraid to repeat the word "spring" that Yuan Ying Tanxi Sichun used?Yuan Chun is still the imperial concubine, Rongguo Mansion is not taboo? Xiren's original name was Zhenzhu, which not only respected Jia Zhen's pearl, but also Jia Zhu's pearl. He was not taboo, and he was still a person close to his ancestors.It was later that he changed his name to Baoyu, and it was not because of her that Jia Zhu died. The second master's jade can't be heavy, but the uncle's beads are fine?This is also a problem.

The title of the book is that Jia Baoyu's first residence was the Chixia Palace, which was the place where he lingered when he was traveling around and met the crimson pearl fairy grass before he went down to earth. "Chi" means red, and "crimson" also means red, and he lived in Yihong Courtyard in the secular world, and he has a problem of loving red. It can be seen that the word "red" is more important to Baoyu than "jade". ". And Xiaohong's name is both red and jade, and her surname is Lin. With such a prominent name, how can she be just a third-class maid?

Doubt 3: Xiaohong's love and token. Xiaohong's sweetheart is Jia Yun, the second master in the corridor.Baoyu once said that Jia Yun "is like my son", and clearly pointed out that the second master Yun is his own projection. Baoyu inscribed her residence "Jiang Yunxuan", Jiang is also red, Jiang Yun, of course it does not mean that Lin Hongyu and Yun Erye live here, so Lin Daiyu and Bao Erye can only hide Lin Daiyu and Bao Erye.Xiaohong and Jia Yun are the secular incarnations of the two of them.Because Baoyu and Daiyu's status is too high, the story can't be written in the vulgar way, and the emotions can't be fully enjoyed, so they all pin it on Erye Yun and Lin Hongyu, feeling a bit like looking for a substitute.

So when Baoyu put the words "Jiang Yunxuan" on the forehead for the first time, he invited Daiyu to read it with him, and it was Daiyu's other stand-in, Qingwen, who put the words on for him. The fate between Xiaohong and Jia Yun started from "the idiot daughter's lovesickness".The handkerchief also plays an absolutely important role in Bao Dai's love. Can the judge remember the particularly charming scene of Baoyu presenting the handkerchief?There are many private recipients in the article, but they have all been taken lightly, because Daiyu is a person who does not value property, and the incense sticks rewarded by the emperor are also thrown away, scolding "what stinky man has worn them"; but the two old handkerchiefs, But she was like a pearl like a treasure, holding it and crying half the night, and wrote three poems on it.It was the first time that he had expressed his feelings clearly.That veil is almost as important as a token of love, more precious than any golden lock and golden unicorn.

As for Xiaohong's handkerchief, it was written out in a down-to-earth manner, and it was directly a token of love.Even the consistent writing is lazy, and I have to have a special dream first, dreaming that Jia Yun picked up her handkerchief; then the dream came true, and the little maid Zhui'er really took it. Pazi came to ask for a reward.There are very few such explicit and straightforward descriptions in the novel.This is unique. And who interrupted their conversation?Baochai. Daiyu's life was also cut off by Baochai, which is obvious. Zhui'er, who delivered the handkerchief for Xiaohong, was kicked out by Qingwen for stealing gold, and Qingwen, who delivered the handkerchief for Daiyu, also did not end well.

From this point of view, the story of Lin Hongyu and Erye Yun is a replica of Lin Daiyu and Erye Bao, or projection, flower in the mirror, and moon in the water. It's just that Xiaohong has caught the moon, has she?Still an unsolved case. Does the author want Xiaohong to be the ideal way out for Daiyu, so that she can finally realize her dream of happiness, or does the author want her to be Daiyu's second, who is also an old official, an idiot and an outsider, and it is still in vain in the end? It should be the latter.The daughters of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling are all hard-fated.It is impossible for Xiaohong to be outside the book.But Zhiyanzhai reminded everyone that Xiaohong and Qianxue visited the Prison Temple and said that the Grand View Garden was confiscated and all the maids were sold. Why can Xiaohong still have the freedom to visit the prison?It is also said that Jia Yun also has Baoyu's great reliance. Does it also mean what happened after Baoyu was imprisoned?

It is worth mentioning that, the next morning when Xiaohong pours tea for Baoyu, Baoyu looks for Xiaohong and fails to meet each other.However, he couldn't find it in the end, and was already intercepted by Sister Feng.When he was leaving, he didn't know who Xiaohong was—he lost her by accident. He also lost Lin Daiyu in the end, and of course it was unintentional.It was a high-ranking person who took advantage of it—of course it wasn't Sister Feng, so who was it?Who would ask Daiyu to go, while Baoyu is still ignorant or helpless? The more you want to get it, the easier it is to be missed by your own negligence. Is Jia Baoyu not the only infatuated fool who lost his beloved in this world?

After confirming that the story of Xiaohong and Jia Yun is the secular projection of Daiyu and Baoyu, many secrets hidden behind the story can surface. First of all, the story of Jia Yun who fell in love with Xiaohong is very interesting. In order to find a job in the Grand View Garden, he asked his uncle Bu Shiren for help, and wanted to give Sister Feng some borneol and musk on credit, but was rejected by Bu Shiren. Jia Yun said with a smile: "Uncle said nothing. When my father passed away, I was young and didn't know what to do. Later I heard my mother say that it's all thanks to the uncles who gave advice and arranged the funeral at our house. Could it be that uncle didn't I know, there are still two houses with an acre of land, and now I can’t spend it in my hands? Qiao’s daughter-in-law can’t make porridge without rice, what can I do? Fortunately, it’s me. If my son came to pester uncle and asked for three liters of rice and two liters of beans, uncle would have nothing to do." After hearing this, Bu Shiren refused to continue to explain. Instead, he talked about him from left to right, talking about the prestige of Jia Qin, the fourth child in the third room.It can be seen that there is something in Jia Yun's words, and he has not been wronged - when he lost his father when he was young, the property of the two houses on the one acre of land in his family was taken away by his uncle Bu Shiren by taking care of the funeral, which made him destitute. ——Whose background is hidden in this story? We all know that Lin Ruhai is an ex-convict Tanhua, a doctor of Lantai Temple, and a censor of Yanyan.His ancestor once attacked Liehou, and his career was five generations.It is the family of Zhong Ding, a scholarly family.Daiyu has only one daughter under her knees, and all the wealth left behind belongs to her.But why did Daiyu sigh with Baochai, saying: "How do you compare to me? You have a mother, you have an elder brother, you also have land for sale here, and you still have a house and land at home. You are just a relative, I live here in vain, I don’t care about their affairs, and I don’t care about them, so I leave as soon as I want. I have nothing, food and clothing, scraps and papers, all of which are the same as the girls in their family. Don't people think too much about it?" Calculating, the Lin family has inherited five generations and the population is not prosperous, and the wealth they have accumulated is not ordinary. It is far more than just "having a house and land", and may even far exceed the Rongning Second Mansion.After Lin Ruhai died, it was Jia Lian who took Daiyu back to the funeral, took care of the funeral for her, and brought Daiyu back with her. At that time, it was the time when the Rongguo Mansion built the Grand View Garden, and the money was spent in mountains and seas.The Rongguo Mansion's financial situation was already beyond its means, and the sudden increase of such a large sum of expenses was beyond what it could handle. Even Yuan Chun lamented that "extravagance is too extravagant", where did the windfall come from? Later, when Jia Lian was extorted by the eunuch and couldn't turn around, he sighed, "It would be nice to make another three or two million fortunes now."Be obedient and listen to the sound, you must have made a windfall of two to three million before.I'm afraid it's Lin Ruhai's inheritance. This kind of inside story, the author "keeps taboo for the venerable", often does not write it in the open, so he has to use Jia Yun's story to see the big from the small. Jia Yun failed to borrow money, but on the way home, she ran into drunk King Ni Er, and got a generous donation from him.It is just that "every time more dogs are slaughtered in righteousness, heroes always come out." Later, when Baoyu was in a difficult situation, only Xiaohong and Qianxue, the frustrated old Yihongs, were the ones who would help him and visit him to comfort him. In the twenty-sixth chapter of "Setting Words on the Fengyao Bridge to Pass the Mind", Xiaohong sighed with emotion "A long shed is built for thousands of miles, and there is no banquet that never ends". There are two comments in the Jiaxu version: "Hongyu is full of grievances and resentment, and she can't fulfill her ambitions when she is in Yihong. Don't mistakenly think that Yun'er is hurting lovesickness. Jimaodong." "It's a pity that the writings of Hongyu and Qianxue in the Prison Temple are lost and have no manuscript." After responding to Sister Feng's words for the first time, Geng Chen had two eyebrows: "Is the treacherous servant girl Yihong the one who responded, so she was chased away. The former Liang'er and the later Zhuan'er are the conclusive evidence. The author must not have it. Jimao Dongye." "There are no such things as 'copied' and 'prison temple' in this department, so there are criticisms. Ding Haixia. Abnormal Wat." These two paragraphs are self-contradictory and self-correcting. The first paragraph should be written when I read this section for the first time, and the latter paragraph should be corrected when I read the previous paragraph after reading the previous paragraph. In the twelfth chapter, although Xiaohong was not mentioned in a commentary, it was about the Prison Temple. The original text reads: "Qianxue went to the 'Prison God Temple' to submit the text. The title of the Xiren text is 'Flowers Attack People from Beginning to End'. I only saw five or six drafts of "Prison God Temple Comforting Baoyu" and other manuscripts were borrowed once when they were transcribed clearly. Those who are lost, sigh! Ding Haixia. The old man who is deformed." This passage is exactly the same as the previous paragraphs "Copied" and "Prison Temple" in terms of time, and should have been approved during the same reading.And a few passages can be connected together to get a relatively complete storyline: After the Jia family was confiscated, Baoyu was once trapped in the prison temple, and Xiaohong and Qianxue once went to the prison temple to express their condolences. ——This kind of feeling of giving charcoal in the snow is similar to that of Jia Yun, the second assistant of Ni in the previous article. Both Jia Yun and Xiaohong belong to the type of "unrecognized for their talents" in the book, and this is the author's greatest grief and indignation for "having no talents to make up for the sky".The author poured his true feelings into these two people, which is why he took such a noble name as "Lin Hongyu", and chose her and Jia Yun as his secular incarnations, and put a lot of his own feelings towards life in their stories. Real emotion. Reading the story of Xiaohong and Jia Yun carefully may allow us to see a more real Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. Xiaohong, formerly known as Lin Hongyu, is the daughter of Lin Zhixiao, the housekeeper of the Jia family, but she was assigned to be a sweeping girl in Yihong Courtyard, and she didn't even have a chance to talk to Baoyu. out of reach. On a rare occasion, when Baoyu returned to his room, there was no one in the room, and he wanted to drink tea again.As soon as she lifted the pot, Xiao Hong came in quickly and softly, "Second Master scalded his hands carefully, let's pour it." This is really a wonderful appearance. Baoyu looked at her while drinking tea, and saw that she was "wearing some old clothes, with black curly hair tied in a bun, with a long face and a slender figure, very pretty." clean." If the two had more time to spend together, the story could have developed further.This Lin Hongyu was beautiful and dexterous in speech. As long as she caught Baoyu's eyes, even if she couldn't be promoted to a first-rank maid like Xiren and Qingwen, she would always be a favored second-rank maid like Fangguan and Si'er. can you? Imagine if Baoyu asked, "What's your name?" Xiaohong said, "My name is Xiaohong, and my original name was Lin Hongyu, but I changed my name to Xiaohong because I gave birth to Erye and Miss Lin's jade." What would Baoyu do? What do you think?There is only one word difference between Lin Hongyu and Lin Daiyu.Wouldn't Baoyu's heart be deeply impressed by such a unique and vivid appearance of such a beautiful and intelligent little girl? It's a pity that the two had just exchanged a few words, and before they had time to ask their names, the big girls Qiu Wen and Bi Hen came back laughing and carrying buckets.Xiaohong hurriedly went to fetch water, but was robbed by the two of them for a long time. The left sentence was "a shameless bastard", and the right sentence was "You also take a mirror to look at it. It is not worthy of serving tea and water!" The little red heart is also gray. According to the book, Baoyu was looking for Xiaohong the next morning, and she looked a little like a girl from a distance, and was about to meet her, but Bihen came to urge him to wash his face, so he had to go in.Then Xiren came out and sent Xiaohong to borrow a watering can from the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. ——It was really a mistake, and I missed it.Is it on purpose, or by chance? I have always suspected that Qiu Wen and Bi Hen must have reported to Xi Ren about Xiaohong and Baoyu's private parts yesterday.So early this morning, when he saw Baoyu looking around, Xiren used two prongs. While ordering Bihen to call Baoyu away, he came out and sent Xiaohong himself, lest Baoyu had a chance to see her, and he would have another strong enemy. Sadly, Xiaohong, "unrecognized talent" is already very miserable, and she still has to be guarded everywhere, and she is simply not given any chance, no hope at all. However, Xiaohong's bravery and excellence lies in that although she has given up on Baoyu, it does not mean that she has given up on her own future. Taking advantage of an opportunity to spread the word for Sister Feng, her outstanding talent was finally revealed.And Sister Feng loves talents, so she immediately decided to take her under her banner.For this, Xiren was very eager to see her, and sent Xiaohong away without even giving Baoyu a chance to meet Baoyu, for fear that things would change because of "my lord."When Baoyu came back that night, Xiren only said lightly: "Second Grandma sent someone to call Hongyu. He was waiting for you to come, so it doesn't matter what I think, so I made the decision and sent him away." Poor until this moment, Baoyu didn't know that Hongyu was the girl who poured tea for him that day.The little possibility between them has completely become impossible so far. Xiaohong's red thread was completely broken from Baoyu.However, she is so smart, so proud, and so good at seizing opportunities—not only through her one-sided relationship with Sister Feng, she can change jobs smoothly, but also through her one-sided relationship with Jia Yun, she found a new career for herself. new goals. Although Jia Yun is not very rich and powerful, she is a direct descendant of the Jia family after all, the master and man.When Xiaohong saw him the first time, she looked him up and down dead-eyed, and threw away a handkerchief for an excuse, as a foreshadowing for the future—if the first meeting was just a coincidence, then the reunion was intentional.Because someone said that Jia Yun was going to enter the garden, she deliberately stopped and walked, waiting for a "coincident encounter" with Jia Yun on the Fengyao Bridge. Little girl Zhui'er, did she see her handkerchief? That Jia Yun is also a caring person, and immediately understood Xiaohong's thoughts.So she told Zhui'er that she had picked up Xiaohong's handkerchief, but what she asked Zhui'er to return was not Xiaohong's handkerchief, but another one. ——In this way, the two successfully exchanged tokens and made an appointment.Xiaohong's wisp of love finally clung to the second master Jia Yun in the corridor. Although this second master is not that second master, he is still a master anyway.And that little red knew Jia Yun before she arrived, and she knew heroes with her eyesight.In the first round, Jiao Xing, the girl of the Zhen family, became the wife of Jia Yucun "just because she looked back on it", and became the wife of Jia Yucun; Destiny is two blessings", what about climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix? Xiaohong’s love management is commendable even today. She told us two codes of love: first, don’t hang yourself on a tree, and when the love here doesn’t blossom, turn back early and look there; Secondly, you can’t wait blindly in love, you must know how to use a little tricks, you might as well take the initiative to make moves, but you have to be reserved, if the other party is willing to accept the move, then hit it off; When Xiaohong was first introduced in the book, it only said that "his parents are now in charge of the affairs of various houses and fields", but did not specify who she was.It wasn't until Sister Feng asked her to pass on a message that she said through Li Wan's mouth: "You didn't know him? He is the daughter of Lin Zhixiao." After hearing this, Sister Feng smiled and said, "Lin Zhixiao and his wife can't get through with an awl. It came with a sound. My family always said that they are a married couple, a pair of deaf and dumb. There is hope to raise such a smart girl!" However, are the husband and wife of Lin Zhixiao's family really "deaf and dumb"?Let’s take a look at the description of the sixty-third chapter "Shouyi Hongqunfang Opens a Night Banquet"—— It was time to light the lamps, and a group of people could be heard coming in in front of the courtyard gate.Everyone watched quietly through the window, and they saw Lin Zhixiao's family and several women in charge coming, and the person in front was holding a big lantern.Qingwen smiled softly and said: "They checked the people from the previous night. Once we go out, we will close the door." I saw that all the people from the previous night in Yihong Courtyard went out, and Lin Zhixiao's family watched a lot.Lin Zhixiao's family ordered: "Don't play money and eat wine, put your head down and sleep until dawn. I heard that you don't obey." Everyone laughed and said, "There are such bold people there." Lin Zhixiao's family asked again: " Has Second Master Bao fallen asleep?" Everyone didn't know.Xiren hurriedly pushed Baoyu.Baoyu kicked off his shoes, came out to greet her, and said with a smile, "I haven't slept yet. Mom comes in to have a rest." He also called, "The attacker pours tea." Lin Zhixiao's family rushed in and said with a smile, "I haven't slept yet." ?If today is long and night is short, you should go to bed early and get up early tomorrow. Otherwise, tomorrow will be late, and people will joke that he is not a young man who studies and goes to school, but he is like a picky guy." After finishing speaking, Laugh again.Baoyu hurriedly laughed and said: "What mother said is true. I go to bed early every day, but I don't know that my mother comes in every day. She is already asleep. Today, I was afraid of stopping eating after eating noodles, so I stayed a little longer. Meeting." Lin Zhixiao's family laughed again at Xiren and the others, "I should make some Pu'er tea." Xiren and Qingwen hurriedly laughed and said, "I have already eaten two bowls of Pu'er tea after making one. Yes. Madam also taste a bowl, it is all ready-made." Saying that, Qingwen poured a bowl.Lin Zhixiao's family laughed again: "At this time, I heard the second master change the words in his mouth, chasing these big girls to call them by name. Although in this room, they belong to the old lady and the wife You should be more respectful in your mouth. If you yell by accident for a while, if you just yell, you are afraid that your brothers and nephews will be the same in the future, and it will make people laugh, saying that people in this family have no elders in their eyes." Baoyu smiled. Said: "What mother said is true. I was only for a while." Xiren Qingwen laughed and said, "Don't wrong him. Until now, he has not left his sister. But when he was stubborn, he called One and a half names, if you are in front of people, it will be the same as before." Lin Zhixiao's family laughed and said: "That's good, this is the way to read and know the etiquette. The more modest you are, the more respect you have, let alone the Chen of the third or fifth generation. People, now the person who dials from the old lady's house is the one from the old lady's house, and even the cats and dogs in the old lady's house will not hurt him easily. This is The young master who has been trained does things." After speaking, after drinking tea, he said: "Please rest, let's go." Baoyu also said: "Let's rest." Lin Zhixiao's family has brought everyone, and checked elsewhere went.Here Qingwen closed the door in a hurry, came in and said with a smile: "This grandma came over for a drink, and she was chattering, and we went to have a meal again." Musk Moon said with a smile: "He is not With good intentions, I have to carry some of them often. I also want to beware of the meaning that I might lose a lot of folds." Here, Lin Zhixiao's family has a bigger genealogy than anyone else, speaks more than anyone else, and the etiquette is even more confusing. First, he taught Baoyu to go to bed earlier, "Otherwise, it will be late tomorrow, and people joked that he is not a student. The boy who goes to school is now, but he looks like the picky guy."He called Baoyu to pour tea, and then he carried the old lady and wife out again, and said for a long time everyone's courtesy, "I'm afraid that my brothers and nephews will be the same in the future, so I will make people laugh, saying that people in this family have no elders in their eyes." "Xi Ren, Qing Wen and others hurriedly explained that Lin Zhixiao's family was not finished yet, and they said a long story and had tea, and then they left the palace. ——Not only is she not deaf-mute, but she can be called a chatterbox! And Qingwen said that he "chattered three times and four times, and we went to have a meal again". It can be seen that this kind of performance is no longer just once or twice.Where is the scene of "the sky is deaf and the ground is dumb"? The strange thing is that in this confrontation, all the maids were extremely flattering and careful to her, but why did they bully her daughter Xiaohong?Isn't it contradictory? This is not the only contradiction. After Baoyu Nightmare recovered from his illness, the little girl Jiahui complained to Hongyu: "Even if Xiren is very bad, I shouldn't bother him. It should be. To be honest, Who dares to compare with him? Don't say that he is diligent and careful all the time, even if he is not diligent and careful, he can't fight hard. Qi Qingwen, Qixi and the others are all considered to be among the best, relying on my mother's Face, everyone is holding him up. Are you angry or not?" But where did Qingwen come from, and Xiao Honggui is the daughter of the housekeeper Lin Zhixiao, so why can't she rely on "the face of my father"? What's more, Lin Zhixiao and his wife are really respectable in the mansion, and they can talk in front of Sister Feng and his wife.Sister Feng poured vinegar on her and forced Bao Er's family to hang himself. Lin Zhixiao's family came in and quietly replied to Sister Feng: "Second Bao's daughter-in-law has hanged herself, and her natal relatives are going to sue. I persuaded them with everyone, and threatened them for a while. I promised him some money, and I agreed." It can be seen that the couple are decisive and in charge. And because of Sister Feng's power, she said, "I don't have any money, and if I have money, I won't give it to him. Just ask him to sue." The embarrassment of Lin Zhixiao's family, although they didn't persuade them, they refused to listen. I winked at myself before I came out and waited.When Jia Lian came out, he consulted with Lin Zhixiao again, ordered him to do good and evil, and promised two hundred taels of silver.Later, he ordered Lin Zhixiao to add the two hundred taels to the fleeting account to make up for the expenses respectively—not only to cover up the adultery for the master, but also to help cover up the master's corruption. This Lin Zhixiao is really considerate.And this confidant is not like Wang Er and others who just obey orders, but have their own opinions and opinions. Let’s look at a dialogue in the 72nd chapter "Wang Xifeng is ashamed to say that he is sick and Wang's wife relies on her power to get married": Here Jia Lian came out, and just arrived at the outer study when he suddenly saw Lin Zhixiao coming.Jia Lian asked what was the matter.Lin Zhixiao said: "I just heard that Yucun has come down, but I don't know why. I'm afraid it may not be true." Jia Lian said, "It's not true. His official position may not last long. If something happens in the future, I'm afraid it may not hurt us." I'd rather keep him at a distance." Lin Zhixiao said: "Why not, it's just that it's hard to be alienated for a while. Now the master of the Dongfu is better with him, and the master likes him again, and he often sees him. I don't know." Jia Lian said: "I don't want to be with him anyway. It's irrelevant to plan something. Go and find out why." Lin Zhixiao agreed, but didn't get up, just sat on the chair below and chatted some gossip.Because he talked about the difficulties of the family, he took advantage of the situation and said: "The population is too heavy. Why don't you choose a free day to go back to the old lady and the old lady of Ming Dynasty, and let the old family members who have contributed so much not to use them be kind enough to let them go out. One of them Each has its own business, and the second family also saves some rations and monthly money every year. Besides, there are too many girls in it. As the saying goes: "One time is not as good as one time." Now I can't say an example of the past. It is necessary for everyone to feel wronged. If there are eight, make six, and if you need four, make two. If you count each house, you can save a lot of money per month. Besides, half of the girls in the house are too big, and they should be matched. After becoming a house, wouldn't it breed people again." Jia Lian said: "I thought so too, but the master just came home, and there are so many important things that have not been answered, so this is discussed there. The former official media took I sent a geng post to ask for marriage, and my wife said that the master just came home, and every day happily said that after the reunion of the flesh and blood, she suddenly mentioned it, for fear that the master would be sad again, so let's not mention it." Lin Zhixiao said: "This is also the case. Righteousness, my wife is thoughtful." Jia Lian said: "Exactly, when I mentioned this, I remembered something. Our Wang'er boy wants to talk about the colorful clouds in his wife's room. He begged me yesterday. I thought about something important. It doesn't matter who goes to talk. If anyone is free at the moment, I will send someone to talk and just say what I say." Lin Zhixiao had to respond after hearing this, and smiled for a long time: "According to me, the second master doesn't care This matter. Although Wanger’s youngest son is young, he does everything out of drinking and gambling. Although he is a slave, it is a matter of his life. Although I haven’t seen Caixia’s child in recent years, I’ve heard it more and more. Come on, why bother to trample on someone." Jia Lian said: "His youngest son can drink wine, so he won't be a grown-up?" Lin Zhixiao sneered: "Why does he only drink and gamble, and do everything outside. We see him as grandma's man, I only see half and see half." Jia Lian said: "I don't know these things. If that's the case, give his wife back there, and give him a stick, lock her up, and ask his old lady again." Lin Zhixiao said with a smile "Why at this moment. It's a mistake. We'll go back to the Lord to deal with it when something happens to him again. Forgive him now." Jia Lian said nothing, and Lin Zhixiao went out for a while. Lin Zhixiao is worthy of being a housekeeper, from the relationship between the men in the family and the officials, the political situation, down to the family affairs of the sons of slaves, the love between children, everything is clear, and he has his own opinions, even in front of the second master Lian. There is a lot of talk and long talk, how can there be any meaning of "deaf and dumb" here? It can be seen that when the author first created Xiaohong, he never thought of arranging her as Lin Zhixiao's daughter.It's just that when Sister Feng asked a question, she randomly assigned her a background, and for the beauty of comparison, she asked Sister Feng to say that deaf and dumb parents raised a smart daughter. However, there may be another explanation, that is, Lin Zhixiao and his wife are very good at hiding their clumsiness. Although they are naturally eloquent, in front of Sister Feng, they deliberately keep few words and pretend to be honest. Although it is a love letter, the complete love story, apart from Baoyu's love history, probably has only three paragraphs. The first is Jia Lian and the second sister You, the second is Liu Xianglian and the third sister You, and the third is Jia Yun and Xiaohong. .The rest are like Zhang Jinge and the son of defense, Siqi and Pan You'an, and even Caiyun, Caixia and Jia Huan. They are just understatements, with outlines but no details, and fragments but no end. But Xiaohong and Jia Yun are different. From their encounter, reunion, handkerchief changing, engagement, and the two people's pursuit and advancement for their careers, the author writes them one by one without any confusion. Jia Yun first met Xiaohong in Baoyu's outer study, Qiluzhai, just because she was bored, only to hear "Brother" softly in front of the door, and Xiaohong appeared—— When Jia Yun looked out, she was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, who was delicate and clean.When the girl saw Jia Yun, she drew back and hid.Just when Baoming came, seeing the girl in front of the door, she said, "Okay, okay, I can't catch a letter." When Jia Yun saw Baoming, she rushed out and asked how it was.Baoming said: "After waiting for this day, no one came. This is in the room of the second master Bao. Good girl, you go in and bring a letter, saying that the second master on the porch is here." The girl heard that , knowing that he is a man of the same family, he did not avoid it like before, and nailed Jia Yun twice.Hearing Jia Yun say: "What is on and off the corridor? You just say it's Yuner." Come again. I'll go back to him when I have time tonight." Baoming said: "What do you mean?" The girl said: "He didn't sleep well today, so naturally he had an early dinner. He won't come down at night. Is it just that the second master is just playing here and waiting to starve? It's better to go home, and it will be serious when you come tomorrow. Even if someone brings a letter when you come back, it's useless. He just promised, and he brought it What!" Jia Yun heard the girl speak in a simple and pretty way, and when she wanted to ask her name, because she was in Baoyu's room, it was inconvenient to ask, so she said, "That's true, I'll come back tomorrow." Then she went out.Baking tea said: "I'll pour tea, and the second master will go after tea." As Jia Yun walked away, she turned her head and said, "If I don't drink tea, I have something else to do." As she spoke, she looked at the girl who was still standing there. Woolen cloth. At that time, we didn't know Xiaohong's name, but we only knew that she was "delicate and clean", "easy to speak and pretty", and she was a girl in Baoyu's room. After a scene in which Jia Yun succeeds in finding a job and gaining the power to grow flowers, Baoyu goes back to her room to drink tea, but no one is in the room, and she is about to do it herself, when someone behind her says: "Second Lord scalded his hands carefully, let us Back and forth."——Another one who made a head start. This girl replied to Yun'er's words, so that we know that this girl is the girl in the study outside Caicai just now, and wrote her image again with Baoyu's eyes: "Wearing a few old clothes that are not old, but with black curly hair , wearing a bun, with a long face and a slender figure, but very pretty and clean." Baoyu clearly saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, so he asked her talking and laughing: "Are you also from my house?" "Why didn't you do what you saw?" And for this only meeting and conversation, Xiaohong registered with Brother Yu. Unfortunately, before they could say a word, Qiu Wen and Bi Hen rushed back, "Suddenly, a person came out to fetch the water. When the two looked at it, it was none other than Xiao Hong."——This was the first time Explained Xiaohong's name. Because Xiaohong had a chance to be alone with Baoyu, the two ate a pot of vinegar, and they were entangled. The old lady came in and talked about Jia Yun bringing people in to plant flowers and trees tomorrow. They were all excited, and kept asking who brought the person in, asking all kinds of questions, only Xiaohong knew in her heart that it was the "second master on the porch", so she thought about it. Up to this point, the book explained Xiaohong's life experience in detail—— It turned out that Xiaohong's original surname was Lin, and his nickname was Hongyu. Because the word "yu" offended Lin Daiyu and Baoyu, they all concealed the word "Xiaohong" and called him "Xiaohong".He was originally an old servant of the Rongguo Mansion for generations, and his parents are now in charge of the affairs of various houses and fields.This Hongyu was only sixteen years old, and because of the season when he was in the Grand View Garden, he was assigned to the Yihong Courtyard, which was quiet and quiet.I didn't want to order people to come in and live in it later, but this house was occupied by Baoyu again.Although this Hongyu is an ignorant girl, because of her three-point appearance, she really wants to climb higher in her heart, and she always wants to show off in front of Baoyu.It's just that the people around Baoyu are all sharp-eyed and sharp-clawed, so they can get in there.I don't want to have some news today, and Qiuwen and others have been malicious again, and my heart is already half ashamed.Just when I was bored, I suddenly heard the old mother talking about Jia Yun, and I didn't feel my heart move, so I went back to the room, sleeping on the bed, thinking secretly, tossing and falling, but I couldn't find anyone.Suddenly I heard a low cry from outside the window: "Hongyu, I picked up your handkerchief here." After hearing this, Hongyu hurried out to look, and it was none other than Jia Yun.Unknowingly, Hongyu felt shy and asked, "Where did the second master pick it up?" Jia Yun smiled and said, "Come here, I'll tell you." As she spoke, she came up to pull him.That Hongyu hurriedly turned around and ran, but tripped over the threshold... When she woke up, she knew it was a dream. This passage focuses on describing Xiaohong's love affair. Although it is stated that he was an old servant in the mansion, it does not mention that his father is Lin Zhixiao.It is only said that her restless heart was "half ashamed" because of the malice of Qiuwen and others, but when she heard Jia Yun, she had "a movement in her heart" - this thought turned quickly enough, and it really was "Jade in the box" A restless person who asks for a good price. When Baoyu saw her, he actually paid attention to her. When he got up the next day, he went to the courtyard to look for it, pretending to look around at the flowers, and finally saw clearly. Urging him to wash his face, he had no choice but to go in.And Xiren beckoned to Hongyu and ordered her: "We haven't cleaned up the watering cans here yet, go to Miss Lin and borrow theirs." This two-pronged approach is likely to be intentional by Xiren.前文写宝玉想唤红玉来使唤，只怕袭人寒心，故而优柔寡断；而袭人对宝玉的心思了如指掌，看到他张望搜寻，又站在海棠花后望着红玉发呆，哪有想不到的？故而一边命碧痕催宝玉洗脸，一边自己就支使了小红走开，免得宝玉洗完脸出来又接着找她。 这一段本来没黛玉什么事，可是袭人一句“你到林姑娘那里去”，便把黛玉也给牵扯进来了，这是一处暗示手法——此处袭人只是阻碍了宝玉与红玉亲近，而将来，她也有可能会制造宝玉同黛玉之间的障碍。事实上，向王夫人进馋言，让宝玉迁出园去，已经是一种疏离之计了。 且说小红走上翠烟桥，远远看见贾芸坐在山子石上看着人种树，待要过去，又不敢，只得闷闷不乐地取了壶回来，无精打采，已是害相思的症状。 后来宝玉魇魔法，贾芸带着众小厮坐更看守，小红也同众丫鬟日夜守着宝玉，看见贾芸手中的帕子很像自己丢失的那条，想问又不好问，想丢又丢不下，心思渐重，终日懒洋洋的，正如后文黛玉说的那句戏词儿：“每日家情思睡昏昏。” 而这一回的题目，就叫作《蜂腰桥设言传心事潇湘馆春困发幽情》，前半句写红玉，后半句写黛玉。 作者生怕读者不留意，又特地借小丫头佳蕙之口劝红玉：“林姑娘生的弱，时常他吃药，你就和他要些来吃，也是一样。”这就等于明明白白地告诉读者：写红玉，即是写黛玉，是一样的。 而小红回复佳蕙的话说：“怕什么，还不如早些儿死了倒干净！”也像极黛玉的声口中，是活脱脱一个林黛玉的投影儿了。 这时候，她已是打定主意要与贾芸交结的了。后来终于等了一个机会，因听见婆子说要带贾芸进来，便故意在蜂腰桥上遥等—— 一时，只见一个小丫头子跑来，见红玉站在那里，便问道：“林姐姐，你在这里作什么呢？”红玉抬头见是小丫头子坠儿。红玉道：“那去？”坠儿道：“叫我带进芸二爷来。”这里红玉刚走至蜂腰桥门前，只见那边坠儿引着贾芸来了。那贾芸一面走，一面拿眼把红玉一溜；那红玉只装着和坠儿说话，也把眼去一溜贾芸：四目恰相对时，红玉不觉脸红了，一扭身往蘅芜苑去了。 这一次，红玉不是不去潇湘馆取喷壶，而是往蘅芜苑取花样笔，便又将宝钗牵扯进来了。 她与贾芸的偷眼一溜，四目相对，已经各自有心。而文章只写“那红玉只装着和坠儿说话”，却并未提到具体说的是什么，直到贾芸离开怡红院时，方补了一笔，将前文叙明—— 出了怡红院，贾芸见四顾无人，便把脚慢慢停着些走，口里一长一短和坠儿说话，先问他“几岁了？名字叫什么？你父母在那一行上？在宝叔房内几年了？一个月多少钱？共总宝叔房内有几个女孩子？”那坠儿见问，便一桩桩的都告诉他了。贾芸又道：“才刚那个与你说话的，他可是叫小红？”坠儿笑道：“他倒叫小红。你问他作什么？”贾芸道：“方才他问你什么手帕子，我倒拣了一块。”坠儿听了笑道：“他问了我好几遍，可有看见他的帕子。我有那么大工夫管这些事！今儿他又问我，他说我替他找着了，他还谢我呢。才在蘅芜苑门口说的，二爷也听见了，不是我撒谎。好二爷，你既拣了，给我罢。我看他拿什么谢我。” It turned out that when Jia Yun came in to plant trees last month, she picked a piece of ropa. She knew it was lost by someone in the garden, but she didn't know who it was, so she didn't dare to make mistakes.Now when I heard Hongyu asking about Zhui'er, I knew it belonged to Hongyu, and I was very happy.Seeing that Zhui'er was chasing after him, he had already made up his mind, so he took out his own piece from the sleeve, and said to Zhuang'er with a smile: "I'll give it to you, if you get his thank you gift, don't hide it from me. "Chui'er agreed with all her mouth, took the handkerchief, sent Jia Yun away, and came back to look for Hongyu, no problem. 这样的一转一递，贾芸和小红已经互换了帕子，相当于订情信物了。而宝玉赠给黛玉的礼物中，最具深意的也是两条旧帕子，黛玉还在上面题了三首诗，呕心沥血，是深切感情的第一次明白流露。 帕子在书中的地位，可谓重矣！ 故而作者写到这里仍然不足，又紧接着写了一回《滴翠亭杨妃戏彩蝶埋香冢飞香泣残红》的幽艳篇章。 “宝钗扑蝶”一出看上去很美，然而我们都知道，蝴蝶在爱情故事中是梁祝的化身。这一回里春光将逝，黛玉洒泪葬花，乃为惜春；而宝钗辣手扑蝶，可不煞风景？而究竟扑蝶亦不是正戏，而正是为了拆散一段佳话矣—— 刚要寻别的姊妹去，忽见前面一双玉色蝴蝶，大如团扇，一上一下迎风翩跹，十分有趣。宝钗意欲扑了来玩耍，遂向袖中取出扇子来，向草地下来扑。只见那一双蝴蝶忽起忽落，来来往往，穿花度柳，将欲过河去了。倒引的宝钗蹑手蹑脚的，一直跟到池中滴翠亭上，香汗淋漓，娇喘细细。宝钗也无心扑了，刚欲回来，只听滴翠亭里边嘁嘁喳喳有人说话。 原来这亭子四面俱是游廊曲桥，盖造在池中水上，四面雕镂槅子糊着纸。宝钗在亭外听见说话，便煞住脚往里细听，只听说道：“你瞧瞧这手帕子，果然是你丢的那块，你就拿着；要不是，就还芸二爷去。”又有一人说话：“可不是我那块！拿来给我罢。”又听道：“你拿什么谢我呢？难道白寻了来不成。”又答道：“我既许了谢你，自然不哄你。”又听说道：“我寻了来给你，自然谢我；但只是拣的人，你就不拿什么谢他？”又回道：“你别胡说。他是个爷们家，拣了我的东西，自然该还的。我拿什么谢他呢？”又听说道：“你不谢他，我怎么回他呢？况且他再三再四的和我说了，若没谢的，不许我给你呢。”半晌，又听答道：“也罢，拿我这个给他，算谢他的罢。——你要告诉别人呢？须说个誓来。”又听说道：“我要告诉一个人，就长一个疔，日后不得好死！” 至此，帕子的首尾已完整地交代清楚，也完整地落在了宝钗耳中。 此种私情授受之事，女孩儿家听见看见，是该急着回避的——鸳鸯撞见司棋，还把自己羞得脸红心跳呢——而宝钗非但不躲，反而躲起来听了个津津有味，被人发现后，又移花接木地栽赃给黛玉，其实与她一惯端庄稳沉的扮相深为不符。 而作者这样写，同前文袭人支使小红往黛玉处借喷壶是一样的用处，只是为了让宝钗、黛玉、红玉这几个人联系起来，暗示宝钗此时虽不会将红玉怎样，将来却会不利于黛玉。 有人猜测小红疑心真是黛玉听了她的秘密去，将来在凤姐处听差，会故意给黛玉难堪或是制造麻烦。其实绝不会，因为小红即是黛玉，文中写她猜疑，不过是作者瞒人之笔；正如给黛玉吃闭门羹的人正是晴雯一样，两人都是黛玉替身，又何尝看晴雯给黛玉下过绊子呢？全书中形象最似黛玉的人是龄官，然而黛玉却为了众人将她比戏子同宝玉怄了好大的一场戏——凡此种种，都是在写黛玉自戕的个性。 晴雯给黛玉气受，表现的是黛玉的自怜自艾；因龄官而怄气，是黛玉在自寻烦恼；而小红疑心黛玉，则也正是黛玉多心多疑的表现。 故事写到这里，暗示意义已经非常明显，小红的借代作用也差不多结束了。故而后文紧接着便写她得到凤姐赏识，离开了大观园怡红院。再出场，只怕已是遗失的“狱神庙”回了。 但是借由小红展示给我们的黛玉未来命运却着实可惊——袭为钗副，将来令黛玉心事成空的，必定会有宝钗、袭人两个人。 宝钗扑蝶，扑散的原是宝黛这一对现世梁祝啊。