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Chapter 38 Jia Zhenyou's married life

Moon in the Red Chamber 刘心武 2296Words 2018-03-20
Although Jia Zhen is the same generation as Jia Baoyu and is Jia Zheng's cousin, she has a high status in the Jia family and serves as the patriarch. Even the old ancestor Jia Mu is always very polite to him.In the second round, it was clearly explained that this was because the status of Ningguo Mansion was higher than Rongguo Mansion. General Wei Lie is just a false title, he doesn't have to go to work, Ningguo Mansion has become his kingdom of indulgence, and he is blinded by pleasure all day long, even if the whole mansion is turned upside down, no one dares to take care of it.Jia Zhen's wife is Youshi.If Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng in the Rongguo Mansion have conflicts in many aspects such as interests and personalities, they still have a relatively harmonious sex life and love life.

If there is no emotional exchange, then, the couple Jia Zhenyou in Ningguo Mansion can hardly see any sex and love between them. Some readers vaguely feel that Jia Zhenyou's age is quite old because she doesn't read carefully, and she seems to be not much younger than Mrs. Jia Zhengwang. Jia Zhen's appearance in the TV series especially highlights his beard, especially Shi's appearance is a milf with no charm.This is not correct.In the first eighty chapters of the story, Jia Zhen was only thirty-five years old at the end.In the male series of the Jia family, Jia Zhen is the most masculine. From the plots of accepting rent tribute, distributing yearly goods, reprimanding nephews, arranging sacrifices, and organizing shootings, Cao Xueqin has created a confident, arrogant and extravagant character. The image of a healthy, healthy, and courageous male aristocrat.Whether the marriage between Jia Zhen and Youshi originated from the order of his parents, the words of the matchmaker, or Jia Zhen’s own choice is not explained in the book, but Youshi is much younger than him and still in adolescence. There are leaks.In the book, when Jia Zhen’s son Jia Rong appeared on the stage, it was stated that he was 17 or 18 years old. In that era, men could marry wives and have children at the age of 15 or 16. It can be inferred that Jia Zhen was about 33 or 4 years old at that time. Woolen cloth?In the episode "Sister Suanfeng Raids the Ningguo Mansion", Wang Xifeng scolded Jia Rong, "Your dead mother will not tolerate you", which shows that Jia Rong was not born to Youshi, and Youshi was the wife who continued to fill in the house, so it may be three years old. ten or so.The fifty-eighth chapter writes that because the old concubine in the palace has passed away, "all imperial orders and others will enter the court and follow the class according to the system of nobles." Go, "so everyone discussed that there was no owner in the family, so they reported You's birth, moved him out, and assisted Rongning in two matters."If Youshi was a woman approaching menopause, how dare she report it like this?When the embroidered spring sac incident broke out, Mrs. Wang first identified it as Wang Xifeng's accidental disappearance. Wang Xifeng issued a long defense to expand the scope of the suspicion as much as possible. The concept of "not too old" for women in that era should be under thirty-five years old.By the time of chapter seventy-six in the book, the Grand View Garden is already full of desolation, and Jia Mu still forced a smile on her face, gathering with her family to enjoy the moon, and You Shi flattered her and said, "I won't go back today. I must have a night with my ancestors." He smiled and said: "No, no. You young couples, don't want to have a reunion tonight. Why are you delaying it for me?" You Shi blushed and said with a smile: "Our ancestors said that we are too miserable. Although we are young, They have been a couple for ten years, and they are about to be forty years old..." Saying "forty years old" is to put the husband and wife together, but first admit that "although she is young", it can be seen that she should still belong to the family at that time. A young woman who still has her charm is by no means a middle-aged woman who has lost her sexual interest and entered menopause.

Jia Zhen is a man with a lot of emotions and desires.He and Youshi seem to respect each other as guests.He and his daughter-in-law Qin Keqing had both love and sex, which is actually not a top-secret matter. When Jia Baoyu followed Wang Xifeng from Rongguo Mansion to Ningguo Mansion as guests, he heard Jiao Dajiu yelling "climbing ashes, climbing ashes" after drinking. ". "Climbing ashes" can also be written as "removing ashes". It is said that the ingots stacked with tinfoil are burned in the censer in the temple. It is homonymous for "daughter-in-law", and "pailing ash" means "paking tin ash" or "laying daughter-in-law", which means incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law. "Just for fun" is inexplicable.Later, Qin Keqing suddenly "lost in Tianxianglou".This is the only strike by Youshi in the book.But generally speaking, You Shi can only take a forbearing and protective attitude towards Jia Zhen's indulgence and pleasure, which is also the fate of most nobles and wealthy wives in feudal society who cannot escape.Jia Zhen has many concubines. In the seventy-fifth chapter, Jia Zhen led his wives and concubines to enjoy the moon in the green hall of Huifang Garden. Who are the little wives?Jia Zhen ordered Peifeng to play the flute and Wenhua to sing; there was also a Kaiyuan mentioned earlier (some versions wrote it as Kailuan), and the other was unknown.Jia Zhen also publicly touched Youshi's two younger sisters (although they were not related by blood).Jia Zhen's exuberant lust also includes a liking for male sex.Even Jia Qiang, the decent great-great-grandson of the Ning Mansion he adopted, was "more romantic and handsome than Jia Rong's birth." Rong and Qiang had an ambiguous relationship.His younger sister, Jia Xichun, was disillusioned with life. The main reason was that "I always heard some unbearable gossip about people behind their backs."

In China's long feudal society, the marriage system gave polygamy legality, and social morality also considered it reasonable.This is for the clan to obtain the greatest possibility in the inheritance of the family, and almost completely ignores the love factor of the husband and wife, and often only focuses on "sowing seeds" in sexual matters; the man can generally indulge in sexual desires, while the woman must "keep the chastity". This is an inhumane system and concept, especially unfair to women.In modern Western society, although men and women are very open in terms of lust and sexuality, once they enter into a marriage, they are still very cautious and solemn. It is not uncommon for them to have affairs outside of marriage and have some dewy marriages. If they find it difficult to get along, they will divorce like undressing. There are not many, and the phenomenon of men "contracting mistresses" is not serious, because the cost of doing so is too high for men with strong lust, and it is not cost-effective.There are many rich people in China's current society. Although the rich males only account for a very small proportion of the total population, when multiplied by the total population, the number may be enough to fill a small country.At present, the phenomenon of "mistresses" among rich men in China has been repeatedly banned, and the reason can also be enlightened from reading. After all, it has only been half a century since we have legally and morally denied polygamy here, and the first wife like You Shi who swallowed his anger is still alive. Quite a lot; and in the current social structure of mainland China, a rich man who has a "mistress" still has enough social gaps to avoid risks, the cost of indulgence is lower, and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases is also safer, even like that. The TV series, which presents the male protagonist’s exuberant sexual desire with his wives and concubines in the name of objectivity, can also be tolerated and appreciated by many viewers. There is the dust of old traditions.Shaking off and removing this dust should be our top priority.

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