Chapter 14 Chapter Five: The Mystery of Xue Baochai's Judgment of Daisy

According to the analysis of my previous lectures, Xue Baochai loves Jia Baoyu, and she wants to marry Jia Baoyu as his wife, especially after she failed in the draft, her only hope is to realize her life goal.But she faced many obstacles. The first obstacle was that Jia Baoyu was not in tune with her thinking.The values ​​of the two people are different, which really bothers her.But after Xue Baochai went through some self-regulation, she formed the idea that she could persuade Jia Baoyu from time to time. Even if Jia Baoyu was very disgusted with her persuasion and even conflicted with her, she thought that this issue could also be left to her to marry. Give it to Jia Baoyu to solve it completely later.

Xue Baochai understands that the key to realizing the "golden marriage" with Jia Baoyu is to please Jia's mother, so that Jia's mother realizes that she is the most ideal candidate for Baoyu's wife.Despite the setbacks in her efforts in this area, she is not discouraged.What's more, Jia Mu is old after all, and there will always be a day when she loses her thinking ability and even dies. At that time, the "golden marriage" will be a matter of course. Of course, she still has another obstacle, that is Lin Daiyu.Daiyu and Baoyu are lingering, and the love between the two is revealed in their whereabouts. It is known to everyone in the Rongguo Mansion, and it is not a secret at all.Daiyu is caring for Baoyu, and she is secretly in love with Baoyu. In the relationship between the two of them, there is an element of love rival.Surely the "Golden Marriage" will be realized

The key lies with the parents, but if the relationship between her and Daiyu becomes tense and causes trouble, it may also be a bad thing.So she had to think about how to treat Daiyu, and she had to come up with a proper way. One way is to confront Daiyu head-on and openly compete with Daiyu for Baoyu, but this is not in line with her personality, and it will also cause harm to Daiyu, after all, she is still a kind-hearted person.I don't directly say that she and Daiyu are rivals in love, but only that there are elements of rivalry in their relationship, that is, through careful reading of the text, you will feel that both Chai and Daiyu are complex beings, and their hearts and their relationship are different. It is by no means single, but a mixture of many complex emotions. They also have a brotherly side. Sometimes Baochai really appreciates Daiyu's talent, and sometimes Daiyu really admires Baochai's knowledge. They had many pleasant moments of intimacy during the activities of the Poetry Club.

Baochai categorically does not accept the method of direct confrontation.What about side conflicts?Just after she lost in the draft, she lost her composure, "borrowing a fan machine and double-knocking", and there was a little side conflict, but she returned to her original state not long after.Daiyu always stimulated her sideways from time to time. She used her inherent character advantages and pretended to be clumsy, so that "a slap can't be slapped", and Daiyu couldn't help her. In the end, she came up with a solution that most of the readers—I avoid saying absolutely, not all of them—couldn't expect to solve the problem.This is a very wonderful stroke in the book.This is the plot of the forty-second chapter "Hengwu Junlan's Interpretation of Questions". (This time, there are two ways of writing "interpretation of doubts" and "interpretation of doubts" in the ancient version of the book. Here is the choice of Zhou Ruchanghui's school version. All the words in this lecture that make some readers "unfamiliar" in my quotations are all written by myself. Zhou Huiben.) At the end of the last lecture, the question I raised was: Why did Baoyu and Daiyu not know about the miscellaneous things that Baochai should not have known at her age?In this episode, she gave the answer herself.

After reading this episode carefully and thinking about it, I felt that before this episode, Baochai should have been looking for an opportunity to have a showdown with Daiyu on the question of "who am I?" This kind of extraordinary frankness and kindness is used to dispel Daiyu's suspicion and guard against her, so as to get rid of the biggest emotional obstacle in front of her. She finally took this opportunity. When Grandma Liu entered Rongguo Mansion for the second time, Mother Jia took Grandma Liu for a walk in Rongguo Mansion. One of the entertainment items was fighting tooth cards, and the mandarin ducks were the ones who read the tooth card orders.In the process of "Golden Mandarin Duck's Three Proclamation of the Teeth Order", it was Lin Daiyu's turn.If the tooth card order is wrong, or if it is too late, there will be a fine of wine, and Lin Daiyu is unwilling to lose.Yuanyang announced the first half of the sentence, and you have to immediately follow up the second half. Lin Daiyu blurted out two sentences in a hurry, which should not have been said on that occasion.One sentence is "a beautiful day, but a beautiful day", as soon as she said it, Xue Baochai looked at her in the book.Because this sentence is a word in Tang Xianzu's book, in that era, that society, that kind of aristocratic family, it was considered "obscene words and pornographic songs", and girls in the boudoir were not allowed to read it. If you blurt it out, it can be seen that you read it secretly up.Others didn't care, because everyone had their own thoughts at the time, but Xue Baochai was very careful, so she just looked at Lin Daiyu, and Lin Daiyu didn't care to argue with her.

It was not enough to say this sentence, and the mandarin duck asked Daiyu to say it again, and she said another sentence that was even worse, called "there is no matchmaker for the screen window", which is in Wang Shifu's book, and this sentence is only taken literally. It also does not conform to feudal ethics.What is "there is no matchmaker for the screen window"?It is in it that Cui Yingying and Zhang Sheng went against the will of their feudal parents to have an affair. Among them, the matchmaker helped them match up, and the matchmaker would report the news to the two lovers who were hiding from the parents through the screen window.Daiyu blurted out such a sentence on such an occasion.At that time, it was over, because others said other things later, and finally Grandma Liu said "the flowers fall and a big pumpkin", which made everyone laugh, and everyone forgot about it .Others forgot, but Baochai did not. Baochai felt that this was an opportunity, a very good opportunity to coordinate the relationship with Lin Daiyu.So after Grandma Liu left, she had breakfast one day and went to ask her mother Jia to say hello—the younger generation must go to greet their parents every morning and evening, called morning province, evening province, and sometimes at noon—after that , the princes and ladies dispersed, and Chai and Dai went back to the Grand View Garden after they dispersed. Because Hengwu Garden and Xiaoxiang Pavilion were not in the same direction, Chai and Dai had to part ways. At this time, Daiyu was going back to her Xiaoxiang Pavilion, then Baochai called Daiyu and said, "Come with me, I have a question for you."

Daiyu didn't think there was anything wrong, because the relationship between the two of them was quite close, so she followed her.After going to Hengwuyuan, unexpectedly, Baochai came down and said with a smile: "Kneel down, I want to interrogate you!" Daiyu didn't understand why, so she said with a smile: "You see, this treasure girl is crazy. What are you interrogating me for?" Baochai said with a sneer, "What a girl who doesn't go out of the boudoir, what a rich lady, what's she talking about!" The matter of talking out came out.When it came out, Daiyu panicked, because under the shackles of feudal ethics at that time, a lady from a big feudal family was not allowed to open her mouth to say that kind of words on such an occasion, and Xue Baochai pinched her handle.

Xue Baochai did this, think about it, what is her purpose?Her first goal was to frighten Daiyu.That is to say, there is still a difference between the two of us. As for me, I am more in line with feudal norms, and I am more disciplined.As for you, it is very dangerous. If you say the sentences in this "obscene words and pornographic songs" in front of your parents, there is something wrong with you.I can see your problems clearly now, you can't run away.She still has this side. Daiyu appears to be a bitter and mean woman on the surface, but in fact she is very pure and kind-hearted, and her meanness is random, usually without any intended purpose.She has never tried to calculate someone very schemingly; she has not been able to protect herself very carefully.This time Baochai can be described as an outstanding surprise soldier, which really shocked her all of a sudden.Daiyu put her arms around her and begged: "Good sister, I didn't know it, so I said it casually. You teach me, and I won't say it again." At this time, what is Xue Baochai's strength?According to ordinary people's thinking, since this is a rival in love, and you have seized her "handle", you should put a straight face on her and make conditions with her, which means that your relationship with her cannot develop in the direction of reconciliation and friendship , but should develop in the direction of you holding her, and you will control her in the future.But Xue Baochai in Cao Xueqin's works is a very wise and brilliant woman. She has adopted a method that ordinary readers would not expect. What method?Even when you are holding your handle and you are afraid, I will compare my heart with you, I will tell you the truth, and I will also hand over my handle to you, and we will be good friends from then on.This trick is really powerful.Cao Xueqin is really not an ordinary writer, writing in this way is absolutely generous.

What did Xue Baochai say?She said: "Who do you think I am?" This sounded strange at first glance. From the top to the bottom of Jia's house in the book, and many readers outside the book, at first they felt that Xue Baochai was a man who abided by feudal morality from the very beginning. A standard model lady, who would doubt her purity and legitimacy?Daiyu never questioned that aspect.We didn't expect Xue Baochai to shake himself off, we were startled.She said: "I am also a mischievous one, and I have been stalking people since I was seven or eight years old." She talked about the past situation of her family-after her grandfather passed away, she left behind a rich collection of books, except for the Four Books and Five Classics In addition to this kind of orthodox books, there are all kinds of casual books, even books with so-called "obscene words and pornographic songs".In addition to, Xue Baochai mentioned "The Story of the Pipa" and even "Hundreds of People in Yuan Dynasty", which is a kind of book that "collects all" the dramas of the Yuan Dynasty. It also includes a small number of opera scripts from the early Ming Dynasty. Hundreds of "evil books"!At that time, the Xue family was relatively prosperous, and she had some brothers. Of course, the brothers she mentioned may include cousins ​​who secretly read books that their parents did not allow. Children read, so you have to read it seriously. Xue Baochai read these things much earlier than Lin Daiyu. How can you wait until you live in the Grand View Garden to open up Hongmeng through Jia Baoyu and make a fuss.

In fact, some places in the book have been revealed long ago. Xue Baochai not only knows the things in this kind of book, but also quotes them.In the 22nd round, Mother Jia donated 22 taels of money to celebrate her birthday, and acted during her birthday. Mother Jia asked her to order it too, and she ordered "Lu Zhishen Makes a Trouble at Mount Wutai".At that time, Jia Baoyu, who was most afraid of the excitement, said to her, why are you ordering this play?She said it was a good show.In fact, the reason why she plays lively scenes is to please Jiamu. The plot of "Lu Zhishen Drunk and Beating the Mountain Gate" is both lively and interesting, and Jia's mother may laugh when she sees it.But she really likes this play herself. She said that there is a very good libretto in this play, and there is a set of "North Point Crimson Lips", in which there is a song "Parasite Grass" that is very well filled, so she took that play Recite the words completely to Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and the others.

You think, if she hadn't read the script, how could she have spoken that libretto so proficiently?It can be seen that in fact, in terms of reading miscellaneous books, she not only read earlier than Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, but also read more, which is not ordinary. She knows a lot of miscellaneous things that she should not know at her age and status.So we must understand that Xue Baochai in Cao Xueqin's works is a complicated woman, well-behaved on the surface, but very weird in her bones. Speaking of this, some "red fans" friends may frown, saying that there are often performances in their mansion, and everything is being performed. Don't they sit at the bottom and watch as young ladies?Why is it okay to watch this drama, but it becomes a problem to read the script?This requires understanding a "rule of the game" in the society at that time.Strange, there was an unwritten rule at that time, that is, women of this feudal family, including girls, go to the theater with men, or just the women, you can watch any drama, but with this drama You must not read the relevant texts, young men are not allowed to read, and daughters in boudoir are absolutely not allowed to touch them. As a contemporary person, I didn't understand the rules of the society at that time. After reading it carefully, I found that the fifty-first chapter in the book, "Xue Xiaomei's new nostalgic poems", explained this phenomenon.Of course, this is the plot behind "Hengwu Junlan's Interpretation of Doubts".At that time, some beautiful women were added to the Grand View Garden, including Xue Baoqin.Xue Baoqin is very powerful. She wrote ten nostalgic poems in one breath, all of which are lantern riddle poems. Each poem has an answer to the riddle. At the same time, the author uses this poem as a metaphor for the fate of one or two people in the book.The last two songs, one is "Pudong Temple Nostalgia", and the other is "Plum Blossom Temple Nostalgia", Pudong Temple is the temple mentioned, and Plum Blossom Temple is a Taoist temple mentioned in it.So after Xue Baoqin took out her poems, her cousin Xue Baochai pretended to be stupid and said that the first eight capitals were tested in historical records. I understand that the latter two are not tested in historical records. It’s something mentioned in a miscellaneous book, so it’s inappropriate for us to compose and listen to this kind of poem, should we delete it and rewrite it?Xue Baochai said this because that time she and Daiyu were not having a secret conversation in a private room, but in a "public place". She had to show that she was innocent and well-behaved, and at the same time tactfully criticized Xue Baoqin—you Xue Baoqin wrote two poems with the materials of these two plays, it can be seen that you, a noble lady, have actually read the books of these two plays, which is the same as Lin Daiyu's "Three Proclamation of the Teeth Card Order", which is just like lying. Showed his feet. At this time, Lin Daiyu came out to smooth things over. She knew how to protect herself at this time, and she also intended to protect Xue Baoqin. She said that although we haven't read these things, haven't we seen these two plays?Tanchun expressed his support, saying that there are scenes in the play, and we are all familiar with this story.As a result, Li Wan came out to make a conclusion—Li Wan was young and widowed, and her morality as a woman was impeccable. This person has the qualifications to set up a chastity archway, so when she came out to make a conclusion, everyone had nothing to say.What Li Wan meant was that we didn't read those evil books. These are all in the theater, not only in the theater, but the storyteller also told these stories. Even the annotations on the autographs when asking for autographs sometimes said these things , so this is okay, not a problem, keep it and don't do it again.The arrangement of this episode is to tell readers that in the society at that time, there was a rule that we modern people seem to be very strange, that is, it is not a problem for women in boudoir to watch this kind of drama, but if you read that book, it is a big mistake wrong. Going back to Chapter 42, Xue Baochai's trial of Daiyu, think about how shocked Lin Daiyu would be when she heard Xue Baochai confessed to her, and when she was seven or eight years old, she read "Hundred Kinds of Yuan People" behind her parents' and brothers' backs .It is clearly written in the book. It was not until the twenty-third chapter that Lin Daiyu lived in the Xiaoxiang Hall of the Grand View Garden. Because Jia Baoyu was reading with a book, she found out that she wanted to come and sit under the peach tree to read. There are so many words and sentences in such a book that fascinated her.At the end of that episode, Jia Baoyu broke up with her, and she walked slowly back to the Xiaoxiang Hall by herself, when she suddenly heard the voice of a young actor from Lixiangyuan practicing singing, and it was only for the first time that she heard the words and sentences clearly, and her heart was fascinated.At that time, she was already a young lady in her teenage years. Xue Baochai actually confessed to Lin Daiyu, "Who do you think I am?"——I read "evil books" not only earlier than you, but also more than you, so when you said the tooth card order and said it was a lie, I heard it right , all know.After Lin Daiyu was shocked, she should start to feel moved.Not to mention that in that kind of society, that kind of family, and that kind of interpersonal relationship, it is rare to be so frank and open about one's "unclean criminal record". No small matter.This shows that the other party has indeed disarmed you, and has taken the initiative to hand over the handle that he has not shown any traces to you. He only wants to be a close friend with you in the future. The psychological defense line must also collapse automatically, and the two hearts that were originally far apart and separated will become close together like a magnetic force. After the preliminary results were obtained, Xue Baochai began to talk about the so-called truth.The general idea is that in that society, men should read serious books to make progress, and not read these miscellaneous books. Only when men read rationally can they contribute to society. Some men are not sensible after reading books, so it is better not to read.As women, we should focus on needlework, that is, needlework. This needlework is a symbol, which means that a woman's lack of talent is virtue. From now on, she will be a good wife, a good wife and a good mother, and now she should put an end to the messy things from the outside world. Miscellaneous books, otherwise, if the disposition is moved by these miscellaneous books, it will be impossible to save.Because Baochai first revealed her secrets, and then said these words, Lin Daiyu had nothing to say after hearing this. What was Lin Daiyu's reaction at this time?There are two ways of writing in ancient books, one way of writing is "obedience in the heart", this "submission" is the obedience of submission; up. There is a major difference in meaning between "serve" and "volt".If Daiyu is "secretly serving", it is Sister Bao, I fully accept what you said, you are the truth, I admit that I am a fallacy, I refuse to admit my mistake, and surrender in my heart.If it's "lurking", I can't help it. I'm also a sensible person. We live in such an environment. If you tell me how dangerous it is, I'm willing to bow down and I will pay attention to it in the future.Whether it is "serving" or "volting", she only exists in her heart.After all, Daiyu is a stubborn person, she didn't directly say at the time whether she would accept the teaching or not. I personally think that among the two writing methods, "Ambush" should be more in line with Cao Xueqin's original intention.Because from the later description in the book, the relationship between Daiyu and Baochai has reached a harmonious and harmonious relationship. walk away.But the edges and corners of her own character have not been worn away, she has not changed herself because of this, and she has not lost herself.Especially in terms of fundamental life philosophy, she has not wavered in the slightest. The scene of "Trying Dai" started with a tense atmosphere of hand-to-hand combat, but in the end it turned the battle into jade, and Chai and Dai finally became bosom sisters. Jia Baoyu later found out that the two of them had put aside their past grievances and were very close, which made them feel strange, and even secretly asked Daiyu: "When did Meng Guang take over the case of Liang Hong?" The relationship between the two has become so harmonious?Lin Daiyu told the story of Xue Baochai taking her to Hengwuyuan to interrogate her that day.Jia Baoyu said, oh, it turned out that it was caused by "the child's family is not blocked"-"the child's family is not blocked" is also a word in Li, which shows that the influence on Bao and Dai was indeed too deep. Xue Baochai trekked on her life path like this.I hope that everyone will jump out of the rigid analysis mode of "taking class struggle as the key link" in the past, and don't position Xue Baochai as a negative image that consciously abides by feudal ethics and caters to the decadent consciousness of feudal parents, and regards "Shen Dai" as a She hit Daiyu with feudal ethics.She is not a lady who only obeys the orders of her parents and the words of the matchmaker in love and marriage, nor is she a conspirator who steals others' love at the expense of others.In the past, many theorists were more than happy to dedicate praises to Daiyu for "actively striving for the freedom of love and marriage". In fact, why didn't Baochai secretly make efforts to pursue her own prospect of love and marriage happiness?You can see that when she was embroidering mandarin ducks, she silently sat in the seat where Xiren sat and served Baoyu. She also had a young girl's heart, and she had the youthful love surging in her heart.And there is nothing wrong with her pursuing the happiness of her personal marriage. After losing the draft, calm down and think about it for her. In the environment around her, put aside any monk prophecies, golden locks and psychic gems, Jia What an ideal husband Baoyu is. Measured by today's standards, she has the right to pursue Jia Baoyu. But the process of her pursuit was full of twists and turns, and it was extremely hard work. She encountered too many obstacles. She never expected that after she reconciled with Lin Daiyu, another obstacle appeared, and this obstacle was even more terrifying.what is it? In the winter of this year, some young women came to the Grand View Garden. Who are they?It doesn't matter if there are two daughters of Aunt Li Wan's widow, Li Wan's two cousins, Li Wen and Li Qi.There is also Mrs. Xing's niece Xing Xiuyan, it doesn't matter.Who is the other one?Xue Baoqin, Xue Baochai's cousin.As soon as Xue Baoqin came, she was in a bad mood, and Jia's mother liked it terribly, to the point of being stunned.Jia Mu had a big cloak made of the hairs of wild ducks, which was worn in snowy weather. She kept it in a box and didn’t even give it to Jia Baoyu. Lin Daiyu came to live with Jia Mu and didn’t give it to her. Shi Xiangyun has often come to live with Jia Mu since he was very young, and he didn't give it away, but when he saw Xue Baoqin, hey, the heirloom was taken out and given to Xue Baoqin, so he liked it so much. Needless to say, there was already a Grand View Garden at that time, and the living space was very affluent, wouldn't it be enough to arrange Xue Baoqin to live in the Grand View Garden?But what kind of treatment is Xue Baoqin?Jia's mother said, Xue Baoqin should not live anywhere, but live with me, the same treatment as Baoyu, Daiyu, and Xiangyun back then!He even forced Mrs. Wang to accept her as her goddaughter.When Xue Baochai and the others were playing in the Grand View Garden, a girl suddenly came to send a message: "The old lady said, tell Miss Bao not to worry about Miss Qin, saying that he is still young, let him do whatever he likes?" Have you noticed this time?The book is cleverly written, and it is not Lin Daiyu who is jealous, but Xue Baochai who speaks bitter and mean words.After Xue Baochai heard the old lady's words from the girl Amber, she hurriedly stood up and agreed, then pushed Baoqin and said with a smile: "You don't know where this blessing came from, so you go, be careful and we will persecute you. I I don’t believe it, I’m not as good as you.’” And there is a plot worth pondering, which many readers haven’t understood. I personally read it again and again, changing my understanding several times. Today I will tell you my latest experience.That is, to what extent does Jia's mother like Xue Baoqin?One day after it snowed heavily, Xue Baoqin begged for plum blossoms from Yuancui Temple and appeared on the hillside. Behind her, Xiaoluo, her girl, was holding a bottle with red plums in it. Mother Jia thought it was so beautiful when she saw it, so she asked the people next to her : Tell me, how is this better than painting people?Jiamu's room hung a large painting "Snowy Snow" by Qiu Shizhou, a painter of the Ming Dynasty. Jiamu said that the scene in front of her was more beautiful than the painting.So later, taking an opportunity, Mother Jia began to ask Aunt Xue: What is Xue Baoqin's birth date?How is the situation at home?Jia Mu is someone you must admire. In the past, there was a simple understanding that she was a faint old lady on the top of the pagoda in the feudal society, who knew how to eat, drink and play every day.No, I have told you repeatedly in the previous lectures that Mother Jia always has the upper hand in family politics. It is written in the book: When Aunt Xue heard it, she felt that Mother Jia's intention was to marry Xue Baoqin to Jia Baoyu.Aunt Xue is of course happy. My own daughter Baochai really can't marry Baoyu, so it's good that Baoqin can marry.At that time, Baoqin's father had passed away, and her mother had phlegm disease—in that era, phlegm disease was an incurable disease, which could be receded at any time.You think, if Xue Baoqin's parents die, who will be her guardian?It's Aunt Xue.And the reason why Aunt Xue wants to marry her daughter or her own niece to Jia Baoyu is not because of the girl's own love and happiness, but because of how to make Xue Considering home revitalization.Because the situation of the Jia family was stronger than that of the Xue family at that time, you can see it from the description in the book. Take the real estate as an example, the Rongguo Mansion alone is such a big mansion, and Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian have been in charge of the affairs of this mansion. What a huge amount in terms of money, so if the daughter of the Xue family marries Jia Baoyu, Jia Baoyu is the almost undisputed heir of the Rongguo Mansion, not to mention that the mother-in-law is his own sister, you think, this What a big fruit of victory!Although she was willing, Aunt Xue had to tell Mother Jia the truth, saying that Xue Baoqin already had a family and was engaged.In the past era, they were already engaged, and the two parties performed such as exchanging gengtie with each other, which stood legally and morally. If you broke up or destroyed him, it would be against the law. stipulations, even more against the code of ethics.So Aunt Xue had no choice but to tell Jiamu that Baoqin had already been promised to Mei Hanlin's family. After talking about this, the book is written very cleverly—Mother Jia didn't continue to say anything, but Wang Xifeng suddenly interjected: "Unfortunately, I'm about to be a matchmaker, and I've already promised someone else." He laughed and said, "Who are you going to match?" Wang Xifeng said: "Don't worry about the old ancestor, I've seen it in my heart, but they are a couple. Now that they have promised someone, it's useless to talk about it, it's better not to talk about it." And Jia Mu knew what Sister Feng meant, so she didn't mention it. I won't say anything here, Cao Xueqin will let the readers guess.So why is it necessary to reveal the secret?It's not that I suddenly became interested and revealed the secret when I wanted to, but that Cao Xueqin used this style of writing in his texts. The smoke and clouds are blurred, the words are full of words, twists and turns, and birds with one stone. He often deliberately does not speak clearly. Leave room for you to ponder. So the episode went by.Most of the readers in the past believed that Jia's mother was planning to tell Xue Baoqin to Jia Baoyu.But you see, I have said so much, and my logic chain has developed to this day. I personally think that it is impossible for Jia's mother to change her original basic attitude towards Jia Baoyu's marriage, just because Xue Baoqin is very cute. Standing there, the little conch holding a plum vase at the back was very beautiful, so she decided that she wanted neither Daiyu nor Baochai, but to marry such a Baoqin to Jia Baoyu?I don't think so. So, what was Mother Jia thinking at that time?What Wang Xifeng said at the time was "the two of them are a couple". Who is that man who can become Xue Baoqin's husband?Why can Mother Jia hear what Wang Xifeng is referring to?I personally think that Cao Xueqin did not just write this sum casually, and he should have something to say after eighty chapters.I guess, what Jia Mu and Wang Xifeng thought of at that time was Zhen Baoyu.Although the role of Zhen Baoyu did not appear in front of the first 80 chapters, it did appear in Jia Baoyu's dreams.Do you remember?In the fifty-sixth chapter, when Mrs. Zhen brought her third daughter to the capital, she sent four women to Jia's mansion first to pay her respects. Thanks to the second girl, Jia's mother said at the time: "What kind of care, you are a family friend and an old relative, as it should be. You two girls are better, and you don't have self-esteem, so we are close." And Mother Jia also knew long ago that there was a young son of the Zhen family who was about the same age as Baoyu, so from the point of view of the four major families' historical ties and relatives, although the Zhen family was not listed among the four major families, it was a member of the Jia family. Therefore, I personally think that what Jia Mu and Wang Xifeng thought of at the time was that it would be great to promise Xue Baoqin to Zhen Baoyu.Of course, this is only my own opinion, for reference only.Now I want to go back to the question of Xue Baochai.You think, at that time, everyone thought that Mother Jia was going to ration Xue Baoqin, who had only been here for a few days, to Jia Baoyu. In this case, Xue Baochai's mood became more complicated?Think about it, in order to realize the "golden jade marriage" and seek her personal happiness, she has to overcome too many obstacles. She never expected that Lin Daiyu would be stabilized. Sister, this cousin passed her by.Look at the seats in the Grand View Garden later, did you notice Cao Xueqin's way of writing?Baoqin is at the same table as Jiamu and Baoyu, and Baochai is at the same table as Yingchun, Tanchun and Xichun.I felt that Mother Jia did it on purpose. Mother Jia asked Xue Baoqin about Nian Geng's horoscope and family situation. She was sending a message, a vague message.What information is the scariest?Accurate information is not necessarily terrible, fuzzy information is the most lethal.It's like receiving a call saying that a relative is in the hospital and asking what's wrong?Come on, you will know when you come - such information is too scary!However, vague information can sometimes be very tempting and can make people wonder.For example, I also received a call from an acquaintance at night, saying, why are you keeping such a big happy event from everyone?After finishing speaking, the connection is disconnected, and you can’t get through the call anyway, so you may have trouble sleeping all night, waiting for the happy event after dawn.That's what Jia's mother does.She asked Aunt Xue, as if she wanted to find a husband for Xue Baoqin, and promise a family. After Sister Feng said something, she asked Sister Feng again, who are you going to match?By doing this, she disturbed Aunt Xue's thoughts and also stabilized Aunt Xue.Because Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang had been fighting with her before and after the wedding ceremony at Qingxu Temple, at this time she shocked Aunt Xue with a vague message, making Aunt Xue feel that Jia Mu was even more contemptuous of "golden marriage". After a while, I felt that Mother Jia might not necessarily want to ration Daiyu to Baoyu, but was still very interested in the girls of their Xue family.So Jia Mu is really a noble old lady who is very witty. Therefore, Xue Baochai really has to cross thousands of mountains and rivers to achieve her goal of marrying Jia Baoyu. From this perspective, her fate is also very lamentable.So your sympathy is completely given to Lin Daiyu, and I have no objection, but now I hope that after you discuss Xue Baochai with me, you can also share some of your sympathy with this beautiful woman.Living in that era, the mainstream ideology was like that, and the mainstream value orientation was like that. She was influenced by that thing, and her behavior must conform to this thing. The responsibility was not her, but the mainstream politics and mainstream ideology itself at that time.She is just a teenage girl, not to mention that the good and beautiful humanity in her soul has not been wiped out. Her love for Baoyu has a side that transcends ideology, mainstream politics, and value orientation.The various methods she adopted for her own future were not mean and shameless.For example, when she flattered Jia Mu, she said, "Oh, Sister Feng is said to be clever, but I don't think she is as clever as our old lady. This is of course flattery, but how bad is such flattery?"Can't talk about it either. What's more, with her "examination of Dai" move, she held Daiyu's handle, but she held it up high and put it down gently. Thus, Dai and Dai are united, which shows that it is indeed impossible to simply negate her and think that she is a negative image of obedience to feudal norms.Xue Baochai is a complex image. There are positive things, negative things, and inexplicable things in her body. She is such a living existence. So, did such a woman marry Jia Baoyu in the end, did she have a son with Jia Baoyu?Did she live on afterward, or did she die?If she died, how did she die?All of these should be shown one by one in Cao Xueqin's wonderful brushwork after eighty chapters.In the next lecture, I will report to you my own exploration of Xue Baochai's fate after the eighty chapters.