Reading the Ming and Qing Dynasties**, I was most interested in the food descriptions. Just like Zhang Ailing once said, some people read "The Outer History of Confucianism" just to see "eating". The daily diet described in the "Outer History of Confucianism" is very vivid and full of life. It is no wonder that those old ladies of Xiangfu who face the delicacies of the mountains and seas all day long will be interested in the folk coarse tea and light rice.
In contrast, an ordinary person like me may prefer the description of food in Dream of Red Mansions. Not afraid of jokes, I read "Dream of Red Mansions" when I was younger, and the eggplant, chanterelle rolls, and goosebump bamboo shoot soup in it attracted me more than Bao Dai's love story. Those aristocratic etiquette and rules are too complicated for me to understand.
Now, in addition to satisfying my "foodie" nature, I also try to find other interesting things from these. For example, I found that Jiafu, the Houmen Mansion, also has its market atmosphere. **There are many characters who are good at scolding, such as Qiu Wen who spits phlegm at Xiaohong, Qingwen who ties her hairpin with a hairpin, Jia Zhen who lets her subordinates spitt Jia Rong, Jia Mu who points at Mrs. Wang and scolds "Filial piety outside, calculation of me inside" and so on.
If you want to say that the level of scolding is high, it has to be Wang Xifeng. Wang Xifeng's frequency of scolding is very high, which has a lot to do with her usual work. Wang Xifeng has scolded a lot of people, but her style is generally similar, mainly cursing in vicious language. Because of Second Sister You's matter, Sister Feng made a big fuss in Ningfu and scolded Jia Rong: "The heavenly thunder splits the brains and the five ghosts divide the corpses of the seeds without conscience!" I don't know how high the sky is and how thick the ground is, Cheng Ri's family adjusts three nests and four to do these faceless and unruly businesses. Your dead mother's yin spirit will not allow you, and your ancestors will not allow it, and dare to persuade me! ”
In addition to scolding others fiercely, Wang Xifeng is also merciless to her husband. After Jia Lian begged the mandarin duck to borrow the old lady's belongings, she came to her sister Sister Feng, and Sister Feng and Ping'er had a tacit understanding to knock Jia Lian on a bamboo pole. Jia Lian was anxious. Wang Xifeng ruthlessly refused Jia Lian's request to borrow money, viciously belittled Jiafu's reputation, and even ridiculed Jiafu as a person waiting to die.
This attitude is truly frightening. Here, "the mouth pads the back" refers to the custom of ancient people who had pearls and jade in their mouths and money on their backs when they died. Wang Xifeng's rhetoric is undoubtedly vicious, not only because Jia Lian's borrowing is due to Jiafu's capital turnover difficulties, but also because Wang Xifeng's words regard Jiafu as a "dead man" waiting to "be backed by a mouth". It's scary to think about.
Speaking of Musk Moon, although this character does not appear much, he has an excellent performance every time he appears. Her taciturn and her sharp-tongued are two different things, which shows that she is a reasonable person. When Fang Guan had a quarrel with her godmother, the attacker couldn't be adjusted, so she asked Musk Yue to help. Musk Yue easily made the woman speechless with a few words, fully demonstrating her language skills and logical thinking ability. The linguistic power of Musk Yue lies in the character "Li" she follows, which is in line with both the rules of Jiafu and the norms of feudal etiquette.
The role of Jiao Da is not simple. His drunken invectives are shocking, but people tend to overlook his saying that "red knives go in, white knives come out." In fact, this sentence is Jiao Da's most proficient sentence. Normal people know that "white knives come in, red knives come out", but Jiao Da did the opposite, expressing a sense of rebellion and subversion.
He was a loyal servant who fought with the ancestors of Jiafu back then, but as time went by, Ningfu changed hands several times, and Jiao Da's status was gradually forgotten. This also reflects the changing relationship between Jiafu and the emperor. Jiafu and the old emperor jointly laid down the country, but as time passed, the new emperor's feelings for those founding princes gradually faded, and the status of Jiafu also declined, like the forgotten Jiaoda. The expression of dissatisfaction from all over the Jia Mansion is quite extreme, but this is not a problem of the Jia family.
At that time, Hachiko was in the same situation as Jiafu. Jiao Da's scolding of Jia Rong and Jia Zhen actually revealed that Jia Fu was preparing to form a new emperor, and there were many coincidences in this. Therefore, Jiao Da's scolding is not gibberish, but meaningful. It's late at night, so I won't give any more examples. As far as these three people are concerned, who do you think is at a higher level?