After Baoyu's misfortune, everyone came to visit. Needless to say, Baochai and Daiyu have both come to see Baoyu alone. Early the next morning, Li Kun brought Sanchun from Jiafu to visit Baoyu. Soon, Wang Xifeng, Mrs. Wang, and Aunt Zhou also came with Jia's mother. Later, the mother and daughter of the Xue family also walked into Baoyu's room.
The close sisters on weekdays, and the elders who care about Baoyu are here. Even Aunt Zhou, who usually has no sense of existence, came to show her face. However, what is strange is that Shi Xiangyun's name is not mentioned. This made some readers mistakenly believe that Shi Xiangyun was not in Jiafu at the time, so he did not come to visit Baoyu.
Actually, Shi Xiangyun was present at the time. When Baoyu was beaten, Aunt Xue, Baochai, Xiangling, Raider, and Shi Xiangyun were all present. Although the attacker was full of grievances, it was not easy to come out. And the relationship between Shi Xiangyun and Baoyu is extraordinary. When she was a child, she often lived in Jiafu for a long time, and she was like a sister with Daiyu, and she was even closer to Baoyu, eating and sleeping together. Although she later left Jiafu, she still relied on and loved Baoyu's cousin.
So, why didn't Shi Xiangyun, who is such a close cousin, come to visit Baoyu? Isn't she worried about Baoyu? In fact, Shi Xiangyun's name was omitted not by chance, but deliberately by the author. Think about it, the day after Baoyu was beaten, Li Kun came to visit with Jiafu Sanchun, but Shi Xiangyun did not live with them, and the conditions did not allow her to come with them.
And when Jia's mother and others came, since the girls moved into Daguan Garden, Shi Xiangyun no longer lived in Jia's mother's room, and most of them lived in Xiaoxiang Pavilion or Wuyuan. So there's no way she's going to come with them. Finally, the mother and daughter of the Xue family, Baochai cried all night after returning to Wuyuan because of her brother Xue Pan's words, and was teased by Daiyu in the morning, so it can be seen that Shi Xiangyun does not live in Wuyuan, so it is impossible for her to come with them.
Interestingly, when everyone left Yihong Courtyard, they suddenly saw Shi Xiangyun, Ping'er, Xiangling and others pinching impatiens by the mountain rocks. This scene seems to imply that Shi Xiangyun has actually been nearby all along, but for some reason he did not enter Yihong Courtyard to visit Baoyu. This also makes us have more reverie and thinking about Shi Xiangyun's state of mind and situation.
Xiangyun usually has good friends with the attackers, and Heping is not familiar with each other. However, it was surprising that she was actually playing with the two of them at such a special moment. However, judging from Xiangyun's indifferent reaction, she must have seen Baoyu before, and she went alone. The author does not describe the scene of Xiangyun's visit to Baoyu, and this kind of "writing without writing" leaves us unlimited space for imagination.
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Baochai and Daiyu have both visited Baoyu affectionately, and Xiangyun, as an open-minded woman who is not trapped by the love of her children, what will the conversation with Baoyu be like? Perhaps there are not many words between them, which is also a mystery left to us by the author. In fact, "Dream of Red Mansions" has used this technique of "writing without writing" many times.
For example, in the plot of Grandma Liu's ugliness, the author depicted everyone's laughter, but only Li Kun and Baochai were not mentioned. As a widow, Li Kun should not laugh, while Baochai may just smile. In this way, the author allows the reader to make up the undescribed images on their own. So, although we can't know exactly how Xiangyun and Baoyu communicate, each reader has their own unique scene in their hearts.