Dream of Red Mansions 131 Chapter 32 Jin Chuan jumped into the well
Before he could say a word, he suddenly saw an old woman hurriedly come and said, "This is where it started!" Miss Jin Chu'er threw herself into the well and died! The attacker was startled and hurriedly asked, "That Jin Chu'er?" The old woman said, "Where are the two Jin Chu'er?" It's in the wife's house. Qian'er didn't know why he was kicked out, and he cried at home, but he didn't pay attention to him, but he didn't know that he was gone. The man who was collecting water just now was drawing water from the well in the southeast corner, and when he saw a corpse, he hurried to call someone to salvage it, but who knew that it was him. Their family is still in a mess to be saved, and it is used there! Baochai said: "This is also strange." When the attacker heard this, he nodded in admiration, thinking of the same feelings, and unconsciously shed tears. When Baochai heard this, she hurriedly came to Mrs. Wang to offer comfort. I don't want to mention it here.Mrs. Wang lied that Jin Chuan had broken things, but did not say that she was seducing Baoyu, in order to maintain the reputation of Baoyu and Jin Chuan, not to shirk her own responsibility. In fact, just because she "broke one of my things", she hit Jin Chuan and threw it out, which made Mrs. Wang seem stingy.Jin Chu'er's "crying and crying" was because she was wronged, she didn't take the initiative to seduce Baoyu, but Baoyu didn't explicitly oppose it like Mandarin Duck when she was flirting (Chapter 24). As analyzed above, Mrs. Wang was willing to install Jin Chuan to Baoyu's side, but now she suddenly fought and threw herself out, Jin Chuan really felt wronged. What she didn't know was that she was not driven out because of her ambiguity with Baoyu, but because she instigated Baoyu to catch Jia Huan.
However, he said that Baochai came to Mrs. Wang's place, but she saw that she was unheard, and Mrs. Wang was the only one sitting in the inner room and weeping. Baochai didn't want to mention it, so he had to sit aside. Madame Wang asked, "Where are you from?" Baochai said, "From the garden." Mrs. Wang said, "You came from the garden, you can see your treasure brother?" Baochai said: "I saw it." He got dressed and went out, and he didn't know where he went. Mrs. Wang nodded and cried, "Do you know a strange thing?" Jin Chu'er suddenly threw herself into the well and died! Baochai saw it and said, "How can you throw yourself into the well?" This is also strange. Mrs. Wang said, "It turned out that he broke one of my things a while ago, and I was angry for a while, hit him a few times, and pushed him down." I only said that I was angry with him for two days, and I told him to come up, but who knew that he was so angry, so he threw himself into the well and died. Is it not my sin? Baochai sighed: "My aunt is a philanthropist, of course. In my opinion, he is not angry. Most of the time he went down to live, or he was stubborn in front of the well, and he lost his foot and fell. He is used to being restrained on the top, and when he goes out, he naturally has to go around stubbornly, how can he have such an atmospheric reason! Even if there is such an atmosphere, it is just a foolish person, and it is not a pity. Mrs. Wang nodded and sighed: "Even though I said this, I am uneasy in the end. Baochai sighed: "Aunt doesn't have to think about Yuzi, it's very unbearable, but reward him with a few taels of silver and send him more, and it will be the love of the master and servant." Mrs. Wang said, "Just now I rewarded his mother with fifty taels of silver, and I was going to bring two sets of your sisters' new clothes to him to wrap up." Who knew that the Feng girl said that there were no new clothes to make, only two sets of your sister Lin for her birthday. I think your sister Lin's child Su Ri is a heart-to-heart, and besides, he is also in three calamities, not only said that he would celebrate his birthday, but also wrapped people in makeup, isn't it taboo. Because of this, I will now ask the tailor to give him two sets. If it were another girl, it would be over if he rewarded him with a few taels of silver, but although Jin Chu'er is a girl, she is almost the same as my daughter in front of me. As he spoke, he burst into tears. Baochai hurriedly said: "Auntie, why do you need to ask the tailor to rush here, I made two sets before, wouldn't it be easy to bring them to him." Besides, he wore my old clothes when he was alive, and he was relatively tall. Mrs. Wang said, "Even so, aren't you taboo?" Baochai smiled: "Auntie, don't worry, I never care about these." As he spoke, he got up and left. Mrs. Wang hurriedly called two people to come and follow Miss Bao. ⑥
At one point, Baochai took the clothes and came back, only to see Baoyu sitting next to Mrs. Wang weeping. Mrs. Wang just said that he was here, because Baochai came, but she didn't say anything. Seeing this situation, Baochai observed the words and looks, and had already realized eight points, so he handed over the clothes to understand. Mrs. Wang called his mother to fetch it. Let's take a look at the next time. ⑦
Baochai should feel that this matter is not simple, but at this time I don't know the reason. Baochai knew that Jin Chuan was "crying and crying" at home, and this paragraph fully demonstrated Baochai's "ruthlessness" and Baochai's unprincipled flattery to the Jia family and the Wang family.
This paragraph is incomprehensible to modern people, but in fact, "fifty taels of silver" and two sets of new clothes at the level of a girl of the Jia family are quite generous for lowly slaves and maids who can be bought and sold. Later, Aunt Zhao's brother Zhao Guoji died, and he was only given twenty taels of silver as usual. Mrs. Wang used money to buy and cover up, and it also meant to bereave. According to the law at the time, forcing people to commit suicide even if they were lowly slaves would be responsible, and Mrs. Wang gave more money to cover it up, but with the prestige of the Jia family at that time, it was not difficult to settle the matter, and it was okay not to give so much money. We cannot judge this by modern standards.
wrote Mrs. Wang's impression of Daiyu, first, the "three disasters and eight tribulations" relatives died, and their health was not good. The second is that "Su Ri is a hearty" cautious and calculating. For Mrs. Wang, a person with these two negative impressions really can't be a daughter-in-law. Therefore, even if the golden and jade relationship fails, Mrs. Wang also hopes that Jia Baoyu can climb another high branch.
wrote about the close relationship between Jin Chuan and Mrs. Wang, so the saying that "the golden hairpin fell into the well" is not wishful thinking on the part of Baoyu and Jin Chuan, Mrs. Wang is not unwilling, and even hinted at it early.
Baochai's "ruthlessness" not only has no feelings, but also does not believe in gods and ghosts, so it is not taboo.
Mrs. Wang said that the content of Baoyu should be to admonish him, pay attention to his words and deeds when he is old, and not be frivolous and flirtatious with the maid. More importantly, don't listen to other people's instigation to meddle in the private affairs of other brothers.
Baochai".Consciousness of eight pointsIn fact, there is a misunderstanding of Baoyu, combined with the usual abuse of Baoyu everywhere and eating the rouge on the maid's mouth, she will only think that Baoyu and Jin Chuan have an affair, and they molested Jin Chuan, Mrs. Wang doted on Baoyu, so she took Jin Chuan out of anger. Xue Baochai needs to curry favor with the Jia family and Baoyu for the sake of family interests, but from a personal point of view, she doesn't look down on the Jia family and Jia Baoyu.