How did Jia Fu celebrate Wang Xifeng's birthday in the 43rd episode of A Dream of Red Mansions?

Jia Fu collected money for Wang Xifeng's birthday.

The section "Wang Xifeng's Birthday" is not long in the book, and there are probably two contents, many of which are of great analytical value.

Judging from the plot, this matter is not complicated. Let's start with an outline.

September 2 was Wang Xifeng's birthday. The old lady said, "I wanted to do it for him two years ago, but then something big happened and I got away with it." This year, people are complete, and nothing is expected to happen. Let's all have a nice day. ",and personally called the people to discuss.

People naturally don't want to fall behind when the ancestors gave the order. Mrs. Wang came up with an idea to learn from the practice of small families, and everyone pooled their money to give Xifeng a birthday. In order to make Feng have a relaxed birthday, I called your company to handle this matter.

There is a big party on the birthday. Because there is a troupe at home, there is no need to spend money on this. Needless to say, the banquet standard is very high.

Everyone takes turns to propose a toast to Feng. Xifeng got drunk as a fiddler and fled home.

I don't want to run into Jia Lian fooling around with the maids. In a rage, Feng took it out on Pinger, and Jia Lian also took it out on Pinger, who was extremely wronged.

Happy birthday. The scene was full of noise. Later, Xifeng ran to my mother to complain, and Jia Lian tried to kill her while drinking.

At this time, Jia Mu was muddling along and making peace.

Pinger was persuaded to go to the Grand View Garden, put on makeup in Yiyuan Honghua and stayed in Daoxiang Village for one night.

The next day, Xifeng and Jia Lian made up again under the persuasion of the grandmother, and Pinger earned her face back.

The family seems to have returned to the previous harmony, and Xifeng's birthday celebration ended successfully.

Cao Xueqin's writing style has always been dull and abrupt, and so is this story, which contains a lot of information.

1, Wang Xifeng's position in Jiafu has been highlighted.

Wang Xifeng is Jia Lian's wife, Jia Lian's son and Wang Xifeng's niece.

As the children of Jia She and Mrs. Xing, Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian should live in and work for Jia She's family.

But in fact, they live in Jia Zheng's house and are busy for Jia Zheng's family.

Of course, this requires the consent of Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang. Jia mu is the head of the family, and Mrs. Wang, as the daughter-in-law of Jia mu, should manage everything in the family.

Mrs. Wang trusts her niece, and Grandmother Jia takes a fancy to Xifeng's shrewdness, so it is natural for Xifeng to manage the house.

It is not easy to host Feng's birthday celebration in person.

Jia Jia is already at the level of Galeries Lafayette, and generally does not interfere in family affairs. This move fully shows the trust and affirmation of Feng.

Once leaders attach importance to it, nothing can be done well. The birthday celebration was held grandly, and Xifeng's position was highlighted.

2. Jia's influence has been reflected.

There are many servants in the Jia family, some of whom are old, and they are more respectable than the young master in serving their parents.

So when discussing how to spend Xifeng's birthday, these servants can sit and the young masters can only stand. Jia's management still has a human side.

When discussing the standard of raising money, Lai Da's mother said, "Miss is twelve taels, so naturally she has to be one step behind." Grandmother Jia heard this and said, "This is impossible. Although you should be short, I know you are all rich. Although your position is low, you have more money than them. " Their standards are the same as those of wealthy families.

Needless to say, Jia's life is luxurious, even senior domestic slaves live a luxurious life.

Later, everyone invited the host to dinner, and there was also a back garden at home, but it was smaller than the Grand View Garden.

Lai Shangrong, the descendant of Lai, became an official abroad because of Jia's face.

It seems that when Nian Gengyao was an official in the Qing Dynasty, Yin Zhen, the fourth prince at that time, recommended it.

It can be seen that Jia Fu's power at this time has indeed reached its peak.

People say that "the prime minister's family has seven officials" is the truth.

3. Noble life is extremely luxurious.

This topic has been discussed above, let's talk about it again.

In the previous plot, Xue Baochai helped Shi Xiangyun to leave the table and invited everyone to eat crabs.

Grandma Liu just came to Jiafu to deliver some local products. Grandma Liu simply calculated that it would cost more than twenty taels of silver to eat crabs this time, enough for the farmer to live for a year.

Grandma Liu's family of four is not the poorest in the village, and life is ok. Twenty taels of silver can last a year, but they just ate a crab in the family.

For Xifeng's birthday, everyone raised about 152 yuan. You can be a man, and some people have also received money, leaving about 142, enough for a peasant family to live for about seven years. On Xifeng's birthday, it was basically spent.

Moreover, no outsiders were invited to Feng's birthday, even the men at home did not attend, so Jia Lian was alone at home, thus causing trouble.

It can be seen that the limited number of women in the family basically ate up all the money in one meal, which shows that Jia's luxury of life is very imaginable.

The living conditions of Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng have been shown.

How is the married life of Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng?

What we see is not happy.

Men are naturally the core in feudal families, so it is normal to marry three wives and four concubines.

In addition to Mrs. Wang, Jia Zheng, who is usually extremely rigorous and rigid, and Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou; Jia she didn't say anything, but she married a lot, and even the closest beautiful maid Yuanyang was beside Jia; Xue Pan has not married yet, but has married Xiangling as his concubine. Baoyu also had physical contact with xiren after puberty; Jia Huan and Cai Yun can meet openly under Mrs. Wang's nose.

But under the pressure of Xifeng, Jia Lian had only Pinger as a concubine.

As can be seen from the book, even Lianer has been closely watched by the wind. Jia Lian depends on Xifeng's face, and he can't succeed with Pinger several times a year, so Jia Lian steals chickens whenever he has time.

And this so-called cheating scandal is nothing in feudal families. The old lady just smiled and said, "What's the matter? Children are young and greedy cats, so they can't live there. The whole world has played like this since childhood. It's all my fault. He drank two more glasses and became jealous again. " Tell Pinger not to make trouble.

It can be seen that the relationship between Jia Lian and Feng is very strange. Feng's high pressure Jia Lian temporarily endured. In fact, it is not that Jia Lian is really frightened by Feng, but that he will explode at the first opportunity.

Xifeng's strength depends entirely on the grandmother Jia and Mrs. Wang. No matter how powerful she is, once she leaves with Mrs. Wang, she does not exist.

Later, Xifeng lost the protection of Grandmother Jia, and she also fell out of power. In addition, many excessive things she had done before broke out, and Jia Lian could not share the ups and downs with her.

Jia Lian abandoned her without hesitation, hardly thinking about the mutual affection between husband and wife that day, and being fair.

Jia Lian finally became a real man, and Pinger got what she deserved.

Of course, Pinger will not be as ruthless and vicious as Xifeng, but will take good care of her.

Speaking of Pinger, he is naturally the most unlucky person and the biggest victim of this farce.

The relationship between Jia Lian and Xi Feng is very strange. Xifeng usually holds Jia Lian down. Once Jia Lian can't help but burst out, she dare not tear her face, because after all, in a society where men are superior to women, Jia Lian can divorce his wife, and Feng is passive.

Jia Lian also couldn't succeed because of Xifeng's position in the Jia family.

So at this time, both of them took their anger out on Pinger, who is family after all and can speak behind closed doors.

At the same time, Pinger is a concubine after all, and can't openly challenge her master.

Poor Pinger, a mouse in a bellows, suffered indignities at both ends and had to come up to take it out on Bao's family. Even this behavior was scolded by Jia Lian, and Pinger had to cry and say, "Why are you pulling me behind my back?" When Xifeng saw that Pinger was afraid of Jia Lian, she became even more angry. She caught up with Pinger and went to visit Bao Er's family.

Pinger was anxious and ran out to find a knife to commit suicide.

The women and girls outside are busy stopping to persuade. It can be seen that Pinger's identity can be said to be a slave among masters and a master among slaves.

The Bao family finally hanged themselves. She was just greedy for a moment's petty gain and got involved in the dispute between her masters. Even if she's not dead, it's hard to live a normal life.

This is really a level of pressure, which has been pressed to the lowest level.

It is not easy for Pinger to finally save herself and win back face from Jia in this dispute, which also shows Pinger's superiority.

Later Pinger went to Qi Justin to tidy up her clothes, and Baoyu helped to tidy up.

The author also described Baoyu's psychology. Baoyu has never tried his best in front of Pinger since he came. Pinger is a very smart and delicate girl, not comparable to that vulgar and stupid thing.

Do something in front of Pinger today. Don't be happy in business today. Because lying in bed, my heart suddenly relaxed. I thought Jia Lian only knew how to please himself with lewd pleasure, but he didn't know how to raise fat powder. He also thought that Pinger had no parents, brothers and sisters, and was a loner, supplying Jia Lian and his wife. Jia Lian's rudeness and Xi Feng's power make him considerate and decent.

From the previous explanation, we know that Xifeng's escort room is not just Pinger, but also others.

Judging from Xifeng's behavior, she can never tolerate others on the couch, so she wants to get them out.

Only Pinger stayed, and she was able to live in harmony with Jia Lianfeng's brother-in-law and wife, sometimes with ease.

Later, the book records that after Xue Pan and Xia Jingui got married, Xiangling suffered a lot between them. The reason is that she failed to handle the relationship well and finally had to "go back to her hometown".

Pinger not only handled the relationship well, but also managed to straighten herself out after Jia Lian and Xi Feng divorced.

It can be said that Pinger's ending is the best among all the concubines in the book.

6. In the whole process, Jia Baoyu was the most abnormal.

Baoyu and Xifeng have an excellent relationship. Xifeng flattered the old lady, and Baoyu was her lifeblood. Xifeng naturally thinks highly of Baoyu.

Baoyu is also very protective of Xifeng and listens to him many times.

Brother and sister live in harmony. It stands to reason that Xifeng's birthday has not been well spent for several years. Grandmother Jia arranged it herself, and Baoyu certainly didn't lose his chain.

However, on September 2 nd, Xifeng's birthday, he had already arranged tea and horses, and went out early in the morning, falsely claiming that King Jing's concubine was missing. He is going to comfort King Jing, because it concerns King Jing, and no one else in Jia's family can doubt it, let alone verify it.

Because the King of Beijing is several levels older than the Jia family, the Jia family is eager to have a good relationship with the King of Beijing. Baoyu has been in an invincible position since he lied, which shows that his good intentions have long been premeditated.

So what did he do? What is more important than Xifeng?

Baoyu claims to be busy, rich and idle. This day, he lied and went out. Obviously, he has an extremely important thing in mind.

I saw him dressed in black and riding out of town with Yan Ming. There was no one outside the north gate, just as Baoyu did, so he went out of the north gate. After running seven or eight miles in one breath, the crowd gradually became sparse, and Baoyu found that he was not fully prepared. Yan Ming led Baoyu to Narcissus Temple. The grandmother of Narcissus Temple prepared a souvenir for Baoyu. Baoyu and Yan Ming came to the back garden and put the incense burner on the well platform. Baoyu took out the incense and burned it. With tears in his eyes, he made a half-ceremony, turned around and ordered it to be taken away. They ate some vegetarian dishes in the nunnery and then went back to Jia's house. Baoyu put on fine clothes as soon as he entered the door. When he met Hosta, he burst into tears and hurried to dinner.

Here's a problem. Who is Baoyu paying homage to?

Before that, Granny Liu went into Jia's house and told the story of a little girl smoking firewood in the snow. At this time, the fire in the stable was put out. It happened that Baoyu was most concerned about the little girl. Later, he went to grandma Liu alone to ask for details. Granny Liu was originally a storyteller, so she had to make up her mind that a young lady died on the 17th, and her parents were very sad. She built a small temple in memory of her. This story may be that she appeared.

Hearing this, Baoyu told Yan Ming to look for the young tree. Yan Yan searched for a long time but couldn't find it, so Baoyu called him a fool. On this day, whether Baoyu and Yan Ming go out to look for this small temple will naturally be linked with readers. Are there any other important people worthy of Baoyu's commemoration? We don't know.

From a secular point of view, the last thing Baoyu wants to pay homage to is Jinchuan. Because in terms of identity, Jin Jinchang is a servant girl, Baoyu is the master, and he is not the direct master of Jin Jinchang; As far as Jinchuan's punishment is concerned, Mrs. Wang is the punisher, and this punishment is completely justified.

Although this punishment was caused by Baoyu, Baoyu was not an offender after all, and Baoyu has been beaten by his father since then.

If Baoyu feels guilty, it should fade away over time.

In terms of time, the golden thread is May 6th, the day after the Dragon Boat Festival, and Xifeng's birthday is September 2nd. It's been almost four months, almost one hundred and twenty days. Baoyu is still thinking about Kim's birthday, and Baoyu doesn't need to know Kim's birthday.

But this impossible situation happened to Baoyu.

It must be very special to choose a well platform when paying homage. When I got home, I saw Yuchuan sitting alone in the porch crying. Baoyu is not surprised. He smiled apologetically and said, "Guess where I went?" Yuchuan didn't answer, just wiped her tears.

It can be seen that Baoyu's throne and Yuchuan's tears are the same person, but the author has not yet solved the mystery, and suspense still exists. It was not until Xifeng and Jia Lian had a big fight that Pinger was wronged and put on makeup in Yi Hong Yuan. Baoyu thought Pinger was not easy, and thought that today was Jin Chuaner's birthday, so he was unhappy all day.

At this time, the reader suddenly realized that Baoyu's mourning was the reason for Yuchuan's tears.

Jinchuan's birthday is also September 2. Baoyu remembers the birthday of a servant girl so clearly. Who dares to say that Baoyu is "nothing"?

Baoyu is very kind to all girls, no matter what her status or position.

It should be said that Baoyu does not particularly remember Jinchuan's birthday, but his focus is here, and Jinchuan's death is related to him.

Lying to go out for a dead maid, regardless of Xifeng's feelings, is exactly what Baoyu did differently from ordinary people.

Baoyu also knows that he can't tell anyone about it. Yan Ming can guess, but can't say.

You can order Yuchuan but you can't tell her.

It is impossible for others to have any hints at all.

Here, what we see is a kind-hearted, simple and intelligent, real and intelligent Baoyu. Where is the slightest madness?

Baoyu is very concerned about all the beautiful girls. He is really a "crimson flower king".

As can be seen from the above points, if readers just read stories, the general understanding of A Dream of Red Mansions is far from enough.

Only by intensive reading, but also by linking with the context and careful thinking can we read profound ideological connotations.