It can be seen that the extravagance of the Jia family is beyond my comprehension: it highlights what Leng Zixing said: children are incompetent and only playful.
Through repeated comparisons, the author shows the luxury of the Jia family from the details: the Lin family is also the luxury home of Zhong Ming Ding Shi, and Daiyu has seen more since childhood, but she is secretly frightened by the luxury and aristocratic style of the Jia family. From the perspective of Daiyu, the author outlines the luxury and extravagance of Jia's house.
Granny Liu came to Jiafu for the second time. From Granny Liu's point of view, it highlighted the luxury of Jiafu in details. Grandma Liu lamented that the eggplant came out of the house with a bad smell. Xi-feng said, "Peel the new eggplant, cut it into pieces, oil it, cut it into Queena Ding with chicken breast, fragrant mushrooms, new bamboo shoots, mushrooms, spiced dried fruits and all kinds of dried fruits, simmer it in chicken soup, mix it with sesame oil, seal it, and fry it with the chicken when eating.". Therefore, granny liu sighed.
Although the bowl of soup was not described in detail, the author wrote a detail and looked for soup molds everywhere. When she found it, Aunt Xue took a look at it first. It turned out to be a small box with four pairs of silver molds, all more than one foot long and one inch square, engraved with beans, chrysanthemums, plum blossoms, lotus plums and water chestnuts, totaling thirty or forty kinds, which are very exquisite. He smiled and said to the old lady and Mrs. Wang, "Your family is also desperate. You can grow like this after eating a bowl of soup. If I don't say it, I don't know what it is for when I see it.
Aunt Xue is the daughter of the Wangs and the wife of millions of imperial merchants, but she can't recognize what this is. Xi Feng still thinks that it is meaningless to rely on good soup.
Jia's extravagance and ignorance imply that Leng Zixing's children are incompetent and will only enjoy themselves, and will degenerate sooner or later.
It shows that Xifeng's housekeeper is very clever, and Baochai is dissatisfied with her versatility and secretly belittles her.
Xifeng told the kitchen to get some chickens quickly, and added something to make more than a dozen bowls. Mrs. Wang said, "What do you need these for?" Feng said with a smile: "This is not a big deal at home. Today, Brother Bao brought him food, but the old lady, aunt and wife didn't eat it. It doesn't seem so good. Let's take advantage of the situation to get some for everyone to eat, so that I can be a handsome boy. " Hearing this, Grandmother Jia said with a smile, "Good for you, Monkey! Accept official money and be a man. " Everyone laughed at what he said. Feng hurriedly smiled. "That doesn't matter. I can still afford this path. " Then he turned to the woman and said, "Give it to the kitchen, just to make up for it and collect money from my account." The woman promised to go.
This passage fully shows that Xifeng is shrewd and smooth in dealing with people. Everyone takes care of her, and everyone praises her as an unattainable person in the world. This has brought great pressure to Baochai, the future second wife. Dissatisfied with her exquisiteness, she openly praised the truth and belittled the truth, holding one and stepping on the other: I have been here for so many years, be careful. It seems that Miss Feng can't be smarter than the old lady.
Baochai is wrong: only the elders praise the younger generation for their cleverness. In what capacity does the younger generation comment on the elders? Baochai is a member of the Xue family. As a guest in the Jia family, it is inappropriate to belittle her grandmother who is in charge of the Jia family. Therefore, Grandmother Jia publicly praised Xifeng for her cleverness, which deserves people's distress and supports her.
It shows the solution of resentment between Baoyu and Yuchuan, and the great difference between Baochai and Baoyu.
After Jin Chuaner's death, Baochai advised Mrs. Wang that she must have slipped and fell. Even if she did commit suicide, she would be confused and really sorry. Give her more money.
Mrs. Wang gave dozens of taels of silver and clothes from Baochai, which calmed her heart. What about Jin Chuaner's family?
He is a child of a family, and his parents and sisters are slaves of Jia family. Not to mention Mrs. Wang's funeral, they dare not do anything without it, but they have resentment in their hearts.
The author asked Yuchuan to send soup, but Baoyu just didn't eat it. He asked Yuchuan, "How is your mother?" Yuchuan's face was full of anger and he didn't really look at Baoyu. After a long time, she said a word "good". Baoyu is bored.
Cao Xueqin only used a word "good" to express the resentment hidden in Yuchun's heart incisively and vividly, and then Baoyu delayed the others just to provide Yuchun with a space to speak, otherwise there would be many people, and Yuchun, as a slave, would definitely be unwilling to let go psychologically. Here, Cao Xueqin used the word "mourning", which is Yuchun.
Baoyu is a master of great power. The master made amends to his minions. He wrote so much ink and described it so delicately in his mind. Baoyu was so happy when he saw him that he thought of another way: to trick him into drinking soup. When Yuchun drank the lotus leaf soup, Baoyu's heart was finally put down. Baoyu doesn't care about drinking lotus leaf soup at all, but wants Yuchun to drink it. The purpose of his doing this is to dissolve the resentment in Yuchun's heart.
The author used a contrast. In Mrs. Wang Baochai's view, people's lives and sins can be solved with money, while Baoyu was moved by sincerity and affection. There are essential differences between Baochai and Baoyu's three views. This also paved the way for their disagreement after marriage and Baoyu becoming a monk.