156: Jade liquid nectar, granny Liu's wooden cup drink, pearls are delicious, and the banker can't tell eggplant from fruit.
Grandmother Jia set up two seats in the Grand View Garden, and another in the Lotus Champs to entertain Granny Liu. At the party, everyone played with wine. Cao Xueqin ambushed behind everyone's drinking order and designed many foreshadowing. Everyone wants to hear how Granny Liu ordered wine. Except Xiangyun, Baochai and Daiyu, everyone else made mistakes and skipped. It will be granny Liu's turn soon.
Grandma Liu's wine list is very interesting. It is a caterpillar, a radish, a garlic and a pumpkin. At first glance, it is amazing, but it is full of meaning. I didn't explain much about the last article.
After drinking, the original left an interesting tail. Grandma Liu put her hands together and said, "The flowers have turned into big pumpkins." . "Everyone burst out laughing. Listen to the noise outside ... "
The 40th time came to an end here, and I didn't know what was shouting outside, but by the 41st time, the plot didn't continue, so I just skipped shouting and became a case-solving. You're welcome.
Granny Liu followed the Jia family for a day or two, becoming more and more courageous and relaxed. She weighed the glass in her hand and joked that she was afraid of falling. As a result, Wang Xifeng and Yuanyang once again adjusted her plot and took out a set of large cups carved with boxwood roots, which made Granny Liu make another joke.
Granny Liu made a joke casually, knowing that Yuanyang took out a whole set of cups to make a joke, and also said something to amuse Grandmother Jia.
However, Cao Xueqin introduced the boxwood cup in a long article, and it is impossible to say that there is no foreshadowing. Then, what kind of foreshadowing did the author bury behind Grandma Liu's "ignorance" of boxwood? Maybe we need to develop brain holes. Look before you leap.
Boxwood is called yellow pine by granny Liu. Did she pretend on purpose or did she really not know her?
As far as things are concerned, although Granny Liu grew up in the countryside all her life, there is a big gap between the trees grown in the wild and the carved works of art, and Granny Liu also admitted her mistake.
The cup is carved from the root of boxwood, which is very different from boxwood in texture, wood and even smell. American yellow pine, in particular, is very oily, and rural people often use it as a kindling. Rich rosin is not suitable for making wine vessels and tea sets. Granny Liu may be more thoughtful.
Granny Liu deliberately made a mistake, because she amused Jia Fu, but laid another important foreshadowing for Cao Xueqin. The key lies in this boxwood and yellow pine.
First of all, Huang Tong's "Huang" represents Jia's aristocratic status.
The essential difference between the Jia family and the court officials is that they, like the royal family, have aristocratic status and privileges.
As far as credit is concerned, the Jia family is a man of high morals and integrity.
As far as kinship is concerned, the Jia family is a relative of the country.
Secondly, yellow pine is different from boxwood.
Yellow pine is strong, beautiful in texture, hard, not easy to decay and versatile, and it is the pillar of the building.
Boxwood is weak and too short to be used as a material, so it is often used as an "impractical" bonsai or ornamental decoration, and solid wood is used as a comb, carving or inlay material.
The Jia family's century-old wealth, rewarded by imperial power, is as "expensive" as Huang Song and as "useless" as Huang Yang.
Jia Jiacheng, who is not worthy of the name, also has imperial power, and he lost it. "A gentleman's companion is like a tiger" was confiscated by the emperor. "It's so clean to fall on a piece of white land." From expensive to cheap, yellow pine became boxwood.
To understand "Euonymus japonicus" and "Euonymus japonicus", we should remember the foreshadowing of drinking in "Jin Yuanyang San Xuan Tooth Brand Order". Although Cao Xueqin gave you different propositions. But the center remains the same, which still alludes to the rise and fall of the Jia family. Yellow pine and boxwood are still an extension of the foreshadowing.
Cao Xueqin used boxwood and yellow pine to illustrate the position of Jia family, all in the emperor's heart. The decision of prosperity and ups and downs depends on the emperor and whether they work hard or not.
It's ridiculous that the Jia family can't break it. They think that they have power and army behind them, and they can compete with the emperor for the best interests. But the emperor didn't give them a chance, so they went up in smoke.
Grandma Liu thinks that there is no cheap boxwood in Jiafu, but it should be good boxwood, which is the wealth of Jiafu in her eyes. The real Jia family, happy ever after long ago, was destroyed by it and decayed to the lining. That is "cheap wood" boxwood.
The author gave the Jia family a prescription, that is, "boxwood" will die when it is useless, and the yellow pine, as a pillar, will not perish. The Jia family chose the incompetent boxwood, dug out all the "ribs" and made a decoration.
Pine trees represent longevity and immortality.
Yang stands for decoration and great use.
There is no scandal in Cao Xueqin's works. It's about the actual situation of the Jia family. Think about it carefully and you will understand the meaning. Unfortunately, the truth told by the author through Grandma Liu was kept in the dark from Jia Mu to Jia Jia. Through these clouds, how do I know which corner of the mountain it is facing? .
Of course, when it comes to eating and drinking, you must mention diet. This is Jia Fugui's exhibition and Cao Xueqin's rare description without hidden pen, such as "eggplant", which is the epitome of Jia's exquisite life.
Grandma Liu ate eggplant, but she hasn't eaten eggplant for a long time, so Wang Xifeng gave it to her slowly. Is this plot familiar? Is it like "Pig Eight Rings Eat Ginseng Fruit"?
The pleasure of reading is to cut open the author's careful machine layer by layer and get the happiness he deserves. Many plots may really be written casually by the author, but it does not prevent readers from having certain associations. Inference is the transcendence of self-thinking over standard thinking.
Not much to say, when it comes to eggplant, Cao Xueqin writes very carefully. Wang Xifeng explains the methods and ingredients, and he can make a dish of "eggplant" according to the picture. Eggplant, on the other hand, shows Jia's profound food culture.
Apart from social status, family rules, and children's success, what ancient rich families need to show off most is "banquet wine". Drama is the cultural entertainment in Ming and Qing Dynasties. "Raising Drama" is like a little actor in "Lixiangyuan", with a large investment and a long period, but with great influence. At that time, whose troupe was brilliant would make dignitaries flock to it, which was an important social media.
Diet is also a manifestation of family inheritance, which is earlier than traditional Chinese opera. Especially in the Song Dynasty, the records of excellent chefs are fascinating, and the superb cooking skills are amazing.
The banquet of the Jia family is both a lining and a face. Chefs not only subdivide many kinds, but also their diet has formed their own style. The inheritance of "family banquet" has been popular for hundreds of years, which has surpassed the standard of "never tired of essence, never tired of essence" and reached the cultural level.
Taking eggplant out alone is undoubtedly a unique dish that Jia family can take. It seems that cooking is not complicated, and you can't see kung fu without doing it. Moreover, an eggplant is so complicated, and the previous lotus leaf soup is so delicate. What a luxury it is to really throw a big banquet! Eggplant is really small and big.
Wang Xifeng "never touches the spring water with her fingers" and never cooks. She knows eggplant well, which proves that she has memorized the recipes. If Granny Liu is not here today, but Taifei Nan 'an. Wang Xifeng's rhetoric will make people think that Jia's daughter-in-law can cook and do housework.
Therefore, a dream of red mansions should know more about the story behind the words. In addition to the superficial meaning, it is also interesting to know more about it.
There was another little thing at the banquet, which reflected the Jia family's rules. At the end of the wine, Mrs. Wang stood up with a hip flask and poured wine for everyone. This is the etiquette that outsiders should have. But no one can stand it except Jia Mu.
Mrs. Wang fell to the ground and everyone stood up together. This is the rule. The elders can pour the wine, the younger generation has to stand up and wait, and they have to return the gift to collect it.
Aunt Xue is Mrs. Wang's sister. Even if you can sit opposite your grandmother, you should stand up at this time and not surpass your sister. This is also a gift.
In fact, Mrs. Wang's wine is doomed to failure, and it is also a gift that grandma ordered Wang Xifeng to make for her. He also ordered everyone to do it, which is a respect for Mrs. Wang.
A banquet, with entertainment, food and etiquette, is mixed with the author's metaphor foreshadowing, which makes the readers chew more and more delicious.
Granny Liu has finished eating and drinking and the banquet is over. In free time, provide "small meals" to "supplement" the main meal. In order not to let the host starve, the Jia family ordered two meals regularly and added meals regularly, which also proved that the banquet just now was not based on eating and there was no staple food.
Small meals are snacks, sweet and salty, but they are not labor-saving. "This box is the same as the lotus root starch osmanthus sugar cake, and it is the same as the goose oil roll; In that box, there is an inch-long jiaozi. The old lady asked what stuffing it was, and the women were busy answering that it was crab's. I don't like it. " Grandma Liu picked up a peony-flower-style noodle fruit and said that she was not willing to eat it, which shows that there are other styles.
Jia's diet is really a work of art, although the form is greater than the reality, it is also a symbol of family inheritance. All aspects of aristocratic life are exquisite.
Therefore, as long as we look at the Jia family's rules, etiquette and lifestyle, we can see everything from the delicacy of the food, and we don't need to introduce the others in depth.
After leaving the Lotus Champs Elysé es, we came to the next stop, Cuiqi Temple, which is a special place. It is also the place that needs the most attention. The important foreshadowing of Jia Jia and Baochai will be revealed here. If you want to know how, listen to the next decomposition!
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