In the 4th time in the book, Tanchun laughed and said, Don't blame the old lady either, it's all Granny Liu's words. Lin Daiyu said with a quick smile, Yes, it's all his words. She is that kind of grandmother, just call her a "mother locust", and everyone laughed.
as to why granny Liu is called a female locust, we have to look at the previous story. granny Liu brought novel fruits and vegetables from home to Jia's house, and they left a banquet and visited the grand view garden. During this period, Wang Xifeng and Yuanyang made fun of Granny Liu, put flowers in their heads, and then began to visit the garden. Granny Liu was willing to please Grandmother Jia, playing the fool all the way, which made everyone happy. It was her hard work that led to her full return.
Daiyu laughed at Granny Liu as a female locust, which became her bitter and harsh evidence, and even became a personal stain, feeling that she did not respect the working people.
It is indeed beneath her image to say so, but it is normal to think about it from another angle. When Lin Daiyu finished, everyone laughed, and Baoyu praised her for her quick thinking, which shows that everyone thought so.
In Lin Daiyu's view, Granny Liu came to Jiafu to beg for a living. In order to please everyone and make a fool of herself, she even gave up the dignity of being a human being in order to get some money. And Lin Daiyu is precisely a person with particularly strong self-esteem. Although daily love makes sex small, it is actually to safeguard my self-esteem and not allow others to blaspheme. She naturally doesn't like such a humble flatterer as Granny Liu.
In addition, Lin Daiyu was born in an official family, with a scholarly family. She didn't know the sufferings of the common people. Since she was a child, she was rich in luxuries and used good food. How can she think that a banquet in the Grand View Garden is equivalent to a year's food for ordinary people?
It's good for a poor family like Granny Liu to have enough to eat every day. Suddenly, I saw a table of delicious food and fruit, regardless of the image, eating and munching, like locusts crossing the border. Lin Daiyu naturally felt funny when she saw granny Liu's image, so she compared her to a locust. This also illustrates that there is a grand difference in the concept of life between the aristocratic class and ordinary workers.
The characters in the book are described from many aspects. Granny Liu is sophisticated in the Grand View Garden, but she also has a simple and valuable side. If Lin Daiyu can live to witness Granny Liu and save Qiaojie at any cost, her impression will be greatly improved.