Why did Wang Xifeng turn a servant girl's visit into a "lady's mothering"?

Author brief introduction Zhang Lihua, female, pen name Lihua Xinyu. Tianjin native, once worked in the government research office, once served as the deputy editor-in-chief of the online edition of Stream Culture Monthly. Prose works have been published in Tianjin Daily, Bohai Morning Post and Famous Towns in the World. I also like history and humanities, and more than 100 articles have been recommended to Sina blog home page and Sina home page.

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In the fifty-first episode of A Dream of Red Mansions, there is an interesting story about how Xifeng treated Mrs. Wang's prospective aunt. Xiren's mother was seriously ill and her family came to take her home. Mrs. Wang promised xiren to go back to see his mother, so she called Xifeng to take care of the matter. "How did feng' measure'? She immediately took the chicken feather as an arrow and told the attacker who was just a "backup aunt" to spread the joy of "a lady's mothering". Why?

To say, "Xiren has a good relationship with the Jia family. After all, she is the servant girl of the Jia family, but her travel dress is comparable to or even inferior to that of a housewife of a large family. Even so, Xi Feng is still not satisfied. In order to keep the honor of the extended family, she sent eight attendants to Xiren: Zhou Rui's wife, another daughter-in-law, four elderly car attendants and two maids. Take the cart and the car respectively.

She told xiren to wear some "colorful clothes". Going home to see her dying mother, xiren was ordered to dress up beautifully and magnificently! It seems that I didn't come to tell my mother where you are going, but to show off to my "family". Aroma wore some clothes given by Mrs. Wang, and asked Xifeng to check whether they met her requirements: a silver powder chipmunk coat, a gold embroidered cotton skirt and a blue satin mouse coat. It should be said that the identity of the attacker is quite extravagant. However, Xifeng thinks that Tai Su's jacket is too cold, so she should have a thick coat. Immediately ordered Pinger to take out an azurite carved eight-ball Tianma leather jacket and an expensive fox fur fur coat for xiren to wear.

She told xiren to "wrap a bundle of clothes and hold it. The bundle is better and the hand stove is better." Xiren took one of her own stretch ink brocade, wrapped in two semi-old cotton-padded jackets and leather jackets. Feng thought it was unqualified and immediately ordered Pinger to take a jade dagger? Trouble with strings? The big red gorilla touched the snow jacket.

Not only that, "but also said to xiren,' Your mother is better, stop it'; Otherwise, "just stay and send someone back and forth to me." I'll send someone else to deliver your bedding. Don't let others pack their clothes and comb their hair, "Zhou Rui said immediately." Once Aron moves in, tell their people to avoid it and ask for an inner room for Aron. "This fully illustrates the agile and meticulous thinking of Wang Xifeng and the level difference between big families and civilians. Moreover, the words are not clear, and Zhou Rui's family knows it. If you change it, it will be very troublesome.

Xiren is just Baoyu's pretty girl. At this time, even the "big girl" has not been made public. Why did Xifeng give xiren such a big face? Why does Xi-feng, who has always been stingy, have to pay for everything herself? Is it really what she said, "It's hard for me to suffer some losses and dress everyone up beautifully, but I'd rather have a good reputation"?

As we all know, Xifeng is a thoughtful person, and every idea she uses will be carefully calculated. Xiren has made it clear that she belongs to Mrs. Wang's department. If Xifeng wants to be valued by Mrs. Wang forever, it is not enough to rely solely on the relationship between nephews and nephews. She must think what Mrs. Wang thinks and do what Mrs. Wang wants, which is inconvenient and dare not do.

Mrs. Wang told Xifeng to handle it "properly", which was a hint in itself. You don't need to be rash if you ask Xifeng to follow Jia's rules. The so-called discretion is to ask Xifeng to break the rules! Smart niece knows this.

Xi-feng knew that Lady Wang had an abacus in her heart, so she flattered Xiren and used it to protect Baoyu. And she let xiren go back to her mother's house on camera, which is to ponder things for Mrs. Wang and do things that Mrs. Wang wants to do but is inconvenient for herself; Xifeng also knows that Baoyu is the most important thing for Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang. Won't Wang Xifeng turn a blind eye to such a string of top figures in the Jia family?

In a word, the clever Wang Xifeng made a series of good "achievements" in governing Guo Rongfu step by step around Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and Baoyu. I really have to admire this, but also admire Cao Xueqin's genius and greatness!