Small money reflects Wang Xifeng's kindness and thoughtfulness. Wang Xifeng in A Dream of Red Mansions looks fierce and vicious on the surface, but in fact she has a pity for the poor and weak. In the sixth episode of the novel, although Wang Xifeng was aloof and arrogant, she gave Granny Liu twenty taels of silver and one or two taels as money for Granny Liu to hire a car. The original description is as follows:
Xi Feng saw it and smiled, ignoring it. Only Pinger was ordered to bring yesterday's bag of silver and a load of silver to Granny Liu. "This is two hundred and twenty pieces of silver," said Xifeng. "Make a winter coat for the child for the time being. If you don't accept it, it is really my fault. Use this money to rent a car. Come and see if you have nothing to do another day. That's what relatives mean. ……"
At the end of this chapter, although the author wrote two poems, "When you are proud, you are more grateful than your relatives and friends." Wang Xifeng, who respects people with wealth, is in charge of the food and clothing of thousands of Jia family members, which can be said to be "as busy as a bee". In order to make it more convenient and suitable for Granny Liu to rent a car, she gave Granny Liu another sum of money.
This hanging money is nothing to Wang Xifeng, and her heart that can think of granny Liu, a rural old lady who has only met once, is very valuable. From this small incident, we can see the kindness and thoughtfulness hidden under Wang Xifeng's provocative appearance.
Wang Xifeng left Granny Liu at Jia's house and brought wealth to Granny Liu's family. Granny Liu entered Guo Rong's house for the second time, and it was only because of Wang Xifeng that she was favored by Grandmother Jia and others. According to the original text, Granny Liu specially brought the fruits and vegetables from her own field to Jia's home, thanking Jia's family for giving her twenty taels of silver.
At that time, Wang Xifeng was waiting in front of Grandmother Jia, so she didn't have time to see Granny Liu, and it was getting late, so she stayed at Granny Liu's house. But I don't want Wang Xifeng to be with Granny Liu, and Granny Liu hears me. This led Granny Liu to accompany Grandmother Jia to visit the Grand View Garden, and later' returned with a full load'. It turns out that search left granny Liu at Jia's house, which was relayed by Zhou Rui's family:
(Zhou Rui's wife said) I whispered to my second grandma:' Granny Liu is going home, I'm afraid it's too late to leave the city.' Second Daughter-in-law said,' It's too far to carry those heavy things for him. If you are late, stay overnight and go tomorrow. This is not the fate of the second wife. It doesn't matter. Piansheng old lady listened again and asked who Granny Liu was. The second daughter-in-law will understand The old lady said,' I just want to talk to an old man who has accumulated the past. Please come and see me. This is not an unexpected fate. "-from a dream of red mansions back to 39.
"This is not an unexpected fate." Zhou Ruigu's words are true at all. Granny Liu, as an old lady in the countryside, can win the favor of the old lady in the frenzy house and visit the villa of the imperial concubine in the province. This is really a rare fate.
But for granny Liu, the luckiest "chance" in her life was that Wang Xifeng was favored by the old lady because she stayed overnight and gained a lot of unexpected wealth.
From the amount of things and money that Granny Liu brought home after her second visit to Guo Rongfu, we can see that Granny Liu's family has not only improved her life, but even a well-off family in the countryside. Granny Liu's family got all this thanks to Wang Xifeng's occasional kindness to "leave Granny Liu in Jiafu".
Wang Xifeng's kindness finally won her daughter Qiaojie's "advice on life, help the poor and help the poor, don't be like me, a cruel uncle and traitor who loves money and forgets flesh and blood!" In the aria "Stay in Qing Yu", the author writes about Qiaojie's fifth time in the novel. In a few words, Qiaojie was later betrayed by her "cruel uncle and traitor".
From A Dream of Red Mansions and Jin Ping Mei, we can know that ancient women were often bought and sold like commodities. In A Dream of Red Mansions, Qiaojie was sold by her uncle and brother, so Granny Liu's family had to spend a lot of money to save Qiaojie.
If granny Liu entered Guo Rongfu for the second time, Wang Xifeng didn't let her live in Jiafu and sent her away casually, where did granny Liu get such a big windfall? If granny Liu didn't get such a big income, even if she met Qiaojie who was later sold, she simply didn't have enough financial ability to redeem Qiaojie.
As can be seen from the above, Wang Xifeng's occasional kindness finally returned to her daughter Qiaojie. Cao Gong wrote to Qiaojie's aria "Stay": "Stay, stay, and suddenly meet a benefactor. Fortunately for your mother, you won the yin merit." That's what I'm talking about.