What can best show Baochai's ruthlessness is Jin Chuan's "forgiveness" to Mrs. Wang when she died. One day at noon, Baoyu was idle and strolled to Mrs. Wang's room. Mrs. Wang is sleeping, and the maid is sitting next to her and beating her leg. Baoyu, who was in the restless period of youth, bent down to pick up Jin Chuaner's earrings, fed her fragrant snow to nourish the elixir, and claimed to be accompanied by his wife.
Jinchuan is also very helpful. He closed his eyes and told him to go to the East Hospital to "take Huan Gang and Cai Yun". You want to "take" those two people. What? It is conceivable that there are some provocative meanings in Kim's response. Just then, Mrs. Wang woke up. She obviously heard this conversation between them. At that time, she was angry from her heart and reached out and patted the golden shovel. The man immediately kicked the golden shovel out.
After Jinchuan was thrown out, she committed suicide. Mrs. Wang changed from an overly strict master to an indirect murderer, with blood on her hands and trembling all over. Just then, Baochai came to Mrs. Wang's room to pay her respects. Mrs. Wang had to talk to this mature niece about this horrible thing, saying only that it was her fault that she was punished for breaking something, which led to this result.
Baochai sighed, "My aunt is a charity, so she thinks so. In my opinion, she didn't throw herself into the well in a fit of pique, mostly because she slipped. ..... Is there such an atmosphere? Even if there is such an atmosphere, it is just a confused person, which is not a pity. "
It is really chilling to say such a thing when the bones of gold are not cold, but does she accuse Mrs. Wang from the standpoint of justice? Even Daiyu wouldn't do that. Of course, she could choose silence, but at that time, silence was like a condemnation. Moreover, aside from prejudice, let's see if what Baochai said makes sense.
Of course, Jinchuan did not slip, but jumped into the well in shame. This may seem fierce, but it is no exaggeration to say that she is confused. Of course, people have the right to commit suicide. If they are really in pain, they can't live. However, Kim's pain is not so serious. It was just thrown out. Just let her be a free man, even if she can't be as rich as Mrs. Wang's room, and a self-reliant ordinary person will always live, then she will die. She's a little too angry. In our life, we have seen people who commit suicide because of one sentence and a little injustice. He looks generous and fierce, but he is just a fool in the ordinary evaluation system. As a person with a particularly strong sense of responsibility (which will be mentioned later), it is not an exaggeration to say so.
In contrast, Baochai's coldness is more manifested in her indifference to You Sanjie's death. Liu Xianglian is her brother Xue Pan's sworn brother. Not long ago, she saved Xue Fan. Not long ago, she was involved in a feud with You Sanjie, and the result was very bleak. You Sanjie committed suicide, and Liu Xianglian escaped with a Taoist priest.
Aunt Xue was shocked, and Xue Pan wept for it. Only Baochai is so rational that it is creepy. She said, "As the saying goes, there are unexpected events in the sky, and people are doomed. This is also the fate of their previous lives. My mother saved his brother the day before yesterday and discussed how to take care of him. Now she's dead and gone. In my opinion, she must let him do it. Mom doesn't have to feel sorry for them. However, since it will only take 10 or 20 days for my brother to come back from Jiangnan, the goods sold should have been delivered. The guy who went with him worked hard and came back for a few months. My mother and my brother discussed it. It's time to invite you. A reward is a reward. Don't let people look unreasonable. "
You see, in Baochai's eyes, You Sanjie is dead and Liu Xianglian is gone, so it is more important to invite people to dinner. Life is a matter of life, and she doesn't even have the slightest curiosity and interest to talk about it. As a teenage girl, her unprovoked indifference is more unforgivable than her previous wit in front of Mrs. Wang.
However, only such Baochai is the real Baochai. Yes, Baochai is heartless, but is the word heartless necessarily a derogatory term? Even if she shed a tear of sympathy for Liu Xianglian in "You Sanjie", or even wrote a sad poem, what's the use? Baoyu also wrote a letter to Qingwen about Furong's daughter, but he just turned his head and joked with Daiyu. The dead can't be resurrected, and people far away can't come back. Besides proving their sympathy and creating some emotional rubbish, it is better to invite boys to dinner.
Baochai has more meaningful things to do. For example, do her best to help people in need. Giving Lin Daiyu a bird's nest and giving Shi Xiangyun a crab feast can be said to be buying people's hearts and giving gifts to Aunt Zhao is also unwilling to offend the villains, but her help to Xing Xiuyan cannot be explained in any utilitarian way.
Xing Xiuyan is Mrs Xing's niece and lives with her parents. Mrs. Xing doesn't care much about this niece for the sake of her children. The rest of the Jia family only thought that she was a poor relative and cared about her. There are only three people, one is Pinger, the other is Tanchun and the other is Baochai.
In A Dream of Red Mansions, Pinger is almost the kindest one. Besides, Xing Xiuyan is also the niece of Xifeng's mother-in-law, so it is polite to take care of her. After Tanchun got engaged to Xue Pan in Xing Xiuyan, she gave Xing Xiuyan a Yu Pei, which was the icing on the cake. Only Baochai, when she has nothing to do with Xing Xiuyan, often lends a helping hand, which is really a timely help. She doesn't want others to know this kindness.
Knowing that Xiangling was going to enter the Grand View Garden, Baochai asked Aunt Xue to come to Xiangling on the grounds that there were few people. After Xiangling came to see her, Baochai didn't restrain her and asked her to learn poetry from Daiyu Xiangyun, tossing and turning, just teasing and not stopping her; Tanchun carried out reform in Daguan Garden and produced it to households. Baochai pointed out that women who are assigned to the land benefit, and don't forget those who are not. She suggested that those who were allocated land take out part of the profits and give them to those who were not allocated land. Everyone benefits and everyone is happy. Baochai's kindness, such as moistening things silently, is implemented without raising the banner of kindness.
This is the difference between great goodness and small goodness. A little kindness is a woman's kindness-this word comes from Historical Records, which is Han Xin's evaluation of Xiang Yu. People have always attached great importance to the word "benevolence" in this word, but they don't know that "female" is the key. Han Xin explained the word like this: "Wang sees people respect and love it, spits and spits, people are sick, and they eat it in tears, which makes people suffer from meritorious deeds. This is the so-called woman's benevolence. "
You see, his benevolence and righteousness is more of an attitude. He will shed tears for other people's illness and show kindness. When it comes to real interests, such as when he wants to reward his subordinates, he is very stingy. What's more, "those who destroy it blame the world, and the people are not attached to themselves, especially grabbing Wei Qiang's ear." Although the name is overbearing, it really loses the heart of the world. "Han Xin named such hypocrisy as" woman ",which seems that the concept of women is quite backward, but it must be said that this kind of" goodness "can indeed be more reflected among women.
In ancient society, women, as a vulnerable group, relied more on interpersonal relationships and needed to win a good reputation, which made them often exaggerate their feelings and were unwilling to really pay.
As for reality, I have a relative who tells about other people's tragic experiences. No one is softer and more prone to tears than her. After completing this low-cost emotional consumption, if she is asked to donate a dime to others, she will stamp her boots, straighten her clothes and look at the shadow of the sun like Jia Qiang, saying that it's getting late and suddenly the soil is gone.
Baochai is a gentleman, and being kind to her is not so much a moral appeal as a way of behavior. This clever woman has long understood that there is no eternal prosperity in the world. She said to Mrs. Wang, "My aunt knows my family very well. Was my home so deserted that day? "
She doesn't have the blind sense of security like Baoyu, and she doesn't think there is any way to keep her family business. She knows that the rise and fall of the world is inevitable. Although the family business can still be maintained, she is ready for decline. She restrained her emotions, simplified her daily needs, and tried to help others, because hardship is the norm, and people who are in trouble are the same kind. What she did for them was what she did for herself.
Therefore, her "affection" doesn't matter whether it exists or not, and there is no need to show it off. She only does it in the direction of benefiting others and benefiting herself, so she has become a heartless person who is not easy to be understood by everyone. (See Tencent's "Everyone" and Hong Yan's "Baochai's Ruthlessness and Affection")