Introduction to "Grandma Liu Enters the Grand View Garden":
In the countryside near the capital, there was a farmer named Wang Gouer, who married his wife Liu and gave birth to a son and a daughter. Wang Gou'er took care of the farm affairs and Mrs. Liu took care of the housework. When she was too busy, she took her mother-in-law Liu Laolao to live with her and asked her to take care of her. Old Liu was originally an old widow who was experienced in the world and familiar with people. After moving here, she devoted herself to helping her daughter and son-in-law live their lives. This year, there were serious floods and no harvests from the fields. Wang Gouer's family could no longer maintain their livelihood and were very anxious. Mr. Liu remembered that Mrs. Wang of Rongguo Mansion was Gou'er's distant aunt. He wanted to come to her to find a solution, but they were afraid of the disparity between the rich and the poor, so they refused to help. After some discussion, Mr. Liu finally summoned up the courage to go into the city and go to Rongguo Mansion. When Mr. Liu entered the Rongguo Mansion, the ladies and grandmothers all teased her for a while, but Mr. Liu dealt with it well with her humor, wit and experience of being worldly and humane. As a result, everyone in the Rongguo Mansion expressed a favorable impression of her. Before leaving, everyone gave her gifts and hoped that she would come again. Needless to say, Mr. Liu was very happy. In this story, we see the luxury and extravagance of Rongguo Mansion through the eyes of Mr. Liu. This kind of exploitative and parasitic life is in sharp contrast to the hard life of the majority of farmers. The former gets something for nothing, has enough to eat all day long, and makes fun of the poor; the latter works hard all year round, suffers exploitation and oppression, but does not get food and clothing. Here, we also see the simplicity, purity and enthusiasm of Mr. Liu from the countryside, which further exposes the corrupt and ugly side of the aristocratic family.