Jia Fu tells jokes at the banquet. Why didn't Wang Xifeng tell them it was funny?

Wang Xifeng told two jokes, which seemed nothing. In fact, there was a big secret, which implied the fate of Jia Fu's rise and fall!

The first joke told by Wang Xifeng was this: The family, also in the first half of the first month, enjoyed the lanterns and drank, which was really lively. Grandmother, grandmother, granddaughter, great-grandson and granddaughter, grandson, grandson, grandson, grandson, grandson, grandson, grandson, grandson, grandson, grandson, grandson, grandson, grandson, grandson, grandson, granddaughter-

When Wang Xifeng opened her mouth, she told such a big string. This joke has no beginning or end. The curious grandmother asked her, "What do you say?" Feng thought for a moment and said with a smile, "We sat downstairs for a whole room, drank all night, and then broke up." Please note that Wang Xifeng, who usually tells jokes so well, should have a lot of jokes in her stomach. Why did she "think" about telling this joke?

The joke is like this: Let's talk about a person who carried a house-sized firecracker outside the city on the first day of the first month, which attracted tens of thousands of people to watch. An impatient man couldn't wait, so he stole the incense and lit it. With a splash, everyone laughed. The firecracker complained that the welding of firecrackers was not strong, so why didn't they break up before they were finished? Xiangyun said, didn't he hear it himself? Feng said with a smile, I am deaf.

This is a joke about firecrackers. Fans who are familiar with the Red Mansion should be able to think of it. Before the Lantern Festival, Yuan Chun once did a lantern riddle about firecrackers. Is this a coincidence? Of course not! It's Cao Gong's consistent brushwork to write great sorrow in great joy and to be a prophet. In the 22nd time of the original text, the riddle goes like this: You can kill the demon, and your body is like a bundle of thunder. The shock was frightening, and when I looked back, it had turned to dust. The answer is firecrackers. The first two sentences talk about the popularity of Jia Yuanchun, and the last two sentences talk about the tragic fate of a short life.

Let's look at Wang Xifeng's jokes again. It's still the Lantern Festival, and the firecrackers are scattered before they are released. It seems to imply two meanings. The first layer means that Yuan Chun in the palace died short-lived, and he fell out of favor and died before he could fully pamper Jia Fu. The first floor means that Jia Fu's heyday has passed, and it has reached the time of decline and even death.

The joke about deaf people not hearing firecrackers seems to be a kind of irony. The Jia family are deaf, and they didn't expect the decline. They didn't expect the death of their family to come so soon. After hearing the joke, they all laughed.

Then someone asked what happened to the first joke. Wang Xifeng said a word, even boasting. Wang Xifeng said, "It's so verbose. The next day is 16, and the year is over and the festival is over. I watched people busy collecting things, but I still didn't know. There are still things below. " What is the year-end festival? The natural peak has passed and everyone is busy.

Looking back at the whole story, Wang Xifeng said that these two jokes happened in the fifty-fourth episode of the original text, but according to research, the Red Chamber should be one hundred and eight episodes, and the fifty-fourth episode happened to be the end of half of the Red Chamber, that is, 1969. From the writing point of view, the first half of the Red Chamber talks about the prosperity of the Jia family. From the next part, that is, the fifty-fifth chapter, the second half of the Red Chamber talks about the decline of the Jia family, and many ominous events continue.

Therefore, Wang Xifeng's two jokes seem to be completely unrelated. In fact, one is the end of the first half of the Red Mansion, and the other is the beginning of the second half of the Red Mansion, which is a great turning point in the rise and fall of the Jia family. This turning point is closely related to the situation Yuan Chun faced in the palace, so we should not interpret it roughly.

Obviously, this joke is now made up, that is, everyone made it up from Jia Mu, and it is about Jia Mu at this time. In order to please Jia Mu and let Jia Mu feel the family happiness of her children and grandchildren, she carefully matched jokes with people in Jia Fu, so that everyone could find their relationship with Jia Mu. For example, Lin Daiyu's granddaughter, Xue Baochai's aunt's granddaughter, Shi Xiangyun's aunt's granddaughter, Jia Baoyu's own grandson, Jia Rong's nephew, Jia Lan's great-grandson and so on.

Wang Xifeng's joke also reflects from the side that the Jia family is in its heyday and its population is prosperous. This kind of joke is actually not funny when it is told in the Lantern Festival, so everyone's reaction is "everyone is still waiting to talk about it, but it is cold and tasteless", but it is enough to please the old lady, because it just caters to her state and psychology at this time.

Although this joke is not funny, it is a true portrayal of Jia Quansheng's period. At this time, everyone gathered together, the population was prosperous, the family business was peaceful, and wealth was temporary. As the elder of Jia family, he enjoys all the glory.

In order to cater to everyone's taste, Wang Xifeng immediately told a second joke, which made everyone laugh, but suddenly revealed the inevitable fate of Jia's decline.