Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden to make a joke and made everyone laugh. Why was Baochai the only one who didn’t laugh?

The book "Dream of Red Mansions" records that everyone laughed so hard that Xue Baochai did not laugh. This may be due to the following reasons.

First, Xue Baochai’s laugh point is relatively high.

Everyone else looked at Grandma Liu like a monkey charmer. These ladies and ladies were born in aristocratic families since childhood and were exposed to similar groups of people. This is indeed the first time for a small person in the market like Grandma Liu. They find it fresh and interesting. Especially since Grandma Liu was so stubborn, she simply lowered her status to please everyone.

Although Grandma Liu’s behavior is funny, it is just a joke that cannot be staged in the market. For Xue Baochai, she found such jokes vulgar. She is a well-educated person and has a good education. The jokes told by Grandma Liu may not trigger her laughter.

Where is her laughter? The point of her smile was Lin Daiyu. When Lin Daiyu used "mother locust" to compare Grandma Liu, Xue Baochai laughed and even agreed. What she likes is this kind of high-level jokes. She can't get the laugh out of some low-level jokes like Grandma Liu's.

Second, Xue Baochai somewhat saw his own shadow in Grandma Liu.

Grandma Liu’s purpose of coming to Jia Mansion is very clear, she is here to ask for money. Grandma Liu's performance and purpose were both disdainful to people, but Grandma Liu did not hide the purpose of her trip, and everyone knew it. She wanted all the good things she saw. She wanted them when she saw the sandpaper Lin Daiyu used to cover the windows. She also wanted to take them away when she saw the leftover snacks eaten by everyone.

Grandma Liu came to Jia Mansion to ask for some charity because her family's financial situation was not good. So why not Xue Baochai? Because the Xue family's business was in decline, her mother took her to Jia's house, hoping that she could marry Baoyu and help the Xue family regain its glory.

From a certain level, there is no real difference between her and Grandma Liu. Even she can't be as frank when asking for things like Grandma Liu.