Grandma Liu made a joke in public, why was Xue Baochai the only one not laughing?

Grandma Liu made a joke in public in the Grand View Garden. Everyone laughed so hard that Xue Baochai did not laugh. This was because Xue Baochai had a different background from others. She felt sad because she felt the same way, thinking that she, like Grandma Liu, was just a person to be laughed at in front of these powerful people.

Xue Baochai is the main character in Dream of Red Mansions. She was born into the Xue family, one of the four major families. Her father died young, leaving only an unsatisfactory brother. But the Xue family is different from the other three families. The Xue family is a merchant. According to later generations' speculation, her father should have been the person who secretly collected information from the emperor. However, after her father died and her brother failed to live up to his expectations, this position was naturally taken back by the emperor, and the Xue family was no different from ordinary businessmen. Even because of his brother's failure, the Xue family was getting worse day by day. Xue Baochai even came to Beijing to be a candidate for palace maid, but was rejected. It can be seen that the Xue family is no longer what it used to be and can only rely on the Jia family and the Wang family.

Although there is no one in the court who can support him in Rongguo Mansion, his background is still there and he belongs to the powerful class. Even Lin Daiyu, who was living under someone else's roof, was also a daughter of a wealthy family. Her father was a powerful minister, so she was much higher than the daughter of a merchant. Although Xichun Tanchun and others were born as concubines, they were also the daughters of princes and princes, and they were not the same as the women of merchants.

Grandma Liu was a poor person. She got in touch with this big family because of the autumn wind. She also knew that she went to Jia's house just to make everyone laugh, but she could only coax these noble people into Only when she is happy can she get some silver and go home, so Grandma Liu works very hard to show her vulgar and ridiculous side. Everyone present was a young lady who lived in the backyard. They had never seen such a vulgar person, so they naturally burst out laughing, but Xue Baochai did not laugh.

Because she has experienced the warmth and warmth of human relationships since she was a child, she feels that she and Grandma Liu are actually the same when facing the nobles of the Jia family. Grandma Liu pretends to be crazy in order to get silver coins, while Xue Baochai pretends to be crazy in order to get silver coins. The protection of the Jia family can only make oneself watertight. Both of them had to swallow their bitterness just to survive, and they were fundamentally different from these aristocratic ladies who did not eat the fireworks of the world.