Dai Yuchuan tells Granny Liu jokes.

The book A Dream of Red Mansions records that everyone laughed their heads off, but Xue Baochai didn't laugh, which may be due to the following reasons.

First, Xue Baochai's jokes are relatively high.

Others treat granny Liu like a monkey. These young ladies were born in aristocratic families since childhood, and they all met similar people. Ordinary people like granny Liu really came into contact with her for the first time. They find it fresh and interesting. In particular, granny Liu broke the jar and fell, simply lowering her status to please everyone.

Grandma Liu's behavior is very funny, but it's just some jokes that are not on the table in the streets and lanes. For Xue Baochai, such jokes are vulgar in her view. She is a well-read person and she has a good upbringing. In the face of grandma Liu's jokes, she may not be able to trigger her jokes.

What about her jokes? Her joke is about Lin Daiyu. When Lin Daiyu used it? Mother locust? When comparing Granny Liu, Xue Baochai echoed with a smile. It is this kind of high-level joke that she likes, such as grandma Liu's kind of low-level joke, and she can't say a punch line.

Second, Xue Baochai saw her own shadow from Granny Liu.

Granny Liu came to Jiafu for a clear purpose, that is, asking for money. Grandma Liu's performance and purpose are contemptuous, but grandma Liu didn't hide the purpose of her visit, as everyone knows. Everything she wants to see, the sandpaper that Lin Daiyu put on the window, and the leftover snacks that everyone wants to pack and take away.

Granny Liu came to Jia's house to beg for food because of poor economic conditions at home. Xue Baochai isn't it? Because the Xue family's business declined, her mother took her to Jiafu, hoping that she could marry Baoyu and help the Xue family regain its glory.

In a way, there is no substantial difference between her and granny Liu. Even she can't ask for things as readily as Granny Liu.