Lin Daiyu has been a character who has been talked about since it was written by Cao Gong, and the other woman who is generally used for comparison is Xue Baochai, another woman. In Jia Mansion, these two women can be said to be very rich. However, Lin Daiyu's father left her with a large inheritance after his death, but Xue Baochai was actually inferior to Daiyu because of his brother and mother. But what is strange is that Baochai often rescues others, but Daiyu has never helped others.
In the play, we can see that Shi Xiangyun and Xing Xiuyan have both been helped by Baochai. Because these two girls are not particularly rich in Jia's house, they can only rely on monthly routines to spend their lives, but their monthly routines are only two taels of silver, and some tips for the subordinates are removed, basically It's hard to get any money. And Baochai once gave out money to help Xiangyun organize a banquet, and helped Xiuyan redeem his cotton clothes, which made people admire Baochai's character.
But as a person whose parents have died and inherited a large family inheritance, why did she never act to help others? In fact, Lin Daiyu also has her own embarrassment. Although she has a lot of money in name, the money is actually kept in the hands of Jia's mother. She has no control at all. In fact, her monthly living expenses are only monthly. Plus some subsidies from my grandmother, it's not much more than other girls.
In addition, we have said from the above, in this big family, if you want to call people down, you have to give some tips or something, or some old women Such kind of people will not listen to their orders and chew their tongues. Moreover, Daiyu herself is a very sensitive girl. She always feels that she is not the master when she enters Jia Mansion, so she may give more in this respect, and she does not get much money every month, plus these expenses. It is estimated that there is not much left after the sale, so even if she really wants to help others, it is very difficult.
So although on the surface, Daiyu's fortune is still very much, it can be said that she is far richer than Baochai. But in reality, she did not have the right to use this property. The money she got was actually not much more than other girls. In addition, she also offered a reward, and she didn’t have any surplus money in her hands. Helping others, this is the sad part of ancient women.
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