Lin Daiyu's grandfather is a marquis, his grandfather is a duke, his father is a flower explorer, and his mother is an imperial concubine. She must be literate.
Xue Baochai's ancestors didn't have such a high-ranking aristocrat, but the imperial merchant was not a "businessman", otherwise Aunt Xue, the descendant of the earl and the sister of a senior official, wouldn't have married an ordinary "businessman".
What happened to the emperor? I won't describe it in detail here. It can be understood as an official of the emperor or a boss of a state-owned enterprise.
Xue Baochai's qualification shows that her social class is not the daughter of a "businessman", but an upper-class lady like Lin Daiyu.
Some young ladies, all upper-class ladies, have embarked on the road of caring for their husbands and educating their children. They have a second husband, a first son and a first grandson. They are all brilliant and glorious.
This is of course a well-trained aristocratic style. However, some people are willful and willing to break the rules.
Both at home and abroad.
This is certainly not a disciplined lady, but it is not petty.
Xue Baochai doesn't want to be disciplined, nor does she choose to be disciplined for her own benefit, nor can she be disciplined without her own opinions.
She was naughty since she was a child. What idle books has she not read? But her family can't get up. She had no choice. For the sake of her family, she can only give up herself.
And she may have seen that the so-called self-persistence doesn't make much sense.
Lin Daiyu thought that her life was already a tragedy. Why was she punished?
Even if she strictly abides by the demeanor of a good family, can her parents survive?
Can her body be healthy?
Can she control her own destiny?
She doesn't need or want to be responsible for anyone except Baoyu.
Xue Baochai won't step on the threshold and bite a handkerchief. She can only say "fart" and spit casually.
But she said to the women earnestly, I have won the benefits for you, so don't be ungrateful.
When her brother goes out, she wants to invite the waiter to dinner. She is used to satirizing Jia Huan's servant Yingying face to face.
It can be seen that in private, she is a heartbroken housekeeper, not a pampered family at all.
Does any lady know about pawn tickets? Tanchun doesn't know anything that can sell money. She knew she could sell it.
Since her father died, she has been a qualified housewife in a big family.
But it doesn't prevent her from dropping her schoolbag occasionally to show off, joking with her sisters occasionally, losing her temper with the maid occasionally, and being shy in front of Baoyu. After all, she is still a girl.
Lin Daiyu is unforgiving, caring, sarcastic and sometimes careless.
However, she will still generously reward her servants, saying that she will delay gambling, write first-class poems, have high literary accomplishment, can let grandma introduce Nanan toffee to them, and also have aristocratic women's picky cleanliness.
Besides, aristocratic women should study and have foresight. She is no worse than anyone else.
The most important thing is that Lin Daiyu has an independent world outlook and is willing to stick to it. She refused to bow to the secular world that violated her value orientation, and she hoped to complete her thinking.
Although she is only a young girl, as a philosopher and poet, her pursuit is lofty.
This is not in line with women's discipline, but it is the character of intellectuals.
With this character, Du Fu, who begged everywhere, would not be considered a beggar. Being disciplined is not necessarily the inevitable choice of a good family, and superficial modesty is not necessarily without private pain.
Petty can be a temperament that dares to play because of its high status, and those who admire elegance and vulgarity may be the most "coming" ladies in the upper class.
However, when it comes to fine products, who is not embarrassed?
Cao Xueqin tried to write the characters out of the frame, and the reader wanted to put them in the frame, which was quite embarrassing.