You Lao Niang is You's stepmother, the mother of You Erjie and You Sanjie, the mother-in-law of Jia Zhen and Jia Lian, and the grandmother of Jia Rong.
This character can be described as "strange". Not only is she the only woman who marries twice in "Dream of the Red Chamber", but the more she marries, the better, she has become the "mother-in-law" of Jia Zhen and Jia Lian, and her life experience is also a bit legendary.
You Shi is not related to You Lao Niang by blood, and is itself Jia Zhen's step-in-law, and Jia Zhen's son-in-law is not so close to You Lao Niang.
However, Second Sister You was born to Old Lady You, and Jia Lian's marriage to Second Sister You as a second room is different from a concubine, and she can be regarded as old Lady You's real son-in-law.
You Lao Niang did not appear too much in the original text, and suddenly appeared and had a hasty ending, which was covered up in the light of You Second Sister and You Third Sister, so that her ending was unknown, there was no result, and people had to be curious.
After You Sanjie crossed her sword and killed herself, she frightened everyone into giving first aid. Old Lady You cried while scolding Liu Xianglian, but it didn't help in the end. The funeral of You Sanjie was also the burial of You Lao niang and You Erjie, Jia Zhen, and Jia Lian, and sent them to be buried outside the city.
At this point, Old Lady You suddenly disappeared. When Wang Xifeng went to pick up Second Sister You, and after Second Sister You committed suicide by swallowing gold, Old Lady You never appeared again. Sister You's funeral did not mention her again.
So, where is Old Lady You? The original text does not mention a word, which seems very strange and unreasonable.
Personal opinion is that Old Lady You took a step ahead of Second Sister You and confirmed that she was dead.
The original text does not mention the life and death of Old Lady You, and it is said that a good one will not die.
However, if Old Lady You did not die, Second Sister You would certainly not be able to follow Wang Xifeng into the Jia Mansion. The ancients were above the ethics of husband and wife, and there were parents. Old Lady You has no son to support, and Second Sister You cannot abandon it. At least, we had to wait for Jia Lian to return and arrange for her mother before entering Jia Province.
After You Erjie married Jia Lian, You Lao Niang and You Third Sister had been living with You Erjie, and did not return to You's family, and the You family had long been gone. But when Wang Xifeng went to pick up Second Sister You, Old Lady You was no longer there.
(Sixty-eighth time) Second Sister You said busily: "Since I met my sister today, I will only rely on my sister to take care of everything when I go in." I have also come to a shallow life, nor have I ever been a homemaker, and the world does not understand how to dare to be the master. Take these cages in. I don't have anything, and that's just the second master's. ”
Second Sister You did not mention her mother at all, and Old Lady You did not appear. If Old Lady You is alive, it is impossible for her to not come out to see each other, and Second Sister You will not be able to pat her ass and leave, only when Old Lady You is dead.
But how did Old Lady You die?
Although You Lao Niang is said to be a "grandmother", her actual age is not very old. You Second Sister and You Third Sister are only double ten years old, and Old Lady You will die in her forties no matter how old she is, and she is not ten years older than You Shi and eight years old.
The original text wrote You Lao Niang extremely old, which is regarded as a "provincial pen", which is convenient for the author to write. For example, in the sixty-fifth time, it is mentioned that You Lao Niang is "old and snoozing" and often cannot lie down. In fact, her real age may not be as old as Lady Xing and Lady Wang.
Since the original text does not mention the end of You Lao Niang's life and death, it is inferred from reason and reality that You Lao Niang died, and you can only peel back the cocoon to find clues to support it. After all, there are still clues.
For example, You Lao Niang is sleepy. Although it is more likely that she intends to "facilitate" her two daughters and avoid seeing the embarrassing affair with Jia Zhen Jia Rong's father and son.
But it is also true that Old Lady You is lazy and snoozing. Jia Rong went home and messed with the two aunts, and You Sanjie was not happy, so she went back to the back and called up her mother.
This detail shows that you are not in good health, relatively weak, or do not rule out the problem of some modern medicine talking about the "three highs" of the elderly. The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic summarizes it into five categories: "elimination, servant attack, fullness, rebellion, and partial dryness".
No matter what the reason, Old Lady You was not in good health, and she watched Ascent You kill herself in front of her. Mother and daughter are connected, convulsions and sadness, waiting until you Sanjie's death suddenly can't do it, it is not impossible.
Therefore, after Sister You's death, she didn't mention Old Lady You, and it could only be that she was already dead.
(The seventieth time) Jia Lian couldn't, so she had to talk to Shi Jue again, so she lit a hole above Third Sister You and broke the ground to bury it. On that day, the funeral was only between the clan and Wang Xin and his wife, and you's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Sister Feng should not care, only rely on him to handle it.
Second Sister You was buried above Third Sister You, without mentioning Old Lady You. After all, Yu You's stepmother is You's stepmother and is eligible to be buried in the You family cemetery with You's father.
You Lao Niang's second marriage to You Lao's father is not a woman with a "woman's way". Because she tasted the sweetness through remarriage, she deliberately cultivated her daughter to climb the rich, and even sacrificed her innocence, and finally the bamboo basket hit the water empty...
The three mothers and daughters of You Lao Niang died in numbers, and like the three members of Qin Keqing's family, they became the unjust souls who died under the decayed and degenerate body of the Jia family. I have to say sad, lamentable, pitiful!
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