Jia Baoyu Admires The Flowers
This wraps up the flower incident. While it seems like a pretty trivial and small thing, the way the author uses the simple task of gifting ornamental fake flowers to create character depth is absolutely fascinating. We’ll talk in the next commentary post about the game Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and the maids are playing – and then we’ll get to the bottom of the flower stuff in the commentary post after that.
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