Dream of the Red Chamber: Turning the Tide

To make *Dream of the Red Chamber* a good and enjoyable read, it really shouldn't have an overly arrogant, cool, and domineering male protagonist! Especially in *Dream of the Red Chamber*! A little bit of showing off is understandable! Author, you need to control that!

Jia Yucun was merely Lin Daiyu's tutor, a private school teacher, not her master. He couldn't address her as "Master"; their relationship was purely employer-employee, and there was no formal apprenticeship.

The beginning was quite good, with no major flaws. However, it felt like the author wrote "at will," arbitrarily using modern knowledge to crush the "wisdom of the ancients." They allowed the author free access to high-ranking families and imperial palaces, as if a little modern knowledge could fool royalty? That's too simplistic!

This is so cringeworthy! A thirteen-year-old with no power or influence, and this outsider meddling in so many things—isn't that just asking for trouble? He's jumping around like a clown, treating everyone like idiots, forcibly lowering their intelligence, forcing a pairing... And this outsider running around the inner quarters? Is that even possible?

Lin Daiyu, from a family of four generations of nobles, with her father being a top scholar, came from a scholarly family. She was intelligent, sensitive, and perceptive; sensitive people are generally wary and cautious around unfamiliar people. The breakthrough in the Jia-Lin relationship occurred when Lin Daiyu returned from Yangzhou, around the age of 13.

I really can't hold back anymore. A single estate in the Ningguo Mansion earns at least four or five thousand taels of silver. Wu Jinxiao mentioned this briefly when he arrived: "Even if the economy is bad, each estate still brings in over 2500 taels a year. The Ningguo Mansion has eight or nine estates; that's tens of thousands of taels a year. It's not worth killing someone over 240 taels."

Is it really appropriate for a 9-year-old to write the *Di Zi Gui* (Standards for Being a Good Student and Child)? There's never been anything like this in China's five thousand years of history. It would be more appropriate if you were older, around fifteen or sixteen, and had passed the imperial examinations.

Dear author, I personally suggest that the "Standards for Being a Good Student" is written too early. The protagonist simply cannot uphold it, and at only 9 years old, he is too young. It is not suitable for him to be both literate and martial. He should be at least close to 15 years old. "The tallest tree in the forest will be felled by the wind." It would be better to write him when he is older.

LOL, this is the first time I've ever seen a protagonist who wants to save Jia Rui. I left as soon as I saw that part.

Is this monthly pass real? 75,000 Words, 760 monthly passes.