In Chapter 40 of the book, Tanchun smiled and said: Don’t blame the old lady, it’s all what Grandma Liu said. Lin Daiyu hurriedly laughed and said: No, it's all his words. He is the grandma of that family, just call him a "mother locust", and everyone started laughing.

As for why Grandma Liu is called the mother locust, it depends on the previous story. Grandma Liu brought fresh fruits and vegetables from home to Jia’s family, but Jia’s mother, Wang Xifeng and others left a banquet. Tourist Grand View Garden. During this period, Wang Xifeng and Yuanyang made fun of Grandma Liu, put flowers on their heads, and then started touring the garden. Grandma Liu wanted to please Mother Jia, pretending to be crazy and acting stupid all the way, making everyone happy. It was her hard performance that led to her successful return.

Daiyu ridiculed Grandma Liu as a female locust. This incident constantly became the basis for her harshness and harshness, and even became a personal stain, feeling that she did not respect the working people.

It seems to us that saying this does not damage her image, but it is normal to think about it from another perspective. After Lin Daiyu finished speaking, everyone laughed, and Baoyu also praised her for her quick thinking, which shows that everyone thought so.

In Lin Daiyu's view, Grandma Liu came to Jia's house to beg for a living. In order to please everyone, she deliberately made a fool of herself and even gave up her dignity as a human being in order to get some money. Lin Daiyu happens to be a person with a very strong self-esteem. Although she loves to be petty in daily life, it is actually to protect her own self-esteem and not allow others to blaspheme. Naturally, she cannot like a humble and flattering person like Grandma Liu.

In addition, Lin Daiyu was born in a scholarly family. She didn’t know the sufferings of the common people. She grew up in fine clothes and fine food. How could she imagine that a banquet in the Grand View Garden would be so important? A year's worth of food for an ordinary family.

It’s good for a poor family like Grandma Liu to have enough to eat every day. Suddenly she saw a table of delicious fruits, and she ate and ate without caring about the image, like locusts passing through the border, sweeping away the clouds. Lin Daiyu naturally felt funny when she saw the image of Grandma Liu, so she compared her to a locust. This also illustrates the huge difference in life philosophy between the aristocracy and ordinary working people.

The characters in the book are described from many aspects. Although Grandma Liu is sophisticated in the Grand View Garden, she also has a simple and valuable side. If Lin Daiyu can live to witness Grandma Liu save her life at all costs Sister Qiao, my impression of her will be greatly improved.