Why does Lin Daiyu only live in three small rooms, while Xue Baochai lives in five big rooms?

The Xiaoxiang Pavilion where Lin Daiyu lives is actually not only three small rooms. The scenery of Xiaoxiang Pavilion is the best in all the courtyards of Daguan Garden. When Jia Yuanchun came to visit her relatives in Daguan Garden, she also chose Xiaoxiang Pavilion to live because she liked the unique scenery here best.

The scenery of Xiaoxiang Pavilion described in A Dream of Red Mansions is as follows: Once inside, there are three small rooms, one is dark, and the other is a bed and a few meters. There is another small gate from the back room, which leads to the backyard. There are large plants of iron pears and plantains in the backyard, and there are two unique retrogrades next to them. There is a gap in the wall of the backyard, from which springs are pouring out. It turns out that this is a spring eye. The water in the spring came out and poured over the bamboo planted around it along the wall.

From this pattern, we can probably see that the Xiaoxiang Pavilion where Lin Daiyu lives has a large courtyard and beautiful scenery. Although it looks like three rooms, it is actually three rooms connected. If subdivided, these three houses contain at least 9 rooms. There are still two retrogressive rooms behind the courtyard, and retrogression refers to the rooms where servants and maids rest.

The geomantic pattern of Xiaoxiang Pavilion is also very good, with mountains at the back and bamboo forests at the back, and the winding corridors in the courtyard are small but exquisite. So it can be seen that Xiaoxiang Pavilion is a courtyard with unique scenery and exquisite design. This design pattern is also in line with Lin Daiyu's character and temperament.

At that time, when the Grand View Garden allocated houses to the girls, it was also Lin Daiyu who chose them first. In the matter of choosing a house, Lin Daiyu is ahead of Xue Baochai. Therefore, the Jia family did not treat Lin Daiyu badly in choosing a house.

Jia Baoyu nominated Xiaoxiang Pavilion as? There is Feng Laiyi? In fact, it implies that Xiaoxiang Pavilion was once the place where Jia Yuanchun stayed. If this place is really small, poor and shabby, how can the imperial concubine live in this place?

So according to Cao Xueqin's description, the Xiaoxiang Pavilion where Lin Daiyu lives is the best house in the Grand View Garden.