The mother's greatest wish is to bring up her children one by one, help them get married and live up to their dead husbands. The eldest son Xin Yuan 19 years old. According to the local custom of early marriage, she is past the age of marriage. So be careful that his mother invited his daughter-in-law when he was studying in Suzhou Mongolian-Tibetan Reclamation School. The bride's surname is Xu Mingshu, and she is also from Qian Shan. She lives in JOE archway in Yuantan Town, and her ancestors are officials.
Mother knew that Zhang Henshui had a high spirit, and she loved reading novels of talented people and beautiful women since she was a child, and she had high requirements for women's appearance. She specially used a wheelbarrow to pull Zhang Henshui, and came to JOE archway for blind date. They were sitting under the stage, and the matchmaker pointed to a girl sitting in the distance. The Zhang family took a fancy to a beautiful and dignified girl, and Zhang Henshui agreed to this marriage.
The wedding day has finally arrived, suona is ringing, gongs and drums are loud, and firecrackers are ringing. The guests cheered and congratulated loudly, and the Zhang family was jubilant. The atmosphere reached its climax when the sedan chair entered the door.
After the bride and groom worship heaven and earth, the bride enters the bridal chamber. Zhang Henshui lifted the bride's red veil with a balance beam and suddenly became silly. The front teeth of the woman sitting in front of her showed her lips and her mouth couldn't close properly. Because of crying, a pink face has long been washed into a small ditch by tears, yellow and white, and turned into a big face. On her head, there is a red rope wrapped tightly, and Baba's head is high. Below is a pair of little feet wrapped around and let go of her. She is really an ugly girl in the country, far from being a beautiful image in her heart.
The switch ruined love.
It turns out that when dating, the matchmaker refers to the two beautiful girls, but the betrothal is the ugly girl. The Xu family used a despicable switch. Zhang Henshui was hit hard at once. He couldn't swallow this breath and slipped out of the door.
The guests went out to look for the groom's official, and finally found Zhang Henshui on a hill west of Xiazuizi outside the village. With the help of relatives and friends, Zhang Henshui had to return to the bridal chamber.
Zhang Henshui had to accept this fait accompli. His mother's arranged marriage put him in an extremely embarrassing position. He longs for free love and doesn't want to enter into this loveless marriage, but he knows that filial piety is fundamental and it is his duty to honor his mother. He didn't want to break his mother's heart and bear the crime of unfilial. He was caught in a dilemma.
The wife is angry and wants to sue.
Zhang Henshui had to accept this fait accompli, which was far from his ideal. He really didn't want to stay at home because of this shock. A few days later, he left home in the name of studying in Nanchang.
Zhang Henshui and Xu have no love. Although there may be a father who teaches in a private school, she can't read. She is a typical old-fashioned woman. After marriage, because she couldn't get Zhang Henshui's love, she vowed to read and write, and wanted to be a litigator to sue Zhang Henshui. Later, I was able to read and write, and I could understand the most simple Buddhist scriptures. Xu is filial and generous to her mother-in-law, who likes her better. Zhang Henshui has been supporting her. Later, I had two children with her. Unfortunately, both children died unfortunately.
Zhang Henshui's earliest novel "Acacia Southland" was serialized in Wuhu newspaper. This novel has been lost. From the analysis of its title, it is a romantic novel. It is no accident that Zhang Henshui became a romantic novelist, which undoubtedly has an important relationship with his unsatisfied love in real life. He needs to express his feelings by describing love. As a literati wandering in Beijing, Zhang Henshui always felt lonely, so at the suggestion of his friend, he went to a civilian workshop in Beiping to adopt street children and found his second wife Hu. "At that time, his feelings were a bit blank, and he expressed his love through this identity."
Although the second marriage gave Zhang Henshui a complete home, it did not completely settle him down. Xia Qiu doesn't know how to read. After Zhang Henshui taught her how to read, Hu was able to read newspapers later. In his later years, Hu told himself that I was playful and didn't work hard at that time. If I work harder, my cultural level will be better. Hu is a very good person, kind-hearted, simple and honest, outspoken, and never plays tricks with people, so she is very close to Zhang Henshui. Later, Zhang Henshui used his own money to run a newspaper called Nanjing People's Daily, which he founded when he was in Nanjing. He started it himself. I'm afraid he is the first writer in China to start his own newspaper with his own money. At this time, Hu is the most supportive person in the family. She donated a lot of jewelry and private money to provide funds for running a newspaper, which shows her profound understanding of justice. However, Hu's education level is far from that of Zhang Henshui. She doesn't understand Zhang Henshui's idea, and there is not much * * * communication between two people. The spiritual rift can't be bridged, so Zhang Henshui still feels lonely, and he is still waiting for the arrival of love. 193 1 year, the famous novelist Zhang Henshui's novel Crying and Laughing was published, which caused a sensation, but what excites Zhang Henshui, 36, is that at this moment, he really met his confidante in life. From about 1930 to 193 1, at a garden party in Beijing, Zhang Henshui met a woman who can sing and dance well. She is a high school student named Zhou in Chunming Girls' Middle School.
Zhou was born in a ruined bureaucratic family. Her father died early, and the family had a heavy burden. She likes reading Zhang Henshui's novels and singing Beijing Opera. She is clever, and Zhang Henshui likes Peking Opera very much. When Zhang Henshui first arrived in Beijing, he got his first salary and paid his debts for the first time. After paying the room and meals, there is only one yuan left, just this one yuan, and there is still one month left. But what Zhang Henshui saw was a theater where Mei Lanfang, Yang Xiaolou and Yu Shuyan performed together. The lowest ticket price was one yuan. He immediately bought a theater ticket with this one yuan and went to the theater. It can be seen that he loves Beijing opera. That's right, that is to say, he and Zhou, although he is ten years older than her, talk about Beijing opera and novels. They have many languages, and Zhou also falls in love with him. Therefore, Zhou is willing to be Zhang Henshui's outer room. Zhang Henshui found another good family and married Zhou. After the marriage, Zhang Henshui took out the words "Zhou" and "Nan" in The Book of Songs and ","in The Book of Songs, and renamed Zhou as and called her. Zhang Henshui found his love. Nan Zhou can sing, especially Peking Opera, and Zhang Henshui can play Jinghu, so Zhang Henshui plays Jinghu to accompany her. Nan Zhou is sociable and can accompany her husband to visit relatives and friends and receive guests. She is deeply loved by her mother-in-law. Although my sister-in-law is older than her, everyone respects her. She could read and later learned to write old-style poems, so Zhang Henshui's original dream of "reading black tea at night" finally came true.
During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, Nan Zhou did not avoid difficulties and obstacles, and came to Chongqing with his two sons. He fell in love with Zhang Henshui and had a hard time in the Anti-Japanese War. 1959 Nan Zhou died of cancer, and Zhang Henshui suffered a heavy blow.