Third Sister Zhang Zhaohe: Affectionate but always ruthless (4)

Third sister is the third child of the Zhang family and is doomed to be unpopular. It is said that her mother cried as soon as she landed. Grandma is very unhappy because she wants a grandson.

Zhao and Memory: I am insignificant in the sorority, but I also have its advantages, that is, I am more free. No one loves you, no one cares about you, and you are free. Black face, chubby, not worried about getting sick. No one to play with me, I'm bored alone.

She is not a very expressive person. When I was a child, my second sister robbed her of candy. She dare not take it back. She just wanted to cry, but she was beaten by the second sister and said, don't cry. If you cry again, I'll hit you. She had to pout and hold back her tears.

Yunhe and Zhao He are about the same age, and they have lived together since childhood. They are as good as one person and have nothing to say, but after all, there is still a difference between one black and one white, one fat and one thin.

Although the second sister Yunhe is in poor health, she has an excellent brain. She kept all the "bad things" that Zhao He did in mind, but Zhao He just refused to admit it and argued like a child that "there is no such thing!"

Zhaohe couldn't do the girl's work, so she sewed a knot on the front of the cloth, leaving a laughing stock for Yunhe for decades.

Father hired a woman to teach the three sisters music, dance and math. At home, they bought sportswear and soft-soled shoes. After putting them on, the sisters proudly took a photo. After the photo was brought, the three sisters scrambled to see it. Zhao and Ding grabbed it playfully and shouted, "Ugly, ugly!" Neither the elder sister nor the second sister stopped her. She cut off her face.

Sister Yuanhe has kept this photo. Later, she sent the remake to Yun and Zhao and everyone else. As soon as he got the photo, Yun and his ear immediately sounded ominous and naughty: ugly, ugly. ...

1928, China Shanghai Institute.

A person standing on the podium, looking at the crowd below, can't say a well-prepared opening remark. He just stood there for more than ten minutes, and the students looked at him like a shy child. They were embarrassed with each other, and the students didn't boo. Maybe they realized their gaffes. He turned around and wrote on the blackboard: "This is my first class, and I saw many of you." ? The students burst out laughing. Instead of laughing at the teacher's timidity, they thought he was cute and contained his fears with laughter.

This teacher is Shen Congwen.

Among the four sisters of the Zhang family, it is not beautiful. She has dark skin, good schoolwork and better physical education. She is the first all-around woman in China public schools. She is silent and introverted, but Shen Congwen thinks all this is just right. He loves this black peony wholeheartedly.

I fell in love with Zhao He at first sight, and Shen Congwen began to write her love letters, one by one, to express her affection.

Zhang Zhaohe was so cold that she hardly answered his letter.

As a teacher, he began to pursue this female student. At that time, Zhang Zhaohe had many suitors and many boys wrote love letters to her. She compiled these love letters into Frog 1, Frog 2 and Frog 3 ... After reading them, they were put in the drawer and never came back.

After receiving the letter from teacher Shen Congwen, she was shocked, but did not reply after reading it. Zhang Yunhe, the second sister, said with a smile that this can only be ranked as "Toad 13".

When Shen Congwen told Hu Shi about it, the excellent "love ambassador" generously offered to help Shen Congwen solve the problem, thinking that it should not be too difficult if he came forward. However, President Hu clearly overestimated his own energy.

Hu Shi said to Zhang Zhaohe, "He loves you stubbornly."

Zhang Zhaohe's answer is both stubborn and proud. She said, "I stubbornly don't love him."

"I have crossed bridges in many places, seen clouds many times and drunk many kinds of wine, but I have only loved one person at the right age."

Shen Congwen wrote a love letter for Zhang Zhaohe for four years, but he never left a day for four years. Shen Congwen's infatuation drove Zhang Zhaohe to the point of no return.

Another literary youth, Ba Jin, gave him an idea to buy books for Miss Zhang-but Miss San was not at home, and the second sister allowed him to come out and have a look. Seeing that the sun is so bright, tell him to come in and wait for Miss San to come back. It is estimated that Shen Congwen was already nervous at that time. When I heard that Miss San was not at home, I whispered "I'll go" and turned and ran away.

Second sister said that people came all the way to see you for nothing, and you still have to invite them to play at home.

Helplessly condescended to Shen Congwen's hotel.

At that time, Shen Congwen was lying in bed and Miss San knocked at the door. He opened the door and was surprised.

Miss San looked at him like that, but because of the second sister's orders, she had to continue to say, there are many brothers and sisters in my family. Come and play.

In this way, Shen Congwen lived in Suzhou for a week and ran to the Zhang family every day. All the brothers and sisters of the Zhang family are deeply impressed by him.

After living in Suzhou for a period of time, Shen Congwen left with nostalgia and hope. Before leaving, he specifically told Zhao He: "If dad agrees, let me know as soon as possible and let me have a sweet meal." Allow and help him propose to his father. With permission, he quickly sent a telegram to his third brother-in-law. There is only one word "allow" on it, which indicates both agreement and the name of the sender.

Afraid that the second brother Shen couldn't understand it, he secretly sent him a telegram: "Let's have a sweet drink in the country!" " "

Zhao He finally chose to accept Shen Congwen, of course, because "his letters are so good", and he could not do without the help of his family.

The headmaster also said that Shen Congwen was good, and the second sister also said that Shen Congwen was good. Everyone says Shen Congwen is good. Miss San can't carry it any longer. She began to wonder whether she was too indifferent and whether she really should be with this talented young artist.

"No matter whether his enthusiasm is sincere or decorated with words, I always feel that I have done something wrong, which makes others fall into misfortune. I am very sad." These are Miss Zhang's exact words.

/kloc-0 September 9, 933 was the happiest day in Shen Congwen's life. This person who has been in love for four years finally got married. At the beginning of their marriage, Shen Congwen and Zhang Zhaohe had a happy time sipping the wine of love together.

Shen Congwen called Zhang Zhaohe Sansan, Shen Congwen called Zhang Zhaohe Sansan, and Zhang Zhaohe called him Second Brother. He also wrote a novel called Sansan. The protagonists in his works are all slightly dark-skinned, beautiful, handsome and straightforward women, much like Zhang Zhaohe.

In the second year after marriage, I had my eldest son Shen Longzhu, and in the fourth year after marriage, I had my second son Shen Huchu. In this family, Shen Congwen speaks Xiangxi dialect, Miss Sanfei speaks Hefei dialect, Xiaolong speaks Beijing dialect and Xiaohu speaks Kunming dialect, which is really interesting.

Fairy tales always end in this way: the prince and princess live happily ever after. However, marriage is a Dojo for one's practice.

Among the four sisters, Zhao He's fate is the most bumpy. After several years of marriage, Mr. Shen Congwen's ambiguous relationship with Gao, a poetess, has always been an eternal pain in his heart.

Around 1935, Shen Congwen had something to visit former Prime Minister Xiong Xiling of the Republic of China, but he was not there that day. He was received by Gao, a tutor of the Xiong family. I didn't expect the two of them to chat happily. Later, they were destined to meet again. On that occasion, Gao Ba dressed up beautifully, still according to the style of the heroine in his novel.

This made Shen Congwen very happy, and the two really got closer and closer, and once they reached the edge of the restricted area. Later, Shen Congwen confessed to Zhang Zhaohe because he couldn't stand the suffering of this kind of ethics. Naturally, Zhang Zhaohe returned to her family angrily.

Shen Congwen has no choice. At this time, he thought of someone who could help him solve this problem. He rushed to Liang's house and told Lin the whole story. For emotional infidelity of Shen Congwen, Lin commented as follows: "His poetic temperament created his rebellion and made him confused and conflicted with life."

After the July 7th Incident, Shen Xian went to the south to look for a job and walked from Beijing to Kunming for eight months. In the meantime, he has been writing to Miss San, asking her to take her children from Beijing to Kunming. In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is unthinkable for Miss San to walk around with her two young sons (an unusually active four-year-old and a starving one) and her sister-in-law.

Shen Congwen is romantic and literary, while Zhang Zhaohe is rational and pragmatic.

After liberation, Shen Congwen, who was called a flour scholar by Guo Moruo, was under great psychological pressure and committed suicide. Liang Sicheng and Lin invited Shen Congwen to their home in Tsinghua to recuperate.

Soon, after receiving her husband's letter, Zhao He wrote back-I read the letter and felt very weak. There are few such friendships in the world ... but people are kind to us, and they are kind to us for free, which makes me feel so sad! I heard that Hui has asthma herself. I hope you can pull yourself together and stop adding your worries to those of your friends. Your body and nerves can recover in their home, and she is not the only one who is happy.

Zhao He is very concerned about Shen Congwen's writing and whether he will go all out to stop writing. "You are not fit to write critical articles," she told him. She thinks that humorous essays will ruin the writer's talent. She thinks these essays are "trivial matters" and doesn't want her husband to concentrate on writing such things.

She said to Congwen: "You have your true colors, clean and simple, and it is not suitable to put on any mask. You are a good man, but unfortunately you are spoiled by all kinds of inappropriate tricks. "

When her husband was most confused and difficult, it was Zhao He who supported the family.

1969 ——1972, Zhao He was sent to Wuqi cadre school in Xianning, Hubei Province to pick up manure for farming, and then transferred to Danjiang cadre school in Hubei Province. The second sister agreed, and heard that Zhao He picked dung to farm, and Bing Xin became a pair of red.

Hong Ling (daughter of Yuan He's elder sister) lamented: San Gu's hard-working spirit is really admirable. In any case, she can't be regarded as the last spoiled weak woman in the family. In her later years, she was able to bear such heavy physical labor in the cadre school, and her toes were deformed. Later, when she returned to the capital, she became a shoemaker with honor. My third aunt boasted with relish that the technology was quite good!

Shen Congwen and Zhang Zhaohe seldom get together because of their incompatible personalities. Both of them are in Beijing, but they live in two places. Shen Congwen ate and left every day, and his children were all over the house, but he didn't even say a few words.

They love each other, but they torture each other like this.

Nevertheless, no matter when, Zhang Zhaohe is the most beautiful scenery in Shen Congwen's eyes.

1969, "Shen Congwen stood in a messy room. He took out a crumpled letter from his bulging pocket and said to me,' This is the first letter she (Zhang Zhaohe, now sent to Xianning, Hubei) gave me. "He held up the letter, looking very shy and gentle ... then he cried, and the old man who was almost seventy years old cried as sad and happy as a child. "

1988, 10 In May, Shen Congwen passed away peacefully and returned to his dream of Xiangxi. Left the infinite attachment to the white-haired Sansan: "Third sister, I am sorry for you." These are his last words.

This outstanding novelist and cultural relic researcher has published more than 30 collections of short stories and 6 novellas in his life. He is one of the few modern writers in China who enjoys world reputation.

Zhang Chonghe, the fourth sister who has a good relationship with his second brother, also wrote him an elegy:

Uncompromising, kind;

The stars hold the moon, but what is lacking is people.

Second Sister promised to visit Zhao He: "The children said Third Sister was resting. I gently pushed open the bedroom door of second brother and third sister Shen. Third sister stood in front of the bed without sleeping. I gently stroked my third sister's hand and we sat down at the desk. Third sister is very calm and serene. I was silent and didn't know what to say. It was Third Sister who spoke first, as if telling other people's stories. She said that the second brother felt bored and angina pectoris, and the third sister comforted him and made some phone calls in a hurry. Third Sister added, "In the past, I stayed with him for five years when he was ill. He cries when he doesn't see me for a while, and I always come back to him quickly. "

Yunhe said, "Five years, you are too tired. There is nothing you can do except take care of Brother Shen. "

Third sister is still so calm and serene. This peace contains a sad heart. Decades of life have proved that Mr. Shen is such a good man. Third sister shared weal and woe with him and experienced heavy pressure and hardships. For this reason, Third Sister's personality has changed a lot, and few people can believe that she was so naughty and active.

Zhu Long, the eldest son, recalled that I had a sweater vest made of four pieces of dark red and light brown, which was very beautiful, but it was twisted by my mother from the broken thread of an old sweater and trousers. When my mother went to the school for children with difficulties in Wulonggang to teach, she occasionally brought back a few buckwheat cakes from a rural shop near a paddy field, which has become an unforgettable delicacy.

Now people say that my mother is a noble family, but I seem to have never seen her slender hands. What I remember most clearly is the fingers in plaster in winter, and the knuckles are much thicker than fingers.

Who said Zhang Zhaohe didn't understand Shen Congwen? She sorted out Mr. Shen's manuscripts and compiled letters and complete works with the help of the whole family. She "resurrected" a small garden on the balcony of Lamb Yibin Hutong's residence-the name of the flower is the girls in Shen Congwen's book.

In the postscript of Congwen Jiashu, Zhao He said: The experience is fantastic, but extremely common. This is the life that our generation of intellectuals must experience more or less. Where there is a smile, there is pain; There is comfort and indignation; There is joy and unspeakable pain.

She said: "From writing to getting along with me, is this life happy or unfortunate?" There is no answer. I don't understand him, not completely. Later, I gradually got to know something. However, to really understand him and understand the heavy pressure he has been under all his life, it is to sort out and compile his manuscripts now. What I didn't know in the past, I know now; What I didn't understand in the past, I understand now. He is not perfect, but he is a rare kind person. Be indifferent to others, love the motherland, love the people, help others, do nothing, be unpretentious, and be full of feelings for everything. "

On February 16, 2003, Zhang Zhaohe also died suddenly. He had a vigorous love, a bland daily necessities, a complaint and a struggle, and stood together with each other, and everything would return to dust. Shen Congwen is waiting for her in the distance after a long separation.