The legendary story of the three Sisters of the Song clan is still celebrated today. The three sisters were not only very talented, but all married to prominent figures of the time. However, there are four sisters in Hefei who also have legendary experiences. The four sisters were full of poetry and talent.
The eldest sister, Zhang Yuanhe, was married to a well-known Kunqu artist at that time. The second sister Zhang Yunhe married Zhou Youguang. The third sister, Zhang Zhaohe, was Shen Congwen's wife. The talent of the fourth sister Zhang Chonghe was praised by Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Shizhao.
What kind of parents can raise such children? In fact, the mother of these four sisters, Lu Ying, was not happy in her life. After marrying her husband Zhang Lingwu, she had 14 children in 16 years, and a generation of beautiful people became fertility machines and collapsed in the ward at the age of 36.
There is Su Daqiang in the south and Xie Guangkun in the north. Once Lu Ying's mother-in-law was stronger than Su Daqiang and Xie Guangkun, she was even worse. Seeing her son, the daughter-in-law went to Suzhou to live comfortably, and the mother-in-law ran to Suzhou to continue to give birth. In the face of her mother-in-law's frequent overt and covert words to point at herself, Lu Ying began to prepare for pregnancy again.
Lu Ying finally ushered in a son after giving birth to her fourth daughter. The mother-in-law's wish for a son was finally satisfied, and it was time to complete the task, who knew that the mother-in-law felt that only one son was not enough and began to give birth.
In this way, Lu Ying married the Zhang family for 16 years and had 14 children. Only nine of the 14 children grew up, and the rest died prematurely. Most of the children who died prematurely were children born in Lu Ying's later years. Because the long-term fertility of the body can not be well raised, Lu Ying's body in the later period of the body has a great health condition.
Lu Ying's body had almost collapsed when she gave birth to her last child. As soon as she was born, she felt that one of her teeth had been hurting, and who knew that after the tooth extraction, she was bleeding heavily. Lu Ying experienced 14 children during childbirth without major bleeding, but because of tooth extraction, she fell into a coma and eventually died.
At the end of her life, Lu Ying recalled that she lived a life of a carefree big lady in her mother's family, and then looked at the experience of marrying into the Zhang family and having 14 children in 16 years, and the scenes of the past came to her mind, and she was also worried about what her children should do after she left.
Lu Ying grew up in a very good educational environment. Her parents attached great importance to her education, which also affected Lu Ying's later education of her children. Another famous family that was good friends with the Lu family at that time was the Zhang Shusheng family. Lu Ying's father went to Yangzhou to take up his post, and Mrs. Zhang saw Lu Ying when she went to visit.
At that time, Lu Ying was already famous, Lu Ying had a beautiful appearance and a good figure. The key people are not the kind of vases with empty faces, Lu Ying, who has received a good education since childhood, and has a good understanding of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Lady Zhang immediately fell in love with Lu Ying, and the eldest son of the Zhang family was called Zhang Wuling, who was about the same age as Lu Ying, and the two sides decided on this family affair.
Like the Lu family, the Zhang family not only has strong economic strength, Zhang Wuling's grandfather has always followed Li Hongzhang and the official to Yipin. Although the salt official in Yangzhou was Sipin, he was a fat difference, so the two families were evenly matched, and Lu Ying's father was also very satisfied with this marriage.
Since Lu Ying was 11 years old, her family has been busy preparing a dowry for her. Both parties are famous and prestigious, and the wedding ceremony naturally has to be a big scene. On the day of Lu Ying's marriage, he had ten miles of red makeup, and the gold and silver treasures were innumerable. There are also many calligraphy and painting antiques, and this grand wedding has been talked about for a long time.
When Lu Ying just married the Zhang family, he had a very comfortable life. The mother-in-law gave the right to housekeeper to her daughter-in-law, and Lu Ying took care of it inside and out. Don't look at the big girl show who doesn't leave the house, but after practicing next to his father, Lu Ying can't pick out mistakes whether it is ushered in or human exchanges.
Lu Ying is like a combination of Wang Xifeng and Xue Baochao in "Dream of the Red Chamber". Not only xue baochao's general knowledge, but also Wang Xifeng's ability is not as spicy as Wang Xifeng. It is reasonable to say that such a daughter-in-law can not be found with a lantern, but the contradiction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law caused Lu Ying to fall into pain for a while.
At that time, in addition to being a housekeeper, women also undertook a very important task of passing on the generations. A large family like the Zhang family naturally attaches more importance to the issue of heirs. At that time, the mother-in-law was bent on wanting a boy, and Lu Ying had no choice but to give birth to three daughters in succession.
When she gave birth to her first daughter, her mother-in-law was very happy, after all, there was another son, and a daughter and a son just made up a good word. The two children in succession are daughters, and the mother-in-law is not happy, and begins to make things difficult for Lu Ying everywhere and not give her a good face.
Faced with the pressure from her mother-in-law, Lu Ying was naturally very anxious. Finally, the fourth child was a son, and the mother-in-law's face was much better. However, the good times did not last long, and the fourth son died not long after he was born.
The blow of the loss of the child made Lu Ying grief-stricken, and at this time, the mother-in-law not only did not comfort her, but kept accusing her of not taking the child well. Although Lu Ying was born into a well-known and prestigious family and kept the family in good order, at that time, the woman's lack of a son was still an unforgivable sin in the eyes of many people.
Fortunately, Zhang Wuling was very distressed about his wife and did not care whether it was a man or a woman. In order to keep his wife away from family strife, he led his wife and three daughters to move to Suzhou. Without the pressure of her mother-in-law, Lu Ying's mood also improved a lot, and she devoted her energy to the education of her three daughters.
Who knew that after a few days of comfortable days, the mother-in-law also came to Suzhou to continue to urge Lu Ying to have a child. In this way, Lu Ying has been giving birth, including the previous three children, she has a total of 14 children. Six died prematurely, and the remaining four daughters and five sons grew to adulthood.
Because Lu Ying was born for many years and was weak, he died after giving birth to his 14th child due to heavy bleeding caused by tooth extraction. What Lu Ying didn't know was that when she was married, an old lady in the crowd who watched the liveliness said, "When the water is full, it overflows, and the moon is profitable." ”
At that time, a seemingly random sentence doomed Lu Ying's bumpy fate later. After Lu Ying's death, Zhang Wuling married a woman named Wei Junyi. Wei Junyi was not good for the children left by Lu Ying, and tried every means to obstruct his study. At this time, Zhang Wuling and Lu Ying's eldest daughter Zhang Yuanhe had grown up and had the ability to protect themselves, so Zhang Yuanhe and several younger siblings completed their studies.
Lu Ying's nine children all have a good life when they grow up, especially the first four daughters who were born not only received a good education, but also very independent. After Zhang Wuling died, he chose to be buried with Lu Ying, and his life in his in-laws' family was unfortunate for Lu Ying.
If it were not for the pressure of the in-laws' family to make Lu Ying die at the age of 36, with her talent and ability, she could give her daughter a better education. Lu Ying is also lucky, because her husband Zhang Wuling has always maintained her from beginning to end, and has become one of the few lights in Lu Ying's gray married life.