Yu Qiuyu is a well-known cultural celebrity, and Ma Lan is a radiant Huangmei opera performance artist, and the combination of the two can be called a classic match in the entertainment industry. For many years, the couple has been showing kindness and sweetness. Behind their happiness, however, is a woman's heartache and tears. She is Yu Qiuyu's ex-wife Li Hong...
Yu Qiuyu and Ma Lan
Due to the reasons of the times, coupled with the fact that he is not a native of Shanghai, Yu Qiuyu's marriage and love have become a major difficulty, and he is still single at the age of 30. In 1974, Yu Qiuyu was in charge of the school's enrollment and met the candidate Li Hong. Li Hong was born in 1951 and is a native of Shanghai. She was tall and beautiful, and she applied for the Drama and Literature Department at that time, but she was not admitted for various reasons.
Yu Qiuyu sympathized with Li Hong, but could do nothing. At that time, Li Hong was working as a worker in a cotton spinning factory in Shanghai, and Yu Qiuyu loved her purity and beauty and pursued her.
Yu Qiuyu is a poor boy, and he is not a native of Shanghai, and the Parents of the Li family do not approve of their daughter's association with him. Yu Qiuyu looks good and is very talented, and Li Hong likes him. Eventually, she broke through the family resistance and started a family in Shanghai with Yu Qiuyu in 1979.
After marriage, the couple rented a cubicle in Shanghai and could not cook. Li Hong and Yu Qiuyu both ate in the canteen of their respective units and never drove a gang.
Li Hong
Li Hong is an authentic Shanghainese, her father is a middle school English teacher, and her mother is a doctor. Li Hong has loved drama since she was a child, but her father, who is a teacher, hopes that she will study hard and inherit her mantle in the future.
In 1970, after returning from the countryside, Li Hong was recruited to work as a textile worker in a cotton spinning factory under the Shanghai Municipal Textile Bureau. Outside of work, she devotes all her energy to studying theatre performance. Soon, the shanghai youth drama troupe "Young Generation" crew came to the Textile Bureau to select actors, and Li Hong, who looked good, was favored and seconded as an amateur actor.
In 1974, the 23-year-old Li Hong applied for the Shanghai Theater Academy's Department of Drama and Literature, and although her results ranked among the top among more than 1,000 candidates, in that special period, because she was born into an intellectual family and did not belong to the successor of "Root Red Miaozheng", she fell off the list (Jiarenorg). She angrily went to the college leaders to evaluate, the then 28-year-old Yu Qiuyu was responsible for the college's enrollment work, he admired Li Hong's performance talent, but after reviewing Li Hong's family, Yu Qiuyu also hesitated and did not dare to rush to admit her.
After sending Li Hong away, Yu Qiuyu's mind has been flashing her young, beautiful face, and he who has never been in love suddenly realized that the girl in front of him is the lover he is looking for. In the following days, Yu Qiuyu will find an opportunity to get close to Li Hong. Li Hong's family lives in Hongkou District, far from the Shanghai Theater Academy, and Yu Qiuyu only has time to drive to Li Hong's house on Sundays to find her to read, talk about art, and talk about life. Gradually, Li Hong was attracted by Yu Qiuyu's profound knowledge, they often chatted for half a day, often by the end of the topic it was late at night, the bus had ended early, Yu Qiuyu had to walk back to the college dormitory.
Meeting once a week is simply a kind of torment for Yu Qiuyu in love. He wrote the lovesickness in his heart on paper and sent it to Li Hong, and whether Li Hong replied or not, he wrote a hot love letter every day. It became something he had to do. Once, Li Hong was sick and hospitalized for a few days, and Yu Qiuyu ran back and forth every day, staying by Li Hong's side without sleep for several nights. When Li Hong's illness was cured, Yu Qiuyu was tired and went to the hospital.
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Yu Qiuyu's infatuation touched Li Hong's parents, and the old man agreed to their marriage. In 1979, after Yu Qiuyu and Li Hong fell in love for 5 years, they held hands and entered the palace of marriage. They rented a small house on Dalian Road, there was no place to cook, Li Hong would first go back to her mother's house to eat after work every day, and then bring food back to Yu Qiuyu. Although life is very hard, Yu Qiuyu is very considerate to Li Hong, and he takes care of almost all the household chores.
In 1984, a daughter was born, and the family's economy became more and more tense. Yu Qiuyu was appointed vice president and later promoted to dean, but the good times were short-lived, because Yu Qiuyu worked as a writer in the writing group of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee during the Cultural Revolution, and the head of the writing group, Zhu Yongjia, was related to the "Gang of Four", so he was labeled as the "remnants of the Cultural Revolution" and forced to resign. At this time, Yu Qiuyu was found to have hepatitis again, and Li Hong had to take her husband back to her mother's house, hand over her daughter to her mother's care, and then build a small study of five or six square meters in the patio to let her husband write with peace of mind.
The burden of life of the whole family of 3 was all on Li Hong, and Yu Qiuyu had to spend money to treat his illness. Although Li Hong worked overtime in the cotton mill to find ways to make more money, she still could not support the family's expenses. One night, Li Hong said to Yu Qiuyu in pain: "The family is almost unable to open the pot, let me go to Shenzhen to break in." Looking around the poor home, Yu Qiuyu suddenly felt a feeling of "one hundred useless is a student", and tearfully agreed to his wife's request.
In March 1989, Li Hong resigned and came to Shenzhen alone. As soon as she got out of the car, she ran non-stop to the suburban industrial area to find a job, and after a busy day, there was no result. Although it was late, Li Hong was reluctant to spend 1 yuan on the bus and insisted on walking back to the city. Who knows, she accidentally fell into the uncovered sewer halfway through. The cool breeze and cold water made Li Hong shiver, she thought that she must be dead this time, and cried sadly... I don't know how long later, she woke up to find herself lying on a hospital bed. It turned out that the cleaner who came out in the morning to sweep the floor found her in a coma with a high fever, rushed her to the hospital, and helped her pay for the medical expenses...
After Li Hong was discharged from the hospital, she did not dare to tell her family about this matter, and only rested for one day, and then continued to be busy looking around for work. More than a month later, she found a job as a lathe worker at a garment factory in Luohu District. In order to make more money, Li Hong often even saved her lunch break and worked overtime desperately. Once Li Hong fainted in the workshop, and the workers took her to the infirmary to hang salt water, but she had just woken up. You have to get up and go to work. The worker said angrily: "Do you want money or death?" Li Hong stopped struggling and lay on the bed in silent tears.
In the first month of salary, Li Hong received 640 yuan, which was one-third higher than the other workers in the same group. She only left 40 yuan for herself, and the rest of the money was sent home. With the salary that Li Hong sent back as scheduled every month, the life of the whole family was finally guaranteed, and Yu Qiuyu's condition was effectively controlled. Yu Qiuyu, who devoted himself to the creation, finally published his first collection of essays, "Cultural Journey", which became a hit and established his position in the Chinese literary scene.
Li Hongwan did not expect that just when she was working hard for her family, there was a crisis in the relationship between husband and wife. One day before the Spring Festival in 1992, Li Hong was lying in a rental house in Shenzhen and called Yu Qiuyu and told him that he was sick and could not go home during the Spring Festival. Li Hong originally thought that she could hear her husband's considerate words, but a cold voice came from the microphone: "Then you should take good care of your body in Shenzhen, and don't come back during the Spring Festival." At that moment, Li Hong was stunned, how did her considerate husband become like this?
When the Spring Festival arrived, Li Hong did not buy any New Year goods, hid in a rental house alone, and spent the most deserted Spring Festival in her life. Listening to the sound of firecrackers coming from time to time outside the window, thinking of her parents and daughter who are far away in Shanghai, she burst into tears... Just after the Spring Festival, she couldn't wait to take a leave of absence to rush back to Shanghai to visit her family.
That day, when Li Hong was helping her husband sort out her desk, she suddenly found a letter written by Yu Qiuyu to Ma Lan, an actor in the Huangmei Theater Troupe in Anhui Province, in the manuscript. The lingering love words in the letter made her stunned, and she suddenly understood the reason why her husband was cold to herself. For the sake of this family, he desperately worked outside to earn money, but her husband fell in love with other women. Could this be the husband who claimed to have loved her alone in this life? However, the kind Li Hong still thinks about her husband - it must be that he is busy making money and ignoring his husband, he is confused for a while and does something wrong, as long as he is more considerate of him in the future, he will definitely change. Therefore, Li Hong carefully put the letter back to its original place.
A few days later, Li Hong bid farewell to her family and returned to Shenzhen, secretly hoping that her husband would wake up as soon as possible. Who knows, what she was waiting for was her husband's decision to divorce. At that moment, Li Hong felt that the whole sky had collapsed: since her husband no longer loved her, what else did she want from this unworthy marriage, it was better to simply fulfill her husband. In July 1992, Li Hong tearfully signed the divorce agreement, and her 8-year-old daughter was raised by her. In the face of his kind ex-wife, Yu Qiuyu shed tears, and he said guiltily: "I am sorry for you, and I will be responsible for all the expenses such as children going to school and starting a family in the future." If you have something to do, come to me. ”
Dry your tears: Make a living with sadness
Enduring the pain of divorce, Li Hong handed over her daughter to her parents and stepped on the train to Shenzhen again. Who knows, after she arrived at the factory, she was told that she was fired for absenteeism. Li Hong walked out of the factory in a daze, and the clear sky suddenly began to rain, as if she was also crying for her fate...
The next day, Li Hong saw in the newspaper that a jewelry factory in Luohu District was recruiting plug-in workers, so she rushed to apply. The recruiter looked at her and didn't say a word. Li Hong asked incomprehensibly: "I have been in line for half a day, and it is not easy for my turn, why do you ignore me?" The other party did not look up, and said contemptuously: "You don't look in the mirror to see yourself, dozens of years old people, and you still come with a little girl to grab a job, are you ashamed?" Li Hong looked at the applicants around her who were all girls about 20 years old, and had to walk away with a red face and no words.
Due to the age relationship, no unit has been willing to hire Li Hong. After a day of running outside that day, Li Hong returned to the rental house and lay down on the bed and fell asleep. Suddenly, there were rapid footsteps outside the house, and the light of several flashlights flashed back and forth, and it turned out that the person who checked the temporary residence permit came. Since the factory did not return the temporary residence permit when he left the factory, Li Hong quickly got up and ran towards the mountain behind... Although she escaped the disaster, her whole body was covered with thatch and blood.
Only because of the wall of marriage in the middle, Yu Qiuyu has been suppressing his feelings. In the spring of 1992, Li Hong returned to Shanghai to visit relatives, and while helping her husband tidy up her desk, she accidentally found a letter written by Yu Qiuyu to Ma Lan. Although the whole text does not have the word "love", there is admiration and appreciation between the lines.
Only then did Li Hong understand that Yu Qiuyu's heart had another belonging. She quietly put the letter back in its place and shed tears all afternoon. She had thought that Yu Qiuyu would explain this to herself, but who knew that he didn't even mention it. A week later, Li Hong returned to Shenzhen, and Yu Qiuyu filed for divorce on the phone. The reason is that the long-term gathering is less and more, and the feelings of husband and wife have disappeared.
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At this time, her daughter was only 8 years old, and Li Hong played the emotional card of her daughter, hoping to keep her husband. She called her in-laws again, and the parents of the Yu family did not want their son to divorce, but Yu Qiuyu could not give up Ma Lan at this time, and the attitude of divorce was very firm.
Li Hong is also a self-respecting and self-loving woman who does not want to kneel and beg for love. This summer, she tearfully agreed to divorce and her daughter followed her.
Yu Qiuyu and Ma Lan
Soon after Yu Qiuyu divorced Li Hong, he married Ma Lan into the family. After marriage, Ma Lan left the Huangmei Drama Theater in Anhui Province and came to Shanghai with Yu Qiuyu to live.
After Yu Qiuyu remarried, it triggered a storm of public opinion, and many people accused him, saying that he liked the new and disliked the old, and abandoned his wife. Some say that Ma Lan admired Yu Qiuyu's fame and fortune and broke up his family.
In fact, Ma Lan's admiration for Yu Qiuyu's talent is not fame and fortune. Because in 1991, Yu Qiuyu resigned from all administrative positions, which is one of ordinary people. He had no power, no power, not even a house.
Ma Lan Stills of Tang Monk's Mother Actor
It is undeniable that Yu Qiuyu and Ma Lan are like-minded, raising eyebrows, and can be called true soul and spiritual companions. In 1993, Yu Qiuyu went to the northwest alone to investigate important sites of Chinese culture. Malan earns money from her performances and covers her husband's expenses.
Yu Qiuyu left for two or three years, and Ma Lan had no complaints. Good marriage is a career booster, with the support of Ma Lan, Yu Qiuyu created a number of best-selling essays such as "Millennium Sigh", "Millennium Year", "Walker Without Frontiers" and so on, which made him famous throughout the country.
Ma Lan also immersed himself in performances, participated in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala many times, and won the Most Outstanding Artist Award in Asia. In addition, she has also served as an adjunct professor at Shanghai University, Zhejiang University of Communication and other universities.
The combination of Yu Qiuyu and Ma Lan is called the most classic entertainment match by the media.
Malan
Yu Qiuyu and Ma Lan did not have their own children for various reasons, and the relationship between husband and wife has always been stable. Although Yu Qiuyu is 16 years older than Ma Lan, Ma Lan does not dislike her husband. The media has been paying attention to the marriage of the two, and every once in a while rumors of their divorce have broken out.
Yu Qiuyu and Ma Lan have been "divorced" many times, and the couple is very angry, but there is no way to take the rumors.
In an interview with the media, Ma Lan said helplessly: "Yu Qiuyu has no power and no power, that is, ordinary people, please let him go, don't stare at us anymore, don't create rumors anymore." These words sound a little bitter and helpless.
In November 2020, Yu Qiuyu was 74 years old and entered his old age, while Ma Lan was only 58 years old. Looking back on his emotional experience, Yu Qiuyu has a lot of feelings and helplessness. He also invested his true feelings in his first marriage and truly loved Li Hong, but the two eventually broke up. He feels ashamed of his ex-wife Li Hong and has love for his current wife, Ma Lan.