Zhang Ailing once said that the biggest regret in this life is that the two are 29 years old and cannot be whiteheaded together, so-called: "Junsheng I was not born, I was born Junjun is old." Jun hates me for being born late, and I hate jun for being born early. So, Raya quipped, it's okay, we can all live the same age for the rest of our lives. Perhaps because of a joke, Zhang Ailing took it seriously, and in September 1995, when Zhang Ailing passed away, she happened to be 75 years old.
Fate is often so clever, many people do not understand why Zhang Ailing wants to marry Laiya, they are not a match at all, but it is not his person, and how do you know the feelings between the two of them?
In 1955, Zhang Ailing went to the United States as a refugee. Already poor in Hong Kong, it is even more difficult in the United States. A few months later, she applied to the McDowell Literary Camp. The Literary Camp is a place that provides a creative place for talented artists. Here, there are beautiful scenery and free accommodation. Entering the literary and art camp, Zhang Ailing hid in her studio every day to write.
Suddenly, one day, she heard the noise in the hall and looked at it. It turned out to be an old American man talking loudly, and the artists surrounded him and listened with relish. Zhang Ailing walked over involuntarily. And the Old American man also seemed to sense it, and turned his head to look at Zhang Ailing.
Zhang Ailing immediately felt: "This face seems to be a well-written first chapter, which makes people want to read it." ”
Two people may be love at first sight when they meet, two people know each other, they have a fate, and since then the lives of the two people have been tied together.
Laiya is German-American, and like Zhang Ailing, he has been regarded as a prodigy since childhood. Because he showed a dazzling talent in literature early on, he has always made a living as a freelance writer.
Although Lai Ya's achievements are not great, she is talented, widely involved, good at talking, and even can give Zhang Ailing advice in writing from a dramatic point of view, and when she takes a fee, she immediately spends it, and then writes and earns money when she spends it.
Together, there is always no end to the words, and they can even talk from sunrise to sunset. It is not difficult to imagine that after being with Laiya, Zhang Ailing, who has been lonely and lonely, is happy.
After his divorce, the girlfriend around him also changed stubble after stubble. However, the focus of Raya's life is not on women, he is just willing to enjoy a free life.
They met and fell in love in the United States, and After hearing that Zhang Ailing was pregnant, Laiya did not hesitate to write to Zhang Ailing to propose marriage.
"The most solemn compliment a man has for a woman is a marriage proposal." This was written by Zhang Ailing in her own book 12 years ago, perhaps because she was already tired after experiencing emotional trauma, or it may really be because of her children, Zhang Ailing actually agreed to propose marriage.
For the lightning marriage between the two, Zhang Ailing's friend Yan Ying told this story: Laiya is "obsessed" with Zhang Ailing, so it touched her. People say that women have no love, and for most women, love means to be loved.
In the autumn of 1957, after the death of Zhang Ailing's mother, Zhang Ailing was depressed because she failed to send her mother, and during this period she fell seriously ill. It was not until two months after her mother's death that Zhang Ailing had the energy to sort out her mother's relics. Seeing that her wife was so sad, Laiya, who did not know how to comfort her, scratched her head and wanted to surprise her.
Lai Ya previously learned when chatting with Zhang Ailing that Chinese have a lunar birthday, and the lunar birthday is different from the Western calendar (solar calendar), and every year is different.
Laiya, who had made up her mind, decided to surprise her by giving her a lunar birthday. But since it was a surprise, it was certainly not possible to tell Zhang Ailing in advance, so LaiYa, who only knew Zhang Ailing's western calendar birthday, had to calculate Zhang Ailing's lunar birthday.
Lai Ya actually calculated correctly: he deduced from Zhang Ailing's Western calendar birthday that Zhang Ailing's lunar birthday was August 19, and this date was October 1, 1957.
What Laiya did not expect was that on the day of Zhang Ailing's 38th birthday, the FBI sent personnel to come. Laiya knew that they were not here to celebrate their birthday, they had come to verify The case of Laiya's debt.
Laiya did everything in her power to coax the agent away. On that day, the two made a little green beans, meat and rice. After dinner, they watched a comedy movie together, and the movie that Raya specially selected did not disappoint them, and both laughed and burst into tears.
After the end of the scene, the two walked home hand in hand in the autumn wind. When they got home, they ate the leftovers again. That night, Zhang Ailing told LaiYa that this was the happiest birthday in her life... This birthday was also carefully recorded by Zhang Ailing in her diary.
Every day after falling in love with Zhang Ailing, LaiYa did her best to care for her. Even during the illness, as long as her health improved slightly, Raya took care of all the household chores. Zhang Ailing, on the other hand, enjoys the breakfast and coffee made by LaiYa herself, and in addition to writing, she can also steal time to go to the flea market to find second-hand goods.
Once, Zhang Ailing used 3 yuan, 7 cents, bought four fleece shirts and a bathrobe, and when she returned home, she tried them on with great interest. Laiya, on the other hand, commented earnestly on the sidelines, and wanted to talk about making fun in suffering, and the two of them were really: neither of them lost anyone.
Zhang Ailing did not get the love she got from Hu Lancheng, and the love she needed from Laiya, although the age difference between the two people was quite large, but it did not prevent the two people from falling in love.
There are difficulties to share, there are blessings to share, I believe that Zhang Ailing and Lai Ya are happy and happy in those days together. The difficulties of life do not stop two people from falling in love.
After many years of marriage, because Raya needed medical treatment, for a while, the two had financial problems. In order to alleviate the economic pressure, Zhang Ailing had to return to Hong Kong and defect to Song Qi and his wife to write scripts for the film company to make money.
During her time in Hong Kong, Zhang Ailing's eyes were very ill, but she still insisted on creating. In order to save money, Zhang Ailing's legs and feet were swollen, and she was reluctant to buy better slippers. But in this dilemma, they still ridicule and comfort each other in the letter, and discuss how to arrange the life of the family in the letter, just like an ordinary loving family couple.
After a short separation, when Zhang Ailing returned to the United States, Lai Ya was so excited that she could not sleep all night, Zhang Ailing arrived at the airport on the 24th, but Lai Ya could not wait to go to the airport on the 23rd. After receiving her wife, her daughter Fei Si saw her father's excited appearance and couldn't help but be touched by the feelings of the two.
Laiya's love for Zhang Ailing, and her daughter Fei Si expressed it this way: his love for her is unreserved love.
After Laiya's death, the world was able to glimpse Zhang Ailing's life after marriage through Laiya's diary. In the diary, Lai Ya called Zhang Ailing E, and the diary was full of records of the simple and happy daily life of the two (the following is a partial excerpt):
Tuesday, September 1, 1958 Slept so cold. A blanket for a single person is enough for two people, and it will be cold if one person sleeps. Change E (Ai Ling) to the bedroom before 9 o'clock. Looks good and sounds clear. Warm old coffee, stone fruits, milk and cereal. Ai Ling got up, came alive, and was almost happy. At 10 o'clock before 6 o'clock, the back pain made me frown. Buy groceries, go home, Ai Ling is not there, gone. At home again, I wanted to send a letter to the Hartford Foundation, and I forgot. I forgot Ai Ling, no confidence. Forget I've tried, changed clothes, rested, the two of us, Ailing, Soup, me, cereal and coffee, and Ailing put a little effort into the food. Mostly she likes my little changes and little hobbies... Ai Ling helped me rub my back, with admiration for my father, it was really comfortable. Go to bed, she will fall asleep later, and tonight it will be warm.
In life, Zhang Ailing and Lai Ya face everything together, accompany each other, and life makes them difficult, but they are always with each other.
Remembering the dialogue between the priest and the bride and groom when they were married:
• Priest: Bridegroom xxx, would you marry the woman in front of you? Whether poor or rich, healthy or sick, he will be loyal to her all his life, love her, and guard her.
Groom: I do.
Priest: Bride xxx, would you marry the man in front of you? Whether rich or poor, healthy or sick, be loyal to him, respect him, and accompany him all your life.
Bride: I do.
Zhang Ailing and Lai Ya are like this pair of whites, waiting for each other and accompanying each other, is this kind of love not enviable?
In April 1967, seeing that Laiya was running out of time and wanted to be quiet and alone with his wife, Laiya, accompanied by his wife Zhang Ailing, quietly left the University of Miami and went to Kangqiao. Half a year later, accompanied by Zhang Ailing, Lai Ya passed away peacefully.
After Zhang Ailing left, people wanted to know her through her works, and "Little Reunion" was her last work, until many years later, Song Qi and his wife died of illness, and Song Qi's son Song Yilang published "Small Reunion".
"Little Reunion" can indeed answer many of the unsolved mysteries of Zhang Ailing's previous life, because almost every important person around Zhang Ailing can find archetypes in it.
Zhang Ailing wrote in the preface: "This is a passionate story, I want to express the thousands of turns of love, and there is still something after complete disillusionment." ”