"After earning a little writing fee, I don't know how thick the sky is?" Just abandon your wife and children, do you still have the face to come to our house? ”。
In the 1980s, a cultural celebrity came to zhang Tong, who was then the president of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts, to drink, but unexpectedly, he did not even enter the door of the family's house, and was scolded by Zhang Tong's wife Chen Buwen, and then slammed the door shut.
Chen Buwen's actions made this cultural celebrity embarrassed, and he never dared to go to Zhang Buwen's house again, but what Chen Buwen did not expect was that this kind of thing, after a few years, would actually happen to himself, 50 years of mutual affection, in exchange for the betrayal of her husband, in 1985, disheartened Chen Buwen chose to go on hunger strike and died, 1 year later, her husband married a new wife.
Chen Buwen, a native of Wujin County, Jiangsu Province, his father was a late Qing Dynasty Xiucai, open-minded, which allowed Chen Buwen to receive cultural education, and later was also admitted to the Changzhou Academy, for literature, Chen Buwen showed outstanding talent from an early age, at the age of 13, the article published in the "Women's Monthly" won the first prize.
Later, Chen Buwen published works one after another, because the writing resembled Lu Xun, which surprised people, but at that time, she did not know who Lu Xun was, or under the teacher's suggestion, she began to read Lu Xun's articles, and became a follower of Lu Xun from then on.
However, in that era, it was normal for women to marry early, even if they were talented women, it was no exception, at the age of 16, the family gave Chen Buwen a family affair, which made Chen Buwen very unhappy, so she chose to run away from home and came to Nanjing alone to live a difficult life by selling literature.
Just before and after Chen Buwen arrived in Nanjing, Zhang Tong, a young talent from Montenegro, Liaoning Province, who was arrested for arranging and designing the underground publication "Tide", was released from prison on bail by his classmates.
His works such as "Spring Robbery", "Comrade", and "Begging for Food" were full of irony to the society at that time, which deeply attracted Chen Buwen, and soon the two met each other, and fell in love at first sight, rented a small house on the shore of Xuanwu Lake, and lived a poor and happy life.
At the time of marriage, Zhang Tong was 20 years old and Chen Buwen was only 17 years old.
The quiet days did not last long, and in 1937, the Lugou Bridge Incident broke out, and Zhang Tong and Chen Buwen rushed to Yan'an, the holy land of revolution, with their newly born daughters.
In Yan'an, Chen Buwen, who was well-written, became a journalist and soon became the secretary of the Lu Xun Research Association.
Compared with Chen Buwen, Zhang Tong was not very mixed, for the simple reason that his idol was Picasso, the route he took was abstract, and his paintings were not accepted by the people at that time, and even buckled with the hat of vilifying the image of the revolution.
All this made Chen Buwen very worried, so he secretly begged his husband to let him enter the Lu Xun Art and Literature Institute and let him become a teacher, but even so, Zhang Qi's situation still did not improve.
In 1940, Zhang Ling left his daughter chen Buwen and went to Chongqing alone, until 1941, under the arrangement of Premier Zhou, he returned to Chongqing and engaged in creation in the Yan'an Literary and Art Circles Anti-Enemy Association.
Soon after Zhang Tong's return, the rectification movement began, and his imprisonment in his early years became one of the sins, he was slandered as a traitor, criticized, saw her husband humiliated, Chen Buwen desperately defended her husband, and because of this, he was forcibly controlled.
After this storm, Zhang Tong gave up painting, but began art design, and soon gained recognition, when the founding of New China, Zhang Tong was also invited to Beijing to design the national emblem, commemorative stamps, etc., and his value also rose.
After liberation, Zhang Tong's career was even more prosperous, and after the establishment of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, he served as the director of the Department of Practical Fine Arts.
Chen Buwen, who saw this scene, was extremely relieved, and at the same time, she once again decided to retreat and sacrifice her career for the sake of her husband and children, because at this time, Zhang Tong and Chen Buwen already had 6 children.
Of course, this decision also had a great impact on Chen Buwen's future, after all, at that time, she was already the confidential secretary of Premier Zhou.
Chen Buwen, who returned to the family, devoted herself to the teaching of her husband and son, and she was knowledgeable, often working with the children to pair up, guess riddles, tell stories, and guide the children's interest in writing and writing in her own way.
Although the children are large and small, chen Buwen treats them equally, and only when the children have difficulties, they will be slightly inclined, and her children have great respect for her.
The trivial family life did not erase Chen Buwen's love for literature, and in her spare time, she would also write some articles with a pen, because it was not published, which she called "drawer literature".
Soon, the time came to 1966, China entered a special period, Zhang Tong was not spared, was pushed to the cusp of the storm, some people asked why his "Cangshan Pastoral" painted the feet of Dai girls as edema, and asked why his "Big Rooster" looked so aggressive, and some people asked why his "Sunflower" was inserted in the "urn", why there was no lamp oil in "Oil Lamp".
In the infinite "Shanggang", in those years, Zhang Tong almost died nine times, and Chen Buwen never abandoned and accompanied Zhang Tong.
In 1974, Zhang Tong was allowed to return to Beijing due to illness, and the couple lived in a farmhouse in Xiangshan to recuperate, and life was relatively better.
In 1979, Zhang Tong held the "Rehabilitation" exhibition in Beijing, and his Jiao Mo works made their debut, and his life also ushered in a second spring, which greatly improved both fame and prestige.
It was also from this time that many old friends like Zhang Tong entered a period of rapid development, at this time, Chen Buwen also found that many people had changed.
For example, once, an old friend came to the house as a guest, and Chen Buwen bragged that his old partner was the dean, how about it, Chen Buwen was angry when he heard it, she said bluntly: "What kind of lady you are is your business, if you say such things again, you will leave immediately...".
Immediately after, there was the cultural celebrity who abandoned his wife and son at the beginning of the article, came to find Zhang Tong for drinking, and was scolded by Chen Buwen.
No matter the good times and bad times, Chen Buwen always adhered to his heart and lived quietly, but whoever thought about it, after becoming famous, his husband also changed.
One day in 1985, Chen Buwen saw a letter, at this time, she learned that her husband had transferred to love, and this woman turned out to be a gray baby she had known for more than 40 years.
Gray Baby, formerly known as Li Zhao, Shaanxi Lintong people, when she was 12 years old, the July 7 Incident broke out, under the arrangement of her cousin, Gray Baby came to Yan'an and entered the Children's Art Academy, it was also at this time that she met Zhang Tong and Chen Buwen and his wife, and Zhang Tong, who was 10 years older, left a deep impression on her.
In the years that followed, Gray Baby had two marriages, but neither lasted long, and during the catastrophe, Zhang Tong and Chen Buwen not only comforted her in words, but also protected her in action.
But who would have thought that such an old friend who had known him for 40 years would become a third party.
After seeing the letter, Chen Buwen once questioned Zhang Tong why he betrayed, and Zhang Tong's answer made her fall into the ice cave: "In her place, I felt the enthusiasm that I had not seen for a long time. ”。
From marrying Zhang Tong at the age of 17, Chen Buwen accompanied Zhang Tong for 50 years and gave birth to 6 children, but in exchange for such an ending, how did Chen Buwen accept it?
In the end, she chose to end her life in the extreme way of hunger strike, and 1 year after Chen Buwen's death, Gray Baby married Zhang Tong...