During the Republic of China period, humanistic freedom and democracy were emphasized, so there were many humanistic writers at that time, and their works are still loved by people today. The most famous of these is the contemporary talent Xu Zhimo, whose "Farewell to Kangqiao" has been listed in the books by modern times and has become a symbol of people's nostalgia for that country at that time. Although some of the cultural books written by Xu Zhimo have always been loved by people, his personality has always been controversial, and many people regard him as a "scumbag".
Xu Zhimo originally had his own wife, but he did not like her, he believed that the marriage was decided by two parents, did not meet the contemporary definition, and had no freedom to speak of. Later, he returned to England to study and fell in love with Lin Huiyin, a talented woman of the time. However, because Lin Huiyin knew that Xu Zhimo had a wife, he thought that his love with him was not accepted, so he broke up with him. After divorcing his wife, he married lu Xiaoman.
And his original wife, but also live a hard and wonderful life, his original wife is a very famous strong woman - Zhang Youyi.
Zhang Youyi
Born in 1900, Zhang Youyi is a typical merchant family and has a very high status in the Jiangnan region. And her brothers have their own careers. Originally, Zhang Youyi's life could be spent richly, but this tranquility was broken by family marriage.
When Zhang Youyi was 12 years old, she enrolled in a women's college, but after studying in it for less than three years, she was called home by her brother and married in business. The object of the marriage is a Jiangnan talent that her brother looks up to and wants to introduce him to her, and that person is Xu Zhimo. Although Zhang Youyi had not met Xu Zhimo, she still gladly accepted the family's arrangement.
The Xu family is very much in favor of this affair, as a merchant family, they can do a bigger business after marriage. But Xu Zhimo's attitude was dismissive, because he was knowledgeable and disdainful of this kind of marriage of the older generation, and he wanted to pursue freedom, but he did not resist and accepted it with disgust in his heart.
After marriage, Zhang Youyi has not been valued by Xu Zhimo, until Zhang Youyi gave birth to Xu Zhimo's eldest son, Xu Zhimo took time to visit. Then Xu Zhimo came to England, pursuing freedom and pursuing the people he liked. At that time, Zhang Youyi was already pregnant with her second child.
After the Xu family learned that Xu Zhimo had cheated on him, in order to exchange his heart, they sent Zhang Youyi, who was two months pregnant, to him. At that time, he only had his lover in his eyes, and after seeing her coming, he was very impatient and proposed a divorce.
Zhang Youyi knew that she and Xu Zhimo could no longer be together, so she asked for help from her second brother and went to Berlin to prepare for delivery. After becoming pregnant in October, she gave birth to her and Xu Zhimo's second son. Xu Zhimo also came to Berlin, but this time instead of visiting the children, he carried a cold divorce agreement. This time, Zhang Youyi did not hesitate and resolutely signed the divorce document.
After Zhang Youyi's divorce, she did not hate Xu Zhimo, she just found deficiencies in herself, thinking that she was disliked by him because she had no culture, and she also believed that she had to continue to learn to become strong. So Zhang Youyi went to a foreign country to study alone, and learned a fluent foreign language, and then returned to her hometown. In her hometown, Zhang Youyi successfully gained a foothold through her own strength.
Zhang Youyi, who was busy with her career, did not pay attention to her emotional life until many years after returning to China, Zhang Youyi met a person who could be entrusted for life when she was old, and this person was Su Jizhi. Then, in 1953, Lin Huiyin, who knew the year of non-righteousness, married his own happiness. Subsequently, Su Jizhi died of illness, and Zhang Youyi moved to live with her eldest son in the United States. He died at the age of 88.
Before Zhang Youyi died, he instructed his son that after he died, he must engrave the words "Su Zhang Youyi" on the tombstone. Because women have to take their husband's surname after marriage. At that time, she had forgotten Xu Zhimo, and she only recognized Su Jizhi as her husband, so she named her by his surname.
If Xu Zhimo had not died early, he might have felt that he was too cruel to Zhang Youyi, and perhaps they would be able to reconcile after many years. However, looking at the four words "Su Zhang Youyi", perhaps he and Zhang Youyi may really be a mistake.