Is the child really that important, even more than twenty years of marital affection, and more than etiquette and morality? This became a question for Li Guoqin's life.
Li Guoqin's childhood was happy and ostentatious, she was the niece and granddaughter of Li Hongzhang, a heavy minister of the late Qing Dynasty, and her father was the seventh son of Li Hongzhang's biological brother Li Hanzhang. Although his father Li Jingfeng has not been a big official, but only a county grandfather in Shaanxi, but because of Li Hongzhang's relationship, the family is also sought after; especially Li Jingfeng is not a big official, but the position is "fat difference", the family has a comfortable and happy life, Li Guoqin has also entered the ranks of the famous ladies of the Republic of China.
Li Guoqin's mother, Wu Jingyi, was a delicate lady of the Wu family, a wealthy merchant in Hangzhou; Wu Jingyi grew up to become a well-known beauty in Hangzhou because of the moisture of jiangnan water towns, so the two daughters Born Li Guoqin were equally good-looking as Li Guoqin. The relatively prominent family lineage, as well as the moving appearance, made the second daughter still underage, and the matchmaker who proposed to the relatives almost broke through the threshold of the Li family.
Li Jingfeng picked the son-in-law, unlike other scholars, there are so many problems, both to pick the learning and to see if it is the right door, he has two requirements for the son-in-law, one is the "eight characters" is appropriate, and the other is to be able to write well. Originally, after an open "writing" selection, Li Jingfeng assigned Li Guoqin a young talent named Ma Zhaochang.
Who knew that when it came to exchanging Gengtei, Li Jingfeng found that Ma Zhaochang and Li Guoqin's eight characters were incompatible. At Li Jingfeng's strong request, Ma Zhaochang eventually married his sister Li Guofeng, and Li Guoqin married another man named Zhang Fuyun. Zhang Fuyun's origin is really not small, he is the first talent in China to study at Harvard University, not only served as an adviser to Harvard University, but also sat in the position of director of the General Administration of Customs of the National Government of the Republic of China.
In the year of marriage, Li Guoqin was 22 years old and Zhang Fuyun was 35 years old, although the two had a 13-year age difference, but Li Guoqin earned Zhang Fuyun a lot of face by virtue of his outstanding appearance and his heritage as a famous woman. Zhang Fuyun is working hard, and Li Guoqin is not idle, reading poetry and books widely, receiving a new type of education, and constantly improving his personal quality.
It is reasonable to say that this kind of family where husband and wife progress together should be harmonious and beautiful, in fact, it was true at the beginning; but as the days passed, the contradiction between the two gradually broke out, or the contradiction between Li Guoqin and Zhang Fuyun's mother began to erupt - because Li Guoqin never gave birth to an heir. Li Guoqin himself is still more guilty, after all, Zhang Fuyun is sincerely defending himself, but he cannot have children for him.
Therefore, Li Guoqin specially went outside to adopt an orphan girl and came back, thinking that it was also good to have a sweet little cotton jacket. But Li Guoqin underestimated the Zhang family's enthusiasm for passing on incense, and even her husband, who had been ostensibly defending himself, was not exempt from vulgarity. By the time Li Guoqin found out, her adopted daughter was already pregnant.
In the face of the Zhang family's disregard for etiquette and morality, Li Guoqin felt that the sky had collapsed, and she could not imagine what kind of family she had spent these 20 years in. Zhang Fuyun also felt guilty about Li Guoqin, so he assured her that the adopted daughter was only to bear a child for himself, and Li Guoqin's status as a wife would not be shaken in any way.
But Li Guoqin did not think that this was a matter of status or status, and she insisted on divorce despite Zhang Fuyun's objections; Zhang Fuyun failed to overcome Li Guoqin after all, and the marriage came to an end. After the divorce, Li Guoqin's heart was like ashes, and instead of remarrying, he worshiped under Master Qu Yingguang and became his heir to the mantle, and from then on, the green lantern ancient Buddha accompanied him for a lifetime.