There were not too many beautiful sisters in the Republic of China period, but the "Four Sisters of Hefei" were talked about by the world at that time. These 4 sisters with outstanding reputation and talent have completely inherited their mother Lu Ying's unparalleled appearance, naturally intelligent talent and jade-like character.
The great literary scholar Ye Shengtao once said: Any marriage to one of the 4 sisters of the Zhang family will be a great blessing for a man.
Their mother, Lu Yingshi, was even more famous in the Republic of China period, but unfortunately, Lu Ying died of illness at the age of 36, and a generation of beautiful people left the world, leaving her beloved family, becoming a wisp of incense and a legend.
Opposite the door of the good people, Lu Ying's luxurious dowry lined up ten streets
In 1885, Lu Jingxi, a prominent salt official in Yangzhou, ushered in the birth of a second daughter, Lu Ying, in the home of Lu Jingxi, a prominent salt official in Yangzhou.
Lu Jingxi's ancestral home was Hefei, and he had to go to Yangzhou to serve as an official before moving here, and bought a courtyard of the Hefei Zhang family in Yangzhou to make a family home. Since then, the Zhang family in Hefei and the Lu family, whose ancestral home is Hefei, have become acquainted with each other.
The Zhang family in Hefei has a total of 9 rooms, and hundreds of relatives live together in the ancestral house in Longmen Lane, Hefei. The prosperity and development of the Zhang family began with Zhang Shusheng, who defected to Li Hongzhang, a major minister at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and became a feudal governor at the end of the Qing Dynasty because of his powerful suppression of the rebels and anti-thieves, and was once an official directly subordinate to the governor.
After the development of Zhang Shusheng's family property is becoming more and more abundant, not only has thousands of acres of good land, but also buys property in many places across the country, and has concluded a family in-law with Li Hongzhang, which can be described as a moment of great power and huge family property.
Zhang Shusheng's eldest son Zhang Yunrui was married for more than ten years, and there was only 1 daughter under his knees, and when he saw that the longhouse had children and no grandchildren, his grandfather's heart began to worry.
Later, Zhang Yunrui's fifth brother gave birth to a baby boy, and Zhang Shusheng took the initiative to pass the baby boy to the firstborn son's room, and the child was named Zhang Wuling.
When Zhang Wuling was 8 years old, his father Zhang Yunrui died, and Zhang Wuling followed his mother back to the Zhang family in Hefei, inheriting the huge Ancestral Property of the Zhang Family as the eldest grandson.
Zhang Wuling's mother and Lu Jingxi's wife often befriended each other, and since she met Lu Ying, who was only more than ten years old and had a beautiful and able to assist in family affairs, she was willing to let Lu Ying become her daughter-in-law.
In the spring of 1905, the Zhang family sent the Lu family a heavy gift of three books and six hires, hoping to marry Lu Ying after one year. This marriage was unanimously affirmed by both families, so the Lu family also paid attention to it and spent nearly 1 year to carefully prepare the dowry.
In order to give their daughter a grand and glorious dowry ceremony, and at the same time to let her daughter be respected and highly regarded in her husband's family, Lu Jingxi and his wife even took out the strength to buy goods for the royal family, and all the things that a woman could use when she entered the door were available, no matter how big or small; no matter the type or grade of the dowry, all of them must be both numerous and complete, exquisite and luxurious.
In 1906, Lu Ying, dressed in Chinese clothes, set off from Yangzhou with a gorgeous passenger ship with a servant woman, and another 10 ships full of dowries followed the main ship, all the way to the mighty, envious of the spectators along the way.
The dowry not only contains 6 sets of rosewood furniture, but also 10 boxes of antique calligraphy and paintings, jewelry and jadeite, gold and silver utensils, and luxurious clothes. Even the duster and broom used in the new house were brought with them, and the broom was decorated with exquisite silver chains, which showed the intentions and atmosphere of the bride's family everywhere.
After Lu Ying disembarked and landed on the shore, the procession transporting the dowry extended from the dock to the Gate of the Zhang Family in Longmen Lane, which was 10 streets long.
For the inheritance of incense for her husband's family, after marriage, she gave birth to 14 children in 16 years, and survived 5 sons and 4 daughters
The wealth of the Zhang family is far more than that of the Lu family, so Zhang Wuling, who has not cared about material life since childhood, is more concerned about whether the bride looks desirable, whether she has a gentle temperament, and whether she can bear the burden of the Zhang family's hostess.
And when the people who congratulated the Daoxi retreated, the candles in the new room were full of fire, and a jade face that could fall into the city was revealed, and Lu Ying's appearance and figure surprised Zhang Wuling, and after a night of love, the tender little couple became newlywed Yan'er. The next day, Zhang Wuling smiled and publicly announced that Lu Ying had been the head of the Zhang family since then.
From a young age, Lu Ying was asked by her mother to learn etiquette rules and write, and when she was older, her mother personally taught Lu Ying how to run the family. Lu Ying was careful and intelligent, touched by bypass, and soon after getting married, he took care of the Zhang family with the good skills of his housekeeper.
Everything Lu Ying did was looked at by her husband and in-laws, and her husband Zhang Wuling cherished and relied on them, but everything he got was good and good, he first gave it to Lu Ying to choose to use, and the couple loved very much, and the in-laws were full of praise for Lu Ying.
For the Zhang family, it is good that a woman has the ability, but more importantly, she can give birth to heirs for the Zhang family, so as to pass on the inheritance and inherit the incense. When Lu Ying, the daughter-in-law of the long house, became pregnant and when she gave birth to a man became something that the Zhang family secretly speculated and cared about.
Lu Ying and her husband actively work hard to create people, but the first 3 children born are girls, and the Zhang family is obviously disappointed. Lu Ying was also a little anxious, and immediately became pregnant with the 4th child, this time it was really a boy, but unfortunately this child was born insufficient, and died shortly after birth.
Lu Ying and her husband felt the invisible pressure again, and the affectionate couple decided to leave Hefei with their children and go to Suzhou to find a quieter living environment.
When they arrived in Suzhou, they chose a quiet mansion and arranged the courtyard full of books and ink. Zhang Wuling also consulted his wife and decided to set up a new-style girls' school in Suzhou, where the husband and wife took turns to teach, just so that those children from poor families could also learn the new and advanced Western culture, teaching but no class.
As life became simpler and more comfortable, Lu Ying became pregnant with her 5th child, was a daughter, and was pregnant with her 6th child, giving birth to a healthy and lively boy. Lu Ying was finally relieved this time, because she had already completed the task of inheriting the Zhang family.
However, the couple had the strength and mood to raise children, and Lu Ying became pregnant one after another, giving birth to a total of 14 times, adding 4 daughters and 5 sons to the Zhang family.
Since Lu Ying first became pregnant, in the next 16 years, she can be said to be taking care of affairs while giving birth.
Pregnant 14 times in 16 years, almost every time just out of the confinement of the pregnancy again, so intensive pregnancy, on the surface let her get the approval of the in-laws and the lovely children in the courtyard, but in fact, the woman's body under such strain and the formation of adverse consequences are growing darkly, but in those years, everything is too smooth, Lu Ying overdraft and ignore his own health.
Lu Ying, who came from a wealthy family and had a unique style, died of sepsis unexpectedly
Since ancient times, there have been many unsatisfactory sufferings and twists and turns behind the beautiful appearance of beautiful people.
Although Lu Ying desperately became pregnant after marrying and made great sacrifices for the continuation of her husband's family, people never imagined that the family of a generation of beautiful people Lu Ying was so well-off, so exquisite in living habits, and so noble in style, but still had a bad fate and did not escape the mercy of bad luck.
In 1921, shortly after the 14th birth, Lu Ying was tormented by a bad tooth that had been in pain for a long time, and when she was out of the confinement, she immediately found a dentist to remove the tooth. I thought that I would never be bothered by toothache again, but to Lu Ying's surprise, the wound in her mouth was not only severely painful, but also bleeding.
Lu Ying was sent to the hospital by her husband overnight, and after repeated diagnosis by doctors, it was confirmed that Lu Ying had suffered from sepsis and was in a very critical condition.
In an era when medical technology was not yet developed, having sepsis was equivalent to having a terminal illness. Lu Ying was tormenting and thinking in great pain, she knew that time was short, and she made proper arrangements for the aftermath in advance, fulfilling her last share of responsibility.
An unexpected illness brought the magnificent Republic of China celebrity Lu Ying away prematurely, her beauty and youth were fixed at the age of 36, if Lu Ying could live in modern times, she would surely give full play to her talents and achieve remarkable outstanding achievements.
We can't help but feel sorry for Lu Ying's early death, but we still have reason to be happy for her, because she raised the excellent four sisters of Hefei, and these 4 famous girls have all inherited the advantages of their mother Lu Ying, and are famous in China and the world.