Liu Wencai, a famous landowner in western Sichuan during the Republic of China, married a total of five wives. In this article, we will talk about Liu Wencai's fifth aunt, Wang Yuqing's life experience.
In 1911, Wang Yuqing was born into a peasant family in Wanyan Village, Caichang, Dayi, Sichuan. Wang Yuqing's father, in addition to planting more than three acres of land, also opened a small candy shop on the street and usually sold some grain flower candy, so he was also known as "Wang Gu Flower".
The Wang family has its own acres of land, its own small stalls, and the family works hard and lives frugally. Unlike in film and television dramas, the real Republic of China, many small landlords live very frugally, personally work in the fields, and it is impossible to make big fish and meat every day. Wang Yuqing later said that when he was a child, his family was poor, that is, compared with the big landlord Liu Wencai, if compared with the low-level people, his family's life is not bad.
Wang Yuqing was very favored at home, attended private school for two years, and also learned female red, and the elders liked her very much. Probably because of pampering, his father did not let Wang Yu marry early in the morning, and he remained around at the age of 25. According to folk legend, Wang Yuqing went out to cut firewood one day and happened to run into Liu Wencai. Liu Wencai took a fancy to this girl and took her home.
But this is not the case in fact, Wang Yuqing is "Ming Media Zheng Married" to Marry Liu Wencai. In 1936, the 51-year-old Liu Wencai wanted to marry another fifth aunt, which was heard by a guy named Zhao Jianting. Zhao Jianting has been helping Liu Wencai collect rent in the Caichang area and is Wang Yuqing's cousin.
You know, at that time, Liu Wencai was powerful and powerful, and the people wanted to be able to climb up with him. Zhao Jianting then considered and recommended one of Wang Yuqing's cousins to Liu Wencai. At this moment, an elder in the family said that it was better to recommend Wang Yuqing. Why? Because Wang Yuqing looks beautiful, and he can also read and write, the conditions are very good.
Liu Wencai heard about this and was also very happy.
Liu Wencai
Zhao Jianting was then ordered to go to the Wang family to propose to him, and he came several times in a row. Wang Yuqing's parents certainly had no opinion, after all, if they could marry their daughter to Liu Wencai, the Wang family would suddenly soar. However, Wang Yuqing was not happy in his heart, after all, he was 25 years old, Liu Wencai was already 51 years old, who wanted to marry an old man?
Besides, after marrying the past, she became the fifth aunt, who knows whether Liu Wencai's other wives are good or not? Thinking about it, Wang Yuqing always felt awkward in his heart, but in that era, marriage was not his own decision, and Wang Yuqing finally agreed.
Although this matter has been said, Liu Wencai and Wang Yuqing have not yet met, and they do not know what the other party looks like. Liu Wencai was also worried in his heart, in case he was deceived by the matchmaker, Wang Yuqing would not look good, or even a disability, wouldn't it be a shame? However, at that time, it was not in accordance with the rules for the two to meet before marriage.
In the end, Liu Wencai came up with a good way to let Zhao Jianting arrange a "chance encounter". In February of the lunar calendar in 1937, at the Laoguang Temple Meeting, Wang Yuqing followed his parents to the temple fair. Halfway to the road, they "met" the large landlord Liu Wencai, and the two fixed their eyes on it and were very satisfied.
Wang Yuqing saw that Liu Wencai was tall, wearing a melon skin hat and a long shirt of Ayala, and he was full of energy. This style and demeanor, Wang Yuqing liked it at a glance. Liu Wencai saw that the girl in front of her had fair skin, flowers and moons, and was very satisfied.
Soon, the two of them agreed on a good day to marry.
Former residence of Liu Wencai
On the 24th day of the fourth lunar month in 1937, Liu Wencai's receiving team blew and beat along the way, and came to Wanyan Village in Dayi County and picked up Wang Yuqing. The palanquin was carried straight to the main entrance of the tall and gorgeous Liu's old mansion, and Liu Wencai excitedly helped Wang Yuqing into the door.
There was no ceremony of "worshiping heaven and earth" at the wedding, Liu Wencai just took the iron pestle in front of the ancestral tablet and knocked on the chime, which meant to tell the ancestors that Liu Wencai had married into a room of aunts. Why is there no ritual of "worshiping heaven and earth"? Liu Wencai's statement is that he is also older, and he is married to a fifth aunt, which is too public and inappropriate. Therefore, at that time, only a few tables were held at the banquet, mainly entertaining Wang Yuqing's mother's family, as well as officials and businessmen from Chengdu and Yibin.
The mother's family is naturally not very satisfied, after all, it is a married daughter, everyone wants to be beautiful, and the bigger the operation, the better. But Wang Yuqing could still understand, and she later recalled: "The old man also felt disgraceful, should not be publicized!" In fact, from the appointment of relatives and the eight characters of he, to the reception of the palanquin from the main entrance of Liu's old mansion, it proves that Wang Yuqing is "ming media is marrying".
Wang Yuqing is young and beautiful and cultured, and Liu Wencai is very fond of her. After marrying over, as long as she made a request, Liu Wencai always tried her best to meet it. Needless to say, as long as Liu Wencai goes out, he will basically take Wang Yuqing with him. As the "school director" of Wencai Middle School, Liu Wencai always brings Wang Yuqing to attend every school opening or graduation ceremony.
When it came to Wang Yuqing's birthday, he had to make a big fuss and put dozens of tables on the table. Liu Wencai went out to the banquet, and basically wang Yuqing accompanied him. Because Wang Yuqing was motion sick, Liu Wencai also bought an American jeep in 1946 for her to ride when she went out.
According to folk rumors, Wang Yuqing is very extravagant, she eats duck meat and only eats duck webbing, so she has to kill more than twenty ducks at a meal. But Wang Yuqing later explained that she was not such a luxurious person, because she was accustomed to frugal days when she was a child, and she really did not want to waste food. That time, when she saw the family eating ducks, there were a lot of duck paws left and no one to eat, she felt that it was a pity to throw them away, so she took them and ate them herself.
Unexpectedly, outsiders actually said that she only loved to eat duck paws. Wang Yuqing said helplessly: "Actually, which one is so stupid, putting meat and not eating it, and eating claws?" ”
However, life in the Liu family is not smooth.
Ling Jun is like the old photo
Liu Wencai had five wives, and the eldest wife had long since died of illness and had no children. The second wife, named Yang Zhonghua, was a native of Dayi County, and gave birth to four sons and three daughters for Liu Wencai. Therefore, the status of the second wife in the family is the highest, belonging to the status of the "main house".
The third aunt's name is Ling Junru, and the fourth aunt's name is Liang Huilin, both of whom are from Yibin and are rumored to be cousins. These two aunts and wives are beautiful, have seen the world, and are considered to be women who are "full of urban dust". The third aunt and the fourth aunt joined forces to consolidate their position in the Liu family, and if they did not agree, they would quarrel and make trouble.
Before Wang Yuqing married in, the second wife Yang Zhonghua and the third aunt and the fourth aunt were already in a fight, and there was already a lot of trouble. All day long to fight for the wind and jealousy, a family often chicken flying dog jump, the second wife Yang Zhonghua can not stand it, simply moved to Chengdu Wenmiao Street Liu Mansion to live, out of sight and not bothered.
As soon as Wang Yuqing married in, he immediately became a common enemy of the former three aunts. The second wife has lived in Chengdu for too long, and usually rarely sees each other, but there are not so many conflicts. The third aunt and the fourth aunt were different, they thought that the wind and jealousy had the upper hand, but they did not expect that Liu Wencai had married a younger fifth aunt, and they were naturally very unhappy in their hearts. After entering the Liu family, Wang Yuqing immediately realized the danger of the environment and had to deal with it carefully.
Liu Wencai's favor for her, in the eyes of the other three aunts, is provocative. Therefore, they will try their best to bully Wang Yuqing. However, Wang Yuqing is not a sixteen or seventeen-year-old little girl, she knows very well that she can't fight the first three aunts and wives, so she never takes much care of things and fights for the wind and jealousy.
Liu Wencai saw that the fifth aunt was so obedient, and she did not quarrel with other aunts and wives, so naturally she liked it more. Therefore, Wang Yuqing's position is becoming more and more stable, and the exclusion of her is becoming less and less.
However, Wang Yuqing has never had children. There is a saying that when Wang Yuqing was not yet married, the third aunt, Lin Junru, suddenly came to the door and had to take Wang Yuqing to Chengdu to play. Wang Yuqing resigned, but could only follow. As a result, when playing in Chengdu, the third aunt quietly gave Wang Yuqing "foreign medicine", resulting in her inability to have children in the future. Whether this is true or not, no one knows.
Although Liu Wencai was not given a child, her status was still very high. After the Wang family and Liu Wencai climbed their relatives, earth-shaking changes also occurred. Liu Wencai bought 100 acres of land for Wang Yuqing's father, and also built a large tile house, and the Wang family became a large local household.
In 1948, Liu Wencai fell seriously ill.
Wang Yuqing
This year, Liu Wencai vomited blood twice and was diagnosed with tuberculosis by the hospital. Wang Yuqing accompanied him and took good care of him, Liu Wencai knew that his time was short, and he said with tears several times: "After I die, the most reassuring thing is you!" As soon as he said this, Wang Yuqing also cried. When Wang Yuqing, who is in his nineties, was interviewed, when he mentioned this scene again, his eyes were also red.
In October 1949, Liu Wencai's condition in Chengdu deteriorated and he asked his family to send him back to his hometown. However, the car had just left the city not far away, and Liu Wencai was already in a state of death, so he had to send it back to the city. Wang Yuqing hurried back to An Ren to retrieve the coffin and clothes that had been prepared. At noon on October 17, Liu Wencai fell ill and died in Chengdu.
As soon as Liu Wencai died, Wang Yuqing lost her biggest patron, and not long after the liberation of Chengdu, she fell to a place called "Cihuitang" and lived. For more than 5 years, Wang Yuqing stayed in Chengdu, making a living by making cloth shoes, selling pickles and stinky tofu. Until 1955, with the help of others, Wang Yuqing married a provincial counselor, but her second husband died in 1963, and Wang Yuqing has lived alone ever since.
After Liu Wencai's death, Wang Yuqing's life was in trouble. But in fact, it was completely bearable for her, after all, she was accustomed to living a poor life in her early years. Over the years, Wang Yuqing has done farm work and picked up cow dung. After 1978, there was a "five-guarantee household" treatment, and they could receive 6 kilograms of vegetable oil, 400 kilograms of rations, and 400 yuan per year. Later, Wang Yuqing moved to Anren Town, and his life was also taken care of by the government.
Wang Yuqing is a cheerful, very realistic person, can enjoy happiness and can also suffer, when she is old, people often come to interview her, she does not refuse. In 2003, 92-year-old Wang Yuqing fell while hanging out and was bedridden. Although he was able to get out of bed for a walk for a while, his health deteriorated and he died on April 16 of that year.
Before Wang Yuqing died, a reporter asked her if she was living happily with Liu Wencai. Wang Yuqing replied, "Why aren't you happy, live a 'parasite' life of 'clothes to stretch out your hands, food to open your mouth'!" ”