Su Buqing
In May 1986, the elderly Su Buqing accompanied his seriously ill wife, Yonako Matsumoto, to the hospital to bask in the sun.
The sunlight is very good, hitting people's faces, and can reflect a warm halo.
Matsumoto Looked back, and although her husband behind her was as white-haired as she was, the bottom of her eyes was always as gentle as ever.
Probably too long for her. Decades of time have passed, so that many of the past fierceness will eventually be buried with her "passing".
Just like the teenager who proposed to her with Japanese etiquette under the cherry blossom trees that bloomed that year. Clumsily making a vow of one or two people in her life, now she was going to leave him one step ahead.
"My name is Su Buqing, and I'm from China."
A young voice sounded in the ears, and the time seemed to rewind back to the spring of 1924.
Su Buqing in his youth
Yonako Matsumoto is a student at Tohoku Imperial University in Sendai, Japan, and her father is the famous Matsumoto professor at the school.
As the daughter of a well-known professor, Yonako Matsumoto attracted "attention" at school. Only now, the school has a new "celebrity", and the popularity is extremely high.
Even if she didn't deliberately inquire, Matsumoto Yonako easily knew the student's name, Su Buqing. An international student from China.
Hearing more about Su Buqing's "rumors", Matsumoto Yonako felt curiosity and a little admiration in her heart.
She wanted to meet Su Buqing.
I don't know if heaven heard her voice. After a party, Matsumoto Yonako finally met Su Buqing, who has been "famous for a long time".
Yonago Matsumoto
His appearance is not much like Matsumoto's imagination, tall and thin, and his eyes flash with a warm and wise "light".
The two of them walked on a quiet campus path, and Matsumoto Yonako looked at the man next to her and asked curiously, "Why are you studying mathematics so desperately?" ”
In her opinion, mathematics is boring, and she loves music, calligraphy and flower arrangement.
"Because China's development requires mathematics." Su Buqing stopped and looked more and more upright at the woman's ignorant gaze.
"In the beginning, I also thought that math was not interesting to listen to songs and dance. But when you associate mathematics with national fortunes, you will find out how rich and tempting it is. I'm willing to love math for my country. ”
Su Buqing family
Yonako Matsumoto was shocked, she had heard all sorts of reasons for her love of mathematics. Today, however, this answer was something she had never heard before.
Love for the country... What a noble and purely patriotic feeling! Even if she is a Japanese woman, she is also touched and shocked by this emotion.
This is the most responsible and ambitious man Matsumoto Yonako has ever seen in more than twenty years, and seeing Su Buqing's determined eyes, Matsumoto Yonako can't help but beat her heart.
She knew that at this moment, her heart had completely "fallen".
In 1927, Su Buqing, a graduate student, was officially hired as a lecturer in the algebra class at Northeastern Imperial University.
Yonako Matsumoto was happy because Su Buqing was the first foreign student in the history of the school to serve as a teacher. It was even called by the Japanese media as "the brilliant mathematical star rising from the eastern territory".
As Su Buqing's girlfriend, she is naturally proud and joyful for Su Buqing's excellence. However, I don't know when it began, and the voice of "doubt" gradually came out from around.
A former suitor stopped Matsumoto and said, "Su Buqing is a Chinese countryman with a very poor family. Even if you study well in the future, you may not have a good life, and you will not have a good life with him. ”
Matsumoto just shook her head, "You won't understand." ”
In her opinion, Su Buqing is talented and has a heart for her homeland. Outsiders will only measure him unjustifiably from his nationality, family, and question him. I don't understand his mental character, and I don't understand their previous strong feelings.
To Matsumoto's dismay, her father didn't understand either.
My father had said that he could only marry the best of the youth in the future. Although Su Buqing is excellent, he is not Japanese.
The word that countries are different "negates" their feelings.
Yonako Matsumoto never rebelled against her father since she was a child, but this time she had to "oppose" him in person. For the only time in her life was a passionate true love.
Cherry blossoms blow up the girl's window sill and land on the desk that is "paved" with hearts.
Yonako Matsumoto followed the direction of the wind and looked out the window. After a long time, she suddenly stood up. Without saying a word, he ran outside.
The summer breeze blows through the ends of your hair, and the smell of cherry blossoms is all the way.
Yonako Matsumoto had only one thought in her mind: "She's going to see him." ”
I don't know how many cherry blossom trees she ran by, but Matsumoto Finally saw the person she had in mind. When I don't see it, I miss it, but when I meet, I don't know where to start.
Yonako Matsumoto tells about her recent thoughts, her father's obstruction, and the criticism of her classmates. She didn't know what she was trying to express, and her heart was full of anxiety and contradictions.
Yonago Matsumoto family
The only thing that was certain was that she didn't want to be separated from him.
"Let's get married."
The man's clear and gentle voice completely interrupted all of Matsumoto's thoughts, and her heart rose high and fell heavily.
Su Buqing just didn't say a word, and looked at the beloved woman tenderly.
Maybe his eyes are too gentle, or maybe the cherry blossoms in the sky are too dreamy. More likely the person who said this was Su Buqing.
Yonako Matsumoto couldn't refuse at all, and didn't want to refuse.
So, in that cherry blossom season. Two young people in love span the nationalities, "escalating" from love to marriage.
After marriage, Matsumoto Yonako took her husband's surname and changed her name to Sumiko. Like countless Japanese women, after marriage, they began to take care of the family wholeheartedly and became a "full-time" housewife.
The first on the right is Su Buqing
Sumiko didn't think there was anything wrong with such a day, not to mention that all her female elders and companions did it.
As far as herself is concerned, she is also willing to take care of Su Buqing.
The days after marriage are always harmonious and happy.
Su Buqing's achievements in the mathematical community also became more and more significant, becoming a "mathematical superstar" that attracted much attention at that time.
However, Sumiko found that her husband had been sighing lately, and seemed to have some troubles that were difficult to solve. After dinner, Sumiko raised her doubts.
Originally, the school wanted Su Buqing to continue to stay in office, but he was bent on returning to China to build a first-class mathematics department and promote the development of China's academic community.
This was planned by Su Buqing before studying abroad, and he has been working hard for it. But now that he has married Sumiko, he does not want his wife to leave his hometown because of his ideals.
After listening carefully to Su Buqing's thoughts, Su Mizi gently shook his hand.
"Qing, I support your decision. First of all, I love you, and you love China, so I love China too. I support you to return to the place we all love, and I will follow you wherever you go. ”
I have to say that Su Mizi really loves Su Buqing.
Without abandoning the promise of always accompanying each other, both of them have indeed fulfilled it.
When I first came to China, there were many places where Sumizi was not used to it.
She doesn't like to eat curd because she thinks it's a bit "dirty." Su Buqing likes to eat and feels that SuMizi has missed a top delicacy.
Su Buqing and Matsumoto Yonako
In order to make her fall in love with curd milk, Su Buqing scraped off the layer of "skin" on it, and then added a little sugar according to the taste that SuMizi liked.
After "improving" the curd milk, it suddenly "conquered" the taste buds of Sumizi. She began to fall in love with the dish.
In addition to this, Japanese people are accustomed to bathing every day. In order to solve the problem of bathing, Su Buqing deliberately asked someone to make a bathtub with an iron barrel.
In this way, Sumiko can take a bath once a week. Although she was still a little unaccustomed, looking at her husband who had done everything for her, Sumiko could only feel moved in her heart.
She thought that it was nothing to wash once a week. He can tolerate himself, and he can adapt to everything for him.
On July 7, 1937, Japan launched a full-scale war of aggression against China.
Japanese planes "invaded" Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places. At that time, Su Buqing was a professor at Zhejiang University.
In the middle is Su Buqing
In the face of the crazy bombing of Japanese aircraft, the school had to be relocated for the safety of all teachers and students. But he did not want to, Su Buqing suddenly received an urgent telegram from Japan.
It turned out that Japan's Tohoku Imperial University wanted to hire Su Buqing again. When Su Buqing received the letter of appointment, he was furious.
In his view, the Japanese side shamelessly invaded China. It is the "enemy" of all the people of the country who still wants him to take office. It's ridiculous!
This time the hiring was "fruitless", and the Japanese side naturally refused to give up. Directly sent a Japanese official from the consulate in Hangzhou to Su Buqing's home to persuade again.
Su Buqing was not at home, and the people who came only saw SuMizi.
"As a Japanese, I wonder if my wife would like to come to the consulate to taste the food of her hometown? We are happy to look forward to it. ”
This is tantamount to solicitation, Sumiko knows her husband's position, and naturally will not "run counter to him".
"Since I married Su Jun, I have been accustomed to living a Chinese life and eating Chinese meals."
The tone was soft, but unusually firm. In her heart, although she is Japanese, she is also a "Chinese wife".
However, before this "storm" was resolved, the news of Professor Matsumoto's critical illness came, and Su Buqing and his wife were anxious.
It is only because of the current situation that Su Buqing is not suitable for traveling to Japan. After thinking about it, he had to let Sumiko return to Sendai, Japan alone.
Sumiko understands her husband's kindness, and he wants to fulfill his filial piety. However, the more this time came, the more she could not leave him.
"I don't go back. Anyway, I'll follow you! Always follow you! ”
Between the position of the home country and her husband and children, she decisively chose the latter. She was only willing, and only wanted to follow Su Buqing.
And this one is nearly sixty years.
At that time, Su Buqing's family followed the school to the west, and after two years of twists and turns, they finally settled down in Guizhou. At that time, the war was tense, but the teaching of the school could not be relaxed.
To this end, Su Buqing gave lectures in caves and lectures in broken temples in the city. The students sat on the floor, using branches as pens and the floor to make paper, still "tirelessly" learning.
During this period, Su Mizi has always accompanied Su Buqing's side, never abandoned, wind and rain together.
In 1953, Sumizi officially became a Chinese citizen. This Japanese woman, who has lived in China for more than twenty years, has long been "rooted" in the land of China.
Su Buqing was speaking
Sumiko once again changed her name to "Su Song ben", Su is the husband's surname, and Matsumoto is the father's surname. Alone, she has achieved "integration" across nationalities.
One weekend in 1979, Su Buqing looked at his wife, who was doing housework. Can't help but think back to when they got married.
On the wedding day, she wore a beautiful dress and walked slowly towards herself. At that moment, he only felt that she was the "most beautiful bride" in the whole world.
But it seems that after marrying herself, she no longer has so many opportunities and time to dress herself up. All she had in mind was the warmth of herself and her children.
Obviously, when she was a teenager, she loved to play the guzheng the most. When they returned to China together, his wife also brought her most beloved thirteen-string guzheng with her.
I thought I could listen to my wife's melodious piano from time to time, but she "spent" all her time on the family's food, clothing, and housing. You can only let the body of the piano be covered with dust.
Su Buqing also remembered that some students had seen their wife's calligraphy and were amazed.
"Master Su's words are much better than Mr. Su's."
Yes, his wife was also a college talent. Even if she herself has many places that are inferior to her, she is willing to retire to her family and keep the "glory of the scenery" to herself.
Without her, there would be no achievements for him.
Now it's time to "fulfill" your wife.
Su Buqing gently pulled Su Mizi to his side: "Now that we are in a different situation, the children are also independent, you have to buy a new dress for yourself no matter what, and..."
Sumiko, who wanted to refuse the "request" to buy clothes, heard the unfinished meaning in his words and asked, "And what?" ”
Su Buqing smiled warmly, "And you should go back and have a look." ”
"Where to go back?" Sumiko did not react for a moment.
Su Buqing and his wife
Su Buqing patted his wife's shoulder and said, "Japan! Your hometown..."
Before he could finish speaking, Sumiko's eyes turned red. Then he couldn't hold back any longer, and simply fell into his arms and cried out loudly.
Decades of homesickness can only be forced to "hide" in the bottom of her heart, and now that there is hope of going back, Sumiko only feels as if there are endless tears.
Su Buqing wrapped his wife tightly in his arms, feeling all her grievances and heartache.
After 43 years of separation from her hometown, Sumiko finally stepped on the land of her homeland again in the company of her husband. In this life, she finally has no regrets.
In 1982, Sumiko, who had been working all her life, fell ill.
Statue of Su Buqing
During the time when she was ill, Su Buqing took care of her step by step. She used to take care of herself in every detail, but now it's time for her to take care of her.
Sumiko lay on the hospital bed, looking back on her life. Although there have been difficulties and hardships, her soul is always satisfied.
If there is nothing that cannot be abandoned, then there is only Su Buqing.
"The bento is for me, and you have to stick to it."
Looking at her husband, who had always been calm and helpless, Sumiko was distressed and nodded her head gently: "I promise you."
She was as firm and solemn as she had been when she agreed to marry him.
However, it was difficult for manpower to overcome the disease after all, and in May 1986, SuMizi still left Su Buqing.
Before dying, only one last wish was left. That is to say, I hope that Su Buqing will not be sad and live well.
Su Buqing wrote a mourning poem for Yonako Matsumoto
"Fifty strings for no reason, one string and one pillar."
Since SuMizi left, Su Buqing hung her favorite guzheng on the wall of the room. Whenever I miss my dead wife, I can't help but stroke it.
It's just a pity that there is no longer the woman who sits in front of the piano, plays slowly and slowly, and immerses herself in classical music.
In order to solve the pain of lovesickness, Su Buqing always took a photo of Su Mizi with him. It felt like his wife was still with him.
I deeply felt the words of living in my heart. It is as if my wife is still walking with me in the garden, lecturing at the pulpit, attending meetings together..."
In March 2003, Mr. Su Buqing passed away.
With his heart full of thoughts and memories of a lifetime, he went to "chase" his lover.
"Looking across the blue sea and sky of Sendai, I am sad and helpless to send Yellow Spring." East and West have been together for thousands of miles, and bittersweet have been dependent on each other for sixty years. ”
Although it is "slower", two old people who have loved each other all their lives will eventually wait for their "reunion".