In 1906, Lu Xun, who was studying in Japan, suddenly received a news that made him very sad - his mother was critically ill, holding on to her last breath, waiting for Lu Xun to come back to see the last side of the old man!
Lu Xun immediately packed up his things, and Starry Night took the opportunity to rush to his hometown. As a result, after arriving at home, what he saw was his mother, who had been stuck in his throat, and the big stone that had been stalking his throat was finally unloaded, but at the same time, Lu Xun also felt bad - if his mother was not seriously ill, then what was the purpose of tricking him into coming back?
It turned out that his mother had tricked him into returning to the marriage. In 1899, Lu Xun was already 18 years old, and he had reached the age of talking about marriage. At that time, Zhou's mother took a fancy to Zhu An, a young lady of the Zhou family, a large local family in Shaoxing.
Zhu An was born in 1878, 3 years older than Lu Xun, and in Shaoxing itself has the saying that "female juniors hold golden bricks". In addition, Juan Wenwan is sensible and has a very pleasant conversation with Zhou Mu, which is very pleasing to Zhou Mu. At that time, Lu Xun had already entered the Jiangnan Lushi Academy to study, and the college students at that time were golden and expensive, and the future was bound to be immeasurable, so the two families could also be regarded as the right door.
In this way, Lu Xun and Juan did not see each other at all, and the marriage between the two was fixed by the parents of both sides, and the marriage time was placed after Lu Xun graduated. However, as a new youth, Lu Xun pursues free love and marriage, and naturally does not want to marry a woman who has no love at all with him, so his heart is very unhappy.
However, since the death of Lu Xun's father Zhou Boyi in 1896, Lu Xun has paid more and more attention to family affection. Driven by filial piety, Lu Xun could not disobey his mother's wishes, so he still tried to contact Juan. Juan is a lady of the feudal tradition, although gentle and virtuous, but illiterate, wrapped in three inches of golden lotus, is completely inconsistent with the new woman and new love that Lu Xun yearns for.
Lu Xun also tried to change Juan, wanting to teach her to read and let her put her feet. However, after Zhu An heard these words, he only felt very afraid, and regarded these thoughts of Lu Xun as a flood beast, and in his heart he still held the idea that "a woman without talent is virtuous", and he was always unwilling to learn to read well, and it was even more impossible to put his feet down.
After Lu Xun tried to be fruitless, he was also completely disappointed in Juan, and he could escape from the marriage between the two. In 1902, after Lu Xun graduated, he immediately went to Japan to study, and the marriage between the two continued to be delayed. After arriving in Japan, Lu Xun was further exposed to the new Western ideas, and not long after, he cut off his braids.
When Lu Xun returned home for the Chinese New Year in 1903, he was dressed in a suit and his hair was dark, and all of a sudden the Zhou family and the Zhu family exploded. In their view, cutting braids is a great rebellion, and if caught by the Qing dynasty government, there is even the disaster of killing. The Zhu family even wanted to get out of the marriage at one time, but Zhou Mu really liked Juan very much, and kept saying good things, plus Juan was 25 years old at the time, and was a complete leftover woman in that era, it was difficult for anyone to want it, so this marriage was still preserved.
By 1906, Juan was 28 years old, and he couldn't put it off any longer. Therefore, Zhou Mu tricked Lu Xun back home and forced the two to complete the marriage. Lu Xun saw that his mother was actually forced to die, and had no choice but to accept this marriage, like a walking dead, and completed the entire wedding process.
When it came to the night of the candle in the cave room, Lu Xun was also silent, and he kept his head covered and crying, without touching a finger of Juan. After four days of marriage, Lu Xun left the house, and since then, Juan has been alone in the empty house. Although Lu Xun would send a large amount of money to Juan every month, mentally and physically, he did not have any intersection with Juan.
In this way, Juan was forced to stay widowed for decades, and when the news of Lu Xun living with his student Xu Guangping came in 1927, Zhu An was even more distressed. But Zhu Anxianshu held a heavy heart, and even so, she still took good care of Lu Xun's family, called Xu Guangping a sister, and treated Lu Xun and Xu Guangping's child Zhou Hainian as if they were their own, and in her, they had all the good qualities of traditional Chinese women.
Lu Xun had also thought about divorcing Juan, but Juan was not willing. One is that Zhu An has great feelings for Lu Xun and the Zhou family, and the other is that Zhu An, as a small-footed woman, once lu Xun "rests", the second half of his life will definitely be completely unfinished, so the two have always maintained a superficial marriage.
By 1936, after Lu Xun's death, Juan was also very sad and said that he did not resent Lu Xun. But Lu Xun snubbed Juan for so many years, just materially maintaining the life of Zhu An and the Zhou family, saying that there was no hatred in his heart at all, and it was estimated that it was also false.
For example, an incident that occurred in 1944 showed zhu an's repressed resentment. At that time, Lu Xun had been dead for 8 years, and Juan's life had become very difficult. In order to make a living, Zhu An, at the suggestion of Zhou Zuoren, decided to sell the manuscript left by Lu Xun before his death.
However, all of Lu Xun's relics were treasures, so at that time, all walks of life strongly advised Zhu An, saying that Lu Xun's things were very important and should be well preserved, and should not be sold easily. After Juan heard these words, he said emotionally:
"You always say that Lu Xun's relics should be preserved, they must be preserved!" I am also a relic of Lu Xun, and you must also save and preserve me! ”
It can be seen from this that Zhu An still has some hatred for Lu Xun's behavior of snubbing him for decades. But at the same time, Juan also had great respect and love for Lu Xun, and had always been very good to Xu Guangping and Zhou Haiying, and finally did not sell Lu Xun's relics.
By 1947, Juan had died of poverty and illness. From her marriage in 1906 until her death in 1947, Juan was almost alone in an empty house for 41 years. When many people look at this tragedy, they either scold Juan for not wanting to change, or scold Lu Xun for being irresponsible. But in fact, the root cause of this tragedy is actually the decadent feudal social system and marriage system, if Juan is not a small-footed woman, if the two are not arranged marriages. None of these tragedies will happen.