On March 15, 1935, a small restaurant opened in the French Concession of Shanghai. The restaurant's façade is small, but the identities of the people who come to celebrate are unusual. The people who came to the scene were not only military and political dignitaries from Ningbo and Shanghai, but also Du Yuesheng, Jin Jinrong, Zhang Xiaolin and other young gang leaders.
And the owner of this restaurant is neither young master Kuo nor a military and political official, but a strange woman Dong Zhujun who came from a poor background, entered the Qinglou, and had a tortuous fate.
Forced into the Qinglou
Dong Zhujun was born in Shanghai to an ordinary poor family, his father was a rickshaw driver, and his mother worked as a servant to a wealthy family.
Although the family was poor, the enlightened Dong father gritted his teeth and sent her to a private school when she was 8 years old. At the age of 13, Dong Zhujun's father was seriously ill, spent the family's savings, and borrowed usurious loans. In that year, it was impossible to repay the loan shark, and there was no way out, because Dong Zhujun looked very tall, the ice and snow were smart, and there was a Qinglou who wanted Dong Zhujun to sing to the guests of the Qinglou, 300 pieces of ocean sang for three years, and after singing for three years, they could go home, and Dong Zhujun's parents, who were forced by pressure, mortgaged Dong Zhujun to the Qinglou.
13-year-old Dong Zhujun entered the Qinglou, at first, the old bustard of the Qinglou still abided by the agreement, saying that he had come to sing and arranged for her to sing. But when Dong Zhujun reached the age of fourteen or fifteen, he became more and more beautiful and moving, what is the place of the Qinglou, Dong Zhujun can be said to be living like a year in the Qinglou, often being teased by the guests, and the old bustard wants to force her to break down every day to receive guests.
But although Dong Zhujun is young, her ambition is not small, and she knows that if she receives a guest, this life will be over. Whenever the old bustard forced her to pick her up, she took the knife and put it around her neck, "Want me to come from, unless I die." ”
Marry the time of summer
Xia Shi was a revolutionary, founded the League Association with Sun Yat-sen in his early years, returned to China and joined the Xinhai Revolution, and became the governor of Sichuan Province at the age of 24.
During the Republic of China period, the Qinglou was often patronized by some progressive young people, mainly in the gathering and meeting of meetings can avoid people's eyes and ears, convenient for secret affairs and so on. By chance, Dong Zhujun got acquainted with Xia Zhi, and when he came and went, Dong Zhujun and Xia Shi fell in love with each other very much.
When Xia Shi offered to spend money to redeem Dong Zhujun, Dong Zhujun refused. She believes that if she spends money to redeem herself in the summer, then she is like an object, and her future life will be subject to people. She also agreed with Xia Zhi in three chapters:
1, must be clear media is married, not to be a little wife.
2. After marriage, I will be sent to Japan to study.
3. After starting a family, both husband and wife should jointly run the family.
And when Xia Shi listened to these three conditions, he loved Dong Zhujun even more, such a young age, a young Qinglou woman with a low identity, actually had this kind of ideological awareness and insight. Xia Shi immediately agreed to Dong Zhujun, and one night, Dong Zhujun drunk the guards, successfully escaped from the Qinglou, and married Xia Shi in Shanghai, and studied in Japan after marriage.
Go solo on the beach
Later, they gave birth to four daughters, because they were born in Qinglou, and did not give birth to sons, after returning to the Xia family in Sichuan, they were often coldly spoken ill of by Xia Shi's family, and when Dong Zhujun used her generosity, tolerance, sincerity, shrewdness and ability, filial piety and respect for her in-laws to get the approval of the Xia family, his husband had an accident.
Xia Shi's army was not only disarmed by Shangfeng, but he himself was also demoted. In the summer, the whole person changed, smoking opium or marijuana all day, going to gamble after smoking, and finding stubble when he came home. But Dong Zhujun knew that it was not easy for her husband and silently endured these. Until one time when the eldest daughter was sick and her life was in danger, and Xia Shi continued to smoke his big cigarette as if nothing had happened, Dong Zhujun ran for his daughter outside for more than forty days before pulling her daughter back from the ghost gate. However, as soon as Dong Zhujun entered the house, Xia Shi yelled at her, saying that he was delaying housework in order to treat his daughter's illness. This made Dong Zhujun turn his face to her husband for the first time, and a few days later, an argument, Xia Shi even stormed the kitchen to pick up a kitchen knife to cut Dong Zhujun.
Dong Zhujun took her four daughters and her parents to the beach alone.
Famous earthquake on the beach
Dong Zhujun came to Shanghai Beach not only to take care of his elderly parents, but also to provide for his four daughters to go to school, and after finishing all the objects on his body, he went to set up a stall.
After the stalls could not be put down, Dong Zhujun had a bold idea - to open a factory.
She sold all of her mother's family property, and after scraping together enough money, she opened a small sand pipe factory. But when the factory had a little improvement, the War of Resistance Against Japan broke out, the factory was blown up to pieces, the factory could not be done, the creditors collected debts every day, plus their parents both left, Dong Zhujun directly to the brink of collapse, such a strong person has thought about suicide several times.
When she collapsed to the brink, someone advised her to go back to Sichuan to confess to Xia Shi. However, Dong Zhujun resolutely did not return, and divorced Xia Shi, cutting off the way out.
At this time, there was a nobleman and righteous soldier Li Songgao in her life, who was an arms purchaser in the Sichuan local army. Dong Zhujun and Xia Shi's affairs are known to many people in Sichuan, and many people admire Dong Zhujun's courage and personality. And Li Songgao was one of them, when he came to Shanghai to purchase arms, he decided to go to see Dong Zhujun, saw Dong Zhujun so depressed, and donated 2,000 yuan to Dong Zhujun on the spot. He was afraid that Dong Zhujun would not grant it, so he said that I had lent it to you.
Dong Zhujun took the money to send charcoal in the snow to open a restaurant - "Jinjiang Chuan Restaurant".
Dong Zhujun and Xia Shi studied in Japan after marriage, so her hotel layout and layout are very advanced, plus Dong Zhujun will be a person, the restaurant is suddenly on fire. It provoked military and political leaders in Shanghai and Nanjing, as well as some green gang bigwigs in Shanghai Beach, to patronize for a long time, Dong Zhujun also got to know a lot of big guys, and the people who ate in her restaurant were some "big people", and Dong Zhujun was also famous on the beach.
Once, Du Yuesheng came to dinner, waited for a long time and did not get on the line, and was angry on the spot. Just say to the waiter: "Give your boss Dong Zhujun a word, just say what I said, quickly expand the storefront, and rent a house with the landlord in my name." ”
Dong Zhujun got the help of Du Yuesheng, a nobleman, so the "Shanghai Jin Jiang Hotel" was officially opened.
On the day of the opening, not only military and political leaders from Ningbo and Shanghai, but also Du Yuesheng, Jin Jinrong, Zhang Xiaolin and other young gang leaders came to the scene.
When Chaplin visited China, he also went to the Jin Jiang Hotel to taste crispy duck. After liberation, Dong Zhujun donated the Jin Jiang Hotel to the people's government free of charge. Later, she served as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for seven consecutive years and was also received by Premier Zhou. She is also a pioneer of the feminist movement and a strange woman in the Republic of China period.