Some netizens nominated a woman who is more beautiful in China in the comment area - Zhang Youyi.
When she was a minor, she was arranged by her parents to drop out of school to marry.
But her husband thought she was a dirt bun, cheated on her during her pregnancy, forced her to have a fetus, and forced her to divorce.
After experiencing the darkest moments of her life, she worked hard and eventually not only became a strong woman on the beach, but also gained true love in her later years.
The name "Zhang Youyi" may not be familiar to you.
But her scumbag ex-husband you must know.
He is Xu Zhimo, the great talent who wrote "Farewell to Kangqiao".
When dacaizi first saw Zhang Youyi's photo, he commented on five words - rural buns.
But in fact, Zhang Youyi's family is well-off, her ancestors have been a high-ranking official, and her father is a famous local doctor.
The 8 brothers in the family are more or less famous in the political arena.
Otherwise, the Xu family, who were already wealthy merchants in Jiangnan, would not have come to marry the Zhang family.
Set up what Xu Zhimo despised, "the order of the matchmaker, the parents." ”。
It is said that the daughter should be rich, but unfortunately the Zhang family at that time did not have this concept.
The Zhang family mother even thinks that her son is the child, so she always claims to the outside world that "I have 8 children."
I don't take 6 daughters as my own family at all.
Photo of the children of the Zhang family
Although she grew up in such a home, Zhang Youyi is not particularly traditional.
When she was still young, her brother stopped her mother from wrapping her little feet, so she became the first heavenly foot girl in the Zhang family.
Growing up, she persuaded her father to let her go to school.
A teacher training school with a special fee and its cheapness was specially chosen, so cheap that my father could not refuse.
However, this "rebellion" came to an abrupt end at the age of 15.
Under the guidance of her brother and the arrangement of her parents, she suspended her studies and put on a wedding dress.
She did not fight, marry someone to marry, and settle down with the encounter.
She wasn't without illusions about marriage either, "I had hoped he would smile at me the first time he saw me."
Unfortunately, Xu Zhimo did not, "his eyes were always very serious."
Later, Zhang Youyi realized that she was just a tool for the Xu family to inherit the lineage.
After marriage, Xu Zhimo always ran out in the name of reading.
In order to be able to talk to her husband, she also specially hired a tutor to study English, literature, history, geography...
Even if Xu Zhimo was at home, he did not want to talk to her for a few words, and only held a book and read in the courtyard.
At the age of 18, Zhang Youyi lived up to expectations and became pregnant.
Then, Xu Zhimo, who completed the sowing task, patted his ass and ran to the United States to study.
Leave the young wife at home to raise sons and serve in-laws.
Zhang Youyi and eldest son Xu Jikai
After 2 years of hard work, the families of both sides could not watch it.
So he bought a ferry ticket and sent Zhang Youyi to Xu Zhimo, who was studying political economy in Cambridge, England.
About to meet her long-lost husband, Zhang Youyi was very worried and painstakingly piled the best clothes on her body.
The result?
Zhang Youyi wrote in her memoirs in her later years: "Although I have never seen him look like he wears a suit. But I knew it was him. I could tell at a glance that his attitude was not mistaken, for he was the only one among the people who picked up the boats and showed an expression that he did not want to be there. ”
For the arrival of Zhang Youyi, Xu Zhimo was very disgusted.
In addition to the fact that she was not foreign enough as always, it was also because he had a white moonlight in his heart - Lin Huiyin.
However, Xu Zhimo, who did not have a little love for Zhang Youyi, made Zhang Youyi pregnant again.
But this time he didn't want her to give birth, "beat the baby."
Zhang Youyi was incredulous and said weakly, "I have heard that some people have died of miscarriage."
As a result, Xu Zhimo actually responded: "There are still many people who died because of train accidents, don't there still be many people who take the train?" ”
Liang Shiqiu once commented on Xu Zhimo --
He likes to tease and never export hurts; he drinks and socializes, never snubs anyone.
In the eyes of outsiders, a humble gentleman who is as gentle as jade, has such an attitude towards his wife, who can think of it.
In addition to verbal coldness, Xu Zhimo also filed for divorce.
Zhang Youyi, who was pregnant with Liujia, did not agree, and he left again, leaving Zhang Youyi, who was not familiar with the land in England.
Desperate, Zhang Youyi had to ask her brother for help, from Paris to Berlin, waiting alone to give birth and have children.
During her pregnancy, Xu Zhimo never greeted her for half a sentence.
It wasn't until Zhang Gave Birth to their second son, Peter, that he appeared, carrying a divorce agreement.
Zhang Youyi wrote down the picture of Xu Zhimo and her going to the hospital to see little Peter -
"Stick your face on the window pane and look mesmerized"
"He never asked me how I was going to raise him, how he was going to live."
In the face of such a thin and widowed Xu Zhimo, Zhang Youyi no longer lingered and signed.
This couple became the first couple to divorce in modern China.
Then, the great talent who successfully recovered his free body wrote a song "Laughing and Solving the Knot of Troubles" with joy.
How is it! After all, disbanded, troubles are difficult to knot, troubles are bitter knots.
Come, now let go of your face and smile, shake hands and work together;
This goes to the breeze day, the scenery of the free road is good.
Listening to the joy behind him, the controversy dissolved the knot,
Eliminate the annoyance!
Zhang Youyi, who was completely abandoned, followed her second brother to Germany and entered the academy to study early childhood education.
The intention is clear, the child has lost its father, and the mother wants to give them the best education in her best ability.
Unfortunately, Heaven's test of Zhang Youyi was not over.
In 1925, she brutally took away her young son.
Cute and clever little Peter, only 3 years old, died prematurely because of peritonitis.
Zhang Youyi's youngest son, Peter
Zhang Youyi, who is only 25 years old, has lost her husband and children.
With nothing, she returned home with little Peter's ashes in her arms.
First, he went to Soochow University to teach German.
The following year, with the support of her brother Zhang Jiaxuan, she became the vice president of Shanghai Women's Commercial and Savings Bank.
Although she was an airborne soldier, she learned from scratch with an apprentice mentality and worked hard.
Within a few years, he was well-gotten in the financial industry and was elected as a bank director for many years.
In addition, she is also the general manager of Yunsheng Fashion Company.
It was the first new clothing company in China, which improved Chinese clothing with unique cuts and was highly sought after by the shanghai beach magnates.
Zhang Youyi's day usually appears at the bank at 9 o'clock in the morning, finds a tutor to tutor for an hour of Chinese after work at 5 o'clock, and goes to the clothing company at 6 o'clock to take care of the finances.
In addition to her outstanding management skills, she also has a lively business acumen.
Later, she also made a lot of money in the stock market, and even speculated in cotton gold, all of which were full of money.
Middle-aged Zhang Youyi
Zhang Youyi's change like this shocked Xu Zhimo, who had previously looked down on her.
In his letters to his friends, he wrote—
C (Zhang Youyi) is a woman with ambition and courage, she has made a lot of progress in the past two years, her independent steps have stood firm, and her thinking has indeed been channeled.
When she was a strong woman, Zhang Youyi did not lose her virtuous and virtuous virtue.