A woman accompanies a man from youth to gray hair, she can not be snobbish, she can not love money, but she can not be without fame. Fame is the deepest requirement in a woman's heart, and having fame is equivalent to having a righteous love, only in this way will it not suffer from gain and loss, and will truly accept the feelings of the two from the bottom of your heart.
But Meng Xiaodong's fame was more than 10 years late, and Du Yuesheng, who was very affectionate and righteous, was confused and had to think of marrying her in his old age. At that time, he was getting older, and he was no longer the king of Shanghai, and the only thing he could give Meng Xiaodong was the identity of a wife, plus a $20,000 inheritance, and nothing else. After his death, Meng Xiaodong spent the rest of her life alone with a 20,000 inheritance, and her life was mostly lonely.
As early as meng Xiaodong was 12 years old, she met Du Yuesheng. The first side of the two meeting was in the theater, when Du Yuesheng had a good feeling for Meng Xiaodong, who was full of aura, and he also specially selected a bouquet of flowers to give to Meng Xiaodong, and Meng Xiaodong also generously accepted his gift, so the two became friends.
But soon after, Meng Xiaodong went to Beiping to study art, where she met the talented Mei Lanfang. The two often cooperated in singing, and they had feelings when they came and went, and finally Meng Xiaodong married Mei Lanfang despite her parents' opposition.
But the life after marriage has become chicken and dog jump because of Mei Lanfang's wife's three or four times of mixing, in a fit of anger, Meng Xiaodong decided to divorce Mei Lanfang, and she was proud that she chose to go out of the house and did not want a penny.
But after the real divorce, Meng Xiaodong regretted it again, and what she regretted was not divorcing Mei Lanfang, but regretting that she did not ask for money. After separating from Mei Lanfang, Meng Xiaodong, who had no savings, had a very difficult time, and she had nowhere to tell in her heart, so she dialed the phone of her good girlfriend Yao Yulan.
After hearing about Meng Xiaodong's troubles, Yao Yulan decided to let her husband Du Yuesheng help and ask for money for Meng Xiaodong. The reason why she did this was not only to help her friends, but also to consider her future.
As Du Yuesheng's fourth aunt,Yao Yulan has been jointly ostracized by Du Yuesheng's first three wives since she stepped into the Du family mansion, which makes her feel very depressed, she understands that the strength of one person cannot deal with those three ladies, so she decided to pull her girlfriend Meng Xiaodong in.
And Du Yuesheng was even more overjoyed after hearing about Meng Xiaodong's divorce. He has been in love with Meng Xiaodong for a long time, before he was only hindered by the fact that she was Mei Lanfang's wife and failed to pursue generously, now that she is free, this also means that his opportunity has come.
Meng Xiaodong did not like Du Yuesheng, she thought that Du Yuesheng was rude and reckless, not a Wenxiu person, but her girlfriend Yao Yulan persuaded her three or four times, and Meng Xiaodong gradually changed her mind, and eventually she became Du Yuesheng's woman, that year, Du Yuesheng was 49 years old, and Meng Xiaodong was 29 years old.
After experiencing a failed marriage, Meng Xiaodong looks at the feelings a little more utilitarian, she does not know whether she loves Du Yuesheng, but she knows that Du Yuesheng is her best choice at the moment, follow him, at least live a more stable life.
Therefore, after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Meng Xiaodong chose to follow Du Yuesheng and went to a safer Hong Kong.
Here, in addition to Meng Xiaodong, the people who accompanied Du Yuesheng were Yao Yulan and several other major family members.
The Du family lived a temporary stable life in Hong Kong, but at this time, Du Yuesheng had reached the age of the wind and candles, and his physical condition was deteriorating, and he could only lie in bed, and he relied on Meng Xiaodong to take care of him for food and drink.
Although Meng Xiaodong was with him, Du Yuesheng, who was lying on a hospital bed, was always restless, and he thought that staying in Hong Kong was not a long-term solution, so he decided to flee with his family to France.
But this time Meng Xiaodong hesitated, in the face of Du Yuesheng's arrangement, she coldly asked: "I followed you to France, in what capacity, is it your handmaiden or your girlfriend"?
Du Yuesheng, who has always been serious about righteousness, reacted to this, Meng Xiaodong has followed him for so many years, but he has never had a righteous identity, which is still his confusion in the end.
In order to let Meng Xiaodong live a decent life, he decided to hold a wedding first and then go to France.
In this way, he hurriedly arranged for the housekeeper to prepare for the wedding, and finally held the wedding ceremony at the Kowloon Hotel.
Although the scale of the wedding was not large, Meng Xiaodong's identity was no longer a "mistress", but became Du Yuesheng's wife, who was 42 years old and became Du Yuesheng's fifth wife willingly.
But the good times did not last long, and Du Yuesheng died shortly after his marriage, at the age of 63. On his deathbed, Du Yuesheng made a will and distributed the estate, while Meng Xiaodong only got $20,000.
Looking at the 20,000 US dollars, Meng Xiaodong fell into contemplation, she remembered her youth, remembered the nameless grievances of so many years, compared with these grievances, 20,000 US dollars is indeed too little, but she does not want to worry about it.
After Du Yuesheng's death, Meng Xiaodong also left Yao Yulan to live alone, although she later lived unrestrained, but in her later years she was still lonely and unbearable, and eventually went to Taipei to reunite with Yao Yulan. With the help of Yao Yulan's family, she finally spent her old age peacefully, and died on May 26, 1977 at the age of 70.