In 1983, a white-haired old man was reading a newspaper at home, when suddenly there was a knock at the door, he hunched over to open the door, and after opening the door, a middle-aged man with a simple and thick peasant appearance stood in front of him and called out "uncle" to him kindly, this old man was Shen Congwen.
When he heard the uncle's voice, he understood that it was the son of the ninth sister who had come to see him, and he tried to wipe his eyes, trying to see him carefully. But looking at him, I thought of the ninth sister, and thus thought of the tragic experience of her life, and I couldn't calm down for a long time.
Because of neglect, jiu mei went from an elegant and beautiful young woman to a final overgrown river beach, and for so many years, Shen Congwen could not come out. He hated those who hurt the Ninth Sister, but he hated himself even more for not fulfilling his duty of caregiving.
Shen Yuemeng was born in 1912 in Hunan Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Because she was the ninth child in the family, everyone affectionately called her "Nine Sisters".
At that time, most families advocated the tradition of son preference, but the Shen family loved this clever little daughter very much, and the brothers gave Shen Yuemeng a sense of security, no matter where she went, they took her.
Gradually, Shen Yuemeng also reached the age of school, but because the family was in the middle of the road, there was no extra money in the family for her to study. In desperation, her parents could only leave her at home, and not being able to go to school became the biggest regret of Shen Yuemeng's childhood.
The brothers also knew Shen Yuemeng's thirst for knowledge, so when she was 15 years old, Shen Congwen took her from her hometown to Beiping to live with him, and found her a school for her.
Here, Shen Yuemeng received a systematic education and studied French in the company of her brother, and her increasing knowledge also added a bit of elegant and intellectual charm to her.
Seeing this series of changes in his sister, Shen Congwen felt very happy, but at the same time, he felt unprecedented pressure.
As a north drifter, it is not easy to support himself with the fee alone, and now that his sister is here again, in order to let his sister receive the best education, he can only desperately write articles to make money.
Fortunately, in 1928, Shen Congwen found a teaching job in Shanghai, and he came here with his sister.
After coming to Shanghai, Shen Yuemeng was extremely curious about everything around her, and the prosperity around her strengthened her determination to stay in Shanghai, so when Shen Congwen asked her if she wanted to go to Wuhan with him, Shen Yuemeng refused.
After her brother left, Shen Yuemeng rented a house in Shanghai alone.
Perhaps afraid of living alone, or perhaps missing his brother too much, and finally Shen Yuemeng came to Shen Congwen's side, but this time Shen Congwen had one more woman, she was Shen Congwen's wife Zhang Zhaohe.
In this way, Shen Yuemeng lived with her brother and sister-in-law.
At that time, Shen Congwen was no longer the nameless writer of the past, with a "Border City", his name was well-known, attracting many literary youth to visit, including Liu Zuchun.
According to knowledge, Liu Zuchun was Shen Congwen's apprentice, thanks to Shen Congwen's promotion, his literary level was greatly improved, and then he visited Shen Congwen all day, and gradually, Shen Yuemeng fell in love with this personable man.
Her love for Liu Zuchun is not wishful thinking, but a two-way rush, and two young people immersed in love begin to fantasize about having each other's future. In the face of the naïve and romantic Shen Yuemeng, Liu Zuchun had made a promise, he promised her to marry her when he graduated, and Shen Yuemeng was convinced of his vows, and she quietly looked forward to the arrival of this day.
But she was wrong to pay the truth after all.
Liu Zuchun did not fulfill his promise after graduation, but secretly went to the battlefield with Shen Yuemeng, and when he left, he did not even leave a letter for Shen Yuemeng.
This is a big blow to Shen Yuemeng, she has long been accustomed to the existence of Liu Zuchun, but now only she is left with herself wandering in memory, in the endless grief, her spirit gradually becomes abnormal, all day smiling at the window.
In 1938, Shen Congwen and his wife decided to take Shen Yuemeng out of this sad place and went to Kunming, after which they found a job as a librarian for Shen Yuemeng.
In the busy work, Shen Yuemeng's mental state gradually improved. Soon after, however, the library where she worked was bombed by shells, and the house where she lived was looted by thieves.
Looking at the empty house, Shen Yuemeng completely collapsed and has been out of order ever since.
Because there was no time to take care of the crazy Shen Yuemeng, Shen Congwen asked his brother Shen Quan to take her back to her hometown in Xiangxi, but here, Shen Yuemeng could not even have freedom, and was trapped in a lonely room in the mountains all day.
By chance, Shen Yuemeng escaped from this lonely house, and then disappeared.
By the time the family saw Shen Yuemeng again, she was married and had a son, named Mo Zilai. Perhaps it was her mother's love that aroused Shen Yuemeng's consciousness, her mental state was much better, and she could recognize several brothers.
It can be learned that after the unexpected death of the fifth brother Shen Quan, she went haywire again, and in the collapse, she took her husband and son away again, this time, the family never saw her again.
Shen Yuemeng finally died of hunger on the side of a river beach overgrown and barren grass, it was a cold winter, and she did not survive in the end.
In the following decades, Shen Congwen spent time in self-blame, and when his sister's son Mo Zilai stood in front of him, he finally couldn't help but cry bitterly, and in this endless tear, there was more than Shen Congwen's pain and sorrow, guilt and helplessness.