Hu Zongnan and his wife Ye Xiazhai
The early spring sun poured into the old cave dwellings, leaving only the darkness in the corners.
A tall, somewhat emaciated old man was squinting his eyes, meticulously painting the walls, afraid of revealing a little dirt color.
"Sir, do you want to call a few people over to help?"
A young officer walked up to the old man, and he gave a very casual salute and said casually.
The old man's white-ash-brushed hand paused slightly against the wall. He didn't even look at the officer, but replied lightly, "This is my own private matter, so I don't have to trouble others."
The voice was not loud, but the words still revealed joy. Irrepressible excitement appeared on his face.
A gust of wind blew in, circled around the cave, dried the half-new, half-old walls and slipped out again.
Hu Zongnan
The next day, the cave was plastered with big red happy words, and big red lanterns were hung outside the door.
In the noise of gongs and drums, the old man led a woman with a graceful posture and a charming posture into the newly renovated cave.
This old man was none other than anyone else. He was Hu Zongnan, one of Chiang Kai-shek's confidants and a general in the Nationalist army who was then the director of the Xi'an Appeasement Office. That woman was his second wife, Ye Xiazhai.
Hu Zongnan was 51 years old and Ye Xiazhai was 34 years old.
After thirty-two years, he finally became the groom's official again.
It was only at that moment, did he ever think of his first wedding night, the Miss Mei Er who had driven him crazy.
In 1915, the 19-year-old Hu Zongnan had not yet made his career, but was just an ordinary teacher at Xiaofeng County Primary School.
Hu Zongnan old photo
At that time, Xiaofeng County was not large. There are only a few big households in the city that can put on the table. The Mei family is one of them. And the Mei family is more praised by miss Mei Family Second Miss. It is said that the raw beauty is moving and has the color of the city.
By chance, Hu Zongnan met a beautiful young girl with a charming posture on the street. For a while, the mood was surging and the spring water was like a wave:
"The crowd looked for him a thousand times, and suddenly looked back, and the man was there, and the lights were dimmed."
"Life is only a few decades, get this beautiful person, what do you want?"
Too late to think about it, he quickly called out to his friends around him. Under careful questioning, I learned that this girl was Miss Mei Jia'er.
Back at home, Hu Zongnan tossed and turned, unable to sleep at night. My mind was full of the figure of Miss Mei Jia'er. Thinking about it, he started the idea of Miss Mei Jia'er.
Hu Zongnan's family
Hu Zongnan is a primary school teacher, and he has never had any contact with the Mei family. The only thing that can be related is that he and Miss Mei'er's brother-in-law, Wang Jiahe, met him.
Hu Zongnan is good at observation and quite clever. He is a fellow countryman with Wang Jiahe and knows his personality and preferences very well. So Hu Zongnan invited him to dinner and invited him to have fun. In short, it is to do what it likes.
After several friendships, Wang Jiahe fell into his ecstasy array. Not only did he have great trust in him, but he also had a good feeling.
When Hu Zongnan saw that the time was ripe, he began to beg Wang Jiahe to match him with Miss Mei'er. Wang Jiahe was also happy and simply took him to the Mei family.
This marriage turned out to be such a thing.
At the time of their first marriage, Hu Zongnan was very fond of Miss Mei'er. Miss Mei Er is also a person who knows the book and Dali, not only respects her in-laws, but also is considerate of Hu Zongnan.
Mr. and Mrs. Hu Zongnan
Two people sweet and sweet, you and me.
But Miss Mei Er did not expect that a small matter that was originally innocuous would actually bury her life.
It was near the end of the summer vacation, and a drama team went to the village to set up a stage to sing. Hu Zongnan was idle and took his wife to see the play.
But Hu Zongnan did not expect that when his wife came, no one would watch the play anymore, and Qi Brush's eyes were all fixed on his wife's body. Many men began to judge with their heads, praising Hu Zongnan's wife as beautiful.
Hu Zongnan panicked at once, and he saw a terrible look in the eyes of those people. The internal organs turned over the river and the sea, and I couldn't tell what it was like.
Hu Zongnan did not return, and returned home with his wife.
Husband and wife
When the school year came, Hu Zongnan and his wife said goodbye. He repeatedly instructed his wife to abide by the way of women. When he was not at home, his wife could not go out to watch the drama alone, and no matter who shouted at her, she could not go.
After spending a few days in the school, Hu Zongnan began to think wildly.
"The wife was born so beautiful, and she was a woman who was married for the first time. I am not at home, and I am a little lonely and empty." Thinking of those terrible glances, worries and nervous emotions rushed to the mind.
He couldn't sit still, got up and rushed home.
By the time I got home, it was already a little dark.
He pushed open the door and saw only his parents but not his wife. He tensed up and quickly asked his parents where his wife had gone.
Ye Xiazhai and the child
Hu Zongnan's parents were very relieved and tolerant of this daughter-in-law. With an explanation for Miss Mei Er, she said, "She is too bored at home alone. This did not make the neighbor's sister call her to go to the theater together, so she let her go with her."
Hu Zongnan frowned, said nothing, and returned to his room. An unnamed fire surged into his heart.
At this time, Miss Mei Er also returned. When she saw Hu Zongnan sitting on the head of the bed, an indescribable joy appeared on her face, but also with a hint of doubt.
"How did you get back?"
"I miss you so much. I couldn't help it, and I wanted to come back and have a look."
This sentence of Hu Zongnan is like a warm sun in winter that melts a piece of cold ice in Miss Mei Er's heart.
Dai Kasa military uniform photo
She was even happier. I didn't expect her husband to love her so much and miss her.
She brought hu zongnan foot wash water. While rubbing Hu Zongnan's feet, he explained to him that he had gone out to see the play. As if to explain, she had listened to him and didn't want to go. It just can't stand the repeated persuasion of the neighbor's big sister.
Hu Zongnan just nodded in agreement, and he didn't say anything more. As usual, Wen Cun cared for Miss Mei Er. However, Miss Mei Er did not know that this time Wen Cun was pretended by Hu Zongnan, and it was also his last love for her.
Since then, Hu Zongnan has been like a changed person. Not only did he no longer sleep in the same bed with Miss Mei Er, but he even miserly said a word. Under the same roof, Hu Zongnan treated his wife like a stranger, regardless of whether he was cold or warm.
Miss Mei Er didn't know what she had done wrong. She cried to her in-laws and complained to her parents. But when the family admonished Hu Zongnan, Hu Zongnan just laughed and did not say anything, still as usual.
In the dead of night, she shed tears alone; when the sun was shining, she forced a smile.
Li
She couldn't stand the loneliness any longer. A few months ago, Miss Mei Er, who was still in a charming state and had skin like grease, actually became like Cao Xueqin's Lin Daiyu, morbid love, nervous decline, and even began to speak wildly. Often a person sits alone in the courtyard and says something to himself.
But Hu Zongnan still did not let her go, and still ignored her, until Miss Mei Er Xiang died.
After Hu Zongnan buried her, he finally said the reason.
"To prevent adultery must be forbidden, and the godseen is in the first place."
Just because Miss Mei Er did not listen to Hu Zongnan's words, there was no so-called adherence to the women's way, and went to see a play. He let Hu Zongnan drive him crazy and die.
At the beginning of 1937, Dai Kasa and Hu Zongnan were already Chiang Kai-shek's right-hand men. The two of them had known each other for many years, and their exchanges had become more and more frequent.
Chen Lifu
Hu Zongnan always went to Dai Kasa every three to five minutes to discuss some things. Sometimes Dai Kasa was so busy that he had no time to entertain him, so he always sent a young and beautiful woman to pour water for Hu Zong's southern tea.
This back and forth, Hu Zongnan and this woman are also familiar. She was Dai Kasa's secretary, Ye Xiazhai.
Once Hu Zongnan came to look for Dai Kasa, who happened to be absent, and it was Ye Xiazhai who was entertaining him again.
The two of them sat idly and didn't have anything to do, so they chatted about the day.
Hu Zongnan leisure photo
This Ye Xiazhai consciously or unconsciously leaned closer to Hu Zongnan, and could hear each other's breathing. She told Hu Zongnan that she had long been admired.
Since seeing hu Zongnan's photo, she has fallen into emotion and is unable to extricate herself.
It was a photograph of Hu Zongnan when he was young. He was half lying on the grass, revealing a kind of elegant handsomeness between his eyebrows, but it was difficult to hide his military demeanor. He only hated the shallowness of his love affair, and he never had the opportunity to confide in Hu Zongnan about his heart.
Hu Zongnan looked at Ye Xiazhai's delicate cheeks full of redness, and a ripple rippled in his heart. The feeling that had been gone for a long time suddenly came back. It was as if there were thousands of ants tickling back and forth.
"Is this the sleeve under Dai Kasa, or ye Xiazhai's true feelings?" For a while, Hu Zongnan could not think about it.
Kong Xiangxi
He could only hold back.
Ye Xiazhai's figure would always come to mind. When he always looked for Dai Kasa for various reasons, he also looked at Ye Xiazhai.
Ye Xiazhai, who was standing behind Dai Kasa, sent a wisp of autumn waves from those feminine eyes, which made Hu Zongnan a little confused. Dai Kasa also intentionally or unintentionally arranged for Ye Xiazhai to be alone with Hu Zongnan.
Cruise together, climb mountains together, and enjoy the lake and mountains together.
But just when Hu Zongnan was really moved, Ye Xiazhai suddenly left. Dai Kasa sent him to study abroad and went to the other side of the ocean.
Loss and despair lingered in Hu Zongnan's heart. He lifted the pen in his hand and wrote a letter to Ye Xiazhai, who was far away in the United States, telling about the loneliness and lovesickness that were difficult to put in his heart.
Song Meiling
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Hu Zongnan obeyed the former principal's orders and was dead set on the ground. In order to win people's hearts, Chiang Kai-shek even worried about Hu Zongnan's emotional life and thought of matching a marriage for Hu Zongnan.
Thinking about it, Song Meiling thought of a suitable candidate. That is her and Chiang Kai-shek's daughter, her own niece, Song Lingling's second daughter Kong Lingwei.
At that time, the Central Unification and the Military Unification were inseparable from each other for the sake of the balance of power. After Chen Lifu received this news, he personally gave Hu Zongnan and Kong Lingwei a red line.
In the spring of 1942, Chen Lifu personally ran to the Great Northwest and mysteriously told Hu Zongnan that he wanted to introduce him to a marriage and called the other party a bridesmaid.
If the two can be combined, it will not only be a door-to-door match, but also quite beneficial to Hu Zongnan's political career.
Song Xialing
Hu Zongnan repeatedly asked who the other party was, and Chen Lifu said the three words "Kong Lingwei" in a flattering manner.
It was okay not to say these three words, but this one could startle Hu Zongnan.
Hu Zongnan had long heard of Kong Lingwei's deeds. It is not wrong to say that she is proud of her, after all, she is the second daughter of Kong Xiangxi and Song Xialing, and Jiang Zhongzheng is quite fond of her.
But when it comes to the two words "boudoir", this Kong Lingwei is completely unambitious.
Miss Kong Er is arrogant by nature. When I was in elementary school, I often fought with my classmates. He began to learn to shoot at the age of 10 and drove a car at the age of 13. Often driving a car on a rampage on the road, not taking anyone into account.
Often dressed as a man. Dressed in suits and leather shoes, you can walk in and out of the places with red and green lights.
Kong Lingwei youth
Hu Zongnan was crying and laughing when he heard that Chen Lifu wanted to introduce Miss Kong Er to him. I want to categorically refuse, but my status is noble and I can't afford to offend. I can only reluctantly agree to come down and talk about it after meeting.
It was just that Hu Zongnan was slow to drag on and refused to go to Chongqing. This Miss Kong Er is an acute child, and she looks down on anyone in her eyes. Hu Zongnan responded in this way, but it happened to arouse the curiosity of Miss Kong Er.
"What kind of character is this Hu Zongnan?" It was so self-righteous. Since you will not come to see me, I will go and see you."
Miss Kong Er didn't even say hello and flew straight to Xi'an.
Everyone came to the door, and it was not appropriate to see them. But when they met directly, Hu Zongnan felt inappropriate.
Kong Lingwei
So, he had a small idea. Disguised as a petty officer, he went with the reception staff to visit Kong Lingwei.
Only this first time they met, Hu Zongnan was completely dead hearted.
Miss Kong Er was dressed no differently from a man, and she was still holding a dog in her arms. I heard that Hu Zongnan did not come in person, and actually scolded the reception staff.
In contrast, this Second Miss Kong's style was far from Ye Xiazhai, who was thousands of miles away. Not to mention that the appearance is not as good, even half of the gentleness and charm can not be seen.
After Hu Zongnan returned to the station, he could not sit still, and immediately took a car to go to the field. In order not to offend Kong Lingwei, he also sent someone to explain, saying that he was too busy with business to come to the meeting for a while.
Kong Lingwei wears sunglasses
Kong Lingwei has always said one thing and one thing, and no one has ever dared to refuse her. Rejected by Hu Zongnan, her heart was indignant.
After returning to Chongqing, she tried everything to meet With Hu Zongnan.
After this matter was known to Dai Kasa, he was secretly happy in his heart, and finally found the opportunity to bajie Kong's family. Therefore, he sent a telegram to Hu Zongnan, saying that Chiang Kai-shek was going to see him and asked him to go to Chongqing.
As a result, after Hu Zongnan arrived in Chongqing, he learned that it was Miss Kong Er who wanted to see him. At this time, I couldn't disappear, I could only go hard.
That day, Miss Kong Er actually changed into women's clothes and put on high heels. The original intention was to take Hu Zongnan out to play for a day, but Hu Zongnan took it to heart.
In his later years, Kong Lingwei
He proposed to go with Miss Kong Er, and Kong Lingwei did not embarrass him and gladly agreed to come down. However, she did not expect hu Zongnan to pick a difficult road to take, and said that she was going to climb the mountain.
This second lady was wearing high heels, and it was unbearable to walk for a long time. Hu Zongnan, as if he hadn't seen it, still walked forward with vigor and praised the beautiful scenery around him.
At noon, Hu Zongnan said to invite Miss Kong Er to dinner. Kong Lingwei felt that he had to go to the restaurant. Not to mention the taste of mountains and treasures, it must also be a meal that can be said about the past.
But Hu Zongnan found a roadside stall and asked for two large cakes and two bowls of boiled water. Hu Zongnan said that he often ate this in the military and was already used to eating. After swallowing a few mouthfuls, he swallowed the flatbread.
Young Ye Xiazhai
But this Kong Lingwei has been pampered since childhood, and she can bear it, and she can't even eat a bite.
After Miss Kong Er returned home, even tears flowed down her face. She said, "This man is too uninteresting in life, does not know how to take care of women, and will never associate with him again."
In this way, Hu Zongnan ended his love affair with Miss Kong Er. His heart was completely reserved for Ye Xiazhai, who had secretly communicated with him.
In 1946, Dai Kasa's soul returned to Daishan. Hu Zongnan no longer had any scruples and eagerly wanted to marry Ye Xiazhai, but he had not found a suitable opportunity.
In his later years, Hu Zongnan
It was not until the spring of 1947 that Hu Zongnan took Yan'an, which was already an empty city, and falsely reported his military achievements to Chiang Kai-shek. Taking advantage of Chiang Kai-shek's great admiration for him, he made a request to marry Ye Xiazhai.
Jiang Zhongzheng naturally agreed happily and sent a generous gift. This brings us to the scene at the beginning of the story. Ten years of loneliness, he always left Dai Kasa's female agent by his side.