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A generation of talented women finally fell, leaving a lonely grave in the human world.
Because of the love in her heart, she selflessly dedicated herself, but in the end she married a boilermaker as a wife, guarding the young infatuation until she died of illness.
Behind this misery is the end of the life of the prostitute Xiao Fengxian, who has been drunk and drunk for several years, and finally exchanged for only the second half of his life.
44 years later, people found her stepdaughter with the purpose of exploration, only to find that after many years of hard work in Shenyang, her stepdaughter did not even know the origin of her life.
According to Xiao Fengxian's stepdaughter, when her father Li Zhenhai brought her home, they actually saw that she was different from other women.
At that time, Xiao Fengxian never ate every morning, dressed up very well every day, and then went out for a walk, she did not like to wear other clothes, only wore a cheongsam, and the chest of the cheongsam had to be handkerchief.
Xiao Fengxian's stepdaughter recalled that Xiao Fengxian did not work every day, did not even want to wash his clothes, would not clean up the housework, and would only practice his voice in the courtyard and play the huqin when he was idle.
Inside and outside the words, it is all disgusted that the stepmother is too lazy.
But the boilermaker Li Zhenhai never cared about these, every day when he came back from work to wash clothes and clean up the housework, he did everything, and married Xiao Fengxian, just like a simple number of people in the family.
The mannerisms of miss Republic of China made the children curious about this woman, but she never said the previous half a word.
Xiao Fengxian's stepdaughter also said that Xiao Fengxian looked gentle and gentle, did not look like a northerner, and even spoke softly.
And she treats the children very well, even if they are not biological, she will take care of them as her own biological children.
When it became extremely popular, what did the former famous prostitute Xiao Fengxian go through to fall to this point?
Xiao Fengxian, formerly known as Zhu Xiaofeng, was born in Hangzhou, his father was a military attaché of the Manchu Eight Banners, and after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the family traveled many places, and finally returned and stayed in Hangzhou.
After her father's death, the mother and daughter of the partial house were bullied, and in desperation, Xiao Fengxian's mother took her away from the Zhu family.
Later, her mother died of illness, she had nowhere to go, and she was taken care of by a wet nurse surnamed Zhang, so she changed her name to Zhang Fengyun.
Zhang Fengyun, who was more than a teenager, and Zhang Mama relied on each other for their lives and worked together as servants in the Zeng Yun family in Zhejiang, but in the 1911 Wuchang Uprising, Inspector Yamen was shelled.
Zhang Mama was afraid that something would happen if she continued to work, so she fled to Shanghai with Zhang Fengyun.
The former site of Yunjiban, the place where Xiao Fengxian lived
But there was no one in Shanghai to give the refugees a job, and the two had problems with food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, so Zhang Mama asked around for Zhang Fengyun to learn to sing with an artist surnamed Hu.
Zhang Mama also gave Zhang Fengyun a stage name, which was called Xiao Fengxian. In this way, he sold and sang while walking, and developed all the way to Nanjing.
However, Nanjing was also not safe, and war would break out at any time, so Xiao Fengxian fled back to Shanghai with Boss Hu.
At that time, 13-year-old Xiao Fengxian and Boss Hu set up stalls and sang in Shanghai, and it was not long before they were caught in the eyes of Zeng Mengpu, a novelist in Shanghai.
Xiao Fengxian was thus sold by Boss Hu to Zeng Mengpu as a, saying that he was a, but in fact, Zeng Mengpu looked at Xiao Fengxian's appearance.
Zeng Mengpu
But thirteen years old was still too young, so Zeng Mengpu waited for two years, and on a very ordinary afternoon when Xiao Fengxian was fifteen years old, he knocked impatiently on Xiao Fengxian's door.
As soon as it seemed that the person was Zeng Mengpu, Xiao Fengxian felt that things were not good, and he was anxious to close the door but it was too late, and Zeng Mengpu broke in violently to commit violence against Xiao Fengxian.
But the lady who did not want to be separated by him came back early, and when she heard the shouting in the backyard, she ran over and arrested Zeng Mengpu and Xiao Fengxian.
Zeng Mengpu's wife had long felt that there would be an accident if she left Xiao Fengxian, and Xiao Fengxian was still younger than her, and even if she was harshly reprimanded every day in the past two years, the longer she became, the more moving she became.
Little Phoenix Fairy
Zeng Mengpu's wife was jealous, grabbed Zeng Mengpu and beat and made trouble, clamoring to divorce him and find another one, which frightened Zeng Mengpu.
This wife was also a prostitute he had bought, and she was beautiful and charming, and if she left her, she would not be rich.
So in order to coax his wife, Zeng Mengpu could only grit his teeth and agree, and sold Xiao Fengxian to Qinghefang in Shanghai at that time.
Xiao Fengxian had no right to resist at all, and was directly taken away by the people arranged by madame.
In Qinghefang, she relied on her clever study and previously learned the craft of singing from Boss Hu, so she became a famous prostitute in qinghefang's "Meilian Xiaoxie" in the era of wind and dust.
In the era of war, no one can live a peaceful life, and with the transfer of war, Xiao Fengxian and the large troops began to live in the north together.
And this time going north is also the beginning of the fate of Xiao Fengxian and her beloved Cai Yi.
In 1914, Cai Yi, who had a heavy army in Yunnan, was invited to the capital by Yuan Shikai because his power position was too high.
On the surface, he was invited to Beijing to discuss political affairs, but in fact, he was afraid that he would rebel if he was disloyal, and wanted to put him under house arrest.
Cai Yi had actually always disagreed with Yuan Shikai's desire to restore, but he couldn't really explain the rebellion.
Cotton Alley
Yuan Shikai has been looking for various reasons to prevent Cai E from returning to Yunnan, so Cai E can only live in the cotton hutongs of Xicheng in the capital.
On weekdays, when bored, he pretended to be a businessman, and in the eight alleys of the famous red light district at that time, he looked for women to have fun, drink and chat.
It was also during this period that he met Xiao Fengxian in Yunjiban, Shaanxi Lane, Bada Hutong.
Although Xiao Fengxian was young, his ability to recognize people and assert was not small, although Cai Yi showed the appearance of being addicted to the land of fireworks, Xiao Fengxian could see at a glance that he was a capable person.
So when talking with Cai E, he gradually told Cai E about his miserable life, and inadvertently discovered Cai E's true identity.
Eight hutongs
Cai Yi was surprised by Xiao Fengxian's intelligence and immortal temperament, so he abandoned other women and only came to Xiao Fengxian every day to drink and stay overnight.
Because there were too many times and too long, Cai Yi's wife knew about the existence of Xiao Fengxian, and Cai Yi also added bricks and tiles to the family with great fanfare, and wanted to marry Xiao Fengxian home.
Lady Cai and Cai Yi were married from a young age, and they did not expect that Cai Yi would come to Beijing City and turn out to be like this.
Every time Cai Yi came home, she would quarrel with her, and Cai Yi's mother also helped Lady Cai speak, feeling that marrying a prostitute and entering the house was insulting to the lintel.
But none of this stopped Cai Yi, who was accused of being noisy by his family, so he simply did not go home and threw himself at Xiao Fengxian with all his heart.
Old Shanghai photos
This matter was reported by major newspapers and magazines, and they all regarded Cai E's affair as a joke, and even the spies who followed him felt that Cai E's person had been abolished.
This incident also made Xiao Fengxian famous, often when Cai Yi did not come, there would be people who wanted to spend thousands of dollars to see Xiao Fengxian's style, but they were all rejected by her.
After spending all these days with Cai Yi, she has gradually fallen in love with this ambitious and responsible man, although he is now bound to beijing by trivial matters, But Xiao Fengxian believes that as long as he can leave this place, he will definitely shine in his career.
But Cai Yi is a general, she is just a prostitute, it is fundamentally different from the clouds, and the man she likes and loves is still a person with a family.
Cai Yi
Therefore, when Cai Yi told her that he wanted to marry her as a concubine, Xiao Fengxian refused. It's not that she is so noble that she can't be a concubine, but she knows that it's not easy for a woman.
Cai Yi loves her wife, and she can feel through her usual dialogue that in order to marry him, Cai Yi may lose her happy family.
Although she refused to marry Cai E, she still maintained an ambiguous relationship with Cai E as a close friend, and Cai E gradually moved some private work to Xiao Fengxian.
Many quarrels failed to save her husband, and Lady Cai was disheartened and handed Yuan Shikai a letter back to Yunnan, hoping to leave this sad place with Cai Yi's mother.
Yuan Shikai hesitated and thought of Cai Yi as described by the spies, so he raised his hand to approve the return of Lady Cai and Cai Yi's mother to Yunnan.
Not long after Mrs. Cai and Cai Yi's mother left, one day Xiao Fengxian was resting in the house, and Cai Yi knocked on her door.
Photo of Cai Yi
Before she could sit down before she entered the house, Cai Yi hugged her and said in her ear, "I must not care about life and death, I must escape from bondage." ”
Xiao Fengxian knew that she might be separated from Cai Yi forever, cai Yi's decision did not know life or death, she could only tearfully say to him, "I hope he can accompany old Lin Quan one day to fulfill his long-cherished wish!" ”
Xiao Fengxian's dream of beautiful love was shattered at this moment, and she could not ask this hero of a brilliant life to stay for her.
At the same time, she also knew that in order to realize Cai Yi's escape plan, she could only stay, and what old Lin Quan was, was just a beautiful dream of Xiao Fengxian.
As Yuan Shikai's restoration operation approached, the surveillance around Cai Yi also became more. But Cai Yi still remained calm.
On the surface, he did not rush to find Xiao Fengxian, and every day he still drank and chatted, singing and dancing, but in fact, he was discussing with people in Xiao Fengxian's house about escaping and leaving.
Xiao Fengxian and Cai Yi
November 11, 1915, was the birthday of the owner of Yunjiban, and it was also the day cai Yi decided to leave.
The lively Yunji class was bustling with people, and as usual, Cai Yi came to Xiao Fengxian's house, watching or standing or sitting outside watching Cai Yi.
After singing and drinking, Cai Yi got up and went to the toilet, and then he never returned, and after the spies rushed to find Yuan Shikai, they arrested Xiao Fengxian and put him in prison.
Several spies interrogated Xiao Fengxian for a day and a night and could not know any useful information from her mouth, coercing and seducing, and Xiao Fengxian would only say, "I am a prostitute, how can I know those confidential things."
There was really no news to ask, the people were also talking about xiao Fengxian's arrest, and Yuan Shikai did not want to make such an ugly incident before and after his important days.
Little Phoenix Fairy poster
So Xiao Fengxian was released back to Yunjiban in this way, and on November 8 of the following year, Xiao Fengxian and Cai Yi were almost a year old, and Cai Yi passed away.
Xiao Fengxian, who always cared about his sweetheart, also quickly learned the news.
Cai Yi's illness and death dealt a great blow to Xiao Fengxian, and after attending Cai Yi's funeral, Xiao Fengxian took her belongings and left the city of Beijing, the paradise where she once dreamed.
Xiao Fengxian can be said to have devoted everything to Cai Yi to love him, but Cai Yi's heart is always the only great cause of the world.
This once popular love story is only a superficial scenery, and this general with unlimited scenery has only existed in her life for a short time.
"Unfortunately, Zhou Lang actually had a short life, and he knew that Li Jing was a hero."
At Cai Yi's memorial service in Shanghai, Xiao Fengxian did not stay, but just wrote down this picture and sent it and disappeared into the vast sea of people.
The love story of the two spread throughout China, and the people were touched by such a confidant and friendship, and speculated that Xiao Fengxian may have died with Cai Yi.
But no one expected that Xiao Fengxian, who was once very popular in Beijing, did not die many years later, but changed his name to Zhang Xianfei, and married a boilermaker, becoming the stepmother of four children.
In 1951, Mei Lanfang received a letter in the hotel in Shenyang, which was asked to help her get a more paid job.
The contents of the letter were just simple greetings and a desperate plea from a mother, but the payment of the letter shocked Mei Lanfang.
Because it says: The original Beijing Shaanxi Lane lived in Zhang's Xiaofengxian.
Xiao Fengxian, who had disappeared for decades, did not die, which made Mei Lanfang unable to speak for half a day at that time, and after the reaction, he immediately let the accompanying secretary contact Xiao Fengxian to send a letter.
Shaanxi Lane photo
After meeting, Mei Lanfang learned that the original Xiao Fengxian had changed her name to Zhang Xianfei, married to a boilermaker, and was the stepmother of four children.
Although Xiao Fengxian's appearance has not changed since then, her demeanor and temperament are still the same as in that year, and she and Mei Lanfang greeted each other for a while and mentioned the contents of the letter.
Xiao Fengxian said that as the children grew up, the family's expenses became larger and larger, and her husband was just an ordinary boiler worker and could not earn money.
Although she herself is also a nanny in someone else's home, but the income is small, life is very difficult, if there is no way, she will not come up with the original name to sell love.
Boilermaker photo
Mei Lanfang sympathized with her plight and said that she would help her, and then contacted Li Guisen, the director of the local communication office, and asked him to help Xiao Fengxian find a high-paying job.
In this way, Through Mei Lanfang, Xiao Fengxian became a health worker in the kindergarten of the people's government office, responsible for taking care of the children's clothes and supplies every day.
Once a famous prostitute in Beijing, the income obtained in a few years is not to say that he wears gold and silver, shark fin bird's nest, he should not worry about eating and drinking, why did Xiao Fengxian fall into such a situation as he is now?
This has to start from the death of Cai Yi that year, when Xiao Fengxian, who was on the train, did have the idea of looking for death.
But it may be that her fate should not be extinguished, when she was ready to end her life, the train had an accident, and Xiao Fengxian also survived.
Xiao Fengxian, who did not die, arrived in Tianjin with the train, and she immediately lived in Tianjin, and it was not long before she met an officer surnamed Liang and married him.
Photos of the old Shenyang railway station
Later generations speculated that at that time, Cai Ye had just died, and xiao Fengxian could marry him happily, probably because this officer looked like Cai Yi.
But the truth is unknown, and Xiao Fengxian later returned to his hometown of Shenyang with the officer.
The two lived in Shenyang for many years, but never gave birth to a child, and Xiao Fengxian's savings were rumored to have been spent to help the officer surnamed Liang.
And it is a pity that the medical level at that time was limited, even if the family was ruined, Xiao Fengxian did not save her second husband.
In this way, with the only money left, Xiao Fengxian, who had nothing to rely on, stayed in Shenyang, and in order to make a living, she worked in the quilt factory, and later went to work as a nanny for others.
On the right is The Little Phoenix Fairy
Until around the founding of New China in 1949, Xiao Fengxian and boilermaker Li Zhenhai met, the two had common hobbies, and there was a friendship when chatting.
At that time, Xiao Fengxian was 49 years old, Li Zhenhai was 53 years old, probably eager to get the warmth of the family, Xiao Fengxian did not mind that Li Zhenhai married Li Zhenhai with a few children.
After marriage, life was uneventful, but Xiao Fengxian was very satisfied, but this happiness did not last long, and Xiao Fengxian, who was in her fifties, suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
Despite active cooperation with the treatment, Xiao Fengxian still could not survive for several years, and in 1954, Xiao Fengxian, who had physical problems, did not come back and died in Shenyang.
This legendary woman was born in Shanghai and became popular all over Beijing, and the world mentioned that she was almost always a love story with Cai Yi, but she did not know that that good time was actually just her fantasy.
Many years later, people interviewed Cai E's descendants, and only then did they know that perhaps Cai E at that time was looking for someone to help his family leave, and Xiao Fengxian was just a pawn, even if she would not have someone else.
This is also the reason why Cai Yi did not take her away, but history always does not say enough, and no one knows whether Cai Yi had a heart for Xiao Fengxian at that time.
"Since ancient times, many beautiful people have realized, and they have never been chivalrous women out of the wind and dust."
This is the word that Cai Yi wrote to Xiao Fengxian, she is crazy about love, but her love may have already framed her.