Editor's Note:
Chen Jiming's novel "Ping'an Batch", in addition to the six chapters of the main text, there is also a part called "Attachment", which is "Yiyun Family's Fan Batch". Due to space limitations, the Selected Novels deleted this part when reprinting the Ping An Batch. This part is now posted on the public account, interested readers can refer to it.
Aunt Dong translated the Comments of the Yiyun Family into English, called "The Criticism of the Yiyun Family", which was published in the United States. The book was published shortly after Dong girl was beheaded by the Japanese army. The original manuscript was probably burned down along with Silver Creek Church. On the same day, the entire Village of Silver Creek was first robbed by the Japanese army and then set on fire.
The author of this book asked a friend to translate the preface and part of the letters of "YiyunJia Fanpai" back into Chinese, restoring the chaoshan smell as much as possible. In order to facilitate the reading of today's readers, the ganzhi chronicle was changed to the Common Era year, and the sender was marked with a subtitle. The letter's title, ending, and signature are omitted.
The preface of Dong Girl
The translator lived in southern China for twenty years and still lives here today, spending most of his time in Yinxi Village, a village near hanjiang in the Chaoshan region of southeastern China, where he became familiar with the local dialect and met many local women. The translator once bought an old house in Yinxi Village, organized some women in the village to spin and embroider in it, combined the local traditional female red with the Western yarn drawing process, and innovated it. All the embroidery was purchased by translators and sold to the United States and European countries, so that the women did not have to travel far to earn an income and no longer stayed alone in the empty nest. Most of the women's husbands went to Nanyang, worked as coolies or did business in Siam, Annam, Shrat, Malay and other countries, often not returning home for three or five years, and some even died on the way. Women and children are often left in the village. Due to the small number of people and the frequent occurrence of wind and rain, those who stay at home usually have nothing to do and rely on the money and silver that men regularly send back from abroad to survive. At the same time as receiving money, you usually receive a letter of length or short, which together is called a batch.
The hostess of the old house I bought, named Yiyun, hanged herself many years ago. Yi Yun's underage son was picked up by her mother's family. One day, while cleaning, I stumbled upon these letters, and the remainder of the batch, the letters, numbered in all a hundred. I thought that with the passage of time, the words in these letters became more important and could help foreigners understand the mysterious and ancient country of China, so I selected those who had more practical content to translate into English. These letters were only letters, not replies. Some were written by fathers to their daughters, some by husbands to wives, and the recipients were Yiyun.
There are many ethnic minorities in China, and although the folk customs and accents vary greatly from place to place, they all use the same script and identify with the common culture, and all ethnic groups have a high sense of identity and belonging to Chinese civilization. There have been several periods of ethnic minority administration in history, but they have gradually been assimilated by the powerful Han and Tang civilizations. Dynasties have changed, and the long-standing and self-contained Chinese civilization has never changed and is full of vitality. We can call this civilization cultural blood, and it is Chinese that is united by this blood. The Chaoshan area, far from the capital, can probably be regarded as a living fossil of Chinese civilization, which has not changed significantly after changing dynasties, and the advantages and disadvantages of Chinese civilization are more prominent here. My travels have covered vast parts of the country, and I thought the Chaoshan region was unique in terms of the integrity and representation of Chinese cultural heritage. Character determines destiny, both for a country and for a person. The stories and feelings reflected in these comments are far from complete, but they can also be used as a reference to let us understand their origins, aspirations and their hardships from one side, as well as their deep-rooted human, popular and racial characteristics.
Chinese believe in having many children and many blessings, so as long as the conditions permit, they will marry more and have more children, and their purpose is not necessarily sensory pleasure, nor is it necessarily related to love, but there may be severe survival needs, one more son will have one more way out, in case one of the sons is out, the fate of the whole family will change. Therefore, it is often the case that multiple brothers jointly manage a company. When one of them became rich, he was obliged to take all the brothers out, including the cousin who had not yet given up the five clothes. Brothers can always get along harmoniously with each other, the elderly and young are orderly, respect and love, and the harmony is as it should be, not about morality and ethics. It also eloquently explains why Chinese society tends to breed familial power and nepotism. People here generally prefer sons to daughters, because men can pass on incense, can go south and north, can engage in adventure, can become the pillar of the family, and women will eventually marry out to worship "other people's family gods", so after the mother of an ordinary family gives birth to three daughters, she will often give the fourth and fifth to others, sell them as maids, and even abandon, drown, and strangle them. A woman is only entitled to live with marriage after having a son. In other words, the son is a woman's account, and with the son's account, a woman's life is guaranteed. The value of a woman is a remnant of the value of the whole society, three from four virtues, enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens, husbands and children, gentle and quiet, all of which are the same. Many women's only career in their lives is to worship the lord, the husband travels far away, living in a fan state that does not know how far away, the women's concerns can not help but follow the imagination of the country, worship the lord, the obvious purpose is to ask the gods to bless the father, husband or son to arrive safely and return safely. In the eyes of many people, the Chaoshan people believe in chaos gods, they believe in all gods, even gods who cannot be named, in fact, their religion is nothing more than peace, or peace is their belief, at least the faith of women. Women's hearts and minds are nothing more than the most basic things, safe and smooth, not luxurious at all. I will never say bad things about Chinese women, to be fair, the fate of Chinese women really has its deep historical roots and social reasons, and women, naturally become the focus of cultural baggage and social injustice, become a group of people living at the end of a huge social machine, become a group of people forced to bear, naturally and unquestioned to become victims, very worthy of sympathy and understanding, fortunately in this situation has been quietly transformed.
Chinese have the most self-sacrifice in the face of the big picture, the best way to defend their country in the face of foreign invasion, and the most able to unite – often terrible unity. Sometimes it's difficult to rally them together, and sometimes it's easy, as if that's what their racial trait is: their mind is a unique group-thinking that awakens at the same time as mass humiliation approaches infinitely. For them, unity, like emergency surgery, is forced to arrange when it is impossible not to do it. Insensitivity is often made beforehand, and suddenly there is a unity of purpose. Chinese is very willing to treat others with courtesy and sincerity, not to infringe on others first, but also has a high degree of self-esteem, and has always had the original impulse of "if anyone offends me, I will offend". There are also frequent clashes between families, between villages and villages, and between camps and camps, even in armed struggles between you and me. The frustration and sense of honor of this easily activated group makes me unable to infer the following: Since ancient times, Chinese history has been changing dynasties, some of which occurred in the blink of an eye, and the days of stability had just begun, and another war and chaos had emerged. There is a proverb in the Chaoshan region, "Eight Hundred Lords of the Thousand Years of Heaven", which expresses people's worries about the impermanence of prosperity and decline. Fear and anxiety accumulate over generations and become almost part of the spiritual DNA. This sense of fear and insecurity, hidden in their blood, may be the deep root of their ease of uniting. They revere power, they tend to be inflamed, and they greatly admire justice, and if someone is just and righteous, and asks for the people's orders, they will worship the gods and pass them on from generation to generation. Their emotions are changeable, they suffer from gain and loss, they are sometimes wise and stupid, sometimes elegant and sometimes rude, unpredictable. Many of them are helpful, building roads and bridges, and doing many good deeds, but they are also eager for profit and mercenary. They love honest labor, believe that wealth rises from the bucket, there are lazy people without lazy fields, business can be made in a fine way, but there is a heart that desires to make a windfall, so many people are good at gambling, and the gambling in the blood may ferment at any time. They are the most able to run the family diligently and frugally, trusting hard work, but they are also greedy for pleasure, drunk and dreaming of death, and opium ghosts abound, regardless of whether they are professional or poor, or whether their families are good or bad. They worship imperial power and dream of the emperor's grace, but recently the situation has been completely opposite, the trees are scattered, and the whole country is in a situation of warlord chaos, party factions, and endless debates. They like to talk about big truths, but all the big truths can't fight small truths, justice can't fight forces, rules can't fight unspoken rules, and fighting lawsuits is like a wrestling game, and the powerful side will win. So their overriding desire is often to defect to a powerful group, or to support a force together, the conceivable benefit of reciprocity that drives each member to do his or her best, to twist it into a rope. Chinese philosophers, even if some people have no idea who Lao Tzu and Confucius are, it does not prevent them from becoming philosophers, and all aspects of life can stimulate their philosophical thinking, so they are always masters of dealing with crises and dilemmas. They advocate reading, believing that everything is inferior, only the reading is high, and almost every village has private schools and volunteer schools, which are maintained by donations or public land income, and the children of poor families can also go to school. But the utilitarian nature of reading is very strong, everyone knows that reading is to change fate, promote officials and get rich, even the poorest people, as long as they have academic success, under the Majesty of Dan, all kinds of colors can be worn, can be obtained. Some of them became true gentlemen by reading books and became the conscience of the whole society. In this country, there are as many gentlemen as there are villains, villains and gentlemen are mirrors of each other, and they get the power of self-affirmation from each other, and the villains prefer to give up the reputation of the gentleman and try their best to make real profits for themselves, and the gentlemen need to persuade themselves not to look at the real interests of the red villains and enjoy themselves, such as the peaceful and happy way, repaying grievances with virtue, bowing down to others and blaming others, the beauty of adults, the beauty of adults, and not doing what they want to others. However, it is common for a villain to become a gentleman at the right time, and a gentleman may accidentally or have to be a villain. Being a villain or a gentleman may be a dilemma that Chinese, especially Chinese intellectuals, can never lose in their lives. Chinese evaluation of people is often either black and white, not a gentleman, that is, a villain. The Zhou Yi is a philosophical work and a book for divination, with a total of sixty-four trigrams, some of which are "beneficial to gentlemen and unfavorable villains", or vice versa. In addition to gentlemen and villains, there is also a third type of person: hypocrites. In other words, Chinese used to dividing people into three categories: gentlemen, hypocrites, and villains. The status of the hypocrite seems to be lower than that of the villain, because the villain is generally in the light and can be seen and touched, and the hypocrite hides in the dark, unable to prevent it. Once a person has been a gentleman, or once a villain, and then goes to the opposite side of himself, Chinese does not know how to evaluate. Bai Juyi's poems express a similar situation: "Zhou Gong feared the rumor day, and Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the time." Xiang Ling died in the first place, and the truth or falsity of his life is unknown. "As mentioned above, it is easy to find advantages in Chinese, and it is easy to find shortcomings, but this does not mean that I understand them, nor does it mean that I am laughing at them, that I am inducing hatred. No, in my opinion, they are us, and their problems are our problems. Our sense of superiority is often shallow, lacking in humanitarian hearts and visions, as well as in conscience and honest urgency. Like all ancient peoples, such as the Jews, the Greeks, the Indians, they and their culture, like the sun, have countless spots, but they are still the sun, shining brightly. It is very dangerous to criticize any nation as a whole. This is an experience I have had over the years of living in China. I personally have been one of them and have always loved them and their culture, including their flaws. Of course, it is easy to claim to love them, just as it is to claim to dislike them. In any case, to understand them, to know them, to see their richness, complexity and simplicity, it takes sincerity, love and tolerance. I believe that an ancient civilization with such a complex personality and infinite possibilities will certainly play a leading role on the Asian stage and even the world stage in the future. The Chinese nation is a multitude of people, shrewd in their minds, and stoic, and will certainly be able to prosper within fifty or a hundred years. The country is destined to follow the United States as the dominant global player. I firmly believe that the people of such a country will have an important impact on the fate of the other three-quarters of humanity.
At that time, the main function of these letters from the low-level people of Fanbang was to send money home, by the way, and the text part became more meaningful after the passage of time.
Readers in English-speaking countries can calculate the 2.5 silver dollars into one dollar and four shillings for economic information. In the early days of the Republic of China, a silver dollar could buy seventy kilograms of rice, and by 1931, twenty-five kilograms of rice and twenty kilograms of eggplant could be bought. It can be seen that the purchasing power of silver dollars is getting lower and lower.
Jesus said, I have not come to send peace, but a sword. I have seen countless wars in China, each of which looks like the last, but before long another war will begin, the victorious side will split into camps and factions, and irreconcilable disputes will arise between the camps and factions, and a new war will begin. After the Republic of China replaced the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court demoted generals, the remnants of officials, the leaders of the civil army, and the forces of all sides emerged in an endless stream, and there were thirteen commanders in Shantou port alone. The war of words and the war between one's own people have not yet been won or lost, and foreign aggression has poured in. I really can't say anything about war. But, I would like to say, I would like to ask for your forgiveness, because I am often wondering many things: Is there an element of disguise in the cause of God that we are engaged in? Is the purpose of our work exactly what we have always tried to deny — to dominate and dominate? Does Western civilization need to be aware of its boundaries? So I often don't know whether to give the sword or peace to Chinese, and I often forget that I am a missionary. I want to be a painter, a historian, a translator, and do some real work.
Once again, I ask for your forgiveness.
is the preamble.
On May 1, 1905, my father wrote a letter
Yi Yun's daughter, you and Jean Mei have a marriage contract since childhood, and you should abide by it. Now that the marriage period is approaching, it is advisable to suspend the study of the same literary hall, stay at home, learn some song books and housework with RuMu, and make daily progress in morality, which is of the utmost importance. Ru Su is mighty and courageous, and he is not a man who is willing to lose his heart, but this letter is signed peihua, which is like a horse, galloping in all directions, which makes my father and disciples more worried. My daughter's name is Yi Yun, far better than PeiHua. Yun, plants also, can flower, although it is a small thing, it can also be human. There is a poem in the Book of Poetry: "Lotus Iscarp, Bandit Artemisia." Mourn your parents, give birth to me. "Curcuma is also a small grass, a person who can make the king of the Jin Dynasty read it and shed tears." My family had been living on poetry books, and my father had traveled far and wide because of the large amount of debt, and had come to Lat to seek a job, and it had been three years in a hurry. Recently transferred to the teaching position of the overseas Chinese children's school here, busy but interesting, the monthly salary has doubled, do not expect it.
On August 17, 1905, my father wrote a letter
Reply to the receipt, Ru characters are beautiful, the pen has a history, the text is also smooth, and after reading it, I feel greatly relieved. There is a saying in the letter that if I want to return to the same text, or go abroad to study medicine, I will never do it. Reading some poems and books and adding some elegance is enough, but more may not be beneficial. "Women are literate, but those who can understand righteousness are inherently virtuous, but they are rare; others like to read songbooks and novels, stir up evil intentions, and even dance and play with the law, and do ugly things. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Jiru's words can be described as the most profound. I mean that if you are interested in medicine, you can read some medical books at home, and I hereby pay for the two books of "Golden Essentials" and "Elementary Literature", and You can use your skills. He also said that jean-mei often felt that the school food was poor when she read, her studies were sloppy, her handwriting was sloppy, and she didn't know what words to do, and even tired of the shaking state of Yi Xinglu, and after reading it for her father, she couldn't help but wan'er, such as seeing Ru's childhood situation. Ru zi is meticulous and wise, good to speak bluntly, for the father does not think of boasting, now it is different, after leaving the cabinet, I am afraid that people will be ridiculed, do not wait to ignore it.
On September 17, 1905, my father wrote a letter
Zhi Ru and Rang Mei's marriage date is scheduled for november 23 of the lunar calendar, and the father expects to return to the north in October and a half. In the letter, Ru Xin advocated abandoning the bad habits of making cave houses, playing and singing, and feasting on guests, and there were also clouds of "don't let people know", although it is not unreasonable, but the weathering is so, it cannot be forced. Since this matter is decided by the man, it is not appropriate for us to interfere more. Ru's words and deeds are different from ordinary people, and his heart is more strange, if he is a man, he is precious and gratifying, and it is difficult to rebel against his fate now that he is sending a woman's body. And tenderness is not inferior to male talent, Youlan is also full of sassy, life after marriage, just like Ru mother Ru aunt Ru sister, respect for the elderly Dun relatives trivial matters thick, feeding children and raising children is difficult. I also hope that my daughter will learn more from rumu rugu ru sisters, kung fu can be honored, and women without talent are virtuous, this statement is certainly true. Ten million, ten million.
On September 20, 1906, my father wrote a letter
The letter was written that Zhiru was teaching in the ancestral hall of the township, and there were many male and female students at the beginning, which was gratifying and congratulatory. More is more teaching, less teaching is less, everything can be calm, and housework can also be taken care of. I think that in the future, the family affairs will become more and more prosperous, and it is best to teach voluntarily, so why bother with the book Jinye. You can first teach The Mongolian children to sing in the singing album, memorize the Tang poems and Song lyrics, and make it easier to read and hyphenate in rap singing, and be familiar with humanistic history. The song book has seven words and sentences, four sentences and one rhyme, no need to accompany, there are stories, there are chapters, three or five groups, chanting in unison, mutual influence, it can be predicted that the effect will be good. Remember that Chaozhou Fucheng Ngee An Zhuang Li Wanli Commercial Company has many song albums for sale, and Erjia is not far from fucheng, so that beauty is idle, you can go to buy. "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty", "Kasa Weng Rhymes", and "Fu Xue Zheng Hu" are all brilliant, and can be copied and recited by Mengtong. The book is a thing, the north monument is the south, the feminine and majestic, each has its own way. Yan Liu Ou Zhao, Lan Ting Shu Genealogy, can be Fan Zhi. The main one is to make the arm, the arm to the finger, and the command to the pipe. The inner zhizheng, the outer body straight, the momentum is ready, the intention is to write first, and the force is at the end. Its turn is also turned, square turned, and round twisted. Its end is also, a deep love, three sighs and passed away. Its entry into also, the pen pen has hidden. It is also out of the way, and it is not received. Its reflection belt is also, do not be arbitrary, do not look at it with strokes. Its rules and regulations are also, although thousands of miles, like a room. Its swing is also like a warrior punching, dazzling, but it is actually orderly. It is the transmission of the Eight Laws of Knowledge, all in the Eternal Character. In the life of man, he hears and hears, sees with his eyes, speaks with his mouth, desires his hands, desires his heart, preaches privately, hears and thinks, and has no other secrets.
What is the recent situation of Siamese Er Onggu?
On November 25, 1906, my father wrote a letter
Ru Yan let the gambling addicted to fate, often left home, followed the drama class all the way to gamble, often going for half a month. When you lose a sperm, you will hit people with your hands. Sometimes they swear to quit gambling and cut off their fingers. In this case, not only one person, all gamblers, are more common, cut off their right hand, and gamble with their left hand. I mean that Ru can teach with Jean, let the arithmetic be better than Ru, and like to play games, why not teach the boy arithmetic chess theory? A thousand pounds of heavy burdens, husband and wife each bear five hundred, learn from each other' strengths and make up for their weaknesses, wouldn't it be fun. Let you clean up a room in the ancestral hall to live, read and teach during the day, encourage learning at night, and have something to do, then you will not be like a duckweed, wandering around, misleading yourself. Let me like to learn to inlay teeth, I have a friend surnamed Pan, a native of Tai Po County, who has been shopping in Shantou Small Park for many years, not a hundred silver without a tooth, three years of earnings, can be a downhill tiger, once set two gold teeth for a foreigner, get five hundred silver. If so, I will write to you. In order to be smart, if you can concentrate, the day of completion can be expected. After completing the school, I returned to my hometown to open a shop, and I made progress every day, so why not enjoy it. If you have no interest in teaching and having teething, it is not impossible to feed pigs in the field, and it will not be despised. In short, it is better to do anything than to step on and stomp and have no trace. When the cow can still get a handful of grass. Where there are feet, there is a way to go. The more people look down on it, the more they have to brew a brown color and let them see it.
On March 8, 1907, Jean Mei wrote a letter
On the eighteenth day, Shanlun arrived in Siam, gathered with his parents, and failed to send the approval report in time, which is really sorry. Now pay thirty yuan of big dragon silver, wipe out five yuan for your mother-in-law, and give your schoolchildren one yuan each, and the rest for household use. You are at home alone, do not sleep alone, you should be accompanied by others. I mean to ask you to be accompanied by two or three schoolchildren. The parents are in good health, and the medicinal herb business has been normal lately. Since leaving his hometown, after thinking about it, he has decided to change his past wrongs and often use gourds to encourage himself. The gourd, the big one is behind. In the past, I was only half before the gourd, and in Siam, when it was half after the gourd, the virtuous wife assured that in time, I would do something earth-shattering.
On March 20, 1907, my father wrote a letter
Yi Yun's daughter, receiving the approval, knew that The Beauty had gone to Siam a few days ago, and tou Er Weng Gu. It makes me happy and worried. Xi is in the boy's ambition in the four directions, Siam Beijing has Erweng gu gu, can rest assured. Yi Fei is a fool, and his parents do some medicinal material business, and the future is promising. The worriers are more than happy. My man is a man who has been abroad for generations, has a long history, and the people who are outside, among which the bitterness is difficult to say. As for the guardian of the family, his suffering, his sorrow, his much neglect, now that I am the Father, can I put myself in the shoes of the father and have a little understanding. I was most worried about letting the United States go abroad, so I had a fierce speech in the previous letter, wanting to stab myself and start a business on the spot, but I did not dare to mention the matter of going abroad, and I was expected to force Inan ben. Whoops, once out of the house, when to return, ask all day. Those who are bound to travel do not speak of the land. It is difficult to look at the wrong way, and it is difficult to share the pillow. Endure the nostalgia and fall into Yidi. Send approvals month by month, feed back to the heart, but the approval is not sentimental, and the money is not righteous. The work does not make up for the trouble, and the sound is scattered. At present, the household chores are taken care of by Ru alone, the door candles should be especially careful, everything must be checked, and if the body is small, it is advisable to adjust it in time.
On May 2, 1907, my father wrote a letter
Knowing that there are batches of people coming, and comparing themselves with "the gourd, the big one is behind", the good can also be expected. People are expensive in the pass, a hundred passes. There are words in the tide, do not lose money, as long as you are willing to suffer hardships and are willing to fight to the death of a donkey, there must be hope. Ruyidu is external, rest assured, concentrate on teaching, take care of yourself, and be essential.
On July 13, 1907, Jean Mei sent a letter
According to YunXian's wife, I received the reply and learned that there are more and more children in your school, busy morning and evening, often sleepless at night, and are very worried about your husband. Three pieces of brain juice are taken daily to relieve fatigue, insomnia, forgetfulness and other symptoms. This medicine is produced in France, with jujube, wheat and gentian as the main ingredients, made into a compound. Sold for my pharmacy, each sold for 100 baht, it is very popular with the wealthy people in Bangkok. You take it first, it will get better. Another three boxes of aspirin were sent, which are new drugs produced in the United States and are also sold in the shop. This medicine can treat headaches, toothaches, joint pain, and has obvious efficacy in anti-inflammatory, anti-fever and detoxification. You can give your mother-in-law a box, and you keep the rest.
On November 15, 1907, Jean Mei sent a letter
Hereby undertakes to pay the great silver fifteen yuan, and then check it out. In the past six months, the family lacked mail, because of the big loss of the drug store business, at 8:30 p.m. on August 16, the thief broke into the door, and hundreds of silver in the store were robbed, I was alone in the store, fighting with the thief, suffering some minor injuries, and my life was safe. And the happy parents went to the sister's house that night, and they were not frightened. The next day, my parents returned to the store and listened to me detail the robbery, and saw that I was injured and did not mind the loss of money. The New Year is approaching, homesick, I want to return to Tang dynasty in the near future, and after a few years, I will learn from my father-in-law's friend to practice tooth removal.
On February 15, 1908, my father wrote a letter
Yi Yun's daughter, the letter is known, and the letter copied to make beauty is also known. It is also rumored in Sister Yi's family that the monthly income of the United States is not enough to cover the cost of smoking, and her sister advises her, not only does not listen, but even does not go to her sister's house. Based on this inference, I am afraid that it will mature in Siam over time, the old disease will recur, and it will be difficult not to gamble befriending bad people. The tide proverb is that the township is big, there is inevitably erosion, and the people in Siam are another township. I suspect that this time I was robbed, I was afraid that the thief would shout to catch the thief, take the money in the shop to go out to gamble, not win and lose, but so on, Erweng Gu may not have recognized it.
Old habits are hard to change and have been around since ancient times. This covenant returns to the covenant, and the covenant is as it is. Why is it cool, it is not mentioned at all. Ru was quite angry with the distant people, and his father's heart was also anxious. Thinking of me as a rudai, I can't tear up what is hidden in people's minds, and now I should allow him to take it slowly, but I will suffer less from all kinds of pain. Siamese people play with themselves, their parents are out of control, frozen three feet, not a day's cold. My daughter should not be disgusted, for it is not harmful to herself, and it is harmful to herself. Can You choose a day to live in Siam for a year and a half, and then return to Tangshan when you are pregnant? One is for his sake, after a man becomes a father, there will be a change, there are old and young, and then do not change, unless the stone is stubborn. Let the beauty is just greedy, not to poison the dog's things, steal people and steal their own, there is always salvation. Both for the sake of Ru, there is a child, Ru's status, with it, the joy of heaven, can also reduce the suffering of loneliness.
This order, this order.
On May 3, 1908, Jean Mei sent a letter
Yi Yunxian's wife makeup, reply to the receipt, the language is very strong, merciless, I guess you punch and foot pinch sweat. The fool knew that he was thin, and read the letter again and again, and could not help but sweat. You know my virtue best, obsessed with bamboo warfare, from a young age, when I won more or lost less in Tangshan, after coming to Siam, I will lose every bet, I don't know how much I lost last year. Therefore, I had the idea of leaving Siam and returning to Tang Dynasty. I also felt that I was a stinky person, and when I returned to the countryside, what else could I do except for pigs and dogs barking. Lord Taishan Taishui belongs to his parents, and the fool does not dare to ignore it, and ignores it, let alone this reason. The fool thinks to himself that he is not a man who has lost his conscience, and he thinks and repents day by day, and cannot change every day. Siamese parents and friends never let it go, they were bitter and kind words, and my mother even knelt down to me. I am not pedantic, but I have strengths that cannot be erased. Give me two more years, before I turn twenty, and I'll let you see a whole new me.
Hk$50 is hereby paid and will be collected at that time.
On March 23, 1909, my father wrote a letter
Yi Yun my daughter, in the blink of an eye, another year has passed, A Mou neither returned to Zi, nor did he send back a single article, Ru said that he was dead or alive and had nothing to do with Er, but the signature at the end of the letter was "resentment", is it not contradictory. The Father felt with the experience of half a life that if life could not be trapped by Brother Kong Fang, it would be a rare and precious word to obtain the word "pure heart". There are more and more schoolchildren in Rujin, and every neighboring village comes to admire the name, although there is no surplus wealth, they can barely stand on their own, and they can make it difficult for their father to sleep all night. Ru Zhishu Dali, should know the world's higher women, advocate celibacy a lot, especially in Europe and the United States. If there is a husband like a certain person, it is better not to have it, and if you talk about it as a celibacy, you will not be tired. In any case, it has become a marriage, and when it is observed, it must not be retreated. I intend that the son of the second sister of Ru ke is the son, and the father has written to the second sister of Ru at the same time, and I should approve of it.
On June 22, 1909, Jean Mei sent a letter
Spring birds can speak, and the wind comes and flowers dance by themselves.
Yun's wife was like a hug, and she sent a hundred yuan to Guangyin Yang every time, and then checked it. There has been no approval for a whole year, and there is no news, because the husband and the Fujian friend Yang Hansong and the Englishman Charlie, the three of them teamed up to dig tin mines in the mountains of Myanmar north of Chiang Mai Province, disappeared for several months, the parents are overworked, the face is big and thin, it is inevitable that you will worry, or even curse. Recently back in Bangkok, my parents laughed at me, and my accent changed. It's no secret that I now speak Hokkien, and I know half English and half Siamese. I have words first, let the beauty not be a pedantic person, not a person without conscience, just the fate of the gourd, the big one is behind, and has no intention of staying in the medicinal material shop, adverting backwater, making a few life-saving money, but also listening to the evil mouths of parents and parents, three sisters and six aunts, and managing the gods and Buddhas. Kung Fu can be honored, and when you reach the glory body, you are old, so that the beauty can't wait. Tin ore is only the first year at present, and it will be better than one year in the future, and within three years, it will definitely make a fortune. After staying in Bangkok for a few days, I will return to the Mines of Myanmar, where bandits are rampant day and night, fearing that they will cause trouble. When he returns home in his old age, he will talk about the wine with his wife. I will not repeat the rest of the words.
On August 8, 1909, my father wrote a letter
Yi Yun's daughter, knowing the recent situation of Jean Mei, is very happy. Gu Yun knows that shame is almost brave, and I know shame better than courage. Tin ore matter, with the British Charlie joined, I do not expect to be fine, but rest assured.
Why hasn't the borer been answered for a long time?
On June 8, 1910, Jean Mei sent a letter
Yi Yun my wife, received a reply, if interviewed. The tin mining business, extremely hard, is often in the mountains and does not enter the city for months. And the Englishman Charlie is the mine owner, one person alone occupies seventy percent of the shares, I and Han Song led the miners to work day and night, hungry and full, Yu only accounted for fifteen percent of the shares, so the wealth was not accumulated, deeply lamented. Ru urged me to go home, and I thought about it again and again, and I still felt that it was not a good time. As for Ru's suspicions, they are not hidden, the fool went to his hometown lightly, drifted to the four seas, tired of flying according to the people, and had no choice but to take a concubine here, the Siamese clan, and now he has given birth to a son. Han Song is also like Si, Han raises two concubines, and I am one. I have said that the grass head knots like a mountain, let the beauty be foolish, never forget, Qing and I are green plum bamboo horses, and then married into a connection, Qing is so big, no one can replace it. Foolishly wanting to deliberate with you, I will return to Tang in two or three years, it seems very difficult, I intend to work hard to seek profits, return with a full load, and share the salt and sour, waiting for the next day. There was no man and a half woman under Xi Ru's knees, and she was very worried about her husband. My father-in-law said that the son of the second sister of the borer ru was the son, or elsewhere to find support, I also agreed, or men or women are not indispensable, special payment of HK$200, as this fee.
On August 21, 1910, Jean Mei sent a letter
A few days ago, I received a letter from my father-in-law, asking me to make a peach stem, although the clouds float, its roots are underneath, planted in the mud, floating although far away but not losing its roots, do not be a soil puppet, with mud, no trace. Let me know the general idea that although I am not talented. My father-in-law seems to have said that I am a concubine in Yanna, and not to abandon my wife. Also the parents of Siamese middle school forced the upper path, how dare they cross the circle, and are scheduled to leave for the end of this month to return to Zi.
On December 28, 1910, Jean Mei sent a letter
Yi Yun loves his wife, I arrived in Siam smoothly on November 2nd, all the way smoothly, and you are suddenly twenty years apart, always thinking about it. You are pregnant, and I am very happy to think of it, but I am worried that you are too careful with the lashing and too diligent in the housework, and I intend to hire someone to do it for you. I know everything here to be careful, and you must not worry about it. Shun paid Yingyang sixty yuan, and three English pens and six soaps, which will be checked at that time.
On June 28, 1911, Jean Mei sent a letter
According to Yun's wife's makeup, there was no news for several months, and at this time, I felt that the cultivation path was difficult, and I was drooling alone. In the Burmese mining affairs, due to the gap with the British Charlie, I and Han Song have recently withdrawn. The cause is as follows: when I was digging with the pine belt miners, I met a side of the mine seedlings, deliberately avoided entering, deflected and detoured, so that the roadway and the ore seedlings passed, farther and farther, forcing Charlie to find another new mine, wanting to leave this place for his year, I and Song excavated separately. In desperation, Charlie was not inferior, insulting me with the contempt of "Indochina Pig" and "Sick Man of East Asia", etc., and lost his temper. I waited in the mine like a cow and a horse, born into death, everything must be asked, there is no profit to be gained, and I have no choice but to make this decision. If you live under it for a long time, there will be no period of development, or even your life will be in danger. Fortunately, the former mine has been abandoned, and it is actually a rich mine, and I am waiting for a short rest before I see the opportunity to act. Ru is halfway through pregnancy, looking forward to more recuperation, the old man is happy, and the mother and child are safe.
Hereby pay a large amount of silver eighteen yuan, a little bit of intention, subsidize the family.
On October 15, 1911, my father wrote a letter
Three thousand passengers, writing as if wandering. Let the matter of Mei Hansong be in tears. I mean that Ru can send a letter to sternly dismiss it, and fight with the Englishman Charles, and the victory and defeat have not been divided. I am afraid that the heavens and the earth will not be kind, so I let the Matsu no generation be the dog also. If you have no intention of returning to the north, you can make it come to Lat, and I have a number of shares in The Three Benefits Company in Lat, which can be transferred to Yi. Let it not be divided, but the harvest of the dragon can be expected.
On May 10, 1912, Jean Mei sent a letter
Yun's wife is like a face, and she receives it back, and Wu'er Ding looks forward to making arrangements at her discretion, and she is frugal. Last month, my father sent sixty yuan, but the letter did not mention it. HK$16 is hereby sent to make up for the shortfall. The father-in-law is generous and makes the beauty grateful, but the boy should be self-reliant, ashamed to give the sweetness of the cane, and my wife forgives it. The name of my son should follow the eldest son in Siam, the name of the eldest son is Ruo Xuan, and the name of the second son is Ruo Heng, which is also the meaning of the parents in Siam.
Yu Rong said another, I wish the mother and child peace!
Editor: Chen Ming
Second instance: Li Chengqiang
Third trial: Song Song