The Republic of China period was a turbulent period in China's history, when China was also facing an unprecedented subversion, since the Qing Dynasty closed the country was broken, some advanced ideas and cultures from the West have been introduced to China, and Chinese women have gradually come into contact with these advanced ideas. They began to rebel, no longer to be an appendage of men, they want to break through the shackles of the times, Yan Renmei is one of these advanced women, she pursues freedom, longs for independence, her legendary life is a microcosm of women's rebellion and breaking feudalism in China's modern history.
In 1915, Yan Renmei was born in a rather prominent family during the Republic of China, her great-grandfather Yan Xinhou was a staff member of the famous minister Li Hongzhang in the late Qing Dynasty, and her great-grandfather's brilliant life accumulated a rich family foundation for the Yan family.
Although Yan Renmei's father, Yan Zhiduo, is engaged in business activities, he especially loves to read, and he is also a well-known local talent, with a father who loves knowledge, Yan Renmei is naturally also familiar with it from an early age and likes to swim in books. Yan Renmei's father attached great importance to the knowledge learning of the children in the family, although at that time most only boys could read, but Yan Zhiduo still let his daughter also study and study, so Yan Renmei's vision continued to broaden and she was exposed to more advanced ideas, which laid the ideological foundation for her legendary life.
As Yan Renmei reached marriageable age, the Yan family began to find a suitable family for her, but Yan Renmei did not want to be arranged by the fate of her parents like other women, she began to resist, chose to escape marriage, and did not want to accept the so-called fateful arrangement. At this time, Yan's father believed that his daughter had become rebellious because she had read too many books, so he forbade Yan Renmei to study and study, and also began to control the other girls in the family so that they could no longer go to school. Yan Renmei was forced to make a deal with her father, and only yan Renmei could allow her to study again if she accepted the family's arrangement to complete the marriage.
Yan Renmei wanted to continue to learn knowledge, so he accepted the marriage arranged by his father, and Yan Renmei chose the Ma family for Yan Renmei, the Ma family is a well-known rich family in Jiangsu, and the young master of the Ma family, Ma Guanliang, is also a talented figure, in the eyes of the two families, Yan Renmei and Ma Guanliang are a match made in heaven.
After Yan Renmei married, her husband treated her very well, and she also lived a happy life of reading and writing, watching flowers and grass, but the good times were not long, Yan Renmei gave birth to Ma Guanliang three children in a row, and Ma Guanliang became tired of Yan Renmei, and began to spend days and nights, not going home all day. When her husband did not return at night, Yan Renmei felt betrayed and had the idea of divorce. But women's initiative to initiate divorce was not recognized by the world at that time, and the society at that time could only be abandoned by men, and women did not have any choice and autonomy in marriage.
But Yan Renmei is going to be this person who breaks the world, she took the initiative to propose divorce on the grounds that Ma Guanliang cheated, but was fiercely opposed by the Yan Ma family, both families did not agree to Yan Renmei and Ma Guanliang's divorce, Yan Renmei could only seek the help of the then "first lady" - Song Meiling, and Ma Guanliang could only agree to divorce with the support of Song Meiling. Yan Renmei finally regained her freedom, and she fought for custody of her three children and lived independently with them.
But social unrest intensified, wars continued, and the Japanese became increasingly rampant in China. One day, Yan Renmei went out to meet the Japanese, because Yan Renmei looked good, so he was taken by a Japanese officer at a glance, threatened to marry her on the spot, Yan Renmei panicked and escaped, did not want to have a relationship with the Japanese, Yan Renmei's father in order to let the Japanese officer dispel his thoughts, so he hurried to find a marriage match for Yan Renmei. At this time, Yan's father fell in love with a rich merchant family, this family has a son named Li Zumin, now a doctor, Yan Renmei and Li Zumin after meeting Lang Cai's female appearance, mutual affection, the two families also hurried to conclude the marriage.
Fearing that the Japanese officer would not give up, on the wedding day, Yan Renmei's father arranged 10 bodyguards for Yan Renmei to prevent unexpected situations. Although it is a flash marriage, Yan Renmei lived a very happy life after marriage, and the husband and wife respected each other as guests and lived a happy life. After marriage, Yan Renmei had two more children, and Li Zumin regarded the three children born to Yan Renmei and her ex-husband as if they were his own, and the family of seven lived happily.
Yan Renmei, who is now 107 years old, is still in good health and has enjoyed the joy of heaven, her life is the envy of women in the Republic of China period, she is the person that countless progressive women in that era want to become, she is bold, independent, courageous to resist, and dare to fight for her life. There are still a large number of feudal remnants in the Republic of China period, the idea of favoring sons over daughters is still deeply rooted, in that era women were bound by the shackles of the world, eroded by feudal ideas, Yan Renmei was the brave person who broke the feudal world in the Republic of China period, she represented the progressive women of the new era, had her own independent personality, and had the courage to pursue her own freedom and happiness.