Since ancient times, marriage has been "the order of parents, the word of the matchmaker", and few people disobey their parents' orders to leave the family to find their own happiness. Leaving the family means losing the financial support, and the happiness of the second half of life depends on oneself, whether it is a blessing or a curse. No matter what era, people's criteria for choosing a mate are the right ones. The Republic of China period was no exception. The famous literary scholar Lin Yutang used the four words "family situation" to have no connection with his favorite daughter, but eventually met a girl who did not dislike his family's poverty.
After meeting Lin Yutang, she fell in love with him. She is the richest man in Gulangyu Island, qianjin Liao family, and she has admired the most literate literati since she was a child. The first time I met my cousin's friend Lin Tang at home, I heard that he had won three consecutive awards at St. John's University, and the image of ethereal talent unconsciously entered the atrium of her heart and became the white moonlight in her heart.
However, fate can bully people. At this time, Lin Yutang already had a woman in his heart. It was Chen Jinduan, the daughter of the rich Chen family. The Chen family pays the most attention to family lineage and is by no means willing to marry their precious daughter to a poor child. The daughter of the Chen family did not want to work hard with him. So Lin Yutang had to give up his love.
Lin Yutang's love can be said to be "heavy water and mountains, suspicious gods and ghosts, willow blossoms, and a village is born.". I met my daughter who was unable to be with Chen Jinduan, but was penniless and willing to follow the hard work, especially the rich daughter Liao Cuifeng. Of course, the Liao family refused to follow Lin Yutang's hard-working daughter, but when Liao's mother persuaded Liao Cuifeng to come, she firmly said that poverty was no big deal, and she loved him very much.
At that time, she had not yet lived in the conditions of poverty, and she simply did not know the pain of life. Dare to ignore the persuasion of his family, and after marrying Lin Yutang, Lin Yutang tore up the marriage book and vowed not to divorce, so it was very sweet. However, when she went to the United States to study after marriage, Liao Cuifeng, who grew up in fine clothes, never encountered such a storm, and she did not expect that the first illness after marriage was that she would have no money.
Liao Cuifeng's body was just beginning to be unsatisfactory, and her face turned pale with diarrhea. Grandma Liao, who thought she would be fine after a few days, endured without spending money, and later got cecalitis, which doubled her pain and died of pain.
Still, she declined treatment. It is only the ocean that the cost of studying abroad only depends on the support of her father, and Liao Cuifeng, a pampered lady, experienced human suffering for the first time. She thought it would be cheaper to go to a small hospital for surgery than a regular hospital, but this time greedy infected the operation and spent all the money.
Both people face this situation, and the money needed to operate again is stressing them a lot. Liao Cuifeng didn't know where to make money, and Lin Yutang, who could only read, didn't know where to raise money. Helplessly, he could only bend his knees to ask Liao Cuifeng's second brother for money to treat his illness, but fortunately, Liao Cuifeng's second brother did not say a word, and sent the money over to solve their urgent needs.
But real life has only just begun, and the two have no financial support in the United States, and they are struggling. During the four years of studying in Lin Yutang, Liao Cuifeng had to take care of Lin Yutang's life while taking care of the housework, and any expenses would bring down the family. In the meantime, Liao Cuifeng sold all her dowry to maintain her life, and her clothes could only be picked up on the side of the road, let alone have children. But Liao Cuifeng was still pregnant, and the two of them crossed a road back to China, and finally ushered in the crystallization of love in the poor life for four years.
Living a life that was not called poverty, Liao Cuifeng was still willing. Lin Yutang also cherished this wife who was willing to work hard for herself. Two people learn to work hard and live with each other's understanding. Although there is no money, there is warmth.
bibliography:
"Eighty Self-Narration"