Ruan Lingyu, one of the most representative female film stars in the silent film films of the 1930s, together with Lu Xiaoman, Lin Huiyin and Zhou Xuan, is known as the four beauties of the Republic of China.
Beautiful, good acting, young, Ruan Lingyu should have had a perfect life, if not like the "movie queen" Hu Die, at least should be happy and comfortable. Unfortunately, although she has a glorious external life, her inner world is extremely inferior and poor.
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This is inseparable from her biological mother, Ho.
Fans familiar with Ruan Lingyu should know that she was born in a family that was not rich, and her father died of illness when she was six years old, and since then she and her mother Ho have begun to live a life of dependence.
It is said that the shadow of childhood will accompany a person's life, so will childhood life also affect a person's character development?
In order to survive, the He family had to go to the local large Zhang family as a maid, and the young Ruan Lingyu also followed her mother to live in the Zhang family and lived a life under the fence.
Here, they live carefully, afraid that what they do wrong will cause displeasure to the master, but even so, they will still exchange the cold eyes of the master's family, and even at school, they will inevitably be ridiculed by their classmates. The long-term "slave" life has made Ruan Lingyu become inferior and cowardly, and this psychology cannot be changed until she becomes a big star who sensationalizes the country.
As Ruan Lingyu's mother, a low-level working woman, He Shi only wants to support her daughter, but ignores the education of her growth, and passes on her negative and pedantic thoughts to her, which is the biggest reason for Ruan Lingyu's inferiority complex.
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Since the age of 16, Ruan Lingyu has taken on the responsibility of earning money to support her husband Zhang Damin, and the heavy burden has overwhelmed her, and later the "farce" between Zhang Damin, Ruan Lingyu and Tang Jishan has also broken her body and mind, fortunately, during this period, the arrival of a little girl has saved her withered heart.
This is a little girl who was adopted by 17-year-old Ruan Lingyu when she was still in infancy, and her growth process saw all her scenery and bitterness, this little girl is named Tang Zhenli, yes, the same surname as Ruan Lingyu's second boyfriend Tang Jishan.
Tang Zhenli and Ruan Lingyu were together for eight years, until she died by suicide when she was eight years old, at the age of 25, and was raised by Ruan Lingyu's then-boyfriend Tang Jishan. I don't know whether I really like this cute little girl or out of guilt for Ruan Lingyu's death, Tang Jishan, who has always been known as a playboy, treats his previous girlfriends ruthlessly, only in taking care of his daughter, he seems to be particularly attentive.
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He raised Tang Zhenli until she became an adult, during which time he paid money on a monthly basis for up to ten years.
It was also with the financial help of Tang Jishan that Tang Zhenli had a fairly good life, not only successfully completed her studies, but also assumed the responsibility of taking care of Ruan Lingyu's mother, He Shi. She served He until her death before she followed her husband out of China.
After Tang Zhenli left China, the record of her is gone, perhaps she does not want her life to be disturbed by outsiders, or perhaps she does not want to recall the sad past of the death of her adoptive mother Ruan Lingyu, or she does not want to live again as the "adopted daughter of Ruan Lingyu", in short, only know that she later went to Thailand to settle down, and then there has been no news.
epilogue
No matter what the ending is, I think in Tang Zhenli's heart, no matter when she will remember the good times with Ruan Lingyu, that memory will be forever sealed in her mind until the end of her life.
Now even if they are alive, Tang Zhenli should be nearly 100 years old, and at the other end of heaven, they will eventually meet.