In 1935, Sheng Peiyu accidentally found her car parked outside her best friend's house. She tiptoed to the door with her heart in her hands, and saw her husband holding his best friend, lying on the bed in disheveled clothes and smoking. Before she could act, the two men were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for forgiveness.
Sheng Peiyu was very angry, she was afraid that it would be inconvenient for Xiang Meili to settle in Shanghai alone, so she deliberately found a residence close to her home and let Xiang Meili live, so that she could take care of her.
But she didn't want the other party to repay her like this. If Sheng Peiyu hadn't gone home temporarily and found her car parked in front of Xiang Meimei's house, she might still have been kept in the dark.
Looking at the disheveled appearance of the two people in front of her, Sheng Peiyu felt a tingling pain in her temples like pins and needles. She really wanted to be like Jiang Dongxiu and threaten her husband with a knife.
But as everyone's girlfriend, she knows that she can't be too "stingy".
In the end, between a few breaths, she took off the jade bracelet in her hand and handed it to Xiang Meili, which was regarded as acknowledging her existence.
When leaving, Sheng Peiyu thought of the life and couple that her husband had promised, and she was deeply ironic. But no matter how unwilling she is, she still can't give up this relationship between husband and wife.
Sheng Peiyu and her husband Shao Xunmei met for the first time at the funeral of their grandfather Sheng Xuanhuai.
At that time, Sheng Peiyu, who was only 11 years old, was immersed in the pain of losing her family, but she didn't know that her cousin Shao Yunlong in the corner was looking at her intently.
Until she received a love poem from her cousin, "Forgotten Things That Came to My Mind". Seeing the full of affection, she was disturbed.
I thought that the emotion was just child's play, but I didn't want my cousin to change her name for her. You must know that in high-ranking families, names are arranged according to genealogy, and it is a big rebellion to change the name without authorization.
But in order to match her, Shao Yunlong insisted on changing his name to Shao Xunmei.
Because there is a sentence in the "Book of Songs": "Will soar and soar, Peiyu Qiongju." Bimei Meng Jiang, Xun Mei and Both. ”
Which woman can withstand this kind of affectionate flirting, and Shao Xunmei is a "beautiful man" on the same level as Xu Zhimo. It didn't take long for Sheng Peiyu to accept his affection, and the two got closer and closer.
The love between the two is deep-rooted, and the marriage of the Sheng and Shao families is also a strong combination, and the parents of both sides are happy to enjoy it. The two got married on a certain date, which is also a matter of course.
Unexpectedly, a May Day tragedy occurred in Shanghai. Shao Xunmei wanted to study in the UK, but she was afraid that during her stay abroad, Sheng Peiyu would marry a wife, so she asked her parents to go to the Sheng family to propose marriage.
Because of the tight time, the two didn't have time to hold the wedding, so they just hurriedly took a wedding photo, which was considered to be delivered to each other.
In the face of Shao Xunmei's departure, Sheng Peiyu was a little uneasy in addition to reluctance, and she put forward three conditions: first, she can't find a woman outside, second, she can't gamble, and third, she is not allowed to smoke a lot.
After Shao Xunmei agreed without hesitation, Sheng Peiyu was relieved and willingly waited for him to come back. It is said that the sense of security in love comes from how much the other party cares about the other party.
Although the two are thousands of miles apart, their friendship has not diminished at all. Their letters come and go, and lovesickness is pinned in every word.
Whenever Shao Xunmei went to a place, she would buy a postcard, write a love poem, and send it to Sheng Peiyu.
He would compile all the short poems into a collection of poems, "Heaven and May", and print the three big characters "To Peiyu" on the title page to commemorate their romance.
Because Sheng Peiyu's nickname is "tea", Shao Xunmei will also personally engrave a big camellia on the cover of the poetry collection.
At this time, Shao Xunmei's eyes, poems, and hearts were full of Sheng Peiyu. When he returned from his studies, the two finally held a grand wedding at the Carlton Hotel in Shanghai, which was witnessed by many celebrities.
Their wedding photo also appeared on the cover of "Shanghai Pictorial", and this evenly matched marriage of wealthy families became the most talked-about topic in Shanghai for a while.
In order to repay her husband's affection, Sheng Peiyu gave birth to 1 boy and 3 girls for him, and put down her identity as a rich lady, washed her hands internally and made soup, took care of housework, sang to her husband, and fully supported her husband's career.
Shao Xunmei is a well-known Meng Weijun in the literary world, who likes to make friends with celebrities in the literary world, and as long as someone is in difficulty, he will give generously. For the gathering of the literary salon, as long as Shao Xunmei is there, he must pay for it. At home, he always has two tables for dinner, one for his own family and the other for other colleagues and friends in the literary world.
Sheng Peiyu had no complaints about this and strongly supported her husband's behavior.
But Shao Xunmei has repeatedly failed in her career, and she often can't make ends meet. Sheng Peiyu still didn't do what he wanted, and sold her dowry to support her husband's publishing house.
But such a gentle and virtuous wife was still betrayed by her husband.
At a dinner party, Shao Xunmei met Emily Hahn. She came to Shanghai to look for a topic for The New Yorker. At the banquet, the two talked happily.
After the end, Shao Xunmei invited her to be a guest at home, and later took her to Nanjing to play. During this period, Shao Xunmei named her a Chinese name Xiang Meili. The relationship between the two quickly warmed up, and finally went to the hotel together to make firewood.
All of this was hidden from Sheng Peiyu.
Shao Xunmei has always been righteous and squandered money with friends, and especially loves to associate with friends in the literary circle. So Sheng Peiyu always thought that Xiang Meili was just a friend who had a common topic with her husband.
Even because of the same age, Sheng Peiyu and Xiang Meili became good friends and often went out shopping. Later, Sheng Peiyu felt sorry that it was not easy for Xiang Meili to be out alone, and intimately helped her rent a house close to her home, and hired a maid to take care of her three meals a day.
She never expected that her husband would be in this house and be with his best friend.
If it weren't for this accident, which allowed her to break their private relationship, she might have been kept in the dark.
In the face of their private affairs, although Sheng Peiyu was heartbroken, the women's way she had observed since she was a child made her endure her anger and accept Xiang Meimei's existence.
In the future, the three often went out to eat together, danced and watched plays. Citizens of Shanghai can often see Shao Xunmei's yellow convertible, carrying a man and two women, getting along harmoniously and amicably.
Sheng Peiyu was generous, and she even asked the two of them to get the certificate. Unexpectedly, Xiang Meili is not a woman who only wants to run a family, she has her own career goals.
In order to write the biographies of the three Song sisters, she set off for Chongqing, and before leaving, she hoped that Shao Xunmei would go with her, which meant that she wanted him to make a decision.
But Shao Xunmei missed Sheng Peiyu and finally stayed in Shanghai. From this beauty cut off contact with him. By the time Shao Xunmei met Xiang Meili again many years later, she was married to British Major Charles and gave birth to a daughter.
Hearing that the couple was living in a very poor situation, Shao Xunmei asked an American friend to borrow $1,000 for their living expenses. And this money was only repaid by Sheng Peiyu after selling her jewelry.
At this time, Shao Xunmei's career plummeted, but after so many disturbances, Sheng Peiyu was still by his side, silently accompanying and supporting.
If Shao Xunmei can take care of himself, maybe he will be at peace with Sheng Peiyu and support him until he is old.
But the man who stole the fish, how could he stop tasting the sweetness. This time, he got involved with the maid at home.
After the heartache this time, Sheng Peiyu suddenly understood that as long as she forgave this time, what awaited her would be more helpless compromises.
Therefore, she chose herself, and also chose the decency of Miss Shijia. She did not divorce or forgive Shao Xunmei, she moved to Nanjing alone, and since then she has lived separately from Shao Xunmei.
Sheng Peiyu, who left Shao Xunmei, lived with her children, devoted herself to business, and became an independent woman.
Shao Xunmei's situation has taken a turn for the worse. He put all his family fortune in the publishing business, and lost all his money. Later, many of his family properties were confiscated, and he had no ability to go out to earn money. I can only return to my hometown with the maid who fornicates with her, and make a living by selling my property.
At this time, he received a letter from his brother in Hong Kong, who said that he was now seriously ill and had no money for treatment.
But Shao Xunmei was already taking care of himself at the moment, thinking about it, he thought of the $1,000 he had funded Xiang Meimei. Shao Xunmei's friend once told him that Xiang Meili made a lot of money with "The Three Sisters of the Song Family", and now she has no worries about food and clothing.
After thinking about it, Shao Xunmei wrote a letter to recover the $1,000. Unexpectedly, the letter was intercepted before it left the customs, and he was arrested and put in prison as a "Titer suspect".
He spent three years in prison and came out as a white-haired man with asthma. He and his son lived in a small house of more than ten square meters, and Sheng Peiyu once sent him a dried duck gizzard, which he ate for several months.
Looking at the environment of the four walls of the house, Shao Xunmei often comforted herself: "It's all things outside the body, and the things outside the body are gone, so it's not a pity." ”
Originally, he could still survive and breathe, but after his friend Wang Ke committed suicide by turning on the gas, he suddenly lost his desire to live, and he committed suicide by swallowing opium not long after.
When Sheng Peiyu received a call and learned the news of Shao Xunmei's death, she couldn't stop crying.
After she and Shao Xunmei separated, they basically never saw each other again. When Sheng Peiyu was running errands in Shanghai, she met Shao Xunmei on the bus. At that time, she stuffed the two meat buns she had just bought into his arms and left. I never thought that this farewell was goodbye.
Although the cousin who was full of her eyes has long since disappeared, the friendship of those years is still vivid. Although the two are not together, Sheng Peiyu still hopes that they are well.
When she saw Shao Xunmei buryed, Sheng Peiyu was even more bitter, the young man who was once so well-dressed and well-fed and didn't know the hardships of the world was so poor that he had no money to organize a shroud when he died. The most precious thing in his body was the brand new pair of white socks.
Sheng Peiyu hurriedly went to the street and bought a pair of 2 yuan cloth shoes for him to wear.
sent Shao Xunmei away, Sheng Peiyu still lives elegantly and tenaciously. Betrayed twice in a row, she has always remained dignified and forbearing.
Probably yes, otherwise she wouldn't have left him and lived separately. But she should also know that Shao Xunmei's friendship with her at the beginning was not half false, and she really loved her at the tip of her heart. It's just that Hongchen has too many temptations, and he can't keep his heart.
这场婚姻值得她纪念吗？应该是值得的吧，否则她不会在晚年写下《盛氏家族，邵洵美与我》。
Perhaps, when life goes through this experience, you will always taste the sweetness and bitterness of love, and when you get old and let go, it will be complete.
In 1989, Sheng Peiyu passed away at the age of 84, with a smile on her lips.