There is a saying that amorous is always ruthlessly hurt, and most of the context of this sentence refers to the abandonment of women's amorous being abandoned by men, especially in the past patriarchal society.
However, in the Republic of China period, there is a contrary story, the husband was abandoned by two wives wearing green hats and still had true feelings, and was tortured and disgusted by the third wife and still did not abandon. How big do you say this man's bosom is? What kind of man is this?
To tell the truth, I sympathize with this man, the same man, if it were me, I would never be able to be so generous and indifferent, and the man named Cheng Shuyao who was insulted and hurt by three beautiful wives was named Cheng Shuyao.
Cheng Shuyao
Cheng Shuyao, a native of Jinan, Shandong, was born in the fifth year of the Republic of China. Graduated from Yenching University, because of his love of literature and drama, in 1946, he founded the North and South Drama Society in Beijing, and considered himself president.
It's a society built entirely on interest, and when the president doesn't make money, he posts money. At that time, Ding Li, Huang Zongjiang, Sun Daolin, So Zhi, Huang Zongying and others were all members of the drama club, and after the founding of New China, these people became famous performing artists in China.
During this period, through the mediation of Huang Zongjiang, 30-year-old Cheng Shuyao and 21-year-old Huang Zongying married. By the way, Huang Zongying is Huang Zongjiang's younger sister, and both brothers and sisters are early film actors in China.
Huang Zongying starred in many movies such as "Rhapsody of Happiness", "Beauty Walk", "The Crow and the Sparrow", "Nie Er" and so on.
This marriage is Huang Zongying's second marriage, it turned out that Huang Zongying married the music conductor Yifang at the age of 18, who knew that 18 days after the marriage, The other party suddenly died of a heart attack, and Huang Zongying became a widow.
Some people say that Huang Zongying died of fu Jun.
Cheng Shuyao did not dislike Huang Zongying's hard life and non-virgin body, and he loved her in every way. At that time, Huang Zongying was still an obscure small actor, in order to let his wife achieve a career in the acting industry, Cheng Shuyao used his connections to find a good script and role for his wife.
After some operation, Huang Zongying's acting career has embarked on the fast track.
During the period, she played with Zhao Dan, playing the role of the golden boy and jade girl in the play, and over time, the two of them sparked a spark of love.
Zhao Dan and Huang Zongying
In early 1948, less than two years after marriage, Huang Zongying filed for divorce from Cheng Shuyao.
Cheng Shuyao was inseparable, and Huang Zongying simply ran away from home and lived with Zhao Dan.
At that time, Huang Zongjiang tried his best to persuade his sister not to be impulsive, but Huang Zongying said, "My marriage to Cheng Shuyao was wrong from the beginning. Seeing that his sister had already made up his mind, Huang Zongjiang had no choice but to shake his head and leave.
Even if he was ruthlessly abandoned by Huang Zongying, Cheng Shuyao was as kind as ever to Huang Zongying's parents and helped their lives from time to time. In his later years, Huang Zongying recalled: Cheng Shuyao was indeed a good man.
What is the use of a good man? Huang Zongying likes romantic men, and Zhao Dan can give her all this.
Fast forward three years, Cheng Shuyao slowly came out of the shadow of marriage failure, at this time, he was dispatched by the Cultural Affairs Bureau to Shanghai to take over the Lyceum Theater, as the deputy manager, mainly responsible for receiving performances and managing financial expenses and other matters.
In 1950, the famous movie star Shangguan Yunzhu performed the drama "Red Flag Song" at the Lyceum Theatre.
Shangguan Yunzhu
Shangguan Yunzhu, whose original name was Wei Yajun, was a native of Changjing Town, Jiangyin County, Jiangsu Province, and was a beautiful billet from childhood, and at the age of 16, he married Zhang Dayan, a noble prince who was 9 years older than him in the same town, and gave birth to a son Zhang Qijian after marriage.
Later, in order to enter the show business circle, she fell in love with Yao Ke, a young man and a famous screenwriter who was respected by Lu Xun. Zhang Dayan learned that he did not hesitate to divorce Wei Yajun.
Soon, Wei Yajun married the talented Yao Ke, and gave birth to a daughter Yao Yao after marriage.
Under the support of her second husband, Wei Yajun shined in the film industry and later changed his name to Shangguan Yunzhu.
Career booming, but the marriage encountered a reef, it turned out that Yao Ke is a conservative man, he does not want his wife to show his face, he hopes that Shangguan Yunzhu will marry and teach his children at home, Shangguan Yunzhu can't do it, after Yao Ke cheated, the three-year marriage finally came to an end.
Shangguan Yunzhu, Yao Ke, Yao Yao
Soon after Shangguan Yunzhu and Yao Ke divorced, they fell in love with the drama actor Lan Ma, and a year later the two got married, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, and Shangguan and Lan Ma repeated the mistakes of divorce.
Here, I have no intention of analyzing who is right and who is wrong in Shangguan's three marriages? I only cared about her and Cheng Shuyao's love and acquaintance, and the result disappointed me.
Looking through all the information, the two did not have the story of the love of the talented and beautiful, perhaps the failed marriage, let Shangguan Yunzhu become rational, 31-year-old she has passed the romantic years of the little woman, she no longer has illusions, decided to choose a reliable man to live a good life.
At this moment, Cheng Shuyao walked into the sight of Shangguan, although Cheng Shuyao could not give her romance, but could bring her benefits, at least in the arrangement of performances have a unique advantage.
Shangguan Yunzhu and Cheng Shuyao
In this way, Shangguan Yunzhu married Cheng Shuyao, and gave birth to a son Cheng Weiran after marriage.
Shangguan Yunzhu is busy with her acting career, she knows the cruelty of the competition in the show business, and stopping means being eliminated. Striving for more opportunities to appear on camera has become the goal pursued by Shangguan.
The husband is doing the trivial work as always, he does not understand the inner world of his wife, but feels that his wife is getting stronger and stronger.
In 1953, on an ordinary day that could no longer be ordinary, the Lyceum Theater held a meeting, and the leader of the Cultural Affairs Bureau who presided over the meeting announced that he would be removed from his post as manager of the Cheng Shuyao Theater, which was tantamount to a thunderbolt on a sunny day for Shangguan Yunzhu.
It turned out that someone framed Cheng Shuyao for corruption, in order to protect his colleagues, he admitted the fact of embezzling 100 yuan, in his eyes 100 yuan is not nothing, the result of Cheng Shuyao's judgment was wrong, someone wanted to take away his manager's power, 100 yuan is enough to cure him to death.
In this way, Cheng Shuyao suddenly changed from manager to projectionist, running film operator, and seat usher. He didn't care, but Shangguan Yunzhu was very angry, and Shangguan Yunzhu's anger was not for her husband to be wronged, but for her husband to affect his future.
He could not tolerate being involved by her husband, and even more could not tolerate being snubbed by the troupe, and a woman who had been divorced three times did not care to leave again, shangguan Yunzhu did not hesitate to abandon Cheng Shuyao.
Despite Cheng Shuyao's reluctance and pleading, Shangguan Yunzhu took her ex-husband's daughter Yao Yao, leaving her son Cheng Weiran, who was less than three years old, and left without turning her head back.
On January 30, 1955, Cheng Shuyao, who had been divorced from Shangguan Yunzhu for two years, once again entered the marriage hall hand in hand with others.
Wu Yan
His 3rd wife was named Wu Yan, and according to Cheng Shuyao, my 3rd wife was a camellia woman figure.
Wu Yan's past is really dizzying, she was once a famous prostitute hanging high on the beach - Ling Hua Ah Jiu, the black peony of Changsan Tangzi's career, and the lover of Yang Hu, the commander of the Shanghai Police...
Later, she climbed the ladder of Sun Yaodong, the confidential secretary of Zhou Fohai, the mayor of Shanghai, of the Wang puppet government, and became Sun Yaodong's concubine.
After liberation, Sun Yaodong was sentenced to prison, and Wu Yan, who had no place, married Cheng Shuyao.
I wondered why good men are always harmed by bad women, and when the dregs are flooded, these bad women enjoy all the glory and wealth of their husbands, but when they fall, they let good men pay.
At this time, Wu Yan was desperate to marry Cheng Shuyao, and for his wife's past, Cheng Shuyao knew it well, according to his words: "Let it pass in the past, it is better to be a person again than anything else."
At first, Wu Yan was grateful from the bottom of her heart, lamenting that such a man is really rare in the world.
The husband and wife work together at the cultural center and live a dull life as always.
However, just a year after their marriage, Wu Yan was suddenly arrested in the office building of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, and Cheng Shuyao inquired around, and did not know why his wife was arrested.
Sun Yaodong and Wu Yan
After being imprisoned for two years, Wu Yan was charged with "harboring counter-revolutionaries" and sentenced to 5 years in prison.
It turned out that after liberation, Wu Yan had interceded for Sun Yaodong and found Pan Hannian and Yang Fan, then mayors of Shanghai. Before the liberation, Sun Yaodong had provided intelligence for Pan Hannian and Yang Fan. Sentenced after liberation, Wu Yan traveled around, and it was Pan Hannian and Yang Fan who protected Sun Yaodong.
Time passed, and Wu Yan was arrested in order to target Pan Hannian and Yang Fan, which is the famous "Pan Yang case".
Sometimes small people will be affected by the big environment, Wu Yan wants to live a stable life but can not, she is involved in the political whirlpool.
At that time, someone advised Cheng Shuyao: You should divorce Wu Yan and be careful of being involved by counter-revolutionaries. ”
Cheng Shuyao shook her head and said, "One day husband and wife, I can't leave when she is in difficulty."
The persuader sneered, "Why are you so stupid?" Why don't you learn from your second wife, Shangguan Yunzhu? Cheng Shuyao was unmoved, resolutely did not draw a line with Wu Yan, and went to visit her in prison for a long time, sending daily necessities and food.
Fast forward 5 years, Wu Yan was released after completing her sentence, and later the "Pan Yang case" was corrected, and the unjust case was revealed. Wu Yan was recognized for plotting against senior Kuomintang officers before liberation, correcting her mistakes and restoring her reputation.
Later, with the help of her husband, Wu Yan wanted to return to the property that had been seized in the past, and she suddenly became a rich person.
Cheng Shuyao and Wu Yan
After that, Wu Yan went to Hong Kong and visited the ladies who had been in the past, such as Du Yuesheng's wife Meng Xiaodong, and the former top sisters, saw that they had a good life, and then looked at themselves, and their hearts were full of resentment.
After returning to Shanghai, she began to pick her nose and eyes at her husband, scolding her husband for being a, and Cheng Shuyao listened silently and never returned.
In her later years, No matter who she was in front of, Wu Yan never gave her husband a little face, and scolded when she opened her mouth, even when Cheng Shuyao was seriously ill, Wu Yan, as a wife, never waited in front of the bed for a day. For Cheng Shuyao's company for more than 30 years, it was worthless in Wu Yan's eyes.
Cheng Shuyao, who was terminally ill, said in a weak voice to his son Wei Ran at the bedside: "Children remember, love is only to pay, never to ask and return", in this man's heart, he has never hated his wife.
In the autumn of 1993, Cheng Shuyao died at the age of 76, Cheng Shuyao was a good man but had encountered people in his life.
Text/Reading Spring and Autumn by Candle