On September 2, 1966, late at night, the people of Shanghai were almost all in a deep sleep, only the courtyard of No. 5 Lane 284, Jiangsu Road, was still lit up, and in the room, there was a couple sitting, they looked at each other wordlessly, and the whole room was quiet.
Suddenly, the wife stood up, silently took a stack of paper, handed it to the husband, the husband took the paper, began to write something, it turned out, this is his suicide note, but there is no big thing written in it, but the payment of rent, nanny salary and other trivial matters of life, after writing, he handed it to his wife to see if there was anything missing, the wife shook her head, the husband signed his name in the lower right corner, stamped it, and placed the suicide note neatly on the table.
Then he said to his wife, "I'm sorry, I've suffered with me for so many years, I wish to see you again in the next life." Then he got up and went to the bedroom and hanged himself. Without saying a word, the wife silently picked up the broom, cleaned the house again, and then put the only 53.5 yuan in the house into a small envelope, placed it next to her husband's suicide note, and marked that this was the funeral expenses after the death of the two of them, and then she hanged herself next to her husband. This couple is Fu Lei, a famous translator in China, and his wife Zhu Meifu.
Fu Lei, a Chinese translator, writer, educator, one of the main founders of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, when he was 4 years old, his father was framed and imprisoned, and finally suffered and depressed to death, leaving his wife and 4 young children, unfortunately, 3 of the 4 children died one after another, the mother was grief-stricken, and Fu Lei became all her hope.
So his mother was extremely harsh on him, unable to memorize the book, so she beat him with a whip, did not complete his homework on time, did not give food, and in the worst case, she even wrapped Fu Lei up and prepared to throw him into the water to drown, but fortunately was found by the neighbors, Fu Lei escaped the disaster. It is conceivable that Fu Lei, who grew up in this environment, naturally has some extreme personality.
In 1927, Fu Lei got the opportunity to study abroad, he could finally temporarily "get rid of" his mother and live freely, it was also here that Fu Lei met his first love, the French girl Madeleine, she was so enthusiastic and generous, so beautiful and moving, and soon, the two fell in love.
But to tell the truth, Madeleine just regarded Fu Lei as her own "spare tire", originally Fu Lei was ready to push away the marriage that had been engaged in her hometown for her, but she bumped into Madeleine and another French man, Qingqing Me, and in grief, Fu Lei returned to China and held a wedding with his 19-year-old cousin Zhu Meifu.
In fact, Fu Lei has a good feeling for this cousin, they grew up together, is a pair of green plum bamboo horses, after marriage, the husband and wife have harmonious feelings, and ushered in the crystallization of love. However, there is not so much perfect love in this world, and in the 7th year after marriage, Fu Lei ushered in the "seven-year itch", and he fell in love with his student's sister Chen Jiayao.
This young girl, similar to madeleine at that time, was as enthusiastic as fire, beautiful and moving, Fu Lei was deeply infatuated with her, and the other party also admired Fu Lei's talent, and when he came and went, Fu Lei betrayed his wife. However, in the face of her husband's betrayal, Zhu Meifu chose to give in, and she even invited Chen Jiayao to the house and asked her to talk with Fu Lei. Later, Fu Lei vaguely had the idea of divorce, but at this time, Chen Jiayao withdrew, she was defeated by Zhu Meifu's "greatness", left here alone and went to Hong Kong, and Fu Lei also turned back and concentrated on living with his wife.
Without that catastrophe, they might have continued to live a peaceful life of husband and wife. After suffering countless criticisms and endless humiliations, Fu Lei could no longer bear it, so he chose to commit suicide, and his wife Zhu Meifu, who loved him deeply, also went with him. However, their departure deeply affected the 2 ladies.
One is Jiang Xiaoyan, who did not know them, although she did not know Fu Lei and his wife, but she always admired Fu Lei's talent and respected his character, after learning that Fu Lei and his wife were cremated, no one received the ashes (Fu Lei's children were not in Shanghai), Jiang Xiaoyan immediately rushed to the crematorium to prepare to collect.
However, the staff told him that Fu Lei was "such a person" and could not leave ashes. Jiang Xiaoyan was silent, but soon she made a bold decision to pretend to be Fu Lei's daughter and collect his ashes, and in the end, she succeeded. At the same time, Jiang Xiaoyan also kept writing letters, shouting injustice for Fu Lei, and almost "causing trouble to the upper body." Because of her efforts, the urns of Mr. and Mrs. Fu Lei could be properly kept and finally buried in the Shanghai Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery.
The second lady, a female pianist named Li Cuizhen, and Fu Lei were fellow countrymen and zhu Meifu's close friends, and they had a deep affection for their family. Like Fu Lei and his wife, Li Cuizhen also suffered countless tortures and struggled to survive. When she heard the news that the Fu Lei couple had committed suicide, she suddenly understood.
So she changed into her most beautiful clothes, put on makeup carefully, then wrote a suicide note to explain the aftermath, and finally turned on the gas and left this world with dignity.