Once abandoned by her husband, but supporting the living expenses of her husband and current wife, this story that sounds like a moral complaint happened to a woman, and this woman is Xu Zhimo's first wife, Zhang Youyi.
In Xu Zhimo's eyes, Zhang Youyi, who married her, is a stain on her life, because her presence shows that the poet who pursues freedom also had an arranged marriage.
It is under such colored glasses that Zhang Youyi is regarded by Xu Zhimo as a rural bun, however, this woman has relied on herself step by step, from an abandoned wife to a banker that Xu Zhimo has never been able to become in her life, and she is also the first female banker in Shanghai.
Zhang Youyi was born in a large family in Baoshan, Shanghai, with a total of eight brothers and four sisters, this huge family has raised many well-known figures in the Republic of China period, and Zhang Youyi is also one of them.
In 1912, Zhang Youyi entered the Second Normal School of Jiangsu Province to study, at that time, she studied teacher training and early childhood education, which could not be seen that Zhang Youyi would become a banker in the future, and Zhang Youyi at this time was only following the rules and moving forward in her own life path.
With the family arrangement, she became the wife of Xu Zhimo, the young grandmother of the Xu family, but Xu Zhimo was very disgusted with her, and the poet who loved freedom by nature was more willing to pursue love by himself, and he naturally did not like the products of the marriage arrangement, and Even Zhang Youyi became "all kinds of no" in his eyes.
From the beginning, Zhang Youyi felt the contempt of her husband, she never got the warmth of her husband, and after the two had their first child, Xu Zhimo left them directly and went to Britain.
In order to save this marriage, Zhang Youyi spontaneously came to the United Kingdom to accompany her, but in the end, in 1922, the two sides signed a divorce.
Later, Xu Zhimo, as everyone knows, was with his beloved Lu Xiaoman. However, because of his own income, he could not meet Lu Xiaoman's expenses, and the two often quarreled.
After the two divorced, Zhang Youyi was in a foreign country, with language barriers and no dependence, and this lonely woman faced the big low point of life for the first time.
In the midst of grief, she still had no way to break free from the pain of divorce for a while, especially with the death of her second son Peter, who was raised by herself, due to illness, and under the double blow, the world became dark in her eyes.
Fortunately, the times gave her a chance, and as the May Fourth Enlightenment washed away the whole land of China, her thoughts were also indoctrinated, and Zhang Youyi decided not to indulge in the sorrows of the past, but to pick up what she had given up because of marriage and reshape herself.
Later, Zhang Youyi used her German language to learn in Germany to find a job teaching German at Soochow University, and she began to transform from a traditional housewife into an emerging talent.
It can be said that Zhang Youyi, who earned a bite of food with her knowledge and ability, ushered in a different life.
The 13 children of the Zhang family, many of whom became well-known talents in the Republic of China period, so Zhang Youyi's own development is not lacking in connections. In 1932, her brother introduced Zhang Youyi to become the deputy general manager of the Shanghai Commercial Bank of China, and before that, Zhang Youyi served as the general manager of a fashion company.
Once, Xu Zhimo thought that Zhang Youyi was a dirt bun, but now, the original tu baozi has become the leader of the management fashion company, which has to make Xu Zhimo look at his ex-wife differently.
When the business was doing very well, Zhang Youyi became a well-known business celebrity in Shanghai Beach and served as an assistant manager in the bank, and until 1949, she was one of the nine directors.
Zhang Youyi embarked on the peak of her life, becoming the first female banker in Shanghai and the first female banker in Modern Chinese History, during her tenure, the bank turned losses into profits and other grand events came out one after another, and the world will no longer look at Zhang Youyi from the eyes of her cousin.
When Zhang Youyi ushered in the highlight moment of her life, Xu Zhimo compared with her and became the object of abandonment. After divorcing Zhang Youyi, he chose to be with Lu Xiaoman, but after marriage, Xu Zhimo's income could not match his wife's expenses, so that the two often quarreled over the problem of expenses.
At this time, Zhang Youyi from time to time also has to provide some economic resources to Xu Zhimo, otherwise the two can only live a life of stretching, after Xu Zhimo's death, Zhang Youyi spontaneously took care of the aftermath for Xu Zhimo, and also arranged the life of his wife Lu Xiaoman, and the second elder of the Xu family also had to rely on his former daughter-in-law to live.
Some people feel unworthy for Zhang Youyi, because they think that Xu Zhimo gave Zhang Youyi an unfortunate beginning, why should he be responsible for this person who brought him disaster, but it is because of this that zhang Youyi's atmosphere can be reflected.
Xu Zhimo for her, indeed has no relationship at all, but there is still a child between the two, even from the perspective of children, she will choose to help Xu Zhimo, in addition, Zhang Youyi believes that it is precisely because of that divorce that changed herself, Zhang Youyi before the divorce is afraid of everything, after the divorce she is not afraid of anything.
With a fearless mind, Zhang Youyi was able to get to this point of view, perhaps from a certain point of view, the person who brought her the opportunity to transform was Xu Zhimo, and besides, the second elder of the Xu family was not thin to herself, even if she was divorced, she was also funding herself and her children to live, and she had already treated the second elder as her own relative.
Xu Zhimo gave Zhang Youyi pain, but Zhang Youyi transformed it into the driving force of life, and used her own income to return everything in the past, in this woman's body, we can see what kind of road life will be when the three qualities of perseverance, atmosphere and responsibility are gathered together.