The first half of Zhang Youyi's life was the appearance of a "half new and not old" woman in the Republic of China, she was bigfoot and educated, but at the age of 15, she gave up her studies in order to marry Xu Zhimo, and she has always been obedient to her orders in marriage. At the age of 23, she was forced into a divorce after giving birth to her youngest son, Peter, and three years later, she suffered the loss of her son in a foreign country.
After returning from divorce, Zhang Youyi completed the counterattack, and she later served as the general manager of Yunsheng Clothing Company and became the vice president of the Shanghai Women's Commercial Savings Bank.
Behind Zhang Youyi's counterattack is the result of the full support of her brothers and sisters.
Zhang Youyi's brothers and sisters (zhang youyi in the front left row)
When she returned to China, although Zhang Youyi, who had just lost her son, had a degree certificate obtained from studying in Germany, it was not an easy task for her to gain a foothold in China. Shortly after her return to China, her mother and father passed away one after another, and her life was covered with a gray.
After leaving Beijing for Shanghai for his father's funeral, Zhang Youyi, who took his eldest son Ah Huan alone, was at a loss. She wanted to stay in Shanghai, but the cost in Shanghai was much more expensive than in Beijing. The 200 yuan that the Xu family remits to her every month is far from enough to support her living expenses in Shanghai.
Zhang Youyi wants to stay in Shanghai too much, and she prefers the warmth of Shanghai to the dry and cold of Beijing. Most importantly, Shanghai is her mother's home, and her brothers and sisters are also here. What bird doesn't want to stay in a warm nest!
Zhang Youyi told her fourth brother Zhang Jiaxuan of her thoughts, who had always been the de facto "head of the family" of the Zhang family, and he once bore the rent of his parents.
Zhang Jiaxuan very much wants her sister to stay in Shanghai, but because he has just finished two funerals for his parents, his economy is also a bit tight.
Zhang Youyi (back left) took a group photo with her mother and siblings when she first returned to China
Zhang Youyi is a very sensible and emotionally intelligent woman, she will never take the initiative to ask her brother to bear her life, even if she is in the most difficult time now. After thinking about it, Zhang Youyi told the fourth brother: "I can take my younger sister to live in the countryside." ”
Zhang Youyi's "countryside" is a small town that is only more than half an hour's train ride from Shanghai. After saying this, Zhang Youyi continued: "I can pay the rent and food expenses." ”
Zhang Youyi's understanding made Zhang Jiaxuan almost shed tears, he nodded his head and did not say more words, and his heart was faintly uncomfortable.
There are always many inconveniences in the countryside, Ah Huan and the eighth brother go to school one by one, they can only travel by car, and Zhang Youyi has to go back and forth to do it.
Zhang Jiaxuan lives in the city, and his house is at the top of the grandeur, a "charming" house in the British Concession. If he had not been the general manager of the Bank of China, Zhang Jiazhang would not have been able to live in such a house.
Zhang Youyi liked the house very much, but she never thought of living in it. Until one day, the fourth brother called and told her, "You have to live in it." ”
Why did Zhang Jiaxuan suddenly give up this beautiful house to her sister? Zhang Youyi later said that the fourth brother saw his mother "apparition" in the house and scolded him for not throwing his younger sister in the countryside. After his mother "appeared", he felt that he had to give up the house to Zhang Youyi to live in, so that his mother's soul could rest in peace.
Zhang Youyi's parents
Zhang Youyi was convinced of this, and she gladly accepted the house.
Soon after living in that beautiful house, Ms. Zhang began to look around for teaching positions, and she soon found a job teaching German at Soochow University. At the end of the first semester, while she was considering whether to continue teaching German, she was approached by several women who called themselves the Shanghai Commercial And Savings Bank.
The sudden visit of these ladies made Zhang Youyi a little nervous, and after learning that they wanted her to become the president of the bank, she immediately understood: they were arranged by the fourth brother. He made this arrangement, still to take better care of her.
The people at the bank told her that they were looking for her in the bank because it was actually about her relationship, not her ability, after all, she hadn't done anything in the bank.
Zhang Youyi decided to seize the opportunity, but she took a step back, she said: "I can come, but I can only be a vice president, not a president." ”
Zhang Youyi's real opportunity in life was thus displayed in front of her, but this errand was not a good errand. The bank didn't actually have a penny anymore, because the people who had run the bank before had lent out all the money. The people at the bank told her they hoped she would rely on her brother's influence to try to save the bank's money.
It's an opportunity, and it's a big problem, and danger and opportunity always like to go hand in hand. Zhang Youyi immediately said:
"Don't hire any lawyers, the banks are poor enough." I'll talk to the debtors, and I'll work with them to figure out how to figure out how to get them to repay the loan. ”
After the women heard Zhang Youyi's words, they were secretly relieved, and they were sure that this time, they had found the right person. Zhang Youyi thus sat in the office of the Shanghai Women's Commercial Savings Bank in the city center.
Zhang Youyi and Xu Zhimo
Zhang Youyi placed the desk in the innermost part of the bank, so that the situation in front of the bank could be seen at a glance. The "strict punctuality" trained in Germany made her a "timetable" for the office, and over time, those who arrived late began to be on time.
Zhang Youyi and the debtor have a smooth communication, in addition to her own efforts, her status as the "sister of Zhang Jiaxuan, the general manager of the Bank of China", has helped a lot.
While serving as vice president of the bank, Zhang Youyi also took over the operation of Yunsheng Garment Company. The clothing company is a small company that her eighth brother, Zhang Yujiu, works with several friends, including Xu Zhimo.
Zhang Yujiu's original intention of founding Yunsheng was to integrate a clothing store and a clothing customization store. The tailor in this shop is the one who used to make clothes for the Zhang family, and the clothes in the shop are very chic and fashionable. The name "Yun Xie" was taken by Zhang Yujiu, which means "Yun wants to dress and flowers to look at".
Zhang Yujiu is a fanatical admirer of Xu Zhimo, and he once confessed that "Xu Zhimo's talent has brought great glory to the Zhang family." He is the most like Xu Zhimo among Zhang Youyi's many siblings, he is a dreamer, and it seems to him that running such practical things is a nightmare to him.
Zhang Yujiu (Zhang Jiazhu)
Yuncao's big and small things all fell on Zhang Youyi's head, in addition to checking the order, she also had to communicate with the tailor, and she was keeping an eye on all the big and small things in the store.
Zhang Youyi is full of gratitude for her mother-in-law's brothers and sisters, and after establishing a firm foothold in Shanghai, the first thing she did was to buy a house for her fourth brother to repay his "grace of the house". After doing this, Zhang Youyi bought a new house "Fan Garden" for herself and moved in.
Zhang Youyi's brothers like to run to her house, and the brothers always say, "We like to come to you." She likes to entertain her brothers, and the most she entertains are the second and fourth brothers.
Zhang Youyi's second brother Zhang Junjie, like the fourth brother, had helped her countless times, and when she was wrapped in her feet as a child, the second brother Zhang Junjie quarreled with her mother because she could not bear her sister's suffering. The mother asked, "If I don't tie my feet, what should I do if I can't get married in the future?" Zhang Junjie held his chest and said, "I can't marry out, I raise her, I raise her for a lifetime." ”
The brother's "righteous deeds" made Zhang Youyi not become a small-footed woman.
After Zhang Youyi was abandoned by Xu Zhimo after she was pregnant in Britain, she sent her money for the first time and told her to "never have an abortion and come to Germany quickly" was the second brother Zhang Junjie.
In those days in Germany, if it were not for the protection of her second brother Zhang Junjie, it was really difficult to say whether she could give birth to a child safely.
The first from the left is Zhang Junjie; the third from the left is Zhang Youyi (taken in Germany)
Compared with other women, Zhang Youyi is undoubtedly extremely lucky, after her divorce, her parents, brothers and sisters have done their best to protect her. When she returned from Germany, she was personally escorted by her eighth brother Zhang Yujiu. On the day of arrival, her parents personally went to the station to greet her.
Zhang Youyi's parents are feudal old-fashioned people, but for the sake of their daughters, they never care about any "face", even if they know that it is a "shameful thing" for a divorced woman to return to her mother's house, they still "just and brightly" welcome her back to the divorced.
After returning to her mother's house, her parents and siblings never asked her and Xu Zhimo anything, they were protecting her mood in this way. Their protection made Zhang Youyi feel warm and loving.
Zhang Youyi did not know that her parents had been anxious about her divorce. When everything was settled, they repeatedly told their children to "help her live a good life."
Her parents' advice was superfluous, and before Zhang Youyi returned to China, her brothers and sisters were already making plans for her. This "intention" has been ongoing.
After Zhang Youyi had a very good job in Shanghai, the second brother Zhang Junji always remembered his sister when he had good things. "Making plans for his sister" seems to have become a subject in his life. In 1934, he also sent his sister to work as an accountant for the National Socialist Party he founded.
Zhang Youyi Bingxue is smart, and she understands her brother's "arrangement". When asked what the accountant was doing, she told them, "The second brother just hoped that he could tell someone else, 'I have to ask for instructions from our accountant,' so that he doesn't have to always take money out." ”
The implication is that this position is an idle position at all. This idle position is one of the ways that Zhang Youyi's second brother guards her.
Zhang Yujiu (center), Zhang Junji (left) and Zhang Jiaxuan (Zhang Gongquan)
Zhang Junjie sympathized with his sister's suffering, but emotionally, he inevitably did the same thing as Xu Zhimo: he fell in love with a talented girl named Wang Shiying in marriage.
Before deciding to divorce the original partner, Zhang Junjie sought the advice of his sister Zhang Youyi, who was too concerned about his sister's feelings, and if his choice would make his sister have an "opinion" on him from now on, he could not accept it.
Zhang Youyi once again showed her high emotional intelligence, she knew: "The brother is the older brother, Xu Zhimo is Xu Zhimo, their situation is not the same." After listening to her brother's words, she only whispered, "I'm sure you'll handle it." ”
Zhang Junjie really handled the matter well, he gave the original match a large amount of money, and also accepted all the divorce conditions proposed by the original match. The divorce case ended peacefully and no one was injured.
Later, Zhang Youyi had her own favorite person, and when she wanted to marry the other party, she wrote a letter to ask for the opinion of the second brother, and the second brother's reply was: "Sister Huiren, know yourself."
Zhang Youyi's remarriage is excellent news for Zhang Junjie and all the Zhang family, and after learning that she and her husband Su Jizhi have a very good relationship, they finally put their hearts at ease...
In his later years, Zhang Youyi and his descendants
The first half of Zhang Youyi's life was miserable: she was abandoned during pregnancy, lost her son, and was forced to divorce. It was the misery of the first half that reflected the light of the second half. All the dazzling light began with a small glimmer of light, and Zhang Youyi's "beginning" was undoubtedly her mother's family!