01 It's true
Meet the people you meet among thousands of people, in the endless wilderness of time, in thousands of years, there is no earlier or later step, and at that right moment, we met.
No words, just a soft word: "Oh, so you're here too."
This text with a strong literary flavor originates from Zhang Ailing's prose "Love".
In this chapter, which is only about 300 words, it depicts a person's long life
This abducted woman has gone through twists and turns on the road of life, tossing and turning between mountains and rivers, and going through countless ups and downs.
When her youth is gone, she still recalls the love that ended before it began.
Life is like a song, tactful and melodious, reading as if you are between ** and opera.
However, this is a real-life story.
Therefore, at the beginning of the article, she firmly emphasized: "This is true.
The reason why this story is true is what Zhang Ailing heard from Hu Lancheng.
The woman who was unfortunately abducted and trafficked was Hu Lancheng's stepmother.
At that time, the two had a strong affection, and in their spare time, they often gathered together to appreciate Chinese and Western classics, read Western albums, watch Japanese prints, appreciate Korean porcelain, and taste ancient Indian murals.
When he met Zhang Ailing, Hu Lancheng seemed to have found the tuned string, which rejuvenated his piano sound.
In those years, they poured out their inner words to each other and shared bits and pieces of the past.
Hu Lancheng wrote in the book that during that time, the two of them depended on each other and talked endlessly.
Years later, Zhang Ailing settled in the United States, and Hu Lancheng was displaced in Japan.
They are all gray-haired, looking for the bygone years in the text.
He took the heart to record this true story.
If the two essays are compared to paintings, Zhang Ailing's essays are like a freehand painting, simple and full of depth.
Hu Lancheng's memories are like a carefully carved fine brush painting, delicate and rich in texture.
The same story shows different charms under different styles of depiction, but it also interprets the miss of love and the experience of life.
02 The love of meeting and rubbing shoulders.
With soft brushstrokes, Eileen Chang depicts a beautiful village girl.
In Hu Lancheng's memories, the heroine's origin can be called a legendary treasure scroll.
This woman married into the Yu family, and everyone called her the Spring Girl.
Regarding the origin of Miss Chun, she personally told her son Hu Lancheng eloquently.
She grew up in Tangqi, Hangzhou, and her family has a father who works in a pawnshop.
has been pampered since she was a child, which may also be the reason for her arrogant personality.
As a child, pawnshop employees often played with her, and she always insisted on riding on his shoulders.
The elders thought that this move was not in line with the status of a boudoir woman, but she still insisted on her opinion.
She has an older brother who is extremely smart, and he can skillfully open pawn tickets in his teens.
And below, there is also a younger brother of Pink Ball.
Patriarchy was prevalent in the old society, but the old lady of this family was different, she loved her daughter very much.
Even on a hot summer night, the mother will use a curtain to shade her daughter from the sun to prevent the moonlight from sunburning her **.
In the midst of the exchange of affection, she went to the party with her sisters, dressed in a flowery dress, and the gold and emerald jewels on her head shone like stars, and she was dressed up to bloom like flowers.
During the Lantern Festival, she turned the lantern festival into a party, and her laughter was brighter than lanterns.
Everyone ate tea while eating melon seeds, and gossiped while enjoying the lanterns.
In the beautiful land of Tangqi, she is like a bright pearl.
During the festive season, when she walks out of the house, it becomes the most eye-catching sight in the surrounding landscape.
Due to the superior family background and outstanding appearance, there is an endless stream of people who come to propose marriage, and they almost break the threshold.
At the age of twenty-two, she met an unforgettable love, which was the most beautiful memory of her life and became a turning point in her fate.
One bright spring day, she went to dry her handkerchief on the tree in the back garden.
Wandering thoughts, stroll to the river to see the apricot blossoms.
As the poem says: "There was no earlier step, no later step, just caught up", the boy was also there, as if he had been waiting for her arrival.
She knew that he was not only a relative of the neighbor, but also came to her on a blind date.
Perhaps because of shyness, or perhaps out of shyness, she didn't even respond to the other party's simple greeting.
But the heart is not shocked, and surprise and gratitude are intertwined.
After meeting him, she suddenly realized that she was a woman.
At this moment, there was silence, and she turned away.
Who knew that this turn would be an eternal miss.
This was their first acquaintance and final farewell.
Some encounters, like meteors streaked across the night sky, are short and beautiful, while the regret of missing them may be with you for a lifetime.
It's like a song that says: Some people, once they miss it, are not there.
03 The life of being trafficked and re-sold
As the saying goes;"The world is bustling, all for profit.
Sometimes, the ** of money will make some people forget the morality of family affection, and innocent people may be hurt in the calculations of their own people.
In that April season, the apricot blossoms are falling one after another, and the apricots are about to ripen.
Miss Chun's uncle came to visit out of the blue and said that he would take her to his house to embroider with her cousins.
This guy, I don't know if he lost money gambling and owed a lot of debt, or if his brain was in water?
actually sent the spring girl to the rich man's house in Shaoxing City to be a little wife!
Spring girl rarely goes out in her daily life, and her innocence makes her incomprehensible to the complexity of human nature.
I'm afraid I wouldn't have dreamed that I would be sold by my uncle.
On her wedding night, she staged a "crying contest" in the cave room, as if competing for the honorary title of "the saddest man in the world".
The atmosphere was like a joke – you shout, and no one would come if you shouted it in your throat.
In a hurry, she actually used the "Rulai Divine Palm" to teach the arrogant rich young master a hard lesson.
This slap, the forced marriage can be regarded as a complete blow.
Then, Miss Chun was sold to the Zhang family in Shangyu, Zhejiang, Mr. Zhang's family is thick, gentle, and good at blowing, playing and singing, he is really a model of talent and beauty, and the most important thing is that he loves Miss Chun very much.
Unfortunately, within three years, Mr. Zhang fell ill and hung up.
Since then, Miss Chun has been sold to the Yu family.
The ancestors of the Yu family made a fortune by selling salt and firewood, and they were quite famous in the local area.
This male silver surnamed Yu is an authentic farmer's child, with a strong local atmosphere.
When the spring girl first saw him, she thought he was selling meat, and lamented how one of her flowers was inserted into cow dung.
Although Mr. Yu's life lacks interest and romance, he is really and relies on Miss Chun for everything. Although the spring girl is a little unwilling, compared to others, this is already a good destination.
After countless ups and downs and displacement, this ill-fated woman finally found her harbor in an ordinary family.
In the face of this encounter, Hu Lancheng depicts with deep brushstrokes: "From now on, even if the situation changes, her life will belong to her father-in-law." ”
This situation reminds me of a similar poem in "Dream of Red Mansions": "Even if you raise your eyebrows, it is difficult to calm down." ”
Whether it's fiction or real life, life is short and tribulations are long.
In the tortuous and bumpy journey of life, I lost the brilliance of love and felt the desolation of life.
04 became Hu Lancheng's stepmother
Until he was in his fifties, Mr. Yu still had no children, so he regarded Hu Lancheng as his godson.
One day, teenage Hu Lancheng saw his godmother, Miss Chun, who had a pair of tall Danfeng eyes and a graceful figure like a water snake.
She is simply a copy of Dan Jiaoer in the Peking Opera "Picking Up the Jade Bracelet".
In his heart, this stepmother is as beautiful as a fairy, and her personality is very strong, just like Wang Xifeng in "Dream of Red Mansions".
Hu Lancheng visited for the first time and saw her weaving and spinning in the living room, wearing a simple filial piety dress.
He knelt down and bowed, and called her Mom.
She smiled and helped him to his feet, then quickly went into the room, took out a silver collar, and put it around his neck, putting it on as neatly as she did a doll.
Such an act actually left the word "ruthless" in the young Hu Lancheng's heart.
Later, he was able to study in downtown Hangzhou, thanks to the financial support of the Yu family.
During holidays, he lived in the Yu family most of the time and followed his stepmother's life.
She embroidered under the eaves, dried the grain in the barn, and brought food to her husband in the field, and Hu Lancheng was willing to be by her side.
She painted a picture of red hearts and green leaves for his stationery box, telling the story of a poor child who never forgot to be filial to his parents after winning the top prize through hard study.
She always dresses him up with longing to be the hard-working ** image in the opera.
Hu Lancheng naturally understood his thoughts and intentions, but he didn't want to be the golden partridge embroidered by others.
When the stepfather died, the stepmother had to handle the funeral, deal with the nephews who coveted the inheritance, and fight lawsuits, which was very busy.
In Hu Lancheng's eyes, the stepmother is simply a strong woman.
After dealing with the matter, Hu Lancheng was ready to return to school, and his stepmother gave him tuition fees and told him earnestly, from the bottom of his heart.
Later, Miss Chun's attitude towards Hu Lancheng and his wife became more and more sour, and she didn't even let go of her biological cubs.
This made her become Zhang Ailing's Cao Qiqiao.
As she grew older, she became more and more stubborn and treated people more and more viciously.
The reason for this may only be known to her.
It's been most of her life, and finally she finally found her mother's home.
But there is no joy of reunion, only the desolation of loneliness - both parents are still alive, some brothers have died, the family is bankrupt, and she needs to support her.
When her mother's family went to Yu's house, they had to coax her to laugh.
The more they coaxed, the angrier she became, and the more unsightly she looked.
Hu Lancheng said: "She realizes that her fate is really unfair, even more than 100 times more unfair than she thought before. ”
What did you think about it?
At the end of the story, I am reminded of the sentence in "Vain Grass": "The human heart is a flower that does not wait for the wind to blow."
A person's fate is like a dance in the wind, integrated into the text of the book, whether it is a short sentence or a long article, it is a microcosm of real life, the ups and downs, all on the paper, and the affection is long.
Even if life is full of helplessness and bitterness, even if the heart is full of resentment and dissatisfaction.
Even if you cross thousands of mountains and rivers and never go back to the past, if you can have a love, even if it is short-lived and weak, it will be unforgettable, like a sweet candy hidden in your heart.
In my life, a friend told me that if I hadn't rejected that person, maybe now I have become his wife, life might be completely different and not as frustrating ...... it is now
I listened silently, without refuting it, but thinking to myself that maybe it would really be more enjoyable than it is now, and of course, it could be worse.
Life is like a tree full of possibilities, who can predict what the future will bring?
What you don't get is always the best, and that's how the human heart is.
In the journey of life, I have tasted countless bitterness and endured countless pains.
What I have experienced is life;What is missed is love.
Why don't you make your mind better?
In the interweaving of encounters and misses, I can occasionally taste the illusory and hazy sweet past, as if I have found a trace of sweetness in the bitter life.
Just like the spring girl in the story, even if she is old, she will still recall the spring night, the peach blossom tree and the young figure.
Author;Jennifer.