In 1924, Hu Shipan** was ready to live with Cao Chengying. Unexpectedly, Cao Chengying protected her stomach and said, "I already have it, you have to be responsible for me." Hu Shi said happily: "I will reconcile with the yellow-faced woman when I go back and marry you!."After Cao Chengying heard this, she snuggled in his arms shyly.
A few days later, Hu Shi returned home and saw the yellow-faced woman Jiang Dongxiu, who was busy serving her mother-in-law and taking care of her two sons
Thinking of the gentle and affectionate Cao Chengying, Hu Shi still proposed peace to Jiang Dongxiu. Unexpectedly, Jiang Dongxiu was not noisy, turned around and went to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife, and put the kitchen knife on the necks of his two sons in front of him.
In 1917, when Hu Shi and Jiang Dongxiu got married, 15-year-old Cao Chengying was their bridesmaid. That day, Cao Chengying was wearing a white cheongsam, two big braids, a handsome face and a pair of talking eyes, which were particularly eye-catching.
And Hu Shi, who has stayed abroad and is full of economy and personable, also attracted Cao Chengying's hot eyes. The two fell in love at first sight, but because Cao Chengying was the sister of Hu Shi's second sister-in-law, both sides maintained restraint.
After marriage, Hu Shi worked outside for a long time, while his wife took care of the elderly and children at home. But within a few years, when Hu Shi heard that Cao Chengying was divorced, his silent heart began to be restless again.
In 1920, Cao Chengying was forced to follow the orders of his parents and marry Hu Guanying, the son of a wealthy local businessman. But she was very resistant to an emotionless marriage, and quarrels became commonplace for them. What's worse is that she has never given birth.
3 years later, her mother-in-law couldn't stand it, so she secretly accepted a concubine for Hu Guanying. Cao Chengying reconciled with her husband in a fit of anger and left for the "Women's Normal School" in Hangzhou to continue her studies. In her spare time, she and Hu Shi kept in touch with each other on the grounds of poetry and knowledge.
In 1923, just in time for Hu Shi to fall ill and prepare to go to Hangzhou for recuperation, the two communicated information early.
On the day they met, they didn't have any shyness with each other, like a couple reunited after a long absence, strolling between the lakes and mountains. While watching the scenery of West Lake, they complained to each other, and before they knew it, they arrived at the hotel and spent a sweet night.
Later, in order to stay together, they also rented a room near the West Lake and lived in a two-person world for three months.
In the spring of 1924, less than two months apart, Hu Shi couldn't wait to come to Hangzhou to find Cao Chengying.
Although Jiang Dongxiu doesn't know a few big characters, after a few years of getting along, he knows that Hu Shi is the kind of man who bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard. So, when she put the kitchen knife on her sons' necks, Hu Shi was suddenly frightened, and had to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy repeatedly.
Since then, even if Hu Shi has more confidants outside, he doesn't dare to mention reconciliation and divorce with his wife. After Cao Chengying found out, she had to beat the child with tears, but her love for Hu Shi has always been a knot that can never be untied, and she doesn't want to untie it.
After the relationship was hit hard, Cao Chengying did not become depressed, but put her mind on her studies. And Hu Shi did not cut off contact with her, and often wrote to contact. When Cao Chengying went to study at Cornell University in the United States, Hu Shi also asked his American girlfriend Wei Liansi to take care of her.
When she saw that Wei Liansi was also in love with Hu Shi, she felt that she was still relatively lucky, and it was worth it to have such a relationship with Hu Shi.
During her time in the United States, Cao Chengying met a very good young man from Shanghai, and after a few years of dating, the two were ready to return to Shanghai to get married. However, Cao Chengying wanted to open it, but Jiang Dongxiu had revenge.
In 1937, not long after Cao Chengying and her boyfriend returned to China, she first taught at the Agricultural College of Anhui University, and did not work for long because of the continuous war, so she came to Sichuan University to teach. Just as the two were preparing to hold a wedding, her boyfriend's parents strongly objected.
The reason turned out to be that Jiang Dongxiu found her boyfriend's parents and told her everything about Hu Guanying and Hu Shi, and the result was that the two sides broke up unhappily.
Cao Chengying couldn't figure it out for a while, saw through the red dust, and planned to escape into Buddhism in Sichuan. But how could her family and friends bear her like this?So, I persuaded her in every possible way. After Hu Shi found out, he also felt deeply guilty, so he wrote to her many times to do ideological work.
Fortunately, she listened to Hu Shi's words, and in 1942, she became a professor at the College of Agriculture of Fudan University, and was also the first female professor in China's agricultural circles. It can be seen that the emotion for Hu Shi in her heart is still preserved in the bottom of her heart.
After her life was on the right track, Cao Chengying devoted herself to crop genetics and breeding, especially in the cultivation of "potato", she made a major breakthrough, and she was also called the "mother of potatoes".
In 1973, on the eve of Cao Chengying's death, she took out a long-dusted mahogany box, handed over all the letters she exchanged with Hu Shi to her family, and told her to burn the letters next to the grave after her death.
Cao Chengying has never married, has no children and no daughters in her life, and all the money she earns from her work has been donated to the country, and the "Yanglin Bridge" in Jixi, Zhejiang, which was washed away by the flood, is a witness.
In fact, love is only a part of life, and it is also a kind of happiness to have it. After working hard, after the pain, but still can't get it, you have to learn to let go in time.
Life cannot be perfect, and everyone has regrets. It's just that what we should cherish is the time we have, a healthy body, and a worry-free life. Being kind to yourself is the true meaning of life.