In 1968, Lin Zhengyi, who was teaching at Liaoning University, was suddenly hit in the head by a "good luck from heaven", and was selected as a "son-in-law" by the daughter of the ** marshal.
Just when everyone was envying Lin Zhengyi's "good luck", he made an astonishing move - rejected Lin Doudou's overtures.
Now, 54 years have passed since this incident, and the former parties are also getting old. How is Lin Zhengyi's life now? Why did he firmly reject Lin Doudou in the first place?
In August 1944, the 37-year-old ** ushered in his own pearl, Lin Doudou. Although Lin Doudou is not his first daughter, as the first child of him and his current wife, ** is still very happy.
Although the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was not over at this time, life in Yan'an was still hard, but **, like the father of the whole world, did his best to give everything he could to his daughter. This also makes Lin Doudou live in a relatively wealthy life since he was born.
But as a child born in a war era, Lin Doudou, like the children of all anti-Japanese generals, gets together with his father less and leaves more, and he never sees his father a few times throughout the year.
Without her father's company, when she faced her mother, her biggest feeling was pain. It turned out that Lin Doudou also had a half-sister. Lin Doudou's sister is not only smart and beautiful, but also gentle and generous, and very likable.
This was originally not a bad thing, but in the eyes of Lin Doudou's mother, she absolutely could not allow her daughter to be worse than the daughter of her husband's ex-wife.
Therefore, since Lin Doudou's sister was reunited with her family, Lin Doudou has to face the difficult situation of her mother comparing herself and her sister everywhere every day. As long as Lin Doudou does something badly, her mother will persecute and educate her in various ways.
Mother's persecution and extremely harsh teaching made Lin Doudou, who was already lacking in love, become more and more impatient, and she often contradicted her mother, who was extremely controlling, but without exception, she lost. And after each defeat in the struggle, Lin Doudou's situation will become more difficult.
All aspects of his life have to be controlled by his mother, and after a long time in such a state of life, even Lin Doudou will doubt whether he is his mother's biological daughter.
Even when he was in college, Lin Doudou, who wanted to apply for the Chinese major, was forced by his mother to reluctantly enter the electronic engineering department of Tsinghua University. It wasn't until a year later, because her physical condition was getting worse and worse, and it was no longer enough to support her to keep up with the heavy schoolwork, that Lin Doudou transferred to the Chinese Department with the support of her father.
From birth to growth, from study to work, Lin Doudou could not get rid of her mother's influence on her. It is precisely for this reason that when her parents proposed to find a partner for her, Lin Doudou was desperate to find a man who listened to her, and he hoped that he would be separated from his original family and no longer have to be controlled by anyone.
**, who learned of his daughter's idea, did not object, he thought for a long time and put forward four requirements for Lin Doudou:
"First, you must be from a military background. Second, it is necessary to choose in the order of 'morality, talent, physique, and appearance'. Third, resolutely don't ** children. The fourth and most important point is that Doudou himself can also like it. ”
Hearing his father's words, Lin Doudou's heart was very excited, and he immediately agreed to the staff to arrange various matters for him to go on a blind date.
In accordance with the requirements of **, many cadres working under him have recommended suitable boys around them to him. Sure enough, it didn't take long for a boy to enter the field of vision of the ** family.
The boy's name was Liu Weiqin, born in 1939, and he was just 29 years old this year. As early as when he was 20 years old, he was admitted to the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, and now he happens to work at the Liaoning Academy of Fine Arts.
Although Liu Weiqin's family is poor, his talent in art is very high, coupled with his handsome appearance, he naturally became the object of admiration of many female teachers in the Academy of Fine Arts.
When he learned that Lin Doudou wanted to find a partner, the wife of a cadre personally introduced Lin Doudou to this excellent object. But it's a pity that although Lin Doudou and Liu Weiqin chatted very well when they first met, it didn't take long for Liu Weiqin, who wanted to serve the motherland, to join the island army.
The island troops were very far away from Lin Doudou's place of work at this time, and the two could only rely on letters to communicate, and after a long time, Lin Doudou no longer had any good feelings for Liu Weiqin.
It was also at this time that Lin Zhengyi entered the sight of the Lin family.
In June 1968, the military propaganda team of the Chinese Department of Liaoning University suddenly received a special task. Two cadres from Beijing want to "choose a secretary for the leader" here.
As soon as the person in charge of receiving them heard the good news, they immediately began to ask the requirements of the ** leader. The two cadres from Beijing took out a notebook from their arms in a serious manner and said solemnly: "It is required to be politically innocent, healthy, knowledgeable, and versatile, and there is a prerequisite that this person must be unmarried." Height at 1Over 70 meters, the age must be about 26 years old, the facial features must be good, the appearance is good, and it is best to study liberal arts. ”
Hearing this, a staff member of Liaoning University laughed:"This is the choice of a secretary, it is clearly a choice of son-in-law. ”
But unexpectedly, the expressions on the faces of the cadres who heard this sentence immediately became serious, and the staff member was so frightened that he didn't dare to say a word.
In order to ease this tense atmosphere, the captain of the military propaganda team started haha: "Two leaders, don't say it. We really have a teacher in our school who meets your requirements. ”
And this person is Lin Zhengyi. Lin Zheng was born in Liaoyang City in 1942, and his family was poor, he was very studious since he was a child, and he was also smart and smart. After graduating from Liaoning University in 1965, he was left in the school's Chinese Department as a teaching assistant because he learned a wonderful calligraphy Danqing.
The two Beijing cadres who heard the news immediately left Lin Zhengyi's **. In the days that followed, they visited Lin's office more frequently, sometimes to care about his family's situation, and sometimes to ask him for a few articles written by him.
At this time, Lin Zhengyi didn't know that what he was going to choose was not the "secretary of the leader" at all, but the object of the marshal's daughter.
Until one day half a month later, Lin Zhengyi suddenly received a train ticket to Beijing. Lin Zhengyi originally thought that he was going to Beijing to apply for the position of secretary, but he didn't expect that after going to Beijing to do all kinds of physical examinations, Lin Zhengyi was suddenly sent to visit Meijiawu, the production area of Longjing tea in West Lake, with several other young students.
Lin Zhengyi has no special impressions or feelings about this visit, only that during this visit, the party organization seems to have arranged him with a girl named Lin Doudou intentionally or unintentionally.
It was also at this time that Lin Zhengyi realized that what he really had to experience was never a "secretary selection", but a blind date with the little girl in front of him.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with this. At this time, Lin Doudou's physical condition was not good, and even her work was often in a state of new logistics, let alone let her contact with any boys by herself. In addition, Lin Shuai has always hoped that his daughter can marry a young talent from a poor middle peasant, under such circumstances, it is normal for someone to arrange a blind date.
Faced with Lin Zhengyi's talent and ability, as well as his steady character and excellent appearance, the young Lin Doudou's heart was moved. Lin Zhengyi also noticed this little girl with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
The two young people are not averse to this blind date, and they are even very satisfied with their blind date.
But after an in-depth exchange with Lin Doudou, Lin Zhengyi retreated.
At this time, Lin Doudou admired Lin Zhengyi very much, and she was born in a military family and directly found Lin Zhengyi and expressed her heart: "In order not to affect the heads of the leaders to consider national affairs, do you think our relationship is settled like this?" ”
Lin Zhengyi looked at Lin Doudou's youthful face and fell into deep thought. For a young man like him from a poor peasant background, being able to be the son-in-law of a marshal is a "good luck" that many people can't crave.
But in Lin Zhengyi's view, marriage should not become a "commodity" in exchange for any benefits, but a combination of two people's mutual affection. It is true that he and Lin Doudou still have a common language now, but he understands that Lin Doudou is not the kind of girl he wants.
Facing Lin Doudou, who is strong and has a spirit of resistance, Lin Zhengyi hopes that the girl he meets is a gentle and quiet girl. As for the vision that Lin Doudou cultivated in the family, Lin Zhengyi has already sensed the huge gap between the two of them.
How can two young people with different personalities and visions be together? Thinking of this, Lin Zhengyi plucked up the courage to choose to reject Lin Doudou.
Facing Lin Zhengyi, who rejected him, Lin Doudou had loss and resentment in his heart. But in the face of a long life, none of this seems to be nothing.
Since then, although Lin Doudou has experienced the ups and downs of life, there is also a young talent named Zhang Qinglin by her side. Even in the difficult years when Lin Doudou was going through a special period, Zhang Qinglin did not choose to give up Lin Doudou, but waited for his lover firmly.
Later, Zhang Qinglin became a doctor with his knowledge, and Lin Doudou has been working in the Academy of Social Sciences. As a couple, they have been supporting each other in ordinary years. The relatives in Zhang Qinglin's hometown have always been very poor, so Lin Doudou takes out a large part of the salary of the husband and wife every month to support the life of his hometown.
It's a pity that because of Lin Doudou's physical reasons, the couple has never had children, but they just took Zhang Qinglin's two nieces in their hometown to their side, not only taking care of the diet and daily life of the two little girls, but Lin Doudou also often tutored them in their homework.
And Lin Zhengyi, who wanted to fight hard for his career, resolutely chose to join the army after rejecting Lin Doudou. Lin Zhengyi, who entered the army, not only received a very strict education, but also met his "true daughter", Lin Junying, who was also a soldier in the army.
Lin Zhengyi, who married Lin Junying, did not return to the Liaoyang City Federation of Literary and Art Circles professionally from the army until 1982. He has always had a good understanding in the field of literature, not only served as the deputy secretary and party secretary of the Liaoyang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, but also his works were selected for the first national exhibition of writers, poets, calligraphers and artists, and he also held two personal calligraphy exhibitions in the exhibition hall in Japan.
Unlike Lin Doudou and his wife, who have no children all their lives, Lin Zhengyi and Lin Junying have a daughter. And this cute little girl inherited her father's literary talent, and her calligraphy is very good.
Today's Lin Doudou and Lin Zhengyi are both old men in their eighties. Fate once made them meet briefly when they were young, but in the face of immature fate, they did not come together. However, as long as you wait slowly, you will always meet someone who suits you.
As a literati, Lin Zhengyi has the quality of a great husband as Mencius said: "The rich and the rich cannot be lewd, the poor and the lowly cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent." When facing Lin Doudou, who was better off than his own family, he didn't choose to agree to Lin Doudou's overtures casually. When facing Lin Shuai, who was feared by everyone, Lin Zhengyi did not choose to follow the flames, but rushed to become his son-in-law.
It is precisely because of Lin Zhengyi's gentlemanly behavior that he and Lin Doudou's beautiful marriage will be achieved. It's just that I don't know if Lin Zhengyi and Lin Doudou will laugh and reminisce together when they meet again after half a century has passed.
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