The boilermaker's wife died of illnessIt was only after the year that I found out that it was a little phoenix
On a March evening in 1954, the afterglow filled a dilapidated house. An old woman in a black cheongsam was lying weakly on the bed, looking out the window at the afterglow, her eyes full of nostalgia for the past.
This old woman's name is Zhang Xifei, she used to be a beautiful and elegant woman, and she was an unforgettable beauty when she was young. In her life, opera is the most important part, especially "Cai Ye and the chivalrous prostitute" in "Love Xu Sansheng".
In her later years, she always quietly looked at a **, on which was a man in military uniform with extraordinary spirit, with a large military medal on his shoulders and many golden tassels on his clothes.
Whenever she looks at this **, she will show a quiet and indifferent smile. Her children knew that the man meant something special to her. However, as her condition worsened, her eyes were filled with sadness.
Finally, on a quiet night, she quietly closed her eyes and held the ** tightly in her hand, as if she wanted to take the man with her.
That ** is the most precious in her life, and it is also the last concern in her life. After discussion, the children decided to put this ** in their mother's coffin and accompany her on the last journey.
At that time, the children didn't know that this seemingly ordinary decision guarded the infatuated waiting of a ** legendary woman, until 44 years later, a strange reporter came to Huanggu District in Shenyang according to clues and knocked on Li Guilan's door.
This year, Li Guilan, who was 70 years old, knew that her stepmother Zhang Xifei was the famous woman Xiaofengxian. In Li Guilan's memory, stepmother Zhang Xifei has always been a different woman.
She loves beauty, keeps tidy and doesn't like to do housework. This is Li Guilan's evaluation of her stepmother. My stepmother's most common job was to wash her own clothes, she never cooked, but she lived a very regular life, going out for a walk every morning and eating breakfast outside.
Of course, this is not Li Guilan's complaint about her stepmother, on the contrary, the children think that the stepmother is very elegant, although she does not like to laugh. She is very good to her children, even if she is not biological, but for many years, she has always loved them as if they were her own.
It is worth mentioning that stepmothers are completely different from other women. When the People's Republic of China was just founded, everyone was dressed very plainly, but Li Guilan remembered that her stepmother Zhang Xifei would wear a cheongsam every day to go out, and there was always a small handkerchief pinned to the cheongsam.
When she was a child, Li Guilan was always curious why the handkerchief was pinned next to the cheongsam. For this question, the stepmother always smiled lightly and never answered. For those children who lost their mothers at a young age, the arrival of their stepmother Zhang Xifei brought warmth to the family.
She drinks an astonishing amount of alcohol, and although she doesn't work much, she always livens up the atmosphere in her own way and fills the family with laughter. However, in such a seemingly ordinary family, there is an unknown secret.
Father Li Zhenhai, as a boiler worker, worked hard every day and paid silently for the livelihood of his family. And mother, although she doesn't work, can arouse everyone's admiration and envy.
This woman is not an ordinary person, at least she was born in a big family and has had a very rich life, and even Mei Lanfang respects her very much. In the memories of the eldest daughter Li Guilan, it was a legendary past.
At the beginning of 1951, Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang led the troupe to North Korea to comfort the volunteers fighting on the front line. When passing through Shenyang, Mei Lanfang decided to perform in a local troupe; And stayed in the guest house of the Northeast People's Communication Office.
However, what Li Guilan didn't expect was that her stepmother actually took her to meet Mei Lanfang. During that meeting, Mei Lanfang not only invited the mother and daughter to a meal, but also gave her stepmother a lot of money when she left.
Soon after, Mei Lanfang asked someone to find her stepmother a job as a nursery worker in the provincial ** kindergarten; At this time, his father Li Zhenhai had died, which also gave this broken family another income.
Even then, we didn't know who our mother really was. However, seeing that Mr. Mei was so polite to her, she could vaguely guess that her stepmother was by no means an ordinary person. ”
But Li Guilan never thought that her stepmother was the little phoenix who was famous in Beijing back then. From this perspective, we can get a glimpse of the legendary life of a famous woman and her deep love for her family.
Xiao Fengxian is smart and wise, and she sees through Cai Yi's true identity at a glance, but she is willing to accompany him to act in a play, just to help his family get out of danger and save the country. This is a story full of heroism and children's affection, which is very moving.
In order to complete Cai Yi's plan, Xiao Fengxian changed her makeup pavilion into Cai Yi's security information room. She disregarded her personal safety to help Cai Yi, and this firm fulfillment is not only admiration and admiration, but also a deep love.
However, due to various reasons, Xiao Fengxian was unable to go with Cai Ye in the end. After Cai Yi's death, Xiao Fengxian committed suicide and martyrdom, and her persistence and affection for this relationship are touching.
Cai Yi once left the words "He will accompany the old Lin Quan to fulfill his long-cherished wish", which made Xiao Fengxian start a long wait. She knew Cai Yi's success and illness, but she couldn't send a letter of greetings, and this helplessness and regret made people feel sad.
In 1917, Cai Ye died, and thousands of people in Beijing bid farewell to him, and Xiao Fengxian also appeared in the funeral crowd, dressed in plain clothes, with tears in her eyes. She offered flowers and two couplets to express her pain and deep longing for Cai.
Xiao Fengxian's life, although full of twists and turns and regrets, meeting Cai Ye has become her greatest happiness.
When I met you, my heart was turbulent, and only I knew it. Cai Yi's death brought a huge blow to Xiao Fengxian; On the train to Tianjin, Xiao Fengxian tried to commit suicide with sleeping pills; Luckily, the train derailed unexpectedly, which also disrupted her medicines, allowing her to reach Tianjin alive.
Now that I think about it, maybe this is Cai Ye's spirit in the sky, and I don't want her to leave like this. From then on, the little impatiens were no longer gorgeous, no longer playing musical instruments, and no longer showing their singing voices.
She gave herself a name called "Zhang Xifei", which was the surname she used when Cai Yi pretended to be a businessman when she and Cai Ye first met. In the days that followed, Xiao Fengxian came to Shenyang.
Perhaps because of the pressure of life, or the expectation and sustenance for the future, she married a military commander surnamed Wang under Zhang Zuolin. It is said that this military commander has a similar appearance to Cai Yi.
However, the good times did not last long, and Commander Wang finally died on the battlefield, and Xiao Fengxian began to live a wandering life again. It was not until many years passed that the Northeast was liberated and New China took on a new look.
Xiao Fengxian met her former old friend, Li Zhenhai, who used to work in the Marshal's Mansion. Two equally ill-fated people have since been married. Li Zhenhai is an ordinary boiler worker, with no identity and no savings.
He had three children with his ex-wife, but his wife died of illness a long time ago. In this way, Xiao Fengxian became the stepmother of her three children, and also brought them the warmth she longed for the most.
In 1952, her husband Li Zhenhai unfortunately passed away. At this time, Mei Lanfang happened to be passing by Shenyang, and with the last hope, Xiao Fengxian took her daughter to see Mei Lanfang.
When she learned that the little phoenix who had disappeared for decades appeared in front of her eyes, Mei Lanfang was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a long time. He knew that this meeting was of great significance, so he specially arranged for a secretary to record the conversation between the two; Afterwards, Mei Lanfang helped Xiao Fengxian find a job and gave her a sum of money.
Since then, Mei Lanfang has never contacted Xiao Fengxian again, not because he is unkind, but because Xiao Fengxian's identity is too sensitive, and not contacting her is the best protection for her.
Therefore, until Mei Lanfang died, he did not reveal the news of Xiao Fengxian, and later these conversation materials were discovered by the historian Rong Mengyuan, and there was an opportunity for Xiao Fengxian to "see the light of day again".
The once talented woman finally fell, leaving only a lonely grave in the world. Looking back now, the past between Xiao Fengxian and Cai Ye still makes people feel regretful and distressed. Of course, the relationship between the two has always been controversial, some people say that Cai Yi just used Xiao Fengxian, and some people say that Cai Yi has never had feelings for Xiao Fengxian, but in any case, Xiao Fengxian has had a deep love for Cai Yi.
It is difficult to distinguish the truth from the clouds and smoke of history, and onlookers cannot be sure of this speculation. But in any case, for Xiao Fengxian, that incomparably brief encounter once illuminated her life like light.
It is said that Cai Yi once wrote a poem to Xiao Fengxian "I don't believe in beautiful women will die in the end, and chivalrous women have never been out of the dust" has become an adaptation of the love between the two by future generations. There is no doubt that Cai Ye has always admired and admired Xiao Fengxian, which is extremely lucky for her.
In this world, not all waiting can be fulfilled, and not all feelings can be fulfilled. But for Xiao Fengxian, this doomed and hopeless relationship made her appreciate and affirmed by the man she liked, and it also fulfilled her wish for many years.
Every time she played the piano and played the tunes she was thinking about, those obsessive loves echoed in her heart like songs. The infatuation year after year is her belief and her sweetness.
Although the intersection of the two is short-lived, for Xiao Fengxian, this life is complete.