The world pities Zhang Youyi, but hates her for the rest of her life
Zhang Youyi was born in a famous family, her grandfather was an official of the Qing Dynasty, and her father was a famous doctor. In the illustrious court of the Zhang family, Zhang Youyi's brothers were all important figures in the political circles of the time, and they were influenced by new ideas and opposed to letting their sister bind her feet.
Regarding Zhang Youyi's marriage, her fourth brother Zhang Jiaxuan was carefully selected, and finally found a talented Xu Zhimo for her. There are two reasons why the Zhang family takes a fancy to Xu Zhimo: one is that Xu Zhimo is talented, and when Zhang Jiaxuan, the fourth brother of the Zhang family, was attracted by Xu Zhimo's composition when he was the secretary of the governor of Zhejiang, he thought that he and his sister were very compatible.
The second is that the Xu family is the richest family in Zhejiang, and the Zhang family hopes to consolidate their political status through marriage with the Xu family. And the Xu family also knows that this marriage is beneficial to both parties.
Under the arrangement of the two parents, in 1915, Zhang Youyi married Xu Zhimo, who was three years older than herself, and Zhang Youyi was happy to marry the talented Xu Zhimo.
But on the day of the wedding, she found that Xu Zhimo didn't like her, he felt that Zhang Youyi was uneducated, not beautiful, and like a "dirt bun". Xu Zhimo was sarcastic every time he talked to Zhang Youyi, saying that Zhang Youyi didn't understand anything.
Although Xu Zhimo didn't pay attention to Zhang Youyi during the day, in order to give an explanation to his parents, he would still be close to Zhang Youyi at night. After more than two years of marriage, Zhang Youyi gave birth to a son Xu Jikai, and her in-laws were so excited that they burst into tears, and the Xu family had successors.
Xu Zhimo was also very happy, he felt that his task was completed and he could leave this home.
2. In 1918, Xu Zhimo went to the United States to study, and the following year he transferred to Cambridge University in England for further study. In 1920, Zhang Youyi came to England under the persuasion of her second brother and took on the responsibility of taking care of Xu Zhimo's life.
She had a beautiful vision, but she never expected that it would become a pain in her life. The moment the ship sailed into the harbor of London, England, Zhang Youyi recognized her husband at a glance in the crowd, but Xu Zhimo's expression was full of contempt and dissatisfaction.
The first thing Xu Zhimo did after picking up Zhang Youyi was to take her to the mall for shopping, and asked her to change out of the cheongsam skirt and canvas shoes, put on a foreign skirt and a foreign **, and put on leather shoes.
Xu Zhimo thought that Zhang Youyi's Chinese clothes would disgrace him.
The news of Zhang Youyi's pregnancy made Xu Zhimo happy and worried. The joy is that he is about to become a father, and the worry is that his relationship with Lin Huiyin seems to have come to an end. Because after Lin Huiyin learned that he already had a wife, he decisively chose to break up.
Xu Zhimo was upset, and after learning that his wife was pregnant, he insisted on his wife** and filed for divorce. However, Zhang Youyi was unwilling, she knew about Lin Huiyin's existence, but she still wanted to use her children to keep her husband.
She said to Xu Zhimo: "I heard that someone died because of **. Xu Zhimo replied coldly: "There are still people who died because of the train." Do you see someone who doesn't take the train? ”
Zhang Youyi still insists on not ** and not divorce. Xu Zhimo was helpless about this, so he chose to disappear and left his wife, who was pregnant with Liujia, in Suston, a small town in England, to continue to pursue Lin Huiyin.
Zhang Youyi, who was only 22 years old at the time, went abroad for the first time, did not understand the language, and was pregnant with Liujia. In desperation, she had to write to her brother Zhang Junmai for help. After Zhang Junmai received the letter, she immediately arranged for Zhang Youyi to go to Germany, sent the travel expenses, and said to her: "I will raise the child after it is born." ”
With the help of her brother, Zhang Youyi traveled from England to Germany via France. In 1922, Zhang Youyi successfully gave birth to her second son, Peter, but unfortunately, he died of illness when he was one year old.
This did not change Xu Zhimo's determination to insist on divorce, Xu Shenru wrote a letter to persuade his son Xu Zhimo, but Xu Zhimo firmly objected, he said that even if he was the enemy of the whole family, he would divorce.
This shows that Xu Zhimo has no feelings for Zhang Youyi. Zhang Youyi was in pain in her heart and had to sign the divorce agreement. Although divorce was seen as divorce in that era, Zhang Youyi did not fall into trouble.
Her second brother asked her about her future plans, and Zhang Youyi said that she wanted to continue studying, although she divorced Xu Zhimo, she thought that her second son Peter was a descendant of the Xu family, and they couldn't ignore it.
So, Zhang Youyi wrote a letter to her father-in-law Xu Shenru to ask for funding. Soon, she received a check for $200 from Xu Shenru and promised to send her money every month.
With the financial support of the Xu family, Zhang Youyi picked herself up from her grief and began to study early childhood education in Germany.
After Zhang Youyi lost her beloved son, she returned to China, and although her husband Xu Zhimo had died, she still maintained a good relationship with Xu Shenru's family and regarded Xu Shenru as her father-in-law.
In order to make her live a better life in Shanghai, Xu Shenru also gave her a mansion at No. 125 Haig Road, so that she could spend the rest of her life without worrying about food and clothing.
Zhang Youyi has returned from school and has been reborn. In 1928, her fourth brother, Zhang Jiajiao, became the general manager of the Bank of China and was influential in Shanghai's financial circles.
With the support of the fourth brother, Zhang Youyi became the vice president of Shanghai Women's Commercial Bank, showing a new style. At the same time, her eighth brother Zhang Yujiu and Xu Zhimo's father Xu Shenru and four others joined forces to open a clothing company called Yunshang on Jing'an Temple Road, and Zhang Youyi served as the general manager of the company.
Youyi Cheung is a woman of wisdom and business vision. In 1934, she was invited by her second brother Zhang Junmai to join the National Socialist Party and was responsible for financial management. This made her a popular figure for a while and was highly admired.
Her deeds became an inspirational model for women. However, just when everyone was praising her talents and accomplishments, she made a big mistake. In 1937, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, many businessmen suffered heavy losses in this war.
And Zhang Youyi, with her business talent, will definitely be profitable after the war starts. So, she used the property she received at the time of divorce to buy a large number of dyes with the power of her mother's family, and sure enough, at the beginning of the war, the war materials soared, and the country was no longer able to purchase goods from Germany.
She sold the dye at ** a hundred times more than the original price, and made a lot of money. However, at the most difficult moment of the Anti-Japanese War, she used the funds to invest in cotton and **, and when ** rose to the highest point, she sold the black-hearted cotton military uniform to the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese War, earning dozens of properties that could not be spent in a lifetime.
However, the money she earns is in exchange for human life. There is a shortage of cotton, and it is the soldiers and ordinary people who suffer and freeze to death, and the hoarding of ** leads to a large depreciation of the currency, and it is the ordinary people who are struggling in poverty and war who suffer.
However, at this time, Zhang Youyi has become a mercenary businessman who doesn't care about the lives of the people at all. After the war, the common people were so poor that they could not even afford to eat.
Zhang Youyi moved to Hong Kong with her family and married a Chinese medicine doctor Su Jizhi, and the two opened a clinic, and Zhang Youyi became the proprietress of the clinic. However, her actions still sparked controversy.
Although she is a successful businessman, her behavior also makes people question her moral bottom line.
Zhang Youyi and Su Jizhi's cousin Lu Xiyao work together in the clinic, but unexpectedly, Zhang Youyi has become extremely harsh. When paying her salary, she mercilessly deducted Lu Xiyao's 1 3 salary.
After Lu Xiyao argued with her to no avail, she informed Su Jizhi of the matter. Su Jizhi immediately made up the corresponding amount to Lu Xiyao, and told her that she could directly contact him if there was anything in the future.
Zhang Youyi and Su Jizhi spent 19 years together, and Su Jizhi decided to close the clinic before he died. He promised three months' wages for each employee who was laid off.
However, after Dr. Su's death, Zhang Youyi only gave everyone one month's salary. After Dr. Su passed away, she went to the United States with all her possessions, and relied on the wealth she had accumulated before to buy a mansion in the ** Park of New York, the highest house in the world, and lived a very comfortable life.
There is no doubt that Zhang Youyi is a down-and-out refined egoist, lacking family and country feelings, and is incompatible with Xu Zhimo.
Zhang Youyi and her children and grandchildren lived in the United States, on the other hand, Lin Huiyin lived a hard life in poor Li Zhuang in the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War. Life has no water, no electricity, only bed bugs and the wind of oil to accompany them.
Although Lin Huiyin is seriously ill, she still faces life calmly and is ready to give her life for the country at any time. After the victory of the war, Lin Hui fell seriously ill, but her good friend Fairbank invited her family to the United States for recuperation.
However, Lin Huiyin took into account the needs of the country and resolutely decided to stay in China. "My motherland is China, it needs me, and I can't leave it," she said. "Lin Huiyin's words and deeds are admirable, and she has demonstrated her love for the motherland and loyalty to the country with her actions.
Lin Huiyin has made great efforts to protect the ancient city wall, and this love for the country and culture cannot be compared with Zhang Youyi. Xu Zhimo has never loved Zhang Youyi, the main reason is that there is a big difference in their thoughts and values, although Zhang Youyi is a good wife and daughter-in-law, but she lacks family and country feelings, and even seeks personal gain from it, this kind of behavior is both pitiful and hateful.