She was engaged to Lin Shuai at the age of eight, but she never met Lin Shuai, and finally withered in years of waiting.
In the genealogy of the Lin family, Lin Shuai has three wives under his name, and the first one is Wang Jingyi.
Wang Jingyi's name has the word "娉" after it, which means that Wang Jingyi is Lin Shuai's fiancée.
The strange thing is that Lin Shuai has never seen Wang Jingyi in his life.
Wang Jingyi, formerly known as Wang Bomei, a native of Huanggang, Hubei, was born only one day later than Lin Shuai. The distance between Wangjia and Linjia Dawan is about 8 kilometers.
Lin Shuai's father and Wang Jingyi's father are old acquaintances, in that feudal era, children's marriages were often decided by their parents and elders.
Once, Wang Jingyi's father came to Lin's house as a guest, saw Lin Shuai, and felt that this child looked good, and was the same year as his daughter Wang Jingyi, so he proposed that the two families become in-laws.
Lin Shuai's father had also seen Wang Jingyi and thought that this proposal was good, so he agreed to it.
So on the fourth day of the first lunar month in 1914, the Lin family held an engagement banquet at home. In this way, eight-year-old Wang Jingyi and eight-year-old Lin Shuai were connected and became Lin Shuai's wife who never came to the door.
The Wang family also changed their daughter's name to "Wang Jingyi" according to the Lin family's proposal.
After getting engaged, Lin Shuai and Wang Jingyi have never met, and the two children may only know in a vague way that they have such a family business, but what does this mean, they may not have had time to think about it.
In July 1925, Lin Shuai graduated from middle school. Lin Shuai's mother wanted Lin Shuai to get married as soon as possible, and Lin Shuai also agreed to marry Wang Jingyi at the end of this year.
But in October of this year, Lin Shuai was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy.
The impact of the Whampoa Military Academy on Lin Shuai is all-round, not only limited to knowledge, but also a comprehensive reshaping of the outlook on life, world outlook and values.
Here, Lin Shuai suddenly realized that the marriage arranged for him by his parents was not what he wanted, and he began to avoid this family affair and never mention it in front of outsiders.
After that, Lin Shuai participated in the Nanchang Uprising, turned all the way to the war, and followed *** to Jinggang Mountain. During this time, he lost contact with his family.
The groom is gone, and this family business can only be put on hold.
Lin Shuai may not have any feelings for a bride he has never seen, but it is a troublesome matter for the traditional family of the Wang family.
Wang Jingyi grew up in a traditional feudal family since she was a child, and followed the principle of "a woman is virtuous if she is not talented", and she tacitly accepted that she was Lin Shuai's wife, but she had not completed the ceremony yet.
Lin Shuai's lack of news made Wang Jingyi very sad, and she often hid at home and cried.
Lin Shuai's parents were also very guilty, and they let their eldest son come to the door to express their condolences during the New Year's holidays.
It was not until 1937 that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated for the second time that Lin Shuai got in touch with his family and reported his recent situation.
Lin Shuai's father immediately wrote to Lin Shuai to take Wang Jingyi to Yan'an immediately to complete the marriage, and Lin Shuai remembered that he had a fiancée he had never met.
Lin Shuai was still unwilling to follow his parents' arrangement, and he was unwilling to bring Wang Jingyi over. In order to block his parents' mouths, he hurriedly married Liu Xinmin in Yan'an.
In the spring of 1938, Lin Shuai sent the ** of his marriage to Liu Xinmin to his parents, and Lin Shuai's sudden attack made his parents very embarrassed, and they didn't know how to explain all this to the Wang family.
In the end, Wang Jingyi still knew everything, Wang Jingyi was so sad that she almost fainted, but she insisted that she would not marry for the rest of her lifeTo be born as a member of the Lin family and die as a ghost of the Lin family.
Wang Jingyi has really never been married in her life, and often endures the cold words around her, and no one knows what she is waiting for?
Waiting for Lin Shuai to change his mind? Or are you just waiting for a future that you don't know?
In 1954, Lin Shuai and Ye Qun returned to their hometown to visit relatives. One day after dinner, Lin Shuai suddenly wanted to go to see Wang Jingyi and see what this woman who had been waiting for him for decades looked like.
But when Wang Jingyi heard that Lin Shuai was coming, she hid and refused to come out to see her, so Lin Shuai had no choice but to leave.
In this way, Lin Shuai and Wang Jingyi lost the only opportunity to meet.
Lin Shuai once asked Wang Jingyi's sister to pass the word, asking Wang Jingyi not to wait for him and find someone to marry.
But Wang Jingyi replied firmly:
If a strong woman doesn't marry a second husband, if you tell me to marry, I will never marry.
Lin Shuai once asked the local Civil Affairs Bureau to help take care of Wang Jingyi, but Wang Jingyi refused all this help. Like herself, her unmarried sister took the exam to make shoes to make a living.
Lin Shuai later asked the local commune leaders to transfer 3,000 yuan to Wang Jingyi, but asked the commune leaders not to say who sent the money.
Wang Jingyi insisted on not accepting unexplained money, and the commune leaders told her the truth. After Wang Jingyi listened, she stayed for a long time and muttered to herselfHe hasn't forgotten me.
Lin Shuai's behavior may just be out of sympathy for Wang Jingyi, but it was interpreted by this infatuated woman as Lin Shuai still has her in her heart, which is a pity.
But for Lin Shuai, does Wang Jingyi really have no complaints?
Wang Jingyi's nephew once recalled that he heard Wang Jingyi talking to people
If only I hadn't been engaged to this unconscionable person. I'm a young lady, and my body is in danger.
A faint sentence, but full of a woman's sadness, pain and helplessness.
In 1963, Wang Jingyi passed away due to illness.
At that time, a leader of the Wuhan Military Region asked Lin Shuai what to do, but Lin Shuai just sighed and did not say a word.
When people were taking care of Wang Jingyi's funeral, they found a red wedding dress and 3,000 yuan on her bedside, it turned out that no matter how difficult it was, she never spent a penny on Lin Shuai.
In this family business, Lin Shuai is not wrong, and Wang Jingyi is not wrong, what is wrong is just the old feudal etiquette, which restricts the entire life of a young girl.
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