In 1887, 23-year-old Song Jiashu married 18-year-old Ni Guizhen. On the wedding night, Song Jiashu said to his wife: "Our family is poor, marry me and wronged you." Ni Guizhen said shyly: "I will do one thing to keep you rich, but you have to be patient." Unexpectedly, Song Jiashu was ashamed after knowing the truth.
Ni Guizhen was born in 1869 in Yuyao, Zhejiang, the son of a pastor and a descendant of the Ming Dynasty scientist Xu Guangqi. She was smart from Xiaoice Xue, and when she grew up, she was very assertive, and she was one of the founders of the ** "Song Family".
She has advanced thinking, a good family, and a good education, not only the reincarnation of her husband's business, but also the cultivation of six children into talents. Among them, 2 daughters are the famous ** wife, and 1 son is the national ** God of Wealth.
When Ni Guizhen was 4 years old, she was forced by her mother's majesty to wrap her little feet for the first time. The next day, however, she fell ill and was bedridden, and when the wrap was removed, she was immediately fine. This happened several times in a row, and her mother had no choice but to let her develop and sent her to a private school to study.
Later, she went to primary school at the age of 8 and entered Shanghai Peiwen Girls' High School at the age of 14. During her time at school, she studied hard, was good at mathematics, played the piano very well, was proficient in English, and received a lot of advanced Western culture. However, she also has her own troubles.
In 1887, her sisters all found Ruyi Langjun, but at the age of 18, she was in the boudoir and was pointed at by others. It turned out that when the matchmakers heard that she was both talented and knowledgeable, they came one after another, but when they saw her big feet, they were discouraged.
Seeing that his parents-in-law were marrying his little sister, he sighed all day long, and his eldest brother-in-law Niu Shangzhou thought of the missionary Song Jiashu, who might be suitable for Ni Guizhen, who was full of personality, and became the old man who threaded the needle.
On the day of the meeting in the church, Ni Guizhen saw Song Jiashu in a black robe, who was short and not good-looking, and she didn't like it very much. Niu Shangzhou saw what was on her mind, so he touted Song Jiashu's legendary experience in front of her in time.
It turned out that Song Jiashu's family was poor, he went to Sumatra at the age of 9 to learn crafts to make a living, and at the age of 12, he went to the United States with his uncle to work, and finally joined the ** religion, and after graduating from a seminary in the United States, he returned to China and became a missionary.
After hearing this, Ni Guizhen felt that Song Jiashu was the same as herself, and she didn't play cards according to common sense, so she agreed to marry him. On the wedding night, Ni Guizhen was expecting Song Jiashu to lift the red hijab for her, but he didn't expect him to talk about the poor life of the missionary with a sad face, worried that he would not be able to give his wife a happy life, so there was the scene at the beginning.
He wanted to know his wife's method of wealth and wealth, and stared at her with affection. Ni Guizhen said seriously: "The richest man Sheng Xuanhuai's family has many servants, but there is a lack of people like me who have real talent and learning, and they can go to his house to earn money. As soon as he heard the word servant, Song Jiashu was ashamed, resolutely disagreed, and hugged her into his arms distressedly.
The next year, they gave birth to Song Ailing, and life became even more difficult, so Song Jiashu had to let her go to Sheng Xuanhuai's house to become a maid. Within a few days, Ni Guizhen stood out among the many servants for being smart and capable, capable of doing things, and able to do things, and took on the role of a senior maid who took care of the Sheng family's children.
In the Sheng family, she broadened her horizons and knew the importance of wealth. In 1889, she and her husband founded the Huamei Press, which printed many Western books and sold them in China.
In 1892, both husband and wife quit their jobs and entered the business industry. Ni Guizhen gives advice at home and takes care of the family, while her husband works hard outside. A few years later, the Song family's business was thriving and they had accumulated thousands of family fortunes, and the couple thought that it would be enough to have money, but the reality also gave them a head-on blow.
Seeing that the Song family made a lot of money, it aroused the jealousy of the children of the official eunuchs, and all kinds of inexplicable vicious competition and suppression followed. At this time, Ni Guizhen realized that if she wants to ensure that she is always rich, it is not enough to be rich, but she also needs to have power and backing in her hands.
As a result, Song Jiashu supported Sun Yat-sen's activities, not only did she not object, but also introduced her eldest daughter Song Ailing to Sun Yat-sen as a secretary, which contributed to the marriage story between Song Qingling and Sun Yat-sen, and also made Song Meiling the orthodox wife of Chiang Kai-shek, and Song Ziwen became the Minister of Finance of the National.
So, how does Ni Guizhen educate her children? Could it be that if the family has money, the children of the Song family can do whatever they want?
This starts with Ni Guizhen's educational philosophy. She gave birth to three boys and three girls in her lifetime, and in addition to receiving a rigorous traditional education at home, she also sent them abroad to receive education from an early age. In that era, the knowledge and cultural level of the children of the Song family was quite high, which attracted the attention of the big names.
Once, when the children didn't want to leave the comfortable family and cried when they parted, Ni Guizhen said to the children: "If you want to live a prosperous life in the future, reading and knowledge is the premise." After the children left in tears, she turned around and burst into tears, after all, her mother was worried. However, for the sake of the children's future, she also had to be ruthless.
In fact, having money in the family and having the ability are two different things, what the parents give can only be regarded as the background, and what the children work hard for themselves is the country. Of course, it is better to have money and talent, and to have talent without money can also create a happy life.
The combination of Ni Guizhen and Song Jiashu can be described as a perfect combination, they have not been confined to the shackles of etiquette since childhood, have their own unique opinions, dare to think and dare to do, and also attach great importance to the education of their children, so that they have the glory of later.
As the saying goes, "men are afraid of getting into the wrong business, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man", marrying a good woman, the truth of the three generations of the family is still quite accurate. However, women have wisdom, and if the husband is a person who can't support the wall with mud, it is not easy to revitalize the family.
Therefore, the revitalization of the family, the light lintel, the husband and wife go both ways, and work together is the key. This is also the best interpretation of the couple's concentricity, and its profit and gold.