Ma Ying-jeou worships his ancestors on the mainland, the four sisters accompany him, and the third sister teaches the mainlandYear.
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IntroductionOn March 27, 2023, Ma Ying-jeou and his entourage arrived in Shanghai and began his journey back to his hometown to worship his ancestors. At the same time, people also noticed a group of ladies who had been standing behind Ma Ying-jeou.
They are relatives of Ma Ying-jeou who accompanied him on his trip, including three of Ma's older sisters and one younger sister. When one delves into the four sisters' personal backgrounds, they are surprised to find that Ma Ying-jeou's third sister has been teaching in China for 11 years.
In fact, the four sisters of the Ma family all have their own characteristics, and people can't help but wonder, what are the unknown stories of each of them?
Ma Ying-jeou said in an interview that his family was like a 'girls' dormitory', with all but his father making all the members women. This is not to say that he grew up in a female-only environment, but rather that his mother, Qin Houxiu, implemented a strict 'home schooling' education at home, and the family mainly used Hunan dialect to communicate.
This simple way gives them a deep sense of identity with their hometown. His four sisters also played different roles growing up, and despite their different personalities, their love for Ma Ying-jeou was selfless. "
Ma Yinan, Ma Ying-jeou's eldest sister, was born in 1945 and was the first child of Ma Heling and his wife, so they were very happy. To commemorate this precious moment, her mother, Qin Houxiu, named her daughter Ma Yinan and affectionately called her "baby".
However, the name didn't last long. Due to their busy schedules, Mr. and Mrs. Ma had to go to Taiwan a few months after Ma Yinan was born. Because of the long distance, it was inconvenient to take the baby with her, so Qin Houxiu handed her over to her hometown in Ningxiang, Hunan Province to take care of.
Mother and other family members didn't know what "baby" meant, and only heard Qin Houxiu call it "baby". Slowly, everyone didn't even pronounce it accurately, and called "baby" "black skin".
Since then, "Black Skin" has become a nickname for Ma Yinan. Despite the change in her name, Ma Yinan still loves her family dearly.
Although it took root in Taiwan, the nickname of Heipi gradually faded out of the memory of his family, but it was deeply imprinted in Ma Yinan's heart. Many years later, in her letter to her aunt Qin Bingxi, the first sentence was: "Do you remember 'Black Skin'? ”
Among the children of the Ma family, perhaps only Ma Yinan spent her childhood in constant migration, and Chongqing, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places have left traces of her life.
It was not until 1952 that Ma Heling's family settled down in Taiwan and welcomed the youngest child in the family, and the family had a stable home. As the eldest sister in the family, Ma Yinan has experienced a long time of running and is more calm than his younger siblings.
When her parents were busy, she took the initiative to take care of her younger siblings, and established the prestige of "eldest sister like mother" among her younger siblings early.
In getting along with his younger siblings, although Ma Yinan occasionally behaves strongly, it is all out of love for them. Her excellent grades and excellent homeschooling made her a role model for her family.
While studying in the United States, Ma Yinan met her husband Feng Danhe, who was eight years older than her, but the common pursuit of ideals and life concepts made their marriage very happy. At the same time, Ma Yinan did not forget to care for and take care of his younger siblings at home.
Ma Naisi and others gradually stabilized their lives in the United States, and Ma Yinan began to encourage them to study in the United States and actively traveled for them. During his time in the United States, Ma Yinan always took care of the lives of his younger siblings and was deeply loved by them.
Among the children of the Ma family, only Ma Yinan has lived in the mainland, so she has the deepest feelings for the mainland. In 1977, Ma Yinan was still studying in the United States, when the expert group of the Chinese Academy of Sciences visited the United States.
In just a few days of getting along, Chinese expert Han Xu was deeply impressed by Ma Yinan, and after learning that she lived in the mainland when she was a child, he couldn't help asking: "Do you still have relatives in the mainland?" ”
Ma Yinan replied without hesitation: "Of course there is, grandmother, aunt, uncle, aunt, etc., but I can't contact them." After Han Xu returned to China, he began to help Ma Yinan find her relatives, and eventually told her the news of her relatives in the mainland.
Ma Ying-jeou's eldest sister Ma Yinan and third sister Ma Bingru immediately took action after learning about their grandmother's family. Ma Yinan told the news to her mother, Qin Houxiu, who immediately entrusted her to go back to the mainland to visit her relatives.
As a result, Ma Yinan became the first person in the Ma family to return to his hometown to visit relatives. On this trip back to the mainland, Ma Yinan met her aunt Qin Bingxi and two uncles.
Before leaving, Qin Bingxi handed Ma Yinan a box of home-made preserved eggs, hoping that she could pass them on to her mother Qin Houxiu. In order to shorten the trip, Ma Yinan traveled to Hong Kong and brought the taste of his hometown to his mother.
Looking at the preserved eggs sent from his hometown, Qin Houxiu burst into tears, and Ma Yinan next to him also had red eyes. This box of preserved eggs was not opened until Qin Houxiu died, and was finally placed in her cemetery.
Now retired, although still living in the United States, she regularly returns to Taiwan to live, especially during the Spring Festival, when she shows up at home for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
Ma Ying-jeou has long had a habit of giving Spring Festival couplets to businesses near his home on the eve of the Chinese New Year, and this year was no exception, and his daughter Ma Yinan also went with him. This year has a special meaning for Ma Ying-jeou, because he became his grandfather's first Spring Festival, so he attracted a lot of attention.
Although Ma Yinan is 75 years old, she is still full of energy, and when asked by a reporter how big a red envelope Ma Ying-jeou plans to give to her grandson, she humorously replied: "I don't know, maybe it's all his property!" ”
This answer made the reporters present laugh out loud, lamenting that the eldest sister's style of acting has not changed at all. Compared with the strength and decisiveness of the eldest sister, her younger sister Manasi is much gentle, introverted, and low-key, and the two have completely different personalities.
Ma Naisi was born in 1947, the second daughter born to Ma Heling and his wife when they entrusted Ma Yinan to their hometown in Ningxiang and went to Taiwan to work. Before actually settling in Taiwan, Ma lived in Hong Kong with his grandmother for a while, and later joined up with his parents before officially settling in Taiwan.
Manaisi was different from her eldest sister since she was a child, she was well-behaved and sensible, and never annoyed her sister and parents. At school, her quiet personality is deeply loved by teachers and classmates, and everyone likes to socialize with her.
When she was in junior high school, she began to draw into painting, and since then her artistic talent has been fully explored. In drawing competitions, she often won first place. With the improvement of her painting skills, coupled with the encouragement of her eldest sister Ma Yinan in the United States, she soon came to the United States to study painting.
After graduating, she stayed in the United States and worked in a computer city in Philadelphia until her recent retirement. In addition to working in the United States, she returns to Taiwan every year to visit her parents and family, especially after Ma Ying-jeou has a daughter, and the number of times she returns to China has increased significantly.
Ma Ying-jeou's eldest daughter, Ma Weizhong, also likes to draw since she was a child, which makes the relationship between the two even closer.
After Ma Bingru was born, because her parents were busy with work, she could only be raised by her grandmother. When she was a child, she didn't enjoy her mother's milk, but fortunately, her grandmother searched everywhere for milk sources and tried to keep her alive.
This difficult experience made Ma Bingru learn tenacity and independence from an early age.
Fortunately, this predicament did not last, and they soon received the opportunity to go to Hong Kong and eventually settled in Taiwan. In the first few years of arriving in Taiwan, the Ma family was not wealthy, his parents were busy with work but had a meager income, and the family had a large population, and the pressure on life was huge.
However, Ma Bingru's performance is impressive. Although Qin Houxiu would also give the children pocket money, he forbade them to use it to buy snacks. The children's cravings for snacks were irresistible, so Ma Ying-jeou secretly bought fried oysters while his little sister imitated his behavior to buy popsicles.
However, only Ma Bingru saved all her pocket money, and she told Qin Houxiu: "This money will be left for Dad in the future!" Ma Bingru's educational experience is similar to that of her two older sisters, both of whom went to the United States to study after receiving basic education in Taiwan.
The difference is that she chose pedagogy as a major and stayed as a lecturer at a university in the United States after graduation.
During her time in the United States, Ma Bingru fell in love and married Zhao Shuyuan of ABB, but her husband was transferred to Beijing, so she resolutely resigned from her job and followed her husband to Beijing.
There, she landed a job as a Chinese teacher and worked as the head of the Chinese department at an international school with an American-style education, where she worked responsibly and was loved by students, eventually retiring after 11 years of teaching.
After retiring, Ma Bingru settled in the United States, but still travels back to China every year. The younger sister Ma Lijun was influenced by the third sister, and also changed her name to Ma Lijun, formerly known as Ma Dingbei, lively and smart, and once pulled the red line for her brother.
As the youngest children in the family, Ma Yinan (left) and Ma Lijun have lived a carefree life in their stable home in Taiwan since childhood. The love of her grandmother and parents has made Ma Lijun very lively since she was a child, and she has the deepest relationship with Ma Ying-jeou compared to other children.
Their childhood was full of joy, often playing together, and sometimes doing "ridiculous things". I remember that when Ma Ying-jeou was in junior high school, it was when he was growing up, and he often felt hungry at night.
Late one night, he got up to cook noodles and eat them, but Ma Lijun heard the movement and came out. Seeing her brother cooking noodles, she wanted to taste them too. So, the two of them gathered around the stove to cook noodles, but they didn't know how to tell if the noodles were cooked.
At this time, Ma Ying-jeou came up with an idea, he asked Ma Lijun to throw the noodles against the wall, and if they sticked, they would be cooked. Ma Lijun immediately picked up chopsticks, picked up the noodles and threw them at the wall, but when the adults got up the next morning, they found that the walls were full of noodles.
Although it is a bit of an absurd story, it shows the strong bond between siblings and the happy times of childhood.
Ma Ying-jeou's sister Ma Lijun's biggest contribution may be to be a matchmaker for his marriage. Ma Lijun is Zhou Meiqing's classmate, and the two have known each other well since middle school.
After graduating from high school, Zhou Meiqing planned to go to New York University for further study, and coincidentally, Ma Ying-jeou also applied to the same university. When Ma Lijun learned about it, she took the initiative to invite Zhou Meiqing to her home and told Ma Ying-jeou that she was also going to New York University.
Then, she said to Ma Ying-jeou solemnly: "My classmate will be handed over to you, you must take good care of her." In New York, Ma Ying-jeou and Zhou Meiqing quickly became acquainted and fell in love, eventually tying the knot in the United States.
Ma Lijun's red thread for her brother has always been her pride.
Ma Lijun studied in the United States and became an elite driving trainer at BMW. She has always been a single-minded person who dares to love and hate, and met Yu Ke in middle school, but because of Yu Ke's family problems, her father prevented them from dating.
In order to get rid of the influence of her family on her feelings, Ma Lijun resolutely came to the United States, tied the knot with Yu Ke and stayed together for the rest of her life. Although the four sisters of the Ma family have entered old age, they are still in good spirits in Ma Ying-jeou's ancestor worship.