From 65438 to 0937, Ji Xianlin began to write his doctoral thesis, which had to be printed before it could be handed over to the professor. This stumbles Ji Xianlin, because he can't afford a typewriter, let alone typing. One night, when Ji Xianlin was revising his paper in his study, someone knocked at the door. Umgard visited him for the first time. "Mr Lin Ji, my father's factory has just eliminated a typewriter! And I just want to practice typing. " Ji Xianlin jumped up with joy, "don't you want a high salary? I am a poor student. " Irmgard said in blunt Chinese: "What I want in return is that you accompany me to every corner of G? ttingen.
"Whenever irmgard helps print papers, Ji Xianlin will keep her promise and take her somewhere in G? ttingen. In the warm afternoon, they went to the town hall square to watch pigeons flying under the bronze statue of the girl holding the goose; At dusk in Chu Qing after the rain, they walked on the path covered with fallen leaves; Sometimes they go to the cinema to see a romantic midnight movie. In the next four years, with the help of irmgard, Ji Xianlin finished his million-word thesis, and their footprints traveled all over the streets of G? ttingen.
Finally, the date of Ji Xianlin's return to China was set, but he didn't know how to tell irmgard. It was not until 3 o'clock in the morning that the paper was finally finished that Ji Xianlin said softly, "Umgard, are you tired? Let me help you rub your shoulders ... "Ji Xianlin walked over and put his hands on Umgard's shoulders trembling. "I'm leaving, my country needs me ..." He finally said this sentence. Irmgard's shoulders shook violently, and the always strong girl cried and begged, "Will you stay here? I need you too! " Ji Xianlin lift up your face, don't let tears flow out. He shook his head painfully and said, "This is only my second hometown. I want to go back to my motherland ... Miss Umgard, there must be someone who loves you more than me. He is willing to stay with you forever and take care of your life. " Umgard said nothing. She wiped away her tears and tried to squeeze out a smile. Then at the end of the paper, she wrote a line: "Have a safe trip! But please don't forget. " Waiting for 60 years with a typewriter
In 2000, a female directors from Hong Kong TV station made a special trip to G? ttingen to inquire about the whereabouts of Umgard while filming Biography of Ji Xianlin. Fortunately, Umgard is still alive. Still in the same room, white tablecloth, silver-gray old typewriter, small square stool and dark blue sofa chair are placed side by side in front of the table ... irmgard said, "Look, nothing has changed. I have been waiting for him to come back. My fingers are still very diligent and flexible, and I can even type! " This stubborn and determined woman, accompanied by an old typewriter, waited for 60 years. For Ji Xianlin, she devoted all her life time and love.
During his stay in G? ttingen, Ji Xianlin suffered from bombing, hunger and homesickness. He is homeless and has nowhere to complain, and all his misfortunes and setbacks can only be swallowed silently. Only when reading and writing papers, let him temporarily forget the troubles in the world. As soon as I got home, I sat alone in my room, and my troubles welled up in my heart and I couldn't solve them. These days lasted until he left G? ttingen and went home.
However, there is a saying in a dream of red mansions: "There is great fortune in great misfortune." It is also a dialectical law that life is at stake, security is easy, and disaster is at stake. In the difficult years of G? ttingen, Ji Xianlin once brought him unprecedented happiness and happiness, which made him rekindle the fire of life and glow with dazzling light. This is his love experience with a German girl.
On the same street where Ji Xianlin lived, there was a German family named Meyer. Mr Meyer is a small clerk. He is simple and honest, so honest that he seldom talks. When there are many people, he just sits there without saying a word and keeps smiling. Mrs Meyer is lively, talkative and hospitable. They have two beautiful daughters. The eldest young lady is irmgard, slim, fair-skinned, blonde, lively and lovely, younger than Ji Xianlin who was unmarried at that time, and has always stayed in the family. She is the heroine of this love story.
Ji Xianlin was writing a doctoral thesis. He wrote the manuscript in German, and he had to type it before giving it to the professor. But Ji Xianlin doesn't have a typewriter and can't type. The manuscript is messy because of repeated revisions, and the amount of typing is also very large. As it happens, Miss irmgard can type and has her own typewriter. She is willing to help Ji Xianlin type. As a result, Ji Xianlin went to her house almost every night for a long time.
After a period of contact, feelings gradually developed between Ji Xianlin and Miss irmgard.
Ji Xianlin and irmgard often go for a walk in the forest, go to the movies and go shopping together. The two walked side by side, chatting while walking, and traveled all over the streets of G? ttingen. Every time they meet, they are immersed in happiness.
However, whenever Ji Xianlin returns to his apartment, his heart is full of contradictions and pains. He thinks he is a man with a wife and children. Although it is an arranged marriage without love, he must face this reality now. If he opens his heart, lets the torrent of love pour out and combines it with irmgard, his future life will probably be very happy. However, doing that not only means betraying and abandoning your wife and children, but also means pushing the people you love into the abyss of pain. This goes against his education and his principle of being a man. He can't do it. On the contrary, if he controls his feelings and lets the burning fire of love go out, he will disappoint Umgard, who loved him deeply, and he will regret it for life. The two roads are incompatible, so there is no third choice. This made Ji Xianlin fall into deep pain. For a long time, the contradictory psychology of happiness and pain, joy and self-blame has been tormenting him. Finally, he finally decided to swallow the bitter fruit and carry a heavy cross on his back in order not to hurt others or hurt others less. He thought that irmgard was still young, she would meet the right person in the future and have a happy family. She will slowly forget herself. Although Ji Xianlin made such a decision, there was never an insurmountable boundary between reason and emotion. This bitter love has been tormenting him.
199 1 year, when 80-year-old Ji Xianlin was writing his long memoir Ten Years of Studying in Germany, for some reason, he revealed his little-known love experience for the first time fifty years ago. He wrote in "Ten Years in Germany, Meyer's Family":
Under such circumstances, I left the Meyer family and irmgard, and I can imagine what it was like in my heart. 1945 on September 24th, I wrote in my diary:
After dinner, go to Meyer's house at 7: 30 and type with lrmgard. She advised me not to leave Germany. She is particularly lively and lovely tonight. I really hate to leave her. But what can we do? People like me don't deserve to love a beautiful girl like her.
In the same year10.2/kloc-0.0, four days before I left g? ttingen, I wrote in my diary:
Go home, have lunch and review the manuscript. Go to Meyer's house at three to finish typing the manuscript. Lrmgard just can't bear to leave, and I don't know what to do.
Diary is a true record at that time, not my memory today; Represents my feelings at that time, not today.
It is in this mood that I left the Meyer family and irmgard. I wrote to her several times when I arrived in Switzerland. When I got home, I stopped talking. It's not true that I don't miss her. 1983, when I returned to g? ttingen, I asked her. Of course, it seemed that she was a yellow crane. If she had stayed on the earth, she would have been nearly 70 years old. Now I am old. I'm afraid not many people in the world can still think of her. When I can't think of her, no one in this world can think of her again.
However, the story is not over yet.