And next to this house, there is a villa that once belonged to a woman who has troubled Lin Yutang for 60 years. Her name is Chen Jinduan.
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Lin Yutang and Chen Jinduan first met at St. John's University in Shanghai. At that time, Chen Jinduan was the beauty queen of St. Mary's Girls' School.
According to Lin Yutang, when we met for the first time, she "had long black hair, beautiful eyes and a skirt swaying in the wind ..."
Perhaps in every boy's heart, there used to be such an unforgettable image of a girl.
At that time, Lin Yutang was a famous talented scholar and athlete at St. John's University. To outsiders, they are a combination of talented scholars and beautiful women who envy others.
However, things that are too beautiful are always as fragile as bubbles, and the reason for separating them is very cliche, but it is very realistic:
At that time, Chen Jinduan's father, Chen Tianen, was the richest man in Xiamen, and Chen Jinduan naturally came from a noble family. But Lin Yutang is just a "poor boy". The affection between them is doomed to be resisted.
In the case of the wrong door, even with all kinds of talents and tenderness, what can we do?
The reality is cruel, this love boat, under the attack of typhoon "affection", finally capsized at the bottom of the sea. The two of them are like "the Altair in the distance, the girl on the Jiao Jiao River".
Scholars are mostly emotional. They always look at the world with affectionate eyes and treat love with loyalty and persistence.
Lin Yutang is to Chen Jinduan what Wei Liansi is and gold is to Lin. This infatuation is buried in the bottom of my heart and persists for a long time after transpiration and fermentation. It has become a unique symbol of the May 4th Movement and exudes unique charm.
The love tragedy between Lin Yutang and Chen Jinduan makes people cry.
But for Lin Yutang, Chen Jinduan is like a beautiful dream. After waking up, it's hard to get a beautiful woman. And his wife, Liao Cuifeng, is the one who really accompanied him through his life.
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Once, Lin Yutang went to Liao Jia for dinner at the invitation of a friend. During the dinner, Lin Yutang found a pair of eyes looking at him curiously on the dining table.
This is Miss Liao Cuifeng from Liao Jia. At that time, she fell in love with Lin Yutang's talent and appearance at first sight.
Dramatically, I lived next door to the Chen family at that time. Perhaps Chen Tianen wants to break Lin Yutang's yearning for his daughter as soon as possible, or perhaps Chen Tianen feels guilty about Lin Yutang's separation from his daughter. He introduced Liao Cuifeng to Lin Yutang. Lin Yutang accepted it without resistance.
Zhang Ailing once said: "It only takes two things to forget someone: time and new love." At first, Lin Yutang's acceptance of Liao Cuifeng may only be to heal the pain of inner lovelorn.
Liao Cuifeng is a down-to-earth girl, but the only untrue thing in her life is that she chose Lin Yutang as a "poor boy".
At that time, her mother was worried that marrying the Lins would suffer, but she casually retorted, "What does it matter if you are poor?"
She had long heard of Lin Yutang's talent and fame at St. John's University, and she was very impressed. Faced with such pure admiration and excitement, what's wrong with being poor at home?
And Liao Cuifeng's innocence and frankness suddenly hit Lin Yutang's heart.
In terms of talent and appearance, Liao Cuifeng is far from Chen Jinduan. However, her "grounding gas" is true and natural, unpretentious and practical and lovely, which is the charm that many women do not have.
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1919 65438+10.9, the day when Lin Yutang and Liao Cuifeng got married.
After marriage, Lin Yutang took out his marriage certificate and burned it in front of Liao Cuifeng.
He said: "Marriage certificate can only be used in divorce."
This behavior also represents his good hope and determination to "win a heart and never give up".
At the beginning of their marriage, the couple went to America together. During her stay in the United States, Liao Cuifeng suffered from acute appendicitis due to acclimatization. The high medical expenses make them so embarrassed that they can't even afford to eat.
The day she was discharged from the hospital was in the cold winter, with heavy snow and no cars on the street. Lin Yutang tried his best to rent a sleigh and drive her home in the heavy snow.
Such a scene, although not as vigorous as a vow of eternal love, isn't it much more moving than sweet words? It's more romantic than counting stars and holding an umbrella together on rainy days?
True romance is just a little tenderness contained in these ordinary things, and it doesn't need to be earth-shattering or ostentatious. Just need the natural fusion of two hearts, mutual trust and mutual dependence.
After they returned to China, Lin Yutang's works also brought him fame, and the income from writing gradually enriched his family conditions.
But Lin Yutang never forgot his promise to burn the marriage certificate, and any affair was insulated from him. Their feelings, after years of baptism, are rock-solid and indestructible.
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Once, someone asked Lin Yutang what he thought of his wife.
Lin Yutang replied: "I am like a balloon. She is a heavy falling head. I don't know where I would have flown if she hadn't pulled me! " "
As a scholar, romance is Lin Yutang's nature. This character can bring him unrestrained inspiration in creation, but once it is put into practice in life, it will look pale and helpless.
At this time, Liao Cuifeng became his solid backing, his wife in life, and the warmest reliance when he was confused.
Lin Yutang also thinks: "A talented poet lives with an ordinary and shrewd woman, and it is often not the poet's husband who appears wise, but the ordinary and shrewd wife."
Lin Yutang was bold and unconstrained all his life. So Liao Cuifeng carefully helped him take care of everything. Always remind him to cut his nose hair and straighten his tie when it is crooked.
For a person who is immersed in creation all day and is not good at life, there is no more suitable wife than Liao Cuifeng.
Jiang Menglin once said:
"There are three kinds of relationships between men and women: one is dog skin plaster, the other is rubber plaster, and the third is airy balloon. The so-called dog skin plaster is not easy to put on, but also painful to tear off. This is also called old-fashioned marriage. Adhesive plaster is easy to stick and not easy to tear, such as ordinary marriage. As for modernity and mobility, both men and women must always be careful, and a little negligence will be separated, just like a light balloon. "
The marriage between Lin Yutang and Liao Cuifeng is like this "dog skin plaster". Although it is not a combination of talented people and beautiful women, it does not look so perfect, but it is half poetic and half practical, and it is the most practical marriage "model".
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Lin Yutang and Liao Cuifeng are very different in character, even at the opposite ends of the contradiction:
Lin Yutang is quiet and Liao Cuifeng is active.
Lin Yutang is "sloppy" and Liao Cuifeng likes neatness;
Lin Yutang is a romantic and Liao Cuifeng is a realist.
But this did not bring them any disharmony. On the contrary, they are like the poles of a magnet, and they are interdependent.
Liao Cuifeng didn't understand what Lin Yutang called "Confucius, Plato and Aristotle" and was not interested. Sometimes I advise Lin Yutang: "Your article should be short, or the reader will doze off!" " Lin Yutang couldn't help heart.
Once, the couple went to visit the Acropolis on the Athens Mountain. When Lin Yutang saw the beautiful buildings in ancient Greece and the blue Aegean Sea, the unique feelings of literati welled up in his heart and he was moved to tears.
Liao Cuifeng is indifferent to this situation and still complains: "I don't want to live in this place! It is not convenient to buy a bar of soap when going down the mountain! "
Lin Yutang was not disappointed. Instead, I feel that my wife is real and unpretentious, and I appreciate this attitude.
Of course, like all ordinary couples, it is inevitable that they will quarrel over some trivial matters. Whenever Liao Cuifeng complained about him, Lin Yutang kept silent and made her stop when she was tired.
So these trivial quarrels did not affect the harmony of the family, but added some fun to daily life.
Lin Yutang has a deep understanding of this. He said with emotion, "How to be a good husband? If she likes you, just like her. If her wife is angry, don't be angry with her. "
Love, that's probably it. Even if they have different personalities, they can't be harmonious and have the same interests. But they can stare at each other, tolerate each other and appreciate each other in quiet years. Deduct this complementarity to the extreme.
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1969 65438+1October 9th is the golden wedding anniversary of Lin Yutang and his wife.
On this day, they held a simple and lively celebration ceremony in the living room of Lin Garden at the foot of Yangming Mountain in Taipei.
Lin Yutang took out a gold bracelet as a gift for his beloved wife.
Liao Cuifeng was as happy as a child and took the bracelet. I found the words "Jinyuyuan" engraved on it. Look carefully, there is a little poem on it:
Care about each other with one heart, a wisp of affection.
Time flies, silver hair and thin temples.
If the ghost is on another road, Xianfu should be sad.
If you want to laugh, it's only after a brief encounter.
This poem was originally Joely's classic poem Old Lover. Lin Yutang translated it into Chinese.
Liao Cuifeng, who has never been interested in literature all her life, is holding a gold bracelet and admiring the poems on it countless times. Her excitement is beyond words, and her eyes are full of tears. ...
In this way, they supported each other and loved each other all their lives.
The story between them, with a sweet smell in the ordinary, a look, a reproach and a smile from each other will overcome countless landscapes in the world.
True love, why say more. Let it flow slowly with the trickle of time, inadvertently for a lifetime.