In 1979, a 78-year-old leftover golden woman, wearing a wedding dress, married love and 81-year-old first love. On the night of her wedding, her first love hugged her in her arms and said, "You have suffered in this life." But she said with a happy face: "I finally waited for you."
She is the aunt of Zhang Ailing - Zhang Maoyuan . She spent more than 50 years of silent waiting in exchange for 12 years of happiness with her lover Li Kaidi.
What's more amazing is that their wedding was matched by Li Kaidi's ex-wife, and the ex-wife's children all sent them blessings.
At that time, Zhang Ailing, who was far away in the United States, said in tears when she received the good news of her aunt's marriage: "Auntie will definitely get married, even at the age of 80."
Zhang Maoyuan never settled in love. Her love for Li Kaidi is the only and passionate, which is enough to help her spend the long years waiting alone.
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Zhang Maoyuan and his first love Li Kaidi met at the most beautiful age, and they were both very young at that time.
1925, on a boat traveling far away from the UK, 24-year-old Zhang Maoyuan vomited darkly on the deck because of seasickness. At this time, a young man came over. Not only did he not dislike her dirty, he also handed her a handkerchief and hot water, and gently chatted with her with her.
Zhang Maoyuan quietly looked up at the man. It was this glance that made her fall in love with this man. He is Li Kaidi, and like Zhang Maoyuan, he also went to study in the UK.
Gradually, they got closer and closer and became friends who could talk about everything.
One afternoon, Zhang Maoyuan, who was used to the bumps on the sea, came to the deck, leaning against the railings in the afterglow of the sunset, quietly looking at the sea.
Li Kaidi came behind her, afraid that she would catch a cold by the sea breeze, so she put on a shiny veil for her, and also recited Byron 's poems for her by the scenery on the sea:
"All tragedies ended with death, and all comedy ended with marriage."
Zhang Maoyuan was intoxicated by Li Kaidi's emotional recitation. The shiny veil that Li Kaidi put on Zhang Maoyuan's shoulder remained in Zhang Maoyuan's heart. The man who cared for her had also completely walked into her heart.
Even during the war, she sold a lot of jewelry because she was short of money, but she kept this shawl and couldn't bear to sell it.
The relationship between Zhang Maoyuan and Li Kaidi quickly heated up on the ship, but the relationship died before it even blossomed.
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What made Zhang Maoyuan suffer was that after returning from studying in the UK, she had been waiting for Li Kaidi to come to propose marriage, but she just waited for Li Kaidi's wedding invitation. The name of the bride on it was not herself, but a name she had never heard of - "Xia Yuzhi".
Obviously, when he was in the UK, Zhang Maoyuan and Li Kaidi had a good relationship. Why did Li Kaidi suddenly choose to break up with Zhang Maoyuan?
There is a saying that Li Kaidi learned from a friend that his girlfriend's grandfather, whom he had loved for three years, turned out to be a "traitor" Li Hongzhang , and Zhang Maoyuan also had a brother who smoked big cigarettes in his home.
He couldn't accept that Zhang Maoyuan was born in such a family and deliberately distanced himself from Zhang Maoyuan.
There is also a saying that Li Kaidi and Xia Yuzhi have already entered into a engagement. Li Kaidi is unwilling to go against the wishes of his family and does not want to let down his fiancée, so he chose to get married.
Zhang Maoyuan and Li Kaidi's love fell apart in one beat, but Zhang Maoyuan would never forget him in his life.
1932, Li Kaidi and Xia Yuzhi held a massive wedding at the Dahua Hotel. Zhang Maoyuan attended their wedding as a bridesmaid. He felt very sad, but he still blessed them generously.
Before getting married, in order to cut off Zhang Maoyuan's thoughts, Li Kaidi found Zhang Maoyuan and said cruelly to her: "Don't wait for me, we have no chance in this life."
Zhang Maoyuan looked at Li Kaidi affectionately and said firmly: "I will always wait for you. If I can't wait for you in this life, I will wait for the next life. "But unexpectedly, for the sake of her first love, she waited for 52 years, from her hair to her gray hair.
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After Li Kaidi got married and had children, Zhang Maoyuan, who lost his lover, was still the highly anticipated woman, living her wonderful life.
Zhang Maoyuan has the deep affection of loving only one person in his life, and the confidence to wait for love. She is talented and rides the wind and waves all the way through the ups and downs of life.
After Zhang Maoyuan returned from studying abroad, the Zhang family has begun to fall and lose their property. The family’s property was almost ruined by her brother, but she was not defeated by the dilemma, but as a strong woman, she entered the workplace. html l3
She used to be a broadcaster on a radio station. She was the first female anchor, with a high salary of tens of thousands of yuan a month. Later, she quit her very popular job and switched to Daguangming Theater in Shanghai to work as a translator of a foreign film. After
, she was promoted to secretary by the general manager of Daguangming Theater with her extraordinary abilities, and she did it all the time. 0 years.
During the decades she lived alone, many rich children have pursued her, but she is very sober and decisively rejected their pursuit. When Zhang Ailing dated Hu Lancheng , she reminded Zhang Ailing: "These men just value your external things. They are active sperm, and they will leave you in the end. "
After Li Kaidi got married, Zhang Maoyuan would often visit Li Kaidi's house to teach his children to study, and become best friends with Xia Yuzhi. When Xia Yuzhi was sick, she went to the hospital to accompany Xia Yuzhi, taking care of Xia Yuzhi meticulously, and chatting with Xia Yuzhi to relieve her boredom.
Shockingly, before Li Kaidi's ex-wife held Zhang Maoyuan's hand tightly and said to her: "I observe that you and Kaidi have been dating for decades. You have never surpassed the line. Kaidi is even a gentleman. You regard my child as your own child, and Kaidi treats his daughter like a father.
I sincerely thank you. After I die, I beg you to be married to Kaidi. This is my long-cherished wish. In this way, I will be in peace. "
Zhang Maoyuan's love for Li Kaidi was restrained. It was this restraint that made her get along well with Li Kaidi's family and also won the respect of Li Kaidi's ex-wife.
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When Li Kaidi's ex-wife passed away, it happened to be a special era. Li Kaidi was searched for criticism and was sent to the alley to sweep garbage , the relatives were afraid of being affected by him, and they all avoided him, only Zhang Maoyuan was by his side.
It was the darkest time in Li Kaidi's life. Zhang Maoyuan accompanied Li Kaidi every day to clean up. Her white and tender hands playing the piano gradually became rough, but she didn't care.
She also said to Li Kaidi affectionately: "To me, it is you who have the glory, and it is you who falls into the dust. The point is you, not what kind of you. "
Fortunately, the sweetness of love can heal the pain of life. They support each other and their lives are not so sad.
1979, the white-haired Zhang Maoyuan finally waited for Li Kaidi's grievance. She wrote to Li Kaidi and said, "It's not that I don't want to wait for me anymore, I'm afraid that time will not wait for me anymore. "
Two old men, nearly 80 years old, finally joined hands to move into the palace of marriage with the blessings of their relatives and friends. At the wedding, Li Kaidi put on a shiny veil for Zhang Maoyuan with tears, just like many years ago.
Unfortunately, in 1981, Zhang Maoyuan suffered from lung cancer. Li Kaidi was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable after she knew it and affect her condition, so she tried every means to conceal her condition.
Zhang Maoyuan was old and could not undergo surgery or chemotherapy, so Li Kaidi would decoct herbal medicine for her every day, three times a day, never interrupted.
Moreover, after each decoction, Li Kaidi would taste it first, and felt that the temperature was right, so she fed Zhang Maoyuan.
Several years have passed, and the lump on Zhang Maoyuan's lungs has not changed at all, which is simply a miracle.
June 9, 1991, Zhang Maoyuan's 90th birthday, she stared at the man who had loved all her life with affectionately and said:
"I'm sorry, I can't stand it anymore. It's my luck to be able to meet you and stay with you. It has nothing to do with the length of time, and it has nothing to do with the sorrow and joy of fate."
At the last moment of life, Zhang Maoyuan should be happy. The one who is by her side is the person she loves all her life.
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Zhang Maoyuan loved this world affectionately, the person who amazed her time when she was young. After a long wait, he married his first love as he wished and ended his life without regrets.
Wang Xiaobo once said: "If you are willing, I will love you forever; if you are unwilling, I will miss you forever."
Zhang Maoyuan loved Li Kaidi for the rest of his life and finally married love when he was gray-haired. In fact, as long as we are willing, it is not too late to marry love at any time, and life is the best time for love.
Perhaps, true love is to love only one person in your life. No matter how changing the world or the world changes, I treat him as before.
Do you still believe in love? How long are you willing to wait for marriage to love?
Author: Feng Zhuqiao
Instructor: Angel
Source: Jiang Xiaoying "Biography of Eileen Zhang"
