"Sister, we finally met, it's great!"
One day in 1990, female star Brigitte Lin 's eyes were filled with tears, she tremblingly held the hand of a "village girl" and hugged her and cried bitterly.
This is not filming, nor is it that Brigitte Lin showing off her superb acting skills.
Because, the ordinary woman dressed as a "village girl" is Lin Li, whom Brigitte Lin had never met in 36 years.
Why do such sisters meet after 36 years? What exactly did they go through?
All this has to start with their parents' generation...
Back then, Brigitte Lin's father Lin Weiliang and his mother Ma Lanying both worked in the Kuomintang army.
In 1948, their eldest daughter Lin Li was born in Qingdao . She was very happy to have a noble daughter. The couple was very happy. But this happiness didn't last long, Lin Weiliang and his wife received the news that the army was about to evacuate from the mainland and go to Taiwan .
This news was like a bolt from the blue, catching them off guard. You should know that Lin Li was only three months old at this time, and such a young child could not withstand the day and night of running around.
After repeated consideration, they planned to give up Lin Li and hand over Lin Li to their grandparents and uncle Lin Weiyun to raise her. After the situation stabilized, they would come to pick her up back to Taiwan.
I didn’t expect this to last for decades.
At that time, my grandparents were old and in poor health, and their lives were in short supply. Lin Li has followed them to beg for food and eaten wild vegetables. Later, when grandparents passed away, Lin Li lived with her uncle Lin Weiyun. Although life was hard, my uncle and aunt regarded her as her own and allowed her to learn a lot of cultural knowledge.
In 1960, my country began the natural disaster , which lasted for three years, and an unprecedented famine occurred. Due to the situation, Lin Weiyun took his family to Jidong Coal Mine in Heilongjiang, and since then he completely cut off contact with Taiwan.
. After going to Taiwan, Lin Weiliang and his wife were waiting for the opportunity to pick up Lin Li. However, at that time, the Kuomintang government blocked the communication channels between the mainland and Taiwan, and they could not go back to the mainland at all.
The numerous obstacles did not dispel their desire to reunite with their daughter, but instead deepened their longing for Lin Li.
In order to get Lin Li's news, Lin Weiliang sent many letters to his younger brother Lin Weiyun, but these letters were like stones sinking to the sea and could not get any response. The couple can only bury their longing for their daughter in their hearts .
Lin Weiliang and his wife also gave birth to three children. Perhaps because they felt guilty, the couple made up all the love they lacked for Lin Li on these three children. They also attach great importance to their education, especially Brigitte Lin.
Brigitte Lin has been a beauty since she was a child. Ma Lanying is worried that she will become a vase character with her own appearance when she grows up, so she is very strict with her.
She often warned Brigitte Lin not to care too much about her appearance, she is actually not good-looking.
This "over-education" by Lin's mother made Brigitte Lin feel inferior, so that she lacked confidence for a long time. It was not until later that more and more people pursued her that Brigitte Lin slowly regained her confidence.
At that time, her parents also put a lot of effort into Brigitte Lin's study, but she still failed to get into college as she wished. As a last resort, Brigitte Lin went to enroll in a cram school, hoping to prepare for the college entrance examination again. , but this time she picked up the "treasure" .
On the way to a cram school, Brigitte Lin's amazing appearance and unworldly temperament attracted the attention of a scout.
Under the recommendation of star scout , Brigitte Lin was brought to the director Song Cunshou who is preparing to film " Outside the Window" . With her outstanding appearance, Brigitte Lin got the opportunity to star in this movie. From then on, she began her acting career.
It is also this drama that Brigitte Lin meets Qin Han, a man who has been entangled with her for half her life. At that time, the two played couples in many art films, but they did not expect that they developed this emotion into real life.
You should know that Qin Han at that time was a family. It was precisely because of this that Brigitte Lin had a dissatisfaction in the first half of his life.
Brigitte Lin is not satisfied with her relationship, but she is proud in her career.
From Qiong Girl to Yang Huimin, and then to Dongfang Bubai, Lin Qingxia's acting career has been soaring, making her a household name.
At this time, Lin Li, who was far away in the mainland, didn’t know that she had a big star sister.
In 1969, in order to respond to the call of educated youth to go to the countryside, Lin Li taught in a rural area in Heilongjiang for two years. then went to the city to be a substitute teacher . It was also at this time that she met her other half of her life, Qian Shenyong.
Qian Shenyong is a top student. After graduation, he was assigned to the Qu Opera Troupe in Xuchang, Henan. His sister and Lin Li teach in the same school. The sister likes Lin Li very much, so she tied the red line for the two of them.
After a period of time together, Lin Li was attracted by Qian Shenyong's talent, and the two soon got together.
But when it was just when we were talking about marriage, Qian Shenyong was criticized for a play script and wanted to be sent to the rural areas of Xuchang, Henan for transformation.
One is in the countryside and the other is in the city. This relationship between the two places is difficult to maintain even in the past, even in the past, where transportation and communication are very developed. So for Lin Li and Qian Shenyong, their relationship faces a great test.
Unwilling to watch Lin Li suffer Lin Weiyun, who was suffering again, could only persuade Lin Li to give up this relationship, , but Lin Li was determined to marry Qian Shenyong.
So she ignored her family's opposition and quit her stable job in the city, and pursued Qian Shenyong without hesitation to the countryside of Henan. The two also held a simple wedding in the thatched hut in the countryside.
At the wedding, there was no family's company, nor family blessings. Although Lin Li felt disappointed, she was also satisfied with .
It turns out that her choice is not wrong. After marriage, Qian Shenyong's love for Lin Li remains the same as before. The two also gave birth to three sons.
Later, the situation stabilized, Qian Shenyong was transferred to work in the internal combustion engine parts factory, and Lin Li found a job in a nearby kindergarten. Although the family of five lives a dull life, they are very happy.
It was when Brigitte Lin only realized that she had a sister when she grew up. For many years, her parents never gave up on the idea of finding her back.
After Lin Qingxia became famous, she used her connections to help her parents inquire about Lin Li's whereabouts. But so many years have passed, and things have changed in the place where Lin Li was born.
Even Lin Lixia, a sister who works in San Francisco , published an article she wrote in the Times Weekly, "Admission to Henan to Brigitte Lin's sister" to help find her sister, but she also found nothing.
The family has been searching for decades, and finally God pays off.
1982, they found out about Lin Weiyun. After Lin Weiyun learned about this, he was also very sad and happy. The joy was that he finally contacted his brother's family. The sad thing was how to tell Lin Li about this matter .After all, Lin Weiliang had his last resort to entrusting Lin Li to him.
After repeated consideration, Lin Weiyun sent a long letter to Lin Li. After seeing the letter, Lin Li felt mixed feelings and could not calm down for a long time.
It turns out that my father's name is Lin Weiliang. My parents, who have been calling him for so many years, became uncles and aunts. The famous female star Brigitte Lin is still her sister. It is absolutely fake to say that it is not shocked.
Fortunately, Qian Shenyong and Lin Weiyun helped to enlighten him, and Lin Li slowly accepted this fact. After
, Lin Weiliang and Lin Li have been contacting each other through letters. Letters not only carry the longing for many years of separation between parents and daughters, but also bring them closer together.
In 1987, the Taiwanese authorities opened the public to visit relatives in the mainland, and Lin Weiliang and his wife couldn't wait to embark on the way home to visit relatives.
At Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, Lin Weiliang and his wife finally met their daughter whom they had been thinking about day and night. Lin Li was already 36 years old at this time. The couple hugged her tightly in their arms. At that moment, all the longing turned into tears and burst out.
They all knew that Lin Li had a hard time over the years. In order to make up for this belated love, the couple bought Lin Li's furniture such as refrigerators and color TVs, treating it as Lin Li's dowry when she got married.
This time, Brigitte Lin did not come to reunite with Lin Li due to work reasons, but she asked her parents to give her sister a camera. In that era, cameras were very precious, and my brother-in-law Qianshen always regarded it as a treasure. After
, Brigitte Lin and Lin Li have been in contact.
In 1990, Brigitte Lin filmed the movie " Rolling Red Dust " in Changchun, and only then had the chance to meet her sister Lin Li. At the moment of meeting, the two sisters hugged each other tightly, and tears burst out from their eyes with excitement.
Although the two have never met, they feel very friendly. probably this is the family affection that is thicker than water!
During the time Lin Li was in Changchun, she went to the set to watch Brigitte Lin every day. As long as the two sisters were together, they would have endless things to say. In Lin Li's heart, her sister didn't have the airs of being a celebrity and was very fond of her.
Later, Brigitte Lin learned that Lin Li's family of five was still crowded in a small house with a rent of 20 yuan a month and an area of only 50 square meters. She decisively took out 200,000 yuan to Lin Li .
The 200,000 yuan at that time was not a small amount for Lin Li, who had only a salary of 450 yuan a month.
But no matter how Brigitte Lin persuaded her, Lin Li refused to accept it. She said: I am living a good life now. It is very hard for you to make movies, and it is not easy to make money. " Perhaps in the suffering I experienced before, Lin Li had already realized the truth of "contentment and happiness" .
Brigitte Lin always wanted to help Lin Li financially, but Lin Li never asked her for a penny.
Lin Li received a good education since she was a child. In her concept, If this hard-won family affection and money are tied together, then such feelings will become more tangible .
As a sister, Lin Li is also very concerned about Brigitte Lin's lifelong affairs.
When she learned that Brigitte Lin was trapped in a love triangle, she told Brigitte Lin: A woman must find a man who truly loves her in her life. . Under Lin Li's advice, Brigitte Lin finally got out of that love triangle.
In 1994, Brigitte Lin married wealthy businessman Xing Li㷧. After marriage, she devoted all her energy to her family, quit the entertainment industry, and gave birth to two daughters for Xing Li㷧.
Later, Brigitte Lin and her family immigrated to the United States. She wanted to bring her sister's family to the United States to live, but her visa has not been completed, and Lin Li herself is not willing, so the matter was left unresolved.
In the 90s, after Lin Li was laid off, took the 450 yuan pension every month and continued to live with her husband Qian Shenyong in that small house of 50 square meters .
But thankfully, Lin Li trained all three sons to college students and had already started a family and started a career. Isn’t this another kind of happiness for Lin Li?
Conclusion:
The two sisters who are the same father and mother have different destinies just because of the difference in their parents' thoughts.
One is a very valuable sister who lives in a luxury house. One is a sister who lives with a pension of 450 yuan and lives in a small house of 50 square meters. The world of difference such as
is really sad, and it makes people sigh that luck is so good.
Fortunately, Lin Li is a wise woman, and she did not give up her family affection because of money. Although her life is difficult, she is free and happy.
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[Text | yunzi ]
[Editor | Yu Feinian]
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