Jiang Biwei's initial impression of Xu Beihong was excellent. In her eyes, Xu Beihong was handsome, talented and diligent.
In the year they met, Jiang Biwei was only 18 years old and Xu Beihong was 23 years old. The very different birth environments have created two different personalities.
Jiang Biwei was born in a family of officials in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. Her ancestors have been officials for generations. Jiang Biwei's father, Jiang Meisheng, gave up politics and pursued literature, and was keen on running a school and becoming a teacher.
Xu Beihong is Jiang Biwei's hometown and also from Yixing, Jiangsu. His family is ordinary, his father likes to paint, and the family relies on Xu's father to sell paintings and calligraphy.
Xu Beihong is the eldest son. He has five younger siblings. He is the only one who inherited his father's talent for painting. He started to learn painting from his father when he was 9 years old.
When Xu Beihong was 17 years old, his family made the decision and ordered a marriage for him. He was dissatisfied with the arranged marriage and once ran away from home, but was finally caught by his family and became a groom once.
His son was born, but Xu Beihong was not in a happy mood. He named the child "Jiesheng", indicating that the child was "born by robbery". This unlucky name implied the tragic ending of the child.
Xu Beihong may think that he has passed on his family to the family, and that he has completed the task. He later taught abroad and did not return home all year round.
Jiang Biwei once recalled that Xu Beihong had to walk 30 kilometers every day to go to class, and he never entered the house when he passed by.
is not a place worth lingering on for him.
1917, Xu Beihong met Jiang Biwei's father Jiang Meisheng through a friend's introduction. I don't know when it started, he became a frequent visitor to the Jiang family.
On weekends off, he can stay at Jiang's family from Saturday to Monday before going to school. He has completely integrated into the Jiang family and has become a part of the Jiang family.
Jiang Biwei is his type, fair-skinned and tall. The women he later found were all of this type.
may have a good impression of Jiang Biwei, which made him miss the Jiang family very much.
Jiang Biwei at that time was called Jiang Tangzhen.
Feudal In the era of great ethics, strangers and men and women cannot get along alone.
Therefore, Xu Beihong never spoke to Jiang Tangzhen alone when he was a guest at Jiang Tangzhen's house.
Xu Beihong's sweet mouth made Jiang Tangzhen's parents very happy. Jiang Tangzhen's father likes to write poems. Every time he makes a good one and shows it to Xu Beihong, Xu Beihong will praise him for his good writing and make him smile; for the dishes made by Jiang Tangzhen's mother, Xu Beihong praises "the best in the world" every time. , This makes Jiang Tangzhen's mother very happy, her value as a housewife has been recognized by outsiders, which is worthy of her joy.
often listens quietly to his father and Jiang Tangzhen, who talks about Xu Beihong everywhere, and admires Xu Beihong more and more.
She is just an 18-year-old girl who has been raised in her boudoir all year round and has little contact with the outside world. Xu Beihong is a very good man she has come into contact with.
At that time, although Xu Beihong had not yet become famous, he already had a strong talent. After seeing Xu Beihong's paintings, Jiang Meisheng thought that he was a talent, and even said to his wife, "It would be good if we had another daughter. "The implication is that the eldest daughter is already married, and the youngest daughter has a marriage contract. If there is another daughter, she can be betrothed to Xu Beihong.
Fathers admire him so much, and of course their daughters follow.
In Jiang Biwei's eyes, Xu Beihong is handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes; he is full of talent and has read poetry and books; he also has an unfortunate arranged marriage endowed by the times, which can arouse the sympathy of women.
Xu Beihong's original wife later became seriously ill, and his family urged him to go back to visit several times, but he never wanted to go back. With the persuasion of the people around him, he finally made up his mind to go home to visit his wife. , but his wife has gone by boat to see a doctor elsewhere. This back and forth is a few days, Xu Beihong did not have the patience to wait for his wife to come back from medical treatment, and quickly returned to Shanghai.
His wife died shortly after returning home. His poor son named "Jiesheng" also died of smallpox at the age of 7.
Jiang Tangzhen also has a fiancé. When she was 13 years old, her father decided to marry her to a famous local family, the son of the Cha family, Cha Zihan.
As she gets older, Jiang Tangzhen, who has received new education, is more and more repulsive of this arranged marriage, especially the cheating incident of Zha Zihan makes her look down on her fiance from the bottom of her heart.
At that time, Jiang Tangzhen's father was a professor of and of Fudan University, and Zha Zihan was a student of Fudan University. Once, Zha Zihan asked his younger brother to ask Jiang Meisheng for the test questions of the Chinese language exam. Jiang Tangzhen found out, and she was very disgusted with the other party. He was reluctant to make progress and had a bad impression of Cha Zi from then on.
After learning about Xu Beihong's unfortunate arranged marriage, Jiang Tangzhen was even more reluctant to be the next victim of an arranged marriage.
She was restless in her heart and wanted to resist, but she was used to being a good girl and didn't know how to resist.
Her father is already planning to marry her off next year, which breaks her heart.
Once, Jiang Tangzhen's mother did her braids, and Xu Beihong sat next to him, chatting with Jiang Tangzhen's mother while looking at Jiang Tangzhen. He admired Jiang Tangzhen, but knowing that she had a fiancé, he could only bear it, but thought Looking at her a few more times, only in the name of visiting her father, often lingering in the Jiang family and reluctant to leave.
Jiang Tangzhen's mother told Xu Beihong during the chat that Jiang Tangzhen would get married next year. Xu Beihong felt very uncomfortable when he heard it, but noticed that Jiang Tangzhen's expression suddenly became melancholy.
After Jiang's mother cooked, Xu Beihong also reluctantly went downstairs, but because the handkerchief was forgotten upstairs, he went upstairs to get the handkerchief, but saw Jiang Tangzhen lying on the table and crying, Xu Beihong patted it lightly On her shoulder, she said, "Don't be sad."
Xu Beihong may have made up his mind to elope with Jiang Tangzhen from this moment.
He was always unsure whether Jiang Tangzhen rejected the arranged marriage. When he saw Jiang Tangzhen's tears, he knew that he had hope.
Soon after, Xu Beihong asked a friend to ask Jiang Tangzhen if he would like to go to France with him?
After hearing this, Jiang Tangzhen was panicked and surprised. She didn't expect Xu Beihong to fall in love with her and was willing to take her away. On the other hand, she was a little scared because she wanted to leave her parents and go with a strange man.
However, after hesitating for a moment, she blurted out that she would.
Instead of marrying someone you don't like, it's better to take a gamble and follow someone you like, even if the final outcome is not ideal, at least it's your choice.
Xu Beihong asked his friends to tell Jiang Tangzhen that he would not come to Jiang's house in the future. He wanted to go abroad for the two of them. If he wanted to see him, he would go to the designated place to meet.
Jiang Tangzhen is excited. Although her destiny has been tied to Xu Beihong since then, she was able to fall in love with the person she liked at that time. Compared with many women in the old era who had never felt love in her life, it was already a change. A great fortune.
Xu Beihong originally planned to take Jiang Biwei to France, but due to the influence of the war, he had to go to Japan first.
On the 13th, Xu Beihong informed Jiang Tangzhen in a letter that he would leave the house after dark and went to Changfa Inn to find him. He also told Jiang Tangzhen to look for a rickshaw driver with braids when riding in the car. He said that such a driver is more trustworthy.
Xu Beihong asked his friend Zhu Zhizhou to specifically invite Jiang Tangzhen's parents to go out to the theatre after dinner. After the parents left, Jiang Tangzhen put the "suicide note" prepared in advance in the drawer of his mother's room, she wrote in the letter , She lost her enthusiasm for life and was ready to commit suicide.
After Jiang Tangzhen arrived at the designated inn, Xu Beihong was overjoyed to see Jiang Tangzhen, who had arrived late. He was already anxiously waiting, afraid that Jiang Tangzhen would regret it or be detained by his parents.
Elopement is not easy, and it is also a technical job.
The two completed their elopement goal, excited and happy. People in love are perfect no matter how they look at each other.
Xu Beihong gave Jiang Tangzhen a ring with the name Biwei engraved on it. This was specially made by him after Jiang Tangzhen agreed to elope with him. There are two pieces in total, one is engraved with Beihong and the other is engraved with Biwei. He was wearing a crystal ring engraved with the word "Biwei" all day.
When someone asked him what Biwei meant, Xu Beihong would answer with a smile, "This is the name of my future wife"
Jiang Tangzhen, who left with Xu Beihong, officially changed her name to Jiang Biwei.
Her departure deeply hurt her parents' hearts. Of course, her parents would not believe that her daughter would commit suicide, and they thought that her daughter's departure might be related to Xu Beihong.
In order to explain to Cha Zihan, her father could only deceive the other party. Her daughter died unexpectedly and was buried.
He buried an empty coffin with stones.
However, paper can't hold fire. When the news of Xu Beihong kidnapping Jiang Biwei spread, Jiang Meisheng became the joke of the people around, and he couldn't raise his head for a long time.
Jiang Biwei, who was seasick all the way to Japan, also began to worry, and people often fall into confusion after the impulse.
Jiang Biwei was worried that her parents would be hurt by her leaving, and she blamed herself for it. There are many fellows on the
ship. In order not to be discovered, Jiang Biwei can only hide in the toilet whenever someone comes to the room to chat with Xu Beihong.
Some people may have recognized Jiang Biwei, so they will tease Xu Beihong: "Lao Xu, do you know Jiang Meisheng from Yixing?" Jiang Biwei felt very uncomfortable when she heard this.
The two returned to China after staying in Japan for only half a year. The most realistic problem was lack of money.
Xu Beihong is an artist who likes to buy gold and stone paintings and calligraphy, which costs a lot in Japan. Before Xu Beihong became famous, Jiang Biwei followed him and was always poor.
Love is full of water, and when the money is not enough, love comes to collect it.
The two were in love with each other at that time. After
returned to China, Jiang Biwei and Xu Beihong were forgiven by their parents.
But their relationship has not grown old.
Many marriages cannot stand the test of reality. Artists with delicate and changeable minds are more affectionate.
In the thirteenth year of the two together, Xu Beihong cheated on the 18-year-old female studentSun Duoci.
After Xu Beihong broke Jiang Biwei's heart, he also wanted to save the marriage, but Jiang Biwei's decision in a few words often dissuaded his enthusiasm. He was old and did not wait for Jiang Biwei to forgive him for his patience. new love. After
fall in love, how to stay together for a lifetime is an eternal problem.
To maintain a marriage, the spirit of contract seems to be more important than love.
Love tends to fade away over time, but a sense of responsibility for marriage can make a marriage go a long way.
