Xu Zhimo 's ex-wife Zhang Youyi can be said to be a hard-working woman, saying that she was suffering because she married the poet Xu Zhimo by mistake.
Zhang Youyi was born into a big family. Among the twelve siblings, she ranks eighth. Her second brother Zhang Junmai is a constitutional scientist, her fourth brother Zhang Gongquan is a financial scientist, and her eighth brother Zhang Yujiu is a university professor.
In 1913, Xu Zhimo, a 16-year-old who was studying at Hangzhou Fuzhong School , and Zhang Youyi, a 13-year-old who was studying at Suzhou Second Women's Normal College, got engaged. Two years later, they held a grand and luxurious event. wedding. ——This laid the root for Zhang Youyi's misfortune.
Xu Zhimo and Zhang Youyi's families are very satisfied with the marriage. Zhang Youyi said that she only found out after a few years that Xu Zhimo was dissatisfied with the marriage from the beginning. A servant told her that when Xu Zhimo first saw her photo, the corner of his mouth turned down and he said in disgust: " Country bumpkin!".
Later, Xu Zhimo went abroad to study, first in the United States and then in the United Kingdom. In pursuit of Lin Huiyin , he forced Zhang Youyi, who had just given birth to their second child in Germany, to divorce. It was about early March 1922.
Xu Zhimo failed to chase Lin Huiyin, and later got together with his good friend Wang Geng's wife Lu Xiaoman , and finally got married. In 1931, Xu Zhimo died in a plane crash in Shandong on his way from Shanghai to Beijing. Only 35 years old.
After divorced from Xu Zhimo, Zhang Youyi entered Pestalozzi College to study early childhood education, returned to China in early 1926, and then ran the Yunshang Clothing Company and the Women's Reserve Bank. She went to Hong Kong in 1949. In 1953, she married the doctor Su Jizi. In 1974, Su Jizi died, and then she went to the United States to live with her son Xu Jikai .In 1988, Zhang Youyi died in New York at the age of 88.
Before her death, Zhang Youyi never talked to anyone about her and Xu Zhimo. Until her death, she and Zhang Bangmei, the granddaughter of her eighth brother Zhang Yujiu, had nothing to say about her and Xu Zhimo's story. In September 1996, Zhang Bangmei published her English book "Little Feet and Suits - Zhang Youyi and Xu Zhimo's Family Change" in the United States, allowing the world to have a clear understanding of their marriage change.
After listening to Zhang Youyi's memories, what Zhang Bangmei didn't expect was that Xu Zhimo always despised Zhang Youyi like that from before marriage to after marriage. Zhang Youyi said: Xu Zhimo never looked at her after marriage
In Xu Zhimo's eyes, Zhang Youyi is a "country bumpkin". As mentioned earlier, Xu Zhimo saw her photo for the first time. Xu Zhimo also said in person that she was a "country bumpkin".
It was the winter of 1920. Zhang Youyi went abroad to reunite with Xu Zhimo. Zhang Youyi took a ship to the port of Marseille, France, and Xu Zhimo went from London to the port to pick her up.
Zhang Youyi recalled, "I was reclining on the quarter deck, waiting impatiently to get ashore, and then I saw Xu Zhimo standing in the crowd looking around. At this moment, my heart became a lot colder. He was wearing a A slender black wool coat with a white silk scarf around his neck. Although I've never seen him in a suit, I know it's him. I can see his attitude at a glance, and I can't go wrong. Because he was the only one who showed an expression of not wanting to go there."
Picking up Zhang Youyi, the two flew from Paris to London, Zhang Youyi was airsick and vomited, Xu Zhimo not only did not help or comfort, Instead, he turned his head to the side and said, "You're really a country bumpkin!"
However, not long after Xu Zhimo finished speaking, he also vomited. At this time, Zhang Youyi took the opportunity to counterattack softly: "I think you are also a country bumpkin." Hearing that Zhang Youyi was pregnant again, Xu Zhimo said directly: "Abort the child."
Zhang Youyi said, "I heard that someone died because of an abortion."
Xu Zhimo said coldly: "There are still others. Because the train died,Did you see that people don't take the train?
Soon, Xu Zhimo brought a Chinese female student in a woolen navy dress to their house for dinner, but Zhang Youyi discovered the young lady's bound feet.
After the young lady left, Xu Zhimo asked Zhang Youyi how she felt about her Zhang Youyi thought that Xu Zhimo wanted to take a concubine to seek her opinion, so she said, "She looks very good, but her feet don't match the suit. At this time, Xu Zhimo suddenly screamed and said, "I knew it, that's why I wanted to divorce." "
Later, Xu Zhimo left Zhang Youyi and ran away from home. As the delivery date approached, Zhang Youyi wrote a letter to her second brother Zhang Junmai asking for help, first to Paris and then to Berlin to give birth. They gave birth to their second child.
Xu Zhimo ignored Zhang Youyi. Later, not long after Zhang Youyi gave birth to her child, he found Berlin and asked Zhang Youyi to sign the divorce letter. - Zhang Youyi had no choice but to sign and agree. The two are divorced.
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