12 years ago, an 83-year-old French grandmother married a Chinese old man. This transnational love is touching. The French grandmother is named Li Danni, a mixed-race girl. She was born in Beijing in 1927. Her father is a music professor and her mother is from France.

12 years ago, an 83-year-old French grandmother married a Chinese old man. This transnational love is touching.

However, few people know that , the French grandmother, not only waited for the Chinese uncle for 55 years, but also never married for his lifetime. What happened?

This French grandmother is named Li Danni, a mixed-race girl. She was born in Beijing in 1927. Her father is a music professor and her mother is from France.

Dani inherited the excellent genes of her parents since she was a child. She is a complete beauty and is very smart. has mastered the four languages ​​of English, French, Russian and Chinese at a young age. After graduating from university,Dani was hired as a Russian teacher at Zhejiang Medical College .

It was the autumn of 1953. A handsome man with thick eyebrows and big eyes walked into the campus. He took Russian classes like other classmates and heard that the influential figures in their school were their Russian teachers.

He will never forget the scene when he first met the Russian teacher. At that time, he happened to be borrowing a pen from his deskmate, but suddenly realized that the originally noisy classroom had become quiet. He instinctively turned his head to see what was going on, but was so shocked by the scene he saw next.

I saw a graceful woman wearing a knee-length dress and walking up to the podium from the door of the classroom. not only has a graceful figure, but also has a pair of bright and deep eyes. With the willow-leaf eyebrows and smooth skin like snow, she exudes endless attraction . This is the first impression Danni left on Yuan Dibao.

When they first met, one of them was a Russian teacher at Zhejiang Medical College, the other was a freshman in the Department of Health of Zhejiang Medical College, the other was 26 years old, and the other was in his prime at the age of 25.

At that time, all the male students were particularly eager to get recognition and praise from Russian teacher Danni, so they all expressed their strength, and Yuan Dibao was one of them.

Because of hard study of Russian, at the end of the first semester, his Russian scores remained the first in the department. Then Danni asked Yuan Dibao to serve as the representative of Russian language courses. After that, the two had more opportunities to get in touch.

Plus at that time Yuan Dibao was very interested in English, so he went to ask Danni for advice whenever he had time. After a while, Yuan Dibao and Danni became familiar with each other.

The topics they talked about have also expanded from Russian and English to poetry, songs, foreign films and imagination of future life; the place where they met has gradually changed from classrooms to West Lake Broken Bridge and Gem Mountain .

Once, the two went to climb the mountain together. After reaching the top, they sat together in the breeze for a long time, overlooking the infinite scenery at the foot of the mountain. Danni couldn't help but sang a Russian song. At first, Yuan Dibao did not fully understand the lyrics.

It was not until winter came that after one get out of class, Danni gave Yuan Dibao a package. When she returned to the dormitory, there was no one around, Yuan Dibao took it apart and looked at it. It was a sweater.

It was also at this time that Yuan Dibao knew it and found out that the lyrics of the Russian song Danni sang to him, " There is a boy who made me love me, but I can't confess my love to him ." After confirming each other's feelings, Danni and Yuan Dibao quietly started dating without telling all the teachers and students.

Dani also often takes Yuan Dibao home for dinner. Her parents also have a good impression of Yuan Dibao. Every time Yuan Dibao goes, she will be warmly treated.

At that time, Danni was looking forward to the better life of the two in the future, and she was eagerly looking forward to becoming his bride. However, what Danni did not expect was that she had been waiting for the wedding of for half a century .

So what happened back then? Why didn’t Yuan Dibao marry his beloved Danni as his wife?

It was in 1955. At that time, all third-year students of the Department of Health of Zhejiang Medical College were merged into Sichuan Medical College, which is today's West China Medical University . So Yuan Dibao, who was promoted to his junior year, had to leave Hangzhou and go to Chengdu to study.

Before leaving, he told Danni the secret that had been hidden in his heart for three years. It turned out that after he was admitted to college, his family wanted him to get married as soon as possible before entering school.

Although Yuan Dibao had no intention of getting married, he still married a girl who was a good match with his family under the arrangement of his family. The two people in the arranged marriage naturally had little feelings, so after meeting Danni and falling in love, Yuan Dibao almost forgot his married identity.

After learning the truth that Yuan Dibao had already married, Danni was in pain and cried every day. She couldn't bear to give up this relationship just like that, and couldn't help but have a trace of hope in her heart.

She felt that since Yuan Dibao had no relationship with that girl, Yuan Dibao could still marry her after the two divorced, but Yuan Dibao was not as brave as Danni imagined. He did not dare or wanted to divorce his first wife.

After saying goodbye, Yuan Dibao left Hangzhou, and then Danni could only learn some news about him through a few letters. In the second year when Yuan Dibao went to Chengdu, Danni also left Hangzhou and followed her parents to live in Lyon, France.

After Danni left, Yuan Dibao, who graduated from college, also returned to his hometown Gulangyu, Xiamen. While working, he accompanied his wife and parents. Yuan Dibao and his wife gave birth to three sons one after another, and the whole family was happy.

In the 1950s and 1960s, after receiving a photo of Yuan Dibao's family of five, Danni, who was far away in France, could only send her blessings as a friend. Later, after learning that Yuan Dibao's family was in a difficult life, Danni once helped them.

But in fact, Danny's life was also very difficult when she first arrived in France. She waited for 4 years to obtain French nationality. She was once looked down upon by her relatives because of her mixed race.

At the beginning, she worked as an assistant Chinese teaching teacher at University of Lyon for a period of time. Later, she studied for her Ph.D. in Chinese, became a tenured associate professor at the University of Lyon, and was committed to cultural exchanges between China and France.

After retirement, she also served as the Secretary-General of the China-France Association. However, such a legendary woman who made outstanding contributions to promoting Sino-France exchange culture has always been alone, never married, and never dated a boyfriend again, but Yuan Dibao didn't know all this.

Since the mid-1960s, their letters have been interrupted, and time has changed. When the giant wheel of the times has reached In the 1990s, Yuan Dibao's wife unfortunately died of cancer .

After that, Yuan Dibao, who is already in his 60s, did not live with his children and grandchildren, but lived alone for a full 10 years. During his time alone, he also dreamed of returning to college countless times and remembered that beautiful woman.

But his secret never told the children. It was not until the Spring Festival in 2010 that his nephew went to his home to pay New Year's greetings and accidentally mentioned that past. Yuan Dibao only spent more than three hours telling the children the love story between himself and Danni.

After learning about this, Yuan Dibao's youngest daughter-in-law decided to find Danni for her father-in-law . At that time, Yuan Dibao was 82 years old, and Danni was 83 years old. It was 55 years old, and the news was cut off for decades. Whether he could find it or not is still alive, everything was full of unknowns.

But Yuan Dibao still wrote 5 identical letters sent by his youngest daughter-in-law to Lyon, France. Fortunately, the letters were delivered to Danni ten days later.

Danni, who recognized Yuan Dibao's handwriting at a glance, was very excited, and then wrote a reply letter, and the familiar handwriting also made Yuan Dibao very happy.

Later, the youngest daughter-in-law went to Lyon, France to visit Danni and accompanied Danni on the plane back home. Early in the morning on September 18, 2010, the white-haired Yuan Dibao, accompanied by his children and grandchildren, was waiting at Xiamen Gaoqi Airport .

After 55 years of separation, Yuan Dibao and Danni finally met a moment of reunion. Three days later, they went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get the marriage certificate .

On September 26, 2010, 83-year-old Danni achieved her long-cherished wish after waiting for 55 years. She wore a white wedding dress and held flowers in her hand. As a bride, she walked into the palace of marriage with the hands of her beloved in her life. In October 2017, Yuan Dibao passed away with Danni's company.

Although this marriage is very short, for Danny, those 7 years were the happiest time in her life. A year after Yuan Dibao's death, 91-year-old Danni also passed away on Xiamen . After Danni's death, the younger generation buried her and Yuan Dibao together.

Although the two old men have passed away for many years, this touching love story about them is still so vivid.

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