Wang Yingxia had a sensational trip to Taiwan Province in his later years. 1990 65438+February 2 1
Wang Yingxia's life in his later years was not gorgeous, but it became more dull after retirement. At first, she was in good health, except for mild cataract and heart disease, and she took care of herself in daily life. She has lived alone in Shanghai for a long time, and she doesn't want to live with her children.
Wang Yingxia was active in Shanghai in 1930s and 1940s. She met great people and entertained great scenes, but she had no social interests. She doesn't smoke, drink, go to the theatre, play cards or dance, and even tea is dispensable, especially in old age. The only things she is interested in are reading newspapers and turning pages. In the early 1980s, under the persuasion and encouragement of old friends, she corrected some mistakes about Yu Dafu's past for the newspaper and wrote some articles about her contacts with Lu Xun, Xu Guangping, Lu Xiaoman, Ding Ling and Lu Yin.
Luck has changed. From 65438 to 0986, Wang Yingxia was hired as the librarian of Shanghai Literature and History Museum, and she became the youngest "little sister" in the museum. With the help of friends, she collected 49 letters from Yu Dafu, compiled them into an integrated book, and published A Letter from Yu Dafu to Wang Yingxia with great historical value. In his later years, according to his own experience, he wrote Half-Life Narrative and Wang Yingxia Autobiography, which were published in Chinese mainland and Taiwan Province. In addition, she also co-edited a collection of essays with Yu Dafu, such as Time Leaving Traces.
What made Wang Yingxia particularly excited was that 1990, at the age of 83, she made a trip to Taiwan Province Province. That is, Mr. Liu Shaotang from Biographical Literature magazine in Taiwan Province Province and Mr. Hu Jianzhong, former president of Central Daily, applied to the Taiwan Province provincial authorities on the grounds that Wang Yingxia was an "outstanding mainlander". During her three months in Taipei, she visited two old friends, Chen Lifu and Hu Jian, who had been sworn enemies for 40 years, visited the fine house of Zhang Daqian's former residence and visited the delicious Yangming Park. At the time of 1995, Wang Yingxia's health went from bad to worse, and he could not take care of himself, making it difficult to live alone. Her children invited her to live with them, but she refused, so she hired staff to take care of them and only went to their children's homes in Shenzhen and Hangzhou in cold winter or hot summer to enjoy family happiness. During this period, the author met her through a friend's introduction.
Wang Yingxia lives in an alley on Fuxing Middle Road, and there is a kindergarten at the gate. That summer, I went to that house for the first time and met General Tie. The neighbor's grandmother said that Miss Wang (as they called her) was hospitalized with a broken bone, and the hospital was nearby. The old lady asked her grandson to show me the way, took a watermelon and left. It seems that Wang Yingxia's popularity is good. I met Wang Yingxia in the orthopedic ward. This is the first time I met her, and I recognized her at a glance among many patients by intuition. She is nearly ninety years old, but her temperament and charm still exist, giving people a feeling that her prosperity is gone and her beauty is fading. Because of her leg injury, she was pulling, leaning against the bed and chatting with an old gentleman. After I sent my business card to introduce myself, she said that she had been hospitalized for two months with a broken bone, and she was in poor health and dizzy. I'll contact her after she leaves the hospital. She asked the old gentleman who was chatting with her to find a pen and paper and write her address and phone number to me. The old man moved slowly in the bedside table, but he couldn't find it at the moment. When Wang Yingxia saw me standing there waiting, he looked unhappy and urged him to "hurry up". I thought he was doing odd jobs, but later my friend told me that his surname was Han and he was 80 years old. His ancestral home is Hebei. He once worked in Zhejiang and came from Taiwan Province to take care of Wang Yingxia's life. In the two years that I edited her Time manuscript and Wang Yingxia's autobiography, I have been talking to her by phone and correspondence. For a time, I received letters from her almost every week. She addressed me in a variety of interesting ways: sir, brother, brother; The signatures are: Lao Wang, Lao Wang, Xia Ying. Her handwriting is quite beautiful, neat and powerful, full of men's style. Every time she writes, you must reply immediately, otherwise she will be greatly unhappy: "It takes fifteen days for the letter to go back and forth? Really urgent. " "Little brother, have you forgotten your old friends in Shenzhen?" Or imperative: "reply to me." Interestingly, once I was on a business trip and answered my letter a week late, she was very angry. She wrote on a chic stationery of Shenzhen TV Station: "Don't you feel blushing when I write to you with such beautiful stationery?" Helpless, I quickly found a paper reply that was "more beautiful" than her stationery, explained the reason for the apology, and she got angry, then apologized to me and gave me a picture of her calligraphy. Kind of like an old kid. The most embarrassing thing for me is that 1996, on the first day of the Spring Festival, she called me to pay a New Year call at around 6 am, which made me feel very ashamed. I wanted to say "I'm sorry", but she wouldn't let me. She said that she wanted me to find her a nursing home in Nanjing, and she would come to Nanjing to support the elderly. I was so scared that I only dared to say yes or no, and then she didn't ask me about it, and I was even more afraid to ask her.