Lin Yutang, 74, is as happy as a child. He carefully lit a pair of wedding candles to celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife.
They thought it was their business, so no one informed them. However, this memorable and blessed day was finally surrounded by relatives and friends.
With everyone's blessing, Lin Yutang took out a gold brooch engraved with the words "Jinyuyuan" and personally put it on his chest to give it to his wife. In addition, there is a meaningful bracelet.
Lin Yutang and his wife Liao Cuifeng have been together for more than 50 years. To many people, their marriage is extremely happy.
However, in fact, Lin Yutang has been thinking about someone in his heart.
Even in his later years, when he was confused by illness and often couldn't remember things clearly, he still remembered his first girlfriend Chen Jinduan, who he couldn't love.
Probably that sentence: when you get older, you forget more, but you don't forget acacia.
19 12, 17-year-old Lin Yutang was admitted to St. John's University in Shanghai with excellent results.
This excellent young man was once the focus of the school.
Especially in his sophomore year, he won several different medals in succession.
This incident not only made him a man of the hour in our school, but also made St. Mary's Girls' School next door famous.
Lin Yutang, who is brilliant and valuable, has become an idol in the eyes of female students for a time, and many people pursue him.
However, Lin Yutang only loves one person-Chen Jinduan.
Chen Jinduan was studying art at St. Mary's Girls' School. Her brother Chen Xiqing and Lin Yutang are old friends.
Once, under the introduction of Chen Xiqing, Lin Yutang and Chen Jinduan met.
Long hair, tied behind the head with a hairpin, dark and bright eyes, slightly longer eyelashes, and a plain long skirt swaying in the breeze.
This is Lin Yutang's impression of Chen Jinduan, and he will remember it all his life until his later years.
Chen Jinduan also fell in love with Lin Yutang at first sight, and she appreciated his talent and value.
After they met, they often ate and chatted together and gradually fell in love.
During the summer vacation, Lin Yutang always goes to the Chen family, ostensibly looking for his classmate Chen Xiqing, but actually wanting to meet Chen Jinduan.
In his later years, Lin Yutang once wrote this sentence:
Lin Yutang and Chen Jinduan, a pair of gifted scholars and beautiful women, are a perfect match for outsiders. However, in the eyes of Chen Jinduan's father, it is not the opposite.
Chen Jinduan is a famous family in Beloved, and his father is Chen Tianen, a famous returned overseas Chinese doctor.
Lin Yutang was born in an ordinary family, his father was a priest and his family was relatively poor.
Although Chen Tianen also appreciates Lin Yutang's talent, Lin Yutang is just a poor scholar.
As a father, Chen Tianen wants to find a rich husband for his daughter.
In order not to let the young couple get deeper and deeper, Chen Tianen decided to stop early.
However, he also knows that if he does this, it will inevitably bring great pain to Lin Yutang.
So he thought that Liao Cuifeng, a neighbor's daughter, could introduce them.
Once he found Lin Yutang and said, "You and Jin Duan are not suitable. I'm engaged for her. " And expressed his willingness to help him contact Liao Cuifeng.
Hearing these words, Lin Yutang didn't make any excuses, but nodded silently, and the cruel reality was still in sight.
Because of his poor family, he can't get the consent of his girlfriend's father. Since ancient times, the literati has been proud, and his self-esteem has also been greatly hurt.
When he comes home at night, he is unhappy. The cautious mother saw it and came to her son at night to ask him what was on his mind.
Lin Yutang can't control it anymore. He cried at his mother.
When the mother learned what had happened, she couldn't help feeling sorry for her son, but there was nothing she could do.
However, she suggested that Lin Yutang try dating Liao Jia and Liao Cuifeng.
One of Lin Yutang's sisters also knows Liao Cuifeng. She said: "Liao Cuifeng will be a good wife in the future." It was also suggested that Lin Yutang go to Liao Jia to meet Liao Cuifeng.
In Gulangyu, he is the famous richest man, comparable to the Chen family. Liao Cuifeng's brother and Lin Yutang are also classmates and have a good friendship.
Lin Yutang was invited to her home by Liao Cuifeng's brother before, but no one introduced him.
Liao Cuifeng pays attention to Lin Yutang, a handsome man, and secretly washes Lin Yutang's dirty clothes.
Later, Liao Cuifeng also went to St. Mary's School. She heard a wonderful story about Lin Yutang and expressed great admiration for him.
Persuaded by his mother and sister, Lin Yutang went to Liao Jia. Unlike the Chen family, their parents are relatively open-minded.
However, when it comes to marriage, Liao Cuifeng's mother doesn't agree.
She said to her daughter, "Lin Yutang's father is just a priest and his family is very poor."
Liao Cuifeng didn't care so much. She directly retorted, "What does poverty matter?"
Lin Yutang was very moved when he learned about it. He thanked Liao Cuifeng for not looking at himself with colored eyes. In this way, it didn't take long for them to get engaged.
However, it was not until four years later that Lin Yutang married Liao Cuifeng in 19 19.
Some people say that because Lin Yutang never forgot Chen Jinduan, their wedding dragged on for so long.
Perhaps, after all, first love is the most unforgettable. In these four long years, Liao Cuifeng has been waiting for Lin Yutang and has never changed his mind.
On the wedding day, Lin Yutang made an amazing move.
He tore up their marriage certificate and burned it. He said, "Marriage certificates are only needed in case of divorce." This shows that he will protect their marriage all his life.
Liao Cuifeng was moved to tears by Lin Yutang's words and deeds. It's worth waiting for four years. She has found a lover whom she can entrust for life.
After marriage, Liao Cuifeng, who kept her hands away from her mother's spring, struggled to work in her husband's family. Although it was awkward at first, she tried to adapt.
Not long after, Lin Yutang took his wife Liao Cuifeng to study abroad. Sometimes they go to class together. At first, people always thought they were brother and sister.
In the process of getting along slowly, Lin Yutang and Liao Cuifeng got closer and closer. The most romantic thing is kissing in the street.
For a long time, when they were in financial difficulties, Liao Cuifeng quietly sold her jewelry.
Lin Yutang later recalled that he never knew their economy would be so bad.
They can live abroad for four years without their wife Liao Cuifeng.
In Lin Yutang's eyes, his wife is an expert in life, and even simple meals can make her make all kinds of tricks.
They live in harmony. Liao Cuifeng is responsible for washing dishes and cooking, and Lin Yutang is responsible for washing dishes and chopsticks.
In order to give Lin Yutang peace of mind to study, they had been married for almost four years before Liao Cuifeng dared to get pregnant.
Later, due to financial constraints, they decided to return to China to have children. At that time, Lin Yutang was preparing for the doctoral graduation exam.
Since school, Lin Yutang has never been afraid of exams, nor has he crammed for cramming, but he has always passed smoothly, so there will be no panic.
However, Liao Cuifeng was extremely nervous. When defending the doctoral thesis, Lin Yutang ran back and forth in the rooms of two professors, while Liao Cuifeng waited anxiously outside with a big belly.
12 After noon, Lin Yutang came out, and Liao Cuifeng quickly asked, "How?" Lin Yutang proudly said, "Qualified!"
At that time, Liao Cuifeng blew a kiss to Lin Yutang excitedly in the street.
Lin Yutang couldn't help raising his mouth when he recalled this romantic kiss until his later years.
1936, a famous American writer invited Lin Yutang to write in the United States. In August of the same year, Lin Yutang and his wife went to the United States again with their three children. They have lived here for many years since then.
A year later, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out in an all-round way. Lin Yutang wrote many articles to promote anti-Japanese, and Liao Cuifeng also served as the vice president of the relief society initiated by overseas Chinese women in new york.
At that time, what she had to do every day was to publicize anti-Japanese activities and carry out fund-raising activities for the ladies in new york.
With Lin Yutang becoming more and more famous, their lives are getting better and better.
At that time, many literati divorced their wives after becoming famous and found new lovers.
She also jokingly said to Lin Yutang: "Other people who became professors divorced the old lady and married new women. Don't you want to catch up with this fashion? "
Lin Yutang shook his head again and again and said, "I can't live without you."
In these years together, Lin Yutang knows very well that he has long been used to Liao Cuifeng's company for everything his wife has done for himself.
In fact, Liao Cuifeng understands that Lin Yutang will not divorce himself, but she is also very clear that Lin Yutang has always had a clearing in his heart where Chen Jinduan lives.
Even their daughters know that their father Lin Yutang has never forgotten his first love-Chen Jinduan.
Because Lin Yutang always liked to draw portraits when he first met Chen Jinduan. My daughter was puzzled and asked him why he always painted the same hairstyle.
Lin Yutang will openly say, "Jin Duan's hair is like this."
Liao Cuifeng certainly knows this. Not only did she not quarrel with Lin Yutang, but she also told the children in front of him: "Your father used to like Aunt Jindian."
Because she understood Lin Yutang, it was only his regret when he was young.
1966, the homesick Lin Yutang and his wife returned to their motherland after many years' absence and settled in Taiwan Province Province, China.
According to Lin Yutang's third daughter, those years in Taiwan Province Province were my father's happiest days.
What is happiness? Lin Yutang once said: You can sleep in your own bed and listen to your lover's sweet words.
However, time waits for no one.
197 1 year, Lin Yutang's eldest daughter committed suicide because of severe depression.
This year, Lin Yutang was 86 years old. He was in poor health. The sadness that the white-haired man sent to the black-haired man made his illness worse.
Since then, he has gradually become a little confused and can't remember many things.
Chen Jinduan's sister-in-law and Chen Xiqing's wife came to visit Lin Yutang.
After a brief greeting, Lin Yutang eagerly asked about the lovers who had not been in contact for many years.
When he learned that Chen Jinduan was in Xiamen, his eyes suddenly lit up. He immediately stood up with his hands in a wheelchair and said excitedly, "Tell her I'm going to see her!" " "
Liao Cuifeng said helplessly: "Yutang, don't be crazy. You can't walk now. Why do you still want to go to Xiamen? "
After listening to his wife, Lin Yutang suddenly collapsed in a wheelchair and sighed.
1On March 26th, 976, Lin Yutang died of illness. Liao Cuifeng buried him in the back garden of the Lin family in Yangmingshan and went to see him every day.
In her mind, Lin Yutang seems to have never left.
There is no denying that Liao Cuifeng is successful in marriage. She and Lin Yutang have been together all their lives and have never betrayed each other.
Although Lin Yutang has been worried about his first love Chen Jinduan in his later years, it seems that that love is no longer love, but a regret that he can't give up.
When you miss someone in your heart, colorful imagination and interesting dreams are all beautiful.
And these are just from regret.
For Lin Yutang, Chen Jingduan is an untouchable feeling, and Liao Cuifeng is the true love.
He said more than once that he can't live without his wife Liao Cuifeng, and he always pinched her nose when she was unhappy.
Because he knew that his wife liked to be praised for her beautiful nose and was most angry that others said she was fat, Lin Yutang never said that her wife was fat.
This is their love, although not vigorous, but very happy.
Liao Cuifeng was not angry but understood Lin Yutang's first love.
1969, on the 50th anniversary of their marriage, the bracelet Lin Yutang gave his wife was carefully engraved with the famous poem "Old Lover".
There are two sentences: caring for each other wholeheartedly, a ray of affection. If you want to laugh, it's only after a brief encounter.
Not only that, he also kissed his wife deeply, and Liao Cuifeng was moved to tears.
You know what I've given, and I know your inner pain. This is their love.