One day in A.D. 1075, Su Shi, who was in Mizhou, had a dream. When he woke up, he had the first poem "The Twenty Memories of the First Month of Jiang":
Ten years of life and death are two boundless, disapproving and unforgettable. A lonely grave thousands of miles away, desolate and nowhere to talk about. Even if we don't know each other, our faces are dusty and our temples are frosty.
At night, I suddenly dreamed of going home, and the window of Xiao Xuan was being decorated. Care for each other without words, only a thousand lines of tears, it is expected that heartbroken every year, on the moonlit night, short pine hills.
My wife died 10 years ago. Although we can't meet, I will never forget her "Xiao Xuan window, dressing".
A dream reminded him of his years with his wife.
His wife, Wang Fu, is the daughter of Wang Fang, a local tribute scholar. When they got married, he 19 years old and she 16 years old. They are a young couple with deep feelings. Wang Fu's character is "sensitive and cautious, wise and modest", and she is a talented woman who knows books and is polite and reasonable.
When Su Shi was reading and writing, Wang Fu always answered every question. What is more commendable is that she is mature and sophisticated, more sophisticated than Su Shi, and especially captures the psychological changes of people accurately, which complements Su Shi. Su Shi is open and transparent, without any intention, and often gets upset unconsciously. Wang Fu knows her husband's honest and frank personality very well, and often reminds him that "you are far away from your father, and you must be careful without guidance".
In order to make Su Shi's interpersonal relationship more harmonious, every time a guest visits, Wang Fu listens behind the screen and then tells Su Shi his own suggestions. After a long time, Su Shi also made some progress in interpersonal relationship. Such a wife is a teacher and has direct help and influence on her husband's career. It's a pity that such a good marriage, following Qi Mei's example and learning from each other's strengths, only lasted 1 1 year, and 27-year-old Wang Fu died of illness.
Although time is passing, the fragments of those memories and the time spent together have carved sweet scars in Su Shi's heart. He will always remember her saying that she likes pine trees ... and then convey her thoughts and reluctance, so that they can stay with her forever. Day after day, year after year, Su Shi finally planted pines in front of his wife's grave with a handful of soil and a ladle of water.
Su Shi's second wife is Wang Fu's cousin Wang Runzhi. Although Wang Runzhi has nothing to do with talented women, she is a rare wife and mother. She and Su Shi have been together for 25 years, and through hardships, she has been with her almost all the times of frustration. Su Shi wrote: "I live in Dongpo, work as a bad rice farmer, have 50 acres of land, raise a wife and sericulture, and talk to death." Unlike Wang Fu, Wang Runzhi can't play harmoniously with Su Shi's harps, harps and poems, but she is the most effective life assistant. She is good at everything, even becoming a veterinarian. In Huangzhou, the 50 mu of land that Su Shi's family lived on was cultivated by an old buffalo. Later, the cow became seriously ill, and Su Shi was sad and desperate. Wang Runzhi decisively gave Artemisia annua as porridge to cows, and the medicine was cured. It is precisely because of such a capable wife that she manages her family in an orderly way, manages her life in an orderly way, and gets along well with her neighbors, so that Su Shi can free his hands in a warm environment and devote himself wholeheartedly to her creation.