Chapter 94 warmth

While studying at Tsinghua University, during a certain summer vacation, Wen Yiduo explained to his younger brother Wen Jiasi a poem by Su Shi saying goodbye to his younger brother Su Zhe: "I also know that there are differences in life, but I am afraid that the years will go erratically. The cold lamp remembers the past, and the rain at night When will you listen to Xiao Se?" Wen Yiduo couldn't help but sigh with emotion, comparing himself to Su Shi and Wen Jiasi to Su Zhe, and at this time the summer vacation was coming to an end, and he was about to bid farewell to his younger brother.

Wen Yiduo often tutored his nephews in writing, and rewarded them with his toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, mirror, etc. as prizes when he returned to his hometown during the summer vacation.He often took his nephews to go fishing and pick water chestnuts. When they were tired from playing, Wen Yiduo would gather them together and teach them poetry and arithmetic.One summer vacation, he made a fan for his nephew Wen Lixun, drew a shepherd boy riding a bull on the fan, and wrote: "Wang Mian herds cows, and reads while riding a cow. Let me ask you, how do you compare yourself?" In the summer of 1930, Wen Yiduo and Liang Shiqiu were invited by the president of Qingdao University, Yang Zhensheng, to teach in Qingdao University.When they first arrived in Qingdao, they lived in Huiquan, where the sea can be seen from the door. Liang was very satisfied with the environment here, but Wen felt that "the sound of endless crashing waves is monotonously disturbing."He said to Liang: "If you want to listen to the most beautiful music in the world, there is nothing like listening to the silent snoring of your wife, family and children from the couch in the dead of night. At that time, I really realized that "God is here." Heaven, the world is full of peace and tranquility."

When the Marco Polo Bridge incident happened, Wen Yiduo's wife Gao Zhenhao took her two sons back to her natal family to visit relatives, leaving the other three young children at home.The current situation is turbulent, and Wen has to take care of the children after work, which is really exhausting.In his letter, he complained to his wife: "This week, it's really hard for me! Be a master, a wife, a father, and a mother at home... I only hope that once the traffic in Pinghan opens, you will get on the bus." car, so that I can let go of the responsibility of being a mother earlier. You don’t know that a man’s heart is softer than a woman’s when he is a mother.”

Ma Xueliang, who once went to the ethnic minority areas with Wen Yiduo to collect folk songs, recalled: "At that time, after recording every day, we returned to the campsite and spread straw on the ground. Mr. Wen Yiduo kept asking me to sort out documents with him. We ordered He lit candles and went to bed after tidying up. He always propped up one foot and picked out the blisters on his feet. After picking out, he put the skin of the feet he picked out and packed them in a small bag." Ma Xueliang was very surprised, but later found out, Wen Yiduo sent them to his children when he had saved a certain amount of skins, in order for them to remember the sufferings his father had suffered.

In the eyes of the second son Wen Lidiao, his father is both a strict father and a loving father: "He is a loving father because he cares about our five children very much. The elder brother is very good at studying. I gave him a Parker pen which was relatively expensive at that time as a reward. I was more playful and didn’t like studying. I remember when I was 9 years old, one day when I came home from school, my father asked me: “Why don’t you do your homework?” I lied that the teacher didn't assign homework and said, "You don't believe me, ask the teacher!" At that time, my home was in Fushou Lane, Wucheng Road, Xiaoximen, and the school was in Fengzhu Street. I knew my father would not go to ask about it. Teacher, I said that sentence on purpose. I never thought that my father would get angry all of a sudden, take off a shoe on my foot, and wanted to spank my butt, but I shouted while running, and my father only wore one shoe, chasing and beating me. My mother came out to dissuade my father when she heard my shout." Wen Lidiao said that his father didn't like to beat his children, and he only saw his father beat his children twice.The father requires his children to abide by two principles: one is not to be selfish; the other is not to lie.Because he lied, his father lost his temper and beat him.

An industrialist, Mr. Guo, once offered to take Wen Yiduo as a shareholder. He didn't need to contribute capital, but he only needed to be named.But Wen didn't want to be an official or a businessman, so he politely declined.Guo also offered to bear the study and living expenses of Wen Yiduo's eldest son, Lihe. Wen was very grateful and shed tears, but he did not want to shirk his father's responsibility.In the end, Wen decided to set up a license to rule India, so as to subsidize his family.