Chapter 70 fourth quarter

On the third day, Zhang Ailing sent Lai Ya all the way to the station. When she parted, she gave him an envelope with several green bills inside. Raya was surprised.He has made many friends throughout his life, and spends money like water, but he has always been the only one who pays for others. This is the first time someone has offered to send money to him, and it is a foreign lover who is nearly 30 years younger than him, a new refugee who has gone to refuge alone. . There are too many people who have been supported by him in the past but are ruthless after success. In contrast, this gentle and honest Oriental woman brought him not only surprises, admiration, but also deep feelings. Touched and even guilty - she gave him too much, but he can give her too little in return.

He wrote love letters one after another to Aileen in Yedo, expressing his thoughts and hopes——Aileen’s date in McDowell is coming up soon, and although she submitted an application for extension, the number of places in the art camp is full , the contract cannot be renewed until October.Raya hopes that they can meet again in McDowell at that time. At this moment, he received a letter from Ailing: She is pregnant! It was July 5, 1955. Laiya came back from a walk in the light rain with a letter from Aileen in her arms, and made a decision: propose to her. This is not Laiya's first marriage, nor is it Laiya's first child.

As early as July 1917, he had married Rebecca, a famous American women's rights activist, and had a daughter, Faith.He and Rebecca are similar in temperament, both are keen on politics and high-spirited, but their married life is not harmonious.Because Laiya is a born wanderer, free and easy, bold, loves freedom, pursues pleasure, and keeps running around. Although she makes a lot of money writing articles and scripts, she always spends it on travel and communication easily. ; and Rebecca is also passionate about her ideals, has little warmth for her family, and spends less time with her husband.

So, in 1926, the two broke up by amicable agreement.Since then, Lai Ya has traveled all over the world, swaying his enthusiasm and talent at will, which is the happiest moment in life. He is no longer willing to be bound by marriage and family. married.Until I met Zhang Ailing. Zhang Ailing, a celestial figure like a nine-day fairy, is simply the best gift sent by God to redeem him.She is good at bowing her head, she has a kind of gentleness and honesty unique to oriental women, but when she raises her head occasionally, she is a kind of arrogance of intimacy with the world, a kind of nobility of domineering.

She said that she doesn't like the facial makeup of perfect women in Western literature and art, sometimes like a god and sometimes like a ghost, but she is indeed like an angel, a saint - besides angel and goddess, what other words can describe her beauty What about Noble? The only gift he can dedicate to his goddess is an identity and a certificate—to exchange marriage for her a green card for long-term residence in the United States. That month, Eileen Chang came to Yedo and discussed the future arrangements in detail with Lai Ya.Lai Ya proposed not wanting the child, Ai Ling hesitated a little, but agreed.She has always disliked children, not even kittens and dogs. Although pregnancy once brought her some unusual tension and excitement, since Laiya didn't want children, she was unwilling to embarrass him.

Moreover, he painted a beautiful prospect for her, and decided to flex his muscles with him and climb to the peak of creation together.And she came to the United States, isn't it just to start the second spring of life?This time is indeed not suitable for raising children and dragging myself into a housewife.What's more, what ability does she have to guarantee her happiness when she gives birth to a child of mixed race?It has been several months since she came to the United States, but she still has a feeling of "separation", as if the moonlight shines on the white gloves, which is uncomfortable.People of mixed race are even more "separated", right?

That little life came at an untimely time, and was destined to have no chance with the world of mortals. Paid a black market doctor for four hundred dollars, used a drug thread, and after a few hours did not have an attack, she called the clinic, and a nurse answered the phone, simply instructing Laiya: "Hold her hand .” Said is equal to not said. Stomach pain was overwhelming.The child was finally laid down, and after more than four months, it had already taken shape and could be seen with the eyes.She couldn't help feeling startled. The abortion operation caused great damage to Aileen's health. Lying on the couch in the temporary apartment, she clearly felt the little life leaving her body, and she didn't even have time to make a gesture or sigh.

However, this is her own choice, no one else. From the beginning to the end, she didn't complain to Laiya at all, and she even offered to pay him three hundred dollars as her living expenses during this period of time - she is still used to having a clear financial distinction with others, only she helps others, without her owe someone. She agreed to marry Laiya, not so much because of love, but because of tiredness—she was too wandering, too lonely, as if she had been floating on the sea, entangled in the waves, and really wanted to grab a piece of driftwood and let herself move a little bit. stop.

Lai Ya is this piece of driftwood - "Fragrant rice pecks the remaining parrot grains, Biwu perches on the old phoenix branch" is her favorite poem; and "The years are quiet and the world is stable" is her ideal for marriage , All of these will now be implemented on him. He comforted her, encouraged her, told her the anecdotes and anecdotes of New York, and said to her: When you get better, we will get married right away.In the future, I will introduce you to more American publishers. I believe that you will be more famous than the Lin Yutang you mentioned.When we have a little savings, we will travel together to broaden our knowledge.I know you still miss the East, and I also want to see ancient China.

She was fascinated by this beautiful prospect, which, as long as it can be half realized, is also good. On August 14, 1956, Lai Ya and Zhang Ailing married in a notarized New York City government and officially became a couple. Under the laws of the United States of America, a marriage requires at least two witnesses.Laiya invited one of her good friends, Mary Leder, and Ailing asked Yanying to witness the marriage for her. Yan Ying said sincerely: I bless... However, her heart is vain, she thinks of that "dear Lan you" back then, how happy the three of them got along at that time.When Aileen wrote to divorce him formally, he also wrote a half-text letter to ask her for help. The letter said: "Aileen is a beautiful woman who sits at the red light, and you are like a reflection on her window paper." Today, I only ask the plum blossoms to give me a speech. There is an Asura in the Buddhist scriptures who picked flowers from all over the world, but they couldn’t make wine in the sea. Therefore, it is condensed; today is the soul of the flower, so it is empty. You will irrigate its roots with a cup of water every day, and the concubine will live. Next year, I will repay your favor at this time. I have not been like usual in the past few years, but I hope that Ailing will irrigate her roots with a cup of water every day. , so what can we say?"

When she read the letter, she was a little annoyed and amused, but he wrote to her knowing that she couldn't understand it, so why didn't he ask her to show the letter to Ailing.But Aileen didn't want to watch it, and just said: Don't pay attention to him.So she ignored him.They never mentioned him again after that. Now, Aileen is getting married again.She was still her witness, witnessing her best friend's marriage for the second time; this second wedding was as simple and solemn as the first. Life repeats itself everywhere. However, Yanying hopes so much that Ailing's choice this time is right, that she will never repeat the previous path, and will never be hurt again. This year, Lai Ya was sixty-five years old and Zhang Ailing was thirty-six years old. The main basis for today's evaluation of Zhang Ailing as a traitor is that she once married a traitor husband Hu Lancheng, so she later remarried Lai Ya, a leftist husband with fanatical communist beliefs. Does it mean that she "abandoned the dark and turned to the bright" and was also a communist? Woolen cloth? Hu Lancheng had also remarried in Japan at this time, but it was not Yizhi, but She Aizhen, the widow of Wu Sibao.In the past, when Hu Lancheng was in Hong Kong, she asked Mrs. She for help. She only gave him two hundred Hong Kong dollars, complained for half a day, and then dismissed him; It can be called spending money like water. He couldn't help feeling resentful, but he couldn't think of it, it was nothing more than looking through old accounts and throwing up when the husband and wife quarreled. I don't know if he has compared She Aizhen with Zhang Ailing, but how?The 300,000 gold coupons and 200 Hong Kong dollars are simply heaven and earth—not just money. Hu Lancheng was lustful all her life, and her favorite was peach blossoms, and she wrote in "Mountain and River Years" with her own heart: "In addition to the golden color, Chinese people like peach red the most. The peach blossoms are extremely bright, but that color is also sunshine. The peach blossoms all over the road feel like a sunny day in a cloudy and rainy day, and the evening is like a dawn, so they are so bright. Japan People like cherry blossoms, and cherry blossoms are like peach blossoms, only lighter. Therefore, India is the world of golden lotus, and China is the world of peach blossoms. The world of lotus flowers is golden, and there is no trace to look for, and the world of peach blossoms also has this kind of good nonsense. The golden lotus is deep and not dangerous, but the peach blossoms are flying and dangerous.The Peach Blossom Festival held by the Queen Mother of Yaochi, and Liu Ling and Ruan Zhao's entry into the Taoyuan, the peach blossoms inevitably make people think about the world.There is also the peach leaf song and peach leaf answer song of the Jin people. Compared with the peach leaf answer song, I feel that the lotus in India is just a color, while the peach blossom is a real flower. Planted in a leisurely garden, it is very quiet, and that quietness is better than the depth of golden lotus. Golden lotus is cold and deserted, while peach blossoms are matched by plum blossoms. This is also the reason why Chinese civilization is more humanistic than Indian civilization.And because of this excitement, the Chinese love peaches and plums and also love lotus flowers.Peaches, plums and lotus became the scenery of the Han Dynasty and the Six Dynasties Tang Dynasty. " Hu Lancheng is like this, "I love peaches and plums, but also love lotus flowers". If Ailing is compared to the "profound" and "untraceable" golden lotus, then She Aizhen is the "dangerous" "flying" peach blossom. ? The married life between Hu Lancheng and She Aizhen was not peaceful, because She Aizhen was prone to trouble and was extravagant. Whenever she was in financial distress, she used Hu Lancheng's name to sell money.In recent years, Hu Lancheng has given lectures and published books. In February 1968, he held a calligraphy exhibition "The Book of Hu Lancheng". Kang Chengcheng once commented: "Calligraphy is far inferior to that of the ancients, and the Japanese are not as good as the Chinese. Today's calligraphy is like Hu Lancheng, and no one in Japan can compare." In this way, She Aizhen became more and more courageous. Anyway, with a swipe of her husband's pen, money will be born on the rice paper. What is she afraid of? Noisy, noisy, life is easy to pass.Afterwards, he stayed with her all the time, and he never flirted with her. Maybe only a domineering and hot guy like She Aizhen could really subdue a prodigal like Hu Lancheng. Man, that's how cheap.