Chapter 103 Floating life

Ma Yifu's original name was Futian. Since then, he has changed his name to Ma Yousheng and Ma Gengyu successively. Later, he used Ma Yifu or Ma Yifo, which shows the desolation of his state of mind. In 1893, Ma Yifu's mother died.The day before his mother died, pointing to the chrysanthemums in front of the court and ordering Yifu to compose five-character poems for his studies, he was limited to Mazi rhymes.He responded immediately and said: "I love Tao Yuanliang, and I pick chrysanthemums in the east fence. The branches are proud of the frost and snow, and the petals give birth to clouds. They were originally a fairy species, but they were moved to Gaoshi's house. Morning meals are cleaner in autumn. Don't envy flax." After hearing this, the mother said happily: "Although this poem is childish, it seems to be a nonsense. You may not suffer from being uneducated in the future, but you will be less blessed." Unexpectedly, this poem became Ma Yifu's rough life. harbinger.

Ma Yifu once experienced the tragic death of his third sister, mother, second sister, father, and wife. After the eldest sister got married, their family of seven (and an aunt who never married) were left in a few years and in a flash. He is alone! Relatives left him one after another, and Ma Yifu became more and more lonely.He once said, "Human life is in danger. It is like the dew in the morning. There is no time to love each other. Once it passes away, everything will be in vain." During the Anti-Japanese War, Feng Zikai lamented to Ma Yifu that his own life was impermanent, and when the war broke out again, Ma Yifu said: impermanence is permanence.After going out, the more Feng Zikai thought about it, the more at ease he seemed to be able to face the difficult life calmly.

In 1944, Ma Yifu wrote two poems to Feng Zikai: