Chapter 185 Internal fear

It is said that Hu Shi is afraid of his wife, Hu Shi is a rabbit, and his wife Jiang Dongxiu is a tiger. Hu Shi often joked: "Rabbits are afraid of tigers." At that time, the joke that Hu Shi was afraid of his wife was circulated. Hu Shi often said: "My wife is a living Bodhisattva when she is young, so how can she not be afraid; when she is middle-aged, she is the mother of nine sons, how can she not be afraid; when she is old, she is a hag, how dare she not be afraid!" Hu Shi’s new three obediences and four virtues are probably familiar to everyone. Women nowadays always use them to educate their husbands or boyfriends: follow the wife when she goes out, obey the wife’s orders, follow blindly when the wife makes mistakes; wait for the wife to put on makeup, and beat the wife Be patient, remember your wife's birthday, and be willing to spend money on your wife.

Hu Shi often buys books and is very polite to second-hand booksellers, but the financial power of the family is in the hands of his wife. The husband loves to buy books, but the wife does not like to give money. Li also complained and complained constantly.Booksellers admire Hu Shi, but most of them find it troublesome and unpleasant to do his business with Mrs. Hu who is tight with money. For those who love books and have a habit of buying books, the most painful and helpless thing is to face the book they have dreamed of, but they are ashamed of their pockets.When the bookseller in Liulichang gave Hu Shi the books he wanted, what he faced was not the danger of having no money to buy books, but how to mobilize his wife to pay for them happily.Hu Shi is really self-cultivated, no matter how much his wife complains about him buying books, Hu Shi will not lose his temper at her.What he did was really a model for the members of the "PTT" club.

In the spring of 1931, Hu Shi went from Shanghai to Ping'an and came out of Qingdao. Yang Zhensheng and Liang Shiqiu invited him to give a speech at Qingdao University, and he stayed in Wanguo Sanatorium.That night, Qingda held a banquet, and there was a lot of wine.Hu Shi used obeying his wife's order as an excuse to use it as a shield to persuade him to drink. Fortunately, his friend understood his situation and did not hesitate to do so.Unless his physical condition does not allow it, in fact, "Mr. Hu doesn't drink much, but he likes to drink." Once, a friend in Paris sent Hu Shi more than a dozen ancient French copper coins, because the money has three consonants of "PTT", which sounds homonymous and happens to be "fear of my wife".Hu Shi joked with a few friends who were afraid of wives: "If an 'Association for Afraid of Wives' is established, these copper coins will just be used as badges for members."

Hu Shi is a model of PTT (fear of wife).When some people write articles, it is inevitable to add oil and vinegar. Even if Hu Shi reads sarcasm and mocks his PTT, he just laughs it off. On May 6, 1961, an article was published in the newspaper with the title "Hu Shi's Pretend to Fear Internal Affairs". Hu Shi saw the words "Keep Dongxiu as the queen, this is a false monarch, and the real power is in the hands of the prime minister". Can't help laughing.Hu Shi said to Hu Songping: "This author seems to know my past. It is generally good, but some places are nonsense. For example, the first poem he quoted, "Mr. has lost his soul for a few days", is obviously a poem I wrote for Zhu Jingnong. , This person said that I gave it to Dongxiu, isn’t this a joke? Maybe this person remembered it wrong, or wrote it like this on purpose.”