Chapter 5 Xu Zhimo and Lin Changmin exchanged "love letters"

When Xu Zhimo saw Lin Changmin, he soon became a friend who met each other and talked about everything.He was amazed by Lin Changmin's "odd appearance and strange conversation".In his later memoirs, he wrote that Lin Changmin's speech was "full of aphorisms and humor", and he had "sharp and rational dissection and pickiness" about life. He was "bold, suave and humorous". It is hypocrisy, hypocrisy, and obstinacy", a "scholar" who is conceited in his own endowment, and then achieves success in thinking and political affairs, and retreats to seek articles through the ages.

When Xu Zhimo and Lin Changmin were together, they not only talked about society and politics, but also about literature and art and life.Xu Zhimo advised Lin Changmin, who has experienced ups and downs in the officialdom, to "return to the voyage as soon as possible, lead the spirit of this new era, and jointly discover a new land of literature and art." After they introduced each other as confidants, the two also played a game of "love letters" to each other.At that time, Xu Zhimo was studying in Cambridge, and Lin Changmin often went out. They discussed and communicated with each other.In the correspondence, Xu Zhimo pretended to be a married woman, and Lin Changmin played the role of a married man. The two parties assumed that they were in love with each other in such an unfree situation, and they expressed their hearts to each other in letters.

Xu Zhimo likes a poem by Lin Changmin the most: "There is no place for all kinds of customs".The poetic lines express the desire and helplessness of a traditional intellectual who has accepted modern civilization.He is longing for love, but there is nowhere to find the lingering emotions. He is eager to display his ambitions, but there is nowhere to find the feelings of serving the country.They use the unimaginable way of exchanging "love letters" to feel and savor the helplessness of "thousands of styles without places". After Lin Changmin passed away, Xu Zhimo published one of their correspondence, and he added an explanation in front, titled: "A Love Letter".

At the end of the 1920s, Xu Zhimo also wrote a short story with gorgeous rhetoric and strong emotions-"Spring Mark".The protagonist in the novel is called "Yi", and "Yi" is suave and suave, and he only has infinite love for the woman he loves in his heart.This emotion makes him sad and melancholy like "the light mist of distant mountains". Xu Zhimo said that the character "Yi" was modeled on Lin Changmin. With the deepening of contacts with Lin Changmin, Xu Zhimo and Huiyin also became acquainted.He found that this little girl with two thin braids hanging down to her shoulders, who looked like an ignorant middle school student, was not only handsome and cute, but also a friend who could talk to her.He told Lin Changmin about his discovery, and Lin Changmin said proudly: "Being the father of a talented daughter is not an easy blessing. You have to lower your family's seniority, and first seek to achieve friendship."

Xu Zhimo found that Huiyin read a lot, and they often talked about some writers' works.These conversations excite him.He felt that Huiyin's cuteness lies not only in her appearance, but also in her lively thinking and clear and fresh insight.Her understanding and understanding of literary works is beyond her age. Huiyin's expressive ability is very strong. Her Beijing dialect has a slight Fujian accent, while her English is an authentic Oxford accent. Her pronunciation has a sense of music, which sounds very comfortable. I don't know when, Xu Zhimo found that he came to Lin Yu not only to find Lin Zongmeng, but to see Huiyin and talk to Huiyin.

London in winter is rainy and foggy, hazy and humid, Lin Changmin went out again.Christmas and New Year are right next to each other, and Huiyin has a long vacation.Xu Zhimo came to Lin's house with a wet umbrella, brought his usual gentle and sincere smile, and brought endless interesting topics. In the winter of 1921, it was rainy, foggy and cold in London. Xu Zhimo spent one cold and long winter day after another in front of the warm fireplace of Lin's house.