Chapter 21 friend's marriage

At this time, Hui Yin, who is good at imagination and full of creativity, will quickly draw a sketch.She then discards the sketch with various suggested revisions.New sketches were drawn, and she was still not satisfied.Until the deadline for handing in homework, she was still working overtime in front of the drawing board. Just when she thought it was impossible for her to complete the design, Sicheng came to her. With amazing drawing skills, he quickly, clearly and accurately turned Huiyin's creative sketch into a wonderful design work . Huiyin himself admitted: "I am an excited person." Sicheng formed the best complement to Huiyin with his calmness.This kind of tacit understanding and cooperation between them has been maintained throughout their lives in their joint careers.

In March 1927, when the Easter bell rang, spring came to the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. This was the last academic year for Sicheng and Huiyin to study at the University of Pennsylvania. On a weekend in March, Hu, who was visiting New York, was invited by Lin Huiyin to give a speech at the University of Pennsylvania. After seeing each other for three years, Hu Shi felt that Huiyin had changed a lot, that he had grown a little taller, as if "it's better to be old". Huiyin told Hu Shi that during the three years of living in the United States, he had endured painful tortures, increased his experience, and gradually corrected the problems of being spoiled in Beijing, and moved from the idealist phase to the realistic phase. stage of realism).

Talking about the death of Huiyin's father, Hu Shi sighed.He said to Huiyin: "When I heard the news at first, I just thought it was too strange, too absurd, and too unreasonable, and I didn't want to believe it. The most deplorable thing is that in the process of studying history these years, I deeply feel that China The most lack of documentary and literary works with historical value, so I persuaded my old friends to write autobiographies everywhere, but although they agreed, they did not write for a long time.” Seeing the tears in Huiyin's eyes, Hu Shi hurriedly changed the subject.He said to Sicheng: Mr. Ren also promised the same, but he has not written yet, because he is confident that he has strong physical strength and energy.It seems that this is the case, and you can rest assured here.

Hu Shi told Huiyin and Sicheng about the domestic situation, the domestic literary world and the situation of relatives and friends.The most talked about is their friend Xu Zhimo's shocking marriage. In 1924, Xu Zhimo fell in love with the married woman Lu Xiaoman.After more than two years of bitter love, they married in October 1926.Xiaoman's ex-husband Wang Geng graduated from Tsinghua University and studied at West Point Military Academy in the United States.Xu Zhimo and Wang Geng were good friends, and his relationship with Lu Xiaoman was under tremendous pressure from society and family.In Yu Dafu's words: Loyalty and tenderness like Xiaoman, enthusiasm and sincerity like Zhimo, when they meet together, sparks will naturally burst out and burn together.Where can we still take care of the patriarchal family tradition?

Hu Shi also told Huiyin and Sicheng that Zhimo's ex-wife Zhang Youyi still lives with Zhimo's parents with her children.Zhimo's parents said to Zhimo: If they want to marry Lu Xiaoman, first, they must follow the old rules, and they must ask Liang Qichao to witness the marriage, and Hu Shi should be the introducer; Other requirements are fine, but Liang Rengong doesn't approve of Xu Zhimo's behavior at all, so why is he willing to witness his marriage?In the end, it was Hu Shi and Zhang Pengchun's repeated persuasion that Liang Rengong attended the wedding with a straight face.

Speaking of this, Huiyin and Sicheng told Hu Shi that they had received a letter from Mr. Ren talking about this matter last year.They still remember the letter with obvious anger: "Yesterday I did something I really didn't want to do. I went to witness Xu Zhimo's marriage... I gave a speech in the auditorium and taught me a lesson. An unheard of wedding..."