Chapter 76 Not "Mrs. Parlour"

After returning from Longmen to the hotel in Luoyang city, they were very tired.I planned to go to bed early, but just as I spread the sheets I brought on the bed, a layer of sand immediately fell on the sheets.After shaking off, there was another layer in the blink of an eye.They felt very strange, and after a closer look, they found that it was not sand that fell on the bed sheets, but tens of thousands of fleas densely packed.This night, they spent the battle between humans and fleas, tossing and turning. Liu Dunzhen has the habit of keeping a diary. He wrote in his diary: "The apartment is narrow and narrow, fleas are rampant, and I can't sleep all night."

During this trip, they visited Longmen for four days. After leaving Longmen, Huiyin and Sicheng went to Kaifeng to inspect Fanta, Iron Tower, and Dragon Pavilion, and then from Kaifeng to Shandong, inspected the ancient buildings in 11 counties including Changqing, Tai'an, and Jining. It was getting hot, and during the investigation, Lin Huiyin wrote in a letter to his family: "Everywhere I go is a sweaty trek, and when I walk to work, it is always the hottest time from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm... It was really exhausting. I didn't eat well, and it was too hot to eat... I was bitten by fleas all day long, and I was embarrassed to scratch all over my body while sitting on a third-class train. I'm covered in bags!"

Despite this, Huiyin and Sicheng went west to Chang'an and visited the Yaowang Temple in Yaoxian County, Shaanxi. They originally planned to travel all the way west from Yaoxian County, going to Dunhuang via Lanzhou.However, due to the blockade of Yan'an by the authorities, the Shaanxi-Gansu area is heavily guarded, and only a special pass issued by the military department is allowed to travel westward.Huiyin and Sicheng had no choice but to cancel the plan. Sicheng has an almost pilgrimage feeling towards Dunhuang, the treasure cave of art that remains on the ancient Silk Road.On the way home, he said to Huiyin, "Whenever I can go to Dunhuang, I would be willing to kowtow every step of the way." But they didn't expect this wish to become a lifelong regret, and they would never have the chance to go to Dunhuang in this life.

Back in Beijing, Huiyin wrote to Fei Weimei about the field trips these days, and recalled the journey they had taken together in Shanxi: ...we were tossed between heaven and hell again as we did in Shanxi.We are overwhelmed by the beauty and color of artistic and humanistic scenes, but we are more horrified and discouraged by the filth and smell where we have to pay for food and lodging (so that we can continue to work the next day).I can't forget Wei Mei's favorite saying, 'When you are angry, you are old'—in fact, I stick to this wise saying to maintain my youthful appearance... This trip reminds me of the time we walked together. The happy moment when mud goes to (Shanxi) Lingshi.

When many people mention Lin Huiyin, they often only associate her with the "wife's living room". In fact, "wife's living room" is only one aspect of Lin Huiyin's life.During the best years of her life, she and her husband traveled in the backcountry for many years, sorting out the development of Chinese architecture bit by bit, and felt like treasures every time they found ancient architectural remains in inaccessible places. Overjoyed. She stepped on the mud, rode in a donkey cart, lived in a dirty shop, her bed was covered with fleas, and she was bitten all over; The arduous journey damaged her health; but she never changed her choices and actions.

She has a dedicated passion for everything she cherishes, which is the most difficult thing for Lin Huiyin.