Chapter 7 6

In the spring of 1920, Lin Changmin went to Europe to investigate the Western constitutional system. He specially accompanied Lin Huiyin and lived in London for a year and a half.This trip is actually Lin Changmin leading his beloved daughter to her new life journey. No matter physically or psychologically, Lin Huiyin has bid farewell to her girlhood since then. Lin Huiyin was of course unaware of this, while Lin Changmin was highly conscious.Before he left, he clearly told his daughter: "I will take you with me on this long journey. First, I want you to observe more things in other countries to increase your knowledge. Second, I want you to be close to me so that you can understand my breasts and arms... Third, I want you to temporarily Leave the tedious life of the family, so that you can broaden your horizons and develop the insights and abilities to improve society in the future.” (Letter to Lin Huiyin in 1920)

At the beginning of April in the beginning of spring, the father and daughter boarded the French Pauliecat cruise ship from Shanghai and sailed in the vast sea.What opened up was not only the natural realm, but also her mind. For the first time, she felt the huge world.The boat sailed to the Mediterranean Sea. On May 4th, more than 100 students who went to France for a work-study program held the "May 4th Movement Commemoration Meeting". Lin Changmin and Wang Guangqi delivered speeches.Lin Changmin said: "When we go to foreign countries, it is better to do a real investigation. If we predict that China will suffer from the same disease as Europe in the future, it is better to vaccinate the pox than to get infected so that it can be found early so that it can be cured. After your lords, reform China." (See the newsletter "May 4th Commemoration on the Boat to France" published by "Current Affairs News" on June 14) Lin Changmin's wish is also his expectation for his daughter, and she once again understands her father The original intention of taking my daughter abroad.This is the first time that Lin Huiyin has been involved in political and social activities.

The cruise ship arrived in France on May 7, and the father and daughter transferred to London, England. They first lived in Rortland temporarily, and then rented a private house at No. 27 Amen to settle down. In early August, Lin Huiyin traveled to the European continent with his father.She was amazed by the lakes and mountains in Switzerland, the diamonds and zoos in Belgium, the splendid culture in France, and the war relics in Germany after World War I.The style of Lake Geneva in Lin Changmin's diary is obviously different from the West Lake in Lin Huiyin's childhood: Luoshan's famous sites, landed for a long time, and the fog in the rainy lake gradually faded away in the evening;Its colors are blue, green, red, and purple, with shades and shades appearing indistinctly, with endless illusions.The top of the snow-covered peak is exposed between the overlapping peaks, and it is as crystal clear as jade.The red one is similar to agate red.Luoshan Tea House, there are very few visitors after the rain.I waited for a rest at Hotelatchardraux... I returned to the boat at 7 o'clock and changed to Simplon, which is also a lakeside place name.Travel faster at night.The clouds are as dark as the mountains, the mist is as green as the water, the window glass of the ship is dyed deep blue, and the sky is still twilight.

(August 14, 1920) In London, Lin Changmin hired two teachers for his beloved daughter to tutor her in English and piano.English teacher Phillips, translated by Lin Changmin as Phillips, is simple and honest.Philip's mother and daughter lived together in Lin Changmin's apartment, and they soon became Lin Huiyin's trusted and beloved friends.In late August, Lin Huiyin was admitted to St. Mary College, a school in Edinburgh. The school was more than two miles away from No. 27, Amen, where he lived. The road passed through a park, and the school was at the gate of the garden.The principal is a widow in her seventies, but warm and sincere.In this school, Lin Huiyin's English became more and more proficient and pure. Later, her fluent and beautiful English won the heartfelt admiration of Fei Weimei, the daughter of the president of Harvard.

Lin Changmin has a wide range of contacts, and Chinese compatriots and foreign friends often visit him.With his wife not around, daughter Lin Huiyin naturally assumed the role of housewife.In fact, this is also the beginning of Lin Huiyin's social communication.This is by no means an ordinary communication. She met a group of Chinese and foreign elites, elites at that time or future elites: the famous historian H? C? Wells, the great novelist T? Hardy, the beautiful writer K? Mans Field, the new literary theorist E.M. Foster, and Zhang Xiruo, Chen Xiying, Jin Yuelin, Wu Jingxiong, Zhang Junmai, Nie Yuntai who lived in Europe... Lin Huiyin had such a high platform when he started, and he was born by many outstanding women of the same generation. less than.

In London, Lin Huiyin established his will to devote himself to architectural science.His father's landlord was a female architect, and Lin Huiyin learned the charm of architecture from her.She gradually understood that a house not only shelters the wind and rain, but also contains artistic meaning, but China has not yet established modern architectural science like the West.Another way of saying is that it was a British female classmate who inspired her to volunteer for architecture. (See Liang Congjie's "Sudden April Day in the World") The friendship between Lin Huiyin and English tutor Philip (Betty Phillips), from Phillips and Philips' relatives and friends, got closer to the British people.Philip's marriage to Qi Keboli ran a candy factory. Lin Huiyin got his cocoa candies from time to time, and ate no less than three wooden boxes.The mouthful of cocoa lingering fragrance, Lin Huiyin still feels it after many years.Another doctor, Dr. Britt, has five daughters, and they get along very well.In the summer of 1921, Lin Huiyin went to the seaside in the south of Yingdao with his family to escape the summer heat, and went swimming in the sea almost every day for more than a month.The girls were playing in the warm sea water, with the blue sky and white clouds above their heads. She forgot her father in London for a moment, and really felt the fun of life in the gang.As soon as the summer vacation was over, Lin Huiyin left the seashore to bid farewell to the Britt family. A few weeks later, he and his father ended the unforgettable years of their teenage years in England.

During the nearly two years of living in the UK, Lin Huiyin also felt lonely, especially when his father went to the European continent for a meeting.After all, this was the first time she spent twenty-four hours alone from morning to night.She is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and she is in a foreign land again.Later, she recalled the scene like this: "I sat alone in a large study room and watched the rain, which was the constant rain in England. My father went to the Swiss National League for a meeting, and I could smell it upstairs and downstairs. Fried sirloin and bacon in the kitchen. At night, sitting alone in the large dining room (with a dim light) (with two legs hanging down and braids just hanging down the shoulders), Eating alone, biting my fingers and crying—so bored that I can’t stop crying!" (to Shen Congwen in 1937) When I met the funny Xu Zhimo, my loneliness would be relieved a lot, but I couldn’t talk about a love affair .