Chapter 16 16

Liang Qichao, who was ill, wrote to the honeymooners in Europe: "(My) greatest relief during the recovery period is to receive your letters. I really hope that you can often tell me what you saw during the trip (even if postcards), so that I can travel while lying in bed. I especially hope that my new daughter can write to me.” Seeing the words, the last sentence reveals the eagerness of the old man, who has not seen him for four years Lin Huiyin. In mid-August, the bride and groom arrived home, and the whole family, adults and children, were all in high spirits, welcoming Lin Huiyin to officially join the Liang family.The courtyard seemed to be celebrating a festival, and Liang Qichao's beloved youngest son, Lao Baibi (named Baby, that is, Liang Sili, the still living aerospace authority), was next to the bride's second sister-in-law all day long.I haven't seen him for a few years, and the changed Lin Huiyin is not as foreign as Liang Qichao worried about.He told his eldest daughter, Sishun: "The bride is very generous and affectionate. She doesn't understand the hypocrisy of the old family, and she doesn't have the annoying habits of the new fashion. She was cast in the same mold as our children." Words, the satisfaction is beyond words.

Before Sicheng returned to China, Liang Qichao had already thought about his son's job hunting.He pretended to be the president of Tsinghua University, and asked Tsinghua University to add lectures on architectural patterns, so that Sicheng could teach.It is inconvenient for the headmaster to make decisions on his own, and he needs to be voted by the school council. It is not easy to get into Tsinghua University.He also considered a way out for his son. If he could not get into Tsinghua University, he asked Sicheng to temporarily go to the Shanghai Dazang painter Pang Laichen to work as a voluntary secretary for Mr. Pang Lao for a few months.The worst plan is that Sicheng will stay at home for a year or two to make some academic preparations for work.At this time, Northeastern University in Shenyang was establishing a department of architecture and invited Yang Tingbao, who had previously graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, to be the dean of the department.But Yang Tingbao has already been employed by a certain company, so he recommends his junior student Liang Sicheng to replace him.The reply from Tsinghua Academy was rather reluctant, but that from Northeastern University was very earnest.After weighing the pros and cons, Liang Qichao had no time to consult his son's wishes, so Dai Sicheng accepted the letter of appointment without hesitation.The monthly salary of teaching at Northeastern University is 265 yuan, which is the highest salary among new teachers.

The newlyweds had their wedding ceremony in Beijing and only had a short rest. Liang Sicheng went to Shenyang first to organize the Department of Architecture of Northeastern University.This is the first architecture department in a Chinese university, and few other schools only have architecture majors.Lin Huiyin took time to go back to her hometown in Fuzhou to pick up her mother to go north. She had never been to her hometown in Fuzhou since she was born. She had never seen the big red lantern with Lin characters written on the door of her grandfather’s old house, nor had she seen the Japanese-style bungalow built by her father in Gaoqiao Lane, Shuibu. .In her hometown, she specially visited the Fujian Law and Politics Specialized School founded by her father, and gave lectures to the students of two other middle schools, one on "Architecture and Literature" and one on "Art of Garden Architecture".Lin Huiyin went to Shenyang with her mother when school started after the summer, and she never came back. The East Street Art Theater she designed for Uncle Lin Tianmin is the only relic left to her hometown.Now that the theater has been demolished, what can be seen is a group photo of Lin Huiyin and his relatives and friends in front of the Fazheng School.

All the faculty members of the newly established Department of Architecture at Northeastern University are Liang and Lin. Lin Huiyin taught "History of Sculpture" and architectural design, and later "Professional English".She corrects students' drawing assignments in class almost every night, and often goes home late at night.At that time, the situation in the Northeast was very unstable, and the social security was quite chaotic, and it was common for bandits to come and go.The campus is located on the outskirts of the city. The bandits entered the city from the pastoral areas and galloped past the campus. At this time, every household dared not turn on the lights, and there was a tense atmosphere in the darkness.Lin Huiyin peeped out of the window, and saw the sturdy men on the horses in the moonlight, wearing red cloaks, galloping past. In the eyes of the poet, she felt very romantic.And night work is the reason why American schools do not accept girls in the Department of Architecture. Lin Huiyin inadvertently gave his alma mater a wordless mockery.Among the more than 40 students she has taught, Liu Zhiping, Liu Hongdian, Zhang Bo, Zhao Zhengzhi, and Chen Yiqin are among the future elites in the architectural field.Her cousin Lin Xuan was also a student of hers, and in his later years he served as a professor at the Xi'an Institute of Metallurgy and Architecture.

There are many ancient buildings in Shenyang, especially the royal mausoleums of the Qing Dynasty.Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng were busy investigating everywhere after teaching, and they left a photo of measuring Beiling.In the photo, the couple are crawling on both sides of the stone beast, one on the left and the other on the right, carefully examining the relics that have been eroded by wind and rain for hundreds of years.Originally, their understanding of ancient Chinese architecture was only from classrooms to books, and the real field investigation work started in Shenyang.In the second year, the teachers of the Department of Architecture added a new force, including Chen Zhi, Liang Sicheng's old classmate, Tong Xi and Cai Fangyin.They established the "Liang, Chen, Tong, Cai Construction Office".Although Lin Huiyin was not named, he always participated in everything.She is mainly an ancient architect. Architectural planning and design are only her sidelines. There are not many works left in architectural design. The "Xiao He Garden" designed in cooperation with Liang Sicheng should be her initial practice.In terms of Lin Huiyin's completely independent design work at that time, it should be regarded as a small Northeastern University emblem.After the reorganization of Northeastern University, Zhang Xueliang became the president himself, and publicly offered rewards for the school song and school badge.The final selected school song is the lyrics of Zhao Yuanren Yingzheng: "White Mountain is high / Black Water is rolling / There are dangers of this mountain and river / So the people are simple and heroic / The place is all American / Where the Prime Minister is working / The east neighbor is Japan / North If you are arrogant/rare you/I am not good at defending/I would rather slaughter you..." The school badge chose the pattern designed by Lin Huiyin. Its overall shape is a shield with towering white mountains and black water flowing across it. The concept echoes the content of the school song .For this reason, Zhao Yuanren received a bonus of 800 yuan, and Lin Huiyin received 400 yuan.

At the end of the first semester of Liang and his wife at Northeastern University, Liang Qichao finally lost his life because of cutting his left kidney by mistake.Lin Hui followed the custom at that time, dressed in sackcloth and straw shoes, wept and prepared for the funeral.Afterwards, she and her husband jointly designed the tombstone for her father-in-law.Both the body of the tomb and the body of the stele are made of marble, 2.8 meters high and 1.7 meters wide. It is in the shape of mortise and tenon in Chinese architecture. It is very different from the traditional tombstone design, and it is soaked in a modern atmosphere.The design with traditional Chinese characteristics is preserved in the small pavilion not far from the tomb, which is the place where the family rests during the sweeping ceremony. "New Moon" magazine organized an album in memory of Liang Qichao. Xu Zhimo specially invited Lin Huiyin to write a special article "Mr. Liang Qichao's Last ╳╳ Day". Not published in The New Moon but elsewhere.Half a year later, Lin Huiyin's first child was born. The couple named their daughter "Zai Bing" to commemorate their father who had just parted.

As a mother, Lin Hui was physically weak and was extremely unsuitable for the cold and dry climate in the Northeast. In addition, she contracted tuberculosis, so she had to stop all work and returned to Peking for medical treatment in the winter of 1930.When Xu Zhimo saw her and Liang Sicheng, the couple in Xu's eyes were as thin as a pair of monkeys, and the bones on Lin Huiyin's face were protruding.In the following year, Liang Sicheng also resigned from his teaching position at Northeastern University, and his successor was Tong Xi from Northeastern China.Apart from Lin Huiyin's health, Liang Lin and his wife left Shenyang for other reasons.The ambition of Japanese militarism to invade China has become blatant, and the situation in Northeast China is getting tighter and tighter, and it is difficult to accommodate a peaceful desk.Sure enough, the "September 18th" incident happened soon, and the Japanese soldiers closed the university.In addition, Zhang Xueliang's warlord style of running the school also disliked the intellectuals who had been influenced by European style and beautiful rain. The young marshal threatened to shoot those teachers who were in constant dispute.Of course, the more direct reason is that the newly established architectural society in Beiping urgently needs Liang Lin and his wife to join.Shenyang can only be a small station in Lin Huiyin's life. However, although her stay was not long, she started from here and gradually achieved brilliant achievements in architecture.

The Department of Architecture of Northeastern University, which was forced to close, was relocated southward to Shanghai under the auspices of Tong Shi. When China's first batch of undergraduate students in the Department of Architecture graduated, Liang Sicheng wrote a 3,000-character long letter to warmly congratulate.In the letter, he said affectionately: These graduates will be the "ancestors" of "domestic" architects, they have great responsibilities and a bright future.On behalf of Lin Huiyin, he congratulated the students in the name of two people, and hoped that through their efforts, they could open up a new era for China's construction industry in the future.