Chapter 38 Thirty-eight, Zhang Taiyan's characters

There is also a poem on the painting: "When others ride a horse, I ride a donkey. After careful consideration, I am not as good as I am. When I look back, I see the man pushing the cart. It is worse than the best." This is actually a "fable" that has long been circulated among the people. "Pushing a cart" means "picking a foot", that is, "carrying a husband". Whether Huang Chujiu specially asked someone to paint this nave, or whether it was painted and given to Huang Chujiu on purpose, I don't know now.But Huang Chujiu was able to hang it up and make it public, because he wanted to flaunt himself: I, Huang, know how to advance and retreat, so don't always talk about me behind my back and say I am wrong.

But Huang Chujiu was never satisfied until his death.His descendants also think the same way: How could the ancestor be content with "riding a donkey" back then? He wanted to "ride a horse". Later, he didn't even feel satisfied with riding a horse, so he wanted to drive a cart at full speed, and finally overturned. At the moment when the new house was completed, Huang Chujiu was repeatedly warned by crises. First, in 1921, there was a storm of letters and exchanges in Shanghai, and the stock exchanges closed down one after another.The second is the shortage of positions in the "Day and Night Bank".

On the surface, he can't show his feet at all, and he has to take the opportunity to show off his wealth and wealth to the outside world.At that time, Shanghainese did have the same opinion. If a person bought a house and rebuilt it, he would be able to do well and make a fortune.People have increased their trust in you invisibly, and it is more reassuring to cooperate with you to do business. What Huang Chujiu showed off was his collection. There were coral trees on both sides of the gate alone, each one meter high.There are also calligraphy and painting.Among the paintings and calligraphy, what Huang Chujiu is most proud of is the one written by Zhang Taiyan.When Zhang Taiyan wrote for others, he never wrote "Mr. So-and-so" or "Brother So-and-so" in his paragraphs, but only wrote "The book is for So-and-so". He made rules and never made exceptions.

But Zhang Taiyan and Dr. Zang Boyong, the eldest son-in-law of Huang Chujiu, were good friends when they were studying in Japan.Zhang Taiyan ran Minbao in Japan, and Zang Boyong worked as a publisher. They met each other day and night, and gradually became more informal with each other.It is said that Zhang Taiyan didn't like taking a bath very much, so Zang Boyong and several other good friends prepared a bathtub and hot water and forced Zhang Taiyan to take a bath.Zhang Taiyan had no choice but to let himself be manipulated.Although he was unhappy, he had to beg Zang Boyong when his children were sick.Zhang Taiyan was very grateful to Zang Boyong for his careful diagnosis and treatment, and the medicine cured the disease.

Huang Chujiu knew that the eldest son-in-law had such a friendship with Zhang Taiyan, so he asked him to ask for a piece of writing, and it would be best if he could pay for it.Zang Boyong had a troubled expression on his face, he hesitated, he didn't want to touch that nail.Huang Chujiu thought for a while, and said to his son-in-law, how about this, when you see Mr. Taiyan, don’t tell me my name, just say that there is a "Mr. . Zang Boyong couldn't evade any more, so he had to take orders and leave.After meeting Zhang Taiyan, he told his father-in-law what he had told him.Unexpectedly, Zhang Taiyan didn't think about it. After writing the words, he wrote the four words "Book to Duke Chu".