Chapter 43 The forty-third section of the family has changed, and I am full of emotion all night

At this moment, an airmail letter suddenly arrived from London, England.It turned out that Mrs. Sun took her two sons, Weiping and Weixin, to study in England. At the end of 1938, the two brothers went to the United States to study. Mrs. Sun was concerned about the overall domestic situation and Du Yuesheng's behavior. Ping and Weixin went to the United States, and they traveled across the ocean to Hong Kong to visit their husbands. Du Yuesheng was very happy that Mrs. Sun came to share weal and woe.Then Mrs. Sun served Du Yuesheng for three full years from 1938 to 1941. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, one of the changes that occurred in Du Yuesheng's family was the death of Shen Yueying.

Shen Yueying's body had always been weak, and her addiction to opium became more and more serious. She lay on a couch from morning till night, puffing and puffing. Opium exploited her health, and the toxins were accelerating her death. Relapsed and debilitated, Du Weifan and his wife suffered from ill clothes 24 hours a day. At one time, the situation was critical, and Du Weifan, who was commendable for his filial piety, cut off his shares. In his later years, Shen Yueying and Du Yuesheng separated, and Du Weifan was very sad about his mother's death. As early as the end of 1937, when Du Yuesheng escaped from the siege and arrived in Hong Kong alone, many relatives and friends warned him that since the Japanese had taken revenge on his disciples and students, Du Weifan and Du Meiru, the eldest son and eldest daughter Living in Shanghai is dangerous.Because everyone knows: Mr. Du's favorite is the eldest young master and the eldest lady. Du Weifan's marriage and Du Meiru's full moon, the extravagance and the grand occasion are comparable to Du Yuesheng's opening of the ancestral hall and Mrs. Chen's birthday.Du Yuesheng himself once explained why he loves these two children so much, because——

"Wei Fan and Mei Ru were born, and they walk the most straight." How do you say this?It turned out that Du Weifan was born in the fifth year of the Republic of China. From that year onwards, the "three tycoons" Huang Jinrong, Zhang Xiaolin and Du Yuesheng formed an alliance with Jinlan and made a great fortune in the world.And Du Meiru was born in the 19th year of the Republic of China. Since then, Du Yuesheng has stood out and been promoted to three levels, and has formed an indissoluble bond with finance, business, and even party affairs and politics. Therefore, Du Yuesheng heard the warnings from his relatives and friends, but he missed his children when he was away. This made him frown and haunted by dreams.So he sent telegrams to his home in Shanghai, calling Du Weifan and Du Meiru to come to Hong Kong soon. Du Weifan hurried to Hong Kong in the spring of 1938, and soon because of his mother's illness, the husband and wife returned to Hong Kong. to Shanghai.Du Yuesheng was very worried in his heart, but he couldn't say what he said because he was hindered. He couldn't keep his son and didn't allow him to show his filial piety in front of his mother. Focusing on filial piety, he returned to Hong Kong very frustrated.

As soon as he arrived at Du's mansion, when he saw his hopeless father, he was filled with grief again. Du Weifan burst into tears and knelt down in front of Du Yuesheng. That night, Du Yuesheng was in a depressed mood. He quit all the social engagements and talked with Du Weifan for a long time, pouring out his own emotions, and at the same time comforting his eldest son who suffered from the loss of his mother. He once said meaningfully: "Back when I married your mother, the two husbands and wives' family were still helped by friends. I didn't have a proper job, and the money was loose, and my family was often out of money. Our family was only your mother and me who suffered for a few years. I couldn't get out During the meal, I often thought that as long as the two husband and wife work together, one day they will be able to create a happy, narrow-minded family with simple food, and your mother and I will be satisfied. How could I expect that the scene will become more and more serious in the future? The more, until now, we have never lived that kind of small family life with no worries about food and clothing, dense and stable! Looking back now, it makes me feel sad."

That night, both father and son felt closer than ever before. Military affairs, banking companies, friends and brothers, disciples and grandchildren were all put aside, and it seemed that only Shen Yueying's sad and lonely soul with a smile was with them.Starting from Shen Yueying, Du Yuesheng felt his life again, and he talked about many unbearable past events: "When I was a child, I traveled from Pudong to Puxi. I studied business in a fruit shop. I was busy every morning until night. The boss gave me food money, which was only enough to go to the stall to eat two servings of fried rice with eggs. The food is small, and I can order one fried rice with eggs. A bowl of soybean meat and bone soup, I just came from the country, my body is strong, my appetite is frighteningly large, a meal of two servings of fried rice with eggs is not enough, so I am hungry all day long. When the watermelon boat arrives at dawn, the owner of the boat The watermelons were thrown down one by one, and we little guys picked them up one by one on the pier. After a while, as long as the watermelon came into my hands, I knew that the melon was good or bad. I picked a good watermelon and pretended to miss it. The watermelon fell to the ground and shattered. When the boss saw it, he ran over and scolded, and after work was over, he picked up the pieces on the ground, and after eating fried rice with eggs, his mouth was thirsty, so he happened to use rotten watermelon as soup and tea.”

Du Yuesheng mourned his deceased wife and comforted his beloved son.From then on, he changed his routine and played with his son and daughter-in-law.