Zhang Sisi's article

Ye Shengtao said: Jiuru Lane is home to four talented women, who are happy all their lives.

Hefei Zhangjia Suzhou Mingmen

The ancestors of the Zhang family have a glorious history. Zhang Shusheng, the great-grandfather of the four sisters, was once the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the acting governor of Zhili, and was the No.2 figure of the Huai Army who wiped out the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The descendants of the Zhang family have always said that the ancestors suppressed the peasant uprising, and rarely mentioned it. Great-grandfather has nine sons, grandfather Zhang has no children, and father Zhang Wuling comes from the fifth room. When my father was four months old, it happened that my grandfather was going to work in Chuandong Road, so he took his father and his wet nurse by boat. The ship sailed in stormy waves day and night, and the loud noise stung the baby's eardrum, so his father was hard of hearing all his life.

The Zhangjia family in Hefei has thousands of hectares of fertile land. Under the name of Zhang Wuling, the father of four sisters, there is an annual rent of 6.5438+million, which is a typical big landlord family. There are inevitably many children who smoke opium, gamble and marry concubines, but Zhang Wuling is a determined rebel. He lives a clean and honest life, hates gambling, never plays cards, never smokes and never touches alcohol all his life. He was addicted to books since he was a child, and books exposed him to new ideas. He thought that if he lived in Hefei for a long time, his children would be influenced by old habits, so he moved his family to Shanghai and then to Suzhou. This ancient cultural city with beautiful mountains and rivers and beautiful folk customs deeply attracted him and his family. This branch of Hefei Zhangjia settled in Suzhou and soon became a famous family in Suzhou.

The name of the Zhang family in Suzhou is not because of wealth and power. Zhang Wuling (later named Ji Xuan and Ji You) was influenced by his grandfather's westernization thought, but at the same time he was uneasy because his predecessors were ordered by the imperial court to suppress the rebels. He vowed not to be an official and devoted all his possessions to the educational power. Some people call him a confessional aristocrat.

The Zhang family in Suzhou first lived at No.8 Shouning Lane. Simple and quiet, it is a mansion with typical Suzhou garden characteristics. It used to be a mansion of a big official, and there have been many stories of joys and sorrows. Since Zhang and his brothers and sisters moved in, this place has become their paradise. The fourth generation of Chonghe adopted his second grandmother as his granddaughter (the second grandmother is Li Hongzhang's niece and has no biological children), and three sisters in the family became the masters of the garden. There are apricot and jujube trees in the garden near the back wall of the study. The three sisters who are shaking their heads to study are on pins and needles when they hear the sound of apricots falling outside. Very easy to let the teacher have a rest, three people rushed out. The big purse apricot is so sweet that the teacher didn't eat enough when he came back, and then he was busy grabbing new ones after class. These three young ladies often find rotten apricots in their drawers.

In their spare time, the three ladies sometimes study Chinese in the garden and sometimes wash inkstones in Wang Xizhi's Linchi. More often, they climb mountains and play with water crazily. Zhang's children, both men and women, are free to develop their hobbies, but at the same time they are also very cautious in parenting. I remember when I was a child, children must stand on the side of the living room and say hello. As soon as the servant came to the candy box, the children went out quietly in turn, so that there could be no children clamoring for candy in front of the guests.

According to the aunts and grandmothers of the four sisters, when the mother was married into the gate of the Zhang family, she lifted the veil and looked up at the people around her. Everyone was shocked-amazing! The bride is really beautiful. She has a pair of phoenix eyes, and her eyes are a little upturned. She is radiant and beautiful. Aunt and grandma thought: too exposed, can't stay, can't live long.

Sure enough, my mother married the Zhang family at the age of 2/kloc-0 and died at the age of 36. 16 years, she was pregnant with 14, leaving behind four sisters, five brothers and nine children. Wechsler, the stepmother of the four sisters, gave birth to another son, that is, the famous Zhang family 10 brother and sister.

Drama life is rich and colorful.

-/kloc-The order of girls' names in generation 0/0 is: Yuanhe (word), Yunhe (Zhongyun), (Uncle Zhao) and Chonghe (Ji Chong). The six younger brothers are called Zonghe, Yinhe, Dinghe, Yu He, He Huan and Ninghe. You can see the father's love and expectation for girls from the name. Not only does he not touch gaudy flowers and plants, but his name and words have a man's boldness. Later, it was said that the names of Zhang's boys all had hijabs, and the names of girls all had two legs. When they grow up, they will leave home. He hopes that his daughter can open her healthy and powerful legs and go to the society.

The four women and six men of the Zhang family also have nicknames at home. Girls are heavy hair (cats) and two hairs (cats) ... boys are big dogs and two dogs. ...

Zhang's collection of books is numerous, miscellaneous and new, which is famous in Suzhou. Yuan He, the eldest daughter, once recalled that his father liked books best. I remember when I was a child in Shanghai, my father went to Sima Road to buy books, and the books bought from the first bookstore were left in the second bookstore, and the books bought from the second bookstore were left in the third bookstore ... one after another, and finally the servants picked up the books from one to another. The room in our hotel is full of books. There are two large bookstores in Guanqian Street in downtown Suzhou, and the shopkeepers and guys are familiar with the Zhang family. Usually, new books are delivered to the bookstore in bundles, and the housekeeper pays the bill every year on holidays. At that time, there were many rich gentry in Suzhou, but not many people like Zhang had a rich collection of books and liked reading.

Children are free to browse books at home, and parents never restrict them.

Zhang loves Kunqu opera very much, and invited famous actors from Quanfu class to make music and teach them art early. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I was playing in my father's study, and several young ladies naturally lost their temper and clamored to go to the back garden. Father never loses his temper with his children, coaxing him: You study Kunqu well, and it will be fun for me to make you fancy clothes and perform on stage in the future! The sensible elder sister pressed her two sisters to sit down, straightened her back, put her legs together, put her hands on her legs properly, stood up straight with her neck straight, and stared at the teacher with small eyes-singing-hey! Very interesting.

The greenhouse in the garden became the stage for the three sisters. Bring my mother's cosmetic box, powder it, grease it and touch her lips. Put my mother's silk handkerchief around my waist with dignity. The three sisters, BLACKPINK, appeared in full bloom. The spectators are parents, teachers, wet nurses and servants. Without division of labor, the expression between eyebrows and eyes doomed everyone's role, such as the majesty of Yuanhe, the diligence of Yunhe and the naughty of Zhao He. There was no part in the play, so it was difficult to change roles from now on. Drama life, life drama, starts from colorful greenhouses.

Kunqu opera has become a lifelong hobby of the four sisters, and even decided and influenced their marriage and career.

Heavy hair: Zhang Yuanhe.

Yuan He, the eldest of the four sisters, is quiet and dignified, a typical lady. Since she was a child, she has organized several younger sisters to act at home. She always plays the role of a young lady. When she was studying in Daxia University, she was named the Queen of Daxia at that time because of her elegance and beauty. There are many big sister suitors with outstanding personality and superior conditions, but none of them are lonely princesses who are proud before the age of 30. Finally, I married Gu Chuanjun, a famous young man handed down from generation to generation. Gu Chuanjun is an all-rounder of Kunqu Opera. Whether performing in Suzhou or Shanghai, the theater always sits without any gap, which is unprecedented. When the three sisters are studying in Shanghai, they often follow the guests around. The disparity between a talented woman from a famous family and a Kunqu opera actor has caused considerable mental pressure on Yuan He by public opinion. At this time, the second sister Yunhe is the most supportive and understanding elder sister. When Yuanhe's sister wrote to her and confided in her heart, she had the courage to write back to her sister on behalf of her parents: Is this person a simple jade? )? If so, marry him! What a hot girl having fun. It was a sensational marriage, when the Shanghai tabloids reported Zhang Yuanhe's marriage? Make a sensation in the news. Furukawa? Wrote a letter to Zhang Yunhe, joking that a flower was inserted in cow dung. Their marriage is happy, and both of them went to Taiwan Province Province on 1948. From 65438 to 0965, Gu Chuanjun died of liver disease in his prime, and later Yuanhe settled in the United States. He not only continued to study Kunqu opera, but also made a guest appearance in the movie The Joy Luck Club at the age of 80.

Twenty cents: Zhang Yunhe.

The second sister Yunhe is the naughty king of the family. I was restless in my mother's womb, and I came to this world in a hurry in seven months, claiming that I had not developed well except my brain. People are as thin as leek leaves, doing nothing all day and crying endlessly. They are the most difficult children to raise in the world. Everyone likes a chubby little cute who laughs at once. Who is patient with Xin Wei's tears? I can't help it Because of weak health, I have been a nurse since I was a child, and I have hurt my parents' pets. Apart from my parents, I am the second young lady, with sparse head and yellow hair, and I am not to be taunted by anyone. The cook dared not disturb her. Every day before the cock crows, he is sleepy and cries bitterly. It's time to get up and cook. At the age of not crying, she grew up, with thin limbs, developed mind, cheerful and active personality, diligent legs, urgent hands, quick eyes and many words. She said she didn't run faster than her father. When she was a child, she did experiments and read books with her father. She didn't finish reading a page, but her father planned to turn it over. I read ten lines at a glance, and my father read twelve lines at a glance.

Yun He/Kloc-was familiar with Tang poetry and Song poetry before he was 0/2 years old, especially liked Sima Qian's Historical Records. At an early age, I always hated Emperor Gaozu and liked Xiang Yu, with style. On one occasion, when my father saw Xiao-mao flipping through books in the study, he caressed her head and asked, Xiao-mao, whose poem do you like best? Allow to blurt out: Nalan Xingde. Father is very strange: why do you like him? Yunhe is eloquent: his poems are true, moving and beautiful.

Later, the Dictionary of Appreciation of China Talented Women's Poems was published, in which Yunhe, Chonghe and Sisters were all included. Referring to Zhang Yunhe, she said that her poems are full of personality, charm, strong emotion, life interest and philosophy; There is both exquisiteness of female writers and masculinity.

The clouds on the stage have no such scenery. That was more than 80 years ago. As soon as Teacher Meng Kai taught Hundred Family Names, Yuan He organized her first drama club and became a screenwriter, director and actor for the first time. One day, my sister's cousin came to visit, and she arranged roles for everyone:

The elder sister sat in the middle of the living room and sang: Thousands of grandchildren, Zhao Li-open the door.

Third Sister Zhao He hurriedly opened the door to welcome guests: Zhou Wuwang-please come in.

My cousin came in with four people: Chen Feng and Chu Liuxiang-a guest.

My little daughter promised to make peace: Jiang Shen Han Yang-pour tea.

A bubble drama is set for life. She plays a little maid all her life and laughs at herself as a girl. Their little sister drama club has four plays. The main drama is the adopted son of San Niang, the elder sister plays Wang Chunmo sitting in a chair, the third sister plays the old Xue Bao who cut his beard out of paper, and Yunhe is the villain who was beaten. In the process of visiting relatives and scolding each other, the elder sister and the third sister became in-laws, and let him play the role of son, daughter-in-law and donkey driver. The most ridiculous thing is that he has to play the role of donkey driver, and he has become a versatile driver. In "Grazing Cattle to the Grave", she either has nothing to play or plays a cow. The eldest sister is better than them everywhere and has been playing the leading role on the stage all her life. After Sisi Chonghe returned to the Zhang family, the ending was changed to a dream in the garden, with her sisters Liu Mengmei and Sisi, and Yunhe was naturally a little girl. This play will be sung in every scene, whether in Le Yi or other festive occasions, until the end of life. Yunhe jumped onto the university, China College, Zhijiang University and Guanghua University, and finally wore a square hat at Guanghua University.

Yunhe married Zhou Youguang, a famous linguist. Recommended by Ye Shengtao, then president of People's Education Publishing House, he was quickly transferred to Beijing to do his best. Who knows less than a year, the movement against the three evils in five evils began, and she was inexplicably beaten into a tiger, which frightened her. Every day, she doesn't eat, drink or sleep except writing a check-up. For no reason, her alveolar bone shrank and she lost a white tooth. The second sister, who spoke quickly, raised her handkerchief before opening her mouth, becoming a secretive gourd. After the liberation of the first political movement, she left her post and returned to Shanghai. This tiger weighing more than 80 kilograms has been kept at home since then and has been a housewife for 46 years. She said,' A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise'. The longer it takes, the more I realize that this is a kind of luck. If I hadn't been laid off earlier, if I was still working during the Cultural Revolution, I would have died, either committing suicide or being killed. 1956, she and her husband came to Beijing again, and her husband was transferred to China Language Reform Commission. Coincidentally, the Language Reform Commission and People's Education Publishing House are in the same yard, but they have returned to their old places. The grievances that had just dispersed suddenly reunited with her heart. She cried and said to Zhou Youguang, I'm leaving, I'm going back to Shanghai! Zhou Youguang, a slow-witted doctor, coaxed her. She spent 25 years in this yard that made people look up and down. Every cloud has a silver lining once again, in Beijing, she met Yu Pingbo, the last teacher in her life and her most respected teacher. Kunqu opera, which she loved since childhood, has become her lifelong career. 1956 When the Kunqu Opera Research Association was established, Yu Pingbo was the president and Zhang Yunhe was elected as the head of the liaison group. While writing a report about Qushe to the newspaper, Zhang Yunhe inadvertently started her own prose creation, and her excellent childlike innocence, like her lyrics, was revealed between the lines. Mr. Yu Pingbo said that her prose is better than poetry, especially at the end, which is long and charming. Son Xiaoping said to his mother: Your article is very talented. You can write it down. Allow and funny this seems to be what the father said to his son, but who knows that it is the son's compliment to his mother, funny! A few essays are inconspicuous, and most of them are not for publication, but for fun. In the late 1950s, Qu Hui responded to the call to create and perform modern drama. Zhang Yunhe wrote Good People's Commune, in which a supply and marketing cooperative wrote a commune. There are silks and satins upstairs and onions and garlic downstairs, which is exactly what she imagined.

San Mao: Zhang Zhaohe.

Zhao Laoshi, the third sister, is shy, but looks like a boy, because she is the third sister and doesn't act like a coquette. She is also used to being punished honestly after doing something wrong, without crying or begging for mercy. The punishment decisions are all made by the mother, and most of them are the punishment of sitting on the bench or being locked in the room. If it's Xiaomao's turn to be punished, she will jump up and cry, and the wet nurse and nanny will also cry for bail. The second sister recalled: When I was a child, several sisters shared apples, and I ate the fastest. After eating three or two times, I looked at Third Sister, who was holding the apple carefully and tasting it carefully. I robbed her of her apple, and she shouted' Second Sister robbed-',so I slapped her,' What are you shouting? She immediately fell silent, and her mouth was almost crying. How could I be so unreasonable at that time! Third sister and second sister are only one year apart. From the age of three or four, they were recognized as Chinese characters and began to read the beginning of life on the same day. She and Le Yi entered Suzhou Women's Characters and Memories 1999.6 Xinhua Digest 145 Vocational School together. They are as good as one person and tell everything. Third sister was not interested in singing graceful Kunqu opera since she was a child, and she was particularly impatient to play a clever young lady. In Dust Trio, my sister Yuan He plays the Red Buddha and Zhao He plays Jing Li. She sat in the dragon chair, her feet couldn't reach the ground, and her legs answered naughtily, which was very embarrassing. Zhao He is not qualified for such a role. She always volunteered to play Mulan. Her favorite roles are self-made burlesque Dr. Almighty and Whispers. Her face is painted in a mess, and she is happiest when she comes on stage. She always makes a fool of herself in the school dormitory. Sometimes she dances alone in the moonlight in the middle of the night, and sometimes she says to herself that ants have noses, otherwise how could they steal my candy? My roommate laughed too hard to sleep, but she didn't sleep at all. At the age of 86, she wrote the following words in Memoirs of the Past: I came to Suzhou: there are practice platforms and flyovers in the school. The overpass is old and rickety, and no one dares to go up, only I dare. I also sang a popular song on the platform at that time:' Sell cloth! Sell cloth! I have China cloth. Sell cloth

! Sell cloth! There are no foreign goods ... I still crustily skin of head walking back and forth on the rickety overpass. The more students clap their hands, the more I sing. Who knows, joy begets sorrow. After one semester, except for my eldest sister, my second sister and I both went to work! Because we are still at home, after school, we put our schoolbags on the table and run home, regardless of whether the teacher has homework to do or not. Who is to blame? Serve you right! Playing crazy at school together, crying and repeating classes together, are really sisters in trouble, sharing weal and woe.

The two sisters, who are talented and have a solid foundation, were finally admitted to the Chinese College in Shanghai together. The second sister said this about the third sister: Third sister works harder than me, and will definitely finish college in China University and graduate with honors ... It's new for girls to go to college, and boys care about us girls at the same time. They are very aware of the characteristics of girls and give us nicknames one by one. Third Sister's nickname' Dark Phoenix' was not given by boys, but I suspect it was given by Shen Congwen. Third sister used to be nicknamed' black peony' by boys. Third sister hates this nice nickname. Third sister is dark, silly, and has no ladylike spirit. She likes to wear men's clothes. At that time, the hem of women's cheongsam was very narrow, and Zhao He always wore a big robe of lindane color. Once she went to a relative's wedding, her family told her to wear new clothes, and she wanted to wear blue ones. Second sister scolded her for getting married. Why are you wearing a blue robe? She obediently changed. The second sister not only cares about her clothes, but also has the final say in the third sister's marriage. 1933 In the early spring, Shen Congwen wrote to politely ask his second sister to propose to his parents on his behalf, saying that if mom and dad agreed, he asked his third sister to send him a telegram as soon as possible so that he could have a sweet life as a countryman. The father originally advocated that children should take care of themselves in marriage, and he kept his word. The impatient second sister telegraphed herself first, and the message had only one word-permission, which not only showed that her parents agreed to this marriage, but also counted the names. This famous half-word telegram, which is passed down as a beautiful talk, can only be imagined and made by a nosy and talkative woman like Zhang Yunhe. The timid third sister was not at ease, fearing that Shen Congwen could not understand it, so she shyly quietly came to the telegraph office and handed over her telegram draft, signaling the country people to have a sweet drink. The operator wondered why today's two telegrams were like passwords, especially the one in front of him. Why did he take the word bar?

Zhao He refused to change the classical Chinese as required, blushed and begged for a long time before sending this equally famous telegram. The second sister and the third sister got married in the same year. Shen Congwen said that the second sister is the matchmaker among the three aunts and six grandmothers. 1April, 988, just one month before his death, Zhang Yunhe went to see him. He also called his second sister (matchmaker)-Shiva with a strong Hunan accent. After liberation, Zhang Zhaohe first taught in the middle school attached to Normal University, and then worked as an editor in People's Literature magazine. She is recognized as a good editor because she is knowledgeable, writes well and works hard. She and Shen Congwen have shared weal and woe for decades and experienced heavy pressure and hardships. Her personality has changed a lot, she is quiet and taciturn. Few people will believe that she is so naughty and active.

Four hairs: Zhang Chonghe.

Xiao Si Mei Chong He has never been with three sisters since she was a child. In the impression of her sisters, she is always well-behaved and never makes trouble. 1934, she applied for Peking University, ranking first in Chinese and zero in mathematics. After accommodation, she barely got a few points in math before she was admitted to Peking University. I don't know whether it is influenced by the Zhang family's active genes or infected by two naughty sisters after returning home. This talented and beautiful lady has also caused many jokes. The Zhang family lived in Jiuru Lane, Suzhou for a long time, and their brothers and sisters and relatives and friends of similar age formed their own societies because of their similar hobbies. The water society headed by four sisters and four younger brothers formed Jiuru Society. These two clubs, regardless of gender, often play football in Le Yi playground. The younger brother decided to remember: the fourth sister acted as the goalkeeper, as quick as an ape. She likes red, especially wearing a red hat. When she was studying in Peking University, her classmates called her Little Red Riding Hood. One summer vacation, she signed up to swim in the swimming pool of Soochow University, and had to hand in photos when going through the formalities. She cocked her head with one eye closed and took a strange photo. People say this photo is unqualified, and she says, how is it unqualified? Isn't this two inches around the chest?

Husband's marriage event didn't bother the matchmaker's second sister, and she took the initiative to marry Hans Hermannt Frankel, a German-American who had taught Latin, German and Western literature in Peking University. On the eve of liberation, the couple both settled in the United States and taught in the same university.

None of the four sisters wore wedding dresses in the church, but they all practiced the words of the priest, which everyone in the world can recite with the love of their whole life, whether they are rich or poor, healthy or sick. ...

Quarrel and sisterhood never end.

The four sisters of the Zhang family have the same father and mother, but they are born strangely, two black and two white, the eldest sister is white, and the third sister is black. 1979, Xiao Simei returned to China for the first time after going abroad for more than 30 years. They are all sisters with white hair. The second sister exclaimed, fourth sister, why are you still so dark?

Four sisters, one black and one white, often meet in America. Two sisters are black and one is white, and three sisters are in Beijing. They often recall the past and quarrel constantly. The second sister has a very good brain and keeps all the bad things done by the third sister in mind. Zhao He argues like a child that there is no such thing! You speak ill of me and poke me where it hurts.

The second sister remembers that the third sister couldn't do needlework well when she was a child, and left a knot in one's heart on the oil paste (at that time, the hair oil used by women to comb their hair was put in a porcelain box, and when combing their hair, they dipped the oil paste in the oil to touch their hair. Beginners like to make oil stickers. The joke left in front ... The war of words about this matter has been going on for decades.

The second sister remembers that the two sisters talked about everything when they were in love, and the third sister even showed her diary to others. She is fit and smart, and has many suitors, many of whom are quite outstanding and famous. The naughty girl was unmoved, even in the diary, Frog. 1, frogNo2…… ............................................................................. (Frog. 1, Frog. 2 ...) They are all out of the hospital. The second sister teased her. Shen Congwen should be ranked in Toad 13, right?

The second sister remembers the day when she was studying in China College, and the third sister received a thin letter. The first sentence is that I don't know why I suddenly like you. It was written by teacher Shen Congwen. Third sister then received the second and third letters ... this letter is too long. Third Sister thinks that the teacher should not write such a rude and crazy letter to sue President Hu Shi. Mr. Hu Shi said with a smile, what's the matter? Your father and I are from Anhui. Can I talk to your father about you? I know Shen Congwen stubbornly loves you! Zhao blurted out again that I stubbornly don't love him! My third sister told my sister all this. Now that both sisters have granddaughters, she stubbornly denies it.

When I was a teenager, my four sisters once formed a water society, and there was a social magazine, Water, which published the immature works of my sisters and brothers once a month. After nearly 70 years of water infiltration, can the next generation of the Zhang family still share the sweetness and mellow water?

The second sister Yunhe, the backbone, is determined to regain water. At the age of 84, she began to learn computer typing. She can't read Chinese Pinyin, and her pronunciation is semi-refined (Beijing) and semi-fat (Hefei). She just looked it up word by word in the dictionary and took notes on the manuscript. Fortunately, with the help of linguist Zhou Youguang, she finally learned to type from the three words dear. Practice with SMS from the beginning, no matter who you write to, it is always dear at the beginning ... It has been planned for two years, and on1October 28th 1995, 10, a letter was sent to Zhang family members at home and abroad. The letter to Brother Wu begins with the dearest little dog. ...

1February 1996, the first issue of Water was officially published, with 25 copies printed. Except for ten brothers and sisters or descendants, only a few closest friends were given. Zhang Yunhe was responsible for soliciting contributions, editing and computer printing of previous issues. She appointed herself as the chief editor and senior editor Sanmei as the deputy chief editor. Fan Yong, an old publisher, called it the largest and smallest publication in the world and the oldest editor-in-chief. Zhang Yunhe feels good about himself, saying that he is self-satisfied, enjoying himself and being pretentious. But in 28 (88), after all, I was not as energetic as I was then, and I didn't work as a full-time editor before, so some mistakes and omissions were not found out. The serious third sister criticized the second sister for tearing down the dirt, and the second sister followed suit, relying on the old to sell the old. Starting from the seventh issue, Zhang Zhaohe, deputy editor-in-chief, presided over it. She retired to the second line, but she was not allowed to be the editor-in-chief She is still so overbearing, just like grabbing apples when she was a child.

Mr. Ye Shengtao, the father of the four sisters, once said that whoever marries the four talented girls of the Zhang family in Jiuxiang will be happy all his life. /(Cai Ying1April 999)