Forty years after Xiao Hong's death, Xiao Jun, who had abandoned her, wrote down the suspicion that Xiao Hong was not born by her father.

/kloc-in the winter of 0/954, Zhang Xiuke was hospitalized for a heart attack. He was lying in the hospital bed, too weak to move. Although winter in Beijing is cold, it lags far behind Hulan. He recalled the days when he grew up in Hulan, and all kinds of things were like passing clouds. He sighed unconsciously when he thought of his sister Xiaohong.

At that time, Xiaojun, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, came to visit.

Zhang Xiuke looked at the former brother-in-law, and there was resentment in his heart, complaining that Xiao Jun had been grinding Xiao Hong for half his life and refused to treat his sister well. But in my heart, I have missed my old friend for many days. After all, they were still friends and died together.

Xiao Jun saw Zhang Xiuke's weakness and gently put down his things. There was silence between them.

"I always dream about my sister these days." Zhang Xiuke said suddenly.

After Xiao Hong's death, the two rarely met, let alone Xiao Hong. Xiao Hong became a scar between them.

Maybe I haven't mentioned my sister for a long time, and Zhang Xiuke can't stop this prologue. He repeatedly talked about Xiao Hong's good, about himself and Xiao Hong's good.

He said that when he was a child, he lived alone with his sister, but he was also very happy. At that time, my father ignored them, and there was no place to stay. He had to sleep with the old chef.

Zhang Xiuke and Xiao Jun said, and listened in silence. Suddenly, Zhang Xiuke took Xiao Jun's hand. "You know, my sister is not my own sister."

Xiao Jun froze in place. "What are you talking about?"

"My father is not my real father." Zhang Xiuke went on regardless.

Zhang Xiuke at this time has been lost in memories. "The old cook said that my father is not my real father." He muttered tunnel.

It took Xiao Jun a long time to understand that Zhang Xiuke said that she and Xiao Hong might not be her father's children, otherwise how could she be treated like that by her father? Xiao Hong is often beaten and scolded, and Zhang Xiuke himself is like an invisible man at home.

"You say, my sister and I are really brother and sister?" Zhang Xiuke suddenly asked.

Xiao Jun patted his hand. "That's not funny. Your sister must be your own sister. " But he didn't say anything about his father. Zhang Xiuke's words planted seeds in his heart.

In the early 1980s, Xiao Jun began to serialize notes in Xiao Hong's letters, which evoked many memories of Xiao Hong. He remembered the indifference of Xiao Hong's father, the childhood memories that Xiao Hong once told, and Zhang Xiuke's words.

So he began to write down his doubts. He wrote in the book that Xiao Hong's mother may have been occupied by Xiao Hong's father Zhang Tingju. Zhang Tingju killed Xiaohong's biological father and married Xiaohong's mother, Jiang Yulan. Xiao Hong's brother and sister just entered Zhang Jia's house at this time.

This conjecture caused an uproar, and there were different opinions for a time.

In fact, Xiao Hong's life experience is not as complicated as everyone thinks. Her father, Zhang Tingju, is indeed his biological father, and Xiaohong's parents have nothing to gain from their marriage.

1909, a grand wedding was held in Hulan County, and Zhang Tingju married Jiang Yulan. One is the stepson of the landlord, the head of the future Zhang family, and the other is the daughter of the landlord Jiang family. The wedding was very grand, and the dowry brought by Jiang Yulan paved several streets.

19 1 1 year, Xiao Hong was born in the third year after their marriage. Neighbors and villagers all know this. They once joked that Jiang Yulan didn't lay eggs for three years, and she even gave birth to a baby in her life.

When Xiao Hong was born, Zhang Tingju's reaction was very cold. But his grandfather Zhang Weizhen was very happy. At this point, he has given everything to his stepson and lived at home.

After the third generation was born, Zhang Weizhen had another hobby-raising children. He gave Xiao Hong a baby name "Ronghua" and a big name "Xiuhuan", which pinned his expectations on his children. In Xiao Hong's childhood, all the happiness was brought to her by her grandfather.

19 16, my grandfather looked at Xiaohong and thought her real name was a bit vulgar, so he decided to rename her Zhang Youying. For this name, Xiao Hong was unhappy for a while, because the original name was given by her grandfather. Grandfather looked at her sad smile and said, "Youying sounds good."

Xiao Hong accepted her name.

Zhang Tingju is a very overbearing father. He seems to have no patience and love for his family. Xiao Hong has a bad relationship with Zhang Tingju since she was born, and their relationship is relatively stiff. This rigidity became more serious after the death of Sister Jiang Yulan.

19 19, Jiang Yulan died of illness, and Zhang Tingju continued to marry the couple almost immediately without any sadness. Xiao Hong looked at her mother's skeleton before it was cold, and her stepmother had entered the room, so she had nowhere to vent her anger, so she had to choose to escape from this home. She often loiters in the street and goes back to sleep very late.

The stepmother didn't like the children left by her predecessor, and was very bad to her and her brother Zhang Xiuke. She even drove Zhang Xiuke to the chef's room to sleep. Zhang Tingju saw it and asked his wife to do whatever she did, regardless.

The old cook is distressed for his two children. He looked at Zhang Xiuke Jr. and remembered a sentence from his hometown in Shandong. The man married his stepmother and entered the door. When the pillow breeze blows, it is not good to treat the ex-wife's children. Although he is a father, he is more like a stepfather.

So he sighed with emotion: "The son of bad karma has no mother and no father, and he is neither a relative nor a cause."

Zhang Xiuke Jr. was cast a shadow from then on, and later Zhang Tingju's indifference deepened his suspicion.

Unlike her younger brother, Xiao Hong never doubted her life experience. She is older and gets along with her parents more. Therefore, the deeper her hatred and resistance to her father.

1924, 13 Xiaohong is about to graduate from primary school. Zhang Tingju decided to marry the Wangs and asked Xiao Hong to get married after graduation.

Xiaohong could not resist her father, so she could only choose to delay. She demanded that she must go to middle school, or she would go to church to be a nun of foreigners and never get married.

The marriage has been settled. In order to save face, Zhang Tingju must not let her daughter "become a monk" and can only agree.

After this incident, the relationship between father and daughter became more and more rigid. Zhang Tingju doesn't even want to attend her graduation ceremony as Xiaohong's father, but as the leader of the education department.

Even though they didn't say a word at the ceremony, the students all saw their relationship. Everyone looked at Zhang Tingju and talked about it.

Xiaohong's classmate pointed to her nose and mouth and said, "You really look like your father."

This recognition of her blood relationship is also a test for Xiao Hong. Xiao Hong only thinks it is a terrible thing to get involved with Zhang Tingju.

1929, when grandpa died, Xiaohong lost the meaning of staying at home. Her father kept urging her to marry Wang's son, and her life fell into darkness.

At this moment, my cousin Lu Zhenshun appeared like a ray of sunshine. Lu Zhenshun encouraged Xiao Hong to go out to study, and also encouraged her to go to Peiping with herself. Under the lure of Lu Zhenshun, Xiao Hong was moved.

1930, the two of them disobeyed the family and ran away. After coming to Peiping, Xiao Hong went to the girls' middle school affiliated to the Women's Normal College of Peiping University.

Xiao Hong doesn't necessarily like Lu Zhenshun, but just wants to escape from this home and go to a farther place to study. Even if you live in the same room in Peiping, you are separated, and there is no relationship beyond boundaries.

However, in the view of Zhang Tingju and Wang Jia, this is Xiao Hong's disobedience and decency. There is a rumor circulating in the small county town that Zhang's daughter eloped with the savage.

The Wangs are a big family, and there is absolutely no way to make them endure such a scandal in the future. Therefore, Zhang Tingju was under pressure and asked Xiao Hong to come back and apologize immediately.

Xiao Hong, who was far away in Beiping, received news from her family, but Xiao Hong didn't want to go back, so Zhang Tingju cut off their financial resources. Lu Zhenshun can't stand his helplessness. He left without saying goodbye, abandoned Xiaohong and went home alone to apologize.

193 1 year 1 month, the school had a winter vacation, and Xiaohong was embarrassed and had no choice but to return home. Seeing her daughter, Zhang Tingju beat her directly, and put Xiaohong under house arrest, leaving her waiting to get married.

Tortured by the hopeless future, Xiao Hong was hungry and chose to run away again. She wants to continue her studies, and even if she has nowhere to go, she will go back to Beijing to study.

At this time, her fiance Wang Enjia followed. Wang Enjia loves Hong Xin, but he is also an extreme male chauvinist. He can't let go of Xiao Hong, and he is still worried about the past of Xiao Hong and Liu Zhenshun.

During their stay in Peiping, they had an awkward time. Xiao Hong has no financial resources and can only rely on her fiance, while Wang Enjia tries to persuade her to go to Harbin with herself, leave Beiping and everything related to Lu Zhenshun.

Xiao Hong in distress had to give up her studies in Beiping and leave with Wang Enjia.

But the Wangs were dissatisfied with their daughter-in-law, Xiaohong, and Wang Enjia's brother decided to break off the engagement. Xiao Hong has accepted Wang Enjia as her husband at this time. This time, she can't stand the fate of being someone else's boss. So he took the engagement and took the Wangs to court, accusing Wang Enjia's brother of divorcing his wife.

In order to save the family's reputation, Wang Enjia declared in court that all this was his own idea, and Xiao Hong lost the case. She separated from Wang En's family and moved to Acheng County.

With no money, no job and no friends, Xiao Hong, who is single, feels that she can't even live as a prostitute. She doesn't have enough food and clothes, so it is difficult for her to survive.

When in trouble, Xiao Hong can only turn to Wang Enjia for help.

Wang Enjia chose to accept Xiao Hong. He took Xiaohong to Dongxing Shun Hotel in Harbin, and they lived together for some time. Xiaohong will be pregnant soon. But Wang Enjia has always had a bitter heart, and that is Liu Zhenshun.

He has been thinking about what happened to Xiao Hong and Lu Zhenshun during their stay in Beiping, and why Xiao Hong was obsessed with eloping with Lu Zhenshun.

Wang Enjia refused to believe what Xiaohong said about going to school and running away from home. As a feudal man, the idea that women don't need to study is deeply rooted in his heart.

A woman really wants to go to school. Wang Enjia laughed at Xiao Hong. "Don't pull books. You are having an affair with Lu Zhenshun. The whole county laughed at Lao Tzu for being cuckolded, but you still don't admit it. "

At the same time, the Wangs heard about them, and Wang Enjia's eldest brother told him to go home at once, leaving the woman who ruined her manners alone. The Wangs arranged a marriage for Wang Enjia again, and Wang Enjia's brother threatened to sever the relationship if he didn't come back.

Under such a threat, Wang Enjia abandoned Xiaohong, who was about to give birth, leaving a large sum of money and going home alone.

When the hotel owner saw that the person in charge had left, he forced Xiaohong to pay his debts. But Xiaohong, who was penniless, couldn't afford the money at all and had to be rushed to the storage room to live. The boss even threatened to sell people to brothels after giving birth.

Xiaohong was once again in trouble and abandoned. She didn't know who to turn to for help. Both Lu Zhenshun and Wang Enjia are abandoning her. Every time they rescue her from a difficult situation, they push her to another one.

In despair and fear, Xiao Hong wrote a letter for help and sent it to Pei Xinyuan, editor of the Supplement of the International Association. Pei Xinyuan sent Jun Xiao to check the situation many times and asked him to send books, newspapers and magazines to Hong Xiao.

Jun Xiao is a progressive young man. He knows Xiao Hong's persistence, Xiao Hong's heart and Xiao Hong's vision for the future. After much contact, they also found that they actually have the same hobby in literature.

In the long run, feelings are born secretly.

1932 Not long after I knew Jun Xiao, the Songhua River burst its banks and the hotel was surrounded by Wang Yang. Xiaohong, who was locked in the storage room, didn't have time to escape. She watched the water slowly flooded the floor, so she could only curl up in a small corner, with a big belly, and die of hunger and cold.

At this moment of despair, a boat came into view. Xiao Hong saw Xiao Jun rowing towards her, and her strong arms picked up her and the baby in her belly.

Xiaohong, who was about to give birth, was taken to the hospital, but neither of them had the money to pay the medical expenses. Jun Xiao took out a small knife rest around the doctor's neck, forcing the doctor to help.

Xiao Hong looked at the man. She completely fell in love with Xiao Jun and a man who saved her from despair and death. After the child was born, Xiaohong was unable to raise it and could only give it away.

She touched the child's cheek, and she was reluctant to give up. She can only keep comforting herself. This is Wang Enjia's child, so we can't give Xiaojun any trouble.

After the child was sent away, Xiaohong and Xiaojun began to live together. The life of both of them is very difficult, so they can only live in Europa Hotel and live by Xiaojun as a tutor.

1933, Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun were already famous patriotic writers in the literary world. With the payment, they moved out of the hotel, found a small house, and at the same time * * * wrote a collection of essays "Trekking".

Hiking exposed the darkness of society at that time, attacked the evils of imperialism and warlordism and shouted freedom and democracy. The publication of this book brought them fame and disaster.

1934, Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun fled to Qingdao, and then moved to Shanghai to meet famous writers such as Lu Xun.

In this year, Xiao Hong finished The Field of Life and Death, and her position in the literary world became higher and higher. Even Mr. Lu Xun praised it. But Jun Xiao is still an editor. His works are very famous, but they are not as good as Xiao Hong.

Women are better than men, which makes Jun Xiao unhappy.

1935, Lu Xun was seriously ill.

Both Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun respect Lu Xun very much and often visit him when he is ill, especially Xiao Hong, who comes almost every day. This also led to her affair with Lu Xun, which was later brought up by the world to discredit Lu Xun and Xiao Hong.

In fact, the appearance of Lu Xun made up for the lack of fatherly love in Xiao Hong's life.

Their lives and experiences are very similar. Compared with Lu Xun, Xiao Hong's life is particularly difficult. Therefore, Lu Xun not only appreciated her, but also pitied her.

Even Xu Guangping, Lu Xun's wife, treats Xiao Hong as her daughter. At home, Xiaohong often packs jiaozi and cooks with Xu Guangping. At this time, even Lu Xun, who is sick and can't eat, will look forward to it.

Sometimes in the yard, Xiao Hong sits beside Lu Xun with his head resting on his knee. Lu Xun gently touches Xiao Hong's head with his hand, just like a real father and daughter.

At that time, Xiao Hong's clothes were taken care of by Lu Xun and Xu Guangping.

Xiao Hong bought new clothes and asked Lu Xun if he liked them. Lu Xun will give a pertinent answer and show her how to match it.

Sometimes Xu Guangping dresses up as Xiao Hong, but Lu Xun will object. Husband and wife mix a few words, Xiaohong sounds like a little girl.

These days are warm and unforgettable, which almost makes Xiao Hong forget her troubles in life, such as Xiao Jun.

As Xiao Hong was praised by the literary world, Xiao Jun's anger grew. He is not a good man who deserves to be entrusted for life. During his cohabitation with Xiaohong, there were two or three ambiguous objects around him, and sometimes he abused Xiaohong.

And Xiao Hong's own compromise, instead of getting Xiao Jun's pity, made him worse.

1936, the relationship between them has reached the point where it is difficult to reconcile. Xiao Hong chose to go to Japan to ease this stiff love with separation.

Lu Xun and Xu Guangping personally went to the dock to see her off, which was the last time Xiao Hong and Lu Xun met.

10 June 19, Lu Xun died. Xiao Hong once again realized the despair of her grandfather's death. She wrote to Xiao Jun and cried, and published many articles in memory of Lu Xun.

Xiao Jun is also very sad. He paid tribute to Lu Xun's disciples at the funeral. He has always regarded Lu Xun as his teacher. When the teacher left, two sad people could only hold their heads to keep warm. The relationship between Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun is getting better bit by bit under such circumstances.

1937, Xiao Hong returned to China.

After the Lugouqiao Incident, Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun took an active part in various anti-Japanese activities. They met the writer Duanmu Hongliang, and the three of them became good friends.

Unlike Xiao Jun, Duanmu Hongliang is a gentle and polite man and an admirer of Xiao Hong.

Not convinced, Xiao Jun often belittled Xiao Hong's works, but Duanmu Hongliang praised them greatly. After Xiao Jun mercilessly beat and scold, Duanmu Hongliang will carefully comfort Xiao Hong.

In such a strong contrast, Xiao Hong's heart is a little biased.

1938, Xiao Hong made up her mind to separate from Xiao Jun and marry Duanmu Hongliang. At this point, she was pregnant with Xiao Jun's child, but still insisted on eloping with Duanmu Hongliang to Wuhan.

After the ups and downs, Xiao Hong didn't expect anything, but asked Duanmu Hongliang to support herself like an ordinary person.

However, this idea was also shattered in Duanmu Hongliang's repeated abandonment.

Duanmu Hongliang's nature is like a child who hasn't grown up yet. His self-care ability is very poor, and Xiaohong needs to worry about everything. When they first got married, Wuhan was bombed. In the bombing area, Xiao Hong escaped slowly when she was pregnant, so she let Duanmu Hongliang go first.

Unexpectedly, Duanmu Hongliang left Xiao Hong and went to Chongqing alone without saying a word.

Xiao Hong went to the bombing area alone to find Duanmu Hongliang. On the way, I gave birth to a son. This child, Xiao Hong doesn't want to give up. She has lost too many relatives. Up to now, she also understands that men are unreliable. Holding the child's little hand, she wanted to leave some warmth for herself.

But the child died four days after birth.

Under such grief, Xiao Hong found Duanmu Hongliang. They lived in Chongqing for a while, and then 1940 went to Hong Kong.

In Hongkong, Xiao Hong and Duanmu Hongliang met Luo, also from the Northeast. Luo was exiled and had nowhere to go. Xiao Hong and his wife helped Luo when he was in danger.

194 1 year, Hong Kong fell. Xiao Hong said the same thing to Duanmu Hongliang, letting Duanmu Hongliang break through first. Duanmu Hongliang made the same choice. He will never consider Xiao Hong's feelings, and he will always be self-centered.

Duanmu Hongliang escaped alone, leaving Luo alone. Let Luo take care of Xiaohong. By this time, Luo had packed his bags and was ready to go. Hearing this, he resolutely chose to stay.

Luo, who is not related to her by blood, is willing to take risks to accompany her, but her husband Duanmu Hongliang has to flee to a safe place. Xiao Hong was completely heartbroken when Duanmu Hongliang turned around for the second time. She knew that this man's heart was cold and unreliable.

1942, Xiao Hong died on the 44th day after Duanmu Hongliang left. Before she died, she looked at Luo who had been with her and said, "When I die, maybe no one will read my work, but what is certain is that my scandal will last forever."

She left her last wish to be buried where there is sea.

On the fourth day after Xiao Hong's death, Duanmu Hongliang buried her ashes near Repulse Bay and chose a beautiful beach for her.

However, the chaos in Hong Kong made him feel anxious. Afraid that Xiao Hong's grave was destroyed, Duanmu Hongliang went back to fill in half of Xiao Hong's ashes and secretly buried them under a tree behind the hospital where Xiao Hong died.

1957, Xiao Hong's ashes buried in Repulse Bay were moved back to Guangzhou, but Duanmu Hongliang was in deep chaos at this time, and there was no way to bring back the ashes of Xiao Hong's other half.

After a long time, the trees in the back hill changed. Duanmu Hongliang searched several times, but failed to find the tree with Xiao Hong's ashes buried.

Duanmu Hongliang died on 1996, and his second wife kept her will and scattered his ashes behind the hospital.

Duanmu Hongliang failed to protect Xiao Hong before his death. After his death, he built a refuge for Xiao Hong with his ashes.