The doctor asserted that she would not live to be 50 years old. She said, "My fate is up to me." She eventually lived to be 93 years old.

Speaking of the four sisters of the Zhang family during the Republic of China, most people are familiar with them and know that these four sisters were all married to famous cultural figures. It's just that everyone doesn't know that the marriage between the eldest sister and the third sister of the Zhang family was not initiated by their parents.

At that time, the eldest sister Zhang Yuanhe wanted to marry the famous actor Gu Chuanjie, but she was hesitant in her heart. So she wrote to her family for advice, and then she received a letter from home: "If this person is a perfect match, , Marry him!" The last signature of the letter was "Yes".

Shen Congwen wrote a letter to propose to the Zhang family’s parents. Before the Zhang family’s parents read the letter, he sent a telegram on behalf of his parents. The telegram contained only the word “yes”, which was both a reply to the proposal and a Telegram signature.

At this point, everyone understood that the person who replied to the eldest sister and Shen Congwen was none other than Zhang Yunhe, the second young lady of the Zhang family.

Among the four sisters of the Zhang family, the second sister Zhang Yunhe has been bold since she was a child, and she has become even more bold and bold when she grows up. Although she has experienced ups and downs in her life, she always smiles and is romantic with her husband Zhou Youguang. After a lifetime, he is still talking to his husband like a little girl at the age of 90.

Born into a scholarly family at a young age

Zhang Yunhe was born in July 1909. When she was born, the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck several times, strangling her so that she could not breathe. With her eyes closed and silent, the whole family wanted to throw her away as a dead baby.

The grandmother who was standing by was unwilling to give up and asked the midwife to spray smoke on the baby to wake her up. As a result, she sprayed 100 bags of cigarettes and there was no movement. The midwife was so tired that she could hardly move. The old lady insisted that she spray 108 bags, saying it was the will of the Buddha.

After blowing out 108 bags of cigarettes, there was still no movement. The midwife put her in the basin and shook her vigorously, but it had no effect. The grandmother and the midwife were so tired that they could no longer hold on, so they turned around and planned to leave. But I heard her cry "Wow".

If it weren’t for his grandmother’s persistence, Zhang Yunhe might have become an abandoned baby. This experience later became a good story. But what everyone didn't expect was that this little girl who almost didn't survive had been bolder than the other sisters since she was a child.

Once, he and his third sister, Zhaohe, were eating apples together. She picked up the apple and solved it by hitting five times and dividing it by two. Seeing that Zhaohe hadn’t spoken yet, she grabbed it and ate it. Zhaohe She cried "Wow" and immediately scolded Zhaohe.

The four sisters have been singing opera since elementary school. The other sisters all like delicate and weak women, such as Du Shiniang and Huang Yingying, but she is different. She only likes the heroic spirit of the black-faced Guan Gong.

Yunhe had a happy childhood. Born into a scholarly family like the Zhang family, she not only read poetry and books, but also started learning music, painting and Kunqu opera early.

The father of the four sisters, Zhang Wuling, was an anomaly during the Republic of China. His family background was as famous as that of Li Hongzhang, but his behavior was very different from that of his buddies at the time.

At that time, young men smoked cigarettes, went to casinos, married concubines, and were happy as they pleased, but Zhang Wuling only loved buying and reading books.

It is said that as long as he buys books, he spends a lot of money. He goes from house to house and puts the books he likes in the first bookstore in the second bookstore, and puts the books he likes in the third bookstore. ...After buying it, let the servants take it back one by one.

After buying the books, he opened them all to his family, and the children could read whatever they wanted without any restrictions. In order to let the children read more, the Zhang family arranged four study rooms at home and built a beautiful yard behind the private school.

After class, the children ran to the yard to play and play. There were pavilions, rockeries, flowers and fruit trees, white walls and black tiles, and winding paths. This kind of study life became the most beautiful life of the four sisters. memory.

In such a beautiful study, Zhang Yunhe and his sisters read, drew, danced, and played chess when they were free. At less than seven years old, Yunhe had read "A Dream of Red Mansions" by heart and recited many Tang and Song poems.

One day, her father asked her who her favorite poet was. He thought she would say Li Bai or Du Fu, but she opened her mouth and said "Nalan Xingde". I wonder who her father was at that time. kind of mood.

It’s just that her 70-year love affair with Zhou Youguang just verified Nalan Xingde’s saying, “A pair of people will live together for the rest of their lives, half drunk, half awake, and half floating.”

Ten years later When Zhang Yunhe was a junior high school student at Leyi Girls' Middle School, she was the first girl in the school to cut her hair short, and she was one of the few girls in the school with both talents.

At that time, the four sisters often performed on the same stage and creatively wrote and performed their own operas. In addition, they have been exposed to a large number of foreign literary works in school, and their mathematics and English have also been greatly improved.

In 1929, Zhang Yunhe was studying at a Chinese public school. The teacher assigned a composition "The Season of Falling Flowers". Most of the students wrote about the sadness of the bleak autumn wind, but what she wrote was different.

She wrote in the article: Autumn is the best season. The air is clear and crisp. It is the time when the fruits are ripe and the harvest is good. It is also a good time for young people to study hard.

Others asked her why she thought so? She said, I grew up in an enlightened and happy family, and I was a new woman during the May Fourth Movement. I had nothing to worry about.

At that time, she was recognized as a talented woman by the school. Someone once said that her beauty at that time was beyond imagination.

Marry love with romance in mind

The Book of Songs says that a fair lady is a good gentleman. The four sisters of the Zhang family are talented and beautiful, attracting the pursuit of many young talents. . The same is true for Zhang Yunhe. Before he was fifteen years old, matchmakers started coming to his door one after another.

Fortunately, their parents are very open-minded and advocate that they have freedom in love and make their own decisions about marriage, which is exactly in line with Zhang Yunhe's wishes. When she was 16 years old, she went to a classmate's house to play and met Zhou Youguang.

As soon as the two met, a special feeling arose in their hearts. After that, they often walked, chatted, and rode horses together. The brave Yunhe even rode a donkey with Zhou Youguang, but they were too embarrassed to break the window paper.

Later, Zhou Youguang thought of a way. He took a copy of "Romeo and Juliet" and gave it to her. Yunhe opened the book, and there was a bookmark in the book. The bookmarked page happened to have a sentence: I want to wash away my sins with your kiss.

Zhang Yunhe's face turned red and he murmured in his heart that he thought others didn't understand this bad idea. Seeing that she remained silent, Zhou Youguang awkwardly held her hand and found that her palms were sweaty, so he stuffed a handkerchief in her hand.

At that time, she actually blurted out, "There are so many handkerchiefs!" This playful remark immediately amused Zhou Youguang, and the relationship between the two was established.

In 1932, Zhou Youguang took a photo of her at Liuhe Pagoda in Hangzhou. Zhang Yunhe pointed to the photo when he was old and said that this was the first photo Zhou Youguang took of her when they were in love.

Unfortunately, love is very sweet, but marriage is very realistic. Needless to say, Zhang Yunhe's family background is very bad, but Zhou Youguang's family background is very bad.

Although Zhou Youguang was born into a wealthy family, his family has long been in decline. His father committed suicide by drowning himself in the river long ago. His mother raised several children by herself. His four sisters and kind-hearted people supported him to pay for his studies. He will not be able to work in the future. It doesn’t matter how much you earn.

He thought about it and felt that Zhang Yunhe could have a better choice without having to suffer at all, so he wrote to Zhang Yunhe and confessed: "I am very poor, and I probably can't give you happiness." "

Zhang Yunhe understood after reading the letter that her family was very good and Zhou Youguang's family was bankrupt, but she had already taken a fancy to Zhou Youguang's character and appreciated his knowledge, so she made a large sum of money. He waved and immediately wrote back to encourage him. Happiness is created by the two of us.

Some people may think that she was acting on a whim at that time, but actually she was not. She has always been a very open-minded person.

When I was studying, a female classmate got pregnant unexpectedly, and the man was irresponsible. When she was desperate, she found Yunhe to accompany her to have an abortion.

However, when the two went to the hospital for a check-up, they found that the baby was already six months old and could only be delivered.

Ordinary families would not allow such a woman to live at home, but Yunhe didn't care. He took his female classmate home, accompanied her after giving birth, and even sent her to the temple with her.

In 1933, Zhang Yunhe and Zhou Youguang got married. The wedding was very simple and cost only 400 yuan. The nanny at home felt that it was outrageous. How could the second young lady of the Zhang family get married hastily.

But she felt very happy, and the sisters were also very happy. The fourth sister Chonghe impromptu sang "Good Times" to congratulate them, but unexpectedly this song turned out to be a joke.

Because "Good Times" is a song from "The Romance of the West Chamber", it sings about the scene where Huang Yingying and Zhang Sheng are having a storm, and the matchmaker is watching outside. Everyone later sang the wrong scene, but Yunhe did not. He said nonchalantly, it was just a matter of time.

Among the four sisters of the Zhang family, Yunhe was the first to leave the cabinet, but was laughed at by her sisters. Zhang Yunhe pouted and complained to Zhou Youguang: "It's so shameless to marry you like this. "

Zhou Youguang laughed: "The second young lady of the Zhang family is the smartest. She did a stupid thing in her life and married a poor boy named Zhou Youguang. "

First wedding anniversary. Later, they had a son, Zhou Xiaoping, and a daughter, Zhou Xiaohe. However, there were frequent wars at that time, so the couple had to move to Chengdu with their two children.

On the way to move, the youngest daughter contracted appendicitis and died because she was not treated in time. The son was also hit by a shell during the escape. Fortunately, he finally saved his life.

The misfortune of their children devastated the couple. Zhou Youguang suffered from depression for a time, but Yunhe was surprisingly strong. He not only took care of the whole family, but also tried his best to take care of the local people.

During those years in Chengdu, she used the medical knowledge she had learned to prescribe medicines for the people, and even delivered babies to pregnant women. Some people asked their children to recognize her as their godmother if they could not reciprocate.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, she thought that good times were coming, but unexpectedly she got a heart attack. The doctor declared that she would not live to be 50 years old. She recalled her experience when she was born and did not believe the doctor's words at all. : "My destiny is up to me, not God."

In order to stay healthy, she has set three principles for herself: first, don’t blame yourself for other people’s faults; second, don’t blame others for your own faults; third, don’t blame others for your own faults. Punish yourself;

It was these three principles that allowed her to maintain a good mentality and healthy body. She eventually lived to the age of 93 and had two cataract surgeries in her later years.

Stick to love and romance for a lifetime

Some people may say that she can live so long because their living environment is very good. In fact, this is not the case. She has not lived a good life since she got married. It was the same during the war, and it was the same after liberation.

After liberation, the couple thought that good times were coming, but they did not know that other people's lives were getting better, but theirs were even more miserable. Because of her birth composition, Zhang Yunhe was suspected of being a spy, and she suddenly lost weight. , all the teeth were lost.

Zhou Youguang persuaded her to stop working and become a housewife at home. Since then, she has been at home and she calls herself a housewife.

But Zhou Youguang was not so lucky. During the special period, he was sent to work in a cadre school, and Zhang Yunhe had to take care of the children at home alone.

During those days, Zhou Youguang had an eye problem and needed a special eye drop. Zhang Yunhe bought it and sent it to him, but "some people" were not allowed to send it, but Zhang Yunhe did not. I was afraid, quarreled with them, and finally sent the eye drops.

Every month, she would send two boxes of eye drops to Zhou Youguang, and also add two chocolates in the box.

Zhou Youguang was very discouraged for a while and told her that he might stay in the cadre school forever. Zhang Yunhe wrote back to him, and I will send you eye drops and chocolates for the rest of your life.

Later, when Zhou Youguang was "suppressed", Yunhe rushed to protect her. People next to her asked her what her position was. She said loudly: "I am a housewife, what position do I have?"

Zhou Youguang did not expect that his wife was thin and frail, but she contained so much energy in her heart. It was with his wife's encouragement that Zhou Youguang not only was not defeated, but also became healthier because of hard work.

Fortunately, they finally got through that dark time. The country allocated a 50-square-meter house to them. The two were very content and enjoyed reading, writing, and publishing in this small world every day.

In the late 1970s, the national Kun Opera Research Society opened again, and Yunhe became the director. He stayed there for more than ten years, and later wrote "Kun Opera Diary" with more than 500,000 words.

Many years ago, their family published a family magazine called "Water", which was discontinued due to the war after 25 issues. At the age of 86, she restarted the publication, appointed herself as editor-in-chief, and continued to request contributions from her brothers and sisters.

At that time, a Japanese friend happened to give Zhou Youguang a computer. In order to run a good publication, she started learning computers. She didn’t know the input method, so she learned bit by bit from her husband.

Once, she wanted to type the word "dear", but she couldn't remember how to type the word "love", so she said sweetly to Zhou Youguang next door: "I don't know how to type the word "love". What should I do if I can’t fall in love anymore?”

90-year-old Zhou Youguang came over quickly and happily taught her how to type. This kind of warm scene is their daily life in their later years.

Their daily life is very ritualistic. They drink milk tea together at a regular time in the morning and drink coffee together at a regular time in the afternoon. They clink glasses together while drinking. They call this ritual "raising glasses to raise eyebrows".

She immediately smiled and said, "This vitamin is a birthday gift. It turns out he wants to keep me alive." This show of affection made everyone around him envious.

The 90-year-old Zhang Yunhe kept himself clean and tidy every day. Afterwards, he would ask Zhou Youguang if he was pretty. Zhou Youguang naturally complimented him on how good-looking he was.

Their love just confirms the lyrics: The most romantic thing I can think of is to grow old with you. There are many housewives in the world, but there are very few housewives who have been as romantic as Zhang Yunhe throughout their lives.

On August 14, 2002, Zhang Yunhe lay down after cooking dinner and never woke up. He was still as beautiful as when he left, with his hair in a bun and dark red clothes, quiet and beautiful. Peaceful.

Zhou Youguang was extremely sad and repeatedly said that half of his sky had collapsed. He picked up a pen and wrote on paper: In the past, we joked about the things behind us, but now they are all happening before our eyes.

He replaced the chair where the two of them usually sat in the living room with a sofa, and placed an enlarged photo of Zhang Yunhe opposite him. He fell asleep looking at his wife's photo on the sofa every day, and never had sex with Zhang Yunhe again. And slept in a big bed.

Five years later, Zhou Youguang followed Zhang Yunhe, thinking that after the two of them reunited in heaven, they could "raise glasses and raise eyebrows together" for the rest of their lives.

The old lady who had been romantic all her life also looked forward to the old man drinking tea with her.

After reading the life of Zhang Yunhe, I realized that the true beauty of the world is not that she has eternal beauty, but that her childlike innocence remains forever. It is not that she is rich in life, but that she is extremely rich in spirit.

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Text|Miaoshi

Editor|Mu Yang

Typesetting | Li Yike

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