Here, don't talk about his rich literary achievements, don't talk about his peculiar growth experience, only pay attention to his love with Zhang Zhaohe-see what magic a "dull" peasant used to make the arrogant black beauty willing to "wash his hands and make bride soup" for him.
1. Since I took one more look at you in the crowd, I will never forget your face.
At that time, Shen Congwen had been studying in Beijing for quite some time. His unique literary talent gradually emerged in the literary and art circles. Under the strong recommendation of Xu Zhimo, Hu Shi immediately extended an olive branch to him-making an exception and hiring Shen Congwen to teach at China College.
However, only Shen Congwen, a junior culture, has never been on the podium. Although he has made full preparations and memorized more than 10,000 words, Shen Congwen is still a little scared in the face of a room full of students. Looking at the dark head below, my head "hummed" and the original words disappeared in an instant.
Because he is too familiar with what he wants to talk about, Shen Congwen doesn't bring any lesson plans and textbooks at all. He turned to write the syllabus on the blackboard and never said a word again. Time passes by minute by minute, and ten minutes pass quickly. Faced with countless expectant eyes, Shen Congwen forced himself to calm down and think: Where should I start?
Just then, he heard a clear female voice in his ear: "Speak quickly! If you have any ideas, just say it! " He followed the sound and looked like a girl with slightly darker skin and delicate facial features. Her crisp Ming Che voice is full of encouraging enthusiasm, and her bright eyes are like angels. Shen Congwen's heart moved, and when he looked back, he soon found the words that cut into the theme, and the contents behind him filled his heart like a natural thing.
However, it was an unintentional glance at the podium that a "black wind" of Leng Yan flew into Shen Congwen's heart. Shen Congwen started the unrequited love marathon for three years and nine months.
2. You are my moon
Ye Shengtao once said: whoever marries the four daughters of the Zhang family in Jiuruxiang will be happy for life.
Zhang Zhaohe is the third of four daughters. She is brilliant, knowledgeable, familiar with the "Four Books and Five Classics" and speaks English better than Suzhou dialect. Only compared with other sisters, she is more calm and rational and keeps a lot of silence. When she was a student, this "ice beauty" received more than a dozen love letters every day, but she seldom read them and never replied.
After going to college, she has a wide range of interests, besides literature and art, she also has a soft spot for sports. Soon after entering school, she won the first place in the women's all-around competition. Under the beautiful eyebrows, it is not a fragile gesture, but a heroic attitude. In the face of many suitors under his wing, Zhang Zhaohe playfully picked out several numbers: Frog No.1, Frog No.2 and Frog No.3 ... But in the face of Shen Congwen's courtship, "Dark Phoenix" was a little surprised, but also secretly pleased and curious, so he named his teacher Toad No.13.
However, Shen Congwen, who burned his hair, was possessed and wrote love letters to "a bright light" in his heart one after another.
It was these love letters that made Zhang Zhaohe cry when she read them again 70 years later. But at this time, Kimura's signal upset her. She put the letters in the box one by one and read a few lines occasionally. Gentle as water and burning like fire surprised her, and she couldn't help sighing.
Shen Congwen, whose courtship was blocked, finally felt extremely distressed and a little lost. 1June 30th, 930, he put forward the idea of leaving China College to Hu Shi. Hu Shi looked at this lovely and stubborn old friend in front of him, smiled and advised him to wait a little longer, and perhaps there was hope to "help" himself. After returning home, Shen Congwen couldn't help writing to Zhang Zhaohe: "If you don't agree with my request, then I have only two ways to go ..."
Shen Congwen's original intention was that he would leave to avoid unspeakable embarrassment to each other. But Zhang Zhaohe mistakenly thought that "Toad 13" was forbidden to have sex and wanted to die passively. A wayward and naughty girl, although cold in appearance, has a kind heart and pays special attention to other people's lives. Like Shen Congwen, she found Hu Shi with a sad face.
Hu Shi read Shen Congwen's letter and knew that Shen Congwen's words misunderstood other people's girls. He wanted to laugh. However, he was very kind to Zhang Zhaohe, and wrote back a letter to that hot-headed and confused silly boy.
And this usually cheerful "Dark Phoenix" seems to have converged her feathers and left a letter with mixed feelings in her heart.
Carry love through to the end
In the mind of a young girl in Zhang Zhaohe: "Love should be an ecstatic moment, and then it will return to dullness. Although there are many people chasing me, I have never felt this way. " In the boudoir of Suzhou Mansion, Zhang Zhaohe and her second sister lie on the bed, thinking about the mystery of love.
They don't know, Shen Congwen, on the other side, secretly determined to carry out love to the end!
Time passes quietly in the busy. In order to live, Shen Congwen's residence is constantly changing. He came to Beijing from Shanghai and then to Qingdao. Although I have been running around, my thoughts and feelings for Zhang Zhaohe have not faded, but have become heavier and heavier with the years. He has been writing to Zhang Zhaohe.
But for more than two years, passion has always been extinguished by repeated realistic silences. Shen Congwen's heart is empty, and his bitter heart has to tell his friends:
Seeing myself over 30 years old year after year, I am still alone. Looking at the blue sea is really like Qu Yuan's "sighing and hiding tears". Just when Shen Congwen was in great pain, the iceberg in the distance melted-1May, 93218th, a letter came from Zhang Zhaohe!
There are at least four or five fairly thick letters. Is it true that Cycas bloomed and withered trees sprouted? Shen Congwen trembled and held the letter in his hand. He can't wait to run around the campus and tell everyone the news. However, he didn't do it. His reddish eyes let him open the letter silently and carefully. It's three or three exercises. Let him help him revise it! He read carefully word for word and revised it methodically. It seems that the lovesickness in the past two years has fallen into the falling pen tip and flowed in it.
4.？ Once it begins to thaw, even the biggest iceberg will melt.
Shen Congwen wrote a letter with expectation and longing, and soon received a reply, thanking him for his careful revision and publication. As a result, these warm words greatly inspired the morale of the rural people and brought great courage and confidence to Shen Congwen. He offered to visit her in Suzhou Zhangjia.
After getting permission, Shen Congwen was extremely excited. At Ba Jin's suggestion, he bought a set of exquisite foreign language books as a gift. I don't know whether it was unintentional or intentional. It was the second sister who received Shen Congwen, and that Sansan went out to the library. Looking at Shen Congwen's lonely back, clever Zhang Yunhe decided to help him. She told Third Sister the address of Shen Congwen's hotel, asked her to visit her teacher in the hotel many times, and generously invited him to her home.
At that time, Shen Congwen was depressed in the hotel and thought it was a waiter when he heard a knock at the door. I didn't wake up like a dream until I heard the crisp "Miss Shen". He opened the door like a fireman. It was her! He stared unblinkingly, for fear of waking up from a dream as soon as he closed his eyes.
It's the first time for two people to sit so close. They are full of endless words, but now they can't say a word. When Shen Congwen smelled the faint fragrance in the air, his heart thumped and he said something unrelated to love. But he soon saw from her eyes that she had promised to marry him.
After Shen Congwen was fascinated, he followed Zhang Zhaohe to her home. Because of his handsome appearance, shy and honest smile, and even more because of his beautiful words, he won the love of this "cultural man" family. During his week in Suzhou Hotel, Shen Congwen visited the Zhangjia family almost every day, and when he left, he was like an old friend with that family.
Every day after returning to Qingdao, Shen Congwen spent all his time in excitement and anxiety, and finally received a telegram of love in the spring: "Shen Congwen, a countryman, have a sweet time." "
"The world used to be black and white, but now it is back to gorgeous colors ... You are a legend in the world, and there is only one in the world." Late at night, Shen Congwen recited the poems of his old friend Xu Zhimo to the rippling sea. He finally won the beauty's heart with a talent of "stalking". And this cup of sweet wine will always make him feel a little sweet in his heart for the rest of his life, whether it is difficult or prosperous.