Such stars and such moons: Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang's unparalleled love

Chapter 7 Love at First Sight: Flowers Bloomed That Spring (3)
This is a poem written by Qian Zhongshu when they visited Yuquan Mountain together.The spring water here is as clear as jade, and the foothills here are quiet and deep.Two people walking together, sitting on the threshold for a long time, have forgotten to talk to each other.Tomorrow will be parting, so just sit like this, cherish the time in front of you, listen to the gentle tapping of the clear spring water, and watch the long flowing water.

But I love Jiangnan and go back. Who pays for the scenery like this?The next day, Qian Zhongshu left and bid farewell to Yang Jiangyiyi.As long as you cherish the heart at this moment, you can smile at each other in the memories, don't be sad, and they will walk hand in hand in the long years to come.

They are lovers and bosom friends.With one look, one gesture, one can read the other person's mind.

promise you a lifetime

Qian Zhongshu returned to Shanghai and returned to the podium of Guanghua University.He is in his twenties, and he is still a very young teacher in Guanghua University, but he is the most influential teacher in Guanghua University, the most popular teacher among students, and has his own unique personality charm.

It's just that he is as knowledgeable as he is, so he naturally doesn't limit his life to teaching.

He also served as the special editor and writer of "China Review Weekly", and published many book reviews and academic papers.In addition, he was still writing poems in the old style, and in the autumn of [-] he published his own collection of poems "Zhongshu Junshi" at his own expense.

Mr. Wu Mi was very happy when he heard the news, and specially wrote a poem entitled "A Gift to Qian Jun Zhong Shu, the first issue of "Zhong Shu Jun Poems"" to express his congratulations:
Whoever possesses both talent and knowledge can know both the old and the new Chinese.

The success of a great weapon depends on precocious wisdom, and the success of people depends on the workmanship of nature.

Yuan deeply cares about Zhao Chuan's family business, and his spirit is better than Su Huangzheng's national style.

The tragedy is over, my business is over, and the due date is for the two generations to agree with each other.

Mr. Zhongshu spoke highly of Zhongshu, praising him for his precocious intelligence, his talent and knowledge, and his knowledge of both old and new Chinese and Western.In Mr. Wu Mi's writing, he can achieve great things, his family knowledge is as profound as that of Gu Yanwu and Zhao Yi, and his writing ability is better than that of Su Shi and Huang Tingjian...

This is his first collection of poems, full of talent and flamboyance.Although the experience is still inexperienced, the feelings are not very full, and although the habit of being a talented scholar who is forced to worry about writing new words has not been shaken off, he can always innovate, or discuss new things, or create a unique and brilliant pen.

It's just that he published a collection of poems, not to sell money, nor to make a name for himself. "Zhongshu Junshi" is not officially published, and the printing run is very small, and it is listed as not for sale, so it is difficult for outsiders to see the whole picture.He just wants to share it with himself and his friends.

As soon as the collection of poems came out, he sent it to Mr. Chen Yan, the old man of Shiyi.This old man who is both a teacher and a friend appreciates his poems very much, and he also circled out wonderful lines and included them in the "Sequel to Poems of Shi Yishi".

Having gone through the carefree student days, he is a lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages ​​who holds a pocket version of "Oxford Dictionary" and talks eloquently, with a shy scholarly air.It's just that he is no longer a pure scholar, and he has just gotten to know the taste of society. In the 40s, Qian Zhongshu, who worried about the country and hurt the world, has begun to show his signs.

Born in troubled times, the country is in decline and chaos, and the current situation is difficult.Seeing foreign armies camping in China's territory, with trumpets flying all over the sky, as a bloody man with a conscience, Qian Zhongshu's feelings are complicated.Occasionally, he listened to him and called Naihe. He sighed and wrote a poem:
A corner of mourning comes out of the ruins, and a quiet pharynx pierces the clouds to make a roll.

The submerged air is heard faintly during the time, and the bottom of the wind blows slowly.

At first glance, the dream is broken, and it is difficult to continue, gradually attracting sorrow, which cannot be cut off.

It's better to fill your ears with zithers and listen to it, but the sound of chickens is not evil.

Lou lived in the wilderness, listening to foreign barracks blowing horns from morning to night, his heart was ups and downs, and he couldn't calm down for a long time, just as he said: "It's like Li Ling listening to the chime, Huan Yi hearing the flute, the bells in Nanping, and the cicadas singing in the West. "At this time, this place, this situation, this scene, he used four allusions in a row, which is better than how many pale language expressions.

Why worry?Cao Cao, the hero of a generation, said to himself: "Only Du Kang." It's just that Qian Zhongshu is not a person for weddings, he chooses to be like Tao Yuanming, to relieve his worries with detachment.Moreover, when his classmate Chang Feng was pessimistic and depressed, and wanted to end his life by suicide, he could write back to comfort him:

I am used to answering late, but suddenly the book comes, and my arms are strange and melancholy.

Going to death is not reconciled to being still hot, and stealing life without thinking about it is still ashamed.

The ups and downs are uncertain, and the rest is life, and the joys and sorrows are full of talents.

It is hard to find clean soil for burying bones, and it is possible to lie dormant and wait for wind and thunder.

Chang Feng once said: "If you have hope, you can't die, but if you have no hope, you can't live." Qian Zhongshu sympathized and persuaded him. The journey is long and the road is long, and if there are green mountains, he will not be afraid of running out of firewood.Life is full of joys and sorrows, Qian Zhongshu quoted Hu Shi as saying, "Be patient for a while", and tolerate dormancy, you can always wait until the time when the willows are dark and the flowers are bright.

In the early spring of [-], Qian Zhongshu went to Nanjing and saw the prosperity of this city. "Except for the peach blossoms and red trees, there is no spring in the garden." As a city in the south, it is beautiful and fresh. It lacks the spirit of Beijing, but it has a unique charm.

It was in the spring of this year that he took part in the third Boxer Indemnity Qualification Examination for Study Abroad organized by the Ministry of Education.The number of places for this public examination is very limited. He signed up, confident that his English level would not require much effort.

On the day of the exam, Qian Zhongshu was clothed in cloth and robes, and he did not change his true colors among the crowd of suits and shoes, and his results even topped the list with an absolute advantage.

Qian Zhongshu told Yang Jiang the news of his qualification to study abroad, and expressed his intention to go with her.He is a talented scholar with a high level of comprehension. He is very knowledgeable and sharp. However, when it comes to tedious trivial matters in life, he has a dazed "foolishness". He often wears his clothes upside down. Less jokes.

When Yang Jiang received Qian Zhongshu's letter, she was very happy for him, but she was very worried if such a Ma Daha was allowed to study abroad alone.She sighed, why didn't Tsinghua University's Department of Foreign Languages ​​alone have the opportunity to study abroad?Love comes first, and Yang Jiang, who is about to graduate, immediately decided to get married before graduation and accompany him on the road of studying abroad.

At that time, she had one class left to take a major exam, so she discussed with the teacher to replace it with a paper, so that she could go home one month earlier.It's just that the time is still short, and before she had time to contact her parents, she carried her suitcase and embarked on the journey back to the south.

It's just that there is also a telepathy between father and daughter, and her father seems to know her return.When she got home, she left her luggage and rushed into her parents' room, only to see her father who had just taken a nap waiting for her. He lifted the curtain and got out of bed and said with a smile, "I'm not back!"
Looking at his daughter standing in front of him, Mr. Yang Yinhang said with emotion: "Zeng's mother gnawed her fingers, and Zeng Zi's heart hurts. I believe it now. Ah Ji, this is the sixth sense, which has scientific basis."
Yang Jiang told her parents about her early graduation and her plan to get married and study abroad with Zhong Shu.The enlightened parents were very appreciative, and began to prepare a dowry for her, starting with her marriage with Qian Zhongshu.

In the summer of [-], the two families chose an "auspicious day" according to the old rules, and they got married soon.The day is coming soon, and the Qian family's new residence in Qichichang, Wuxi City, is decorated with lights and festoons, red and green. This is their wedding. Although it is hasty, it is still grand and extraordinary.

They are well matched, perfect match.They were all well-known scholarly families in Wuxi, and Qian Zhongshu was the eldest grandson of Qian's parents, so it was a lively scene full of relatives and friends.Even the neighbors in the neighborhood gathered at the door to whisper to each other, with envious smiles on their faces.

On this day, relatives and friends who came to congratulate Xi crowded the hall.Mr. Chen Yan, Tang Wenzhi from Wuxi National College, their classmate Chen Mengjia, and so on, and even Yang Jiang’s third aunt came from Suzhou. This aunt who never liked to dress up specially dressed up for her niece’s wedding. Wearing a brand-new white linen skirt and white leather shoes, she is full of chic, and also surprised the guests because of this white dress.

With the blessings of relatives, friends and guests present, the newlyweds in free love slowly entered the arena arm in arm.The groom is wearing a black dress, and the bride is wearing a floor-length wedding dress. They are handsome men and beautiful women, and they are very beautifully dressed.This is their wedding, once in a lifetime.

It's just unfortunate that their "auspicious day" is the hottest day in summer.Later, Yang Jiang said humorously in the article "Remembering Qian Zhongshu and "The Besieged City": "The groom who got married wearing a black dress and a white hard collar that was soaked yellow and soft with sweat is none other than Qian Zhongshu himself. Because the auspicious day of our wedding is the hottest day of the year. In our wedding photos, the bridegroom, bridesmaid, girl carrying flower baskets, and boy carrying yarn all looked like they had just been captured by the police pickpocket."
God made a little joke with them and gave them a different wedding memory.Hold your hand and grow old with you. Under the witness of relatives and friends, on the special day when they were sweating, they said the oath of life and death, and promised each other a lifetime.From then on, they are a pair bound by the red thread in this life.

He is the husband, she is the wife, and they have become a real couple.

A pair of beauties bestowed by God, maybe God just expressed his warm blessing for their union with temperature.Mr. Qian Jibo was very happy, and he was very satisfied with this virtuous and intelligent daughter-in-law. Because Yang Jiang is a pig, he specially gave her the antique and pig charms he collected, wishing the young couple a happy life in the future. In the years of love, harmony and beauty, wishful and auspicious.

Among tens of millions of people, during tens of millions of years, as soon as they look up, they recognize each other's flowery smiles.But at this moment, he finally married her, and she also married her. They will be a couple for the rest of their lives, and there is only one promise left——May I spend my whole life with you!
There is a kind of emotion called pain and joy. On this happy day, they are very tired, but comfortable.That night, the moon and stars were sparse, covering nine days, but I don’t know, in that quiet night with sparse stars, under the shadow of the flickering red candle, how will this newlyweds who have just entered the marriage hall sing about their love?
Qian Zhongshu gave Yang Jiang a sentence saying: "A unique combination of three incompatibles: wife, lover, and friend." In his eyes, Yang Jiang is a gentle and virtuous wife, a charming and lovely lover, Also a friend who talks about everything.Leaving the familiar family and friends, they came to another world, a beautiful but strange world, and she was his only company.

The husband sings and the woman follows, and the woman sings and the husband follows.They came to England together and studied and studied on the banks of the Thames.Life is life, life is life, although trivial things are inevitable, although they are not always satisfactory, but with each other, they can embrace happiness.

(End of this chapter)