Chapter 182: Haining Watching the Tide
In late September, Xu Zhimo wrote a letter to Lin Zixuan, inviting him to come to Haining to see the Qiantang tide.
At this time, Xu Zhimo was not in Beiping, but in his hometown Haining.
Because of the death of his grandmother, he went home in August to mourn, but he is a social person, and he feels depressed in his hometown.
In particular, his divorce from Zhang Youyi made his parents extremely angry.
"Somehow, it's like a pigeon's feathers that make people shear and can't fly anymore."
He pleaded in his letter.
In fact, Xu Zhimo mixed well in Beiping, he set up a literary club, that is, the Crescent Society, and joined the Literary Research Association, successfully mixed into the circle of new literature, and gathered a group of small forces.
In addition to not catching up with Lin Huiyin, he can be regarded as a winner in life.
Such a person complained and complained because he was scolded by his parents for staying at home for a few days, and he also used metaphors.
Lin Zixuan really wanted to reply to him: Sluts are hypocritical.
He can also be regarded as knowing Xu Zhimo, this person is not bad in nature, but he has many characteristics of a rich child.
For example, she likes to make friends, likes to have fun, is easily impulsive, pursues beautiful women, is emotionally messy, self-centered, does her own thing, and does not care much about the feelings of others, etc.
This kind of character is called a gentleman's son, but if it is placed on a poet, it is the poet's romantic feelings.
Therefore, this era is very tolerant of talents.
The pursuit of beautiful women by the sons of gentlemen is called evil; Talented people pursue beautiful women, that is called elegance.
Of course. This also has something to do with the fact that they pursue beautiful women differently, and they use money and power. Genius uses poetry and talent, but in essence. They're all hooligans.
Lin Zixuan felt that this was Xu Zhimo's immaturity.
This person has always been smooth sailing, has never experienced setbacks, and has the rich feelings of the poet, which created this legendary figure in the Republic of China.
Xu Zhimo couldn't go out at home, but he was not willing to be lonely, so he invited friends to his hometown to watch the tide.
Every year, the Qiantang tide will attract many tourists to watch, and Yanguan Town in Haining is the best place to watch the tide, so it is also called "Haining tide watching".
Lin Zixuan originally didn't want to pay attention to it.
What is there to see about Qiantang tide. He watched it on TV every year in later generations, and there were aerial footage of airplanes in the air, which was much more spectacular than watching it on the spot.
Moreover, Feng Chengcheng has just become pregnant, and although he can't help much, it's always good to be by her side.
However, Xu Zhimo did not give up, he told Lin Zixuan that many people went this time, including Hu Shi and Tao Xingzhi and others. It can be said to be a grand event in the literary world.
Hu Shi is not in Beiping at the moment, but in Hangzhou.
He took a long leave of absence from the end of 1922 and spent time recuperating in Hangzhou, sometimes going to Shanghai to participate in cultural activities.
But that's just scratching the surface. In fact, Hu Shi lived a very happy life in Hangzhou, and called "the most lively days of my life".
The reason is that he cheated. and a woman named Cao Chengying lived together in Yanxia Cave in Nanshan, Hangzhou.
Even more interestingly, in 1917. When Hu Shi and Jiang Dongxiu got married, Cao Chengying was their bridesmaid.
Hu Shi is an arranged marriage. Jiang Dongxiu's personality is quite pungent, which is commonly known as strict wife, but Hu Shi has a sullen heart, and when he arrived in Hangzhou in 1923, he met Cao Chengying, the bridesmaid of the year.
He thought it was a fateful encounter, so he took bold action.
At that time, Cao Chengying and her husband Hu Guanying were both studying in Hangzhou, and they accompanied Hu Shi to the West Lake as relatives and fellow villagers, and from the perspective of relatives, Cao Chengying was Hu Shi's cousin, although they were not related by blood.
After a few days, Hu Shi and Cao Chengying were secretly in love, and Hu Guanying, who was traveling together, didn't know anything.
Moreover, Hu Guanying also left Hangzhou at Hu Shi's suggestion and went to Tianjin Nankai Middle School to study.
From here, you can see that the cultural people are wilting.
In order to be able to live with Cao Chengying, Hu Shi directly persuaded Cao Chengying's husband to leave, with Hu Shi's status in the minds of young people, it is too easy to do this kind of thing.
So, Hu Shi rented two small rooms in Yanxia Cave in Nanshan, Hangzhou, and lived the life of a fairy couple with Cao Chengying.
Of course, it was claimed to the public that Cao Chengying helped him with housework, just a nanny.
Jiang Dongxiu, who was in Beiping, wrote to Hu Shi and said: "Peisheng takes care of you, I am very relieved, but her health is not very good, she often goes to the stove to cook, the weather is too hot, I am afraid that her body can't stand it, I am very uneasy to hear, please invite another cook, so as not to make everyone hard." ”
Jiang Dongxiu didn't know how they could work hard, but they were very happy.
They read books, play chess, tell stories, watch the moon, watch the sunrise, and do the things they love to do.
It can be seen that most of the cultural people in the Republic of China were not very reliable in terms of personal sentiments, not only lingering in Fengyue places, but also in daily life.
This time, Xu Zhimo invited most of the scholars and celebrities with a background of studying in Europe and the United States.
Tao Xingzhi is a famous educator, he initiated the establishment of the China Association for the Promotion of Civilian Education, and went to all parts of the country to open civilian literacy reading offices and civilian schools to promote civilian education.
He came to Shanghai from Beiping this time to find Zhu Jingnong at the Shanghai Commercial Press.
He brought the manuscript of "A Thousand Words for Civilians" and asked Zhu Jingnong, who was the editor of the Press at the time, to revise and revise it, hoping that the book would be published by the Commercial Press.
A graduate of Columbia University, Zhu Jingnong is now an editor at the Commercial Press, and later a manager at the Commercial Press, and a member of the Ministry of Education.
In addition, Chen Hengzhe, pen name Sha Fei, went to the United States in 1914 after being admitted to Tsinghua University to study in the United States, and successively studied Western history and Western literature at Shawa Women's University and the University of Chicago, and obtained bachelor's and master's degrees respectively.
In 1920, she was hired as a professor at Peking University, teaching Western history, and was the first female professor in China.
Her husband, Ren Shuyong, graduated from Cornell University in 1916 with a bachelor's degree. He was then admitted to Columbia University to study chemical engineering, graduating in 1918 with a master's degree.
In 1920, he became a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Peking University, and was one of the founders of modern science in China.
Lin Zixuan knew that these people were all top-notch figures in their respective fields, and most of them graduated from Columbia University and were his alumni.
He had no choice but to agree.
On September 28, 1923, Xu Zhimo came to Shanghai and gathered with everyone to go to Hangzhou to meet Hu Shi.
Then, everyone went to Haining to watch the tide.
What Lin Zixuan didn't expect was that there was an extra person in the group, and this person was invited by Ren Shuyong, called Wang Zhaoming.
He also has a pen name called Wang Jingwei. (To be continued.) )