Dinner was really steaked.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the fat Mrs. Jones brought out the fried steak, changed her clothes, and beckoned everyone to take a seat.

The Jones family consisted of five people and three children, the eldest and the youngest were boys, the eldest was fifteen or sixteen years old, the youngest was five or six years old, and the girl was about ten years old, very beautiful, wearing a flower turban on her head. Mr. Jones was dressed very formally and asked Shen Mengxi to sit down, and he was the last to sit down.

The dinner was a little grand because of the welcome to Shen Mengxi, and it went on very slowly.

The steak is pan-fried plain, and the seasoning is to your liking, with mustard, chili oil, or salt and onion.

The medium-rare steak is very fresh and tender in the mouth. Shen Mengxi was full of praise for Mrs. Jones's craftsmanship, and held out her thumb to say that it was the best steak she had ever tasted.

She skillfully used knives and forks, and there was no mistake in table manners, which made Xu Shizhe greatly relieved.

In addition to the steak, it was followed by baked potatoes and beetroot salad, and each of the four adults had a glass of red wine.

Shen Mengxi took a sip of red wine, and there was no dizziness at all.

Shen Mengxi liked Mrs. Jones's plaid tablecloths and her cutlery with exquisite lace, and Mrs. Jones said that she also liked oriental embroidery and ceramics, and the two talked very speculatively.

It took two hours to eat, and then it was over. After Shen Mengxi sincerely thanked Mrs. Jones for the welcome dinner, he returned to the room with Xu Shizhe.

Looking at the two large suitcases and the somewhat crowded room, Shen Mengxi began to slowly organize her luggage, she changed her slippers, and walked around the room while tidying up, digesting food. I drank a little red wine today, and there was no sign of drunkenness at all, so it seems that this "rent" is not afraid of alcohol.

After packing up, Shen Mengxi went to the bathroom to wash up, came back and simply put on a coat, nestled on the couch in the study and fell asleep. Xu Shizhe has not left the bedroom door and has already fallen asleep.

When I woke up in the morning, there was the sound of Mrs. Jones cooking in the kitchen, Shen Mengxi washed up, put on light makeup, changed a set of clothes and shoes, and came to the kitchen, Mrs. Jones was frying eggs, and when she heard Shen Mengxi say that she wanted to help, she hurriedly drove her out, saying that she would be able to eat soon.

The breakfast was very generous, fried eggs, fried sausages, fried mushrooms, fried tomatoes, as well as toast and coffee tea.

Mrs. Jones was very pleased to see that she was very accustomed to eating, and that she had eaten a great deal. Recognition of cooking skills is the happiest thing for every housewife.

Shen Mengxi thought to himself, this way of eating every day, the rent really needs to be added.

The Xu family remitted more money to Xu Shizhe in advance as her living expenses for coming to the UK, so Xu Shizhe should not frown yesterday.

After breakfast, Xu Shizhe was going to class, Shen Mengxi looked through the study, in an English version of the book, found a Chinese letter, actually a love letter written by a married man, Shen Mengxi looked at the letter repeatedly, and turned out the book in the Wuling space to confirm, determined that this was Xu Shizhe's rumored girlfriend Lin Huiya's father, known as "love everyone" Lin Changkong, and Xu Shizhe played a game of literati Yashi.

Lin Changkong plays the husband of a wife, and Xu Shizhe plays the role of a married woman, simulating two lovers who cannot be together, and complaining to each other through letters, which is not only elegant, but also a discussion of Russell's concept of love.

This letter, later published in the newspaper by Xu Shizhe after Lin Changkong's death in 1925, attracted different opinions, and it was confirmed by the research faction that Lin Changkong's letter was written to a woman surnamed Xu in Shimen, and the two were likely to have a romantic relationship.

In Shen Mengxi's view, he also feels credible, because Lin Changkong told his lover in the letter about his personal experience, and his thoughts about his lover at the moment of life and death are sincere and touching. At least in his heart, there really is such a lover, who can't be loved.

Lin Xu and Xu are really a pair of old friends, and they have the same views on the concept of love advocated by Russell in "Marriage and Morality", and Xu Shizhe is even more love-oriented, thinking that the marriage arranged by his parents is immoral without love and should be dissolved as soon as possible.

Shen Mengxi put the letter back in its place, thinking to himself, he was probably about to open his mouth to file for divorce.

Then hurry up.

This night, Shen Mengxi was still sleeping on the sofa, Xu Shizhe looked at her, her face was ugly, and she seemed to be annoyed and angry with disgust.

"I can't get used to sleeping on that soft bed, and I'm not feeling well these days, and I'm just like this when I gave birth to Ah Huan. You know. Shen Mengxi hurriedly explained.

Xu Shizhe's face softened, and he said very gentlemanly: "Then you go to bed, I'll sleep on the sofa." ”

"No, I wake up early in the morning and sleep here."

Thus, the peaceful separation began.

One evening, Xu Shizhe came back dejectedly, and he didn't eat dinner, Mrs. Jones specially packed a plate of food for Shen Mengxi to bring back and bring to Xu Shizhe to eat.

Pushing open the bedroom door, Xu Shizhe lay on the bed with his head covered.

Shen Mengxi put down the plate and hesitated, "What's wrong with you?" Got a cold? ”

There was no sound in the quilt.

Shen Mengxi retreated. I thought about it before closing the door, and then pulled the quilt and touched his forehead, there was no fever, and I was relieved.

The next morning, Xu Shizhe went to class as usual, and Shen Mengxi found a letter under his pillow, the handwriting was the same as the "love letter", but the tone and tone were that of a girl, it turned out to be a letter written by Lin Changkong on behalf of his daughter to reject Xu Shizhe's courtship. "Your Excellency's affection is so strong that it is touching, and Hui Ya is also terrified and does not know how to answer, and there is no hint of ridicule, and I think I have misunderstood."

Haha, no wonder it's sad to be like this, Xu Shizhe, who has just come into contact with a new concept of love and poetry, imagines Lin Huiya as the most perfect goddess, and now that the goddess has rejected him, it is already very strong to be able to get up in the morning and go to class.

Hehe, it's one thing to discuss love, and it's another thing to give your daughter to be a child!

This Xu Shizhe is inevitably too naïve!

Once bored, Shen Mengxi asked Xu Shizhe, "You say, do women die if they have a miscarriage?" ”

"Maybe, people will die on the train, and people will die when they eat and drink." Xu Shizhe was careless, and didn't want to say more to her, so he closed the bedroom door, he really had too many troubles recently. Lin Huiya knew that he had a wife and children, and she refused to have more contact with him, and recently said that she was leaving the UK. She was influenced by the landlady architect and actually wanted to study architecture.

Xu Shizhe knows Lin Huiya's heart knot, she is a concubine, her biological mother is a concubine, she knows the hardships of being a concubine, and she is so good and proud, so she naturally refuses to be small. He could feel that Lin Huiya was affectionate towards him, and their souls were also close and connected.

His obsessive idea now is to divorce, without the soil buns stuffed to him by this feudal family, he will be free, and Lin Huiya will immediately agree to his courtship.

Thinking of some words, he came out of the bedroom, "You, reading a book?" ”

"It's okay to rummage through it. What do you have to say? ”

There's no need to beat around the bush. "Then take a look at this." Xu Shizhe handed Shen Mengxi a piece of paper and went back to the bedroom.

"True life must be earned by struggle, and true happiness must be earned by struggle! True love must also be earned by struggle! Each other has an unlimited future, each other has the heart to transform society, they set an example for themselves, they are brave and wise, they respect each other's personality, divorce freely, stop suffering, and start happiness. ”

What a divorce declaration!

After Shen Mengxi saw it, he breathed a sigh of relief and finally brought it up.

She picked up the piece of paper, knocked on the door, and pushed it open, "Do you mean you want a divorce?" ”

Xu Shizhe hurriedly stood up, "Yes, we should all be freed from pain, and you can also find your true love!" ”

"It's so generous, I'm afraid you're going to find true love."

"After all, a marriage without love is immoral!"

"What about Ah Huan?"

"What's wrong with Ah Huan?"

"Who is Ah Huan following?"

"With grandparents, of course!"

"And what about me, how will our property be divided? How do you compensate for these five years of youth? ”

Xu Shizhe was stunned, "You take your dowry!" How am I going to compensate you? I also gave five years of youth! ”

Shen Mengxi said in his heart, I'm afraid you don't have any property to divide, every copper is remitted to you by your father!

"Did you also give birth to a baby with your belly? And then stay in someone else's house? ”

"Don't dwell on it! I'm definitely going to get a divorce right away. Otherwise, Huiya will return to China! "I'm starting to get impatient.

"I agree!"

"You don't ...... at all if you are entangled What did you say? Do you agree? ”

"Yes."

"Great!" Xu Shizhe snapped his high-five, "Great, you finally figured it out!" We just want to be an example to the world! ”

Shen Mengxi sneered, put the paper on the side of the bed, and turned back to the study.

A few days later, Xu Shizhe came back with two friends, one named Jin Yuelong and the other Wu Yingxiong, who were called by Xu Shizhe to witness the divorce. Shen Mengxi felt that Xu Shizhe's two friends, when they looked at her, didn't seem to be looking at her, as if she was a dead thing, a piece of feudal dross.

Xu Shizhe took out the divorce agreement from an envelope and handed it to Shen Mengxi.

Shen Mengxi picked up the agreement and read it carefully. The three of them looked nervously at the place where her eyes passed, and Xu Shizhe recited in her heart the parts she had read.

Read the sentence "In order to improve society and benefit mankind, set an example to divorce freely, abandon pain, and begin to be happy." I couldn't help laughing, "Hahaha, for the benefit of mankind!" ”

The three men looked at her in surprise, thinking she was going to repent. Shen Mengxi glanced at them and continued to look.

The agreement mentions that his son Ah Huan is the only grandson of the Xu family, and should be raised by the Xu family, and Zhang Jiayu's dowry is taken away by himself.

Shen Mengxi didn't want to be entangled, so he read it again, simulated Zhang Jiayu's signature in his heart, and signed.

In duplicate, Xu Shizhe had already signed his name, and it seemed that he was in a very urgent mood.

Xu Shizhe looked at her signature, happy like a child, almost jumped up, as if he had finally escaped from the cage, and as if he had become a hero of society. "Yay! That's great! This is so necessary, China must get rid of the old things! ”

The two men stepped forward to shake hands with him.

Shen Mengxi looked at the excited appearance of the three of them, put away the agreement, stood up and said, "I'll move out immediately." Wish you the best of luck finding a better wife. Thinking of Lu Xiaomei, who was heaven and earth, she smiled.

Xu Shizhe took out a piece of paper from another envelope and gave it to Shen Mengxi, saying that it was a new poem written for her.

Shen Mengxi was shocked, and hurriedly refused: "No, no, you don't have to write poems for me!" ”

Leave your poems to those few.

Xu Shizhe looked at the two friends, and with an expression of "I'm right, she's a bun", he stuffed the two pieces of paper with poems written on them into Shen Mengxi's hands. "I said it was written specifically for you!"

Unfolded the letter and read it, Shen Mengxi was happy again.

"Laugh at the knots of trouble

***

This knot of troubles, whose family is twisted so hard?

Who is the endurance of these thousands of knots of trouble?

How many tears and blood stains are in this knot, should be turned into Shen Bi!

Loyalty, filial piety and righteousness - cough, loyalty and filial piety

Thank you for maintaining 4,000 years of history,

But it only grinds the human soul into powder,

The Yellow Sea is not tidal, Kunlun sighs, 40,000 living beings, the heart is dead, and the Central Plains is crying!

Cough, loyalty, filial piety, righteousness!

***

Dongfang Xiao, in the end, Ming will come back, and now this confused account, how to settle it?

***

Don't be anxious, everything is man-made, just be patient

Untie the knots together.

Although it is tight, it is a knot, and there is always a thread to be found,

Don't complain about sore fingers and tired eyes,

It's not like you've seen it.

***

How is it! After all, dissolution, troubles are difficult to knot, and troubles are bitter.

Come, now let go of your face and smile, shake hands and work together;

This goes to the breeze and daytime, and the scenery of the Liberty Road is good.

Listening to the laughter behind him, the argument disbanded the knot,

Eliminate the worries! ”

After him, countless "aspiring" men divorced one after another, abandoning the bad wives arranged by their parents, and never thought about how divorced women lived.

It can only be said that when new ideas are first introduced, they are often unrecognizable and ridiculous.

Shen Mengxi looked at this half-white and half-literary poem, and really didn't feel good. It really expressed his joy.

Xu Shizhe is ready to sign, and the new poem is also ready, which is sure that she is also eager for divorce.

She really thinks so, but Zhang Jiayu may not, in their previous life, they delayed their divorce until the second year, their second son was just a full moon, and he was still in the incubator in the hospital, so Xu Shizhe handed over the divorce agreement.

The first time Shen Mengxi saw this section in the book, he felt disgusted, since he is so disgusted with this woman, and there are no parents here to force you to pass on the lineage, why can you still let your wife get pregnant, aren't you in love with Lin Huiya?

Is the upper and lower body of this man used separately?

Shen Mengxi suddenly became childlike, couldn't help laughing, looked at Xu Shizhe and said, "Shizhe, thank you for sending me poems." Although I am a little bit of a scholar and have not read a book for a few years, in order to express my joy, I will also give you a new poem as a farewell gift. ”

"Can you write poetry? Old style poems? Xu Shizhe said suspiciously, he knew very little about his ex-wife, and he was really not sure if she could write new poems.

"From tomorrow onwards, be a happy person

Feed the horses, chop wood, and travel the world

From tomorrow, care about food and vegetables

I have a house facing the sea and spring is blooming

From tomorrow onwards, we will communicate with each and every one of our loved ones

Tell them about my happiness

The blissful lightning told me

I'm going to tell everybody

Give every river and every mountain a warm name

Stranger, I bless you too

May you have a bright future

May you have a lover and eventually become married

May you be blessed on earth

I just want to face the sea and bloom in spring."

The whole poem is full of vitality, positive between the lines, Shen Mengxi's words are correct and round, full of emotion, full of infinite yearning for a new life.

It was the first time for several people to hear such smooth and beautiful poems, which was not as difficult as Xu Shizhe's first foray into new poetry, and their hearts were shaking in their hearts. I saw Shen Mengxi burst into a bright smile, opened the door, and she walked out, leaving three stunned people.

There was no trace of joy on Xu Shizhe's shocked face.