The bottom of the acacia tree said acacia, and SiLang hated Lang Lang and did not know. ——Liang Qichao
When studying modern Chinese history in middle school, Liang Qichao was an indispensable figure. As a famous thinker in modern China. A representative figure of the Modern Chinese Restoration School. Many people know that Liang Qichao's wife is Li Huixian, but few people know about his second wife, Wang Guikui.
Wang Guikui, who was born as a squire, raised 9 children for Liang Qichao. These 9 children are all extremely outstanding achievements, and each of them is the pillar of the country. She worked for the family all her life, but she never had a name.
The dowry maid of the old times
In 1882, Wang Guikui was born into a poor family in Guangyuan, Sichuan. Her parents named her Wang Laixi, and her parents hoped that she could be happy for a lifetime. But when she was three years old, because of the difficult life at home, she was really unable to raise her to adulthood. Her parents had no choice but to sell her into a large family to work as a maid.
At that time, the situation was unstable. Wang Guikui was rebuffed four more times in the middle of the way. It was not until he was 5 years old that he was sold to the Li family as a maid. Later, Li Huixian, the eldest lady of the Li family, took a fancy to Wang Guikui's intelligence and ability and let her stay by her side to serve, and trusted her very much.
In 1886, Liang Qichao was promoted to high school, and the Li family saw that she would become a great instrument in the future, so they discussed marriage with the Liang family. In 1891, Li Huixian, the daughter of Suncheon Province, married Liang Qichao. Li Huixian is 4 years older than Liang Qi.
When Li Huixian married Liang Qichao, he brought two dowry maidens. One of the squirrels was quickly driven out of the house because of his bad temper and bad temperament, and he did not listen to his master's call. There is also 5-year-old Wang Guikui.
Hard-won identity
After Wang Guikui entered the Liang family, she was very hard-working and smart, and soon became Li Huixian's right-hand man. Li Huixian had great trust in Wang Guikui and entrusted the financial power of the family to her management. The name Wang Guikui is the name that Liang Qichao re-gave her, and Liang Qichao feels that the name Wang Laixi is too tacky. Liang Qichao also often taught Wang Guikui to read and recognize. At that time, Wang Guikui admired Liang Qichao's talent, but due to the huge gap in identity and status, he buried this admiration in his heart.
Soon after the marriage, Li Huixian became pregnant, and in 1893, she gave birth to Liang Qichao's eldest daughter Liang Sishun. After the failed Restoration in 1898, Liang Qichao fled Beijing with his family and went to Japan. It was during this period of life in Japan that Liang Qichao and Wang Guikui slowly developed a relationship.
Although Wang Guikui has not read books since she was a child, she can be said to be extremely talented in language. While in Japan, she was able to speak fluent Japanese in a short time. Therefore, when Liang Qichao went out to run errands, he would take Wang Guikui with him. Or when Liang Qichao contacted the outside world, almost all of them were handled by Wang Guikui. During the day, Li Huixian was weak and sickly from an early age, and all the affairs in the natural family were also taken care of by Wang Guikui, and she arranged the food and living of Liang Qichao's family very well.
In 1901, Li Huixian finally gave birth to the Liang family's eldest son, Liang Sicheng. The appearance of this child is the same, Liang Qichao is very excited, and finally there is someone to follow. However, Liang Sicheng's body was weak, and Li Huixian's body after giving birth to Liang Sicheng was also getting weaker and weaker. For the liang family's incense inheritance. Li Huixian took the initiative to let Liang Qichao take a concubine, and the concubine's candidate was Wang Guikui.
Nameless labor for a lifetime
In this way, in 1903, Wang Guikui finally married Liang Qichao, whom he had admired for a long time. Because at that time, Liang Qichao was out to preach that he had set up monogamy. Therefore, for his concubine, Liang Qichao has never mentioned it publicly in his life. Just to the outside world, she is an important person in the family.
Compared with Li Huixian, Wang Guikui is extremely good at giving birth, and she has given birth to a total of 6 children, four sons and two daughters for Liang Qichao in her lifetime. However, because Wang Guikui did not have a name, Liang Qichao asked the children to call her Aunt Wang and Li Huixian as their mother.
However, as a concubine, Wang Guikui fell ill at the same time as the children of the main chamber, and in order to take care of the children of the main room, wang Guikui unfortunately fell ill and died. But she also has no complaints about this, and can only secretly hide in the bathroom to wash clothes while crying bitterly, lamenting the misfortune of her daughter, perhaps this is the sadness of the identity of women in that era.
Treat as a parent and a child, and teach carefully
Although she has three children, she is not her own child, but because she personally cares for them, almost all of them have strong feelings with her. Once Liang Sicheng's test results were not ideal. Li Huixian was strict with her requirements, when she knew Liang Sicheng's test results. Very angry, he called him over and knelt down on the ground. Tie the feather duster to the wire and hit him.
Wang Guikui arrived in a hurry and took Liang Sicheng in his arms. At that time, Li Huixian was too angry and did not pay attention to Wang Guikui's arrival for a while, so this feather duster fell on Wang Guikui. After this incident, Wang Guikui found Liang Sicheng and told Liang Sicheng that your mother did not love you, but that she hoped that you would become a talent, so she was so strict not to complain about her, she just hoped that you could read a good book.
In 1924, Li Huixian died of illness, and on her deathbed, she told Wang Guikui that she hoped that she would take good care of her children. At that time, Liang Qichao was still running for his ideological movement. Wang Guikui had to use his thin shoulders to take on the heavy responsibility of the family. One person takes care of the daily routine of 9 children. It can be said that it is very difficult and difficult, but Wang Guikui did not complain about it, but took care of all the children as their own.
In 1929, Liang Qichao also died of illness, and for a time the family cut off its source of income. In order to learn and grow up for 9 children, Wang Guikui had to go out to work and supplement the family. The children in the family saw That Wang Guikui had worked so hard for them. I also wanted to drop out of school and go out to work to reduce the burden on my family. When Wang Guikui found out, he scolded them. Later, he persuaded them in gentle language that they should learn from their father to become a figure who stood tall in the sky.
The money she earns from her own part-time job provides several children with education. Living up to expectations, these 9 children have become national pillars after they have reached adulthood, and three of them have become academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Bleak death
In her later years, she experienced a thought movement, and as Liang Qichao's other half, she was not spared. At that time, the children had also grown up to work outside the home, in order not to affect the children's future. When she was sent to the countryside, she did not inform the children. In 1970, due to old age and great twists and turns, the last period of time because there was no one to take care of it, he could only settle in the cowshed, and no one knew about it after his death.
Later, a villager in the township found her body. Only then did he find a broken grass mat and bury her on the hillside. Later, her children came to her, but they could only cry in front of the grave at the age of 85. Later, the children buried her together with Liang Qichao and Li Huixian, and carved a tombstone, and planted a mother tree behind her to commemorate the greatness of Wang Guikui, the mother.
Her life is also a microcosm of an era. She is a great woman, nameless and willing to dedicate her life to The Liang Qichao family, and has raised 9 children into national pillars.