The Republic of China is an era of ups and downs, with endless wind and currents, and countless stormy lives. In that turbulent era, some people had a glorious and rich life, but their old age was desolate. Some people are born rich, but they encounter all kinds of misfortunes in life.
Ren Zhifen is a rich family in the ever-changing Greater Shanghai of the Republic of China, born with a golden spoon, a solid family, can be described as ten fingers do not stick to the spring water of the sun, living in a house of gold, wearing fashionable clothes, high friends and yingmen, in and out of the ten mile ocean field in the great Shanghai, always able to swim with ease.
She spent money like dirt, the first half of her life to collect the glory and wealth of the ability, but the second half of her life experienced all kinds of ups and downs in life, from the luxury of a rich life, suddenly fell into the bottom of the valley, became an ordinary member of all sentient beings, and even fell to the street to sell fritters. What did she go through in her life, and what kind of circumstances made her wander here?
The style is unique, and everyone is beautiful
Ren Zhifen was born in 1913 in Shanghai into a family of eunuchs, and her father Ren Boxuan served as the vice minister of finance of the Republic of China, and was once a prominent figure in the Ten Mile Ocean Field in Shanghai. When Ren Zhifen was born, her family was quite well-off, and her daily diet was quite rich, sometimes costing hundreds of oceans after a meal.
The daily wear is even more magnificent, coupled with Ren Zhifen's rich and rich celebrity temperament, making people look really beautiful. With a solid family, she was taught by her parents, and she did not have the same personality as the average rich family, but was humble and courteous, and easy-going.
At that time, Shanghai was affected by the Western-style social atmosphere, and many children of the rich received a new type of education. The big ladies of the Ren family are naturally no exception, and with the encouragement of their parents, most of them have received a more fashionable Western-style education.
Cycling and playing badminton have become Ren Zhifen's favorite sports, and she has been living a simple and fulfilling life rarely out of nightclubs and other charm places.
Of course, Ren Zhifen also has a certain miss temper, and this only temper is to love cleanliness and have a cleanliness fetish. Her sheets need to be changed every day and the sheets need to be dusty and not have a little dust. The same goes for all clothes, which are changed the next day and washed and tended to. Of course, such a habit of life was just a normal story in the high society at that time.
Marry into the rich, the husband's family fell
Ren Zhifen, who was wrapped in brocade and jade food, gradually came out and became a big girl. How many rich men want to see Ren Zhifen's style, but unfortunately they have beautiful hearts, but they have not been able to meet them for a long time.
At the age of marriage, the Ren family has become a place where many matchmakers flock to. The seven aunts and eight aunts competed to intercede for a certain family and a young master, but Ren Zhifen was not moved. With the strength of the Ren family, it is not easy to find a son-in-law who rides the dragon, and it is not easy to turn over the hand for the cloud to cover the hand for the rain.
At that time, the Sheng family in Shanghai was a famous door for Xuan He, and everyone knew that the Sheng family was unknown in shanghai. His ancestor was Sheng Xuanhuai, the minister of posts and telecommunications in the late Qing Dynasty, who established foreign affairs in the late Qing Dynasty and was involved in many fields such as steamships, telegraphs, banks, railways, steel factories, and universities, thus gathering a lot of wealth, which at that time could be said to be the side of the rich family and the power of the moment.
Among the descendants of the Sheng family, there is a prince named Sheng Yuyou, who also often hears about Ren Zhifen's flower appearance and moon appearance in other people's conversations, and feels that it is mysterious and heartwarming, and he also wants to see the style of this young lady of the Ren family. Under his soft and hard bubbles, he finally persuaded his father Sheng Enyi to go to Ren's house to propose to him.
The Ren family saw that the Sheng family also came to propose relatives, and it was not good to refuse people thousands of miles away. Proposed by Ren Zhifen's father, the two sides met. A few days later, Ren Zhifen appeared in the bustling streets of Shanghai accompanied by her mother, and Sheng Yuyou saw her from a distance nearby, and it was this look that made him completely fall.
Sheng Yuyou, who thinks day and night and tosses and turns, has been deeply immersed in a bitter love, and he has been completely attracted by Ren Zhifen's appearance and temperament. As everyone knows, Ren Zhifen also saw a photo of Sheng Yuyou before they met, and that thin and heroic face also deeply attracted her. In this way, the two hit it off immediately, and achieved a good story that people admired.
The wedding was held at the famous Paramount gate in Shanghai at that time, and all the celebrities gathered together to witness the most important moment in the couple's life.
After marriage, Ren Zhifen and Sheng Yuyou are even more you and me, and the sweetness is still the same. That kind of affection and honey is really envious of others. However, the good times did not last long, and due to the excessive gambling of the father-in-law Sheng En, the family wealth was exhausted by him little by little. The quality of life of the two newcomers is also deteriorating, and they can't support it anymore.
Crossing Japan in the east, making a comeback
Seeing that Sheng Yuyou was gradually falling, the people of the Ren family did not look at him less. But Ren Zhifen was not moved in the end, and still warmly followed her husband. They see each other in each other's eyes as the whole of their lives, and such sincere feelings cannot be hindered by poverty.
Accepting the blow of life, Sheng Yuyou began to stagnate, borrowing wine all day to dispel his sorrows, in order to make her husband cheer up again, Ren Zhifen always patiently and meticulously took care of him. The gap in life seemed to shatter everything, but Ren Zhifen was not moved after all.
Ren Zhifen, who could not live in Shanghai, decided to take her husband to the East to seek a living in Japan. On the ship to Japan, Ren Zhifen looked at the distant homeland in a daze, she did not know what the strange country of Japan would bring them, fortunately, the lover was still around, as long as there was love, there would be no loneliness.
When they first arrived in Japan, the two did not understand the language, but fortunately, both of them were from famous backgrounds and received a new-style education, so they did not feel very difficult to learn Japanese. Next, is how to seek a livelihood, after some thought, Ren Zhifen felt that doing some small business is the most suitable for their current situation, to cost less, low investment, and finally Ren Zhifen decided to sell fritters for a living.
One is a girl, the other is a rich young master, and the two sell fritters on the streets of Tokyo, Japan. At this point, Sheng Yuyou could not help but have some hesitation, but when she saw her wife wearing an apron and standing in the crowd covered in stains and frying fritters in a decent way, she was suddenly relieved and let go of everything in her heart.
In this way, the two began to rely on their own efforts and support themselves. Through their hard work, the business has gradually improved. Their lives are also changing bit by bit, and over time, their business has grown bigger and bigger.
Since Sheng Yuyu studied in england and majored in business, he was very sensitive to the nerves of business, saw the opportunity, bought a house in Tokyo as a place for them to run a restaurant, so they sold from the street to have their own shop, and the couple was not to mention how happy they were.
Their feelings can stand the test of time and are loved by Heaven. After that, their business grew bigger and bigger, and the largest hotel of the time was established in Tokyo.
brief summary:
The era of change in the Republic of China was a magical era, through which some people saw the desires in human nature, some people saw the hardships and saw the truth, and some people saw the ups and downs of life.
From a rich family with fine clothes and food to a small trader selling fritters on the street, Ren Zhifen has experienced all kinds of luck and misfortune in the world, but she takes herself seriously and treats life, so life has not treated her badly after all.
From her body, we see the tenacious spirit of women in the Republic of China era, the perseverance of the character, from the Republic of China, her voice and smile are still there.