The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

Saying goodbye to Meng Xiaodong, Zhong Guanguang and others at the station, Zhou Hexuan went straight to Tsinghua Garden. Anyway, he regarded Tsinghua Garden as a hotel. The environment here is beautiful and comfortable to live in, much better than the hotels outside.

Walking into the courtyard, Zhou Hexuan heard a noise inside, and laughed loudly: "Brother Shou Ming, I'm here again!"

A young woman came out of the house with a baby in her arms and said, "Shou Ming is still in class. I am his wife, Huang Jingxian. What is the name of this gentleman?"

Zhou Hexuan didn't expect to have an oolong, so he quickly saluted and said, "So it's my sister-in-law. My name is Zhou Hexuan, and I'm brother Shou Ming's friend."

"Please come in and sit down." Huang Jing put the baby in the cradle and hurriedly made tea for Zhou Hexuan.

Zhou Hexuan was quite embarrassed, and asked Sun Yonghao to open the box he brought, and said, "Sister-in-law, this is a popular novel I wrote, you can use it to pass the time in your free time."

"Thank you." Huang Jingxian casually put the novel on the table.

The hardcover version of "Legend of the Condor Heroes" was officially released two days ago. There are four copies in total. The price of the whole set is 5 yuan, which is more cost-effective than buying a single copy.

As for "The Rise of Great Powers", it will also be released in the next few days. The Commercial Press is very conscientious and has also helped to add many foreign maps to make it easier for readers to understand the content of the book. It took a lot of time just to make and add those maps.

After waiting for a while, Liang Suming walked back in a long gown with textbooks under his arm.

"Hey, Mingcheng is here!" Liang Suming said happily.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Come to attend a friend's wedding, and drop by the Tsinghua Garden."

Liang Suming smiled and said, "Is that the wedding of Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman?"

"Exactly," Zhou Hexuan asked, "Brother Shou Ming also knows about them?"

Liang Suming said: "How could I not know? Mr. Ren Gong has been in a bad mood for the past few days, saying that he wants to be a wedding witness for a ridiculous couple."

"It's embarrassing for him." Zhou Hexuan couldn't help laughing.

Liang Qichao was reluctant to be the witness, he reluctantly nodded in agreement for the sake of his friends and juniors. Zhou Hexuan was looking forward to that historic moment very much, and Liang Qichao's marriage testimony was unprecedented.

The two chatted for a while, and Zhou Hexuan suddenly said, "Mr. Zhu Ziqing is in Tsinghua University?"

Liang Suming scratched his head and said, "I seem to have heard of this person, he should be in Tsinghua University. Why is Mingcheng looking for him?"

Zhou Hexuan said: "I'm going to start a supplement, and I need to invite writers to contribute. Mr. Zhu's prose is well written. This time I'm here just to pay a visit."

Liang Suming said: "Then you have to ask Mr. Ren Gong, or Yu Heng, they probably know Zhu Ziqing."

"I'm going." Zhou Hexuan said. He planned to give everyone a copy of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Although this thing is not elegant, it is not bad for boring.

That night, Zhou Hexuan followed Liang Suming to visit several gentlemen, and also met Zhu Ziqing at the same time.

Zhu Ziqing started teaching at Tsinghua last year and also wrote poetry and prose. His prose at this time is still mainly small and fresh, and it will take two years before he turns to attacking reality and exposing the dark side of society.

Facing Zhou Hexuan's invitation to write, Zhu Ziqing fully agreed. He also gave Zhou Hexuan several old works, all of which had been published in other magazines but had not yet been collected and published. Among them was the popular "Back View".

Zhou Hexuan immediately gave Zhu Ziqing a set of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and asked Zhu Ziqing's calligraphy with the cheek. Zhu Ziqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, it was the first time he encountered such a strange flower, so he reluctantly wrote two ancient poems as a gift, the content is: Looking at the former virtuous country and family, success is achieved by diligence and thrift, broken by extravagance.

Well, Zhou Hexuan didn't even spare Zhong Guangguang and Tan Xihong, and their calligraphy is now lying in his study.

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The wedding of Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman was held in Beihai Park. Because the wedding was financed by Xu Zhimo himself, the scene was not big and the ceremony was hasty.

Back then, when Lu Xiaoman and his ex-husband Wang Geng got married, both of them came from famous families, the wedding was rich and lively, in stark contrast to this time.

Of course, you can also say that they are true love, and love has nothing to do with money.

Liang Qichao's face was dark when he came out, and those who didn't know thought he was going to attend the funeral instead of the wedding.

Zhou Hexuan persuaded: "Sir, why bother, marriage is a personal matter, mutual consent is enough."

"The problem is that he insists on asking me to be a witness!" Liang Qichao said depressedly.

Although intellectuals in the Republic of China pursued free love, the situation of Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman is a bit special. Because they are all married people, it is inevitable that people will despise their extramarital affairs to the point of divorce and reunion.

Because of this marriage, neither Xu Zhimo nor Lu Xiaoman can gain a foothold in Beiping, and will soon move to Shanghai.

Around ten o'clock in the morning, Zhou Hexuan and Liang Qichao came to Beihai Park. Xu Zhimo quickly brought Lu Xiaoman over to greet him, and said happily: "Teacher, brother Zhou, thank you both for coming to my wedding."

"En." Liang Qichao choked out a sound in his nostrils, which was a response.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Congratulations to you two, I wish you a happy old age together."

"Thank you Jiyan." Lu Xiaoman was quite happy when he heard this, and his first impression of Zhou Hexuan was very good.

Zhou Hexuan couldn't help taking a closer look, and found that Lu Xiaoman was really beautiful, the kind of beauty that softened the traditional and modern. It's just that the wedding dress on her body is ugly, especially the headscarf, which looks like a nun covering her head.

Xu Zhimo and his wife had to receive other guests, and they walked away after a few words.

A lot of benches were placed on the grass, and in front of it was a temporary wedding platform. Zhou Hexuan found a seat and sat down, and found that there were not many guests today, only twenty or thirty people, all of whom were friends of Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman.

Although there are not many people, there are many celebrities.

There is a well-known painter Liu Haisu, who has a deep friendship with Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman. Originally, Lu Xiaoman's mother did not agree to her daughter's divorce, but it was Liu Haisu's help to lobby that she agreed.

There are also well-known scholars Chen Xiying and Ling Shuhua. This couple is not simple. Chen Xiying was one of the top five essayists in the Republic of China. He became well-known to the public in later generations because Lu Xun scolded him hard enough. Ling Shuhua is as famous as Bing Xin and Lin Huiyin, and they are known as the "Three Talented Women in the Literary World".

In addition, there are also poets of the Crescent School such as Rao Mengkan, Zhu Xiang, and Liang Shiqiu, who are like-minded with Xu Zhimo in literature. Liang Shiqiu was teaching in Nanjing at this time, and he specially asked for leave to attend the wedding in Beiping. This friend really did a good job.

When everything was ready, the newlyweds promised vows and exchanged rings under the guidance of the pastor, and the guests all responded with blessing applause.

The wedding has been normal until now, until the witnesses show up...

Liang Qichao stepped onto the stage, looked at the two newcomers and said, "I'm here to say a few unpleasant words, so that the society will know that such bad examples are useless and not worthy of encouragement. Xu Zhimo, you are impetuous, So much so that you can’t learn anything, you can’t learn, and you can’t be a man. You divorced and remarried is proof that you are not dedicated to love. Lu Xiaoman, you and Xu Zhimo are both experienced. I hope that from now on you can abide by women’s ethics and review Your own personality and behavior, divorce and remarriage are all caused by your personality faults. I hope you will not make mistakes again and again, make mistakes by yourself and others, and don’t take selfishness as the criterion of behavior, and don’t take absurdity and pleasure as the pursuit of life The purpose is to stop treating marriage as a trifling matter, thinking that you can get married if you are happy, and leave if you are unhappy, to embarrass your parents, make your friends look down on you, make the society laugh at you, and make..."

Xu Zhimo's face turned dark, and he interrupted: "Teacher, please save some face for the students and Gao Tang."

Liang Qichao sighed and said: "Anyway, I hope this is the last time you two get married in this life. This is my congratulations to you!"

All the guests were dumbfounded, and the wedding scene was silent.