The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

   Farewell to Meng Xiaodong, Zhong Guangguang and others at the station, Zhou Hexuan went straight to Tsinghua Garden. Anyway, he used Tsinghua Garden as a hotel. It has a beautiful environment and a comfortable stay, which is much better than the hotels outside.

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

   A young woman carried the baby out of the house 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 make an oolong, so he hurriedly said, "So it's my sister-in-law. My name is Zhou Hexuan, and I'm a friend of brother Shouming."

   "Please come in and sit." Huang Jingxian put the baby in the cradle and was busy making tea for Zhou Hexuan.

   Zhou Hexuan was quite embarrassed, so Sun Yonghao opened 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 spare time."

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

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

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

   After waiting for a while, Liang Suming paced home in a long gown, with the textbooks under his arm.

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

   Zhou Hexuan said: "I came to attend a friend's wedding and stopped by Tsinghua Garden to see it."

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

   "Exactly," Zhou Hexuan asked, "Brother Shouming also knows them?"

  Liang Suming said, "How could I not know? Mr. Ren Gong has been in a bad mood these days. He said he wanted to serve as a witness for a ridiculous couple."

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

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

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

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

   Zhou Hexuan said: "I'm going to do a supplement, and I need to invite people of culture. Mr. Zhu's prose is well written, so I'm here to meet you this time."

  Liang Suming said: "Then you have to ask Mr. Ren Gong, or Yuheng. Most of them know Zhu Ziqing."

   "I'm going." Zhou Hexuan said. He is going to give each person a copy of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Although this stuff is difficult to be elegant, it is not bad to relieve boredom.

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

  Zhu Ziqing started teaching at Tsinghua University 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 criticize reality and expose the dark side of society.

   In the face of Zhou Hexuan's invitation, Zhu Ziqing agreed. He also gave Zhou Hexuan several old works, all of which have been published in other magazines, but have not yet been published in lyrical prose, including the well-known "Back".

  Zhou Hexuan immediately gave Zhu Ziqing a set of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and shamelessly asked for Zhu Ziqing's calligraphy. 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 gifts.

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

  …

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

   Back then, when Lu Xiaoman and his ex-husband Wang Geng got married, both of them were from famous families, and the lavish and lively wedding was 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 Qi had a dark face when he went outside the door, and he thought he was going to attend the funeral instead of the wedding.

   Zhou Hexuan persuaded: "Mr. why bother, marriage is a personal matter, their consensual will is enough."

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

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

  Because of this marriage, neither Xu Zhimo nor Lu Xiaoman can stand in Peiping and will soon move to Shanghai.

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

   "Yes." Liang Qichao choked out a sound in his nostrils, which was regarded as a response.

   Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Congratulations to the two of you, I wish you all a long life and happiness."

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

   Zhou Hexuan couldn't help but look carefully and found that Lu Xiaoman is really beautiful, the kind of beauty that softens the traditional and modern. It was the wedding dress on her body that was so ugly, especially the headscarf, which covered her head almost like a nun.

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

  There are a lot of benches on the grass, and in front is a makeshift wedding table. 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 famous people.

   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 Liu Haisu helped to persuade her to agree.

   There are also well-known scholars Chen Xiying and Ling Shuhua. This pair is not simple. Chen Xiying ranked among the top five prose writers in the Republic of China. He was 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 "three talented women in the literary world".

   There are also Crescent Poets such as Rao Mengkan, Zhu Xiang, and Liang Shiqiu, who share the same aspirations as Xu Zhimo in literature. Liang Shiqiu was teaching in Nanjing at this time, and he specially asked for leave to attend the wedding in Peiping. This friend can really do it.

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

  The wedding is normal until now, until the witnesses show up...

Liang Qichao came to the stage and looked at the two newcomers and said, "I'm here to say a few unpleasant words, so that the society will know that such a bad example is not a law, nor is it worth encouraging. Xu Zhimo, you are impetuous and impetuous. So that you can't achieve anything in your studies, you can't do your studies, and you're a failure as a person. Your divorce and remarriage is the proof of your lack of love. Lu Xiaoman, you and Xu Zhimo are both from the past. Your personality and behavior, divorce and remarriage are all caused by your personality faults. I hope you don't make mistakes again and again, make mistakes by yourself, 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 child's play, thinking that you can get married when you are happy, and you can leave when you are not happy, so that parents will be ashamed, friends will be despised, society will see jokes, and..."

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

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

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