My younger brother lives in a small shabby house. Why did Zhang Ailing give her 2.7 million inheritance to her friends?

One morning in September 1995, the weather was unusually cold. Lin Shitong received a call from the United States. The person on the other end of the phone only said one sentence: "Zhang Ailing has passed away. Please call me." To deal with related matters." One of the brightest and arrogant pearls in the history of Chinese literature has fallen, and the only person the landlady can contact is not Zhang Ailing's family, but her friend Lin Shitong.

Lin Shitong hurried to Zhang Ailing's residence to deal with related matters. When she walked into the apartment, she was shocked to see that the talented woman in the past was lying peacefully and haggardly on the ground.

The police said that Zhang Ailing had been dead for a week, and then handed her a suicide note, which said: All relics and manuscripts were sent to her friends Song Qi and his wife in Hong Kong after her death. Let your soul return to freedom.

She didn’t mention a word about her brother Zhang Zijing. What kind of story is hidden behind this? A life with infinite scenery withered in the most desolate way

"Zhang Ailing's life is a desolate gesture, a heavy sigh." This is the writer Ye Zhaoyan's evaluation of her. She is the most famous person in the history of Chinese literature. A well-known female writer, she was popular all over Shanghai, with countless admirers and followers, but she died alone in Los Angeles, with a sincere and almost indifferent attitude, and her soul returned to the Pacific Ocean.

Zhang Ailing was born into a very prominent family. Her grandfather Zhang Peilun was a famous official in the late Qing Dynasty, and her grandmother was the eldest daughter of Li Hongzhang, an important official in the imperial court. But when the gears of time turned to her generation, The prominence of her ancestors has nothing to do with her, but she still retains the dignity and coolness of our nobles in her bones.

Zhang Ailing had a rough life, which is also reflected in her novels and writings. She always wrote those thrilling stories with amazing writing style and penetrating indifference, those love, hate, lingering and parting, She always looked down as a superior bystander. Some people said that her blood was cold. In the end, the cold Zhang Ailing also died in a desolate way.

Perhaps all this has been foreshadowed in her writing. Zhang Ailing’s first novel is about a family tragedy, with her shadow looming in it. Her second novel The novel tells the story of a woman who wanted to commit suicide after falling out of love, shrouded in a decisive irony and sadness.

After experiencing two failed relationships between Hu Lancheng and Lai Ya, this lonely and lonely woman was completely desperate. She cut off contact with all her relatives and friends and lived alone in Los Angeles, USA. .

In the last period of her life, she burned herself wantonly into ashes and transformed them into the words she wrote. If you look carefully, those words seem to contain her soul.

On September 8, 1995, Zhang Ailing died at home, and her body was discovered a week later.

On September 19th, her body was cremated at Rose Hill Cemetery in Huizell, Los Angeles. On September 30th, her friends scattered her ashes into the Pacific Ocean. She died in a desolate way, but the story did not end abruptly. People debated endlessly about her death. No mention of her younger brother, the coldness and pain of her native family

After Zhang Ailing died, she left all her works and belongings to Song Qi and his wife. Perhaps in the last period of time, she had already anticipated her own death. This stubborn and determined woman never left any room for others. She had thought of everything before her death and did not give others any chance to interfere in her affairs.

Zhang Ailing fully demonstrated her usual indifference. Her inheritance of 2.7 million yuan and all her works were left to Song Qi and his wife. There was no mention of her brother in the loss. If her brother was at this time Life was going well, and the onlookers would just smile and listen to the story.

However, this is not the case. When Zhang Ailing died, her brother was living in a dilapidated small house, and his life was quite embarrassing.

Is Zhang Ailing really so indifferent that she doesn’t care about any friendship? We may be able to find some clues from her life and works, and get a glimpse of the reasons behind it. In such mottled desolation, we may see a woman's bleeding heart.

The most fundamental reason why Zhang Ailing did not leave her inheritance to her younger brother was that she prematurely felt the indifference of life and the indifference of family affection.

She was born in a traditional family that values ??boys over girls. What she has experienced since childhood is her family's neglect of her and the importance of her younger brother. This is a huge blow to a woman who has a strong need for self-esteem. , maybe at the moment of Zhang Ailing's death, she still felt resentful.

Her excellence, her excellence, and her talent were all turned a blind eye by her father. Her mother left early, her stepmother was even meaner to her, and her younger brother's character was cowardly and gentle, which made her hate her native people since she was a child. There was a sense of dissatisfaction and disappointment in the family.

Such dissatisfaction and disappointment are also reflected in her works. There are almost no perfect families in her works. They are full of sadness, sadness, and the depression and indifference of large families.

The grief of her original family lasted throughout her life.

Some people use their childhood to heal their whole lives, while some people use their whole life to heal their childhood. Zhang Ailing's childhood lacked care and love, so in the days to come, she also showed a kind of indifference and carelessness towards people and things, so that in the When her brother Zhang Zijing struggled to ask her sister that she wanted to find a wife, Zhang Ailing replied coldly, "I don't have a good time in the United States either."

Perhaps Zhang Zijing is not relieved either. In his words, there is still a faint nostalgia and resentment for Zhang Ailing, but he has never been cruel enough to blame his sister. After all, they grew up together.

He was also well aware of the oppression and indifference of that traditional family, but he chose a more peaceful way. Even at the end, he was gentle and gentle to his stepmother who treated him harshly and indifferently. Wait, peacefully support your stepmother until her death.

Perhaps the reason of her native family is not enough to cultivate Zhang Ailing’s determination. She did not mention a word in her suicide note, and it seems that there are other reasons. The sadness behind the indifference may be the deepest reason

Many people say that Zhang Ailing did not give any cent of her 2.7 million inheritance to her younger brother. She was extremely cold and indifferent. However, when we take a closer look If we go to understand the facts, we will find that the reason is by no means as simple as we think. In addition to the vividness of the original family, there may be two reasons why Zhang Ailing did not leave the inheritance to her younger brother.

The first reason is that her younger brother Zhang Zijing’s own cowardly character made Zhang Ailing very unhappy. When Zhang Ailing and her younger brother were beaten, scolded and tortured by her stepmother at the same time in her childhood, her younger brother stood by her stepmother. aside.

At that time, Zhang Ailing felt disappointed, sad, and even a little ironic. When Zhang Ailing was detained by her father, the person who helped her was not her own brother, but a servant.

The servants showed concern for her, but her brother did nothing during this period. Perhaps Zhang Ailing had been extremely disappointed with her brother the moment she left. A disappointed and cold woman will naturally be unable to be kind-hearted later on.

The second reason is that Zhang Ailing did not leave much property. Although everyone thinks that her inheritance is large, in fact, if you calculate it carefully, otherwise she would not be able to live in that small house by herself in Los Angeles. , lived in poverty.

She gave the inheritance to Song Qi and his wife. After all, Song Qi and his wife were the only benefactors who took her in when she was in poverty, helped her and introduced her to jobs. Although others think Zhang Ailing is cold, but understand her Throughout her life, she was actually a gentle person. Even when they broke up, she was so kind and decent. How could she be so ruthless?

In addition to buying gifts for Song Qi and his wife, most of her remaining inheritance is actually for Song Qi and his wife to hire someone to translate, publish and organize her works. According to her brother’s interpersonal relationships and literature at the time Talent, it is not easy to complete this job, so naturally it cannot be left to his younger brother.

“Life is like a gorgeous robe covered with lice.

"She may look glamorous to outsiders, but in fact she has a lot of heartache and difficulty. Onlookers accuse her of being ruthless, but in fact, how has she ever had it easy?