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Zhao Zhongxiang and his wife Zhang Meizhu
On January 16, 2020, Zhao Zhongxiang, a former famous host of CCTV, died of lung cancer in Beijing at the age of 78. The eternal knowledge of relatives is the greatest sorrow in the world. Zhao Zhongxiang's wife, Zhang Meizhu, and son Zhao Fang were immersed in heartbreak, and their lives were completely disrupted for a time.
Now that Zhao Zhongxiang has died almost two years ago, what is Zhang Meizhu's living condition?
Zhao Zhongxiang and Zhang Meizhu married in Beijing in 1968, and their son Zhao Fang was born in 1975. The couple has been accompanied by 52 spring and autumn seasons, during which there are too many unforgettable past events.
Two years younger than Zhao Zhongxiang, Zhang Meizhu was a well-known announcer for China Radio International and worked in the Indonesian language group. She is simple and kind, knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and after retirement, she grows flowers and grass at home, reads books, takes grandchildren, and handles household chores for a large family.
In 2009, Zhao Zhongxiang participated in the "Dance Forest Conference"
After Zhao Zhongxiang retired from CCTV in 2008, he ran outside all day. When they were young, the couple was busy at work, and Zhao Zhongxiang was still home when he was old, and Zhang Meizhu did not complain a word.
In 2017, CCTV organized a physical examination of retired employees, and Zhao Zhongxiang's lungs were found to be a tumor with a jujube nucleus. Zhang Meizhu's heart hung up, not knowing what was waiting for her husband's fate.
Two days later, the pathology of the hospital came out, Zhao Zhongxiang's tumor was benign, and the old two breathed a long sigh of relief. But in order to prevent cancerous tumors, Zhao Zhongxiang has to take drugs every day.
At this time, Zhao Zhongxiang was 75 years old and had always been physically tough. He learned from the Internet that many elderly people can coexist with tumors for a long time, and their metabolism is slower in old age, and the changes in tumors are not obvious. Therefore, Zhao Zhongxiang took medicine for three days to fish and two days to dry nets.
Zhao Zhongxiang
Zhao Zhongxiang and Yu Yuexian
At home, Zhang Meizhu urged Zhao Zhongxiang to take medicine on time, but when he left his wife's sight, he did not take the medicine seriously at all. Originally, the doctor asked Zhao Zhongxiang to go to the hospital for a re-examination once every 3 months, and after Zhang Meizhu accompanied him twice, the tumor did not change in the slightest, and Zhao Zhongxiang felt that the re-examination was dispensable.
After that, when Zhang Meizhu asked him to go to the hospital for examination, Zhao Zhongxiang either said that he was busy or hid out and did not go to the hospital for re-examination.
The kind Zhang Meizhu has never been angry with her husband in her life, although her heart is not happy, but she has to rely on her wife. Who knew that in the next two years, the benign tumor of Zhao Zhongxiang's lungs quietly deteriorated and evolved into lung squamous cell carcinoma.
In December 2019, Zhao Zhongxiang suddenly lost weight inexplicably, his legs were puffy, and he often coughed. He thought it was caused by excessive fatigue in his old age and wanted to hold on, but Zhang Meizhu and her son insisted that he go to the hospital.
In 2012, Zhao Zhongxiang was upgraded to become a grandfather
A family of three came to Beijing Shijitan Hospital, and after a pathological biopsy, Zhao Zhongxiang was diagnosed with lung cancer, which was already advanced. The doctor told Zhang Meizhu and her son: "Teacher Zhao's life period will not exceed half a year, and you must be mentally prepared." ”
It's like a thunderbolt on a sunny day! Zhang Meizhu's eyes went black and she almost fell to the ground, and Zhao Fang quickly hugged her mother from behind.
In addition to grief, Zhang Meizhu is more regret and self-blame: if her personality is spicy and strong, she regularly forced her husband to go to the hospital for review, early detection and early treatment, and her wife's illness will not drag into advanced lung cancer!
Zhang Meizhu tearfully said to her husband: "I regret it now, when you didn't go to the hospital for a review, why didn't I get angry with you?" Zhao Zhongxiang also burst into tears: "I am too willful, too strong, why don't I listen to the doctor?" The one who regrets it the most should be me! ”
The regret of the old couple tearing their hearts and lungs is also an unforgettable awakening for tumor patients and their families. Don't be afraid of trouble, don't be too willful, follow the doctor's advice, find out early and heal early, is the greatest respect for life, is responsible for yourself and your family!
Advanced lung cancer destroyed Zhao Zhongxiang's belief in life. Soon after he was hospitalized, he fell into a deep coma, and Zhang Meizhu stayed by his wife's side.
Zhao Zhongxiang woke up after 7 days in a coma, because his spirit collapsed, and in just a few days, he seemed to have changed into a person: more white hair, a dull yellow face, and eye bags that were particularly conspicuous.
He couldn't eat anything, Zhang Meizhu fed her husband glucose water, and Zhao Zhongxiang vomited while eating. In the countdown to life, Zhao Zhongxiang lay on the hospital bed, tears constantly falling from his eyes.
Zhou Tao, Zhu Jun, Zhao Zhongxiang and Ni Ping (from left to right) hosted the 1999 CCTV Spring Festival Gala
Ni Ping, Xing Tianbin, Li Ruiying and other old colleagues came to visit the hospital, and Zhao Zhongxiang could not say a complete sentence, and after a while he burst into tears.
At 7:30 a.m. on January 16, 2020, Zhao Zhongxiang's heart stopped beating at the age of 78.
Bidding farewell to her wife, Zhang Meizhu and her son's heart is broken. She has been with her wife for 52 years, and she can't accept the days without Zhao Zhongxiang around. In just one week, she lost more than 10 pounds, insomnia, tears, and mental trance.
The Zhao Family has always lived separately from his parents, and every day after work, he will bring his wife and children to accompany his mother. Zhao Fang and his wife made their mother's favorite beef noodles, but Zhang Meizhu ate very little.
Early years zhang Meizhu
Zhang Meizhu (second from left)
Worried that her mother had autism, Zhao Fang asked the doctor and prescribed her several boxes of drugs, but her mother did not eat a single one. Zhao Fang endured the grief and comforted his mother: "Mom, my father is gone, we still have to live a normal life." Dad knows you're like this now, and I don't know how sad it will be over there. ”
Zhang Meizhu choked up and replied to her son: "Your father is so selfish, leave me alone, and leave alone." Mom's state is getting worse and worse, and Zhao Fang is worried about his mother's future.
Zhang Meizhu has brothers and sisters in Beijing, but they are all old and cannot accompany her for a long time. The siblings' children have jobs and families, and they only come to see Zhang Meizhu once in a while. The burden of accompanying and caring for his mother still fell on Zhao Fang's shoulders.
In March 2020, with the global outbreak of the epidemic, Zhao Fang took his wife and children to live in his mother's house and quarantined at home with his mother.
Zhao Fang and his wife
Zhao Fang studied in the UK and worked in It in Zhongguancun after returning to China. His wife is the cousin of Ni Ping's ex-husband Wang Wenlan, and Ni Ping is the matchmaker. The two married in Beijing in 2011 and their son was born the following year.
During the epidemic, Zhao Fang's work has all stopped, and he is guarding his mother at home around the clock. He accompanied his mother to reminisce about the warm years when the family of three walked by when he was a child, and pulled his mother to make dumplings together. Zhang Meizhu slept less, and Zhao Fang supported a single bed in her mother's room at night, taking care of her mother's medicine and accompanying her to pull home cooking.
Because she misses her wife too much, Zhang Meizhu nags her wife over and over again about her situation in the hospital. Every time Zhao Fang listened patiently and comforted his mother from time to time.
Zhao Fang's wife is also very filial, often calling the doctor to communicate with the mother-in-law, telling the mother-in-law's mental state, and relaying the doctor's advice to her husband.
In June 2020, Zhang Meizhu said that she wanted to eat wontons, and Zhao Fang personally wrapped a bowl for her mother. But after cooking, Zhang Meizhu tasted one and said that the taste was not right, and Zhao Fang argued: "The ingredients are all good, and the taste should be good." Who knew that Zhang Meizhu suddenly cried, accusing her son of not understanding her. Zhao Fang sat quietly next to his mother, feeling aggrieved and sad in his heart.
Zhao Zhongxiang and Yang Lan
After the mother calmed down, Zhao Fang served the wontons to her after heating up, and Zhang Meizhu still did not move the chopsticks. Zhao Fang heated it 3 times in a row before she finished eating the wontons. Seeing that his mother could eat, Zhao Fang burst into tears.
In August 2020, the epidemic in Beijing was greatly alleviated. Under the intimate care of Zhao Fang, Zhang Meizhu did not suffer from autism and her mental state improved.
She finally understood that although her wife was gone, she and her son still had to live. Especially the son is in middle age, there are old and young, the work pressure is very large, and he can no longer add chaos to him. Zhang Meizhu sincerely said to her son: "You don't have to come to see me every day in the future. You can rest assured that Mom will live strong. ”
After that, Zhang Meizhu buried her thoughts about her wife in her heart and began to live a normal life as before. Every morning and evening she would go for a walk in the neighborhood, go to the supermarket to buy groceries, and then cook at home.
In the evening, Zhang Meizhu pruned and watered the flowers and grass on the balcony, and at night she watched TV and listened to music, and the day passed like this. Every weekend, Zhao Fang would bring his wife and children to his home to reunite with his mother.
Family portraits of yesteryear
Furnishings in the community and home
Early Saturday morning, Zhang Meizhu went to the supermarket to buy ingredients, and then cooked for her son's family. In the busy, Zhang Meizhu enjoyed the fullness of life.
Zhang Meizhu is simple and kind, never puts up a shelf, and is very popular in the community. Because she is a celebrity, almost everyone in the community knows her. Whenever she went out, someone would greet her and say hello to her, and Zhang Meizhu always smiled and greeted her.
In November 2021, Zhao Zhongxiang died of illness for almost two years, zhang Meizhu still has pain in her heart, but she will miss her wife and the love for her wife deeply buried in her heart and live a normal life like before.
Because she knows that she is a grandmother, a mother, a mother-in-law, and she must live every day strongly and not let her family worry about herself!
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