On October 21, 1985, a silver-gray plane took Tian Pu from Beijing to Nanjing.
In the senior ward of the General Hospital of the Nanjing Military Region, Xu Shiyou was lying on a hospital bed, his eyes were deeply sunken, his face was sallow, his fever was not going back, and he kept talking nonsense...
Seeing that the husband who has lived together for 42 years is now dying, Tian Pulao burst into tears:
Old Xu, I'm late...
The next day, a generation of legendary generals Xu Shiyou died at the age of 80.
When Chairman Mao arranged for Xu Shiyou to go to the anti-Japanese front in Shandong, he told Xu Shiyou: When you go there and win the battle, you "monk" will also bring back a daughter-in-law, and I will drink your happy wine.
In fact, when Xu Shiyou was on the anti-Japanese front in Shandong, he had already been married twice.
Xu Shiyou, a native of Xinxian County, Henan Province, lived in Shaolin for several years due to his poor family as a child, and was later jokingly called a "monk".
When Xu Shiyou was 18 years old, Xu's mother married Zhu Ximing, who was 4 years older than him.
Because Xu Shiyou joined the Red Army and heard nothing for many years, Zhu Ximing was forced to remarry by the Xu family of the same ethnic group.
Later, on the Long March Road, Xu Shiyou met Lei Mingzhen and married him. Due to the misunderstanding, Lei Mingzhen filed for divorce with Xu Shiyou.
Coming to the anti-Japanese front, busy with how to fight the Japanese army all day, Xu Shiyou's life was really difficult.
Some old comrades-in-arms and old subordinates decided to find a woman for Xu Shiyou!
17-year-old Tian Pu met 34-year-old Xu Shiyou, and the door of love opened...
In July 1941, soldiers who had just won a battle passed by the village with captured booty and prisoners. Many villagers are carrying water and dry food waiting for their relatives.
Xu Shiyou walked in front, waving to the villagers on both sides from time to time.
At this time, a girl came to Xu Shiyou, handed over a pair of "pro-army" shoes with both hands, and then left with a red face.
Later, Xu Shiyou learned that this girl's name was Tian Minglan and she worked in the five detachments of the garment factory.
Within a few days, the troops held a celebration of the victory, and the Yangge team performed. Xu Shiyou sat on the rostrum.
Xu Shiyou always felt that there was a girl in the Yangge team who was very familiar, so he asked Wu Kehua next to him.
Wu Kehua laughed:
Remember the pro-army shoes on your feet?
Xu Shiyou suddenly realized.
Tian Minglan is a native of Shandong, and due to the poverty of her family, she was sold by her grandmother for 2 buckets of millet as a child bride at the age of seven.
Until 1939, when the five detachments came to Tian Minglan's hometown, she joined the Eighth Route Army without hesitation and was assigned to work in the quilt.
For Xu Shiyou, Tian Minglan has long heard: good kung fu, brave in fighting, especially in the defense of Aba, killing 123 white dogs, a large knife cut 58 enemies...
Since ancient times, beautiful women have loved heroes, and Tian Minglan has great admiration for the commander of this Jiaodong Military Region.
Later, with the help of Wu Kehua, Xu Shiyou and Tian Minglan formally met for a long time and confirmed the relationship, and they married in the spring of 1943. Xu Shiyou helped his wife change her name to Tian Pu.
Tian Pu, who had never been to school, began to learn culture and gave birth to 5 children in succession.
After the founding of New China, Xu Shiyou, who went to the city, has never forgotten his old mother in the countryside.
Confidant Moro's wife. Tian Pu proposed to bring the old mother to spend his old age.
Seeing that his wife understood him so well, Xu Shiyou was very moved.
After taking the old mother in, Tian Pu took good care of the old man while doing a good job, just like his own mother.
In 1981, Xu Shiyou, who had stepped down from the commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, served as deputy director of the Central Advisory Committee and asked to live in Nanjing.
Tian Pu and the children live in Beijing.
In January 1985, when Xu Shiyou went to the hospital for a routine physical examination, he learned that he had liver cancer.
At that time, the central government sent people to hope that Xu Shiyou would go to Beijing for treatment, but Xu Shiyou stubbornly insisted on staying in Nanjing.
Because it is advanced liver cancer, surgery is of little significance, so conservative treatment is chosen.
By the end of September, Xu Shiyou's condition was getting more and more serious, the high fever did not go away, and he always talked nonsense...
On October 22, Xu Shiyou stopped breathing and walked away forever...