Deng Pufang once gave an interview to Lu Yu, who asked him: "In your life, in addition to your father, are there any people who have helped you at critical moments and made you very memorable?" ”
Deng Pufang replied, "There is one person that I will never forget, that is, a worker in our Peking University Workers' Propaganda Team. In the most difficult time, others ignored me, he ran to my bed to persuade me, give me hope, ran everywhere to treat me... It's a time of tribulation! ”
The worker Deng Pufang was talking about was Wang Fengwu of the Foreign Language Printing Factory, who entered Peking University in September 1968 with the Work Propaganda Team and served as the class leader of Deng Pufang's class. At that time, Deng Pufang was already in the middle of the storm, and he and his sister Deng Nan were often locked up in the laboratory of Peking University's physics building for interrogation, demanding that their parents be confessed for their "crimes."
No one dared to interact with Deng Pufang anymore, and Wang Fengwu, who had just arrived at the class, wanted to understand what kind of person he really was from the side. Some students quietly told him that Deng usually loved to learn and was willing to help others. The previous winter, a student who had no cotton clothes to wear because of his family's poverty, Deng gave him one of his own cotton coats.
Of course, some people said a lot of bad things about him, but Wang Fengwu didn't have too special impressions of him, only that he was an ordinary college student.
Because Deng Pufang has been unwilling to "cooperate", the development of things has become more and more serious. He was forcibly locked up in a laboratory contaminated with radioactive material by a group of people, and no one paid any attention to him no matter how he knocked on the door and cried. Deng Pufang, who studied physics, understood that being exposed to such an environment for a long time would be life-threatening.
A strong desire to survive forced him to find all the ways to escape, and he saw through the window a water pipe attached to the wall and tried to slide down the pipe to the first floor. Unexpectedly, the water pipe fell off, and he fell heavily from the fourth floor to the ground.
He was admitted to the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical College, and the results of the examination were: a lumbar spine, a thoracic vertebrae fracture, paraplegia of both lower limbs, and a high fever of 40 degrees. Because of his special status, no one ever dared to operate on him, but only to maintain his life with some simple drugs. Deng Pufang sometimes woke up and sometimes fell unconscious, and later recalled that time, he said:
After I woke up, my heart was like ashes, life and death did not matter anymore, mourning was greater than heart death, it was a state in which heart death would not feel pain.
One day, a student of the graduating class came to Wang Fengwu and asked: "I am about to assign a job and leave, I borrowed Deng Pufang 20 yuan, but now I dare not go to him, what should I do?" ”
Wang Fengwu listened with some anger and said: "When you were in difficulty, he lent you money, and now he needs money, but you dare not go to see him. ”
Workers' propaganda team work
Wang Fengwu couldn't figure out how to do it, he was fine on weekdays, so why didn't anyone dare to see him until now. He felt that this was too unfair, that it was not easy for the country to train a college student, and that his father had contributed to the country. He thought to himself that he was the class leader and had a responsibility to help the classmates.
So he walked into the hospital, came to Deng Pufang's bedside, and asked, "Are you Deng Pufang?" Deng Pufang nodded with difficulty.
Wang Fengwu saw that his whole body was trembling, and touched his forehead with his hand, which turned out to be a high fever. He asked, "Did the doctor show you?" ”
At this time, Deng Pufang let down his guard and asked, "Are you a worker master?" ”
Wang Fengwu said, "Yes, if you have any questions, you can find me." ”
Deng Pufang said: "Why did they cancel my reserve party members? ”
Wang Fengwu couldn't answer for a moment, and just in time he saw that Deng Pufang's table was empty without any food or medicine. He turned around and went out to call the medical staff, who were in high status at that time, not to mention that he was still a member of the workers' propaganda team. He told the paramedics that you should treat him and send him study materials, and that he had the right to learn no matter what.
The next day, someone found Wang Fengwu and asked, "Do you know who he is?" You should draw a line with him. ”
Wang Fengwu explained: "The father's problem is the father, what does it have to do with him? ”
The man threatened, "Kindly advise you not to listen, and if you continue like this, you will be withdrawn to the factory." ”
Wang Fengwu thought to himself, I was originally a worker, withdrawing to the factory is still a worker, we workers should talk about revolutionary humanitarianism, and now Deng Pufang is a patient, he needs to be treated.
Workers' families in the 1970s
Sure enough, Wang Fengwu's care for Deng Pufang was spread by rumors, and everyone said that Wang Fengwu was a "royalist". The wife also asked incomprehensibly, "Aren't you causing trouble for our family like this?" You are going to have an accident, what about the five children in the family? ”
Wang Fengwu said to his wife with some choking: "Isn't our five-year-old eldest son in the old society, because there is no money to treat diseases, and we watch him die in our arms?" Now his family is not around, no one dares to care about him, people's hearts are all flesh, I really can't bear it. ”
Wang Fengwu still often visited Deng Pufang, and sure enough, it wasn't long before he received the notice and was withdrawn to the factory. Before leaving Peking University, he once again went to the military representative and begged him to think of a way to treat Deng Pufang, who was still young. The military representative simply shook his head and said he couldn't help it.
After leaving Peking University, Wang Fengwu was still not reconciled, he rode a bicycle, repeatedly ran to the Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for help, and finally an old expert surnamed Liu was willing to help him see. After watching the X-ray, Dr. Liu could only shake his head and sigh: "It's too late, the spinal bone injury is too serious, and it has dragged on for such a long time, it is estimated that he will never be able to stand up again." ”
After listening to the doctor's words, Wang Fengwu felt very sad, and he wondered in his heart whether the expert had misdiagnosed it? He rode his broken bicycle and ran all over the big hospitals in Beijing, but as soon as the hospital heard Deng Pufang's name, no one dared to take care of it.
He reluctantly returned to Deng Pufang's hospital bed and said to him, "I'm sorry, I tried my best." But don't be discouraged, there will always be a way. ”
Since then, Wang Fengwu has continued to write letters to his superiors to reflect and appeal, and has traveled from Peking University to the municipal party committee. The emperor did not live up to his painstaking heart, and finally the news reached the ears of Premier Zhou, who personally inquired about it and bought a wheelchair for Deng Pufang at his own expense. Under his care, Deng Pufang was admitted to Jishuitan Hospital and later transferred to 301 Hospital.
Wang Fengwu often went to see him, at that time Wang Fengwu only had a salary of more than 40 yuan per month, he still had 5 children, his life was tight, and sometimes he had to live on food subsidies. But he still squeezed out some money to buy Some Food for Deng Pufang and encouraged him: "If you continue to live, your life will always be better." ”
hospital
In 1971, just after the Spring Festival, a few people from Peking University suddenly came and said bluntly to Deng Pufang: "The organization has decided to let you change places for recuperation." Of course, Deng Pufang did not want to leave the hospital, but he also knew that there would be no result in the theory with these people, and he could only say expressionlessly: "Agree." ”
After work one day, Wang Fengwu went to the 301 Hospital to see Deng Pufang, but did not find him. After asking the patients in the same ward, I learned that he had been transferred to the Qinghe Welfare Institute. Wang Fengwu's heart was cold at once, and the Qinghe Welfare Home was a relief home for disabled soldiers, military dependents, and the elderly and orphans who had no one to take care of them, and being sent there meant that they would not receive any more treatment.
Deng Pufang later recalled the place where he lived, a large house with 12 people, caring for them by an old man in his 80s and a stupid child of seventeen or eighteen, and no one else could move. After living in the welfare home, they were given a set of cotton clothes and cotton pants, and they put on these cotton clothes and cotton pants naked.
He remembers the scene of the first day he went to the welfare home to eat: Uncle Zhu, who was in his 80s, shed two snots that were quickly flowing into his mouth, beat him half a bowl of boiled cabbage, and then handed him a blackened bun.
During those difficult times, he was often eager to find his parents, but on second thought, what was the use of finding their parents, maybe they were more difficult than himself. At this time, his parents were also very concerned about him, but they did not dare to openly call people to find him.
When Wang Fengwu learned the news, he thought to himself: What is this world, and it is necessary to let this child with a father and a wife become an orphan. The welfare home in Qinghe Town, a suburb of Beijing, is far from Wang Fengwu, and he can only ride his bicycle to see Deng Pufang on weekends. After the two met, they looked at each other for half a day, and no one could speak.
Every time he went, he would push Deng Pufang outside to breathe, and Deng Pufang saw the fish swimming in the river and said with great emotion: "Unfortunately, I can't swim freely like a fish now, if one day I can be like it, I will do more things for the people and let our country develop faster." ”
Deng Pufang with his father
Deng Pufang's mentality slowly became optimistic. Later, when Wang Fengwu went to see him again, he was not idle, sitting on the bed, weaving a paper basket with wire, and weaving one could earn three or four cents. He said happily to Wang Fengwu: "Now that I have become a worker, I can support myself." In order to show his gratitude to Wang Fengwu, he insisted on going out to eat a meal.
The two ordered two plates of dumplings, two cold dishes, two or two liquors, deng Pufang touched the pocket for half a day to put the split ticket and the gross ticket together, there was 1 yuan, paid for the meal. Years later, Deng Pufang still remembers that the meal tasted so beautiful.
Wang Fengwu and Deng Pufang became close friends, but Deng Pufang was never willing to mention about the family. Wang Fengwu was saddened by what had happened to him, and was indignant. Deng Pufang comforted him in turn: "There is nothing wrong with suffering more, it will make people grow." Wang Fengwu was infected by his optimistic attitude.
Later, Deng Pufang's aunt in Tianjin found him in the welfare home, and the aunt ran around, and the situation changed slightly. He was arranged to a room near Xuanwu Gate. At this time, Deng Xiaoping, who was far away in Wangchenggang, Xinjian County, Jiangxi, had news of Deng Pufang. They were very worried about Deng Pufang, so they wrote to the Central Committee:
The last time I wrote to you, I hope that Deng Pufang can continue the treatment. Now that it is impossible to continue treatment, and the conditions of the Qinghe Welfare Home are the same, we parents cannot ignore it emotionally. So Zhuo Lin and I thought about it again and again, and felt that it would be better to take Park Fang to our place of residence and live with us.
Deng's request was granted, and Deng Pufang was finally sent to Jiangxi's parents. Wang Fengwu was relieved, and he was happy for Deng Pufang. Before long, the environment improved, and Deng Xiaoping wrote to the central government again, requesting that his son be operated on. After the instructions of Premier Zhou, Deng Pufang was sent back to the 301 Hospital for treatment.
At that time, Deng Pufang had been paralyzed for 6 years, and the hospital experts consulted him for the first time. It turned out that he had severe fractures of his chest and lumbar vertebrae, and that he had died of spinal fibrosis. Doctors believe that if scientific treatment had been carried out 6 years ago, his paraplegia should have been reduced below the thigh. But after 6 years of development, the condition has become increasingly serious, paraplegia has progressed to the chest position, and has been unable to recover.
Deng Pufang had to accept this sad news - he would never be able to stand up again.
But the good news was that soon After Deng Xiaoping resumed work, the family could return to Beijing for a reunion. In order to thank Wang Fengwu, Zhuo Lin took her two daughters to visit him, and Deng Pufang often visited Wang Fengwu's home. For a while, the rumors rose again, and everyone said, "Your old king really has foresight, and a good day is coming." ”
Wang Fengwu could only laugh it off, he never felt that helping Deng Pufang could have anything in return, and the reason why he helped him was with conscience and a sense of justice. When the Deng family came to visit, they always asked him what difficulties he had, and he also sent a driver to his home to ask for warmth during the New Year's Festival. But Wang Fengwu never asked for anything, he said: "I hope to maintain the same friendship with Park Fang as before, and not to add trouble to his family." ”
Wang Fengwu's 5 children have grown up, and they are all just ordinary workers in the factory, his family still lives in the ordinary unit building of the past, the furniture at home is very simple, and the old "capital brand" sewing machine is still in the home.
Once Zhuo Lin told him that Deng Xiaoping was going to visit him too. This startled Wang Fengwu and hurriedly said, "He is so busy at work, he is old and old, don't come, I have received your wishes." ”
In 1983, Deng Rong published an article called "Deng Xiaoping's Days in Jiangxi", in which he specifically mentioned Wang Fengwu's help to Deng Pufang, and said:
After my father resumed work, Master Wang's family did not make a single request to us. Our whole family is very grateful to Master Wang for helping my brother in times of difficulty. Our whole family admires Master Wang and his family's precious qualities of integrity, bravery and simplicity of the Chinese working class.
Wang Fengwu suddenly became a celebrity, and the media kept coming to his home to interview. There are even good people who suspect that in that case, if someone really helped Deng Pufang, then he will definitely be brilliant now, and he must go to his home to see if the news is right. One Sunday, a few young people came to Wang Fengwu to look around, said only one sentence: "Sure enough, nothing has changed", and then left happily. It confused Wang Fengwu.
Wang Fengwu came to the rescue of Deng Pufang at the most difficult time, not because of his special status, nor did he expect anything in return. Just because he has an upright, kind heart. No matter how harsh the environment is, there will always be good people like Wang Fengwu in this world, and there will always be people who insist on justice.
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