Their union is the union of fate, one is the bookish mendi, the other is born poor. Fate and marriage are really two things that cannot be explained clearly and are still chaotic.
As far as they are concerned, in terms of birth alone, they have an insurmountable "chasm". But on the other hand, the fate of the parents, the words of the matchmaker. They did not dare not follow. Eventually, they came together. A modern version of the "Book of Hongyan" was deduced.
He is Xu Guangda, the male protagonist of the story, and she is Zou Jinghua, the heroine of the story.
Xu Guangda was born in 1908 to a poor family in Radish Chong, Changsha, Hunan Province. Young Xu Guangda, because of the sudden death of his mother, went to the landlord's house early to herd cattle to supplement the family. Because of the large number of brothers and sisters, life is extremely difficult. My father was just an honest farmer, with no culture, only knowing how to earn money and make a living. Still, life is hard.
Looking at the peers in the village, one by one, they all went to the academy, Xu Guangda was very envious. Why can't I be like them? Xu Guangda often asked himself in the depths of his heart, Xu Guangda was too eager for knowledge, and his vision of the academy could only be hidden in his heart. Don't dare to tell anyone, who let their family be poor?
Over time, Xu Guangda really couldn't help his own desire for knowledge, so he used the time of cattle herding to quietly hide outside the academy to "eavesdrop". We often hear people say that "all things have spirituality", Xu Guangda herded cattle for the landlord's family, and everyone in the village knew it, because the landlord made a mark on his own cattle. Landlords are rich and powerful, and whoever dares to provoke them can afford to provoke them. Nature is how far away it is, how far it hides.
When I saw them, I naturally walked around. Not to mention, cattle, as domestic animals, walk slowly and cannot steal and steal. Besides, no one dares to steal it! Xu Guangda was a wise man who simply drove the cattle to the mountains and let them move freely. The people in the village did not dare to steal, but in case the cattle were lost, Xu Guangda would be in big trouble. Xu Guangda was also afraid of the cattle being lost, and his heart was very uneasy. However, the temptation of the academy to itself was too great.
On the first day, Xu Guangda went tentatively, hiding outside the academy and quietly listening to his lecture. Because I was still worried about the cattle on the mountain, I waited until the gentleman finished speaking, and quickly ran to the mountain with a smoke. Seeing that the old cow was still in place, Xu Guangda inhaled a cool breath. Thankfully, you're still here.
When the old cow saw Xu Guangda, he "mooed" a few times, and Xu Guangda patted the old cow and said, "Go home." The old cow stood up slowly and began to walk slowly in the direction of the bullpen.
As the days passed, Xu Guangda's thirst for knowledge continued unabated. Summer is good to say, this worry is winter, count nine cold days, although the old cattle put good hay can not worry about, but this will, but for these nine cold days to start worrying.
Knowledge is power, and for Xu Guangda, this is motivation. Because Xu Guangda was too hungry for knowledge. Helplessly, with this opportunity, Xu Guangda will go even on a cold day. Who makes it impossible to suppress the allure of the academy?
On this day, the sky is drifting with snowflakes, and the people on the street are one foot deep and one foot shallow, walking carefully. Xu Guangda settled the old cow's "rations" and walked towards the academy again. The snow was really too big, and Xu Guangda, who was hiding outside the academy to eavesdrop on Mr. Xu's lectures, was even harder to carry. Who let himself come from a poor background?
In fact, Mr. Xu Guangda had already discovered Xu Guangda outside. However, it has not been broken.
Mr. Zou Xilu's name is Zou Xilu, a late Qing Jinshi. He was extremely sympathetic to Xu Guangda, a cold disciple who wanted to read but could not afford to read. Today, the weather is really too cold. In the early years, I often encountered such things myself, and I helped them.
"Fluttering" a sound, as if something had fallen, Mr. hurried out of the door, and saw that it was Xu Guangda outside the academy, because of the cold, he fell into the snow. He hurriedly beckoned the other students to help Xu Guangda into the academy.
Zou Xilu looked at Xu Guangda and felt very unbearable. China's tomorrow will require thousands of Xu Guangda-style students to have hope. Zou Xilu did not know about Xu Guangda's family situation, and afterwards, he also learned from the mouths of students. Zou Xilu's heart was not a taste, and there was no way to express it.
Zou Xilu was a scholar, and he was already a year of knowing his destiny, the government was weak, the country was backward, and there were too many cold students like Xu Guangda. Xu Guangda was so persistent at a young age. In the future, it can become a great instrument, and the future life is terrible!
Zou Xilu fell in love with this poor boy in silence, and then often took Xu Guang to his home to study. This was something that Xu Guangda didn't dare to think about. Zou Xilu also received Xu Guangda from time to time, and Zou Xilu knew that there were few wages for herding cattle for the landlord's family.
Xu Guangda was very fortunate to meet a man with a conscience like Zou Xilu. If you say that without Mr. Generosity, can you learn so much knowledge? As the days passed, Xu Guangda grew up day by day and began to mature.
Zou Xilu had high hopes for Xu Guangda, and at the same time knew that Xu Guangda was not a thing in the pool, and the small radish bush was only Xu Guangda's temporary habitat, and believed that in the near future, Xu Guangda would definitely fly out of the radish rush. Zou Xilu was right, and the later Xu Guangda did fly out of the radish bush.
Zou Xilu had three daughters, and in the era of "son preference", he practiced that "a woman without talent is virtuous". Zou Xilu did the opposite, and his three daughters were all under his influence, literate and read. At the very least, there is a good foundation. Zou Xilu often looked at Xu Guangda, and the more he looked, the more moved he became. Zou Xilu read a lot of books, and occasionally read some books such as "faces".
For Xu Guangda, Zou Xilu's judgment is correct, and there will be great achievements in the future. The idea of mating the youngest daughter Zou Jinghua xu to Xu Guangda came up, and as far as Xu Guangda was concerned, there was no psychological preparation. The father is a hundred in favor, "the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker". What's more, Zou Xilu was not thin to himself. I have no reason to oppose this marriage, do I have the right to choose?
Xu Guangda's marriage was thus settled, and according to local customs, he was already engaged. It is necessary to prepare for marriage, and the interval should not be too long, otherwise it will be unlucky, and there will be people outside who will talk about it. Zou Xilu had already planned to complete the marriage half a month after the engagement. So as not to have other changes.
Zou Xilu's judgment was correct, the little radish chong could not shut down Xu Guangda. Ten days after the marriage, Xu Guangda was recommended by someone to enter the Huangpu Military Academy to study. Previously, Xu Guangda had studied at Changsha Normal College in Hunan Province under the sponsorship of Zou Xilu.
Because the president of Changsha Normal University and Zou Xilu are the same window. Zou Xilu wrote to Xu Guangda to recommend him. Zou Xilu is a "gift of knowing" for Xu Guangda, and without Zou Xilu, there would be no Xu Guangda's later. Xu Guangda's kindness to Zou Xilu is really not something that can be clearly explained in one or two sentences.
At the Whampoa Military Academy, Xu Guangda met many young people with the ambition to serve the country, and they discussed the development of the country together and made an in-depth and simple analysis of the current situation in China. It was also at this time that Xu Guangda joined the Communist Party of China.
Shortly thereafter, the Kuomintang reactionaries led by Chiang Kai-shek launched the April 12 Incident and carried out an unprecedented and bloody massacre of the Communists. Chiang Kai-shek even ordered that "it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to spare a communist party." The bloody massacre did not frighten Xu Guangda, but on the contrary, it strengthened Xu Guangda's mind even more.
Xu Guangda's joining the Chinese Communist Party was never mentioned to anyone, including his wife, Zou Jinghua. The occurrence of the April 12 incident changed the trajectory of Xu Guangda's life. The situation was pressing, and Xu Guangda was arranged by the organization to go to Nanchang Zhang Bakui's department to participate in the uprising. That is, the later "Nanchang Uprising".
During this period, he fought with Comrades Zhou Enlai, He Long and other comrades, and was born into death. The Nanchang uprising fired the first shot of the Communist Party of China against the Kuomintang reactionaries Chinese, and it is of profound historical significance in the history of New China.
After Xu Guangda got married, he stayed at home for ten days and went to the Whampoa Military Academy to study. Leaving Zou Jinghua alone at home, he has never returned home. There was only one letter in the middle, and then there was no news.
Because of the continuous fighting, the address is not fixed, and the Kuomintang reactionaries have never relaxed their search for the Communists. In order not to involve his family, Xu Guangda could only choose to wait.
Xu Guangda did not forget the kindness of his father-in-law Zou Xilu to his acquaintance, and he did not forget that there was also a wife zou Jinghua who had visited the church at home. Xu Guangda also wanted to go back, but in the face of the enemy's wanted and searched, Xu Guangda was helpless...
In 1930, taking advantage of the cover of night, Xu Guangda quietly returned to his hometown of Radish Chong. This time, it was the second time the couple met. Zou Jinghua, who saw her husband, was ecstatic, and Xu Guangda was instructed by the organization to return to his hometown to organize the masses to carry out a campaign. This meeting is extremely dangerous. If it were not for the timely report from his brother-in-law Xie Zigui, Xu Guangda would have been unable to escape the doom of being arrested.
It turned out that due to the betrayal of the traitors, the enemy had already learned of Xu Guangda's whereabouts. I thought of exhausting the backbone members, but I did not think that the contents of the telegram were seen by Xie Zigui, the brother-in-law who was a staff officer of the Security Command. Xie Zigui did not dare to be sloppy, this matter was not a trivial matter, and he was busy passing on the situation to Zou Jinghua.
Zou Jinghua did not know that Xu Guangda joined the Communist Party, and when he learned from his brother-in-law that the enemy was going to arrest her husband Xu Guangda, he looked at the person in front of him with wide eyes and whispered, "Are you a communist?" ”
Xu Guangda looked confused, "Who said that?" ”
Xu Guangda realized that the situation had changed, and Zou Jinghua repeated the words of his brother-in-law Xie Zigui. There was no time to say goodbye, and Xu Guangda had to leave quickly. It was also the brother-in-law's timely ventilation and information that enabled Xu Guangda to avoid a disaster.
The enemy pounced, and naturally had to investigate what the cause was. Zou Jinghua's brother-in-law Xie Zigui was soon discovered and finally executed directly by the enemy. Xu Guangda escaped the disaster, but his brother-in-law Xie Zigui was not spared.
Due to the enemy's search, Xu Guangda also frequently changed his name, no way, the enemy's search was too crazy. The second sister lost her husband, the family had no top pillar, and the second sister calculated the account to the head of her sister Zou Jinghua, just when the uncle of the family was forced to hang himself in debt.
One thing after another in the family, the second sister added fuel to the fire, thinking that all this was brought by the sister's family. Forced his sister Zou Jinghua to divorce Xu Guangda and published a report to break away from the husband and wife relationship.
Zou Jinghua naturally refused, and at this time another thing happened, and the newspaper in the provincial city published a message. Sources said that a number of key Communist Party criminals were arrested in recent days and their names were published, including Xu Guangda. The second sister said something unpleasant, Zou Jinghua collapsed, and within a few days, the news of Xu Guangda's execution came again.
Zou Jinghua was devastated, thinking that her husband was no longer there, and what was the point of living. One person was in the room ready to cut his wrist, but fortunately his father found out early and saved his life in time. The father comforted his daughter and inquired clearly before speaking. On the other hand, the father also pulled down his face and asked for help from xu Teli, who was the same window, and asked him to inquire about xu Guangda's whereabouts on his behalf.
As a fellow window, Xu Teli cherished Zou Xilu as a good friend. Immediately went to the telephone to inquire, the Xi'an office of the Eighth Route Army, Xu Guangda did stay in Xi'an for a while. Xu Teli explained the situation to his fellow window Zou Xilu. Knowing that her husband was alive, Zou Jinghua made a bold decision. Go to Xi'an and look for her husband Xu Guangda.
When Zou Jinghua arrived at the Xi'an office of the Eighth Route Army, he happened to meet Comrade Lin Boqu, director of the office, and explained his intentions. Lin Boqu immediately went to the phone to inquire about Xu Guangda, who was already the education chief of the Anti-Japanese University at this time. After receiving the telegram from Lin Boqu, he did not dare to delay, immediately called back, and quickly sent people to Yan'an.
What kind of love is "holding the hand of the son and growing old with the son"? I think I saw the most beautiful answer in General Xu Guangda and his wife...