In 1930, Zheng Dongguo, a huangpu first-term student who was participating in the Central Plains War, suddenly received a telegram and learned that qin La'e, the original partner, was admitted to wuhan hospital due to typhoid fever and died.
Jeong Dong-kook
After the Battle of the Central Plains, Zheng Dongguo official Yun Hengtong, became the brigade commander of the Fourth Brigade under Huang Jie of the Second Division, in 1933, the Japanese army invaded Rehe and attacked the mouths of the Great Wall on a large scale, Zheng Dongguo was incorporated into the 17th Army with the 2nd Division, went to Gubeikou to fight, and became the first batch of anti-Japanese generals.
In a tug-of-war for positions, Zheng Dongguo took off his military uniform, wore a white shirt, and rushed forward with a pistol in his hand, which greatly boosted the morale of his subordinates and recaptured the position in one fell swoop.
Chen Bilian
After the end of the Great Wall War of Resistance, Zheng Dongguo passed through Nanjing, met his second wife Chen Bilian when visiting friends, and thus composed a half-century-long tragic and joyful past, leaving deep regrets and worries in the hearts of both people, and could not be relieved until death.
1. The principal of the primary school has been in love with his wife for many years
Zheng Dongguo is a native of Shimen County, Changde City, Hunan Province, born in 1903, the family has six or seven rooms, 30 acres of land, and harvests about 5,000 catties of grain per year.
His father, Zheng Dingqiong, in addition to farming, also works as a tailor, Zheng Dongguo is the youngest of the 5 brothers and sisters, he has three older sisters, and a 14-year-old elder brother Zheng Tongguo.
In the middle of the back row is Jeong Dong-kook
Zheng Dingqiong placed great hopes on his two sons, spared no effort to cultivate, sent his eldest son Zheng Tongguo to Japan to study, personally taught the 7-year-old Zheng Dongguo to read the Analects, and sent Zheng Dongguo to a private school in the countryside to study.
At the age of 14, Zheng Dongguo's eldest brother Zheng Tongguo returned from Japan to serve as the principal of Ximen Middle School in the county, so Zheng Dongguo entered ximen middle school, because he had no foundation in Western learning, Zheng Dongguo studied very hard, but he quickly caught up.
In the winter of that year, Zheng Dongguo obeyed the orders of his parents, married Qin La'e, who was 8 years older than himself, and after marriage, he gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and the husband and wife respected each other as guests, he recalled, his wife "was similar to her mother's temperament, diligent in work, and humble, until she died of illness in 1930, we never had a red face."
In 1919, the 16-year-old Zheng Dongguo was promoted to Shimen Middle School, at this time his family was in decline, all dependent on the supply of his eldest brother, life was miserable, sometimes there was no change of season clothes, because he was a young son born to his mother when he was old, he was malnourished since childhood, thin and often sick, but Zheng Dongguo was diligent and studious, and once had four full scores in four scientific examinations, which caused a sensation in the whole school.
At this time, the May Fourth Movement swept the country, Zheng Dongguo's spiritual world was also opened, shocked, he felt that the state affairs were not the same, determined to join the army, after several twists and turns, regardless of the opposition of his family, finally in 1924 with the name of Huang Ao was admitted to the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, after entering the school changed back to his real name, soon joined the Eastern Route Army to participate in the Northern Expedition, because of the bravery of the battle, made a lot of military achievements, at the age of 24 became the regimental commander.
Despite his youthful success, Zheng Dongguo never spread a scandal, but loved his wife and children, a faithful husband and a conscientious father.
In 1930, after his wife Qin La'e died of a violent illness, Zheng Dongguo did not consider remarriage for three years, until 1933, when he returned from the Battlefield of Gubeikou, passing through Nanjing, he heard that Xiao Zhizhong, a fellow member of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee, was ill and hospitalized.
One of these two people is a young general, a table of talents, with unlimited prospects, and the other is everyone's beauty, pure and beautiful, quiet atmosphere, love each other at first sight, and soon set a lifelong.
2. It is called "the flower of the Nu River", and it follows thousands of miles in the war
Chen Bilian was originally from Shangyou County, Jiangxi Province, and her father, Chen Hongzao, was a law graduate of Chuo University in Japan, who served as a senator of Jiangxi Province and a counselor of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, and later retired from politics, serving as the governor of the Dali Court in Guangzhou (that is, the current president of the court) and a professor at Sun Yat-sen University, and also opened a number of law firms, and was a well-known barrister in the Republic of China.
Influenced by the family, Chen Bilian wrote a beautiful little Kai, fluent in English, and Zheng Dongguo mutual appreciation, affection, the two people have a very deep feeling, after marriage, Zheng Dongguo everywhere to fight, and Chen Bilian gathered less and more, but as long as I heard that Zheng Dongguo took the team back to the rear to rest, no matter how short the time is, how far away the road, Chen Bilian will risk running to get together.
Zheng Dongguo and Chen Bilian
In the winter of 1939, the Japanese Kou gathered a large number of troops on the border of Yunnan and Burma, and sent a half-division to land in Guangxi from the sea, successively conquering the important towns of Qinzhou and Nanning, with the intention of attacking Yunnan. In order to show that they coexisted and died with Yunnan, the generals of the expeditionary army took their families to Kunming, and Zheng Dongguo, commander of the 8th Army, also took his wife Chen Bilian, Chen Bilian was beautiful and moving, generous and generous, and did not care about money, her arrival was a sensation in the army, and when presiding over the charity fundraising ball in the army, Chen Bilian often received the most support, and was praised by the military as the "flower of the Nu River".
Zheng Dongguo was a famous fu general, who often took the lead in fighting, and personally came to the front line with the respect of a division and brigade commander, but he never hung up the color, but Chen Bilian was still worried about her husband.
In the spring of 1943, Zheng Dongguo flew to Leto, India, as the commander of the New 1st Army of China in India, but unexpectedly, in the autumn, his beloved wife also ventured to fly over the Hump route by plane to Meet him in India.
Hump route is difficult and abnormal, the air is cold and thin, crashes occur from time to time, Chen Bilian in order to visit her husband, at all costs to follow, in that era of war, let Zheng Dong's domestic heart is very moved.
Settle in Shanghai
In 1945, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Zheng Dongguo served as the deputy commander of the Beijing-Shanghai garrison and settled his family in Shanghai. The two have not had children since marriage, Chen Bilian adopted the daughter of her brother Chen Zesen as an adopted daughter, Chen Bilian married Zheng Dongguo for eight years, and then lived a stable family life.
After Zheng Dongguo and Chen Bilian married, there were few contradictions, and although Zheng Dongguo, who was born from a peasant family, felt that Chen Bilianhua had some big money, he also saw that his wife was tolerant and tolerant, and she was definitely not a vain and profitable person.
Chen Bilian was hospitable, because of her family's wealth, and has always regarded money as grass, in 1939, when she went to the front line labor army, she heard that Du Yuming, the commander of the 5th Army where Zheng Dongguo was located, because of insufficient pensions, called on officials at all levels to donate money to help the families of fallen soldiers.
After the two settled in Shanghai, their home was also full of high-ranking friends, and they were full of Zheng Dongguo's robes and subordinates.
3. Zheng Dongguo went north to settle down, and Chen Bilian gambled and divorced, resulting in lifelong regrets
In 1946, Zheng Dongguo was sent to Changchun to fight a civil war, trapped in Changchun for two years, and in September 1948, a frightened Chen Bilian wrote:
"Gui Ting: For your safety for several months, people can never forget it, and sleep and eat restlessly." Gui Ting, what makes people weak and haggard is not the years, but the sorrow, and my body has deteriorated for several months, and I am much thinner than before! Gui Ting, you are trapped in this isolated city, does it matter? ...... You are so careless, you are doing it with your life, what is it for? I am very sad to think of all this, and I am still suffering from this, what else can I say! Heaven bless you with peace. It should be very peaceful, because you have always been good to everyone, your heart is better, and there should be good rewards: the autumn wind rises, and you are more worried about people..."
In 1949, Zheng Dongguo led his troops to revolt in Changchun, Chen Bilian immediately rushed to the icy Harbin to meet her husband, so that Zheng Dongguo got great comfort, in 1951, Zheng Dongguo returned to Shanghai from the northeast to treat stomach disease, and during this time, the relationship between the two cracked.
Chen Bilian with her mother
In June 1952, Zheng Dongguo went to Beijing to settle down, as a counselor of the Ministry of Water Resources and a commissioner of culture and history of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Chen Bilian ignored her husband's bitter retention and the persuasion of her mother and brother, refused to go north on the grounds that the north was cold and the water and soil were not satisfied, and sent a letter to Zheng Dongguo the following year, which contained a divorce agreement that she had signed her name.
This gave Zheng Dongguo a big blow, not long after the divorce, Chen Bilian married a capitalist surnamed Zhong in Shanghai, and Zheng Dongguo married the 35-year-old Gu Xianjuan in 1955, Gu Xianjuan was a native of Hangzhou, Wen Wanxianhui, who had a daughter with her ex-husband, and after marriage, she had a daughter with Zheng Dongguo.
Zheng Dongguo and Gu Xianjuan
However, after the divorce, Chen Bilian and Zheng Dongguo did not live a different life, but have always been concerned.
Every time Zheng Dongguo came to Shanghai to inspect, Chen Bilian specially rushed to visit him, when her living conditions were good, and in the difficult years, she had sent rare Shanghai biscuits and snacks to Zheng Dongguo's eldest son's family in the northeast many times, and when Zheng Dongguo's children and grandchildren went to Shanghai, they would definitely visit her.
In the 1960s, Chen Bilian's second husband, Zhong Mou, was arrested and imprisoned, and after his release from prison, he had no job, was poor and sick, and could only rely on Chen Bilian's property at the time of divorce to survive, and was soon expelled from Shanghai and lived in the countryside of Suzhou.
Gu Xianjuan
In 1972, Zheng Dongguo's third wife Gu Xianjuan died of illness, Chen Bilian heard about it, came to Beijing, lived in the home of an old friend, and intended to reunite with Zheng Dongguo, and Zheng Dongguo only took his younger daughter Zheng Anyu to visit once, sent some Cheng Yi, and did not express anything else.
In the mid-1980s, Chen Bilian wrote to the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in the name of Zheng Dongguo's former wife to ask for care, and with the help of Zheng Dongguo, she was appointed as a librarian of the Shanghai Municipal Museum of Culture and History, and her life was guaranteed.
In his later years, Zheng Dongguo lost his young daughter Zheng Anyu, who was dependent on each other, and his life was equally lonely and lacked care, and the eldest son's family specially returned to Beijing from the northeast to accompany him, but no matter how his children and grandchildren persuaded him to reunite with Chen Bilian, he just did not open his mouth to respond, said too much, and would show displeasure.
His grandson Zheng Jianbang recalled that in 1986, he and his newlywed wife went on a honeymoon trip to Shanghai, met Chen Bilian, Chen Bilian was extremely happy and warmly received, the night before leaving Shanghai, he took a bus from Zhabei to his brother's house to set up a banquet, all the way to carry a bowl of braised beef made by hand, asking them to bring it to Zheng Dongguo, saying: "Your grandfather used to love to eat my roast beef! ”
Zheng Dongguo's children and grandchildren can see that the woman he loves most in his life is Chen Bilian, and Zheng Jianbang sighed: "Chen Bilian, with her beautiful and pure love, elegant and fashionable style, and cheerful and free temperament, once so gently moistened the soul of her grandfather, an iron-blooded soldier, which is probably beyond the reach of any woman in his life!"
It may be the depth of love and the depth of hatred, Zheng Dongguo can not forgive Chen Bilian in his life frustrated, disarmed and returned to the field, the most need for people to accompany him suddenly abandoned him, although loved, but can not forgive, can no longer accept her back to his own life.
Zheng Dongguo is a famous honest man, sincere and extremely moral, when he was still in the countryside, his eldest daughter was pointed out to be engaged to a peasant for marriage, and when she became an adult, the eldest daughter had the heart to repent, but she was scolded by Zheng Dongguo, who was the head of the division, and finally had to complete the marriage as scheduled and became a peasant woman in the countryside. In his own lifelong marriage, he has never failed anyone else.
In 2002, before her deathbed, Chen Bilian once recalled to people that Zheng Dongguo was a very good person, and from the time she met him, she regarded him as the eldest brother and the division chief, and she sighed bitterly: "The most memorable time in my life is the 20-year marriage life with Zheng Dongguo; the biggest mistake I made in this life was that I should not have divorced him that year!"
A willful and hasty decision in his youth left a permanent scar in the hearts of two people who were deeply in love, and also filled the rest of their lives with regret and reluctance.
When the trust of the past is broken, the love of the past is torn apart, even if the pieces are picked up and re-glued, it can never be the old things.
Therefore, Zheng Dongguo would rather be single for twenty years, but also firmly choose not to look back, not to reunite, not to make up, this is his belief in love and marriage, for him, perhaps more important than love itself.