Until the period of the Liberation War, not a few Kuomintang generals or soldiers chose to surrender to our party, including a lieutenant general Zheng Dongguo, who made outstanding contributions to the construction of new China after surrendering to our party, and what attracted more attention was his love story. Zheng Dongguo was married three times in his life, and the second time was the most memorable for him, and he was often talked about for posterity.
Zheng Dongguo's second wife is called Chen Bilian, originally the couple had a very close relationship, and Zheng Dongguo often ran around due to work reasons; but Chen Bilian did not have a complaint, and she followed wherever Zheng Dongguo went. However, this kind of life changed after Zheng Dongguo received an invitation from Premier Zhou to go to Beijing, and Chen Bilian did not want to go to Beijing with Zheng Dongguo again.
Chen Bilian felt that it was difficult for her to adapt to the climate and living conditions in the north, but in fact, it was only because after Zheng Dongguo transferred to our party, their living conditions were much worse than before. Chen Bilian sent a divorce agreement to Zheng Dongguo in Shanghai, turned around and threw herself into the arms of a capitalist. But the good times were short-lived, and soon the capitalists were arrested and their standard of living plummeted.
Hunan is a veritable revolutionary holy land, and during the revolutionary period, endless talents sprouted from Hunan. Zheng Dongguo is also one of them, he was born in 1903, although he was a peasant family, but the living conditions are relatively favorable. And under the influence of his father, Zheng Dongguo was exposed to education at a very young age.
When he was old enough to go to school, Zheng Dongguo was sent to a private school and then entered a primary school; but this primary school was a school with a Western-style education, and the learning system at that time was very different from now, and Zheng Dongguo had a hard time learning. At this time, Zheng Dongguo was already fifteen years old, although it still seemed to be the age of a child, but at that time it was already an age to marry.
Coupled with the fact that the ancients had a word of speech and concubine in their parents, Zheng Dongguo married Qin La'e, a woman from the next village, as his wife under the arrangement of his parents. Zheng Dongguo and Qin La'e are different from many couples whose parents have ordered, the two are very satisfied with each other, although Qin Dong'e is eight years older than Zheng Dongguo, but the two still quickly fell in love, and life after marriage is also happy.
After marriage, Qin La'e bore three children for Zheng Dongguo, one daughter and two sons. I thought that the happy life could continue, but I never expected that Qin La'e died three years later because of illness. Leaving Zheng Dongguo and his three children in vain, Zheng Dongguo also took a long time to recover from his wife's departure.
What really brought him back to life was to meet his second wife, Chen Bilian, who was recognized as a beauty. When he met Chen Bilian, Zheng Dongguo had already made a small achievement in the Nationalist Army, and he met Chen Bilian because of an accident.
At that time, Zheng Dongguo's compatriot Xiao Zhongzhen was sick and hospitalized, and Zheng Dongguo took time to visit. It was at the hospital that Zheng Dongguo met Chen Bilian, the sister of Mrs. Xiao Zhongzhen, who came to the hospital to deliver food to her brother-in-law who was hospitalized. It happened that Zheng Dongguo went to visit at that time, and the two made a face-to-face.
Chen Bilian is not only good-looking, but her father is also a well-known lawyer, and she has received a good education since childhood; she is a veritable showman. Zheng Dongguo uncontrollably moved his heart to this young and beautiful woman, but such an excellent and beautiful person suitor is naturally not in the minority, but Chen Bilian can't see it all.
Zheng Dongguo was also unsure of Chen Bilian's thoughts, and could only start with her sister, Xiao Zhongzhen's wife. Under mrs. Xiao's lead, the two determined each other's intentions, and soon they were married and became husband and wife. Zheng Dongguo is naturally very happy with Chen Bilian, but Chen Bilian is actually also in love with Zheng Dongguo at first sight.
Therefore, the married life of the two is also very happy and harmonious. As Zheng Dongguo's position in the military became larger and larger, his work became more and more busy; there were also more and more cases where he needed to follow the command of his superiors and lead the troops to run around.
But whether it is Yunnan or northeast China, Chen Bilian follows Zheng Dongguo around. Only once did I not follow him, and that was the last time. At that time, it was already the period of the Liberation War, Zheng Dongguo chose to surrender to the Communist Party, and Premier Zhou was also very impressed with the military strength of the Kuomintang lieutenant general, so he invited him to beijing after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
At this time, Zheng Dongguo already knew the gap between the kuomintang and the communist party, and he also chose to follow the communist party to build a new China, so he was very grateful to Premier Zhou for inviting him to Beijing regardless of his previous suspicions. He immediately decided to embark on the road to Beijing, but his wife Chen Bilian said that she would not go to Beijing with him.
So Zheng Dongguo could only go to Beijing alone, but the two places were separated, and zheng Dongguo was busy with government affairs after he went to Beijing, and basically had no time to contact his wife. As a result, the feelings of the two people also cracked in such indifference again and again. A year later, Zheng Dongguo received a letter from Shanghai, which he thought was his wife's family letter, but he did not expect it to be a divorce agreement.
The moment Zheng Dongguo saw the divorce agreement, he was confused, followed by anger, then thinking, and finally relieved. He also knew that since he came to Beijing, the two had not had any communication, and it was normal for his wife to be unable to stand it. After thinking about it, Zheng Dongguo signed his name on the agreement, and a pair of lovers ended their marriage for many years without meeting.
Zheng Dongguo continued to be busy with government affairs, while Chen Bilian turned around and threw herself into the arms of the capitalists. This has to make people wonder whether her proposal not to go to Beijing is because she does not adapt to the climate in the north.
But in any case, the two can only say that there is no difference. Chen Bilian has been pampered since childhood, dressed in fine clothes and jade food, and after Zheng Dongguo surrendered to the Communist Party, her living conditions were not as rich as before. And for a woman, what she wants most is a stable and happy family life.
What Chen Bilian did not expect was that the capitalist business of her remarriage was not smooth sailing, but experienced bankruptcy, and the whole state of life was far from what Chen Bilian imagined. Later, her husband fell ill and died, and Chen Bilian found Zheng Dongguo by chance, at this time, Zheng Dongguo was worried about Chen Bilian's original departure and did not want to spend the rest of his life with her.
Chen Bilian's first half of her life was full of food and clothing, but in her later years, because of her own wrong choices, her life became miserable. Chen Bilian's subsequent life in Shanghai was barely survived by her brother's help, while Zheng Dongguo also had a third wife after the divorce, and his later life was happy and happy.
For a couple who originally loved each other, the final result was so different, in fact, it was quite unexpected. However, Zheng Dongguo's refusal of Chen Bilian's compound request is expected, after all, the broken mirror is difficult to reunite after all; if Zheng Dongguo has not remarried, there may be a glimmer of hope, but Zheng Dongguo has formed another happy family, and there will be no more such possibilities.