Picture 丨 Liu Yalou and Zhai Yunying
preface
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It's just that in our family, there are three things that haven't been done yet...
Liu Yalou clutched his wife Zhai Yunying's hand and said with difficulty.
On the Qingming Festival in 1991, Zhai Yunying came to the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, gently placed a bouquet of flowers in front of the tomb of her husband Liu Yalou, wiped the dust off the tombstone with a handkerchief, and said silently in her heart:
"Ya Lou, I have not lived up to your expectations, I have done everything you want me to do, you can rest assured..."
"Prince Charming" looks for Zhiyin
In August 1945, when the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, Liu Yalou returned to his motherland after eight years of absence as a major officer of the Soviet Army and came to Dalian as a liaison between the Soviet Army and the Chinese Communists.
At that time, Liu Yalou was 35 years old, about two years after the end of the previous marriage, and he naturally attracted the attention of Han Guang and Wang Xiping, the secretary of the municipal party committee.
Picture 丨 Liu Yalou took a group photo with his classmates during the Soviet Union
At that time, the Dalian Municipal Party Committee launched a mass meeting, and Liu Yalou was invited to participate. At the meeting, Zhai Yunying, a teacher at Xianglujiao Primary School, complained about the various evil deeds of the Japanese army at the meeting, and the people in the audience were touched by Zhai Yunying's speech, and the cheers and applause could not stop for a long time. After listening, Liu Yalou casually wrote 12 words on the note:
"Words are reasonable, words are emotional, and words are powerful."
Liu Yalou handed the note to Han Guang, who after reading it, introduced to Liu Yalou that Zhai Yunying was a female representative and an advanced worker in Dalian. Liu Yalou looked at Zhai Yunying's Russian girl's face and said to Han Guang:
"It's not easy to be young, she's Russian?"
"Half a Russian, how come they have become interested in our Dalian girl?" Han Guang casually ridiculed Liu Yalou, and as a result, Liu Yalou was red in the face. After the conference, Wang Xiping asked Liu Yalou to introduce the object, saying that he would introduce Zhai Yunying to him, and also listed Zhai Yunying's various outstanding performances in his work, and Liu Yalou immediately politely rejected him:
"Thank you for your kindness, I'm 36 years old this year, and I can't see that girl as 20 years old."
Pictured is Han Guang, who is a matchmaker for Liu Yalou and his wife
After a few days, Zhai Yunying was invited to Wang Xiping's home, and after taking a seat, Wang Xiping inquired about some basic information in Zhai Yunying's home, and Zhai Yunying felt very strange and jokingly said: "Is Secretary Wang checking my household registration today?" Wang Xiping hurriedly replied:
"This is more important than checking the household registration!" I'm going to introduce you to a Prince Charming today..."
Before Wang Xiping could finish speaking, she heard the sound of a car braking outside the door, only to see Han Guang leading a well-dressed middle-aged man in. While greeting the guests, Wang Xiping introduced each other to each other:
"This is Comrade Liu Yalou, a well-known tiger general, and this is Comrade Zhai Yunying, a very capable girl."
Liu Yalou took the initiative to reach out his hand to greet Zhai Yunying, and at the moment when the two shook hands, Liu Yalou found that Zhai Yunying's face was flushed.
Before Zhai Yunying was able to speak endlessly at the meeting, Liu Yalou could also hang in front of thousands of troops, but after the two people met, they actually sat there silently.
In order to break this embarrassing scene, Han Guang deliberately found some digressions, and the results were not effective, and the first meeting between Liu Yalou and Zhai Yunying ended hastily. But Liu Yalou left a very good first impression on Zhai Yunying, as Wang Xiping said, Liu Yalou is the "Prince Charming" who meets his mate selection criteria.
Picture 丨 Liu Yalou took a photo in the Soviet Union
A few days after the first meeting, Wang Xiping arranged another meeting for the two. The second time she met Zhai Yunying was not so shy, she sat there quietly looking at Liu Yalou, and Liu Yalou actually liked the girl in front of him when they first met, but he did not directly express his heart, and the experience of the previous two marriages made Liu Yalou more cautious in the issue of feelings.
Xiao Zhai, now that the Japanese have surrendered, Chiang Kai-shek has launched a civil war, and I, as a soldier, will go to the front line at any time to fight, and fighting a war is bloody and sacrificial.
Liu Yalou decided to launch a "roundabout tactic" against Zhai Yunying. After listening, Zhai Yunying replied that he knew that the revolution would be bloody and sacrificed, and his father was sacrificed at the hands of the Japanese Kou.
Zhai Yunying's answer attracted Liu Yalou's attention for a while, and then Zhai Yunying began to tell Liu Yalou about his family history. Her father was a Chinese worker who fled from China to Russia, and later joined the October Revolution and became a fighter. After being wounded in battle, her father was assigned to work in a textile factory and became acquainted with her mother.
Later, her father heard that her mother was sick at home, crying all day and crying blindly, so he made up his mind to return to China with his wife and children, after the "918" incident, his father threw himself into the tide of anti-Japanese resistance, and was unfortunately arrested in 1942 and killed by the Japanese army.
Picture 丨 Liu Yalou and Zhai Yunying
Zhai Yunying while telling his family history, tears can not stop flowing down, Liu Yalou listened to Zhai Yunying's story, has a further understanding and understanding of her, such a girl who understands the great righteousness, is not it the confidant he has been looking for?
"Am I going to take care of hundreds of thousands of people, or am I going to take care of you?"
In the blink of an eye, Liu Yalou and Zhai Yunying have known each other for more than two months, and as the two have a deeper understanding, the two people are ready to be together, and just at this time, Zhai Yunying's mother has raised objections, believing that the age difference between the two people is too large and inappropriate to be together. After Liu Yalou learned of this situation, he said to Zhai Yunying:
"I'll go and meet with your mother and talk about it, and if the old man still doesn't agree, it's my blessing."
Liu Yalou is 18 years older than Zhai Yunying and has been married twice, which is inevitable to be criticized by people, but Zhai Yunying pays no attention to this worldly prejudice, and she has identified Liu Yalou as a person. Under her constant pleading, her mother finally agreed to meet with Liu Yalou and talk about it.
Figure 丨 Liu Yalou during the Red Army period
When Liu Yalou came to Zhai Yunying's home, he looked at this old Russian woman who had suffered a lot, and called out kindly: "Mama Sha (Russian honorific title for female elders)!" Then he talked to the old man in fluent Russian. Zhai Yunying's mother listened to the familiar rural sounds, learned about Liu Yalou's life and encounters, and couldn't help but shed tears. She finally believed in her daughter's choice and agreed to the affair.
After Luo Ronghuan approved their marriage report, Liu Yalou and Zhai Yunying held a simple but lively wedding on May 1, 1947. After sending away the guests after the wedding, Liu Yalou smiled and asked Zhai Yunying if she regretted marrying herself? Zhai Yunying asked Liu Yalou a question:
"What's the use of regretting it now?" Either way, I believe in my choices. ”
Liu Yalou told Zhai Yunying the story of Luo Ronghuan and his wife, when the two were married less than half a month ago, Luo Ronghuan rushed to the front line, leaving Lin Yueying alone to guard the empty house. Liu Yalou put her arms around Zhai Yunying and said that she should also be prepared for this kind of preparation, and Zhai Yunying snuggled up to her husband and said:
"I am not afraid of suffering, I will take care of you like Sister Lin did to Commissar Luo."
Picture Shu Luo Ronghuan and Lin Yueqin couple
As Liu Yalou said, he was also like Luo Ronghuan at that time, and he rushed to the front line without completing his honeymoon to plan and command the summer offensive in the northeast battlefield. Soon after the new marriage, the husband was not around, Zhai Yunying looked at the couple of other people's families, the heart is always not a taste, once tentatively gave Liu Yalou "advice", hoping that he could accompany himself for a while to be satisfied, this little extravagance but provoked Liu Yalou to be angry with his wife for the first time:
"There are so many troops waiting for me in the front, do I have to manage hundreds of thousands of people, or do I manage small families and manage you?"
Liu Yalou's throat provoked Zhai Yunying's tears to fall immediately, she did not feel wronged, but regretted that she did not understand things, as a Communist Party member, she actually added trouble to her husband's heart, how can this be worthy of so many comrades born and died on the front line.
Liu Yalou had no way to take care of his own small family, Luo Ronghuan and his wife this heart for him, often calling Zhai Yunying to his home to eat and chat together, once when eating, Luo Ronghuan smiled and said to Zhai Yunying;
"You don't have a friend in Harbin, I'll be your mother's family here, and if there is something wrong in the Yalou in the future, you will tell me and I will criticize him."
Picture 丨 Front row Luo RongHuan Lin Yueqin, back row Liu Yalou and Zhai Yunying
Of course, Liu Yalou never forgot the promise he made to his wife when he was in Dalian, and soon found a way to take his mother-in-law to Harbin to reunite, and Zhai Yunying also officially entered the school run by the Democratic Coalition Army, and it did not take long to be approved to officially become a member of the Communist Party of China. Although Liu Yalou did not often go home, he would bring a lot of things to his home every time he came back, and repeatedly explained that he would wait for Zhai Yunying to come back and eat again.
After a year of marriage, Zhai Yunying gave birth to a big fat boy, and Liu Yalou specially named the child "Binbin" in order to commemorate this experience in Harbin, and the big name was Liu Yubin. Since Zhai Yunying gave birth to a child, Liu Yalou has rarely returned home, but Zhai Yunying knows in her heart that her husband is fighting for more family happiness.
After a period of time, Zhai Yunying's family moved to Shenyang with the troops, and an accident prevented the whole family from going south with the troops. At that time, the guards accidentally misfired while wiping the gun, hitting the little brother's leg, although it did not cause major damage, but the whole family had to stay in Shenyang and accompany the little brother to recuperate.
Picture 丨 Liu Yalou family portrait
Since the whole family could not go together, Zhai Yunying decided to take the child to find her husband, and she would go to the front line to accompany and take care of her husband, and usher in a victorious tomorrow with her husband.
"Go ahead, I've made up my mind"
Just when Zhai Yunying was holding the child and went to find Liu Yalou, Liu Yalou was planning on the Battlefield in Tianjin. As the most crucial battle of the Pingjin Campaign, Liu Yalou was single-handedly commanded the most exciting battle of his life. When Zhai Yunying was smeared by the jeep and pulled into a small courtyard, Liu Yalou pulled his wife into the house.
The house was busy, the staff officers were coming in and out, and the phones were ringing. Zhai Yunying noticed that there was a camp bed in the corner, she guessed that it was Liu Yalou's "bedroom", and after a while the guards moved a camp bed and asked Zhai Yunying to rest, in this case, how could Zhai Yunying sleep, she sat on the kang and watched her husband busy like a play.
Figure 丨 Liu Yalou before the Battle of Tianjin
Liu Yalou was busy until dusk the next day, and just as they were preparing to rest, Liu Yalou told her that the enemy had discovered the location of the command post and that they needed to move immediately, so Zhai Yunying moved again as he did when he came. Later, she heard that a bomb had fallen near the small courtyard before.
Just when Zhai Yunying was still worried about Liu Yalou's safety, Tianjin had been liberated, and this was the city she had watched under Liu Yalou's command. Not long after living in Tianjin, Peiping was also declared peacefully liberated, and Zhai Yunying moved to Beiping again. After the founding of New China, Liu Yalou did not continue to march south, but was appointed by the central authorities as the commander of the air force to form an air force.
At that time, Liu Yalou, the commander of the Air Force, was "empty-handed", and in order to prepare the Air Force as soon as possible, he was too busy to see anyone all day. Zhai Yunying also hopes that her husband can accompany her and her children to visit the park and watch a movie, but Liu Yalou seems to have something to do forever. Looking at Liu Yalou's tired face, Zhai Yunying "complained" painfully:
"Are you going to die?"
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liu Yalou and his wife went to Wuping for inspection
Who called me Commander? Do you think the commander's call sounds good and sounds comfortable?
Whenever this time comes, Liu Yalou will always smile at his wife. Due to extreme fatigue, Liu Yalou's body is getting thinner and thinner, Zhai Yunying looks anxious in her eyes, she tries her best to take care of her husband, she wants to share some of her husband's labor but can't do anything.
At this time, The East China Medical University in Shanghai is enrolling students, and the troops are preparing to send a group of comrades to study and train a group of doctors for the troops, and Zhai Yunying is on the list.
Zhai Yunying was happy to hear this news for a while, and he had already looked forward to such an opportunity to learn. But she quickly dispelled this idea, her husband's work was so heavy at that time, she should stay around, share more worries for her husband, and do some work within her ability.
She told Luo Ronghuan all of her ideas, and Luo Ronghuan supported her to study for further study. When Zhai Yunying confided her thoughts to her husband and Pan, Liu Yalou thought about it for several days, and one night Liu Yalou talked to his wife and recounted that she understood her feelings of wanting to stay by her side, and why she didn't want her family to stay by her side:
"But I think it's inappropriate to do this, you're only 23 years old, you should study, you have to cherish this hard-won learning opportunity, don't let me affect your future." 」
Picture 丨 Liu Yalou with a female pilot of the Air Force
Zhai Yunying listened to her husband's decision, and her heart was moved, she had suffered a lot since she was a child, and naturally cherished this precious learning opportunity, but her husband was now shouldering heavy responsibilities, and it was also reasonable for him to make some sacrifices. When Zhai Yunying just wanted to say something, Liu Yalou stopped her:
"Yun Ying, don't say anything more, go, I've made up my mind."
Zhai Yunying knows her husband's temper, and whatever he decides after consideration will never be easily changed, and her husband is not a renegade person. So she stopped arguing and obeyed her husband's arrangement. Liu Yalou humorously said to his wife:
"Only those who have the ability can have food to eat, and those who have no ability will not have food in the future." You know, I, the commander of the Air Force, can't be trusted. When I go to see Marx one day, you will have to eat by your own ability! ”
Figure 丨 Liu Yalou and Zhai Yunying in Wuping
Liu Yalou laughed heartily after saying it, and Zhai Yunying would also smile slightly. Not long after, Zhai Yunying went to East China Medical University for further study, and after graduation, he became an internal medicine doctor in the Air Force General Hospital.
"I have three things that I haven't done yet, please help me finish"
In 1964, when Liu Yalou accompanied Li Xiannian on a visit to Romania, he was always energetic, but he was somewhat physically weak, and he was unwilling to eat even the best meals. After returning home after more than 20 days of foreign visits, Liu Yalou's face was sallow and yellow, and people also withered a lot. Zhai Yunying was shocked when he saw it, and hurriedly urged the husband to go to the hospital for examination, but Liu Yalou in turn comforted his wife and said:
"It doesn't matter much, I'll talk about it after the meeting!"
Liu Yalou went to the Soviet Union to discuss the preparation of the Air Force
After a few months, Liu Yalou's body really could not support it, only in the company of Zhai Yunying to go to the hospital for examination, the medical community of the titan Professor Zhang Xiaoqian personally led the team for Liu Yalou physical examination, but the physical examination situation is not optimistic, after the conclusion of the consultation, the professors whispered to Zhai Yunying:
"How long has it been discovered?"
"Already... It has been dragging on for more than a month..." Zhai Yunying looked at the results of the physical examination and almost burst into tears. The medical team quickly reported Liu Yalou's true condition to the central authorities, and Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou, and other leaders were very shocked and could not imagine that Liu Yalou, who was young and powerful, would actually suffer from a terminal disease such as liver cancer. They immediately gave instructions:
"Hurry up and cure, where the conditions are good enough to cure where to cure, we must go all out ..."
Liu Yalou reported to Chairman Mao on his work
At that time, Chairman Mao wrote a handwritten letter to Liu Yalou, instructing him to recuperate seriously and to listen to the doctor's words, because Liu Yalou was in the hospital at the time, and the secretary first showed the letter to other leaders of the Air Force, and the leader instructed the secretary to make a few copies of the letter and give it to each air force standing committee member.
"The chairman's instructions should not spread, and should be taken back immediately, and the chairman is very concerned about everyone, not just me."
Under the arrangement of the central government, Liu Yalou and his wife flew to Shanghai for treatment, and when they left, they also walked around the Kongsi compound. Looking at the tearful old man, Liu Yalou still issued a hearty laugh of the past:
"Rest assured, Mother Sha, Yunying accompanied me to go to the examination, go back, at most until the spring."
After Liu Yalou was hospitalized, the children all wanted to visit Shanghai, and Zhai Yunying told her husband what the children wanted, but Liu Yalou firmly disagreed, he said
Falling ill alone has affected work, so why let the children affect work and learning?
Later, he instructed his secretary to ask the children to take more pictures in Beijing and send them to Shanghai to show him.
Liu Yalou accompanied the central leaders to watch the air show
Although Liu Yalou still insisted on working in his hospital bed, he also had plenty of time to spend with his wife. On his deathbed, in addition to insisting on caring for the situation of the air force units, a request was made to the doctor:
"Spend more time with your wife, Zhai Yunying."
Watching her husband lose weight day by day, Zhai Yunying washed his face with tears all day, and whenever this time Liu Yalou would struggle to stretch out his hand and hold his wife's hand tightly:
"I'm so happy to have you with me."
Liu Yalou recalled that after marrying Zhai Yunying, his wife suffered a lot with himself, and the reason why he was able to make some achievements in his work over the years was inseparable from Zhai Yunying's support, so he was grateful to Zhai Yunying in his heart. But unfortunately, they have been "sentenced to death", and they have not spent much time together:
"Life, old age, illness and death are objective laws, you must not be sad, watching the motherland become richer and stronger day by day, the original ideal has been basically realized, and I have no regrets in dying." It's just that in our family, I have three things that I haven't done yet, please help me finish. ”
Picture 丨 Liu Yalou and his daughter taking photos at home
Zhai Yunying quietly listened to her husband make her last instructions. Liu Yalou instructed Zhai Yunying,
The first is to raise the children and make them self-supporting laborers; the second is to support his old father and send him to the end of his life for his father; the third is to help his mother-in-law find his lost relatives, he has been to the Soviet Union several times, but it is a business trip, it is not easy to do private affairs, so he is sorry for his mother-in-law in this matter.
"Rest assured, I'll do it." Zhai Yunying choked and nodded, agreeing. Liu Yalou then instructed his wife:
"Do you remember? I once said that I, the commander of the 'air' army, are unreliable, and that the road ahead will depend on you..."
On the afternoon of May 7, 1965, at the age of 55, Liu Yalou finally failed to overcome the disease and passed away after more than 200 days of tenacious struggle. After taking care of her husband's affairs, Zhai Yunying, who was full of grief, did not live up to her husband's instructions and completed Liu Yalou's last wishes one by one.
She worked in her own doctor position until retirement, the children under her education have embarked on the road to becoming talents, every month she did not forget to send money to Liu Yalou's father, until the old man died without interruption. In 1980, she found her mother's long-lost relatives and fulfilled her husband's last wish.
Figure 丨 Zhai Yunying in his later years
On the Qingming Festival in 1991, Zhai Yunying came to the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery with flowers in her hand, she gently put the flowers away, took out a handkerchief to brush away the dust on the tombstone, and kept meditating in her heart:
"Ya Lou, I have not lived up to your expectations, I have done everything you want me to do, you can rest assured!"