In October 1997, Qiu Daming, an 82-year-old anti-Japanese war veteran, married for the third time, and his new wife, Liu Zehua, was two years younger than him. In a cramped low-rent house in Chongqing's Jiangbei district, their wedding was deserted and rudimentary.
They had been introduced more than a month earlier, and the unspeakable familiarity had made them see each other at first sight. The two of them have also been wandering for most of their lives, and they want to have a home in their old age. In the last days of life, I can have a wife to talk with and pass the time, and take care of each other for the rest of my life.
On their wedding night, the couple sat together and chatted. They have already held weddings, and they want to make friends with each other and talk about their respective lives.
Qiu Daming asked his wife, "Where is your hometown?" Liu Zehua said: "I am a Native of Xuanhan, Sichuan. When his wife talked about his hometown Taheba, Qiu Daming hurriedly asked: "Taheba I have been to, which village are you from?" ”
When he heard about the furnace village, he couldn't help but think of a deceased person. Qiu Daming asked, "The people in Furnace Village are all surnamed Li, why are you surnamed Liu?" The wife said: "My previous surname was Li, but I changed my name later." Before changing his name, he was named Li Defang. ”
Hearing the three words "Li Defang", Qiu Daming instantly sat up straight in shock, that was the name of his wife 60 years ago! He asked with tears in his eyes, "Do you remember Qiu Daming?" The wife said: "When I was young, I married a soldier named Qiu Daming, and then I fought the Japanese devils and never returned home. ”
Liu Zehua saw that his wife's face was different, carefully examined him for a while, and suddenly said: "You are Qiu Daming!" Qiu Daming's eyes were already blurred with tears: "We haven't seen each other in 60 years, I was 22 years old when I left, and now I am more than 80 years old." ”
Liu Zehua couldn't believe that Qiu Daming, whom she had been looking for for 60 years, was right in front of her at the moment.
Exactly 60 years! The two people who had been reunited for a long time hugged each other and cried with joy. They could not have dreamed that after 60 years of separation, they would meet again in such a way in the vast sea of people!
01
Time back to 1936, the beginning of the National War of Resistance. In response to the nationwide upsurge of anti-Japanese resistance, Liu Xiang, commander of the Sichuan Army, is actively preparing for the Sichuan Army to go out of Sichuan to resist Japan. Qiu Daming, who had just turned 21 at the time, served as a soldier in Liu Xiang's army, which was stationed in Xuanhan, Sichuan.
In the autumn of that year, Qiu Daming received an order from the governor to go to the county seat to run errands. Being a soldier is usually very hard, and it is rare to have a time to relax. Qiu Daming was walking on the street of the county seat, looking left and right, when he suddenly saw a girl in the sea of people.
Qiu Daming's eyes lit up, and the girl's body exuded a fresh and unworldly temperament, which made him move! The ghost sent him to follow the girl for a while, but when he reached a corner, suddenly the man disappeared.
He looked and looked in the crowd, waited and waited on the street, and there was still no figure of the girl. Qiu Daming returned to the army unhappily, never forgetting the girl who had never known each other.
Coincidentally, the company's chief secretary often went to the countryside to buy vegetables, and he was very familiar with his fellow villagers. In Heba Furnace Village, he knew a eldest bride of the Li family, and by chance he heard that the eldest bride had an only daughter, who was very beautiful and was waiting for a bride.
The secretary general joked with the li family's eldest wife to find a handsome guy for her daughter to matchmaking. The secretary general found Qiu Daming, who had a very good relationship with him in the army, and said that he wanted to introduce him to a daughter-in-law, and dragged him to the Li family for a blind date.
Qiu Daming could not forget the girl he met on the street, and he did not want to go on a blind date, but he could not resist the persuasion of the secretary general and agreed to meet him. He was tall and tall, a table of talents, came to the Li family, and the eldest lady was very satisfied with this young man, so she called out her daughter to meet with him.
When Qiu Daming saw the Li family girl walking out of the room, he was stunned. It turned out that she was the girl she met in the county town, named Li Defang. I saw that she was tied with a long braid, and the braid was also tied with a red head rope, and she had a beautiful eyebrow and was very well-behaved.
The first time I saw Qiu Daming, Li Defang looked very shy, and after the two people talked for a few words, she turned her head and ran away. The girl's family was embarrassed and hid all their likes in their hearts. She saw that Qiu Daming was dignified and still a soldier, and she was very satisfied.
After that, Qiu Daming often ran to the county seat, and the two began to secretly date, and soon established a relationship. At that time, the army did not allow soldiers to marry the people stationed in the garrison, and Qiu Daming could only secretly communicate with Li Defang.
After dating for more than half a year, they decided to get married after obtaining their parents' consent. In June 1937, 22-year-old Qiu Daming and 20-year-old Li Defang held a wedding, because they had to hide from the troops, and the wedding was very simple.
After getting married, Qiu Daming was still in the army, and he could only go home to fight with his wife when he was not on duty. Li Defang was very virtuous, washing and cooking for Qiu Daming and cleaning up the house in an orderly manner. They were married for 4 months, but the two were only together for more than 20 days.
In 1937, the July 7 Incident broke out, and the all-out War of Resistance broke out. On August 13, the Battle of Songhu began, and on the evening of September 5, Qiu Daming's unit received an urgent order to march overnight to Wanyuan, Sichuan. Qiu Daming hurriedly said goodbye to his wife, only told her to "go fight the devil" and left.
Who would have thought that his walk would be a full 60 years!
02
Qiu Daming was integrated into Yang Sen's troops and rushed to the front line, and the Sichuan army arrived in Shanghai in early October. At this time, during the most difficult period of the Songhu War of Resistance, 100,000 Sichuan troops threw themselves into the battlefield after a long journey without rest.
Qiu Daming's company was deployed to garrison the Chen Jiaxing area, fired the first shot of the Sichuan army's anti-Japanese resistance, and fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army for 7 days and nights. Before going to the battlefield, the generals of the Sichuan Army knew that this trip was likely to stain the battlefield with blood, and they wrote suicide notes one after another. Qiu Daming also wrote a letter to his wife, Li Defang, but did not know where to send it.
He later recalled that because the troops were in too much of a hurry, he did not have time to agree with his wife on the way to contact, and he did not even have the house number to send the letter. That's it, I lost her.
Later, he also wrote several letters to his wife by virtue of his impressions, but because of the continuous war, none of the letters he sent out reached his wife.'
On November 11, Shanghai fell, and Chinese troops were ordered to withdraw from their garrisons. The Songhu War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression came to an end, with more than 300,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians killed and wounded, and the 100,000 Sichuan troops who went out to fight against Japan suffered heavy casualties. In the brutal anti-Japanese battlefield, it was a miracle that Qiu Daming could survive.
He brushed shoulders with Death several times, and the most miraculous one was when the bullet hit him in the left chest. Fortunately, he had a silver circle in his pocket, and it actually blocked the bullet and saved his life.
After the songhu war of resistance, Qiu Daming's troops moved to Jiujiang, Jiangxi, and Zhicheng, Hubei, to continue the anti-Japanese resistance. Because he was desperately trying to kill the enemy and fight well, Qiu Daming was promoted to captain platoon leader.
In 1942, Qiu Daming was unfortunately hit on the shoulder and back by shrapnel on the battlefield, and his injuries were so serious that although he recovered a life, he could no longer go to the battlefield. After retiring from the army, Qiu Daming came to Chengdu, and after reading for several years, he was admitted to the water public security.
After life settled down, Qiu Daming entrusted people to Xuanhan to inquire about the whereabouts of his wife Li Defang. However, qiu Daming entrusted the non-man, and the man in charge of carrying the letter deceived him and spent all the oceans he had given. There was no way to make a mistake, so the man made up a lie, saying that Li Defang's family was unfortunately killed because of the Japanese air raid.
When Qiu Daming heard the news of his wife's death, he burst into tears. He didn't think much about it, nor did he personally go to Xuanhan to confirm the truth of the matter. After that, Qiu Daming stayed in Chengdu for 4 years and was assigned to Luxian as a captain, responsible for guarding the Luxian docks.
Later, under the introduction of a friend, Qiu Daming met a female student of Luxian Middle School and soon married this female student surnamed Pu. The fate of his wife was unknown, and Qiu Daming was vaguely uneasy in his heart. But this uneasiness was immediately diluted by the celebration of the newlyweds.
Two years later, Qiu Daming and the woman surnamed Pu had a son. After another year, I gave birth to another daughter. The new family life made Qiu Daming almost forget his wife Li Defang.
Where does he know that his wife Li Defang has been waiting for him and has experienced 8 years of bitter suffering!
Because of her deep love for her husband, Li Defang has been waiting in the village for Qiu Daming's return. Some people said that Qiu Daming had died on the battlefield of Songhu long ago, but Li Defang never believed it.
Where can people who are soldiers on the battlefield say clearly? Relatives also introduced her to several objects with good conditions, all of which were rejected by Li Defang. She had always believed that Qiu Daming would definitely go back to her and that he would not leave her behind.
However, until after liberation, Qiu Daming still heard nothing.
03
After the founding of New China, Li Defang was more than 30 years old, and she was still alone. She decided to leave her hometown Xuanhan and come to Chongqing to look for her husband, who had joined the army in Chongqing.
But the miracle did not happen, and she still found nothing after asking around for years. Later, his parents died one after another, and only Li Defang was left in the family.
Li Defang's life in Chongqing was very hard. In order to make a living, she made clothes for people and worked as a nanny for a local family with children. After 14 years, Qiu Daming evaporated like a human being, and there was no news.
Gradually, Li Defang was disappointed, thinking that her husband might really be no longer alive. According to someone, Li Defang married a chef who worked in Chongqing. In order to say goodbye to the past, she even changed her name from "Li Defang" to "Liu Zehua".
After the name change, Liu Zehua lived with her husband Guan Ming for more than 30 years, but he has not had children. They worked in the department store business at Lianglukou for more than a decade and adopted two children. Later, when the children grew up, Liu Zehua and his wife moved to Nanping.
Where does Liu Zehua know that just opposite the Yangtze River of her home, on another hillside less than 3,000 meters away, her long-awaited sweetheart, Qiu Daming, is living alone.
In 1950, Qiu Daming was imprisoned for doing things for the Kuomintang before liberation. In July 1954, Qiu Daming was escorted to Xinjiang, where he spent 21 years in prison.
In 1975, Qiu Daming was released. Unable to find relatives to pick him up, Qiu Daming, who could not return to his hometown, could only stay in Xinjiang until 1979, when he returned to his hometown of Sichuan, where he had been away for many years.
Qiu Daming was 60 years old, and when he returned to Chongqing, he learned that Pu's wife had remarried someone else, his daughter had died of illness, and his only son was like a stranger to him.
He could only live in a shack, and he usually made a living by doing some chores for others. Qiu Daming missed his wife Li Defang, whose life and death were unknown. When he first went on a blind date, Li Defang wore long braids and tied a red head rope to him and smiled shyly and turned his head and ran away, which often came to his mind.
None of them knew that the man who had been missing for decades was actually living in the same city as himself. They are separated by only a Yangtze River. The distance between the two people is less than 6 kilometers, and every day they leave early and return late, they may pass by!
In 1992, her husband died of illness, and there was also a conflict between Liu Zehua and his adopted son. With a stubborn personality, she ran away from home with what little savings she had and spent the night at a hometown in Sandongqiao, Jiangbei City.
The ghost made God send a difference, and her life actually intersected with Qiu Daming!
Liu Zehua met a middle-aged woman named Li Wax Zhi in the mahjong hall. Li Wax Zhi chatted with her, listened to her talk about her own experience, felt that she was very pitiful, and took her home to live for a while.
Liu Zehua, who is already 80 years old, is lonely and lonely, and she wants to find another wife to spend the rest of her life with, at least a home. She told Li Lazhi about this idea.
Li Lazhi thought of his equally lonely father Qiu Daming. A few days later, under the introduction of Li Lazhi, Liu Zehua and Qiu Daming met.
04
Time spans a full 60 years! The first reunion after 60 years, neither of them recognized each other. Qiu Daming, who is 82 years old, is physically tough, and he wore a straw hat on the day of the meeting, and Liu Zehua did not look closely.
After more than a month of meeting, they didn't have much contact. Liu Zehua was a little anxious, and she told Li Lazhi that she wanted to go to the place where the old man lived.
Entering the door, Li Defang saw all of Qiu Daming's belongings: a simple bed and a small table nailed by himself with wooden planks. Although the house is simple, it is clean and tidy.
During the conversation, Uncle Qiu whispered, "I don't have any money, I can't afford to eat low-security." Liu Zehua said: "I don't want you to raise ah, I still have some money, I just need a place to stay." ”
Uncle Qiu has a little money every month, enough for the living expenses of two old people, and he also longs for a wife, but he is afraid that the other party is a liar, so he hesitates for a long time for a month.
At this meeting, the two opened their minds and offered to have a meal together. Uncle Qiu made a plate of green pepper mixed with peeled eggs, and a plate of meat left over from the first day. At a meal, the two old men finally approached. They don't know that after more than 60 years of being separated, they had a reunion dinner.
Qiu Daming was very polite in his speech and demeanor, and Liu Zehua liked it. She often went to Qiu Daming's house to chat, and the two became more and more fond of each other after meeting many times. After some time, the two old men decided to live together.
In October 1997, Liu Zehua bought some dishes and chopsticks and daily utensils, and invited his neighbors to hand out some candy, which was a simple wedding for the two.
After wandering for most of my life, I want to have a stable home, "it's good to be blind when I die." Before getting married, the two old men did not carefully inquire about each other's origins, and even did not remember their names too clearly.
On the wedding night, they finally asked each other about the past, Liu Zehua talked about her "missing" husband during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and his original name was "Li Defang", and Qiu Daming was surprised!
Su Shi wrote a poem: "Ten years of life and death are two vague, do not think, unforgettable." Even if they don't know each other, the dust is full of dust, and the sideburns are like frost! "Qiu Daming and Li Defang, exactly 60 years!" After they recognized each other, they looked at each other and their white-haired old companions, who turned out to be relatives who had been separated for 60 years!
After 60 years, two octogenarians finally waited for each other. They were separated in the chaos of their homeland, and after 60 years, they were miraculously reunited and reunited, but there was not much time left for them. Therefore, every day after marriage, we cherish each other.
Because of the loss and recovery, Qiu Daming took good care of his wife and took care of the housework alone. When he went out, he always held her hand, and even watched TV in the house, and the two were also ten fingers clasped.
After all, as they got older, gradually the two of them began to have various problems in their bodies. What is touching is that every time they see a doctor, they want to save money and let the other party see it first. Qiu Daming said: "I am a person who has fought in battles, I am not afraid of death, I am reluctant to do it, only her, I owe her too much in this life, no matter how much I do, there is no way to compensate her." ”
Since 2005, Li Defang has been paralyzed in bed. In order to take care of her, Qiu Daming guarded day and night, afraid of any accident, he dragged the sick body and struggled to take care of Li's wife's diet and living.
Li Defang felt that time was running out, and she said to her daughter: "After I die, you must take good care of the old man, and if he has any wishes, try to satisfy him, and don't let him have regrets." ”
On October 28, 2009, Li Defang, who was no longer able to speak, took his wife's hand, pressed it to his forehead and face, closed his eyes and left peacefully. When his beloved wife died, Qiu Daming said: "My wife is gone, and I feel very lonely in my heart." 20 days later, Qiu Daming also went with his wife, and the children buried them together.
Their love took 60 years to get back! When they were young, the husband and wife were separated, and they were able to meet and reunite with each other in the twilight years, and completed the last part of their lives. Their regrets in their lives were made up for in the last 12 years of living together.
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