Xu Shiyou originally matched Zhu Ximing, but was remarried by his mother to Zhuang Jiahan, and the general burst into tears for her after the founding of the country
In the glorious history of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, there was a well-known warrior, and if his life is described in two words, this is a "legend", and this person is the famous General Xu Shiyou.
In fact, there are many places where General Xu Shiyou is legendary, and the most talked about is that he entered the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan Province, at the age of eight to learn the art and practiced kung fu. But I think these things are a little insignificant compared to the legendary experience of Admiral Xu Shiyou in the Revolutionary War.
When General Xu Shiyou was 23 years old, he joined the Red Army in the Eyu-Anhui Soviet Region, and because he had practiced martial arts and fought bravely, he soon became a squad leader. After that, General Xu Shiyou devoted himself wholeheartedly to the agrarian revolutionary war, and by the time the Red Fourth Front was officially established, Xu Shiyou had become the commander of the regiment, which was enough to see his ability.
Of course, the regimental commander was only the beginning for Xu Shiyou, because the Chinese revolution provided him with a huge stage, and soon General Xu Shiyou became a member of the Main Battle General of the Red Fourth Front, and was deeply trusted by the commander-in-chief Xu Xiangqian.
Under the leadership of Xu Xiangqian, the troops led by Xu Shiyou won many battles and victories, from the four "anti-encirclement and suppression" campaigns in Eyu and Anhui to the anti-six-way siege in the revolutionary base areas of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Xu Shiyou made great contributions. Especially in every fierce battle, Xu Xiangqian did not forget this tiger general under his command, always handing over the task to him, and before the two main forces of the Red Army met the division, Xu Shiyou only joined the death squad seven times, and these things were a great proof of General Xu Shiyou's combat ability.
However, the theme we want to talk about today is not the glorious military career of General Xu Shiyou, but his personal feelings, which is the touching story of him and his original partner, Zhu Ximing.
As early as 1924, Xu Shiyou, who was only nineteen years old at the time, married the first wife in his life under the arrangement of his mother, which was Ms. Zhu Ximing. This marriage, if according to our traditional Chinese saying, is actually called an arranged marriage, because before that, Xu Shiyou did not know Zhu Ximing at all, but due to the matchmaker's matchmaking, the two people also reached the age of marriage, which is why they walked together.
Although xu Shiyou and Zhu Ximing's marriage is similar to an arranged arrangement, the couple is not disgusted, on the contrary, they both look at each other. In this way, Xu Shiyou happily married, although this Zhu Ximing is four years older than him, but Xu Shiyou's married life is still very happy, because this Zhu Ximing is very caring for him and his mother, which makes Xu Shiyou extremely satisfied with his marriage, if things do not change, Xu Shiyou and Zhu Xi may understand that they are old.
However, in that era, the poor were oppressed, even eating was a problem, and General Xu Shiyou's family, because of the early death of his father, life was also extremely difficult, in this case, he had to find a way out of life. It was also at that time that a revolution broke out at the junction of Eyu and Anhui, and after hearing this news, Xu Shiyou was very excited, because he knew that he participated in the revolution to find a way out for the poor, so Xu Shiyou quickly joined the Red Army.
After joining the Red Army, Xu Shiyou had a problem, which was to be separated from his family. However, just when Xu Shiyou was still embarrassed and worried that his wife and mother were not willing to leave them by himself, he did not expect that his family gave Xu Shiyou great support, which made Xu Shiyou deeply encouraged.
It is worth mentioning that the support of his family for him makes Xu Shiyou unforgettable, which makes General Xu Shiyou extremely filial in his life, even if he later became a famous general, he did not forget his mother's grace, often went home to visit his old mother, and bluntly said that he could not be cremated after death, and had to go home to accompany his mother.
Back to the main topic, after Xu Shiyou joined the revolution, he spent very little time with his wife Zhu Ximing, but there was a chance that the couple could still meet. And Zhu Ximing also gave birth to three boys to Xu Shiyou in succession, but it is a pity that only one of the three boys survived, and the other two unfortunately died, and the boy who survived was Xu Shiyou's eldest son Xu Guang.
When Xu Guang was born, Xu Shiyou had only met a few times, and then the Eyu-Anhui Soviet District was greatly transferred, and the entire main force of the Red Army was pulled out to the Sichuan-Shaanxi area, and since then Xu Shiyou and his family have also lost contact, including his eldest son Xu Guang, And Xu Shiyou has met again many years later. Therefore, this Xu Guang, after that, was raised by Xu Shiyou's wife Zhu Ximing, and what is even more emotional is that this Xu Guang did not even have a name at that time, others only called his breast name, and the difficulty of mother and child's life can be imagined.
But what made Zhu Ximing's mother and son, as well as Xu Shiyou's mother even more anxious, was that after that, they completely lost the news of Xu Shiyou and could only wait at home, and the time passed little by little. However, as Xu Guang grew up little by little, the life of the Xu family became more and more difficult, especially at the stage when Xu Shiyou turned to Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the Kuomintang reoccupied Xu Shiyou's hometown, and these people were extremely cruel to the peasants who had been the family members of the Red Army, and it can be said that they did no evil.
At this time, Xu Shiyou's mother was worried about the safety of her daughter-in-law and grandson, and the whereabouts of her son Xu Shiyou were unknown, and it was not known whether he was dead or alive. So Xu Mu made a bold decision, which is to let her daughter-in-law Zhu Ximing remarry, first, to protect her own safety, and second, it is not easy for her to support her son, life is very bitter, find a man, but also reduce the burden. And at this time, Xu Mu also made a preparation, which is the case that the son Xu Shiyou does not come back, his grandson at least has a father, and will not be bullied.
In this way, under the control of Xu Shiyou's mother, Zhu Ximing took his son and remarried to a farmer near his home. This farmer was called Xia Changwen, a very honest and generous farmer, and he was also very good to Zhu Ximing. But at the beginning, Zhu Ximing did not agree with it, and later under the good words of her mother-in-law, Zhu Ximing still gave in, and she also knew that her mother-in-law was for her own good, so Zhu Ximing remarried to a farmer, but in her heart, she was still thinking about her former husband Xu Shiyou.
At this time, General Xu Shiyou was unaware of everything that had happened at home, but he had heard news from others that the Kuomintang had taken extremely cruel revenge on the families of the Red Army after the Red Army left, and that his wife and son might have been killed.
Hearing this news, Xu Shiyou was devastated, but there was nothing he could do, and moreover, in that special period, it was the trough stage of the Chinese revolution, so Xu Shiyou had to bear the grief silently. At the end of the Long March, Xu Shiyou had already come to northern Shaanxi at this time, and it was here that Xu Shiyou, under the introduction of his comrades-in-arms, met a Sichuan girl, who was Lei Mingzhen.
However, the marriage of Lei Mingzhen and Xu Shiyou did not last long, although they were free to love, but in a later incident, the two of them parted ways from then on, and even Xu Shiyou did not forgive his second wife Lei Mingzhen for the rest of his life. To talk about this matter, in fact, it has a lot to do with Zhang Guotao, the leader of the Red Fourth Front, who insisted on the principle of going south during the Long March and created the Second Central Committee, which brought great harm to the Red Fourth Front.
Therefore, after the end of the Long March, Zhang Guotao was seriously criticized, and General Xu Shiyou, as a former general under zhang Guotao's leadership, would naturally be implicated, and finally when he entered the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University to study, the famous "dragging guns to southern Shaanxi" guerrilla incident occurred. This incident made Xu Shiyou bear the reputation of "counter-revolution" for a while, but in this case, Lei Mingzhen sided with the wrong side, resolutely drew a line with General Xu Shiyou, and finally divorced.
And Lei Mingzhen's actions made General Xu Shiyou unforgive for the rest of his life, and it also broke his heart, but fortunately Chairman Mao spoke for General Xu Shiyou at a crucial moment, and finally Xu Shiyou returned to the battlefield and rushed to Shandong to open up a revolutionary base area.
Returning to the main topic, after General Xu Shiyou came to Shandong, he took root here, from the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the War of Liberation, Xu Shiyou has been engaged in revolution in Shandong until under his leadership, the capital of Shandong, Jinan, was liberated. With great merits, after the liberation of Jinan to the founding of New China, Xu Shiyou has been serving as the commander of the Shandong Military Region, at this time Xu Shiyou has become a well-known general, and his old mother and original wife Zhu Ximing also learned about Xu Shiyou through the newspaper.
When they learned that Xu Shiyou was still alive, the family was very excited, and soon Xu Shiyou got in touch with his family and took his old mother to his side. After many years of not seeing, Xu Shiyou saw the old mother and his son again, he was excited, when he learned that Zhu Ximing had remarried, Xu Shiyou was also very sad, he bluntly said that he was sorry for Zhu Ximing, she was a good girl, he had failed her. At this time, Xu Shiyou, as early as when he was working in Shandong, was united with The Shandong girl Tian Pu, so Zhu Ximing naturally could not remarry General Xu Shiyou.
And General Xu Shiyou's old mother, in order to let Xu Shiyou remember Zhu Ximing's kindness to her family, told her son everything that happened in the family after Xu Shiyou left. When Xu Shiyou heard that Zhu Ximing, in order to take care of his family and earn money for his family to buy rations, went to those unmanaged cemeteries every night, took off the clothes of some dead people to get fabrics, and then took them back to be reprocessed and sold, General Xu Shiyou was in tears. It was also because Zhu Ximing tried every means to make money, which protected the life of their family in that era.
In the face of his mother's complaints, Xu Shiyou was full of gratitude for his original partner, Zhu Ximing, and although he and Zhu Ximing had no husband and wife relationship at this time, his eldest son Xu Guang was finally Zhu Ximing's son. Therefore, after the founding of New China, Xu Shiyou took very good care of Zhu Ximing, which also made Zhu Ximing very satisfied, she understood that she and General Xu Shiyou were "inseparable", and she did everything for herself, and she did not regret it at all.
In 1965, Ms. Zhu Ximing finally passed away due to illness, and this woman, who was four years older than General Xu Shiyou, still had a memory of General Xu Shiyou before she came to the end of her life. She once told her son Xu Guang to convey it to her father, Zhu Ximing said: "I only admit that I am the daughter-in-law of the Xu family, and I will be buried in the Xu family tomb after I die." ”
In this way, a hard-working and kind Chinese woman who deserves people's respect, Zhu Ximing passed away. After her death, General Xu Shiyou heard the news and burst into tears on the spot, and he even instructed his son to handle the funeral in accordance with his mother's will. Throughout Ms. Zhu Ximing's life, although she did not participate in the revolution, her life indirectly paid all she could for the revolution, she is ordinary, she is great, Chinese people will always remember her!