In 1949, Hu Lanqi occasionally saw the news in the newspaper, "Chen Yi Chen Yi served as the mayor of Shanghai", and immediately burst into tears.
This first female general of modern times, who had endured storms, did not shed tears during the most difficult years of the revolution, did not cry bitterly when he was excluded from exile abroad, but at this time he wept with joy because Chen Yi was still alive.
Throughout his life, Chen Yirong was resourceful and judgmental, and made great contributions to the revolutionary cause. Everyone does not know that under the image of his tough guy, he has a rare chivalrous tenderness, and he has also had an unforgettable love affair with Hu Lanqi.
Hu Lanqi and Chen Yi are both heroes in modern history, what kind of love affair between them has been entangled for a lifetime?
First, empty of the aspirations of the country, but arranged marriage
The story of Hu Lanqi and Chen Yi should start from the growth process of Hu Lanqi, a legendary woman.
In 1901, Hu Lanqi was born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and her ancestors were Hu Dahai, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, and her parents regarded her as a pearl in the palm of their hands.
Hu Lanqi is a famous bridesmaid, and her parents have let her read and write since she was a child. Unlike other girls, she likes gentle poetry, but she is very fond of the magnificent "Table of Teachers" and "Manjiang Hong" and other famous articles of the country.
As a child, Hu Lanqi always wanted to inherit the legacy of his ancestors, hoping to one day serve the country.
Later, Hu Lanqi came to the new school to study, and while learning cultural knowledge, he also learned about the current situation of the country. At that time, China was divided up by the great powers, and a series of unequal treaties were signed, and it was urgent to reform and strengthen.
During his time in school, Hu Lanqi received a good education and was also exposed to advanced ideas. She cut off her long, heavy hair, actively participated in democracy activities, and served as an advanced student leader, taking to the streets with everyone to promote the patriotic oath.
At this time, Hu Lanqi was determined to be Mulan in the new era and contribute to the salvation of the poor and weak country at that time.
However, the thousand-year-old feudal ideology is still deeply rooted, Hu Lanqi accepted the new idea, but her father is still an old-fashioned one.
In 1920, Hu Lanqi had just graduated from the Chengdu Women's Normal School and was forced by his family to marry his cousin Yang Guzhi. She vigorously resisted the active struggle, but because her mother was seriously ill in bed at the time, she had to put on the wedding dress with tears in her eyes.
Hu Lanqi's husband, Yang Guzhi, was a profit-hungry businessman with outdated and backward thinking. Although the two people are newly married, they have no common language because of the difference in the three views.
The Yang family has many rules, and women live without dignity, which makes it difficult for Hu Lanqi, who has long accepted the new trend of thought, to accept.
Hu Lanqi's arranged marriage brought only depression, she did not want to decay in that big feudal family, and bravely escaped. She came to Chuannan to become a teacher, actively participated in the patriotic movement after the outbreak of the May Fourth Movement, and became good friends with many advanced people.
For Hu Lanqi's departure, Yang Guzhi believes that this is a great rebellion, and his family is also very angry. Yang Guzhi once wanted to forcibly arrest Hu Lanqi and return home, but was fiercely resisted by Hu Lanqi.
In the end, under the firm resistance of Hu Lanqi and the help of friends, Hu Lanqi and Yang Guzhi went through divorce procedures. This was a huge victory and a relief for Hu Lanqi, and she could finally devote herself to the revolutionary cause.
Second, when he first met Chen Yi, he was favored by the warlords
Chen Yi had just returned from France at that time and took up a position in Chongqing's "New Shu Bao", which was not only brilliant in literature, but also advanced in thought. He wrote many articles with a clear stance, and often organized cultural activities to actively publicize the trend of serving the country.
Many students regard Chen Yi as an idol, and Hu Lanqi, who pursues progress, is no exception, and she often reads Chen Yi's articles in anticipation of seeing her idols.
In a cultural exchange activity, Hu Lanqi and Chen Yi met for the first time, and the two people had similar interests and talked happily. However, each of them regarded each other as revolutionary comrades-in-arms, and there was no affection between men and women.
None of them thought that the gears of fate had slowly turned, and they would have a love affair that would be entangled for a lifetime.
With continuous contact and many in-depth exchanges, Hu Lanqi and Chen Yi admired each other and gradually had a hazy feeling.
At this time, the Sichuan warlord Yang Sen occupied Chengdu, a two-faced faction, declaring that he wanted to create a new southern Sichuan and flaunting himself as an enlightened person in a new era. Behind him was a decadent autocrat, notoriously lustful for beauty, with more than a dozen wives and concubines in the family.
At this time, Hu Lanqi was only 20 years old, with a delicate appearance, a lively personality, and outstanding talent, and he had been divorced and restored to freedom. After seeing Hu Lanqi several times, Yang Sen moved his mind and asked his aunt to go to the mediator and wanted Hu Lanqi to be his aunt.
Hu Lanqi has the consciousness of a woman in the new era, of course, she does not want to nest in the inner house as an aunt, she is not afraid of Yang Sen's power, and directly rejected Yang Sen's proposal.
Janssen soon tore off his mask as a warlord in disguise and began shutting down progressive newspapers and suppressing revolutionaries. He always held a grudge against Hu Lanqi's refusal, and always made various small moves to make it difficult to force the other party to obey.
In desperation, Hu Lanqi had to leave southern Sichuan and go to Shanghai to avoid disaster. The affection between her and Chen Yi has not yet had time to sprout into love, because the impermanence of the world is buried deep in the heart.
After the famous writer Contradictory learned of Hu Lanqi's story, he created a long novel "Rainbow" based on her, and the image of the heroine Mei Xingsu bravely resisted, inspiring the majority of women at that time.
Excellent people shine everywhere, and after Hu Lanqi came to Shanghai, he took up a position in the Shanghai Women's Industrial Society. She not only had excellent work performance, but also became the cover girl of the famous pictorial "Good Friend" because of her beautiful appearance.
Third, meet again and become revolutionary comrades-in-arms
In 1925, Hu Lanqi returned to Chongqing again, and she looked forward to seeing Chen Yi again in her heart. However, Chen Yi was throwing himself into the revolutionary cause at this time, and everyone did not know where he was, and Hu Lanqi could only sigh in his heart that the two had no fate.
While in Chongqing, Hu Lanqi met Chen Mengyun, a young revolutionary officer, and after a period of time together, the two became good friends because of their common ideals.
Chen Yunmeng had a long-term affection for Hu Lanqi, so he proposed to her and agreed to go to Guangzhou together to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy after marriage. Hu Lanqi was deeply moved, thinking that he had found a like-minded person, so he married Chen Yunmeng.
After marriage, Hu Lanqi and Chen Mengyun went to Guangzhou together to participate in the preparations for the Northern Expedition and worked hard for the revolutionary cause together, although it was hard but also plain.
The only regret is that Chen Yunmeng applied for the Whampoa Military Academy and failed to succeed because of his physical strength. Hu Lanqi also did not realize his dream of being a military school because it did not recruit female students.
However, during this time, Hu Lanqi met Zhou Enlai, Deng Yingchao, He Xiangning and other revolutionaries, and her thinking and vision have been greatly improved.
In 1926, the Northern Expeditionary Army established a military academy in Wuhan and enrolled female students nationwide. Hu Lanqi's dream was ignited again, and she desperately wanted to enter the school to study, hoping that one day she could surrender to the country.
Although Chen Mengyun was a revolutionary, his thinking was more traditional, and he believed that after Hu Lanqi married as a woman, he should be a good wife and mother at home.
Chen Mengyun did everything possible to obstruct Hu Lanqi's application for the Whampoa Military Academy, and the two people broke out many quarrels over this, resulting in irreconcilable contradictions. In the end, the two people ended their short married life on the grounds of discord and different concepts, and have since parted ways.
Hu Lanqi adhered to his ideals and came to Wuhan to be admitted to the military school of his choice, but he did not expect that Chen Yi would later come to this school to work.
After two years of study, Hu Lanqi became a qualified soldier, influenced by proletarian comrades such as Chen Yi and Zhao Yiman, and she also began to recognize the ideas of the Communist Party.
Chen Yi hoped that Hu Lanqi could become an underground party member and told her about many revolutionary ideas. Hu Lanqi strengthened his revolutionary stand and submitted his application to join the party, but due to some identity reasons, he did not pass it for the time being.
Chen Yi encouraged Hu Lanqi: "No matter which camp you are in, as long as you adhere to the revolutionary belief." ”
These words of encouragement made Hu Lanqi's heart warm, and he was very grateful to Chen Yi, his former idol, like a brother-like fellow countryman.
It was not long after Chen Yi and Hu Lanqi reunited that the Great Revolution failed, the reactionaries began to arrest people from our Party, and Chen Yi was forced to leave.
They separated again in a hurry, but they didn't want it, and this goodbye was ten years later.
Hu Lanqi's friends evacuated and left, and she was alone in Wuhan to continue revolutionary work. She first worked as the director of female workers in the Wuhan Federation of Trade Unions, and later organized activities in Jiangxi, and was loved and praised by everyone because of her outstanding ability.
In 1929, due to Hu Lanqi's frequent protection of our party members, he was expelled by the Kuomintang government and had no choice but to go to Germany to study.
At that time, Song Qingling was also in Germany, and Hu Lanqi stayed with her and met her old friend He Xiangning often. Under the influence of his friends, Hu Lanqi finally succeeded in joining our party during this time.
In 1933, Hitler came to power to suppress revolutionaries, and Hu Lanqi was arrested and imprisoned for his usual support for revolutionary work. Under the active rescue of Song Qingling, Lu Xun and others, Hu Lanqi was released 3 months later.
After her release from prison, Hu Lanqi wrote a book about this experience, "In German Women's Prison", which shocked the world once it was published, and she also became a well-known female writer.
Because of the influence of the book, Hu Lanqi was expelled from Germany and transferred to the Soviet Union. Here she became friends with the literary scholar Gorky and began to remain in the Soviet Union, concentrating on literary creation.
Fourth, after a long absence, we will reunite and make a three-year covenant
With the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Hu Lanqi resolutely returned to China and organized a field rescue team. Undaunted by the flames of war, she led the rescue team to the front line, traveling more than 20,000 kilometers, saving the lives of countless wounded.
After Hu Lanqi's heroic deeds were reported, everyone called her "the flower of the battlefield" and "the modern Mulan", and she finally realized her childhood dream of serving the country.
In 1938, after a ten-year absence, Hu Lanqi and Chen Yi were reunited again. The two people are like old friends, telling their respective experiences over the years, and the once hazy emotions in their hearts gradually become clear.
In the face of the idol Chen Yi, who was once admired, Hu Lanqi did not boldly confess, she was just happy for the reunion. Unexpectedly, Chen Yi actually proposed to Hu Lanqi, and it turned out that he also liked Hu Lanqi, admired Hu Lanqi's talent, and also admired Hu Lanqi's ambitions.
In that revolutionary era, they persistently pursued the dream of serving the country, and also boldly confessed to people who agreed with each other. The sons and daughters of the revolution have pride and tenderness.
Chen Yi happily informed his parents about his marriage proposal to Hu Lanqi, who blessed the marriage and praised Hu Lanqi as a good woman.
Hu Lanqi and Chen Yi, who had known each other for many years, were finally together, and it would be nice if the story ended like this, but they were separated again because of the revolutionary cause.
At that time, Hu Lanqi was clearly a senior Official of the Kuomintang, and if she married Chen Yi, a senior Communist general, her identity as a Communist Party member would be exposed and she would not be able to continue to work in the enemy camp.
Although Hu Lanqi and Chen Yi loved each other deeply, out of their loyalty to the revolution, they temporarily hid their children's feelings in their hearts and chose to give up this opportunity to be together.
After years of separation, they finally reunited, but they did not expect to face separation again, and both of them were sad.
Chen Yi said to Hu Lanqi warmly: "For the sake of the revolutionary cause, let's temporarily hide our feelings in our hearts." If we cannot be together for three years, we will be free and not interfere with each other. ”
In this way, the two people had a three-year contract, but they did not expect that this became a life contract of Hu Lanqi.
The situation was changing, Hu Lanqi and Chen Yi were busy in the north and south of the world, and at that time, communication was inconvenient and confidential, and they gradually lost contact.
Chen Yi once wrote a poem affectionately, "Youlan is in the valley, and no one knows it." Only for the fragrant heavy, the seekers are full of mountains. Everyone knows that this is a poem he wrote to Hu Lanqi, full of deep affection that is difficult for him to tell.
It was just that the war was raging, there was no news, and there was no sea of people, and he could not contact Hu Lanqi, and he could only sigh helplessly. Time flies, Chen Yi feels that Hu Lanqi may already have a stable life, and he really can't bear to disturb it.
I just didn't expect that this time of dispersal would become a miss of their lives.
Later, Chen Yi married a female comrade-in-arms Zhang Qian in Yan'an, and had children together, forming a happy revolutionary family. After Hu Lanqi learned about it, he knew that this was a creation of people, and he could only wish them happiness from afar, and did not bother them.
Hu Lanqi did not give up on herself because of the loss of love, she put all her energy into her work, and her career began to flourish.
In 1939, Hu Lanqi performed well in his work and was awarded the rank of major general, which was still very rare for women to obtain military ranks during that period. It is enough to see that Hu Lanqi's ability is excellent, but everyone does not know that she also has another mission.
In 1947, the Kuomintang began to spread rumors everywhere, saying in the newspapers that Chen Yi had died of his injuries and reporting on the funeral. Hu Lanqi believed it to be true after seeing the newspaper, but she was heartbroken but because she was in the enemy camp and could not show it, she could only secretly hide in her home at night and cry.
Hu Lanqi remembered his friendship with Chen Yi and wrote a letter to comfort Chen Yi's parents, asking them to take care of their health. She also purchased a manor and a house, preparing to take Chen Yi's parents to her side to take care of them, so as not to persecute the elderly, but in the end she did not succeed because of the tense situation.
However, Hu Lanqi has never forgotten Chen Yi, who has been alone for many years, busy with the revolutionary cause, and only feels the friendship between the two in the dead of night.
Fifth, obsessed with waiting for many years, there is no chance to see you again in this life
In 1949, Hu Lanqi saw a report in the newspaper that Chen Yi was the mayor of Shanghai, and only then did she know that the person she had hidden in her heart was still alive.
At that time, due to special reasons, Hu Lanqi's identity was never made public, and she couldn't hold back her excitement and found Pan Hannian, who knew Chen Yi.
Just waiting for more than ten years, and not waiting to see Chen Yi again, Pan Hannian received her.
Hu Lanqi hesitated for a long time, but still excitedly said to Pan Hannian: "Can I see Chen Yi again?" ”
After comprehensive consideration, Pan Hannian politely rejected Hu Lanqi, saying: "Chen Yi now has a large number of children, what do you see him doing?" ”
I haven't seen it for many years, the world has changed, and things have long been wrong. Hu Lanqi lowered her head sadly, she knew that her friendship with Chen Yi and her years of obsession had been buried in that chaotic world of war.
Hu Lanqi did not make any more requests, turned around and left silently in tears, and she never went to chen Yi for many years.
In the face of love, she has the courage to pursue, she is loyal to the promise, and when the creation makes everything irreparable, she resolutely gives up not to entangle, this pride and purity make people sincerely admire.
Chen Yi was grateful to Hu Lanqi and also had regrets, and applied for an organization to arrange work for Hu Lanqi. Hu Lanqi calmly accepted this kindness, and from then on he did not mention the past and worked with peace of mind.
After a decade of gray and turbulent times, the organization resumed the status of a special person, Hu Lanqi also rejoined the party and became a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Hu Lanqi made a lot of contributions to the revolutionary cause and was finally recognized. In her own post, she actively campaigned for many revolutionary comrades, helped them restore their identity, and made excellent achievements.
Even in her old age, she never stopped, always contributing to the country's charity for the elderly, establishing a recreation center for the elderly, so that many old revolutionaries were well taken care of.
In 1994, Hu Lanqi calmly completed his life at the age of 93.
Hu Lanqi was born in that era of alternating the old and the new, but she lived out the style that a woman should have, she was selflessly dedicated to the revolutionary cause, and she was completely sincere about her feelings.
Si people have gone, the style has lasted forever, her and Chen Yi's story makes people sigh, her beautiful image is fascinating, and her precious spirit is unforgettable.