As the old saying goes, a twisted melon is not sweet, in the Republic of China, because of arranged marriages, there are countless women who have a desolate life, Lu Xun originally matched Zhu An, Xu Zhimo's ex-wife Zhang Youyi, Guo Moruo originally matched Zhang Qionghua, and General Nie Rongzhen and his original wife Long Shengxian, this is also the case.
Long Shengxian, a native of Jiangjin, Chongqing, is Nie Rongzhen's distant cousin, 2 years older than Nie Rongzhen.
In 1912, Nie Rongzhen's mother was seriously ill, the medical treatment at that time was not developed, and the illness was chaotic, nie Rongzhen's family decided to marry Nie Rongzhen's daughter-in-law Chong Xi, and the marriage between the two was thus settled.
At that time, Nie Rongzhen, who was only 13 years old, had already entered the academy to study, had his own ideas, and shirked the marriage in every way, but the family was determined to get married, and in the end, the wedding was held like this, but the groom Nie Rongzhen did not attend, and his brother-in-law worshipped him to become a relative.
In this way, in the absence of the groom, 15-year-old Long Shengxian married into the Nie family, and it is worth mentioning that after marrying Nie Rongzhen, Nie Rongzhen's mother's illness was miraculously better.
But the mother-in-law was well, and did not exchange Nie Rongzhen's good feelings for her, although as long as Nie Rongzhen returned home, she was driven to bed in Long Shengxian's room by her father, but the husband and wife were still like strangers, so awkward life for 7 years, Long Shengxian never had a son and a daughter.
In 1919, because of participating in the patriotic struggle, the 20-year-old Nie Rongzhen was hunted down for participating in the patriotic struggle and went to France to work and study, and this walk, the marriage between Long Shengxian and Nie Rongzhen also came to an end.
Nie Rongzhen, who studied in France, met Liu Bojian and others while studying, and became an excellent party member until 1925, when he returned to China.
After returning to China, although Nie Rongzhen maintained the same heart with his family, he ignored his wife Long Shengxian.
In 1927, after the Nanchang Uprising broke out, Nie Rongzhen was organized to work in Hong Kong, where he and his future wife, Zhang Ruihua, were organized.
Nie Rongzhen and Zhang Ruihua met, in 1926, the first time they met, Zhang Ruihua left a deep impression on Nie Rongzhen, after meeting again, immediately began to pursue Zhang Ruihua, in 1928, 29-year-old Nie Rongzhen and 19-year-old Zhang Ruihua married, 2 years later, daughter Nie Li was born.
Nie Rongzhen and Zhang Ruihua have only this one daughter, after Nie Li was born, the husband and wife put all their energy into the revolutionary cause, although the two gathered less and left more, but the relationship has always been very good, after the founding of New China, Nie Rongzhen was awarded the rank of marshal, serving as vice premier of the State Council and other positions, and his wife Zhang Ruihua also served as the director of the organization department, deputy director and other positions.
His original wife at home, Long Shengxian, did not choose to remarry after Nie Rongzhen left, but waited for Nie Rongzhen to return.
After the Nanchang Uprising, Nie Rongzhen broke off contact with his family, and Long Shengxian took on the heavy responsibility of the family, handling household chores, serving his in-laws, and after the death of Nie Rongzhen's parents, he moved to live with Nie Rongzhen's sister.
At that time, Long Shengxian was still very young, and many people advised her to remarry, but Long Shengxian said: "Born is the Nie family, dead is the Nie family ghost, we must wait for Shuangquan (Nie Rongzhen) to return!" ”。
Nie Jiazong saw that Long Shengxian was lonely and lonely, and gave Long Shengxian 2 stones of grain every year, and Long Shengxian survived with difficulty.
When Nie Rongzhen heard that his original wife Long Shengxian had never married after he left, he was also very generous, although he had no feelings for Long Shengxian, but after all, he was his wife, insisting on sending money to Long Shengxian every two months and raising Long Shengxian.
In 1985, the 91-year-old Long Shengxian completed the road of life, and after his death, he was buried with Nie Rongzhen's parents, which can also be regarded as a home.