The 16-year-old nanny accompanied the 34-year-old Mrs. Song Qingling for 53 years, and was childless in her life, and died only 100 days apart
Everyone's life will be affected by the original family, children who grow up in an environment full of love will also have a loving heart, unconsciously, bring warmth and love to the people around them, when a person will give love to others into a habit, she will naturally get the same reciprocal love in return.
"Religion, pastoralism, piano, English and the spirit of democracy made this family, compared with thousands of ordinary families in China at that time, in a superior environment of 'paradise', which had both the strict order of Christian life and the atmosphere of harmony, joy and poetry."
Song Qingling's mother, Ni Guizhen, was kind and charitable, and has been committed to various charitable things such as churches, schools, hospitals, and charity. Song Qingling grew up in such a loving family, and obtained good tutoring from the family and the habit of loving relatives and loving others, and her whole life has been passing on this love and warming the people around her. Outside of the aura of the Mother of the Nation, treating warmth and caring for others as a habit is the real reason why she is respected and loved by those around her.
At the age of 16, he came to the 34-year-old lady, and because of her words, he decided to serve her all his life
Life is lonely in the world, and everyone longs for love, so how can we get the true love of others? Perhaps the moving story between Song Qingling and li Yan'e, the nanny who has accompanied her for 53 years, is the best answer. Li Yan'e came to the 34-year-old Song Qingling at the age of 16, and just because of Song Qingling's words, she vowed to wait for her for the rest of her life. Song Qingling never treated her as a person and gave her the love of a sister, and Li Yan'e also returned the same love to Song Qingling.
Like many poor women in the old society, Li Yan'e has a very tragic and pitiful life, for the lonely and helpless Li Yan'e, meeting Song Qingling is the blessing of her life, and meeting such a kind-hearted noble person allows her to escape from the miserable fate. In turn, Li Yan'e is also a person who cherishes love and righteousness, and she repays Song Qingling with her own actions, giving her a lifetime of companionship and loyalty.
On the tenth day of October 1911, Li Yan'e was born in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, eighteen years younger than Song Qingling, who was born in 1893. Li Yan'e's parents are boat workers, although the family is poor, if there are parents around, she can still find a sense of happiness in the hard life, but she has not grown up, her parents have both passed away. Orphaned, Li Yan'e was adopted by her kind-hearted uncle and lived on the ship with her uncle from an early age.
In 1927, Li Yan'e grew into a 16-year-old girl, and when it was time to marry, "men are afraid of entering the wrong line, women are afraid of marrying the wrong man", this time the quality of marriage determines the fate of a woman's life. Li Yan'e, who had a bitter fate, lost her parents at an early age, and when she married, she met someone unladylike. Li Yan'e's husband not only did nothing all day, but also beat her up at every turn, using her as a punching bag for her unsatisfactory life.
Although Li Yan'e grew up with her uncle, she has never endured such inhuman torture, and she is still very stubborn in her bones and is unwilling to endure this dark life. Li Yan'e's heart was crossed, and she decided to leave this nasty husband and go to the outside world by herself, as long as she had a pair of diligent hands, she did not believe that she would starve to death.
But where exactly to go? Li Yan'e's heart was still a little hesitant, but she knew that there was a fellow villager Tan Ma who worked in Shanghai, so she traveled thousands of miles from Guangdong to Shanghai to join Tan Ma. The fate of Li Yan'e and Song Qingling began from here, and Tan Mama was working as a nanny in Song Qingling's home at that time.
When Li Yan'e found Tan Ma, Tan Ma saw that she was pitiful and was happy to help her find a job in Shanghai, so she introduced Li Yan'e to Song Qingling. At this time, Sun Yat-sen had been dead for two years, soong Ching Ling's identity was special, in the war-torn era, she had to deal with the complex political situation, and the next person found in the family also had to ask the history.
Li Yan'e came to Song Qingling's home, saw this hostess speak softly, and her attitude towards people was also very respectful and friendly, and she felt very kind at the time, and she also wanted to get this job. When Song Qingling asked her about the situation in her home, Li Yan'e seemed to have suddenly met a confidant who confided in her unfortunate encounter, and she was full of tears, telling her bumpy life and unhappy marriage.
Song Qingling grew up in a family atmosphere full of love, from childhood by his mother Ni Guizhen's teaching, always full of sympathy for the unfortunate encounters of others, but also always to lend a helping hand, when Li Yan'e was only 16 years old, but has already encountered so many misfortunes, Song Qingling sighed after listening to her, sympathetic to her:
"How unfortunate you are, how pitiful you are."
Perhaps for a person who has experienced misfortune and pain, such a simple word of sympathy is the greatest comfort, and Song Qingling immediately decided to keep this poor girl by her side and let her be his nanny.
But Song Qingling's next person is not only Li Yan'e, why is Song Qingling's relationship with Li Yan'e particularly deep later? This is also related to Li Yan'e's loyalty and love for Song Qingling.
When she learned that Song Qingling promised to leave herself behind and give herself a job, Li Yan'e's heart was full of gratitude, starting from the first meeting, just because of Song Qingling's words, Li Yan'e's heart decided to guard Song Qingling for the rest of her life, she said from the bottom of her heart:
"Madam, I am willing to serve you for the rest of my life."
Judging from the two people's life experiences, Li Yan'e's words are not a whim, she did spend her life to fulfill her promise.
Nominally a master and servant, in fact, they are like sisters, accompanying each other for half a life
When he disobeyed his parents' wishes and married Sun Yat-sen, who was more than thirty years older than himself, Soong Ching Ling lived a single life from the age of 32, Li Yan'e got rid of a bad marriage with the help of Soong Ching Ling, and then she was also unmarried for life, in the long time of 53 years, the two people depended on each other, although nominally the master servant, but in fact they were like sisters.
Li Yan'e can get the respect of Song Qingling, and her own character has a lot to do with it, Song Qingling praised Li Yan'e to others, saying that she is a "guard who does not hold a gun", although Li Yan'e has not read books, she is not clear, has a piece of bold loyalty, in a complex environment, but also withstood various tests, Song Qingling evaluated her:
"Although Sister Li has no culture, she is very clear and is a strong and noble woman."
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek betrayed Sun Yat-sen's three major policies of "uniting with Russia, uniting with the Communist Party, and supporting peasants and workers," set off a bloody storm of the April 12 coup, and wantonly slaughtered Communists and revolutionary masses.
Song Qingling said:
"Chiang Kai-shek began to kill people as soon as he betrayed the revolution, so as long as he was the dictator of the Kuomintang government, I would not serve in it; if he was also a Christian, I would not be a Christian."
As Sun Yat-sen's widow, Soong Ching-ling's attitude was extremely influential, Chiang Kai-shek was very angry at Soong Ching-ling's behavior, and could not do anything with her, so he sent spies to win over the people around Soong Ching-ling, wanting to monitor her behavior in this way, and Li Yan'e, who was inseparable from Soong Ching-ling, naturally became their first target.
At first, the agents lured Li Yan'e by sending money and finding a better job, but Li Yan'e strictly refused. In 1931, Song Qingling lived in Shanghai, only Li Yan'e took care of her, every morning Li Yan'e would retrieve the letter from the door, one day she retrieved a heavy envelope, Song Qingling opened it to see two bullets, but was not frightened at all.
The money is uncertain, shen drunk is instructed by Dai Kasa, and is ready to use the love card to impress Li Yan'e. Li Yan'e went to a tailor shop to make clothes for Song Qingling, and often met a Guangdong compatriot surnamed Zhang, called Zhang Ma, who said that she was also working as a maid in a large household, and went to the tailor shop to make clothes for her sister in the countryside. After a long time, Li Yan'e became familiar with Zhang Ma, Li Yan'e was enthusiastic, Zhang Ma was very concerned about her, and the two quickly became friends who talked about everything.
But later, Zhang Qingling began to inquire about Song Qingling's situation often consciously or unconsciously, which aroused Li Yan'e's vigilance, and she went home and told Song Qingling about what she and Zhang Mama knew, and Song Qingling concluded that this person was a female agent, because a maid could not often go to a high-end tailor shop to give her sister such expensive clothes.
A plan can not be done, Shen drunk and got along with a "beautiful man plan", Li Yan'e was only thirty years old at the time, still looking forward to love, Shen drunk to find a male agent, pretending to be a taxi driver, often met with Li Yan'e, Li Yan'e, who has never fallen in love, was indeed moved this time, and this boyfriend has reached the point of talking about marriage, Li Yan'e came to ask Song Qingling's opinion.
Seeing that Li Yan'e found Ruyi Langjun, Song Qingling was also very happy for her, but for the sake of Li Yan'e's happiness, Song Qingling said that she still had to investigate the details of this person, and as a result, she found that this person was a spy again, this time Li Yan'e was really heartbroken, she resolutely broke up with this so-called boyfriend, and said to Song Qingling that she would not have the idea of getting married again. Song Qingling comforted her that if she encountered true love in the future, she would still have to fight for it, and he would sincerely bless her.
Perhaps it was a divine arrangement that kept the two women with each other all the time. After liberation, Song Qingling often lived in Beijing for work reasons, and Li Yan'e stayed in Shanghai. Song Qingling joked:
"To go to Beijing is to go to work, to come to Shanghai is to go home."
Li Yan'e just stayed in Shanghai to watch this home, and they would communicate with each other every week to report that they were safe. In 1961, Li Yan'e suffered a catastrophe in her life, which made Song Qingling worried and personally returned to Shanghai to take care of it.
Song Qingling's apartment in Shanghai, invited a chef from Shunde, Guangdong, named He Yuanguang, who is very dishonest and likes to use his hands and feet on women, one day in 1959, Li Yan'e was cooking, He Yuanguang ran over to bully her, where the spicy personality Li Yan'e could bear this breath, took a spatula and poured a shovel of oil on He Yuanguang's neck, burning him with blisters.
He Yuanguang was afraid that the ugly thing would be discovered, so he had to lie and say that he was accidentally burned when he was cooking vegetables, and this time He Yuanguang's heart and Li Yan'e formed a bond. Li Yan'e is just straight, He Yuanguang likes to steal petty things, often steal things to his home, are li yan'e publicly exposed, He Yuanguang has been waiting for an opportunity to retaliate, in November 1961, Li Yan'e was he Yuanguang in the kitchen with a knife slashed, unconscious, fortunately the administrator Zhou Zhikang and others found out in time, pushed open the kitchen door to subdue He Yuanguang, sent Li Yan'e to Huadong Hospital for rescue.
The family was afraid that Song Qingling was worried, and they all hid the news of Li Yan'e's injury and hospitalization from her. But Song Qingling had to communicate with Li Yan'e every week, and this time she did not receive a reply from Li Yan'e for a long time, as if there was an induction, Song Qingling's heart was very uneasy, and she inquired repeatedly to learn the news that Li Yan'e's head was slashed.
Song Qingling hurried back to Shanghai, saw the wound on Li Yan'e's head, and the tears could not stop staying, and said to Li Yan'e:
"Sister Li, you have suffered, and I dreamed at night that you were covered in blood, which scared me to sleep all night." It's like a dream, it's true or false, and today I finally figured it out. ”
Although Song Qingling is nearly twenty years older than Li Yan'e, she has always called Li Yan'e Sister Li and remembers to celebrate her birthday.
In 1971, Song Qingling wrote to Zhou Hekang, the administrator of the Shanghai apartment, saying:
"Now entrust you with one thing: October 10 of the old calendar is Li Yan'e's birthday." She has been with us for almost 40 years, and I should have said something about her faithful work. Please buy a ripe oil hen and 8 pounds of apples and 2 pounds of bananas for her on the 9th day (along with this greeting card). Thank you! ”
Soong Has always treated others with respect and equality, and Li Yan'e's room lives on the second floor and has a north-facing balcony. Song Qingling liked to pull Li Yan'e to eat together, and also gave her the main seat sitting north and south, Li Yan'e refused, she resigned:
"You are the leader, this position should be sitting for you, what is the matter with me sitting here?"
Song Qingling replied with a smile:
"It is precisely because I am the leader that I let you sit north and face south!" If I'm always on top, then what equality! ”
In 1979, Li Yan'e suffered from uterine cancer, Song Qingling took her to Beijing to personally ask for care, watching Li Yan'e's increasingly serious condition, Song Qingling, who had experienced great winds and waves, was also sad and confused when she was about to lose her dearest person:
She wrote to a friend to confide her concerns:
"My dear housekeeper is suffering from a terrible disease which makes me very upset. She has been following me for 50 years, and she is so loyal and my most trusted friend. I was afraid she would die soon... She lay in bed completely unaware of the pain that was really afflicting her! I am so sad and six gods without a master..."
In February 1981, Li Yan'e died of illness, and at the time of her death, she could not rest assured that Song Qingling was the one who could not rest assured:
"After I go, who will take care of you, and the one I can't put my mind to is you?"
Regarding Li Yan'e's aftermath, Song Qingling said:
"I have always promised to bury Sister Li's ashes next to my parents' graves and to erect her monument. I'm going to be buried there too. ”
In May 1981, more than 100 days after Li Yan'e's death, Song Qingling also died of illness, and she had already made an account of her own affairs before her death:
"Don't bury me and my husband together, let me go back to my parents, I want to accompany them."
In the Song Cemetery of the Shanghai Ten Thousand Public Cemeteries, in the middle is the joint burial tomb of Song Qingling's parents, on the east side is the tomb of Song Qingling, and on the west side is the symmetrical position of Li Yan'e's tomb of the same shape and size, and the tombstone is engraved with "The Tomb of Lady Li Yan'e - Song Qingling Jingli".
Connected to life, together for half a lifetime, not relatives, but better than relatives, whether before or after death, they will always be with each other.