In August 1938, a young woman came to Yan'an, with a beautiful and dignified appearance, but the expression on her face was very urgent. She said that she came from Changsha, Hunan Province, and that this was to find General Xu Guangda, but the first sentence she said was: "Is General Xu married now?" ”
At this time, Xu Guangda was serving as the chief of education of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, and he was upright and extremely talented, and he was quite favored by female fighters. But he did not care about this, for a long time there was no partner around, even if there were enthusiastic comrades who wanted to introduce him to him, he always refused directly.
Therefore, everyone was not surprised by this young woman's questioning, seeing that she was so young and beautiful, the eighth route army cadre in charge of reception thought that she was also Xu Guangda's admirer, so she did not pay much attention to it. But what the Eighth Route Army cadre did not expect was that the other party suddenly had tears in his eyes and said: "I just want to meet my husband Xu Guangda and want to know how he has lived all these years." ”
Everyone was suddenly stunned, they had never heard of Xu Guangda ever being married, how could a wife come out of thin air? This puzzled them. In fact, this young woman did not lie, she was Xu Guangda's wife Zou Jinghua.
Pictured| Zou Jinghua and her husband Xu Guangda
During the war years, the situation was turbulent, which meant that not all couples could stay together, and they could not even see each other for a long time, such as the revolutionary fighter Xu Guangda and his wife. "For everyone, give up a small family" is Xu Guangda's consciousness as a revolutionary, Zou Jinghua and Xu Guangda have been married for 10 years, and they have also been separated for 10 years.
The long separation has worried Zou Jinghua, and she does not know whether her husband Xu Guangda is okay outside. More importantly, in this war-torn era, will the husband who has lost the news fall in love with someone else? Will a new family be rebuilt? All this was unknown, which made Zou Jinghua feel very uneasy in his heart.
So how did the two of them get to know each other? And what kind of wonderful fate made the two get married? Let's move on:
Xu Guangda, formerly known as Xu Dehua, was born in Changsha, Hunan Province, to a family of disciples and was very poor. In the years of poverty, eating and wearing warm is the most important thing, reading can not think of it, and the Xu family has a total of seven children, relying on the father to make money alone, how can he support a family?
In order to reduce the burden on his family, Xu Guangda had to go up the mountain every day to cut firewood, cut grass and herd cattle. But even so, Xu Guangda's inner desire to go to school has never been given up. At that time, there was an academy not far from Xu Guangda's house, and Zou Xilu was the classroom teacher inside, he was a famous teacher nearby, and even Mao Zedong was his student.
Mr. Zou is erudite and memorable, and his lectures are vivid and interesting, which are deeply loved by students. At that time, Xu Guangda often went to listen to Mr. Zou's lectures, but because he had no money to pay the tuition, Xu Guangda had to secretly hide outside the classroom to listen to the lectures. After coming and going, Mr. Zou found the overheard student, but did not drive him away.
However, he was not immediately called in, and Zou Xilu wanted to test the child and test his determination to love learning. Sure enough, Xu Guangda did not live up to Zou Xilu's expectations, no matter whether it was windy or rainy, as long as there was leisure time, Xu Guangda would come to listen to the lecture.
Once, Xu Guangda was too fascinated by the lectures, stood by the window for a long time, because he did not eat breakfast, made hypoglycemia, and fainted when he listened. At the end of the class, Xu Guangda was found to have fallen to the ground, and the husband was so frightened that he rushed out and helped Xu Guangda to his home.
It is not easy to meet a child who loves to read so much, so Zou Xilu allowed Xu Guangda to come to the school for free to listen to the lectures, he was very happy, and every day was the first to come to the classroom. Xu Guangda, who was originally a long way behind others in the curriculum, came to the top and became the best-performing child in the class. Seeing that Xu Guangda's efforts had been rewarded, Mr. Zou could not express his gratitude in his heart.
Mr. Zou taught Xu Guangda everything, and at the same time taught him knowledge about the revolutionary cause, sowing the seeds of revolution in Xu Guangda's heart. Xu Guangda is a good child who knows how to be grateful, and always stays at Mr. Zou's house to help after school, carrying water, chopping firewood, cooking, all of which are not a problem. Because of this, Xu Guangda and Mr. Zou's daughter Zou Jinghua became friends, always playing together in their leisure time, Xu Guangda treated Zou Jinghua like a brother to a sister, and took good care of Zou Jinghua.
Zou Jinghua also liked him in his heart, and the long time spent day and night together allowed the two to establish a deep friendship. As the days of study passed, the kung fu paid off, and Xu Guangda entered the Changsha Normal School in 1921. Here, Xu Guangda learned a lot of new things and new ideas, and also saw a broader world, and grew extremely rapidly.
At that time, China was in a dangerous situation of internal and external troubles, and Xu Guangda, who had a patriotic enthusiasm, decided to join the revolution more and more strongly. Adhering to the idea that fat water does not flow to outsiders, Zou Xilu decided to marry his beloved daughter Zou Jinghua to his most optimistic student Xu Guangda, hoping that Xu Guangda could take good care of his daughter.
It was a great honor to be able to become the son-in-law of the mentor, not to mention that he himself had a good feeling for Zou Jinghua, and naturally he was willing. In 1922, under the help of both parents, 14-year-old Xu Guangda and 11-year-old Zou Jinghua simply held a betermination ceremony.
In school, the talented Xu Guangda accepted many progressive ideas and had more profound ideals. In 1925, Xu Guangda successfully joined the Communist Party and had a bright future. In July 1927, Xu Guangda joined the National Revolutionary Army.
On August 2 of the same year, Xu Guangda was ordered to rush from Jiujiang to Nanchang and wanted to participate in the "Nanchang Uprising". By the time Xu Guangda's troops arrived in Nanchang, the main force of the rebel army had already retreated, and the uprising was over.
Soon after, Xu Guangda served as the commander of the 11th Company of the 11th Army. But life did not go well, and he was often injured in marching battles, and even for a period of time there was no news. Time flew by, and in early 1928, Xu Guangda went to Anhui to secretly engage in military movement work in the Kuomintang army. Later, due to the exposure of his Communist Identity, he had no choice but to return to Changsha.
Xu Guangda, whose revolutionary work had been frustrated one after another, was really not happy, but Xu Guangda's parents were a different scene, and they were intensively discussing with Zou Xilu the marriage between Xu Guangda and Zou Jinghua. On September 28, Xu Guangda and Zou Jinghua consummated their marriage. At that time, Zou Jinghua was 17 years old and Xu Guangda was 20 years old. This is the golden age of their lives.
On the wedding night, Xu Guangda took his wife's hand affectionately and said with great affection: "Sister Tao, it is my blessing to be able to make you my wife." But as a soldier, I am ready to sacrifice my life for the country at any time, and I can't accompany you all the time, are you still willing to marry me? ”
Zou Jinghua looked at Xu Guangda firmly and said, "I am willing..." There is no need to say anything more, the warmth of thinking about this moment is enough to support the separation of the next ten years. Subsequently, the two lived a sweet married life, but they did not expect that just 10 days later, Xu Guangda was wanted by the local warlord He Jian, and it turned out that Xu Guangda was secretly engaged in military work and was detected, and his identity was accidentally exposed.
For the safety of his family, he had to leave first. At the time of the farewell, Xu Guangda instructed his wife: "I want to continue the revolution, and now I will be separated, I can't stand you, for a period of three years, if there is no news of me, you don't have to wait anymore." Zou Jinghua had tears in his eyes and said, "If you go to the revolution, I will support you, and I will wait for you to come back for a long time!" "Such a deep friendship is really impressive.
Perhaps in people's general perception, arranged marriages seem to be mixed with reluctance, feudalism and helplessness. The two people in the arranged marriage will not give their hearts, let alone hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son. But Xu Guangda and Zou Jinghua are exceptions, and the feelings of Qingmei Bamboo Horse have been fermented by the precipitation of time, and they are more mellow and charming like fine wine, and they have lasted for a long time.
Let's talk about Xu Guangda's side. In January 1932, Xu Guangda was seriously wounded in the Battle of Yingcheng, Hubei Province, when a bullet hit him a few centimeters near his heart, and the situation was extremely critical.
However, at that time, the medical conditions were limited and there were no formal medical tools, so the doctor had to use the blacksmith's knife to perform this extremely dangerous operation for Xu Guangda. However, the process was not smooth, after cutting open the chest, the doctor found that the bullet was too close to the heart, and the position was very deep, and could not be taken out hastily, and the wound was sutured again.
There was no anesthesia during the whole process, and Xu Guangda could only grit his teeth and endure without a word, and his face was red. This serious injury and surgery undoubtedly made Xu Guangda close the ghost door. But the matter did not end there, because the bullet had not yet been removed, Xu Guangda was always worried about his life, and Xu Guangda was sent to Shanghai for treatment in a hurry.
However, due to the enemy's special activities, the Red Army commander in charge of treating the wounded in the hospital where Xu Guangda was located at that time was killed by the enemy. Therefore, Xu Guangda had to move again and go to the Soviet Union to heal his wounds. During the period of recuperation, Xu Guangda often thought of his wife Zou Jinghua, who was far away in Hunan. I've been away for a long time, I don't know if she's doing well now? Therefore, Xu Guangda sent a letter to his hometown.
From his father's reply, he learned that his wife was still waiting for him, had no plans to find someone else for so many years, and had been taking good care of his family, but now he was in a very bad situation. It turned out that her husband's whereabouts were unknown, and there was no news, So Zou Jinghua had to go back to her mother's house first, but her mother had long since died, her father had married another woman, and her stepmother was extremely harsh on her, and her father could not protect her all the time.
"The flames lasted for three months, and the family letter arrived at ten thousand gold", Zou Jinghua did not get the news of her husband, plus there was no one to protect him. The Kuomintang government often sent people to her house to harass her, causing unrest, no livelihood, and unsustainable life. In order to make a living, Zou Jinghua found a local sock factory to work, and it was common for the factory to stay up late and work overtime, but the salary was pitifully low.
Life was very difficult, Zou Jinghua was worried about her husband's fate and the family's livelihood, and her worries were too heavy, and once she fell by the loom due to lack of physical strength. A lonely and helpless woman, remarrying is the only way out, but she resolutely refuses. Zou Jinghua believed that Xu Guangda would come back, and he said that he would wait for him, and he would always wait for him!
"A parting, two places miss each other", when Zou Jinghua was waiting for her husband to return home, Xu Guangda also missed his wife very much. For several years, Xu Guangda was always alone, plus he was young, where would everyone think that he was married, and they all thought that Xu Guangda was a bachelor!
Even though Xu Guangda said more than once that he had a wife, everyone didn't believe it, believing that it was just an excuse for him to avoid blind dates. In this way, the tall and handsome Xu Guangda is often introduced to the object, and friends who know the truth will also help him Zhang Luo, after all, in the war years, there were fewer and more couples, because there was no news or unknown whereabouts and the family was reorganized, which was not a rare thing! Xu Guangda has always refused, and he knows that he is deeply in love with his wife Zou Jinghua.
Pictured| Xu Guangda and Zou Jinghua
After learning the news of his wife and family, Xu Guangda was very worried. Far away from the Soviet Union to heal his wounds, he was helpless, so he had to write letter after letter to his wife to persuade him. And afraid that Zou Jinghua could not understand Russian, he also sent back 10 envelopes with a written address with the letter, so that his wife did not have to worry about it when she replied.
Receiving her husband's letter, Zou Jinghua was ecstatic. With the news of her lover, life seemed to be full of hope again, and she sent many letters according to the address. Unfortunately, however, all 10 letters were intercepted by the Kuomintang reactionaries, and the contacts that had been so hard established were broken.
Xu Guangda was really worried about his wife and family, and he couldn't wait to return to his hometown in Hunan, and he had made a request to return to China, but he had not received approval from his superiors. Until November 1937, things took a turn for the better, and under the arrangement of Wang Jiaxiang and others, Xu Guangda went to Yan'an and successively served as the chief education officer of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. And a lot of things happened in the middle of it.
Once, Zou Jinghua stumbled upon a Kuomintang newspaper with Xu Guangda's name on one of the lists of communists killed. She also thought that the 10 letters sent to Xu Guangda were all sunk in the sea, and she was very panicked, was there really something wrong with her husband? She was heartbroken, as if the sky had fallen.
For many years, she has stubbornly lived in this chaotic world by relying on the belief of waiting for her husband to return home. Now that that belief had collapsed, she had no more reason to live, so she went to the countryside and prepared to hang herself. The moment she put the rope around her neck, her father arrived in time to save Zou Jinghua.
Death is simple, living is hard. Zou Jinghua, who is in his twenties, still has unlimited possibilities in the future, and he is bound to find a way out! The father could not bear to see his daughter becoming more and more depressed, so he encouraged her to study hard, and the talented Zou Jinghua was admitted to the normal school in a short period of time and embarked on the revolutionary road, what she did not know was that there was an opportunity waiting for her not far away...
Picture | Xu Teli
In 1938, Xu Teli, a good friend of his father Zou Xilu, came to Changsha to serve in the local Eighth Route Army office. When he went to visit Zou Xilu, he inadvertently learned about the relationship and encounter between Zou Jinghua and Xu Guangda, and while he was surprised, Xu Teli helped Zou Jinghua win the opportunity to study in Yan'an.
There, she may be able to find her husband Xu Guangda, whom she thinks about day and night, and if the two can be reunited, it is also a beautiful thing. For Xu Teli's help, Zou Jinghua was very touched, and after placing her in-laws, she and Xu Guangda's sister Xu Qiliang embarked on the road to Yan'an, and the two walked briskly together.
After the two arrived in Xi'an, Zou Jinghua met her former classmate, who now works in the Office of the Eighth Route Army in Xi'an. His father, Lin Boqu, knew that Xu Guangda was in Yan'an, but he was not sure whether Xu Guangda had reorganized his family, and he was afraid that when the time came, he would rejoice in the air and would bring bad influence to the troops.
Therefore, Lin Boqu first quietly sent a telegram to Xu Guangda, informing Zou Jinghua and the two of them of their intentions to go to Yan'an and asking him what he planned. After receiving the telegram, Xu Guangda burst into tears and was so excited that he could not utter a complete sentence. However, Zou Jinghua's side really couldn't wait, and before Xu Guangda could send a telegram, he and Xu Qiliang left Xi'an and went straight to Yan'an.
During that time, Xu Guangda, who had always been calm and calm, became restless, he did not know how to express his inner joy and excitement, nor did he know who to talk to, only to run to the Yan'an Big Hostel, running several times a day.
Everyone knew he was waiting for his wife. On that day, Xu Guangda, who had passed through the crowd, still recognized Zou Jinghua at a glance, and ten years did not make the two people alienated. Xu Guangda shouted: "Peach girl-" Zou Jinghua ran all the way over, the two embraced each other and cried, tears wet the shoulders, it is not easy to see this side!
Tu | Xu Guangda, Zou Jinghua and their son
The two were married in 1928, and during the ten years of separation, they did not know each other's safety and life and death, and they could only survive to this day by relying on strong faith. Xu Guangda vowed never to be separated from Zou Jinghua again, he knew how much pain his wife had endured for himself, and said that he could not let her be wronged in the future.
After this, the couple spent a good time in Yan'an. During this period, Zou Jinghua gave birth to a son to Xu Guangda, and thought that his life would always be happy and stable, but "the good things in the world are not strong, and the rainbow is fragile and the glass is brittle."
Xu Guangda died on June 3, 1969, at the age of 61. At that time, Zou Jinghua was crying bitterly, and everyone was afraid that she would not be able to withstand this blow, so they ran over to comfort her. But Zou Jinghua stood up from her sadness, she knew that she had to take good care of her son, this was her mission as a mother, and it was also the last task that Xu Guangda left her...