In the war years when science and technology were not developed enough, there were great problems in people's communications, so many old Red Army soldiers lost contact with their families for a long time, so that even if New China was founded later, they had already lived a peaceful and stable life, but they could no longer find their families.
In fact, in addition to the children who are lost and cannot be found, in the war years, there is no news after the separation of husbands and wives, so that each other thinks that the other party is not alive, and chooses to remarry, such as Yi Yaocai, the founding major general in our army, has had such an experience, he left his hometown for 22 years, returned to his hometown again, but found that his former wife was still waiting for him.
Yi Yaocai's revolutionary contribution
Born in February 1917, Yi Yaocai was a native of Taihe, Jiangxi, who had been influenced by his parents' revolutionary feelings since childhood, so he joined the Communist Youth League of China at the age of 12, and by virtue of his excellent performance, he officially became a member of the Communist Party two years later.
That is, during the most critical period of Yi Yaocai's growth, his parents were killed by the Kuomintang reactionaries, and from then on, Yi Yaocai became an orphan, but he did not forget his parents' revolutionary wishes, so after the death of his parents, he began to play an important role in the revolution.
In 1935, Yi Yaocai followed the Red Army to start the Long March, when Yi Yaocai was only 18 years old, but he was not afraid at all, and dared to face all the setbacks encountered on the way of the Long March. During the Long March, due to the harsh environment and lack of food, many people were malnourished and suffered from malaria, and Yi Yaocai was unfortunate to be infected with the disease at that time.
Seeing that Yi Yaocai was almost dead, many people suggested that he be left in the homes of the people, but Yi Yaocai himself still wanted to insist on walking, and later he survived the danger by relying on a belt given to him by others, and after eating this cooked cowhide belt, he finally had the strength to continue walking, and soon after his condition improved and he was able to continue the long march.
When the Red Army arrived at the Dadu River and wanted to cross the Dadu River by force, due to the rapids of the river and the small number of boats, under the efforts of the handsome and senior people, after several days and nights of continuous river crossing, the Red Army fighters only crossed more than 7,000 people, and about 13,000 people remained on the river side.
Seeing that Xue Yue's hundreds of thousands of troops were about to catch up, Mao Zedong immediately ordered the remaining Red Army to cross the river through the Luding Bridge, so the feat of flying to seize the Luding Bridge occurred, and when crossing the Luding Bridge, because half of the bridge plates were dismantled by the enemy, it was still difficult for the Red Army to cross the river.
At that time, many soldiers accidentally fell from the bridge into the river, and they disappeared, at this critical juncture, Yi Yaocai came up with a good way to cross the bridge, that is, to roll over with the bridge board, relying on this simple and rough method, or save the lives of many Red Army soldiers.
After the Long March, Yi Yaocai went farther and farther in the revolutionary ranks, and the positions he held gradually rose, after the founding of New China, Yi Yaocai also held important positions in the army, and when he was awarded the rank in 1955, Yi Yaocai was awarded the rank of founding major general, which is enough to see that his contribution during the revolutionary period was very great.
After the award, Yi Yaocai was arranged to study in the Soviet Union for further study, until the summer of 1956, he was given a month's rest, at this time Yi Yaocai has not returned to his hometown for too long, from 1934 after leaving, it has been 22 years now, he wants to take his wife Fan Jingyang back to his hometown to see.
When I got home, I saw my former wife still waiting for me
After the founding of New China, the development of the country is very rapid, Yi Yaocai's hometown naturally has earth-shaking changes, when Yi Yaocai returned home, many local people came to greet him, in the cheers, he seemed to remember those past times.
Yi Yaocai took his wife to his parents' grave to worship, and then planned to go back to his old house to see what it was like, when approaching the old house, Yi Yaocai saw from a distance that the appearance of the old house was already a little dilapidated, but it did not collapse, Yi Yaocai continued to move forward, when approaching the old house, Yi Yaocai was surprised to find that the house had not been inhabited for more than twenty years, but there was no weed around the house, and it was clean, as if someone had lived.
Yi Yaocai continued to move forward, he was very confused, thinking that outsiders secretly lived in his home when he was not at home, and when he was wondering, Yi Yaocai suddenly saw a ragged woman in front of him, he took a closer look, and was momentarily stunned, is this not his wife Zhang Feng'e before he participated in the Long March?
22 years have not seen, Yi Yaocai thought that she has long been gone, can not imagine that 22 years have passed, she is actually still waiting for her return in the old house, for a time Yi Yaocai did not know what to say, tears could not stop soaking the eyes, the woman in front of her, how affectionate, in order to wait for herself for 22 years?
Looking at the person in front of him, a lot of past events gradually came to mind, in fact, Yi Yaocai was not a desperate person, When Zhang Feng'e was a child bride found by her parents for herself, she lived in her own home since she was a child, and when both of them reached a certain age, they naturally married each other, but there was no ceremony at that time, and even the marriage between the two was nominal, because Yi Yaocai was still too young at that time.
Soon after getting married, Yi Yaocai joined the revolutionary ranks, and later participated in the Long March away from home, in the war-torn years, Yi Yaocai did not have time to go home, he thought that Zhang Feng'e, who was a few years older than himself, had remarried someone else, so he did not care too much about this matter.
After all, in such a war-torn era, coupled with the fact that although the two are husband and wife, but more like a sister-brother relationship, Yi Yaocai has no love for him, so if he remarries, it is actually a matter of great joy for everyone, just like Lu Xun and Juan, the marriage formed under the order of their parents and the arrangement of the matchmaker's words is still difficult to accept for those progressive young people with advanced ideas.
Yi Yaocai has gradually forgotten this matter, at the age of 23, Yi Yaocai has reached the age of marriage, the organization considered the death of Yi Yaocai's parents, it personally arranged a blind date for him, and met Fan Jingyang in the blind date, the two got along for a while, they were very satisfied with each other, and they married and became husband and wife under the witness of the organization.
Yi Yaocai did not dream that after 22 years, when he returned to his hometown again, his former wife was still waiting for him at home, this complex feeling was difficult to express in words, when Yi Yaocai was both touched and guilty, did not know how to make up for Zhang Feng'e, under the advice of his wife, and later Yi Yaocai would give Zhang Feng'e a living allowance every month to compensate her.
However, this kind of compensation, for Zhang Feng'e, is not what she wants, for Yi Yaocai, it is the greatest care he can do in that situation at that time, and the fate and the times are destined to become an irreparable regret from now on.
epilogue
In a special era and historical background, in fact, many things happen, we can't blame the parties, even if it is replaced by you and me, in that environment, what can be done? Maybe what we really want to blame is the war, it is the war, which has created countless sad stories, fortunately, we are in the era of peace today, in fact, we should cherish everything we have, which is the truth I want to tell you through this story!
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