In 1935, during the Long March, a 23-year-old unmarried Red Army soldier (who later became a major general of the Republic) adopted his comrades-in-arms. After more than 20 years of careful upbringing, the Major General and his wife decided to "marry their daughter to their adopted son." Mr. Zhu heard the news, personally presided over the wedding, and told an unknown history.
It was also the early spring of 1935, when the main Red Army came to the Chishui River and launched a battle to cross the Chishui River in order to get rid of the Kuomintang reactionaries who were trailing behind them. The Red Army crossed the Red Water several times, left the Kuomintang army far behind, and survived the most difficult moments. In the bloody battle, some comrades were wounded and carried off the battlefield.
Ma Zeying, instructor of the health team of the 2nd Division and 4th Regiment of the Red 1st Army, is organizing comrades in the health team to actively rescue the wounded. Two Miao compatriots brought a seriously injured person, and the villager held a child and spoke Hmong, which Ma Zeying could not understand. Ma Zeying hurried to rescue the wounded, but unfortunately the wounded were already dying because of excessive bleeding.
In the battlefield of lack of drugs, lack of medical equipment, such a serious injury already means sacrifice. When Mr. Zhu passed by this place, he saw the situation and immediately found a warrior who could speak Hmong. After the soldier's translation, Ma Zeying learned that the child in the arms of his fellow countrymen was the child of the wounded.
At this time, the wounded man opened his eyes and said with all his strength: "Comrade, my wife has been sacrificed, I don't think it will work, the child will be entrusted to you, please take good care of him..." The wounded man made a heroic sacrifice, still thinking about the child in his heart, and refused to close his eyes.
Ma Zeying knelt on the ground in grief and promised to the remains of his comrades-in-arms: "You can rest assured, I will take good care of the child, and I will be the father of the child in the future." "Mr. Zhu loves soldiers like sons, and when he sees the sacrifice of the warriors, his eyes are moist. Mr. Zhu instructed Ma Zeying:
"Comrade, this child is a descendant of the revolution, the father of the child entrusted to you, I also handed the child to you, you are now the father of the child."
Ma Zeying nodded resolutely and said, "Rest assured Chief, I will definitely fulfill my father's duty!" "We can't imagine that at this time, the 23-year-old Ma Zeying was still an unmarried young man, but he took on the responsibility of a father. Ma Zeying named the child "Courage and Perseverance", hoping that he would carry the legacy of his parents and live bravely with perseverance and courage.
When crossing the meadow, Ma Zeying preferred to go hungry himself and save the only rations he had. The child did not have teeth, he chewed up the dry food, fed it to the child in one bite, and he was hungry and yellow-skinned. When climbing the snowy mountain, Ma Zeying pulled out the cotton in his single cotton coat and made a cotton coat for the child.
The cold wind of the mountain is biting, Ma Zeying wrapped the child in his arms, and the warmth of the father's love protected the child. Mr. Zhu also remembered Xiao Yongyi, saved his own rations, sent precious corn flour to his children, and took care of the descendants of the revolution. Xiao Yongyi gradually grew up, and under the care of Ma Zeying, he became a lively child.
It's just that Xiao Yongyi doesn't understand why everyone else has a mother? He only has his father. At the beginning of 1936, a young woman entered the world of Ma Zeying's father and son, her name was Guo Zhiyong. Guo Zhiyong, a young woman with lofty ideals, heard about Ma Zeying's deeds of taking care of the orphans of her comrades-in-arms and fell in love with this famous Red Army general.
With the help of their comrades-in-arms, the revolutionary comrades became partners and joined hands for the rest of their lives. Ma Zeying and his wife treat Yongyi as their own sons, they have their own children, and they are also "eccentric" to their eldest son, Yongyi. In 1956, under the cultivation of Ma Zeying and his wife, the 22-year-old Yongyi graduated from college and began to enter the workplace.
Ma Zeying (who was awarded the title of major general in 1955) began to worry about the marriage of his adopted son, and consulted with his wife Guo Zhiyong to find a good girl for Yongyi. Guo Zhiyong put forward an idea, she said: "I think Yongyi and our girl are very good, when they are together, their faces are all smiling, it is better to marry their daughter to Yongyi!" ”
Ma Zeying also felt appropriate when he heard it, saying: "Courageous things are known to the organization, if someone does not understand, we can also explain, I think as long as the child is in agreement, it can be." Later, Ma Zeying and his wife told Yongyi about his life and explained what they thought in their hearts.
Yong Yi knelt in front of his parents, thanked his adoptive parents for their years of nurturing grace, and agreed with their parents' ideas. On October 18, 1956, Ma Zeying's family ushered in a happy event, and the daughter and adopted son who were in love with each other were getting married. Mr. Zhu heard the good news and, despite his busy work, personally came to officiate the wedding.
At the wedding, Mr. Zhu said: "Comrade Ma Zeying is not easy, decades of hard work, taking care of the orphans of comrades-in-arms, I see that he has made great achievements!" Ma Zeying said: "Countless comrades-in-arms have sacrificed, and their children have come into the world without their parents." As a survivor of the battlefield, I should help them take care of their children, and courage is my child. ”
The wedding ceremony was held lively and lively, and the guests were both happy and touched, and paid tribute to Major General Ma Zeying. Ma Zeying nurtured the orphans of his comrades-in-arms, fulfilled the dying instructions of his comrades-in-arms, and established a family relationship beyond the blood connection with Yongyi, which is precious!