Li Zongren was a leader of the Gui clan during the Republic of China period, and later served as vice president of the Republic of China, acting president, on the eve of the founding of New China, Li Zongren left The country and has been living overseas, as he grew older, he missed the motherland and his hometown more and more, in 1956, Li Zongren threw stones to ask for directions, he has sent Cheng Siyuan, who was his secretary, to Beijing many times to meet Zhou Enlai and prepare for his return to China.
After several years of hard work, in 1965, under the arrangement of Premier Zhou Enlai, Li Zongren returned to China with his wife Guo Dejie, and was warmly welcomed by Chairman Mao and other party and state leaders.
The two married in 1924, after marriage for more than 40 years, Guo Dejie's death, so that Li Zongren's heart is full of loneliness, depression, at this time, his age is not small, 75 years old, Cheng Siyuan is very worried about Li Zongren's body, he wants to find a companion for Li Zongren to take care of his later life.
After several tossing and turning, Cheng Siyuan found a suitable candidate, Hu Yousong, who worked as a nurse in the hospital.
Hu Yousong was an ordinary nurse at Beijing Fuxing Hospital at this time, but her mother was an extraordinary figure, she was the queen Hu Die, who was popular on the beach in the 1930s, Hu Yousong was not happy after birth, and her mother entrusted her to the aunt of the warlord Zhang Zongchang in order to make a film, leaving a large amount of money. This aunt became Hu Yousong's adoptive mother, and her adoptive mother was not good to her, and most of the money left by her mother Hu Die was squandered by her adoptive mother.
After graduating from high school, Hu Yousong went to Beijing Jishuitan Hospital as a nurse, and her life was uneventful until her photos were looked at by Li Zongren.
Li Zongren likes Hu Yousong and wants her to be his life secretary and personal health nurse, this matter is reported to Zhou Enlai layer by layer, Zhou Enlai is very cautious, he said to Li Zongren: "China and the United States are not the same, there is no private secretary, nursing work has a commuting system, after work, nursing staff to go home to rest, if Mr. like, you have to marry the media." ”
One day in June 1966, Hu Yousong met Li Zongren, at this time Li Zongren was 76 years old, but the appearance was good, the waist was not bent, the back was not hunched, the first meeting, Hu Yousong and Cheng Siyuan, Li Zongren and other people had a meal together, during the banquet, Hu Yousong learned that it was Li Zongren who wanted her to be his secretary, Hu Yoursong did not immediately agree, when leaving, Li Zongren gave Hu Yousong a red envelope, which was 300 yuan,
A week later, Hu Yousong came to Li Zongren's house again, Li Zongren took her to visit the home, and after several times, Hu Yousong was like this, to eat at home, chat during the meal, and was sent away by Li Zongren, until the fourth time, Li Zongren suddenly courted Hu Yousong and hoped that Hu Yousong would marry him.
Hu Yousong was very surprised, after careful consideration, she gave Li Zongren an answer, it takes half a month to consider, later, there is no half a month, when she went to Li Zongren's home for the sixth time, Hu Yousong agreed, and many years later, she recalled why she easily agreed to Li Zongren, because Li Zongren was an anti-Japanese hero and made her admire.
On July 26, Hu Yousong and Li Zongren were officially married, this year Li Zongren was 76 years old, and she was 27 years old, when the cave house was candlelit, Hu Yousong and Li Zongren said: "You are a great figure, I admire you, I am willing to marry you, is sincere, without any selfishness, I do not want your property, as long as you can live in peace in the old age, it is my greatest happiness." ”
After the marriage, Li Zongren gave a photo of himself and Hu Yousong to many friends at home and abroad, and behind each photo, there was a sentence written: "This is my wife Hu Yousong." Hu Yousong has accepted the fact of becoming Li Zongren's wife, in life, she began to take care of Li Zongren's life, and Li Zongren also really liked Hu Yousong, once, Hu Yousong had a stomachache, and the prescription was to eat 4 pairs of pumpkin seeds.
After Li Zongren learned about it, he kept bumping melon seeds until late at night, bumping out 4 or two pumpkin seeds, Hu Yousong was touched, but the huge age difference between the two, there were still many people who expressed doubts, and even some people said that she was willing to be with Li Zongren, just to succeed his property after Li Zongren's hundred years, Hu Yousong believed that this was simply to slander his feelings.
In order to show that he had no intention of doing so, Hu Yousong later personally stated that he was willing not to accept any of Li Zongren's inheritance after a hundred years, and only at this time did someone really understand that Hu Yousong really wanted to be with Li Zongren.
They spent three years of happy days together, in 1969, Li Zongren died, before his death, he took Hu Yousong's hand and said: "I have only shed tears twice in my life, once when my old mother died, and once was my concern for you." ”
After Li Zongren's death, Hu Yousong did what she said, she did not want Li Zongren's inheritance, she donated more than 80,000 yuan of property left by Li Zongren, as well as the state living allowance, all to the state, at the same time, she donated part of the historical photos and texts left by Li Zongren to the Chinese Historical Archives and partly to the Taierzhuang Battle Memorial Hall.
After that, Hu Yousong changed her name to Wang Xi, she survived on her Weibo salary, in 1995, Hu Yousong chose to convert to Buddhism, and since then he has never asked about red dust trivia, and later Hu Yousong once recalled: "Marrying Li Zongren is the most meaningful thing in my life, he is a famous patriot, I can be his wife, no regrets." ”
In her later years, Hu Yousong was invited to live near the Taierzhuang Battle Memorial Hall, she lived very happily, in 2008, Hu Yousong suffered from rectal cancer, before the operation, the doctor asked relatives to sign, she smiled and said: "I sign it myself, a lonely family." ”
In November, Hu Yousong died of illness, and before her death, she had made an evaluation of herself: a historical figure.
Today, Hu Yousong from birth, is doomed to her fate is different, this difference, from her mother Hu Die, and later, her combination with Li Zongren, but also pushed her life to legend, under the fame, her fate, is also destined to make people only a sigh.