In the years of war, any revolutionary must always face the test of life and death. In order for the nation to stand proudly in the world and the country to face competition calmly, they can only choose to abandon the ego and struggle in the dangerous process.
Although revolutionaries can put their lives on the line, their children cannot take on the responsibility of their homeland at a young age. At a time when the soldiers in front of us are fighting with blood, ensuring the safety of their children has become an important task of our party.
In those turbulent years, adults were often missing, not to mention immature children. Any negligence can lead to the tragedy of the revolutionaries' families.
Worse still, if a child is caught by the enemy, his young life is likely to be traumatized, and on the other hand, the enemy will use this as a clue to find traces of revolutionaries.
Old photos of the war
In short, our Party must arrange a few trustworthy comrades in the rear to nurture the next generation of the revolution.
Ugly Zigang was the first director of the Yan'an Nursery, and under her care, the descendants of countless revolutionaries were able to thrive.
Like many revolutionaries, ugly Gang's life was full of hardships. In childhood, he lost the company of his father and could only rely on his mother to bear the burden of the family.
Ugly Gang's mother hopes that her children will be educated and freed from the curse of poverty, but her ability alone is not enough to get all her children into school.
In desperation, the ugly gang who has just finished primary school can only enter social work and earn more income for the family.
Due to her young age, Clown zigang was obviously unable to perform manual labor, and under the introduction of her family, she entered the hospital and became a nurse.
Although he did not receive professional medical training, the diligent and meticulous Ugly Gang quickly won the approval of his colleagues.
After each attending physician completes the diagnosis, ugly Zigang can always help the patient for the first time, and in the process of assisting the operation, it is also comfortable.
Busy work fills ugly Gang's life, and the hospital experience makes her more patient. With the passage of time, ugly Gang also unconsciously came to the age of the first opening of the love sinus.
In the hospital, Ugly Gang is a well-known model of work, so whenever an important leader comes to the hospital, he will ask her to help.
It was this opportunity that Ugly Zigang met her first husband, Yu Jiayong.
Ugly Gang
Yu Jiayong was the secretary of the Zhangshu Party branch of the COMMUNIST Party of China and a comrade who joined the revolutionary ranks at an early stage. By chance, the two made contact and began to move around frequently.
Ugly Zigang saw the responsibility and boldness of the revolutionary in this man, and felt incomparably touched after every chat with him, and he also had a heartfelt identification with the party's revolutionary ideals.
Yu Jiayong also recognized this industrious and simple woman, and he was deeply attracted by the kind and upright character of Ugly Gang.
Lang has affection, the woman is intentional, and the two soon fall in love. But after that, the road to marriage did not go smoothly.
At this time, the Communists were always facing the threat of life and death, and the brother of the ugly Gang did not want his sister to be in danger, and resolutely opposed the affair between the two.
However, Ugly Gang identified this relationship, and despite the opposition of his family, he formed a family of two people with Yu Jiayong, and soon had the crystallization of love.
The days when the two lived together were extremely sweet, Yu Jiayong loved his wife very much, and Ugly Zigang also fully supported her husband's career.
But just when everyone was envious, the changes in life completely shattered this happy family.
In 1927, Yu Jiayong was arrested by the reactionaries, and after several days of torture in the interrogation room, he was unfortunately executed by the enemy.
At this time, ugly Oka was pregnant with their second child, and it was about to be the time of the pot.
The bad news hit ugly Gang's heart like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and countless emotions of shock, grief, and anger instantly surged into his heart.
Nursery children
Under such a huge blow, the birth of the ugly child was several days earlier than the expected date of delivery. Originally, the arrival of a new life was a joyous thing, but at this time, the ugly gang could not get out of the pain of bereavement.
Fortunately, the company of her family gradually allowed Ugly Zigang to see the hope of life, after all, she still has two children to raise, and the pressure of life must be overcome by her.
Looking back on the bits and pieces with her husband, ugly Gang understands the meaning of revolution more and more. Yu Jiayong's sacrifice is not for the happiness of this generation, his departure is to exchange for the peace of future generations.
After experiencing an ideological struggle, ugly Oka resolutely decided to continue her husband's path, raising her children and contributing to the revolutionary work.
Since then, Ugly Gang has volunteered to go to the surrounding areas every day to see poor people, and with many years of experience in medicine, he has become a "barefoot doctor".
Old photos of the base area
Especially around the revolutionary base areas, we can always see the ugly gang carrying bamboo baskets, crossing mountains and mountains to see doctors for our party fighters.
Such selfless dedication is not an overnight time, but a decade of ugly Gang's life. The party organization did not fail to live up to her dedication, and in 1938 accepted the volunteer of ugly gang to join the party.
All along, Ugly Gang has had a dream of entering school. When she was a child, her family was poor and could not support her to complete her studies, and now after joining the party, she finally got the opportunity to study at "Kang Da".
Filled with joy, ugly Zigang followed the team to Yan'an, the holy land of revolution, to prepare for further study.
At this time, the country was in the most difficult period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and countless wounded people on the battlefield were sent back to the rear for treatment.
The medical staff of the Party Central Hospital are in a state of high-intensity work every day, but even so, the manpower is still very tight.
Considering that Ugly Zigang has a wealth of medical experience, the Party Central Committee hopes that she can work in the Central Hospital to help solve the urgent needs.
The party organization originally thought that ugly Gang would be dissatisfied with such a transfer, but surprisingly, Ugly Gang accepted the organization's work arrangement without the slightest hesitation and quickly threw himself into heavy work.
For the next two years, Ugly Gang was busy all day around the bed of the wounded, saving one warrior after another from the hands of the God of Death.
Old photos of Yan'an
But wars always bleed, and after many front-line soldiers died, their children became "rootless duckweeds". In addition, many revolutionaries did not have time to take care of their children, and how to resettle these children became an important issue.
In the past, when faced with this problem, revolutionaries were always afraid of causing trouble to the organization, and took the initiative to foster their children in the homes of relatives.
Now that the Party has finally established a stable base area, there is no need to continue to drift upside down. After the discussion, the Central Committee decided to set up "nurseries" to take care of the descendants of revolutionaries.
After the resolution was passed, the central minister of health quickly began the preparatory work, and the most important step was to select qualified directors.
On the surface, this work is not too difficult, and only needs to take care of the child completely.
But in the war years at that time, taking care of many children to grow up must not only have great patience, but also have a vigilant "sense of smell", always careful of enemy attacks and possible dangers.
Chairman Mao
Therefore, ugly Gang, who has many years of revolutionary experience and is very good at taking care of children, has become the best candidate for strength.
After receiving the order, ugly Zigang began the preparatory work without saying a word. With the cooperation of all parties, Yan'an Nursery was officially put into use.
In order to make the revolutionaries trust in the safety of the nursery, Chairman Mao took the initiative to send his daughter to the ugly son Gang, in addition to which six children also went through the formalities.
In the days that followed, Ugly Oka threw himself into the business of caring for his children. Looking at the appearance of the children in the institute thriving, more and more revolutionaries brought their children to Yan'an.
Ugly Gang has gradually changed from a former nurse and doctor to an "ugly mother" in the mouth of the child. In fact, ugly Gang is indeed like a mother, desperately giving everything for her children.
As the number of children increases, former nurseries struggle to meet basic needs, and expansion is on the agenda.
However, the expansion of the nursery is not a simple matter, whether it is the site, funds or manpower, there are objective difficulties.
In order to solve these problems, Ugly Oka took matters into his own hands and actively participated in it from the beginning of the formulation of the plan.
On the construction drawings of the nursery, the ugly mother minimizes the staff's house and leaves the most comfortable living space for the child.
After the plan was made, ugly Gang began to run around to raise funds and find workers.
In the case of tight domestic war, funds can only be raised by overseas patriots, and ugly Zigang ran to the central government in three days and two ends to apply for funds.
After several months of hard work, the expansion funds provided by overseas Chinese were finally obtained, and the name of the nursery was changed to Yan'an Los Angeles Nursery.
However, although the problem of funds has been solved, the problem of manpower is difficult to solve. It was impossible for front-line fighters to return to the rear, and those in the rear were burdened with heavy work.
After some deliberation, ugly Zigang decided to take the lead and lead the nursery staff to transport supplies from the bottom of the mountain to the base area through manpower.
At this time, the Japanese army tightened the blockade of Yan'an, and any grain that wanted to enter the base area had to undergo countless scrutiny.
In order to ensure the safety of food and supplies in the nursery, ugly Zigang decided to take the winding mountain road to avoid the enemy's pursuit.
Ugly Gang and children
At that time, the mountain road was not as flat and wide as it is today, and the winding road surface was not only covered with sand and gravel, but many narrow places were only one person wide from the nearby abyss.
Ugly Gang dragged bags of grain, and could only slowly pace with the strength of his feet. Over the course of weeks, the cloth shoes under his feet were worn out, and the soles of his feet were covered with blisters and cracks in the wounds.
But this is not the worst case scenario, in order to avoid enemy searches, the transport work often has to be carried out at night, which makes the handling process more potentially dangerous.
On the one hand, the lack of light makes it difficult for ugly gangs to understand the road conditions under their feet, and the mountain roads that are difficult to walk during the day become more bumpy; on the other hand, the night is the time when wild beasts are infested, and it is likely to be attacked by wolves during the delivery of food.
Old photo of nursery
However, in order to expand the nursery, Ugly Zigang resolutely decided to take the risk of life, even at the cost of his life, to transport the supplies back to the base area.
During one night operation, thick clouds completely obscured the thin moonlight, and the steaming fog in the mountains seriously interfered with the line of sight of the advancing team.
In order to ensure the safety of the entire handling team, ugly Gang took the lead in exploring and opening the way for everyone.
However, the weather conditions were too bad, and the team gradually became disjointed, and the ugly gang standing at the front became alone.
At this moment, a wild wolf lurking in the darkness stared at the ugly gang who was advancing alone.
With the footsteps of the wild wolves gradually approaching, ugly Gang also noticed the green light flickering in the darkness, which was exactly the look of the hungry wolf hunting.
Seeing this scene, Ugly Gang's heart seemed to be tightened, and his breathing became urgent. Broken! Meet the wolf!
Based on years of experience in the base area, ugly Gang understands very well that the wolf is the standard "bullying the soft and afraid of the hard".
If you show panic or turn your head and run away at this time, you will definitely become the "meal on the plate" of this hungry wolf. On the contrary, if you fight back, you may still have a chance.
In addition, he carried his children's rations with him, and there were hundreds of children waiting to be taken care of in the base area.
Can't be afraid! Can't fall! The instinct to survive and the concern for children made Ugly Gang burst out with amazing courage.
She stared at the hungry wolf in front of her with a vicious expression, dragging the grain forward step by step, and the hungry wolf saw the "living Yan Luo" in front of her, and unconsciously moved backwards.
Just as the two sides were getting closer and closer, ugly Zigang waved the torch in his hand, and the original tiny flame was like a sharp sword blade at this moment, frightening the hungry wolf to retreat.
After a moment of confrontation between the two sides, the hungry wolf gave up the idea of attacking, ran back into the night with his tail between his legs, and the ugly gang was finally able to escape.
It was after countless such life-and-death trials that the nursery was finally expanded. Since then, revolutionaries no longer need to worry about the safety of their children, because as long as there is an ugly mother, the child has something to rely on.
Under the meticulous care of ugly Gang, more than a hundred descendants of revolutionaries spent their carefree childhood here. Even if the outside is still a turbulent situation full of gunfire, as long as you are around the ugly mother, it is a warm "home".
With the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation began again. In order to avoid harm to the children, the central government decided to move the nursery to Pingshan, Hebei.
In the absence of aircraft and railways, it takes more than 1,000 kilometers to walk from Yan'an to Pingshan. It is no exaggeration to say that this is a "long march" of boy scouts.
Although this mission is very difficult, for Ugly Gang, as long as it is arranged by the organization, he must do his best to complete it.
After some preparation, ugly Oka and the escort warriors embarked on a long journey with hundreds of children.
Due to the large number of children, the age situation also varies. Some children can already walk on their own, but some are still in their infancy.
In order to take care of the speed of the entire team, ugly Zigang found a local fellow and woven a large number of bamboo baskets.
Every time he encountered a muddy road or a child could not walk, ugly Zigang put it into a bamboo basket and carried it on his back to continue.
One of the founders of the nursery
As they crossed the blockade lines, enemy artillery fire kept up with the advancing line. In order to protect the safety of the children, ugly Zigang issued a "death order" to the nursery staff.
As long as there is an enemy plane flying by or an enemy patrol, everyone must protect the child under them, preferring to sacrifice themselves rather than injuring the child.
During the journey of more than 1,000 kilometers, Ugly Gang encountered countless unthinked problems.
Once, a donkey carrying a luggage accidentally stepped on the air and looked like it was about to fall to the bottom of the valley with the child on its back.
Ugly Gang immediately rushed up and grabbed the corner of the child's clothes. Immediately after, the warriors around them hurriedly resisted the donkey's body and dragged the donkey back with a pull.
Since then, Ugly Gang has made it mandatory for everyone that childcare workers must stand on the outside of donkeys and children to prevent such a situation from happening again.
Nursery children
Under the advice of ugly Oka, the team finally arrived at its destination in 1948 and successfully completed its mission.
During the entire 1,000-kilometer trek, not a single child was killed or missing, which is a "miracle".
In 1949, with the rousing sound of cannons on Tiananmen Square, New China was officially proclaimed.
Ugly Zigang watched the five-star red flag flutter and rise, and tears involuntarily poured out of his eyes.
The dawn of the new era shines on the motherland, and the children of ugly mothers are gradually growing up. But at the moment when everyone was very happy, ugly Gang's body fell.
Years of hard work have made Ugly Gang unfortunately suffer from cancer.
Faced with this sad fact, ugly Zigang proposed to the central government: do not receive treatment, avoid wasting national resources, and donate his last month's salary as a party fee.
Soon after, Ugly Gang closed his eyes serenely. At the funeral, hundreds of children came to send off the "ugly mother", and Premier Zhou also specially wrote a letter for the ugly gang.
This hero who bowed down to the nation and the revolution will always be engraved in the hearts of the people.
Transferred from the history of tea