One day in 1956, a car stopped in front of He Zizhen's residence in Shanghai, and a person with extraordinary spirits stepped down from the car, He Zizhen's niece, he Xiaoping, who was He Minxue's daughter, just happened to be taking a break from school, and He Xiaoping quickly ran to open the door.
He Zizhen also went to the door to greet him, and then the two went upstairs to talk, the He family has rules, when the adults talk, children are not allowed to enter, He Xiaoping obediently sits outside the house.
After chatting for a long time, He Zizhen was reluctant to send off his old friend, and asked his niece with excitement: "Xiao Ping, do you know who is coming?" ”
"Mr. Peng, the top ten marshals of China, who doesn't know?" He Xiaoping replied seriously.
In the days when He Zizhen lived in Shanghai, Peng Dehuai was one of the few people who came to visit her, and since Peng Dehuai's visit, He Zizhen's mood was very good and excited for a long time.
Picture | He Zizhen
In 1947, He Zizhen returned to the motherland from the Soviet Union with his daughters Li Min and Mao Anqing, and when the train they took arrived in Harbin, Li Fuchun and others were greeting them at the station on behalf of the Northeast Bureau.
Li Fuchun shook He Zizhen's hand and asked with concern: "Is your health good on this road?" ”
He Zizhen, who returned to the motherland, was very happy and replied excitedly: "Very good, thank you." ”
The comrades of the Northeast Bureau took into account their winter clothes and specially made a set of dark Lenin suits for He Zizhen, prepared leather shoes for Li Min, and also added various clothes to ensure that they were perfect in food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.
After returning to China, He Zizhen had two very worrying things, the first is the study of his daughter Li Min, Li Min came to the Soviet Union when he was a child, and his life in the Soviet Union for six or seven years has made her lifestyle almost Soviet, He Zizhen taught Li Min to adapt to life in China as soon as possible and learn Chinese.
Second, it is the whereabouts of her brother He Minxue and sister He Yi, since He Zizhen followed the team to evacuate Ruijin in 1934, she was separated from her brother and sister, and with the help of her friends, He Zizhen had the whereabouts of He Minxue and He Yi.
Pictured| He Minxue
His elder brother He Minxue was the commander of the 12th Division of the Fourth Column of the East China Field Army at that time, the Liberation War was in full swing, the heroic People's Liberation Army was fighting with the Kuomintang army, He Minxue had a hard time taking time to come to Harbin to see his sister, and what made He Zizhen happy was that his sister-in-law Li Liying and niece He Xiaoping would come to visit him on behalf of his brother.
Just after meeting Li Liying and He Xiaoping, He Zizhen greeted them warmly and affectionately called Li Liying "sister-in-law", He Xiaoping was only five years old, He Zizhen affectionately took He Xiaoping's hand, and asked for warmth.
Harbin weather is cold, Li Liying He Xiaoping mother and daughter came in a boat, He Zizhen enthusiastically prepared hot water for them, let them scrub, see sister-in-law and niece, He Zizhen is like seeing her brother, happy, she pulled Li Liying: "It's good to see my sister-in-law, I want to talk to you for three days and three nights." ”
Although He Zizhen's words were a little more exaggerated, the facts were indeed as she said, He Zizhen and Li Liying were lying on the same bed, chatting all night, from late at night to dawn the next day, Li Liying told her about the general situation of his relatives:
Her mother, Wen Tuxiu, went to Yan'an after her father's death, and Chairman Mao not only personally took care of the life of the elderly, but also sent her a final monument.
He Yi unfortunately fell into the hands of the enemy, unyielding, did not hesitate to swallow gold, guarded the secrets of the organization, was praised by Chairman Mao, after exchanging with a captured General of the Kuomintang, she was released from prison, He Yi was operated on in Yan'an, there were no relatives around, it was signed by Chairman Mao himself.
He Minxue was also very arduous in the guerrilla war in Gannan Province, working as a long-term worker, fishing, and being separated from the troops; in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, He Minxue was wounded seven times, and there were bullets on his waist and legs.
Li Liying said, He Zizhen listened attentively, at first, her eyes were full of tears, Li Liying noticed that He Zizhen was trying to restrain herself, not to let the tears fall, but also let Li Liying talk down, but the more later she spoke, He Zizhen could no longer control the worries and thoughts of her relatives in her heart, tears came out of her eyes, she cried bitterly, and Li Liying also shed tears next to her.
Figure | front row from left: Li Liying, He Xiaoping, He Zizhen, back row from left: He Minxue, Li Min
On the one hand, He Zizhen Li Liying's all-night chat, on the other hand, Li Minhe Xiaoping's sisterly love, Li Min is a few years older than He Xiaoping, the two have blood ties, many whispers that cannot be confided with Mao Anqing's brother, Li Min and He Xiaoping share.
When Li Liping He Xiaoping first arrived in Harbin, the weather was cold, and when the days passed, the weather warmed up, the mother and daughter had less clothes for the season, and when they saw that He Xiaoping was still wearing cotton clothes, He Zizhen directly removed the red blanket at home and gave his niece a sweater, even if Li Liying refused in every way, he could not help He Zizhen.
He Zizhen was especially kind to his niece Deng Xiaoping, so good that sometimes even Li Min could not help but envy him, when Li Min returned from the Soviet Union, he brought a red woolen skirt and a foreign hat, which was Li Min's most beloved thing, and when He Zizhen proposed to give these things to He Xiaoping, Li Min was unwilling in his heart and cried bitterly.
He Zizhen squatted down and gently taught Li Min: "Xiaoping is a younger sister, she is young, you see the weather is warmer now, but she has not changed her clothes, we should care about her." ”
"She also has a mother, can't her mother do it for her?" Li Min said in a childish voice while shedding tears.
He Zizhen then said, "Her mother, that is, your aunt, is busy fighting on the front line and has no time to do it for her, we want to help Xiao Ping's sister." ”
Under the education of He Zizhen, the young Li Min finally chose to give his beloved clothes and hats to He Xiaoping's sister, which also made the friendship between the two little sisters deeper and deeper.
Picture | He Zizhen (front left second), Li Min (back left), Li Liying (back center), He Xiaoping (front left third), Wang Meilan (front left fourth)
Li Liying He Xiaoping mother and daughter stayed in Harbin for more than a month, there are relatives around, He Zizhen's mood is always very good, and when Li Liying he Xiaoping mother and daughter are ready to leave, back to the front line, He Zizhen is full of reluctance, hoping that they can stay for a while, but Li Liying really has to quickly return to He Minxue's side.
Before leaving, He Zizhen took out a gold ring from his pocket and simply handed it to Li Liying: "Sister-in-law, I came back from the Soviet Union with my bare hands, this is a ring that Li Fuchun gave me after I returned to China, and now I will transfer it to you." ”
She intimately told Li Liying that it was not easy to fight on the front line, and if she encountered difficulties, she would sell this golden ring, and Li Liying's eye sockets gradually became moist, and in the tearful eyes of He Zizhen and Li Liying, they were separated.
It is worth mentioning that Li Liying did not want to take away the valuable things in the hands of He Zizhen's sister, please ask He Zizhen's good friend Wang Meilan to return it, and when Li Liying got on the car, He Zizhen found that she did not take the ring, but how could not catch up, so in fact, Li Liying did not take the ring away.
Although he was unable to meet his brother He Minxue, seeing his sister-in-law Li Liying was like seeing his brother.
As for the meeting with his sister He Yi, it was a year after returning to China, He Zizhen took Mao Anqing and Li Min to live in Shenyang, and met his sister He Yi, who had not been seen for more than ten years.
Pictured| He Zizhen and He Yi
At that time, He Yi was not in good health, and he specially went to the northeast for recuperation, which just gave the sisters the opportunity to reunite, and this meeting with He Yi also changed He Zizhen's future life.
He Zizhen and He Yikuo separated for many years and then met, the two people were very excited, for a while they were speechless, just hugged each other tightly, tears dripped down, He Zizhen noticed that He Yi was no longer the same as it was many years ago, although the voice was still so loud, but after the pain of the war, her body was obviously not as good as before.
He Yi told his sister all about his many years of experience, and He Zizhen could not stop her tears, and this belated reunion could be described as a mixture of sorrow and joy.
It can be said that from the mouths of Li Liying and He Yi, He Zizhen knew that after she left, Chairman Mao took care of her family, she was full of gratitude to Chairman Mao, and she planned to write a letter to express her gratitude. ”
In the end, He Zizhen and He Yi thought twice and decided to let Li Min write a letter to his father Chairman Mao, and this time Li Min and Chairman Mao recognized each other through letters, so that the father-daughter friendship between the two who had been late for many years was linked again, how could Chairman Mao not miss his daughter, in 1949, after obtaining He Zizhen's consent, Li Min returned to his father Chairman Mao's side, of course, this also solved the problem of Li Min's study that He Zizhen had been worried about.
Pictured| Chairman Mao and Li Min
After Li Min left, He Yi wanted to take He Zizhen to Beijing, but he met two people halfway and said to He Zizhen: "Your brother is in Shanghai, you can go to your brother." Therefore, He Zizhen turned to Shanghai, and He Zizhen went to Shanghai this time, and most of the time after that was spent in Shanghai.
In May 1949, shanghai was liberated, he Minxue, then deputy commander and chief of staff of the Twenty-seventh Army, entered Shanghai with the troops, Li Liying and He Xiaoping arrived later, in Shanghai, He Zizhen again met her beloved little niece He Xiaoping, at first He Zizhen lived in the apartment at No. 1267 Liyang Road, Hongkou District, He Xiaoping lived with her.
He Minxue, He Zizhen, He Yi's relatives reunited, undoubtedly happy and happy, He Yi also went to the countryside to find her and Mao Zeqin's son He Lucheng, originally the family was about to usher in a reunion, but at this time, an extremely sad thing happened.
In November, He Yi wanted to retrieve He Zizhen and Chairman Mao's child Mao Mao, but he was in a car accident on the way and unfortunately died, leaving He Chunsheng, He Haifeng, and He Lucheng with three children, and He Minxue and He Zizhen took good care of them.
In fact, there is also a "misunderstanding", He Yi looked for Mao Mao with He Lucheng, as well as friends, friends' children, after her accident, He Minxue hurried to the scene, picked up several children, at that time there was a group of children in the Shanghai family, He Zizhen could not recognize He Lucheng, coupled with the grief in his heart, the children were left at home, until He Minxue returned home, and then quickly sent the children home.
Picture | the Tai'an Road residence where He Zizhen lived
At first, He Zizhen lived in Liyang, Hongkou District, later moved to the old house behind the South Eagle Hotel, and then moved to Tai'an Road, because of work, He Minxue did not often live at home, but the family population was large, the housing was still very tight, He Haifeng and He Xiaoping two girls lived in a room, He Chunsheng lived in a small room, He Zizhen lived in the second floor east of the largest and best room.
For niece He Xiaoping, aunt He Zizhen still loves herself as much as she did many years ago, remembering once, it was her birthday, her father He Minxue came back from work at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, and her mother Li Liying was also very busy, so busy that she forgot He Xiaoping's birthday.
He Minxue came in the door after work, and suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh, today is our Xiaoping birthday." Li Liying remembered this and said that everyone had finished eating their meals, and this birthday was not good.
He Zizhen hurriedly said: "I have a way, soda and ice bricks, this is how the Soviets celebrate their birthdays." She didn't want her niece to have this birthday, even if there was a simple ceremony, so everyone quickly bought a large ice brick and cut it into several parts to share, and the family was very happy on this birthday.
Picture | front row from left: He Zizhen, He Xiaoping, Li Min, Li Liying, and back row from left: He Minxue, Chairman Mao's guards
He Zizhen loves He Xiaoping, and He Xiaoping also cares about her aunt, she often accompanies He Zizhen's side, He Zizhen spends most of her time reading newspapers, so that she can understand things at home and abroad, she loves to read "Reference News", He Xiaoping sat next to her, she smiled and asked: "Xiaoping, have you read "Reference News"? What does the article say? ”
When my aunt asked this, He Xiaoping always quipped: "I didn't see the words, and the words were all eaten by you." ”
He Zizhen laughed loudly, in fact, He Xiaoping's answer also has her good intentions, if she fights seriously, her aunt will be more sincere with herself, and the emotions and health of her aunt are not good between words and arguments, so she said this, and she directly avoided these discussions. He Zizhen's usual life is very simple, in addition to her relatives, she rarely has contact with others, usually chen Yi, Peng Dehuai and other old friends will come to visit her.
In 1956, He Chunsheng and He Haifeng were all studying at school, He Lucheng also worked, He Xiaoping was on leave from school at home, just had time to accompany his aunt He Zizhen, one day a car suddenly came to the door of the He family, and an extraordinary person walked down, that person was Peng Dehuai.
Picture | from left: He Yi's adopted sons Liu Ziyi, He Xiaoping, He Zizhen, He Haifeng
Peng Dehuai was wearing a simple jacket, very capable, He Xiaoping went to open the door, she noticed that Peng Dehuai only brought an entourage, but the person had been sitting in the car, did not get out of the car, He Xiaoping just saw a person through the car window, He Xiaoping guessed, that person is either a guard, or a secretary.
He Xiaoping welcomed Peng Dehuai in, aunt He Zizhen also came down to greet Peng Dehuai, the old friends met each other very kindly, the two talked and went upstairs, because the He family has rules, the elders talk, the juniors are not allowed to go in and obey, so He Xiaoping did not follow up, just sat outside and obediently waited.
He Zizhen and Peng Dehuai chatted for a long time, seeing the aunt come out with a smile, He Xiaoping could deeply feel that the aunt was very excited and very happy, he Zizhen and He Xiaoping sent Peng Dehuai goodbye, He Zizhen stood over and asked happily: "Xiaoping, do you know who is coming?" ”
"Mr. Peng, the top ten marshals of China, who doesn't know?" He Xiaoping replied proudly, how could she not know the admirable Marshal Peng Dehuai.
You know, He Zizhen and Peng Dehuai were comrades-in-arms who fought side by side on Jinggang Mountain, they once walked through those arduous years together, and later He Zizhen reunited with Chen Yi, and mainly invited him to return to Jinggangshan together to reminisce about the past years, so we can also feel Peng Dehuai's visit, He Zizhen's heart is of course excited.
He Xiaoping later recalled: That time Mr. Peng came to visit, and his aunt was really excited for many days.
Pictured| Chairman Mao and Peng Dehuai
After Chen Yi left Shanghai for work, He Zizhen moved to the house at no. 262 Hunan Road left by Chen Yi, and at this time He Zizhen basically lived alone, He Minxue and He Xiaoping's relatives often visited her, and Li Min occasionally rushed to Shanghai to visit her mother, which added a lot of warmth to He Zizhen's lonely life.
In addition to going to Nanchang and Beijing, He Zizhen spent most of her later life in Shanghai, and by 1979, after He Zizhen went to Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall, her health became worse and worse, and she lived in the hospital for many years, and in 1984, He Zizhen's condition suddenly deteriorated, and the hospital urgently notified her family.
For a time, Li Min Kong Linghua and his wife and He Minxue rushed to Shanghai and came to He Zizhen's side, He Zizhen was very weak, lying on a hospital bed, using his own weak voice to talk to his relatives, and everyone was waiting by her side.
On April 19, 1984, He Zizhen died in Shanghai, ending his heroic and tragic life and leaving his relatives with endless thoughts.
Under Deng Xiaoping's resolution, He Zizhen's ashes were sent to Beijing and properly placed in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, where she lived for several years and was buried in Beijing...