preface
Before meeting Jiang Qing, Li Min's heart had always been afraid, because before coming to the Shuangqing Villa, her aunt He Yi had told her to be careful. So the first time the two met, Li Min seemed extremely cramped. But Jiang Qing was very enthusiastic and hugged Li Min. But Li Min felt that it was a bit fake, and this was also verified again and again in the later relationship.
Pictured chairman Mao and Li Min
"She's our dad"
He Zizhen gave birth to Li Min during the Long March, and the poor child stayed with his mother for only eight or nine months before being sent to a children's nursery. Fortunately, the living expenses of the cadres' children here are all covered by the public, and even the clothes on their bodies are all uniformly made by the public. Therefore, Jiaojiao has also been taken care of by the organization here, and her life is not bad.
After He Zizhen left Yan'an, Chairman Mao went to the children's nursery to take jiaojiao, but for various reasons, he eventually sent jiaojiao to Moscow to accompany her mother.
"My memory of my father is very faint, I can remember that in 1940, my father sent me to the Soviet Union, but this impression is still very vague. In 1940, under the personal arrangement of my father, I, Zhu Min, the daughter of Zhu De's father, Luo Beibei, the son of the martyr Luo Yinong, and Wang Jifei, the son of Wang Yifei, took a Soviet bomber and diverted to Gansu and Xinjiang to the Soviet Union. Growing up, Li Min recalled that experience, saying.
After 3 years of parting, meeting her mother in a foreign land is not exciting or exciting for Jiaojiao, after all, she is only 3 years old, but for He Zizhen, she is very excited. As soon as she took the petite into her arms, tears flowed uncontrollably. The arrival of Jiaojiao, for He Zizhen, is not too much to describe it as "rebirth".
Here, in addition to her mother's love, there are two brothers who love her very much, that is, Mao Anying and Mao Anying. Four people lived in a foreign land, full of joy, laughter, and singing echoed in the room.
Picture 丨He Zizhen
He Zizhen did not know whether the matter between Chairman Mao and Jiang Qing was true or not, the pain of losing her son had not yet healed, and suddenly she heard such news, which was simply worse for her, and this heavy blow made her spirit collapse at once.
In order to make He Zizhen feel a little happier, the children will try to make her happy, tell her jokes, and tell her funny and interesting things that happened at school, but the person they will never mention is their father, Mao Zedong.
When Jiaojiao left her father, she was only 3 years old, and she did not have any deep impression of her father, and the only little memory she had gradually faded with the long years to come, and even disappeared and forgotten. So, in his impression, the first time he knew what his father looked like was in the photo.
The second brother, Anqing, came to the children's home to visit Jiaojiao, and the two of them played together in the auditorium of the children's home, and between laughter and laughter, Kishiqing suddenly pointed to the photos of the leaders of various countries hanging on the wall and said, "Do you know which country these leaders are the leaders of?" "
Picture 丨 Mao Anying and Mao Anying in the Soviet Union
"I know, the teachers have told us about these classes." Petite replied with some pride.
"Then do you know which country he is the leader of?" Kishi qing continued to ask.
"Of course I know that he is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, and his name is Mao Zedong." The delicate eyes were full of confidence.
"Yes, but do you know, in addition to being the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, he is also our father..." Jiaojiao dared to believe that this great leader was her father, and before the second brother could finish speaking, she interrupted him and said, "You are crazy, how can it be, how can he be our father..."
"Yes, he is our father, and he sent us here to study."
"No, no, he's not my dad, I don't have dad, I only have mom," the petite yelled in an amplified voice.
"Okay, don't say it, don't say it" The second brother Mao Anqing was a little excited, and he didn't dare to continue.
After her brother left, Jiaojiao slowly calmed down, and she began to think back to when she last saw her father. I couldn't remember anything, but the second brother told him so seriously, and with her understanding of the second brother, he would never make such a joke with her. But her mother had told her that her name was He Jiaojiao. In this way, Jiaojiao felt for a moment that Chairman Mao might be her father, and the next moment she felt that it was not.
If Chairman Mao is really her father, why not take her back, and now her mother is not by her side, she feels very lonely inside.
Pictured chairman Mao and He Zizhen in their early years
Jiaojiao missed her mother, and suddenly one day, the director of the children's home led her into the dean's room: "Do you want to see your mother?" At this time, Jiaojiao has learned to control herself with reason, learned to use her own mind to analyze problems, and distinguish between true and false. When she is not sure whether it is true or not, she will not easily take a stand. So, when the dean asked her, she didn't show excitement, just nodded.
Jiaojiao followed the dean to a hotel, as soon as she entered the door, she saw her mother standing in front of her, And Jiaojiao was stunned at once, and her mother, who was originally thin and weak, was now more haggard, her face was pale, and the whole person looked weak. A stream of delicate tears poured out, and she threw herself into her mother's arms and kept shouting, "Mom, Mom, I miss you." "
"Petite, Mommy misses you too, it's all right, baby, Mommy will never leave you again!" Petite hugged her mother and cried together. Everyone present was infected by this emotional scene and shed tears of emotion.
Pictured he Zizhen and Li Min in the Soviet Union
Mom regained her former glory, and her smile flew back to her face, becoming cheerful and talking more. However, Jiaojiao found that for a while her mother became sad again, and later learned that it was her father who had been entrusting people to the Soviet Union to find them, but because the Soviet side did not cooperate, she could not find them. Later, Wang Jiaxiang and his wife went to the Soviet Union and finally found them through various methods, and when asking for He Zizhen's opinion, she replied without hesitation: "Return to China!" "
Are you my own dad after all?
In this way, they set off from Moscow and returned home by train. After arriving in Harbin, He Zizhen stood at the door of the car, breathed a long sigh of relief, and showed a happy and excited expression on his face.
After staying in Harbin, once Jiaojiao went to the organ with her mother to play, saw the photo of Chairman Mao hanging on the wall, and suddenly remembered the thing that the second brother said to herself before, so she carefully asked her mother: "Mother, Brother Shore Qing told me that the person in the photo is my father...."
Pictured chairman Mao and He Zizhen
He Zizhen did not speak for a long time, she just bent down and took the delicate hand and nodded. At this time, Jiaojiao can't say what it feels like, for so many years, she only felt the greatness of maternal love, but she lacked the affection and love of her father's love.
After returning to China, Jiaojiao felt that she was much closer to her father, and her father was always by her side, in textbooks, in newspapers, and on the radio, his name appeared in various places, and Jiaojiao felt: Dad must be a very powerful person.
Later, under the reminder of her mother, Jiaojiao decided to write a letter to her father for the first time:
Chairman Mao:
Everyone says you're my dad and I'm your biological daughter. However, I have not seen you in the Soviet Union and do not know this matter. Are you my own father and am I your own daughter? Please write to me quickly.
Petite
Although the second brother and mother had already told her that Chairman Mao was her father, she still did not directly address her father, because he did not know what Chairman Mao himself said, and only when he himself confirmed the matter could he prove the authenticity of the matter.
After Reading his daughter's letter, Chairman Mao was very happy, and Jiaojiao soon received a reply from her father:
Petite:
It was a pleasure to see your letter. You are my biological daughter and I am your biological father. You must have grown taller, right? Dad misses you and likes you very much and welcomes you. I hope you'll come back to Daddy soon.
Mao Zedong
"I have a daddy, I have a daddy," Jiaojiao jumped up happily. In the Soviet Union, petite only had her mother and two older brothers. After returning to China, she felt that her family relationship had become complicated, many people she could not remember, and sometimes even messed up the generations, but for her aunt He Yi, her memory was very deep.
She liked her aunt very much, and every time she saw her aunt, she was very excited, and her aunt was a straightforward person who was very pleasant to get along with the children. One day, the aunt came to their house, and after talking to the mother, she began to pack their things, and Jiaojiao felt very curious, and then the mother told her that she was going to take her and her brother to find her father, but the mother did not go for a while, and waited for a while to go again.
Picture 丨He Zizhen and He Yi
Li Min mentioned her mother, which made Jiang Qing unhappy
The car stopped at the Shuangqing Villa in Xiangshan, and Jiaojiao finally saw her father, and she looked at the stranger in front of her, exactly like in the photo. But the father in the photo looks both stern and serious, and the father in front of him has a kind and amiable look, and does not look like a leader at all.
Chairman Mao excitedly hugged Jiaojiao up, and kept shouting "Jiaowa, my little Jiaowa" in her mouth, because of Chairman Mao's thick Hunan accent, Jiaojiao could not understand it, but she still smiled happily and enjoyed the joy of the day.
After 8 years, I finally met my father. During this time with her father, Jiaojiao felt full of fatherly love, she ate with her father every day, and her father would tell him some interesting stories, even if she encountered words or truths that she did not understand, her father could always explain them in the simplest and most humorous language.
The relationship between jiaojiao and her father has changed from strange to intimate, from nervous to relaxed. In July 1949, Jiaojiao moved to Zhongnanhai with her father and lived in the Juxiang Bookstore in Fortress Garden. Jiaojiao only began to learn Chinese after returning to China, recognizing Chinese characters, and when she was in middle school, her father changed her name to "Li Min".
Pictured he Zizhen with Li Min and Kong Jining
Although Li Min was already a teenager at the time, he was about the same size as an eight- or nine-year-old child, and Chairman Mao felt great heartache, saying: "Jiaowa eats bread and does not grow long. To eat Chinese rice, Chinese rice to raise people, can promote the development of growing up. "
Because he stayed in the Soviet Union for seven or eight years, coupled with the fact that he was in the war years at that time, the food supply was insufficient, resulting in Li Min's weak physique and the amount of food becoming smaller and smaller. Therefore, every Saturday when eating at home, Chairman Mao would ask Li Min to eat more and eat more. Moreover, Li Min eats slowly, often others have finished eating and left the table, and she is still eating slowly.
Once, Li Min sat down to eat with his father and Jiang Qing, and they were about to finish eating a bowl of rice, and there was still more than half of the rice in Li Min's bowl, and Chairman Mao sat next to Li Min and said: "Jiaojiao, eat slowly, don't be anxious." Li Min said with some embarrassment: "I have developed a habit of chewing and swallowing slowly with my mother in the Soviet Union." Chairman Mao looked at Jiang Qing, smiled, and said with a pun: "I met your ex-husband Donner in Chongqing before, and he was very good." Jiang Qing looked at Chairman Mao with some surprise, and there were two reasons for her surprise, one was why Chairman Mao suddenly brought up this matter at the dinner table, and the second was that Chairman Mao had seen Donner and she did not know about it.
Pictured: Chairman Mao and Jiang Qing
Donner was a war correspondent for the Ta Kung Pao, and also wrote the anti-Japanese drama "Long Live China", which was well received by all walks of life after the performance, and established the "China Amateur Drama Society" in Chongqing in 1944, but was disbanded due to poor attendance, and his life fell into difficulties. Eventually, with his fluent English, he was hired by the British Embassy in Beijing and joined the press office of the embassy.
Downer suddenly received an invitation from Political Minister Zhang Zhizhong that he would have a cocktail party at home in order to welcome Chairman Mao. At that time, Donner did not understand why there was himself in the cocktail party, but he went anyway. Later, Donner recalled: "When the master introduced me to Chairman Mao, after the master introduced me, Chairman Mao looked a little surprised, and he clasped my hand and said three words: 'Harmony is precious.'" At that time, I didn't understand his intentions, so I just nodded in response. "
Later, Donner understood that Chairman Mao's sentence "Harmony is precious" not only showed his understanding of The previous marriage between Donner and Jiang Qing, but also resolved the embarrassment of the two meeting on this occasion with humor and wit.
Figure丨 Donner
Isn't chairman Mao's mention of his meeting with Donner on such an occasion the same reason? It not only alleviated the embarrassment of the scene, but also showed his understanding of the relationship between Jiang Qing and Donna. After Chairman Mao said these words, Jiang Qing did not speak again, got up and left the dinner table.
Li Min still remembered that when he first met Jiang Qing, it was a little different from now. At this time, Li Min missed her mother very much, in fact, a few months ago, her aunt came to find her father, saying that after the children left their mothers, He Zizhen felt very lonely and lonely, and hoped that the children could be brought back to He Zizhen.
But Chairman Mao refused, saying: "I do not agree with them to go, let them stay with me, I will take care of them." But He Yi insisted on taking the two children back, and Chairman Mao said: "You can ask the two children and see their own wishes." "
When He Yi mentioned the matter to the two children, they shook their heads and expressed their reluctance to go back. At that time, Li Min did not think too much, she just thought that the environment here was very beautiful and fun. For a child who is only a teenager, he forgets everything as soon as he plays, so he does not go with his aunt.
Now Li Min has some regrets, she feels that at that time, she did not put herself in the shoes of her mother, her mother must have missed herself, otherwise she would not have mentioned this kind of request, and her mother at this time must be very lonely and lonely.
Picture 丨 Li Min with He Zizhen and Kong Dongmei
Now this mother seems to be very good to herself, often praising herself in front of people, saying how sensible she is and how much she loves this child. Today, Kua Limin is a painting genius, and I want to ask her an art teacher, and tomorrow I want to ask her to be a physical education teacher. Li Min believed it all at first, but day after day, month after month passed, she did not wait for the art teacher, nor did she wait for the gymnastics teacher, Li Min began to lose trust in her.
But she never showed it. She loves her father, and she wants the family to be well. Therefore, in the days to come, no matter what happens, the first thing she thinks about is her father, as long as his father is smooth and happy, she feels satisfied. For the affairs of the family, she never asked, and her mind was focused on studying.
Dad's warm and sincere feelings for Mom
Li Min missed her mother, but because of the importance of her studies, she couldn't take care of these things, and suddenly one day, Chairman Mao said to Li Min: "Jiaowa, is it time for you to write a letter to your mother?" Li Min wrote a letter to her mother with a pen:
Dear Mom,
Hello! I'm fine with Daddy, do you miss me? I miss you very much, Dad asked hello and hopes you take care of your body.
The letter was written by Li Min, but the last two sentences were written for dad. Later, every time Li Min went to Shanghai to see his mother during the winter vacation, chairman Mao would let people help his daughter pack some luggage, and he would also let people buy Beijing specialty poria cakes and preserves; and then let him go to "Liubiju" to buy pickles. In fact, everyone around him knows that the chairman did not do this for his daughter, but for He Zizhen. Because Li Min has not loved to eat these snacks since she was a child.
Pictured he Zizhen with Li Min, grandson and friends in Suzhou
In addition, Chairman Mao would also bring Li Min enough round-trip travel expenses and food expenses. Including the money for accommodation, because the place where He Zizhen lived was too small, it would seem very crowded for two people to live, so Chairman Mao let them live in a hotel, and he would let her bring some medicine and cigarettes to her mother.
Every time at this time, Li Min will think that what she brings is not only a daughter's hot heart, nor is it just some gifts, but also her father's warm and sincere feelings for her mother.
She knew that Dad loved Mom, and she could tell from the look and tone in Her Dad's eyes and tone of voice every time he mentioned Mom. After Li Min grew up, Chairman Mao often sat with Li Min and chatted about some past stories, the most talked about was He Zizhen, when happy, the father and daughter laughed together, and when they were sad and sad, they would look at each other without words and express their thoughts about the same person in their hearts.
He Zizhen and his daughter and son-in-law take a group photo outside the Mao Zedong Memorial Hall
Li Min later recalled: "People love to say that the old man is nostalgic, and the old man remembers the past. I felt this way more and more from many conversations with my dad. For a long time, as soon as I met my father, we would talk about my mother, talk about my mother's condition, my mother's loneliness, loneliness, and misery. Sometimes, when it comes to sadness, neither of us talks to each other, Dad's heart is heavier, and his memory of Mom is deeper than mine. "Whenever this happens, Li Min will silently accompany her father and sit silently with each other, she can understand her father's feelings, because the heart between father and daughter is clear...