In 1949, a ragged female beggar, with the same disheveled child, came to the door of the army, stretched out a trembling hand, took out a pound of gold from the worn cotton coat, and voluntarily handed it over to the leader.
The leaders of the troops originally thought that they had come to ask for help, but they were shocked when they saw the gold. Gold is a very valuable thing, how can a female beggar have so much wealth.
What is even more puzzling is that she has so much gold that she can completely exchange it for money and live a good life with her children, and there is no need to keep wronging herself. The story behind this is particularly touching.
The female beggar's name was Zhu Yingmei, and her husband, Tu Zhengkun, was a former colonel in the New Fourth Army and a very capable revolutionary worker.
In 1939, the Nationalist general Yang Sen, who maliciously created the Pingjiang Massacre, had been asking for the people's lives, and Tu Zhengkun, who had been asking for the people's lives, was brutally killed by the enemy due to his frequent activities.
Fortunately, Tu Zhengkun's wife, Zhu Yinmei, was not mutilated by the enemy. With the help of her fellow villagers, she escaped in time with her young son.
When sorting out the relics, Zhu Yinmei found that the package left by her husband actually contained more than a pound of gold, and she knew that this was the organization's activity funds, and she had always wanted to return these things to the organization.
At that time, the enemy army was wanting their mother and son everywhere, and if they were caught by the enemy, the gold would certainly not be saved, and they might even lose their lives.
Zhu Yinmei firmly believed that the organization would win the victory, and never gave in to the enemy, she hid the gold left by her husband in the worn cotton clothes, and disguised herself and her children as beggars.
To say that it is a disguise is actually to make a living by begging. There was no way, the world at that time was really chaotic, Zhu Yinmei could not find a stable job, and could only take her son around and barely live by the alms of well-meaning people.
If you really can't find food, you can only grit your teeth and endure hunger and survive hard. When the child was a child, he often cried uncontrollably because he did not have enough to eat, and every time he saw his son's haggard little face, Zhu Yingmei's heart would be very guilty.
Even so, she did not use the gold left by her husband and insisted on returning it to the organization. At that time, Zhu Yinmei had only one thought in her heart, even if she starved herself to death, she could not tarnish her husband's innocence, and she must let the child have a correct ideological concept, and could not take the child to a crooked road.
Relying on unswerving faith, Zhu Yinmei endured for 10 years and looked forward to the liberation of Pingjiang. She knew that the enemy in the Pingjiang area had been defeated, dragged her weak body to the place where the troops were stationed, and handed over all the gold.
The county leader in charge of receiving the gold, especially admired Zhu Yinmei's noble choice, personally wrote her a receipt, and sent the gold she sent to the bank vault.
So, how did Zhu Yinmei's mother and son live afterwards? Because they were the families of revolutionary martyrs, the mother and son were taken care of by the government and units, and they received some subsidies every month.
In 1995, Zhu Yinmei's mother and son encountered trouble because of their poor living conditions, and the local leaders personally came to their homes to offer condolences and specially approved a sum of money to help them improve their lives.
When recalling that period of history, Zhu Yinmei's son sighed very bitterly that the 10 years of begging were all his childhood, and his mother told him with practical actions that as long as he persisted, there was no difficulty that could not be solved.
This kind of teaching by example may be the best way for a mother to educate her child, and there is no more convincing way than this kind of leading by example.
Zhu Yinmei was influenced not only by her son, but also by thousands of compatriots. Her noble spirit of "holding gold without ignorance" is worth remembering and learning from future generations.