He Zizhen
After 10 years of separation from the motherland, He Zizhen was very excited to return to China
In May 1947, after the efforts of Wang Jiaxiang and his wife, He Zizhen, who had been in the Soviet Union for 10 years, finally embarked on the road of returning to the motherland.
Before leaving, He Zizhen was very excited and busy preparing things for returning to China. Although he was very happy, He Zizhen rarely spoke. Just busy with her own affairs, the daughter was delicate, quietly observing her mother's every move.
After getting on the train, Jiaojiao found that her mother was very uneasy, especially when the train entered China, He Zizhen's uneasy mood was even more obvious.
When they arrived in Manchuria, an excited He Zizhen picked up a handful of soil and put it to his mouth to kiss. This scene was looked at by the petite next to him.
When Jiaojiao left China, she was only about three years old. Therefore, the young petite may not be able to empathize with her mother, but she can clearly feel the joy and excitement of her mother's return to her motherland.
After He Zizhen's mother and daughter got off the train, they saw Li Fuchun and others who had been waiting at the station to greet them. Looking at these strange elders in front of her, Jiaojiao hid behind her mother He Zizhen and quietly asked Li Fuchun's identity in Russian. He Zizhen also replied to her daughter in Russian: "That's your Uncle Li." ”
He Zizhen and Li Min
Seeing He Zizhen, who had not been seen for a long time, Li Fuchun happily held the hand of this old comrade-in-arms and greeted him warmly: "After sitting on the train for such a long time, it has been hard, and my health is still good along the way?" ”
He Zizhen replied with a smile: "Very good, thank you!" ”
Subsequently, Li Fuchun took He Zizhen's mother and daughter to his home and rested for a few days.
It is worth noting that before He Zizhen and his daughter returned to the motherland, Chairman Mao, who was moving to northern Shaanxi, was also silently concerned about them. Chairman Mao specially informed Cai Chang, secretary of the Northeast Women's Committee, asking her to help and take good care of He Zizhen's mother and daughter.
After returning to China, Jiaojiao's biggest feeling is that it is much better here than the Soviet Union. Compared to the Soviet Union, this place is simply paradise.
Because, in the Soviet Union, they often did not have enough to eat and wear warmly. And here, jiaojiao no longer has to worry about eating.
He Zizhen was also very happy, and often had a smile on his face. Before he had rested for a few days, He Zizhen couldn't stay idle and wanted to do something for the country. Subsequently, He Zizhen was arranged to work in the trade union.
Petite
After learning that He Zizhen had returned, Li Liying, He Zizhen's sister-in-law, took her daughter He Xiaoping and rushed to Harbin to visit He Zizhen. With the help of Huang Yifeng, a comrade-in-arms of He Minxue, the family was able to meet.
As soon as they met, He Zizhen greeted his sister-in-law and niece warmly, boiled water for them to bathe, and kept asking them about other relatives.
Over the years, He Zizhen has been far away from his relatives and suffered a lot alone in the Soviet Union, and his words have not been spoken to. Therefore, that night, He Zizhen confided in his sister-in-law the thoughts of many years.
During this time, Li Liying told He Zizhen that after she went to the Soviet Union, her mother Wentuxiu came to Yan'an. During his time in Yan'an, Chairman Mao always fulfilled the filial piety of his son-in-law.
After her mother's death, Chairman Mao took care of her affairs. After Hu Zongnan occupied Yan'an, he sent people to dig graves. Later, when the Red Army returned to Yan'an, Chairman Mao specially took out 10 silver dollars and asked people to rebuild the tombstone.
In addition, Li Liying also told He Zizhen that in 1942, when his sister He Yi had surgery, it was also signed by Chairman Mao.
He Yi is the widow of Mao Zeqin. After Mao Zeqin's death in 1935, He Yi continued to engage in revolutionary work despite hardships and dangers.
In 1938, He Yi was sent to work in the Southeast Bureau of the Communist Party of China. The following year, He Yi was transferred to the Women's Minister of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee.
In Guangdong, He Yi encountered the first "anti-communist" upsurge of the Kuomintang diehards. At that time, the situation faced by Guangdong staff was very difficult.
In mid-1940, He Yi was unfortunately arrested by Kuomintang agents. During his imprisonment, He Yi angrily denounced the Kuomintang reactionaries as not really resisting Japan, but as scum of the nation!
Hearing He Yi's words, the enemy became angry and tortured He Yi to force her to tell the situation of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and local party organizations.
However, no matter what tricks the enemy used against He Yi, He Yi was always unyielding, unwilling to reveal half a word, and strictly guarded the party's secrets.
However, the enemy still refused to let go of He Yi and continued to torture her for a long time. In order to preserve his revolutionary integrity, He Yi, who was tortured to the end, prepared to commit suicide by swallowing gold to express his dissatisfaction with the atrocities of the enemy.
Fortunately, after He Yi swallowed the gold ring, although his stomach ache was like a knife, he miraculously survived without the treatment of a doctor.
He Zizhen and He Yi
After the Central Committee learned of He Yi's arrest, Premier Zhou personally wrote a letter to He Yingqin, commander of the Kuomintang Fourth Theater of Operations, to make representations.
In the end, thanks to the efforts of Premier Zhou, He Yi was successfully rescued and sent to Yan'an.
After arriving in Yan'an, He Yi reported to Chairman Mao on his work, and after Chairman Mao listened, he said to He Yi with concern:
"You are not in good health now, first go to the hospital for examination and treat the disease well." When your body is back, think about work. ”
He Yi heeded Chairman Mao's persuasion and came to the Central Hospital for examination. Through the X-ray machine, the doctor found the gold ring that he had swallowed in He Yi's stomach.
The doctor found that the gold ring had been combined with the wall of the gastric mucosa and that the operation had to be performed as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will cause heavy bleeding in the stomach or gastric perforation, and even life-threatening.
As a veteran of the revolution for many years, He Yi has experienced too many dangerous things. Therefore, she did not take this small gold ring to heart.
Therefore, He Yi did not agree to the operation at first, but asked the doctor to prescribe some painkillers for her.
However, one day, He Yi suddenly fainted in the guest house of the Central Office because of severe pain in his stomach.
Chairman Mao
After being taken to the hospital, the doctor immediately said that he had to do surgery to remove the gold ring from his stomach.
However, the operation must be signed by the family.
At this time, He Yi's parents had died, and her husband Mao Zeqin had also died. His elder brother, He Minxue, worked in the New Fourth Army and could not come. Sister He Zizhen was far away in the Soviet Union, and the water could not quench the near thirst.
When Chairman Mao learned of this, he said: "He Yi is Zizhen's sister and Ze Qin's lover. I'll sign this word! ”
Hearing this, He Zizhen suddenly lost her voice and cried bitterly, and Chairman Mao's care and care for her in the past all came to mind...
He Zizhen said: Lao Mao saved my life
In the 10 years of the couple, He Zizhen accompanied Chairman Mao through the most difficult period of his life, and they also experienced the Long March together.
At that time, although the conditions were difficult, Chairman Mao and He Zizhen always cared for and supported each other. During the Long March, He Zizhen, who had difficulty giving birth to a child, was very weak because she had not received special care. Chairman Mao was very distressed about this.
In order to replenish He Zizhen's body, Chairman Mao handed the guards 9 silver dollars and asked him to buy some nutritional products for He Zizhen.
He Zizhen and Chairman Mao
However, before the guards could buy back the nutritional products, the 9 silver dollars were asked for by He Zizhen.
He Zizhen said that Chairman Mao is an important leader of the central authorities, and he should make up for his body.
Chairman Mao could not resist He Zizhen, and finally the two reached an agreement to buy a crucian carp, and the two people ate it together and replenished their bodies together.
However, after this, He Zizhen often sent nutrition to Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao silently calculated in his heart and sensed that something was wrong. Because, 9 silver dollars can't buy so many things.
Therefore, Chairman Mao went to He Zizhen and asked her what was going on.
At this time, He Zizhen was still reluctant to tell Chairman Mao the truth, insisting that everything was bought with the 9 silver dollars that Chairman Mao had given her.
In desperation, Chairman Mao could only settle accounts with He Zizhen one by one. In the end, in the face of the evidence, He Zizhen finally admitted that the 9 silver dollars had already been spent. In order to replenish Chairman Mao's body, she discarded a pair of gold bracelets that her mother had left for her.
Hearing this, Chairman Mao was very touched. With mixed feelings, Chairman Mao said to He Zizhen affectionately: "It doesn't matter, we still have a new China!" ”
Chairman Mao did what he said, and in 1949, the new China that countless Chinese people were looking forward to was finally established. Mother He under the Nine Springs should also be very happy.
During the Long March, there was another event that Made He Zizhen unforgettable.
In April 1935, the Kuomintang began an even more fierce "pursuit" of the Red Army, in an attempt to strangle the Red Army on its way west.
In order to avoid the pursuit of the enemy, the Red Army could only rest during the day and march at night.
One day around the 20th, when the Red Army came to a village in Panxian to rest, it was suddenly bombed by the enemy.
At this time, He Zizhen, who had been hiding in the ditch, suddenly found that there was another wounded person who was not well hidden. Therefore, He Zizhen disregarded his personal safety and rushed towards the stretcher of the wounded.
Just as He Zizhen was dragging a stretcher and was about to come to the hiding place, the enemy plane suddenly began to shoot fiercely. At the moment of danger, He Zizhen used his body to block the flying shrapnel. The wounded were not further injured, but He Zizhen had long since become a blur of flesh and blood.
Soon, the comrades-in-arms carried He Zizhen to a nearby family. Everyone nervously guarded He Zizhen's side and kept calling, but He Zizhen never made a sound, only her breathing could be heard.
Deng Yingchao
Fortunately, the tenacious He Zizhen still woke up from his coma. Because He Zizhen was too seriously injured to withstand the bumps on the stretcher, Lian Li wanted to leave He Zizhen in the homes of local people to recuperate.
At this time, Deng Yingchao said that He Zizhen was Chairman Mao's wife, and this matter was of great importance and should be consulted from Chairman Mao.
Therefore, He Zizhen's situation was quickly reported to Chairman Mao.
At that time, Chairman Mao was at a critical moment in the deployment of the north crossing of the Jinsha River, and he could not immediately rush to He Zizhen's side to take care of his lover.
However, Chairman Mao immediately said: He Zizhen must not be left in the homes of the local people.
Chairman Mao issued such instructions on the one hand because there were no doctors in the homes of the local people, nor did they have the medicines needed to cure the disease, and if He Zizhen stayed, he would undoubtedly die.
On the other hand, He Zizhen stayed here, and his safety was completely unsecured.
Therefore, Chairman Mao instructed that even if he wanted to die, he Zizhen should also be carried away.
Three days after He Zizhen was injured, Chairman Mao finally rushed to his lover's side. Looking at He Zizhen, who was lying on a stretcher with a pale face, Chairman Mao was heartbroken.
Chairman Mao and He Zizhen drawing
Later, under the careful care of his comrades-in-arms and Chairman Mao, He Zizhen finally recovered. Recalling this incident, He Zizhen said affectionately: "It was Lao Mao who saved my life!" If he agreed, I would have died! ”
Although He Zizhen saved her life, because of this injury, she also left shrapnel in her body that made her extremely painful. These residual shrapnel stimulated He Zizhen's nerves and had an impact on her sleep. In addition, it is accompanied by a feeling of pain.
Kong Jining, He Zizhen's grandson, recalled that when he was six or seven years old, he passed by his grandmother's room and accidentally saw the shocking scars on his grandmother's body.
At that time, the nurse was wiping He Zizhen's body, He Zizhen's back was facing the door, and Kong Jining saw that there was a big hole in his grandmother's back. As a young man, he even felt that his little fist could reach in...
Although He Zizhen almost sacrificed her life for the revolution, in 1950, when the state designated her as a third-class disability and paid her a monthly pension of 330 yuan, He Zizhen did not receive a penny in several decades.
For honor and money, He Zizhen always does not care. She told the staff: "My life is still passable, there is no difficulty, or send these money to those disabled soldiers in difficulty!" ”
Kong Jining
After returning to China, Chairman Mao always cared about He Zizhen
After He Zizhen returned to China, although she did not see Chairman Mao for a long time, Chairman Mao always cared about her and her children.
In 1949, after Chairman Mao brought Jiaojiao to his side, Jiaojiao became a bridge of communication between her parents. Through their daughters, they silently convey their concern for each other.
Chairman Mao would ask Jiaojiao about He Zizhen, and when his daughter visited her, he would bring Chairman Mao a large bag of food, which contained many vegetables that Chairman Mao loved to eat. He Zizhen even remembered that Chairman Mao was oil ear and asked his daughter to bring Chairman Mao an ear scoop.
In 1950, Chairman Mao came to Harbin for an inspection. During this period, Chairman Mao said to Ye Zilong: "Inquire where He Zizhen is, how he is doing, and how his physical condition is." ”
After learning that He Zizhen had left Harbin for Shanghai, Chairman Mao was a little disappointed, and he originally wanted to see He Zizhen. It seems that this time it is impossible to see...
Subsequently, Chairman Mao asked Ye Zilong, "Where does He Zizhen live now?" ”
Ye Zilong said: "He Zizhen lives in the social area in Shanghai and is in good health. ”
Ye Zilong also told Chairman Mao that He Zizhen did not have a job now. Chairman Mao asked, "Why don't you arrange work for her?" ”
Leaf dragon
After learning that it was because He Zizhen was not in good health and was now recuperating, Chairman Mao fell into contemplation and did not continue to ask.
In 1954, Chairman Mao's speech at the first session of the First National People's Congress was transmitted to He Zizhen's ears through a tape recorder.
Hearing this voice of day and night thought, He Zizhen, who was sitting on a stool, actually fainted until the next morning, when he was found by his family.
Soon, the news of He Zizhen's illness reached Chairman Mao's ears through his daughter Jiaojiao. Chairman Mao was very sad and shed tears in front of his daughter for the first time.
At that time, he Zizhen, who was ill, was not very cooperative with the doctor's treatment, so Chairman Mao wrote a letter to He Zizhen, advising her to listen to the doctor's words, take medicine well, and smoke less. After He Zizhen received the letter, he obediently obeyed and cooperated with the treatment.
At the same time, Chairman Mao also brought a white handkerchief to He Zizhen through his daughter Jiaojiao. This handkerchief, which Chairman Mao has been using, is already somewhat yellowed. This can't help but remind people of the piece of white handkerchief that He Zizhen gave to Chairman Mao when he left Yan'an, which represented a farewell.
At that time, He Zizhen insisted on leaving, and Chairman Mao's repeated persuasions were useless.
When he was in Xi'an, Qian Xijun advised He Zizhen: "You are gone, who will take care of the eldest brother?" Petite is still so small, who takes care of it? ”
But He Zizhen still gambled to leave. Before leaving, He Zizhen also asked Qian Xijun to carry a quilt for Chairman Mao. Qian Xijun advised her again: "Why are you so bitter?" Obviously, I miss him so much. He Zizhen still firmly said: "I want to study, I want to treat diseases." The two were separated as a result.
In 1959, the party held a meeting in Lushan, and He Zizhen's old comrade-in-arms Zeng Zhi also came to Lushan. Hearing that He Zizhen was in Nanchang, Zeng Zhi went to visit her. After returning from Nanchang, Zeng Zhi met Chairman Mao and mentioned He Zizhen.
After a little contemplation, Chairman Mao said with emotion:
"After all, we are a couple of ten years, and I want to meet her."
In this way, He Zizhen and Chairman Mao met for the first time after 22 years of separation.
Zeng Zhi
At first, He Zizhen was emotional and kept crying, and Chairman Mao comforted her. After stopping crying, He Zizhen lamented that Chairman Mao was old, and she also reminded Chairman Mao to pay attention to his body, worried that taking medicine would not be good for Chairman Mao, and He Zizhen also took away three bottles of sleeping pills on Chairman Mao's table.
Chairman Mao also inquired about He Zizhen's situation in the Soviet Union with concern. In addition, He Zizhen also expressed his gratitude to Chairman Mao in person:
"After I left, thank you for your care for my mother, thank you for burying my mother, and for doing my filial piety as a daughter instead of me." I will remember it for the rest of my life! ”
Chairman Mao only sighed lightly, and then said with a sad look: "Why did you have to leave in the first place?" ”
For this problem, He Zizhen also regretted it very much. When she left, she had planned to leave for only two years, but things were unpredictable. She once said to the people around her: "I shouldn't have left in the first place, I was too ignorant at that time..."
After the meeting, He Zizhen came to Lushan several times. The staff recalled that He Zizhen came to Lushan and went to the place where he talked with Chairman Mao many times.
Every time he stood there, He Zizhen would be silent for a long time, or let out a sigh, or burst into tears...
In 1966, when He Zizhen went to Lushan again, when the staff heard that He Zizhen had not yet slept at one o'clock in the morning, she was calling her daughter Jiaojiao: "Is your father in good health?" Tell him to pay attention to his body..."
In 1976, chairman Mao died, and after He Zizhen heard the bad news, he called his daughter and complained: "You didn't take good care of your father..."
In her life, he Zizhen has never left Chairman Mao since she intersected with Chairman Mao, and her focus has never left Chairman Mao. For her, Chairman Mao was a former lover, and even more a close comrade-in-arms.