In 1940, a 14-year-old girl traveled more than a thousand kilometers in a car and a carriage to yan'an, a holy place of revolution. As soon as the little girl entered the gate of Yangjialing in Yan'an, several comrades in military uniforms rushed down the hillside to meet her and confirm her identity.
One of them, after hearing the little girl's name, shouted in surprise: "What a coincidence! Commander-in-Chief Zhu had been inspecting outside, but yesterday he just came back for a meeting, and you rushed back to Yan'an today, and it was almost like an appointment between you father and daughter. ”
It turned out that this humble looking little girl was Zhu De's only daughter, Zhu Min.
Pictured| Zhu Min
In 1926, Zhu De and his wife He Zhihua went to the Soviet Union to study under the arrangement of the party organization, and He Zhihua gave birth to Zhu Min in a farm outside Moscow. Zhu De can be said to be afraid of falling in the palm of his hand and holding it in his mouth, but for the sake of revolution, he had to temporarily leave when Zhu Min was still in her infancy and return to China alone to work.
As for He Zhihua, she turned her back on her ideals and marriage to Zhu De shortly after Zhu De's return to China, and the young Zhu Min was sent to her sister's house by her as an obstructive oil bottle. Later, she even collaborated with her new husband Huo Jiaxin to betray Luo Yinong, one of the early important leaders of our party. Zhu Min later explained her mixed feelings about her birth mother in her memoirs, and she was always open-minded and even expressed the idea of "never forgiving her mother".
Fortunately, Grandma and Aunt have been doing their best to take care of Zhu Min's food, clothing, and housing. Her aunt renamed Zhu Min He Feifei and declared that she was her daughter to ensure her safety. Kuomintang agents once inquired about the relationship between Zhu Min and Zhu De, so they directly rushed into the He family and arrested her aunt, forcing her to reveal Zhu Min's true identity. However, in the face of the enemy's coercion and inducement, the aunt insisted that Zhu Min was her own daughter, and the enemy had no evidence, so she had to let them go.
Little Zhu Min knew why he had to hide his true identity. Once, when grandma was playing in the street with Zhu Min, she pointed to a portrait on the reward list released by the enemy and quietly said to Zhu Min: "This 'Zhu' is your father." Although this is only a portrait, it is also the only time in 14 years that Zhu Min has seen his father's appearance.
Pictured| Zhu Min and Zhu De. and mrs. Zhu De
In 1938, Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao spent a lot of effort to find the He family, and Zhou Enlai was surprised to say to Deng Yingchao at the first sight of Zhu Min: "Look at this child, how much like Mr. Zhu!" ”
Zhou Enlai's idea at that time was to take Zhu Min to Yan'an to reunite with Zhu De's family, but Zhu Min's health had been very poor, and her grandmother was worried that she could not withstand the journey, so Zhou Enlai had to take a photo of Zhu Min and leave. Two years later, in order to crack down on the booming Communist Party, Kuomintang agents extended their claws to the He family, and Zhu De's grandmother reluctantly asked Zhu Min to follow a group of Communist medical personnel to Yan'an.
After knowing from the revolutionary comrades in Yan'an that his father had been waiting for him, Zhu Min on the carriage stuck his head directly out of the carriage in an attempt to find Zhu De's figure. As the carriage passed the Pingba under the slope of Yangjialing Mountain, Zhu Min suddenly saw a middle-aged man in a gray military uniform standing on the hillside.
The man also saw Zhu Min at a glance, so he hurriedly ran from the hillside and took Zhu Min off the carriage!
He was Jude's father, Jude, whom he had not seen in fourteen years. Zhu De missed his daughter very much, and the small photo of Zhu Min that Zhou Enlai brought after returning from Chengdu had always been carried in his clothes, and when there was nothing to do, he took it out to look at it and touch it, as if he could touch his daughter. So he was able to recognize Zhu Min at the first glance, and the father and daughter who had been separated for ten years finally met!
Pictured| Jude
Zhu Min cried so hard that he couldn't speak, and Zhu De's eyes were full of tears, but he forced himself to comfort his daughter: "Don't cry, don't cry, now you should laugh, you know, a lot of dolls didn't live to see daddy and mother that day..."
Zhu De carefully inquired about Zhu Min's past life, listened to her talk about some trivial matters at her aunt's house, and then nodded her head from time to time. Zhu Min asked, "Daddy, do you remember when I was a child?" When Zhu De heard this, he excitedly wrenched his fingers, counted the time of his daughter's birth, and then compared how old and what she looked like when she was first born, and how she tossed herself in her swaddling.
When Mr. Zhu, who was already in his fifties, mentioned these things, his spirit was radiant, his voice was loud, and he seemed to have suddenly become younger. No one can doubt Zhu De's fist love for his son, and Zhu Min knows it, but one day, Zhu De told Zhu Min one thing: he was going to send Zhu Min away.
That day, the father and daughter had just finished lunch, Zhu De's expression was a little serious, obviously there was something very important to say, he sat cross-legged on the kang, and beckoned Zhu Min to come to his side. He didn't say a word at first, just stared at Zhu Min, as if he wanted to burn Zhu Min's appearance in his eyes, and after a while he slowly took out a booklet and handed it over.
Zhu Min opened it, and it was a book introducing the situation of the International Children's Hospital in the Soviet Union. Jude patted the back of her hand and asked kindly, "Tell Daddy what you want to do when you grow up?" Zhu Min replied without hesitation: "I want to be like you, and I will be the Eighth Route Army in the future!" ”
Figure | Eighth Route Army
As soon as he heard this, Zhu De laughed, his daughter was not afraid of hardships and was willing to inherit his ambitions, which made him very proud, but he did not praise Zhu Min, but continued to ask: "Zhu Min, then do you know what you have to do after the battle?" ”
Zhu Min was embarrassed by this, she could only see that now everyone is fighting and fighting with the enemy, Zhu De is not the same, he is already thinking about how to let the people not suffer and starve after the liberation of China, how to build China, and the premise of doing all this is that New China must cultivate relevant talents, and the more the number of these talents, the better. So his tone became serious:
"After the war, we will build a new China, and when the time comes, we will need a large number of professionals with knowledge and culture, who will be able to build cars and airplanes through the study of special schools, and these things must be developed by people who know technology, and I also want you to learn."
To be able to contribute to the country, Zhu Min happily agreed, but she suddenly remembered the booklet that Zhu De had just handed her, so she quickly asked: "Daddy, where do you want me to study?" Judd stared into her eyes and said word by word, "I want you to go to Moscow, the Soviet Union!" ”
He and Zhu Min had not seen each other for fourteen years, and after only a few months of reunion, they preferred to endure the pain of separation between father and daughter and send their daughter to Moscow to study, just to cultivate her daughter into a talent that the country needed. Of course, Zhu De was very reluctant in his heart, but he still made this decision, he saw Zhu Min bow his head and did not make a sound, sighed softly, and continued:
"The war will not last long, and the Japanese aggressors are doomed to failure." We are now fighting wars and driving the aggressors away in order to build a new China in the future without exploitation, without oppression, without equality for all, and for all to be prosperous, when the people will no longer need to shed blood and will not wander. China's history of being bullied and humiliated by imperialism in the past hundred years will be rewritten by your generation. Zhu Min, what to rewrite? It is rewritten with cultural knowledge! Rewrite it with a mighty motherland! ”
This eventually persuaded Zhu Min, and on January 30, 1941, Zhu De and his wife Kang Keqing arrived at Yan'an Airport and put Zhu Min and several other children on a plane to the Soviet Union. Zhu Min swore in his heart that he would not fail to live up to the expectations of his father, Zhu De, study cultural knowledge in Moscow, and add bricks and tiles to New China after returning to China after completing his studies.
But their separation was another five years, and it was not until five years later that Zhu Min received Zhu De's first letter. You know, although Zhu De and his daughter are separated by 18,000 miles, their hearts are concerned about their daughters, if conditions permit, how can they not exchange letters for five years?
All this is because Zhu Min was captured by the Germans in the Soviet Union and imprisoned in a concentration camp that did not see the light of day.
The picture | the concentration camp in the documentary
Zhu Min's health has not been good, she had asthma when she was a child, less than 4 months after coming to Moscow, asthma was again committed, ivanov international first children's hospital teachers had to send her to a summer camp on the outskirts of Minsk for recuperation.
On June 22, 1941, Hitler tore up the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact, Minsk was bombed by the Germans, and the originally peaceful village around it became a sea of fire, at first Zhu Min hid in the grove with his companions, but the Germans with guns did not want to let go of a living mouth, they entered the grove, and it did not take long to capture everyone.
Zhu Min's peers had been frightened to cry, and she was afraid in the face of the enemy's guns, but she remembered What Zhu De had taught her, so she remained calm in this critical moment, and when the Officer of the German Army asked for the identity and name of everyone, Zhu Min reported her pseudonym "Chi Ying".
Because Zhu Min was a Chinese, the interrogating officer looked at her warily and asked, "What did your parents do?" Why come to Moscow? Zhu Min calmly replied: "My father is an old Chinese medicine doctor, and so is my mother, because I am not in good health, so my parents sent me to Moscow to see a doctor." After saying this, she also showed the officer her rough breathing due to asthma, which successfully dispelled the suspicion of the other party.
Zhu Min, who had successfully hoodwinked the German officers, was not released, she was first held in an orphanage, and in the spring of 1943, she was caught by the German army on a train, and the German army prepared to send them to concentration camps in Germany itself.
Figure | Zhu Min (center)
This kind of train is not the kind of single-seater, comfortable train we imagine, and its congestion is a hundred times more terrifying than the Spring Festival. There were no seats in the train, everyone was forced into the car one by one, and the German soldiers did not care whether there were any people in it, but just filled a carriage like garbage and stuffed it to the point where it could hardly be closed.
Everyone's food and drink Lasa is in this airtight carriage, less than a day, the smell in the carriage is worse than the pigsty, the bad health of Zhu Min began to have a fever because of the harsh environment, but she did not dare to tell others, because the patients in the eyes of the German army is "waste", once found, it will be "disposed of" in situ.
When Zhu Min thought she was about to die of illness, a Soviet Red Army poured some clean water into her mouth and told her: "You must live, even if you are like an animal, try to survive!" As long as you live, you will win, and you will have to return to your country, and your parents are still there waiting for you! ”
At that moment, Zhu Min remembered her father Zhu De, and Zhu De's expectation of her was to make her a talent who provoked the heavy responsibility of building the motherland, and to make her a real red hero, so her pseudonym would be "Chi Ying".
The sick and weak Zhu Min survived the pain by virtue of the strength of this faith, when she did not have any medical supplies to help, the living environment was so bad that normal people could not imagine, she could get better can be said to be a miracle. And this is not the only time Zhu Min has relied on the spiritual support of his father Zhu De to retrieve a life.
Figure | Zhu De (left) and Zhu Min (right)
In 1944, due to being enslaved by the German army for a long time, Zhu Min suffered from cervical lymph nodes, the situation was very serious, her neck was full of pus and blood, German doctors would not bother to treat her, in the absence of anesthesia and no disinfection, Zhu Min's neck tuberculosis block was forcibly removed. She had a high fever, and the festering wound almost killed the girl.
Zhu Min later described the experience: "At that time, I felt like I was floating lightly, as if I was about to leave this world, and my whole body was tired and painful, and I just wanted to close my eyes and rest. But at that time I seemed to see My Father with his hands crossed at his waist, teaching me in a very harsh tone, and he said to me, 'Don't you want to see Daddy?' Have you forgotten your father's intention to name you Chi Ying', I was shocked, and I woke up. ”
After seeing Zhu Min's condition, the other refugees in the concentration camp managed to get her to the infirmary for wound treatment, and Zhu Min finally saved her life, while leaving a scar on her neck that was three centimeters long forever.
In the concentration camp, Zhu Min was forced to work for more than ten hours a day, but could only eat soup made of raw sprouts and poisonous potato chips, and the German soldiers guarding them would beat them violently if they were not happy. Once, a German guard in charge of monitoring everyone watched Zhu Min and them do coolies, and suddenly brought a camera to take pictures of them. But one of the girls smiled at the camera, and the guard immediately swung his whip and jerked her the grounds that he thought her smile was fake.
But even in this case, Zhu Min still did not give up fighting with the enemy. Her factory was responsible for making bullets for the Germans, so Zhu Min and the others worked together to find a way, and it was mentioned that once the bullets were mixed with water, they would become duds and could not produce power, so the prisoners took advantage of the guards' inattention to spit as much as possible into the box containing the bullets.
Zhu Min's lips were cracked in order to achieve the purpose of destroying the bullets, but she was extremely happy in her heart, because her and her friends could give some help to the soldiers fighting fascism on the frontal battlefield.
Figure | Zhu Min (red circle)
In the spring of 1945, Zhu Min, who had been imprisoned for three years, suddenly discovered that the German soldiers who had been monitoring them with guns were gone, and the iron locks on the gates of the concentration camp were gone. All the detainees erupted in earth-shattering cheers after a brief moment of astonishment, and Zhu Min shouted excitedly in the crowd, all shouting the same sentence: "The Germans have run!" We're free! ”
Zhu Min, who had escaped from the camp, was taken to a reception station by a Soviet Red Army, where soldiers asked for zhu Min's identity and name. At this time, Zhu Min almost became dumb because she had not spoken for a long time in the concentration camp, and she struggled to explain her identity information to the Soviet Red Army soldiers in front of her, but she left a heart eye, and what she said was still "my parents are old Chinese medicine doctors, and I came to see the doctor myself" These false information.
The soldier did not believe this set of arguments, he thought that the identity of the little girl in front of him was extraordinary, so he always took the time to chat with Zhu Min and tell some revolutionary truths. Gradually, Zhu Min thought that this warrior could be trusted, and only then did he reveal his true identity, and the warrior's eyes widened in surprise and he shouted, "This is a miracle of heaven!" The daughter of the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army was able to get out of the German concentration camp alive, and this was to make the fascists spend a lifetime repenting and beating their chests! ”
In this way, Zhu Min returned to the Soviet International Children's Hospital on January 30, 1946 under the escort of Soviet soldiers, and Zhu De's letter with guilt and longing also reached her hands for the first time, in which Commander Zhu De wrote affectionately: "The 4-year Patriotic War of the Soviet Union was also the most difficult time in China's War of Resistance Against Japan, Daddy did not inquire about your whereabouts in time, let you suffer, Daddy is sorry for you!" The whole Soviet Union is suffering from war, and I cannot trouble the Soviet government for personal matters, and I think my daughter can forgive..."
Zhu Min looked at the letter, and tears came out of his eyes.
Zhu Min, who escaped from her life, continued to stay in the Soviet Union to study, and Zhu De has always relied on letters to learn everything about her. At that time, because Zhu Min had been away from China for too long, many Chinese characters could not be recognized or written, and after Zhu De found that there were more and more Russian characters in the letter, he wrote a letter seriously: "Chinese is your mother tongue, you are going to return to China to work in the future, you can't do anything without it, you must pay attention to reviewing Chinese." From then on, zhu min as long as he encountered a word that could not be written when writing a letter, he went to Chinese dictionary, and during the summer vacation of returning to china from college, Zhu De deliberately became his daughter's Chinese teacher, and every night he took time to teach her to learn Chinese.
Zhu Min, a graduate of Lenin's school of education, married a translator named Liu Zheng at the Chinese Embassy in the Soviet Union. It is worth mentioning that the head of the embassy at that time was opposed when he learned of this matter. Because Liu Zheng's family background is very ordinary, the person in charge hopes that Zhu Min can have a better choice, so he said to her: "Your father is your daughter, you should be cautious when choosing a lover." I know that you have a good feeling for Liu Zheng, but he is just a child of an ordinary family, and he has no university degree, and there are many young people with better conditions than him, you can go back to China to find it..."
Zhu Min was anxious as soon as she heard this, and she said loudly: "Isn't my father also a child of a sharecropper family?" Looking at people should not look at his status, as long as others are of good character, honest and responsible, he is worthy of my love! ”
After Zhu De, who was far away in China, heard about this incident, he consulted with his wife Kang Keqing for a while, and finally Kang Keqing inspected Liu Zheng's character during his visit to the Soviet Union under the leadership of a Chinese friendship delegation. Sure enough, Liu Zheng, who was deeply loved by Zhu Min, was upright, patriotic and patriotic, and Kang Keqing nodded with satisfaction, agreeing to his daughter's marriage on behalf of Zhu De.
Pictured| Kang Keqing
In 1953, Zhu Min, who was pregnant, returned to the country with her husband Liu Zheng, and her job was to work as a teacher at Beijing Normal University. After the birth of the child, Zhu De found his daughter and said: "Don't let the doll affect your work, when the maternity leave is full, you will go to the unit to report, you don't have to worry about the child, by me and your mother to help you bring it." ”
Zhu Min was dumbfounded when he heard this, because what his father meant was not to let himself live with them in the future, but to live directly in the dormitory assigned by the unit. Over the years, Zhu Min and Zhu De's time together can be said to be countless, and now that it is difficult to reunite with the family, she is reluctant to leave the family.
So Zhu Min boldly said to Zhu De: "Daddy, you are a daughter of mine, you are now old, let me stay and take care of you!" But unexpectedly, Zhu De turned his face and solemnly refused his daughter's request, saying: "Your mission to come back is to contribute to the country, not to be filial piety and filial piety!" ”
Yes, Jude will not break the rules even in the face of his beloved daughter, he leads by example, regards himself as a servant of the people, and will never allow his family to gain any privilege by using his face.
Photo | Zhu Min (left) and Zhu De (right)
On National Day in 1954, the country's leaders climbed the Tiananmen Tower to celebrate this grand day with the people of the capital. Zhu Min very much hopes that she can have the opportunity to climb the city tower on this memorable day, she thinks that celebrating the festival is an easy thing, will not bring any bad consequences, and she just went up to see, Daddy should not agree, did not expect Zhu De to be angry after hearing this.
Zhu De, who rarely got angry with Zhu Min, said loudly: "The Tiananmen Tower is the place where the party and state leaders are active, and that is not the place you should go!" Zhu Min, you are not a child now, you must be strict with yourself! Think about it for yourself! ”
After he said this, he went straight away. Zhu Min also realized her mistake, and when Zhu De returned from the Tiananmen Tower, she did not apologize, Zhu De had already reached out to let her come to his side and gently explained to him: "Zhu Min, in the morning, Dad's attitude towards you is indeed a little harsher, but do you think, can other ordinary people's children go up to the Tiananmen Tower?" ”
He paused and continued slowly, "You have to remember that you are an ordinary person, and like all ordinary people, you have to learn to live the life of an ordinary person. This sentence left an indelible impression on Zhu Min's mind like thunder, and in the decades since then, Zhu Min has taken this teaching of his father Zhu De to heart as his life's code of conduct.
On July 6, 1976, Zhu Min accompanied his father through the last journey of his life, and the admirable Marshal Zhu De left this world, but his noble character and revolutionary spirit are what Zhu Min and all of us will not forget.