preface
Li Ne and Wang Jingqing
In 1993, Li Ne was asked, "Why not write a book about your father?" Li Ne said: "Don't write, I'm still silent, silence is gold, silence is fulfillment, right?" ”
Chairman Mao did not want his children to be specialized, and it was better to treat himself as ordinary people. Li Ne practiced his father's admonitions and instructions, and did not want to receive too enthusiastic attention. Even her two marriages were combined with ordinary people from rural origins...
Chairman Mao was worried about Li Ne's marriage
In August 1940, Li Ne was born in Yan'an. In the war-torn era, life was not guaranteed and the environment was harsh, but Li Ne spent a carefree childhood under the care of Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao was often so busy with his work that he almost forgot to eat or sleep. How to let him get enough rest is the most worrying thing for the staff.
At this time, the young Li Ne acted as a good helper for the staff. While Chairman Mao was working day and night, the staff would be pushed into the room by Li Ne and mobilized Chairman Mao to rest.
Therefore, one of the most common words that Li Ne said when he was a child was: "Daddy, go for a walk." At this time, Chairman Mao will decisively get up and leave the chair. Li Ne took Chairman Mao's hand and the two of them walked together into the courtyard.
In 1943, Li Ne and Chairman Mao were in yan'an jujube garden
When Chairman Mao walked out of the cave, it was the time when Li Ne and the children were most elated. At this time, Chairman Mao did not have the seriousness of the past, but showed a childlike side, leading Li Ne and the children to play games. Playing with such a fun adult, children don't mention how happy it is.
During the walk, Chairman Mao walked in front, and the children followed him like little tails. Chairman Mao was very kind and never cared about this.
Chairman Mao would sometimes take the initiative to join the children's camp, see them building houses in the yard, go over and help them build them together, and finally their hands were covered with mud. Everyone had a lot of fun, and Chairman Mao was also very happy.
Chairman Mao liked Li Ne very much, and the more he loved him, the more strictly he taught. After the founding of New China, Li Ne began to study in Beijing. In order not to let her be treated specially, Chairman Mao reminded Li Ne not to write her name in the parents column. At first, the column of Li Ne's parents was written with the names of the staff.
Li Ne and Chairman Mao enjoyed lotus flowers
When Li Ne was a student at Yuying Elementary School, he could only go home on Saturdays and Sundays. At first, Chairman Mao did not agree to send a special car to pick up and drop off, not wanting to cause a bad impact. The staff had to change to a bigger car and pick up the children of Zhongnanhai at once.
Li Ne recalled:
Although my father repeatedly and strictly asked me not to be special, not to be self-righteous, not to be proud, I always had those shortcomings in my body, and when I met so many people, I was greatly touched. There have also been drastic changes in thinking, and we must change ourselves, to become an ordinary, like everyone else, physically and mentally healthy. Mingle with everyone.
In the summer of 1959, Li Ne was admitted to the History Department of Peking University. Chairman Mao forbade her to eat snacks, let alone allow her to add extra meals. Like his classmates, Li Ne lived a difficult life.
Due to the heavy workload, Li Ne had few opportunities to return home. Chairman Mao missed his daughter and wrote to her with a pen: "Why do you just send New Year's greeting cards and don't write letters to your father? Don't you love your dad anymore? ”
This letter is the loving father of a great man of the century, the compassion for his beloved daughter, the longing between the lines, and the strength of the back of the paper.
In 1966, Li Ne graduated from university, was assigned to the "People's Liberation Army Daily" as an editor, and changed her name to "Xiao Li", and only 4 people in the newspaper knew that she was chairman Mao's daughter.
After Li Ne left work, Chairman Mao did not allow her to eat at the same table as himself, but asked her to eat in the canteen of the Guard Bureau. At that time, Li Ne worked at the People's Liberation Army Newspaper, riding a "Flying Pigeon Brand" bicycle to and from work every day, and never took a special car.
Soon after, Li Ne's identity was exposed, and at a newspaper meeting, she modestly said: "Dad asked me to tell everyone that I have only been to school for a few years, very young, very naïve, and very stupid." My father asked me to learn from my uncles and aunts, and I hoped that everyone would criticize and educate me a lot. If there is a mistake, it can be shelled or burned. ”
Li Ne and Chairman Mao were in Wuyun Mountain, Hangzhou
In his twenties, Li Ne had not yet fallen in love and married, which made Chairman Mao very anxious, but he also knew that lifelong events could not be rushed and sloppy, but he only made a request to Li Ne: "The object should be chosen below, find an ordinary person, and not a high-ranking cadre." ”
Of all his children, Li Ne stayed with Chairman Mao the longest, listening to his teachings at all times. She and Chairman Mao agreed with each other and had no opinion on the marriage partner.
In 1971, Li Ne trained at the May Seventh School in Jiangxi Province. Detached from the familiar environment, there is no close friend who can befriended, and can only bear loneliness and loneliness alone.
Once, Li Ne was doing farm work and seemed to be struggling, and a young man took the initiative to help. After finishing his work, Li Ne thanked him. The young man was very honest and honest, and just smiled shyly. This bright smile was deeply engraved into Li Ne's heart.
After many understandings, Li Ne knew that this young man's name was Xiao Xu, a northeasterner, and he was a waiter at the Affairs Administration Bureau of the organs directly under the central government. Xiao Xu is shrewd and capable, a little younger than Li Ne, and her father is a wrench at Shanhaiguan Station.
Later, Xiao Xu saw Li Ne's single shadow, often invited her to play ball, chat, and did not forget to help her when doing farm work, and the two of them opened the prelude to love.
On a hazy night, on a walking path, Li Ne plucked up the courage to confide in Xiao Xu: "Let's go on forever." ”
Xiao Xu was very excited and nervous, and replied in a panic: "I am the son of a commoner, you are the leader's thousand gold, and there is a gap between us that can never be filled!" ”
Although Xiao Xu had concerns, he knew that although Li Ne was the leader's thousand gold, his life was low-key and simple, and there was no difference between him and ordinary girls. So, two young people who were in love came together.
In early September, Li Ne wrote to Chairman Mao about his love affair and wrote a report: I voluntarily married Xiao Xu. At the same time, Cao Quanfu, the principal of the May Seventh School, also personally wrote to Chairman Mao to report the incident.
When he received the letter from Li Ne and Cao Quanfu (principal of the May Seventh School), Chairman Mao was sitting on a sofa in Hall 118 of the Great Hall of the People. He didn't know anything about Xiao Xu, and he read Li Ne's letter again and again, and he had a lot of uneasiness about this marriage.
Therefore, Chairman Mao had no choice but to summon the messenger and ask him many questions in detail, what kind of person the other party was, which unit, and what was the relationship between the two people...
The messenger introduced Xiao Xu's age, place of origin, occupation, personality, etc., and said: "Although the man is a waiter and has not gone to college, he is willing to study, loves labor, the two people have a good emotional foundation, it is established in hard work, and they are willing to get married." ”
Chairman Mao's face slowly stretched, and he wrote in pencil: "The marriage of a child is decided by the child himself, and it is not easy for us to interfere." "And turn to Jiang Qingyue."
Chairman Mao was in Guangzhou in 1961
After Jiang Qing received the letter, he was reluctant to take a stand for a long time, and the letter was left in the office for several days. One day, Wang Dongxing called the guard Yang Yinlu and said, "Did you read Comrade Jiang Qing's letter to Chairman Mao and Comrade Jiang Qing, and did Comrade Jiang Qing approve it?" ”
Yang Yinlu said: "I have already shown it to Comrade Jiang Qing, but I have not yet given instructions. Wang Dongxing said: "When she is in good spirits, remind her to approve it." ”
Therefore, Yang Yinlu came to the office to find Jiang Qing. Yang Yinlu asked, "Comrade Jiang Qing, have you approved Comrade Cao Quanfu's letter?" Li Ne is still waiting for an echo! ”
Jiang Qing was silent for a moment, dropped the document in his hand on the coffee table, and said angrily: "This Li Ne, for the marriage event is so sloppy, looking for a boyfriend does not consult with us in advance, ask for the opinion of the elderly, just make up their own minds, the child is not free of grandpa!" It is really a man who should get married, a woman who should get married, let her go! ”
From left to right, Jiang Qing, Li Ne, Chairman Mao
A week later, Li Ne and Xiao Xu registered their marriage. The wedding ceremony was very simple, the parents of both sides did not attend, only a dozen guests attended the wedding, and there was a portrait of Chairman Mao hanging on the wall.
The wedding ceremony was organized by the principal Cao Quanfu, who invited the canteen to make two tables of light meals, and several leaders of the May Seventh School attended, ate a few grains of sugar, and smoked a few cigarettes. Mrs. Cao Quan gave a speech to the wedding, and firecrackers were set off on the spot, even if they were married, they were very simple.
The bride and groom's cave room is a simple bungalow with a double bed, made of two single beds. The bed is covered with a thin mattress and clean sheets. There was a table and two chairs in the outer room, and all the furniture was there. There was not a single red "hi" posted in the new house.
At this time, Chairman Mao was 78 years old and did not attend Li Ne's wedding, but he sent Wang Songshan to send Li Ne a wedding gift and a letter. The letter was encapsulated in a large letter, written with a brush, and the wedding gift was the 39-volume Complete Works of Marx and Engels.
Li Ne received the gift and letter from Chairman Mao, and a bright smile blossomed on his face. She opened the letter and read it intently, smiling widely.
Chairman Mao and Li Ne
On the 3rd day of marriage, Li Ne and Xiao Xu came to Beijing by train, returned to Beijing for their honeymoon, and lived in Fortress Garden. In May 1972, Li Ne gave birth to a healthy boy.
Having a child, Li Ne had spiritual sustenance and was happy like a new person. Just after the full moon of the child, Li Ne returned to Beijing from Jiangxi and went to Diaoyutai to visit Chairman Mao, and brought a lot of candy.
Unfortunately, the good times were not long, because of the large differences in the experiences, experiences, living habits, personalities, etc. of Li Ne and Xiao Xu, the two people's lives were not satisfactory, and the contradictions continued to deepen.
In 1972, after only a year of married life, Li Ne and Xiao Xu divorced and lived alone with their children. When Chairman Mao heard the news of Li Ne's divorce, he shed tears of heartache and murmured to himself: "Neva's marriage is too hasty!" ”
After the divorce, Li Ne's life was destitute. Looking at the swaddled babies waiting to be fed, Li Ne often sighed. Just when the life of the mother and son was struggling, it was Chairman Mao's greetings that gave her a glimmer of light.
This year, Chairman Mao sent Zhang Yaoci, director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, to visit Li Ne. Zhang Yaoci saw that Li Ne's life was so embarrassing, and asked uneasily: "Do you have any requirements?" I can go back and bring it to Chairman Mao. ”
Asking his father for help was an embarrassing thing for Li Ne. But in order for her children to have enough to eat and grow up healthy, she had to make a request: "I need a sum of money." ”
Zhang Yaoci reported Li Ne's request to Chairman Mao, and Chairman Mao allocated 8,000 yuan from the manuscript fee to send to his daughter, which was a large amount at the time, enough to feed Li Ne and his son.
At this time, Chairman Mao was already 79 years old, and his parents' love for their son was far-reaching. All parents in the world have the same affection for their children, and this licking love is full of emotions.
Li Ne was deeply influenced by Chairman Mao. She used the way Chairman Mao educated her to train her son Wang Xiaozhi. After graduating from vocational secondary school, Wang Xiaozhi worked in a restaurant. This is exactly what Li Ne has done.
Chairman Mao's guard Li Yinqiao acted as a matchmaker for Li Ne and Wang Jingqing
In 1976, Li Ne returned to Beijing with his son Wang Xiaozhi and lived in an ordinary house in Beijing's Xicheng District. Chairman Mao's guards, Li Yinqiao, and his wife, Han Guixin, often visited their mother and son and decided to help her start a new family, and they set their sights on Wang Jingqing.
Wang Jingqing's parents were simple and plain farmers. In 1940, at the age of 13, Wang Jingqing joined the army and began as a small soldier rescuing the seriously wounded.
In the years that followed, Wang Jingqing fought against the enemy in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region and carried out large-scale labor production in Ganquan County. Yanchi County, Xibaipo, Beijing, his footprints all over the north and south of the river, personally experienced the difficult years in the early days of the founding of New China.
After the founding of New China, Wang Jingqing worked in the Central Guard Division, was Liu Shaoqi's personal guard, and was later transferred to the Yunnan Provincial Military Region as chief of staff of the Nujiang Military Subdistrict.
In 1983, Wang Jingqing returned to Beijing to attend the funeral of Liu Huishan, the head of the Central Guard Regiment, and met Li Yinqiao on the way. During small talk, Li Yinqiao mentioned Chairman Mao's daughter Li Ne to him.
Later, under the arrangement of Li Yinqiao, Wang Jingqing met Li Ne. At that time, Li Ne's life was very difficult. She experienced the arduous revolutionary years, and under the guidance of Chairman Mao, she developed a style of diligence and frugality. This kind of poor life is difficult for her. But the doors and windows were broken, and this heavy work that needed to be dismantled and unloaded, Li Ne could not solve it on his own.
After getting acquainted, Wang Jingqing took over the coolies of Li Ne's family. Ordinary life brings the two hearts closer and closer, and they understand each other deeply and come together.
Wang Jingqing and Li Ne
In the winter of 1985, Li Ne and Wang Jingqing married and held a wedding that was both simple and chic. They did not make a big fuss, but only booked a banquet, inviting Ye Zilong, Li Yinqiao and his wife, and several leaders of the Central General Office. In the midst of the staggering, the guests sent sincere wishes to the two newcomers, wishing them eternal unity.
After the marriage, Li Ne and Wang Please greeted each other and raised eyebrows. They also went to visit Jiang Qing together, and when Jiang Qing saw the son-in-law in front of him, his face showed a look of satisfaction, and he said, "Old King, you must have been very beautiful when you were young." You're still in your 50s. Who helped introduce you? ”
Wang Jingqing replied, "Li Yinqiao and Han Guixin." Jiang Qing paused for a moment and said a word: "Yinqiao and Aunt Xiaohan are good people." ”
After Wang Jingqing formally went through the formalities of leave, he moved the relationship from Yunnan to Beijing. Since then, Wang Jingqing has taken care of all the housework, buying vegetables, cooking, repairing doors and windows, and pulling coal blocks. Every winter, when every household pickles sauerkraut, Wang Jingqing will also buy hundreds of pounds of cabbage and use a board cart to pull back pickled sauerkraut.
The owner of the butcher shop who was familiar with Li Ne once said to Wang Jingqing: "You came, Li Ne's life was much better, in the past she only bought 2 cents of meat, so little that she could not cut." ”
Wang Jingqing recalled: "At that time, I would buy 2 kilograms of pork at a time and divide it into several meals. Later, in order to reduce Li Ne's burden, we saved money and hired a babysitter for the children. "The couple's life is tight, but they are willing to spend money for their children.
Wang Jingqing is 13 years older than Li Ne, and Li Ne is very concerned about his wife's health. Wang Jingqing said: "When I was in my 70s, I began to write scripts, and Li Ne always reminded me, 'You are old, but don't get tired and sick, don't hurt your spirit too much.'" ’”
Wang Jingqing was injured many times during the revolution, and he often felt unwell in his right eye, left shoulder and cervical spine, and when he heard his wife's concerned words, a warm current flowed in his heart.
Li Ne and Wang Jingqing
Li Yinqiao often went to Li Ne's house to visit the door, saw Wang Jingqing's cold powder and soba noodle steak cake, and said in surprise: "Lao Wang will also make cold powder steak cake?" With a happy look on his face, Li Ne said, "He can do anything, and I can enjoy happiness with Lao Wang." ”
Wang Jingqing's 3 children have already established a family, and when he came to visit his father at home, Li Ne always warmly welcomed him as a mother.
Li Ne came to Yan'an
In addition, Wang Jingqing and Li Ne have many common languages. The book "Guerrillas of the Red Army in Shenfu" was compiled by Wang Jingqing. In order to ensure that the book is informative and the context is clear, Wang Jingqing traveled everywhere, visiting old revolutionaries in Yulin, Shenmu, Fugu and other places in Shaanxi, and consulting a large number of historical materials. Li Ne and Wang Jingqing were both people who had come from the war years and gave him a lot of valuable advice.
In their later years, Li Ne and Wang Jingqing fell in love with calligraphy together, often practicing writing together, and they both preferred Lishu and Xiaozhuo, and discussing calligraphy became a great pleasure in the couple's life.
Li Ne was weak and sick from an early age, and after entering his old age, he was even more plagued by diseases, plagued by insomnia, weak limbs, and problems with organs such as kidneys.
After that, Wang Jingqing accompanied Li Ne around to seek medical advice, and at the bus stop of the 305 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army in Beijing, he could often see a pair of elderly people supporting each other to take the bus.
Later, in order to accompany Li Ne to see a doctor in time and not delay the illness, Wang Jingqing specially bought a tricycle and rode a tricycle to carry Li Ne for medical treatment.
Life is impermanent, and things are vicissitudes. Li Ne and Wang Please have walked hand in hand for nearly 30 years, seen all kinds of changes in the world, and tasted many tastes of life.
For decades, they have long been accustomed to the life of ordinary people. When the river of years slowly passes, they are already the most ordinary ordinary people in the world.
For so many years, no matter where he went, Wang Jingqing would accompany Li Ne, he often wore an old light gray suit that was washed almost white, and his upright posture still revealed the wind and bones of a soldier. Li Ne is wearing a dark gray cotton suit, black old Beijing cloth shoes, simple and unpretentious...
Li Ne did not forget Chairman Mao's teachings
Chairman Mao had high expectations for Li Ne's life, and Li Ne did not forget his father's teachings, always modest and prudent, approachable, kind and optimistic, without a little vanity and anxiety, and as a simple and simple commoner.
In 1993, on the centenary of Chairman Mao's birth, Li Ne and Wang Jingqing went to the revolutionary base area to participate in activities. Seeing that the local people were living in poverty, Li Ne was very sad and decided to do some practical things for the people.
Mr. Xiao, a chinese overseas Chinese, heard about their wishes and sent 150,000 yuan to express his heart. On December 26, Li Ne and Wang Jingqing decided to donate all 150,000 yuan to the old district. When the local government heard about it, it was very happy and asked for the best way to convert Hong Kong dollars into renminbi, because there was no bank in the mountainous areas, and it was inconvenient to exchange them.
In order to hand over the money to the local people as soon as possible, on December 31, Wang Jingqing took the first 50,000 yuan to the bank for exchange, and since then, he has donated the rest of the money to poor areas.
Mr. and Mrs. Li Ne and their son Wang Xiaozhi
Chairman Mao's hometown is Shaoshan, Hunan, and Li Ne has not forgotten Shaoshan's father and fellow villagers, and often returns to his hometown to visit his relatives. The number of times she went, everyone and she became acquainted. Seeing That Li Ne was wearing 60s-style clothes, the villagers said: "Li Ne, you must also keep up with the times when you wear clothes." ”
Li Ne smiled and said, "As long as my clothes are not torn, I can wear them if they are torn." The heirloom that Dad left us was hard work. There are so many patches in his clothes, should I still pay attention to my clothes? ”
Once, Li Ne came to Shaoshan to visit the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. In the dripping hole, she wrote down five big words full of deep meaning of "eternal remembrance". Maybe those five words were what she wanted to say to her father the most.
Li Ne has lived a frugal life for decades, feeling the fireworks in the world with his heart, which is a rare simplicity in an impetuous society and deserves people's respect...