"When it is sunny and the rain is clear, send the king to accompany the king." On February 15, 1984, when the cold wind still contained the cold winter wind blew into the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, the body of the famous anti-Japanese marshal Su Yu, who had been awarded the rank of "general" at the founding of the People's Republic of China, was cremated here.
This scarred but battle-hardened flesh and blood body burned out and became a bunch of gray-white dust, but the blood that would never cool was scattered into the wind with the soul, forever existing in this deep land.
General Su Yu's wife, Chu Qing, gazed sadly at the handful of ashes that her husband had left in this world, but unexpectedly found that among the still warm ashes were three irregularly shaped fragments—that is, shrapnel left by bullets! Looking at the three shrapnel pieces lying quietly in the ashes, the tears in Chu Qing's eyes finally couldn't help but burst out, and the sorrow that roared towards her like the sea wrapped her firmly...
Love at first sight
In 1937, when the land of China was still being trampled and ravaged by the Japanese invaders, the national soul that gradually woke up from the blood and bones made the Chinese people, who had been blindly oppressed, try to stand up and resist over and over again.
When an American priest led seven Chinese girls past a mighty Japanese army, the soldiers not only did not insult the girls, but even bowed respectfully to the American priest.
Among these 7 girls, a girl named Zhan Yongzhu gazed deeply at this scene, and she who had been focused on her studies finally found that only with a strong and independent country as a backing could she be respected and peaceful.
Such an idea ignited Zhan Yongzhu's belief in revolution in her heart, and she resolutely chose to give up her studies and embarked on the road of joining the New Fourth Army. At that time, Zhan Yongzhu was only 15 years old, and she was the later Chu Qing.
After studying and training, Chu Qing and several of her classmates were assigned to work as stenographers in the secretariat of the Jiangnan Headquarters of the New Fourth Army.
One day in early 1939, Chu Qing was writing as usual. She held the brush in her hand intently, her gaze fixed on the paper without moving for a moment, and she never slackened off on her tasks in the army, so she often concentrated on her work, and did not notice that not far away, a deputy commander who had come to select excellent academies to enter the work of the organ was watching her deeply.
"You stand on the bridge and look at the view, and the people who watch the view are watching you upstairs." A silent fate is like a breeze in that moment, blowing on the cheeks of both people at the same time.
Respect and affection
"The so-called Iraqis are on the water side." The deputy commander who had been watching Chu Qing for a long time was Su Yu, an anti-Japanese soldier who had already made great achievements in battle at that time, and he came to the headquarters secretariat this time precisely because he could not be removed because of the bullet in his arm and the delay in taking it out, and in order to prevent delay in revolutionary work, he came to select extremely high-quality personnel to handle confidential work.
But when he saw Chu Qing's so focused figure, he couldn't open his eyes, and the 32-year-old heard his heart beating violently for the first time, and the seed of love that had been silent for more than thirty years had already sprouted a touch of tender green in that instant.
Chu Qing, who was able to successfully join the party at the age of 15 and work as a stenographer, naturally met Su Yu's requirements for selecting personnel to handle confidential work, and Su Yu did not hesitate to make an appointment to talk with Chu Qing.
Chu Qing, who still didn't know what was happening, came to Su Yu without knowing what was happening, she had only heard about this heroic general who had won an unknown number of battles in the rumors before, and now she was still a little surprised when she saw the real person, because Su Yu's face was always smiling, it seemed so gentle and gentle, which made her blush with some shyness.
This conversation was not as cold and blunt as the inquiry between the superiors and subordinates, Su Yu's attitude was extremely peaceful, and Chu Qing gradually let go of restraint in that smile, she fully expressed the enthusiasm for the revolution in her heart, and did not hide her dislike and hatred for the Japanese invaders.
In the middle of the conversation, Su Yu felt as if she had finally found a companion for life on this long and somewhat lonely revolutionary road, and her youth carried more and more enthusiastic flames, appearing more sincere and simple.
When Chu Qing revealed that she wanted to change her name in order to avoid affecting her family, Su Yu immediately thought of dozens of names for her, only when she said "Chu Qing", the little girl smiled and nodded in agreement.
And when Su Yu asked Chu Qing what development he wanted to have in the army, Chu Qing replied almost without hesitation: "I want to go to the front!" The front line often means that there are many dangers, and life and death are hanging between the lines, but this 15-year-old girl is not timid, and Su Yu is even more laughable, and chu Qing is in the second detachment where he is.
For a month or so after this conversation, Su Yu was too busy with military affairs to meet Chu Qing, and the thoughts in his heart were like birds and finches that were chained, fluttering and jumping in his chest cavity, scurrying around, but he could never fly to the people he missed.
Under such circumstances, when Wang Jie, the director of the Political Department, wanted to go to the New Fourth Army to teach the corps to do things, Su Yu decided to write a letter with xiangsi and wang Jing to forward to Chu Qing on his behalf.
This letter, full of friendship, crossed the landscape and was delivered to Chu Qing's hands. After Chu Qing opened the letter, he blushed and read the letter, and then tore the letter together with the recent photo of Su Yu who had been sent with the letter.
Perhaps still young, she could not understand the tenderness and love from the 32-year-old General Su Yu, so she chose to refuse in such a fierce way. The meaning of this refusal stung Su Yu's heart, but he did not get angry, or even blame Chu Qing for such a frizzy behavior.
"Love, first of all, is emotion. Even if Chu Qing didn't want to fall in love with me, I couldn't blame Chu Qing, because Chu Qing had the freedom to choose! Su Yu, who is in a high position, is not willing to use his power to oppress his beloved, he loves Chu Qing, but he respects her so much.
It will come to fruition
Chu Qing, who did not understand love, received the respect from General Su Yu, and the resistance in her heart was also eliminated by this heavy emotion.
"If it seems that the moon wheel is finally clean, do not give up the ice and snow for the heat." After being rejected, Su Yu did not give up in his heart, but he also tried to restrain his affection, like a good friend who often helped Chu Qing and accompanied her, he was willing to wait patiently, for a year, two years, or three years, or even without a deadline.
After coming to the second detachment of the New Fourth Army to follow Su Yu, Chu Qing gradually understood his excellence and talents. When he strategized on the battlefield, when he gave orders with a resolute look, and when he had a gentle smile on his face, Chu Qing could not restrain the violent beating of his heart.
The love that has not sprouted for a long time seems to have secretly sprouted a small bud. Three years later, when Chu Qing found that Su Yu's eyes looking at her were precipitated with love that had never diminished but became deeper and deeper, she was finally able to hold Su Yu's hand under the moonlight with a red face.
In 1941, the 18-year-old Chu Qing married su Yu, 34 years old, and they held hands tightly and made a common wish, "Holding the hand of the son, and growing old with the son." ”
Life and death are separated
Chu Qing and Su Yu, who became husband and wife, were not separated for a moment in the next 43 years, and no matter where Su Yu was in the southern conquest and northern war, he would always be accompanied by Chu Qing.
"As a husband and wife, there is no doubt about love." The cruelty of the war is confirmed on the corpses of all those who have died, and also on the scars of those who have survived, Su Yu has been on the battlefield for many years, repeatedly shot and injured, and by the end of his life, his body has long been overwhelmed, and various diseases have emerged one by one under the scars.
As Su Yu's wife, Chu Qing gave up his job and took good care of Su Yu, accompanying him through every day of fighting against the disease.
In 1984, General Su Yu held his wife's hand and closed his eyes forever. From then on, this heavenly barrier of life and death cut off the meeting of this couple, and when Chu Qing, who was already 61 years old, saw the three shrapnel in Su Yu's cremated ashes, he understood that the culprit that tormented Su Yu's headache for many years was these three shrapnels left in his head!
Recalling the uncomfortable scene of her husband's headache in the past, Chu Qing's heart was like a knife, and he couldn't help but cry like rain. This was a special relic left to her by Su Yu, and how much pain was contained in it.
In the following years, Chu Qing watched her children start a family and watched her grandson grow up healthily, but her thoughts were like her shadows, forever wrapped around her, making her recall the sweetness of the past over and over again, and finally return to loss. In February 2016, the 93-year-old Chu Qing passed away peacefully, and she was going to go to the place where Su Yu went and see him again.
brief summary:
"The southeast is full of flowers at this moment, which can comfort the soul of the hero." Love is not determined by appearance and family age, the feeling of lust for beauty disappears after aging and aging, and the emotions generated by family life are completely absent with time, only the love of General Su Yu and Chu Qing in their lifetime is the most beautiful love, they are companions, confidants, and the most suitable partner.