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In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

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In 1976, Premier Zhou died, and Deng Yingchao endured grief to deal with the aftermath for Premier Zhou.

Her niece Zhou Bingde often went to the West Flower Hall to accompany her in order for Deng Yingchao to get out of her pain as soon as possible.

After work, Zhou Bingde ran directly to the Zhongnanhai West Flower Hall.

But when she walked into the courtyard, she didn't see Qima until she entered the bedroom, only to find Qima meditating, holding a worn-out black leather wallet in her hand.

Zhou Bingde didn't want to bother, but seeing that The Seventh Mother was so sad, he still shouted softly.

Deng Yingchao turned back to God and handed over the wallet in his hand, and Deng Yingchao explained that it was left by Premier Zhou.

At that time, it was the anti-Japanese period, he was working in the kuomintang area, and his briefcase was too conspicuous and his goal was big.

Therefore, important documents were placed in the middle and not put in the safe until after the victory of the Liberation War.

I have never been willing to give it to others, so today I will give it to Zhou Bingde and let her leave it for her to think.

After Zhou Bingde opened the wallet, he found that there were three letters inside, all of which were written by the premier to Sister Deng.

However, due to the special situation, it could not be sent out, so it was retained.

However, Zhou Bingde found a photo of the person behind the three letters, and the photo has begun to yellow.

There is also Premier Zhou's autograph on the back, which shows that Premier Zhou attaches great importance to the people in the photo.

Deng Yingchao saw that Zhou Bingde was a little confused and sighed: This is the pain of your uncle's life!

So, who is the person in this photo, and why does Deng Yingchao say that this is "the pain of the prime minister's life"?

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou

Next, let's say one by one:

I. "The Pain of the Prime Minister's Life"

In early 1976, Premier Zhou underwent his last surgery, when he weighed only 61 kilograms, and because of the inability of the doctor to return to heaven due to his terminal illness, he began to fall into a long-term coma.

On the evening of January 7 of the same year, he suddenly woke up, looked at the doctors around him, and said weakly: "I have nothing to do here, you go and take care of other people, they need you more." This was Premier Zhou's last words on his deathbed, but he still thought of the people, which truly embodied the spirit of the communists who sacrificed themselves for others.

At 9:57 the next day, the founding prime minister Zhou Died at the age of 77, and the mountains and rivers were lost on this day, and the whole country mourned.

According to Premier Zhou's last wishes, his ashes were scattered to the mountains, rivers and seas, forever with the people.

After dealing with the incident, Deng Yingchao began to instruct everyone to deal with Premier Zhou's relics.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou took a group photo with his family

Although he was the prime minister of a country, he did not actually leave much of an inheritance, and according to the instructions, everyone handed over the books left by Premier Zhou to the State Council Library, and the documents were submitted to the Secretariat Bureau.

As for clothing, underwear and bedding items are burned, clothes that are not worn much can be given to relatives and staff, and clothes worn during illness are burned.

Premier Zhou's salary is paid by the staff, and the daily expenses are also handled by him. After the death of the Prime Minister, the staff began to calculate one by one.

Sister Deng was very haggard when she saw that everyone was busy for several days, and instructed that there was no need to calculate carefully, and the existing money could be checked.

However, the staff still calculated carefully, and finally liquidated and learned that the deposit of Premier Zhou and his wife was 5709.8 yuan, and later all of them were handed over to the Central Special Committee Room.

After the death of Premier Zhou, Deng Yingchao endured pain in front of everyone, but when the staff left, she began to cry silently, often looking at the premier's posthumous photos in a daze, recalling the decades when the two had been together and the difficult years they had walked together, and she had mixed feelings in her heart.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou

However, fortunately, at this time, her niece Zhou Bingde has been accompanying her and accompanying her through that sad moment.

When Premier Zhou died, Zhou Bingde was on a business trip to Shanghai, and when she heard the bad news from the radio, she was stunned and crying on the spot, and her colleagues saw the situation and bought the fastest ticket back to Beijing for her.

On the way back to Beijing, Zhou Bingde thought about it, and she remembered her last call with Premier Zhou, and she was even more grief-stricken.

It was May 1975, and Premier Zhou was seriously ill, and he began to develop negative emotions and asked the doctor if he could survive for a year. The doctors were stunned, not knowing how to answer.

Then, the doctor will inform the premier's most beloved niece, Zhou Bingde, at this time, hoping that she can persuade the premier to let him face the pain positively, so that it is conducive to treatment.

Zhou Bingde rushed to the hospital after learning about it, but deng Yingchao, the seventh mother, stopped him, saying that no one could see the premier without the approval of the central government. After she learned about it, she could only choose to call the ward and communicate with Premier Zhou.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou

When "that sentence" was mentioned, Zhou Bingde advised the seventh father not to think too much, to live a long life and make more contributions to the country.

Premier Zhou said: You are a member of the Communist Party, you can't feudal superstition, there is nothing wrong with what I said, do you want to open something?

Despite this, Zhou Bingde still advised the seventh father not to think too much, take more care of his body, and actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment.

On May 20 of the same year, Zhou Bingde met Premier Zhou in the West Flower Hall as she wished, and she was considerate and cared for her seventh father as a daughter.

But in order not to disturb The Seventh Father's rest, she sat for a while and then got up to say goodbye, but she did not think that this was the last meeting with Premier Zhou.

On the day of Premier Zhou's death, Zhou Bingde arrived for the first time, looking at the seven mothers who were crying bitterly, she quickly held them in her arms, and she also wept with grief.

In addition to scattering ashes, Zhou Bingde participated in all the ceremonies to bid farewell to the seven fathers, and she also specially instructed the seven mothers to leave the nightgowns carried by the seven fathers to herself as a souvenir.

Premier Zhou has been wearing this nightgown for decades, and has been wearing patches and patches, with countless patches on it, and Zhou Bingde is sad to see.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou

After Premier Zhou left, the entire West Flower Hall fell silent, and Deng Yingchao was also touched by the scene and was in sadness every day. Zhou Bingde knew the pain in The Seven Mothers' hearts, so he visited them from time to time.

A few days later, after work, Zhou Bingde ran directly to the Zhongnanhai West Flower Hall, but when she walked to the courtyard, she did not see Qima, until she entered the bedroom, she found Qima meditating, holding a worn-out black leather wallet.

Zhou Bingde didn't want to bother, but seeing that The Seventh Mother was so sad, he still shouted softly.

Deng Yingchao turned back to God, handed the wallet in his hand and said, "This is what your uncle left behind, I have never been willing to give it to others, I will give it to you today, let you leave it for your thoughts." ”

Deng Yingchao explained that this black leather wallet was purchased by Premier Zhou during the anti-Japanese period, when he was working in the Kuomintang District, and his briefcase was too conspicuous and the goal was large, so he put all important documents in the middle and did not put them in the safe until after the victory of the Liberation War.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Old photos

After Zhou Bingde opened the wallet, he found that there were three letters inside, all of which were written by the premier to Sister Deng, but they could not be sent out due to the special situation, so they were retained.

However, Zhou Bingde found a photo behind the three letters, which had begun to turn yellow.

But she was shocked when she saw the person in the photo, who was her grandfather Zhou Yineng, who, although she had never seen it, often heard her parents talk about it.

She turned the photo around and found that on the back there was Premier Zhou's autographed "Daddy Portrait"!

Zhou Bingde was a little surprised, since she remembered, she often heard the story of Premier Zhou and his two mothers, but rarely heard him mention his grandfather Zhou Yineng, but only heard his uncle say that his grandfather was an honest man and had not done anything bad in his life.

But the uncle put the grandfather photo in the close-fitting black leather wallet, which is enough to show their father-son affection.

Deng Yingchao saw that Zhou Bingde was a little confused and sighed: "This is the pain of your uncle's life..."

In this way, Zhou Bingde listened to the seventh mother, Deng Yingchao, as if the time had come to Premier Zhou's childhood again.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou

Two bitter childhoods

Premier Zhou's ancestral home was Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and his grandfather Zhou Panlong was a scholar who learned to be rich in five cars, and in the late Qing Dynasty, he often worked as a master at the grass-roots Yamen in the late Qing Dynasty, known as Old Master Zhou.

During his time as a master of Huai'an, for the convenience of his work, he bought a house in the local area and the whole family moved in.

Premier Zhou's father was Zhou Yineng, who had been a high school talent, and was appointed as the "chief minister", with the official rank of Zheng Liupin, but he only got the official rank and did not get the corresponding position. And because he is loyal and honest, has no quarrel with the world, and does not understand the sophistication of people, he has not done anything, and has long served as a small clerk, concierge, mr. private school, and staff, and every income is not high.

Because his father, Zhou Yi, was able to work in the field for a long time, the childhood Premier Zhou was actually raised by his birth mother Wan And his heir chen.

Premier Zhou once recalled that his birth mother, named Wan Dong'er, was the daughter of Wan Qingxuan, the governor of Qinghe County, and was also known as the "Twelve Gu" because she ranked twelfth in the family.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou

Wan Dong'er's cultural level is not high, and she has only studied in private schools for five or six years, but she has a cheerful personality, tolerance and generosity, and is capable of doing things, and her prestige in the Zhou and Wan families is relatively high, especially the "grand master" of the Zhou family, a family of fallen officials and eunuchs.

The year she married Zhou Yineng, that is, in March 1898, Premier Zhou was born, and this was also the grandson of Zhou's parents, making Wan Dong'er's status higher.

But Premier Zhou's childhood was unfortunate, the day after he was born, his grandfather died, his mother cried and dried up tears, did not have the heart to feed him, and could only invite a nurse to replace him; Soon after, his grandfather died of illness, the Zhou family lost its main heart, and life gradually became poor.

When Premier Zhou had just turned 4 months old, his fourth uncle, Zhou Yigan, suffered from tuberculosis and was bedridden. In order to eliminate the disaster for the fourth uncle, Wan Dong'er very generously passed premier Zhou over to Zhou Yigan and the Chen clan.

After another 2 months, Zhou Yigan still died prematurely due to illness, the fourth aunt Chen Shi had just turned 22 years old, widowed at a young age, and her heart was very bitter, fortunately, thanks to her adopted son Enlai, she had hope for life.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou

Chen was born in 1878 in Shuxiangmendi, Baoying County, and was carefully cultivated by his father since he was a child, so he had a high level of education and was good at poetry and painting.

After becoming widowed, Chen devoted all his energy and emotions to the upbringing of Premier Zhou, and as early as the age of three or four, she taught Premier Zhou to recognize words and practice calligraphy, taught him to recite ancient poems at the age of five, and often told him some stories of national heroes, so that Premier Zhou received patriotic education early.

When Premier Zhou attended Nankai University, he recalled this good time and said that the story told to his mother was "tirelessly listened to all day long." It was under Chen's serious and stern teaching that he embarked on the road to becoming a talent early on.

From his youth to his later years, Premier Zhou mentioned Chen many times, and called her "mother" and her birth mother "dry mother", and he once said in an interview with an American reporter: "My heir chen family stays in the room all day and does not go out, and my quiet character is inherited from her..."

In May 1946, Premier Zhou said at the farewell party: "After 38 years, I have not returned home, and my mother (Chen) wants to come to the tomb of Poplar Xiaoxiao, but I regret that I have not repaid my kindness!"

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou

To this day, I have to thank my mother for her inspiration, without her love, I would not have embarked on the path of studiousness. ”

However, in 1908, Chen Shi died of illness at the age of 30, when Premier Zhou was only 10 years old, he once took the poems written by his mother with him when he studied in Japan, and every time chen clan festival day he would open it and read it, and he couldn't help but cry as he read it.

When Premier Zhou was 6 years old, Zhou Yineng and his "18 uncles" bought a lottery ticket together and were lucky to win the jackpot, and the two won 5,000 yuan each.

However, after the creditors learned about it, they came to the door one after another, and Wan Dong'er saw the situation and quickly took Chen and Premier Zhou to move to the Wangongguan of her mother's family.

Wanjia is a scholarly family, which contains a large collection of books, where Premier Zhou was like a fish in the water, and through the careful teachings of his mother Chen, he read a large number of classical masterpieces.

However, when Premier Zhou was 9 years old, his birth mother and heir mother both contracted tuberculosis, and in order to treat his mother, Premier Zhou could only often run to the pawnshop and exchange the limited things of his uncle's family for money to spend, or go to a large family to borrow money to buy medicine for his mother.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou

But even so, in the spring of 1907, her birth mother Wan Dong'er died of illness. The tears did not dry, and Chen Also said goodbye to the world.

Losing his mother at an early age is the greatest misfortune in life, and Premier Zhou had to take his two younger brothers to his hometown in Huai'an, where he consciously took up the burden of the family and took care of the two younger brothers.

At that time, Zhou Yi was able to earn a living in Hubei, and his income was meager, and he did not even have the money to bury his wife Wan Dong'er.

For his father's incompetence, the young Premier Zhou was very understanding, and he said to his nephew and niece in his later years: "I am very sympathetic to your grandfather, he is not very skilled, he is honest, and his monthly salary in his life does not exceed 30 yuan, but he has never done anything bad in his life." ”

However, the Zhou family is a united family, and the elders, in order to let Premier Zhou and other brothers go to school, cobble together money, collect tuition fees, and send them to private schools.

But in order to be able to continue his education, Premier Zhou wrote many times to his fourth uncle, Mr. Zhou Yiqian, who was working in Shenyang, and every time he wrote, he would write: "Four uncles, how much I want to study!" ”

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou

At that time, Zhou Yigeng was promoted to a section member for more than a year because of his outstanding performance, and his income was much higher than before, he was very concerned about the changes in his hometown, and because he had no children under his knees, he attached great importance to Premier Zhou, so he agreed to Premier Zhou's request and took him to his side.

In this regard, Premier Zhou lived in the northeast for three years, starting the first turning point in his life. After that, he came to Tianjin with his fourth uncle to live, studied at Nankai School, became the only free student in the school because of his excellent academic performance, and won the highest scholarship, and also graduated with the first place in the liberal arts of the school.

This is the opportunity to study in Japan.

In his later years, Premier Zhou repeatedly said to his nephews and nieces: "The fourth uncle was as kind to me as a mountain, so that I could avoid staying in my hometown for a chaotic life." ”

During this period, the father, Zhou Yineng, seemed to be a transparent person, and he had not been able to participate in the education and financial help of his son.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou

Three Zhou Yi was able to support his son's revolution

After graduating from middle school, Premier Zhou came to the fork in the road of life, when Japan learned from the successful experience of the West and developed rapidly, many progressive young people went to Japan to study, and Premier Zhou also decided to go to Japan.

With the support of relatives, friends, teachers, and classmates, he scraped together enough money to go to Japan, began to seek the road to enrich the people and strengthen the country, and then came to Europe to study, began a life closely linked to the fate of the motherland, and entered a long and difficult revolutionary journey.

At this time, Zhou Yi's work was not fixed, and he was too poor to support his family. In 1918, he came to work at the Jingzhao Yin Office, and because he was not good at pandering to flattery and did not have too hard backstage, he was soon dismissed and could only continue to nanjing to seek employment.

On the way south, he specially came to Tianjin to visit his son Premier Zhou, and after a brief reunion, he left again, and Premier Zhou was very sentimental, he wrote: "Yesterday's sadness was not over, and now the dynasty is saying goodbye to strict relatives..." Between the lines, it is full of pity and sympathy for his father.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Zhou Premier and his wife

Although in Premier Zhou's childhood and adolescence, the role of father was always missing, he still missed his father and remembered his father running day and night for his livelihood, and he always burst into tears.

Although his father did not teach him much, his father's spirit of a scholar, his strong character of not bending his waist for fame and fortune, and his unwillingness to follow the wind and bone in the official arena made Premier Zhou also deeply touched, and his great personality was greatly influenced by his father.

In 1922, the turbulent and desperate Zhou Yigeng finally defected to his younger brother Zhou Yigeng, and under his recommendation, he served as a clerk in the Qiqihar Tobacco and Alcohol Affairs Bureau, and his life began to be stable.

At this time, he seriously paid attention to his son Premier Zhou, and after inquiring from many sources, he learned that Premier Zhou led the May Fourth Movement, studied in Europe, participated in the revolution, served as the director of the Huangpu Political Department, and so on, and he was very satisfied with his son's performance.

How much he wanted to see his son again, but he was afraid that Premier Zhou's life would be disrupted, so he could only bury this love in his heart and pay attention to Premier Zhou's every move through the newspaper.

In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the "White Terror" and hunted down Communists everywhere, and Premier Zhou was on the list. Zhou Yineng was far away in the northeast, but he had always worried about his son.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Zhou Yineng

In 1931, Japan launched the "918 Incident" and soon occupied the three eastern provinces, but Zhou Yineng lost his job and had to come to Tianjin.

Soon after, he rushed to Shanghai to get in touch with Premier Zhou, who was leading the underground revolutionary work, and did some useful things for the revolution, such as facilitating the secret contact between the underground party and passing on intelligence.

Although Zhou Yi knew that his son was in danger and was at constant risk of being arrested, he was open-minded and supported his son's proletarian revolutionary movement.

After Gu Shunzhang was arrested and defected, the Kuomintang began to offer a heavy reward to Premier Zhou. In an emergency, Zhou Yi was able to hide his son in his own residence and provide cover for him.

It can be said that although Zhou Yineng has no ability to support a family, when he saw that his son's life was in danger, he took the initiative to venture to Shanghai to shield his son from the wind and rain.

However, with the dangerous revolutionary situation, Zhou Yi was able to return to Tianjin at the request of his son and work in the Shen County government under Zhou Yigeng's introduction.

But not long after, his brother Zhou Yigeng died of illness, and he was devastated and personally went to Tianjin to handle the funeral.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Zhou Yineng

Here, he was recommended by his brother's former friend to come to Anhui to seek a good errand and save a small amount of money.

In 1935, Zhou Yineng returned to Qingjiangpu and brought his wife Wan's coffin back to Huai'an and buried it in the tomb of the Zhou family outside the east gate of Huai'an, 28 years after his wife's death.

Over the years, many people have wanted to introduce him to the object and let him continue the string, but he thinks that he owes wan Dong'er and his son and has not fulfilled his responsibilities, so he has never married another wife.

After the "July 7 Incident", North China soon fell, and Zhou Yineng's own life was gone.

At this time, Premier Zhou led a chinese communist delegation to Wuhan for peace talks, and soon after the Eighth Route Army office in Hankou was established, Premier Zhou was also appointed deputy director of the Political Department of the Military Commission.

However, Premier Zhou, who was concerned about the country, did not forget his father, and he sent someone to take Zhou Yineng from Huaibei back to the Eighth Route Army office, and the father and son began to reunite.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou

On this day, Premier Zhou was attending the second council of the Anti-Enemy Association in the Literary and Art Circles, and when he learned that his father was about to come to Wuhan, he quickly apologized: "Today I am going to lose my companion, my old father will arrive in Hankou at 10 o'clock..."

In this way, in the cheers of everyone, Premier Zhou hurriedly left the venue and saw his father who walked down from the dock.

In October 1938, the Japanese army launched a war against Wuhan, and the various organs and factories in Wuhan began to move inland, and Zhou Yineng also followed the large troops to Changsha first to Hongyan Village in Chongqing.

Because the Japanese Kou were bombing and bombing in Chongqing at that time, there were many wounded and sick people, and Zhou Yi was able to have a certain medical foundation and take the initiative to diagnose and treat the wounded and sick.

He also often tells stories to ease the bitterness in everyone's heart. He also volunteered to guard the warehouse and clean the courtyard, which was praised and loved by everyone.

At that time, Premier Zhou was busy with official business, and did not have much time to accompany his father, so he could only ask the staff to have time to talk with his father.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou

But Premier Zhou agreed with his father everything, that is, he did not like him to drink. After all, drinking hurts, and my father is older, lives alone, and is drunk and has no one to take care of him.

Zhou Yineng was afraid of delaying his son's work, afraid of his worries, and decided to quit drinking, after which he began to stop drinking.

At this time, although the father and son are not far apart, they do not often face each other, but they will care about each other, which is also happiness, but this happiness comes too late and goes too early.

Iv. Father and son are separated by yin and yang

At the end of June 1942, Premier Zhou became inflamed with a small intestinal hernia and had to choose to be admitted to Geleshan Hospital and be operated on by a famous doctor, but this did not let Zhou Yi know.

But I didn't expect that from July 5 of the same year, Zhou Yineng's condition worsened, the high fever did not go away, and he was sent to another hospital for treatment.

After being hospitalized, Deng Yingchao visited many times, but he hoped that his son could come and couldn't help asking: "Why didn't my son come to see me?" ”

However, deng Yingchao could only choose to hide from them for the sake of their health considerations, so the father and son did not know that the other party was hospitalized.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

Premier Zhou in the ward was very worried about the birthday of his father, Zhou Yineng. In the letter, he said that the original plan to be discharged on the 11th was broken, and it was necessary to postpone the discharge of the hospital for another 3 days, but the 11th was his father's birthday, and he asked his wife to ask his father whether he had a birthday on the same day or waited for him to be discharged.

After reading this letter, Deng Yingchao was very entangled, but she still replied that the old man was sick and had malaria, and she would take good care of it and let him rest assured.

On the 9th of the same month, 68-year-old Zhou Yineng's condition deteriorated, the fever did not go away, and he hoped to see his son Premier Zhou when he died.

At that time, shortly after Premier Zhou's operation, his body was weak, and everyone knew that he had heavy feelings and had always honored his father, and if he let him know that the old man was seriously ill, he might be stimulated and not conducive to recuperation.

Deng Yingchao was embarrassed, and she could only persuade Premier Zhou to go on a business trip outside and return soon, so that he should not worry too much.

At this time, Comrade Zhou also had a bad prediction, he wrote a letter: "My father likes to drink too much, and I am not very at ease with his illness. ”

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

But just when Deng Yingchao first read this letter, Zhou Yineng failed to survive, and died of illness on the 10th of the same month, never seeing his son before his death.

Who could have imagined that in the last few days of his life, Zhou Yi could always long to see his son's side but could not see it, what kind of suffering it was.

After Zhou Yineng's illness died, Deng Yingchao considered that her husband's illness had not healed and could not be stimulated, so he decided to hide the matter and told the comrades in the office to inform him of the matter after Premier Zhou was discharged from the hospital.

On the 12th of the same month, Wu Kejian and Tong Xiaopeng came to the ward to visit Premier Zhou, and when asked about their father's situation, they looked flustered and said that their condition had improved, which made Enlai curious, but did not think deeply.

The next morning, the boy who delivered the newspaper said that he had slipped up, saying that the old lady of the warehouse had died of illness and was busy with the aftermath. Premier Zhou was very flustered after hearing this, and then he thought about the looks of Wu and Tong and realized that his father had died of illness.

He hurriedly called medical staff, asked for an immediate check-out, and rushed to Hongyan Village in time.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

After arriving in Hongyan Village, when asked about his old father, Deng Yingchao had to tell the truth, and Premier Zhou learned that his father had died of illness for 3 days, and he cried bitterly on the spot, blaming Deng Yingchao for not telling him in time.

Subsequently, Premier Zhou walked step by step to his father's coffin and guarded his spirit for a day. Because he had just recovered from a serious illness, the office staff was very distressed and could not stop it.

On the 14th of the same month, Premier Zhou held a simple memorial service for his father in Hongyan Village, buried his coffin in the office cemetery, and erected a monument.

The next day, Premier Zhou and his wife jointly sent an obituary to their father and published it in Chongqing Xinhua Daily, to which many friends, including Kuomintang officers and Chiang Kai-shek, expressed their condolences.

After the father was buried, Premier Zhou treasured the only photo left by his father before his death, and wrote the four big characters of "Father's Portrait" on the back and placed it in a black leather wallet. Whenever he missed his father, he would take it out and watch it.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

After the new China, Premier Zhou put the black leather wallet in the safe and kept the key close to his body, and only gave it to his wife when he went out to investigate, but Deng Yingchao never turned over the safe.

It was not until after the death of Premier Zhou in 1976 that his secretary Zhao Wei opened the safe and collected the relics left by the premier, which led to the above story, and this photo and black leather jacket were also given to his niece Zhou Bingde by Deng Yingchao.

But even premier Zhou has always paid attention to filial piety, heartfelt love and filial piety to his parents. However, later, in order to support the state's work of leveling graves, he took the lead in leveling the tombs of zhou jiazu and returning farmland to farmland. He also asked Tong Xiaopeng to go to Chongqing, cremate his father's bones, and bury the ashes in a paddy field without leaving a trace.

The reason why Premier Zhou is loved by the people is also because he dedicates all his love to the people, even if he loves his parents deeply, but for the sake of the country and the people, he still leads by example to support the leveling of graves and the return of the fields, and this spirit is commendable.

In 1976, Deng Yingchao found a photo in the wallet that Premier Zhou had carried for many years: the pain of the prime minister's life

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Editor-in-charge: Lin Painting