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Taiwanese veteran took his wife back to the mainland to see the original match, waited for 50 years to talk for 1 hour, the original match: nothing to say

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In 2008, Taiwanese writer Cai Yi wanted to find relatives on the mainland for her father, Cai Guodong.

Cai Guodong was a veteran of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, who joined the army at the age of 18 and was forced to retreat to Taiwan in 1948 with Chiang Kai-shek's large army.

Cai Guodong, an air force instructor who had just married his wife, experienced turbulence before the small family had settled down, and eventually lived in Dapeng Village, Pingtung County.

Dapeng Village is one of the centralized residences arranged by the Kuomintang for the families of military personnel from the mainland to Taiwan, and all the family members of the Air Force live here.

There are a total of 763 dependent villages in Taiwan, and the vast majority of people living here are veterans from other provinces or their first-generation children.

Taiwanese veteran took his wife back to the mainland to see the original match, waited for 50 years to talk for 1 hour, the original match: nothing to say

Life here is very hard, and the houses that were built at the beginning were very simple, without cement and wood, only thatch and bamboo. In the summer, typhoons hit and the house was instantly submerged.

The family members in the village come from different places, Cai Yi's memories, some of the neighbors are from Hunan, some are from Jiangsu, some are from Sichuan, although the conditions are difficult, but they can eat the special food of various places, which is a rare happy memory of children's childhood.

When it comes to the New Year, the families in the village are not even the same customs, Cai Guodong's hometown is in Liaocheng, Shandong, Shandong people like to eat noodles, dumplings, after coming to Taiwan, because of limited conditions, only during the New Year will eat so once.

Cai Guodong has never seen his family since he left home, he often misses his parents and talks to Cai Yi about the story of his hometown.

Cai Yi understands the bitterness in her father's heart and is determined to help her father find relatives in his hometown since he was a child.

Taiwanese veteran took his wife back to the mainland to see the original match, waited for 50 years to talk for 1 hour, the original match: nothing to say

The village

In 1979, Cai Yituo's friends from the mainland published a search notice in Liaocheng, Shandong, Cai Guodong's ancestral hometown.

Half a year later, the hometown has already sent a letter, Cai Yi saw the letter said that her grandparents are still alive, now more than 90 years old, waiting to see Cai Guodong's side, she is very excited.

Unexpectedly, at the end of the letter, it was also said that in the hometown of Shandong, there was also a woman who had been widowed for Cai Guodong for half a century, Liu Jin'e.

Cai Yi was completely confused, she blamed her father in her heart for why he did not tell his wife and children such an important thing, and then she began to sympathize with her mother, who had followed her father for so many years and suffered so much, if she knew about it...

She did not dare to tell her mother, but held the letter and trembled and asked: "Dad, are your real name Cai Baoguang, are you still a wife in your hometown?" What is my poor mom going to do? ”

Cai Guodong is a serious person, and since Cai Yi remembered, he has not shed tears in front of his wife and children. But at the moment when he heard that Liu Jin'e had waited for him for 50 years, the old man shed tears, although he tried his best to restrain himself, but he could see that he was very sad and remorseful.

This matter was eventually known to Cai Yi's mother, who did not hear him say that there was already a wife in the family when she knew Cai Guodong, and the moment the lie was exposed, Cai Yi's mother was hit hard.

The wife with anxiety disorder frequently became angry at home, and the family would irritate her if she was not careful, and she vented all her resentment on her husband, which lasted for half a year, and gradually accepted it under the patient persuasion of her children.

Sensitive she actually has always had a thorn in her heart: she used to feel that her husband has always had secrets, from marriage to now there are many words buried in her heart and do not want to say, now she finally knows what her husband's secret is, she can't control her emotions, there is no way to accept that she has been married to Cai Guodong for so many years, and she is just a "little wife".

At this time, the Cai family was in a state of total chaos, and no one had the energy to sympathize with Liu Jin'e, a poor woman.

Cai Yi also learned the story of him and Liu Jin'e after many conversations with her father.

Taiwanese veteran took his wife back to the mainland to see the original match, waited for 50 years to talk for 1 hour, the original match: nothing to say

Cai Guodong in his youth

The marriage between Cai Guodong and Liu Jin'e was arranged by her parents, and Liu Jin'e was 3 years older than Cai Guodong. In the countryside, there is a saying that "female juniors, holding gold bricks", in the eyes of both parents, this is a marriage that is right at home.

Cai Guodong's parents are very satisfied with Liu Jin'e, she is honest and down-to-earth, and her reputation in the neighboring village is also good. However, it is because of her duty and conservatism that she has delayed a lifetime of good years.

The two families are very close, Cai Guodong and Liu Jin'e met before marriage, he is actually not satisfied with this marriage, he has not objected, and there is no love for Liu Jin'e.

Liu Jin'e is a girl who does things at a glance, after marriage, Liu Jin'e took good care of Cai Guodong's life, filial piety to her parents, and kept the whole family in order.

Cai Guodong has an older sister and two younger sisters, who are the only men in the family, and are naturally valued and loved by their parents.

His parents paid him to go to the academy to study, he is a cultural person, has the dream of making a career, he is not trapped by a small place, originally did not have much deep feelings with his wife who has no culture, at the age of 18, Cai Guodong ran away from home and directly pursued his dream.

Li Jin'e, who has been married for 3 years, has never had children, and as soon as Cai Guodong left, she was doomed to be childless for a lifetime.

If Liu Jin'e gives birth to a child after marriage, perhaps Cai Guodong has a concern in his heart, not so desperate, to say that Cai Guodong did not care about Li Jin'e.

Taiwanese veteran took his wife back to the mainland to see the original match, waited for 50 years to talk for 1 hour, the original match: nothing to say

In order to realize his dream, Cai Guodong chose to join the army, he came to Chongqing, entered the National Central University, completed his studies, and achieved good results in the army. Cai Guodong, who was constantly displaced because of the war, never returned home.

At the age of 29, Cai Guodong and his later wife fell in love freely in Qingdao, and when the two married, the woman did not know that Cai Guodong had a wife.

Cai Guodong felt that he had not returned home for nearly ten years, Liu Jin'e should have remarried a long time ago, he did not have a little burden in his heart, and he did not feel the need to talk to his wife about it.

In 1948, the Kuomintang building was about to fall, and Cai Guodong, who served as an instructor of the Kuomintang Air Force, retired to Taiwan with his newlywed wife.

For so many years, Cai Guodong had no way to meet his parents, not even to communicate. Cai Guodong is always happy to talk about his past with his children, only when he talks about his parents, he will not stop sighing, or looking at the sky without saying a word.

Cai Guodong has always felt that he can't stand his parents, but his parents are good and sisters can take care of, he does not have much guilt, occasionally thinks of Liu Jin'e, and also comforts himself that she should have left the Cai family a long time ago.

Hearing that Liu Jin'e had been a widow for him for 50 years, he was shocked and ashamed, and his heart was naturally turned upside down.

In 1937, Cai Guodong left his hometown in Liaocheng, thinking that he could return to his hometown in the future, Guangzong Yaozu, but he did not expect that this walk would be 50 years.

In 1979, after the 60-year-old Cai Guodong received the family letter, he was anxious to go home, but for various reasons at that time, he could not achieve it.

Cai Guodong waited for another 9 years, and in 1987, Chiang Ching-kuo finally agreed to open veterans to return to the mainland to visit their relatives.

Taiwanese veteran took his wife back to the mainland to see the original match, waited for 50 years to talk for 1 hour, the original match: nothing to say

Cai Guodong hurriedly prepared, and in 1988, at the age of 69, he finally returned to his hometown of Shandong with all his family in Taiwan.

Cai Guodong was very excited, and along the way he felt that he could still see his father and mother.

As a result, when I arrived at my hometown, everything looked so strange. After all, his parents still did not see him return, and Cai Guodong only had a few earthen graves in front of him.

The nearly 70-year-old man, thinking back to his grandparents and parents, is actually very impressed. When he left home, his grandparents were still very healthy, and his parents were still very young, and now they are just these old and new graves.

In addition to the elders gone, his sister and eldest sister all died, and he hurried back, and the last one was not seen.

There was only one little sister left in the family, and Liu Jin'e.

Walking into the old house of the family, Cai Guodong saw the remains of his parents at a glance, and in front of the portrait, there was an empty bowl. Because of the age, the glaze on the outside of the bowl has faded, and the original pattern can hardly be seen.

Taiwanese veteran took his wife back to the mainland to see the original match, waited for 50 years to talk for 1 hour, the original match: nothing to say

Cai Guodong's little sister told him that Cai Guodong's mother had been missing this son before he died, and the son went to the battlefield, did not know whether he was alive or dead, and did not hear anything, but his mother always felt that Cai Guodong was still alive, so she waited.

This bowl, Cai Guodong's impression is already very vague, this is the bowl he used for the last time he ate at home before he ran away from home.

As the years passed, his parents kept this bowl, which means that Cai Guodong has always been in this home, living well in the hearts of his parents.

Before each meal, the parents would take the bowl out and say to the youngest daughter, "This is the bowl you ate before your brother left the house." ”

Sometimes, the old mother would say to herself in front of this empty bowl: "Son, I believe that you are still alive, you are a wanderer outside, but you must have a mouthful of food!" ”

This is the obsession of the two old men for 40 years, obviously knowing that this may be self-deception, still silently guarding this bowl, no one will break this tacit agreement.

In 1979, the news that Cai Guodong was still alive reached his parents, and they were so happy! However, he waited and waited until he closed his eyes, but he did not wait for Cai Guodong to return.

The old man left, and this empty bowl replaced them waiting for Cai Guodong at home.

Taiwanese veteran took his wife back to the mainland to see the original match, waited for 50 years to talk for 1 hour, the original match: nothing to say

The father in Cai Yi's heart has been wooden, and he will hardly show his feelings for the appearance, even if he calls his relatives in his hometown before, he only silently weeps.

But in front of this empty bowl, Cai Guodong really collapsed, and he cried loudly, as if a teenager suddenly lost his parents: "My filial son, I am fifty years late to return to my hometown, fifty years late." ”

After worshipping his parents, Cai Guodong went to find Liu Jin'e.

Although after learning Liu Jin'e's news, the family has made a lot of trouble, but this poor woman has waited for her whole life, Cai Guodong had to give an explanation.

After Cai Guodong changed his name, the family could not hear the news, there was no return date, and he may have died in battle, Liu Jin'e is very persistent, and must wait for him to return.

In the years after Cai Guodong left, Liu Jin'e has been taking care of her in-laws instead of him, so that her in-laws are also very reluctant to Liu Jin'e, and several times persuade Liu Jin'e to take advantage of her youth and no children to remarry.

Because of natural and man-made disasters, the family often can't even eat a mouthful of food, so Liu Jin'e went out alone to find wild vegetables in order to survive her in-laws. Her mother-in-law had a bad stomach, so she went around begging for help, or doing small work for people, and came back with a little rice to cook for them.

But Liu Jin'e is a conservative person, she has been living in the Cai family, silently guarding, waiting. Almost everyone around her had persuaded her, but she was still reluctant to remarry.

Taiwanese veteran took his wife back to the mainland to see the original match, waited for 50 years to talk for 1 hour, the original match: nothing to say

Cai Guodong's family

Perhaps Liu Jin'e's teenage years have truly loved Cai Guodong, and the two of them are not as good as Cai Guodong said, and this woman's loyalty and persistence are far higher than Cai Guodong's imagination.

Liu Jin'e is 72 years old, and she was only 21 when Cai Guodong left, waiting for this man for 50 years.

Cai Guodong's wife followed closely by her husband's side, and she and her children sympathized with Liu Jin'e, but still could not accept her. She was afraid that Cai Guodong would really soften her heart and bring Liu Jin'e back to Taiwan.

This was originally an awkward meeting, Liu Jin'e could not describe the happiness and loneliness of waiting for her husband for half a century, Cai Guodong was hindered by the Taiwanese wife next to her, afraid that her wife would be stimulated to fall ill again, and appeared very silent in front of Liu Jin'e.

Liu Jin'e had a hard time looking forward to Cai Guodong's return, so it was reasonable that they should have a chance to get along alone. Considering this, Cai Guodong's wife silently walked away,

But everyone did not expect that the two people only talked for an hour, and Cai Guodong hurried out.

In this life, the two really spend too little time together, Cai Guodong's mind is not at home, Liu Jin'e is not good at words, the memories left behind are not romantic and beautiful, in fact, Cai Guodong's memory of Liu Jin'e's youth has been very vague.

Taiwanese veteran took his wife back to the mainland to see the original match, waited for 50 years to talk for 1 hour, the original match: nothing to say

Liu Jin'e in her later years

Perhaps the only thing two can talk to together is their outdated parents.

Cai Guodong took his family away, he did not take Liu Jin'e, from the economy, he is willing to give Liu Jin'e some support, but emotionally, he can not give anything, can not make up for anything.

His apologies seemed small and feeble before the long 50-year wait.

Although Liu Jin'e did not force it, she still hoped that Cai Guodong could take her away. After all, a lifetime of waiting, but the name of a husband and wife is there, and she wants to return to the identity of Cai Guodong's wife.

But after going to Taiwan, a place where she was not familiar with life, how could she get along with this strange family? What's more, Cai Guodong's wife is strongly opposed, and she will feel upset even if they say a few more words.

Cai Guodong left, and Liu Jin'e, who had no children and no daughters, still silently guarded the Cai family, and after his death, he asked to be buried next to his in-laws.

Taiwanese veteran took his wife back to the mainland to see the original match, waited for 50 years to talk for 1 hour, the original match: nothing to say

Cai Yi

She had a hard life, and before leaving, there was only a relatively good cotton coat, and she sealed the little private money she had saved before her death in the cuff of the cotton jacket, leaving it to Cai Guodong's youngest sister.

There were only a few dozen yuan and a few copper plates.

No matter what Cai Guodong thinks and what Cai Guodong's wives and children think, the villagers in the village only recognize Liu Jin'e as the daughter-in-law of the Cai family, and for so many years, her bitterness and suffering are in everyone's eyes.

In 2005, Cai Yi's mother died in Taiwan. In 2007, Cai Yi and her brother came to Liaocheng again to worship the ancestral tomb.

They knelt in front of Li Jin'e's grave, and while burning paper, they said to her: "Big Lady, in fact, we are also equivalent to your children, you are no longer alone, and we cannot repay the favor of this Cai family for generations." ”

The children of the Cai family also finally recognized Liu Jin'e's name.

Taiwanese veteran took his wife back to the mainland to see the original match, waited for 50 years to talk for 1 hour, the original match: nothing to say

At this time, Cai Guodong has suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and he can't remember many things. Children know that everything in their hometown is the deepest attachment in his heart, so they will often talk about their hometown, hoping to wake up their father.

How many people lamented that Liu Jin'e was too unworthy in this life, for three years of husband and wife feelings, delayed a lifetime of happiness, did so much in vain, in exchange for only apologies, gratitude, but no love.

The tragedy of history is marked on everyone's body, and the honest and kind Liu Jin'e, in the era when human nature was completely exposed, silently guarded her love, marriage and integrity. Cai Guodong is wrong, Cai Guodong's wife is also wrong, and more is helpless.

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