The great ideological emancipation and the rise of various reform activities during the Republic of China period were the gospel of all Chinese women at that time and even later. Before that, the status of women had never been put on the table. Even if there are some excellent female politicians in history, this is just a matter of impeachment and command.
Women in general, ever since the patrilineal clan social system entered our civilization, women have become male-dominated social roles. They even once used "women's talentlessness is virtue" as a constraint, only brushing pots to cook and serving men, completely becoming an accessory. But the arrival of the Republic of China completely subverted these old ideas.
The hero of our story today, Zhang Mei, is a woman from this period. Although it was an eventful time at that time, Zhang Mei also had more opportunities. She joined the revolutionary work at the age of sixteen and married Lin Shuai when she became an adult at the age of eighteen. She was beautiful and intellectual, and she was still healthy until she was 103 years old. Let's learn the story of this legendary woman today.
Be determined and join the revolution
Zhang Mei was born in 1919, at a time when ordinary people across the country were living in dire straits, not to mention this small village in the northwest region, Zhang Mei's family was not a farmer for generations, her father actually passed the Xiucai examination during the rule of the Qing government.
However, this did not bring any changes to the family, but because his father had seen the Guangxu Emperor's changes and restoration, this provided a great convenience for Zhang Mei's later development. Although Zhang Mei is a girl, after all, her father has been exposed to some progressive ideas, so she does not have those ideas of male superiority and inferiority in society at that time, and she is also very concerned about Zhang Mei's education.
Perhaps Zhang Mei's father understood that his examination was not helpful to the family, and his future hopes were pinned on Zhang Mei. Under her father's education, Zhang Mei also knew what revolution is, what Western thought is, and what is most important to the toiling masses.
After Zhang Mei grew up, the flame of revolution had burned all over the country, and she was also touched, and slowly in the process of learning cultural knowledge, Zhang Mei also thought that she would become a part of the revolution. Until 1935, Zhang Mei was 16 years old at that time, although she was still young, but the revolutionary flame in her heart was not small.
When the revolutionary contingent arrived at Zhang Mei's hometown, Zhang Mei saw the powerful revolutionary armed forces and made up her mind at that time to dedicate all her youth to the motherland and the nation. When Zhang Mei asked herself to join the revolutionary ranks, in fact, many people in the organization did not agree, after all, most of the young people in the revolutionary ranks at that time were boys, and there were no girls as young as this.
The staff of the organization were also afraid that Zhang Mei would not be able to endure hardship, and there would be any danger on the way. However, Zhang Mei's attitude at that time was very resolute, she must follow the revolutionary ranks everywhere to propagate revolutionary ideas, and after submitting several initial applications to join the party were rejected, Zhang Mei did not give up.
She submitted more applications to the party organization one after another, and the relevant staff of the organization saw that Zhang Mei had such profound knowledge at a young age, so they made an exception and let Zhang Mei join the organization, and the same year was also when she joined the Communist Party of China.
Revolutionary love
Participating in the revolution not only made Zhang Mei's life ideal realized, but also changed her living situation. It was on the road of revolution that Zhang Mei and her first husband met and fell in love and entered the palace of marriage together. And her husband is Lin Shuai.
In fact, at the beginning, Lin Shuai himself was not optimistic about this relationship, after all, Zhang Mei was young at that time, in the entire revolutionary team, Zhang Mei's appearance was also one of the best, as a person who led troops to fight all year round, Lin Shuai felt that he was a big old man and was not worthy of a woman of good age like Zhang Mei.
But in the process of slow emotional running-in, both people discovered the advantages in each other, and soon became husband and wife, becoming a revolutionary partner that everyone envied. Few of the revolutionary couples who married around the 30s were able to get together in the twilight. Because the revolutionary situation is constantly changing, the tasks assigned to them in the organization will certainly change with it.
Because they had to go to work abroad, Lin Shuai and Zhang Mei separated soon after they got married. Because Zhang Mei was already pregnant with a child at that time, she could not run around, so she could only stay in the base area and wait for the child to be born. Unfortunately, Lin Shuai was injured while commanding at the front and had to go to the Soviet Union to recuperate, so the two were even farther apart.
She had been separated for a long time, and Zhang Mei was pregnant at the time, so she was not only worried about her husband's safety, but also worried about the future of their marriage. So after making this decision organizationally, Zhang Mei applied to go to the Soviet Union with her husband.
At that time, Zhang Mei's child was about to be born, in fact, long-distance bumps were very bad for her, but she was very determined at that time, and everyone could not persuade her, so she was allowed to take a plane to accompany Lin Shuai to the Soviet Union. But before arriving at the airport, Zhang Mei was born prematurely because of the bumps in the road. To make matters worse, her newborn daughter was also diagnosed with congenital heart disease, which is actually the main characteristic of premature babies.
This news was a thunderbolt for Zhang Mei, she insisted on taking a plane to the Soviet Union at that time, just to take care of her husband, but at this time not only did her husband not take care of it, but also caused her daughter to fall ill, Zhang Mei was heartbroken.
Longevity revolutionary
After the birth of her daughter, Zhang Mei also fell ill for a while and went to the Soviet Union to recuperate. Five years passed like this, and after five years, the husband and wife met again to continue their revolutionary work, but during this time, there were many conflicts between the two in life and work. Before the seven-year itch, the two could not get by, and Zhang Mei's first marriage ended like this.
Because in fact, the end of this marriage, in addition to the obvious contradictions in the lives of the two people, is also related to the death of their daughter. premature baby, so Zhang Mei's daughter died of congenital heart disease shortly after birth, maybe if the marriage of the two of them continues, it is just to see each other unpleasantly, so an unhappy marriage is not necessary.
Although the marriage is no longer there, their revolutionary work will continue, but the two have never worked on the same front again, Lin Shuai has always been in charge of the country's front-line command tasks, while Zhang Mei fell in love with Moscow during the period of recuperation in the Soviet Union and completely settled in the Soviet Union.
During this time in the Soviet Union, Zhang Mei also had little revolutionary work to do, and her main energy was devoted to language learning and cultural knowledge. During this time, she also met her second husband, Xu Jiefan. After experiencing ardent love, the two entered the palace of marriage.
In fact, this marriage is the most suitable for Zhang Mei, because she and her husband have a lot of common languages, plus Zhang Mei also learned foreign languages at that time, and one of the two is a translator and the other is an editor, which is a typical example of harmonious husband and wife life. The dullness of this marriage is the best memory in Zhang Mei's life. It's just that people have birth, old age, sickness and death, and in 1983, Xu Jiefan passed away.
epilogue
After the death of her second husband, Zhang Mei still insisted on doing her own job, and to this day, 103-year-old Zhang Mei is still alive. From her experience, we can see that dare to love and hate is the secret of a wonderful life, if two people feel unhappy together, then they must separate, do not have to accommodate themselves, and do not have to be difficult for others.
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