If life is a journey, teammates are crucial. Du Yulu's "teammate" has only one from beginning to end, that is, his wife Zhu Yongyu, who is also the most important person in his life.
They admire the scenery during the journey together, and face the troubles they encounter together. They knew each other and trusted each other so well that even one left first, while the other remained where he was, as if waiting for his return.
National first-class actor Du Yulu suffered from lung cancer for eleven years, and his wife accompanied him and never left. Why was there only 6 people present at the funeral of his 79-year-old actor who had a very good reputation during his lifetime?
Du Yulu was born in January 1941 to ordinary workers in Tieling, Liaoning Province, and although their own education level is limited, they attach great importance to the education of their children.
Parents still save enough tuition for their children when they save money at home, and the siblings study hard, motivate each other, set goals before school starts, and check each other's gains during the holidays.
They learn and grow happily, and several of them did not disappoint their parents, and their grades were very good in the class.
Du Yulu's second sister came to Qiqihar to become a middle school teacher after graduation, and married after meeting a colleague. Du Yulu also followed his sister to Qiqihar to attend middle school, and his sister and brother-in-law took good care of him. He gradually developed a familiar feeling about this strange city, and he gradually fell in love with it.
During his studies, Du Yulu came into contact with drama, and when he saw the actors on the stage presenting the characters in his works in their own way, he also aroused a strong interest in dialogue drama.
When Du Yulu, who usually doesn't talk much, discusses the drama with his classmates, he can talk for hours, especially some details that he can keenly observe and ponder carefully.
After graduating from middle school, he did not apply for the school in his hometown in Liaoning, and chose the School of Art of Harbin Normal University as the starting point of his artistic life. Du Yulu studied acting, in order to deeply understand the knowledge of performance, and can use it in drama like a fish in water.
One day, Du Yulu was practicing body movements in front of the mirror in the practice room to match the rhythm of sound effects, and a playful girl practicing dance was passing in front of the practice room. She first swept through the door with an afterglow to see a tall boy, and she received a nice voice in her ears. So she pretended to look for something again, returned to the practice room and stood by the door for a long time.
It took ten minutes for Du Yulu to realize that something was wrong and looked towards the door. Met by a clear gaze, he lowered his head a little embarrassedly, and said in his mouth: "Hello, is it going back to the practice room to find something?" ”
"Uh, yes, I just had a notebook here, I don't know if it's still there?" Zhu Yongyu replied.
Between the questions and answers, the distance between them became closer and closer, and Du Yulu felt more and more that the girl in front of her was beautiful and cute. Two people who are in love begin to fall in love, and they are still each other's first love.
In 1960, Du Yulu entered the Harbin Drama Theater after graduation and has since become a formal drama actor. His girlfriend Zhu Yongyu entered the Harbin Children's Palace and became the first generation of dance teachers in Harbin Children's Palace, and has taught many excellent stars in his teaching career for more than 40 years, such as Fu Yiwei and Shi Shengjie.
After several years of love, they told each other about each other's situation, and the elders in the family were very happy that both men and women recognized each other. Du Yulu and Zhu Yongyu received the certificate with the blessing of relatives and friends, and they had three children after marriage, which were basically taken care of by their wives.
With a virtuous helper in the family, he can devote more energy to his career. Du Yulu's acting skills have been greatly improved, and she has successively starred in important roles in the stage plays "Song Tao Song", "Dead Ring", and "Harbin at Night". His career has a good upward trend, and with his excellent professionalism and many works, he has become the backbone of the theater.
Unfortunately, the advent of the special period turned the literary and artistic backbone into the main force of the warehouse, Du Yulu first went to see the goods in the warehouse, and then applied for her own initiative to do manual work to carry sack, because this job can earn more than 100 yuan a month, the work is quite free, you can not do it at any time.
In fact, the main reason is that after his decentralization, the family's economic pressure was placed on his wife, and seeing that the income of the warehouse was very low, it was better to do some coolies to make some money if he was physically strong.
It was not until the Harbin Drama Theater returned to normal that Du Yulu was transferred back. Du Yulu, who has returned to the theater, lives a happy life, and he can do what he loves every day in the place he likes. As he said, "If you are physically and mentally affected, what are you doing here?" ”
Time passed, 38-year-old Du Yulu came into contact with movies when he was not young, and some units invited him to make some cameo roles. In his first movie "Adultery", he played the political commissar "Ganquan", although there were not many role roles, but he performed the characters very well with his heart, so he entered the film and television circle.
The work that made him famous was the 1997 TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty" with Tang Guoqiang, in which the 56-year-old Du Yulu played the loyal subject "Zhang Tingyu" in the play, a big figure in history, the patriarch of the three dynasties, with superhuman wisdom and skill, and a sincere loyalty.
The complex experience and character characteristics of the character "Zhang Tingyu" are a challenge for Du Yulu, but also an opportunity, after the broadcast of "Yongzheng Dynasty", the audience remembered the classic minister Zhang Tingyu, and the character image was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Some fans left a message: "Du Yulu is the first person to play Zhang Tingyu".
It was also from this time that Du Yulu became famous, and there were more people who knew him, and the public's recognition did not make him proud and complacent, but became the driving force that spurred him forward.
In 2000, he starred in "Prominent Siege", became the commander of Zheng Zheng Iron Bone "Fang Yingda", and won the 20th TV series "Feitian Award" Best Actor Award!
Although Du Yulu appears in film and television dramas as a supporting role, his superb acting skills are enough to set off the excellence of the play. Completely different from the current idea of drama selection where traffic is king, he chooses works to look at quality rather than traffic.
The long-term accumulation of excellent works has enabled him to win the "Feitian Award 60 Years and 60 People Outstanding Contribution Award" in 2009, which is enough to show Du Yulu's strength.
It was in 2009 that 68-year-old Du Yulu suddenly had a high fever during filming and was sent to the hospital, and his family came to take care of him. As soon as the results of the hospital's examination came out, the family members present were silent. "Judging from the patient's examination results, the initial diagnosis is lung cancer, please ask the family to be psychologically prepared." The dean in charge said to them.
"I still have to tell my father the results of the test so that he can have a bottom line." Son Du Gang proposed.
Zhu Yongyu thought for a long time and agreed to her son's suggestion, and after Du Yulu's condition improved slightly and she was discharged from the hospital, she finally found an opportunity to talk to him. He may have had some guesses, but he was relieved to get confirmation from his wife.
"While I can still move, I still have to do what I like and stick to the end." Du Yulu silently thought in his heart.
Zhu Yongyu became Du Yulu's personal assistant, helping him pick out scripts at work, arranging the schedule properly, making meals carefully in life, supplementing him with nutrition, and always reminding him to exercise more.
The children often find time to visit home, talk to their parents, take them to taste food, and experience new things in "trend".
Speaking of his son Du Gang, it is the pride of the old two. He used to be the youngest table tennis coach in Heilongjiang Province and the enlightenment coach of Olympic champion Kong Linghui, and was deeply respected by Kong Linghui.
Daughter Du Qiuhua is a famous jewelry designer in China, and often accompanies her father to surf the Internet and teach him to use mobile phones.
Accompanied by her family, Du Yulu actively treated cancer and was in relatively stable physical condition. His wife accompanied him throughout the whole process to star in "Dark War Before Dawn" in 2011, in which he played the chairman of Hunan Province "Cheng Qian".
The process of fighting cancer made his body gradually emaciated, leaving only skin and bones, and often had to endure the torment of illness, but the fun of acting can help him relieve these discomforts.
Until February 21, 2020, Du Yulu's condition deteriorated and she passed away at home. Before he died, he said to his relatives: "The universe is so big, we will meet again." ”
Perhaps he didn't want his loved ones to fall into pain, in order to make them less sad, Du Yulu ended his life with a beautiful assumption.
Eleven years of fighting cancer, the road is difficult and long, Du Yulu with a strong will and a good attitude to survive. Only six people were present at his funeral, all of whom were his closest relatives.
Du Qiuhua: "Dad is a person who likes to be quiet, and the epidemic has given him a reason to walk quietly. ”
Since Du Yulu left in 2020, Zhu Yongyu has not chosen to live with her children in the past two years, but has only guarded in their original house, taking care of the pet dogs they once had as always, and making the sequoia fish he loves to eat.
How can the relationship that has been with us for more than 50 years be said to be let go, Zhu Yongyu is also tormented in his heart, and his life without him has become incomplete.
Her husband's last work "Wenzhou Family" was often played by her, and every time Du Yulu's camera appeared, her eyes were a little more bright, as if he was still accompanying him.
The rest of life is not long, those who leave live in people's hearts, and those who live live better.
Zhu Yongyu still has children and grandchildren around to need her care and care, the existing happiness is what she can touch, and maybe life will be better if she changes her mood.
I hope she can let go of the past and live out her old age in peace.