In 1953, Dongli Hospital of Shandong Province admitted a special patient.
This person not only has no hands and feet, but also has no left eye, and the vision of his right eye is only 0.3, which is basically like a "flesh reel".
At that time, many young nurses did not dare to look at it because they were afraid, but there was a young nurse named Chen Xiyong, but she dared to go over and look, what she didn't expect was that it was this glance, she would never forget this person in this life!
It turned out that this "meat reel" was not an ordinary patient, but a great hero of the country, a first-class combat hero, his name was Zhu Yanfu.
01
In December 1950, 17-year-old Zhu Yanfu participated in the defense of Changjin Lake, and in the freezing conditions of minus 30 degrees, his company was ordered to fight a fierce battle with the US army for the 250 heights.
In the end, all the company except Zhu Yanfu died. He fought to the death with the enemy alone, collecting all the grenades of his fallen comrades and throwing them at the enemy one by one, repelling the enemy's attack after attack.
Suddenly, one of the enemy's grenades exploded near Zhuyanfu, and he was fainted. When he woke up, he was hungry and thirsty, and found that there was a lump of things hanging on his left face, and he didn't think much about it, so he swallowed it, but he didn't know that it was his left eyeball!
There was also a sharp pain in his abdomen, and Zhu Yanfu lowered his head and vaguely found with his remaining right eye that his belly had also been cut open by shrapnel, and his intestines were flowing out. Zhu Yanfu endured the severe pain, stuffed his intestines into his stomach again, fastened his belt, and continued to fight.
In this way, Zhu Yanfu insisted on fighting alone, he had long forgotten the time, forgot about hunger and cold, and remembered only one word in his mind, "hit"!
I don't know how long it lasted, but one of the enemy's shells came again, and he was blown up again.
When reinforcements found him, Zhu Yanfu's face was covered in blood, his intestines flowed out of his body, and his limbs froze into ice cubes. At first, his comrades thought he had died, but later found that he was still breathing weakly, so they carried him to the rear hospital.
Zhu Yanfu's limbs had been necrotic due to frostbite for too long, and doctors had to amputate his limbs. Zhu Yanfu finally woke up after 47 surgeries and a coma for 93 days. But he lost his hands, feet and left eye forever, with only 0.3 vision left in his right eye.
After Zhu Yanfu woke up, he learned that he had become highly crippled and could no longer take a gun to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and he had a nervous breakdown and did not want to live.
At this time, a leader of the hospital said to him: "You died in vain like this, are you worthy of the doctor who rescued you?" Worthy of dead comrades? ”
After listening to the leader's words, Zhu Yanfu calmed down, and he thought to himself: I am left alone in the whole company, even for the sake of my dead comrades-in-arms, I must also live strongly.
After coming out of the hospital, Zhu Yanfu was arranged by the army to go to the Invalids Retreat Home for recuperation. He was wounded for his country, a hero who had made great achievements, and deserved to be treated well, and he could spend the rest of his life here in peace.
But Zhu Yanfu did not want to be a wasted person, lying on the merit book and spending his life in vain, adding a burden to the country.
After careful consideration, he made a decision that surprised everyone: "I want to go home, I want to live like a warrior!" ”
After Zhu Yanfu returned home, his elderly mother was afraid that he would not be able to take care of him alone, so she drove him back to the rest home. But Zhu Yanfu just didn't go back, but practiced putting on his own prosthetics, eating by himself, washing himself, he had to learn the skills to survive, he had to stand strong.
In order to learn to live independently, he lost count of how many bowls he broke and how many times he wrestled. But he still gritted his teeth and persevered, never gave up, and bravely fought against fate!
However, because the wound became inflamed again, he was sent to Dongli Hospital, 15 kilometers away from his hometown, where Zhu Yanfu met a person who accompanied him all his life - Chen Xiyong.
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Chen Xiyong worked as a nurse in this hospital, she was 22 years old, her family conditions were good, and she was very beautiful, especially the slender figure of 1.73 meters, which was rare in that era.
There are many people who ask the media to come to the door to ask for a kiss, but she refuses, she is waiting for the Prince Charming in her heart, the hero in her heart.
Until this day, Chen Xiyong's first sight of Zhu Yanfu began, her calm heart began to set off layers of waves, a heroic image broke into her inner world, she was moved by Zhu Yanfu, and she couldn't let go for a long time.
With further understanding, Chen Xiyong realized that Zhu Yanfu's current appearance was caused by resisting US aggression and aiding Korea to defend the country.
Especially after hearing the heroic deeds of Zhu Yanfu forgetting his life and fighting alone on the battlefield of Changjin Lake, Chen Xiyong's heart was full of admiration and admiration.
Suddenly, a thought flashed in Chen Xiyong's mind, isn't this battle hero in front of him the "loveliest person" he sings about every day?
Chen Xiyong thought: Zhu Yanfu was injured for the country, and he is a nurse, he can take good care of his body, yes, I must bravely take this responsibility, I want to marry him and take care of him for the rest of my life!
When they heard that their daughter was going to marry a highly disabled person, the parents strongly disagreed, saying to Chen Xiyong: "Didn't you jump into the fire pit?" His body is like this, when do you take care of him? So don't you put your whole life in it? ”
However, Chen Xiyong's attitude was very firm, and she said to her parents: "Zhu Yanfu is a disability, but he is like this to resist US aggression and aid Korea to defend the country, how can I watch and ignore it?" If I don't take care of him, I'm afraid he will fall to the ground in this life!" ”
In this way, Chen Xiyong ignored the persuasion of his friends and the strong opposition of his family and did not hesitate to marry Zhu Yanfu.
Chen Xiyong was born on the edge of the Rizhao sea in Shandong, the sea cultivated her fortitude, she was very hardworking and capable, hard-working.
She is a very good nurse, and if she does not marry Zhu Yanfu, she may have a better chance of development and marry someone with better conditions.
And if you choose to marry Zhu Yanfu, you will have to quit this job that is good in the eyes of others and go home to serve him full-time for the rest of your life.
But Chen Xiyong was willing.
For this sister Lin who suddenly fell from the sky, in fact, Zhu Yanfu did not agree at first, he thought that he was a crippled soldier, who would drag people down for a lifetime, for fear of delaying the girl's happiness in life.
But Chen Xiyong had made up her mind, and she said to Zhu Yanfu: "Don't say anything more, I am willing to be the moth that throws fire, and I am willing to take care of you for the rest of my life!" In this way, in 1955, Chen Xiyong and Zhu Yanfu got married.
Although Chen Xiyong had been mentally prepared in advance before getting married, the difficulty of the days after marriage was far beyond her imagination!
03
Chen Xiyong carried his own package, over one mountain after another, and finally came to Zhu Yanfu's home, Zhangjiaquan Village, Yiyuan County, and her first impression when she entered the village was: Why is the sky in the village so small?
Chen Xiyong has lived on the edge of the sea since he was a child, and he can see the endless blue sky and sea every day, and the vision is very vast.
And Zhangjiaquan Village is surrounded by mountains, the blue sky seems to be only as big as a palm, Chen Xiyong lives in a small mountain village, as if living in a water urn, and there is always a depressed feeling in his heart.
At the beginning, Chen Xiyong felt very uncomfortable, but more difficult days are still ahead.
From the day he married Zhu Yanfu, the first thing Chen Xiyong did after getting up in the morning was to take care of her husband first, equip him with a prosthetic leg, help him fasten his buttons, etc., and then go to cook and bring the hot meals to her husband.
When Zhu Yanfu needed to go out, Chen Xiyong supported him step by step.
Two years later, at the same hospital where the two first met, their eldest daughter was born. The birth of her daughter brought a lot of joy to the whole family, and for Chen Xiyong, she had another mother's responsibility, and the burden on her weak shoulders was heavier.
Chen Xiyong gave birth to 6 children, 1 son and 5 daughters for Zhu Yanfu. In that starving era, as a mother, she put in too much effort.
Especially during the three-year natural disaster, every household had no food to eat. Chen Xiyong considered that her husband was busy with work, her mother-in-law was old, and when the children were growing their bodies, she saved rations from her mouth.
Chen Xiyong often let his mother-in-law, husband and children eat dry food, but he secretly ate only leaves and wild vegetables to fill his hunger.
Due to the long-term inability to eat food and get nutrition, Chen Xiyong suffered from edema, and both eyes were swollen into a slit. In order not to worry her husband, she used the excuse to eat later every time, often so hungry that her chest was pressed against her back, and she fainted from hunger several times.
One night, Zhu Yanfu was sick and had diarrhea, and he had to go to the toilet one after another, and Chen Xiyong had to carry him back and forth every time, just like that, after a few trips, she was so tired and sweaty that she almost collapsed.
Later, I couldn't move my back, and one of them fell into the toilet together.
Chen Xiyong sat on the ground and gasped for a while, returned to the house and drank two sips of white wine, and then took advantage of the strength of the wine, gritted his teeth, and used all his strength to carry his husband.
Fate turned an originally delicate woman into an omnipotent "Iron Lady".
In order to manage this family well, how much suffering Chen Xiyong has endured and how many sins he has suffered, Zhu Yanfu sees it in his eyes and hurts in his heart.
Zhu Yanfu often said to his children, "Being able to marry your mother is a blessing that I have cultivated in my lifetime." Your mother is the pillar of this family, the number one hero! ”
04
As the saying goes, behind every successful man, there is a great woman. Zhu Yanfu once said: "She not only takes care of my body, but also fully supports my work, and 90% of my credit goes to her." ”
After Zhu Yanfu returned to the village, he became the village branch secretary under the unanimous recommendation of the villagers. He vowed to build his hometown well, so that the villagers could have food and live a good life.
Zhangjiaquan Village is located in a mountain nest, surrounded by mountains, with little arable land, so Zhu Yanfu led all the villagers to build canals and roads, level the land, dig wells and dams, and successively turn hundreds of acres of wasteland into fertile land.
When Zhu Yanfu directed the villagers to clear the wasteland and cultivate the land, as the wife of the village branch secretary, Chen Xiyong refused to be idle, and she pushed a cart like a man to do heavy work. She feels that only by doing more than others can her husband speak with confidence.
Chen Xiyong had never pushed a wheelbarrow before coming to the village, and when she first bullded the earth, she often fell on her back, and her face and arms were injured.
But she gritted her teeth and persevered, and later she learned, hoeing, pushing, planing, and all kinds of farm work. The village built large zhai fields, filled ditches and reclaimed land, wherever it was needed, every piece of land left her hard work footprints and sweat.
In order to let the village use electricity as soon as possible, Zhu Yanfu decided to personally go out of the mountains and go around the field to "make connections" and buy materials for electricity. For this matter, he ran for a total of 7 years, running thousands of miles, through thick and thin.
Zhu Yanfu dragged his disabled body to Shanghai, to Nanjing, to Shengli Oilfield, and to Shaanxi. Every time, Chen Xiyong's company and care are indispensable.
After the concerted efforts of the husband and wife, by 1978, the village was finally connected to electricity, and Zhangjiaquan Village ended the history of ancestors lighting oil lamps for generations.
When the electric lamp illuminated the entire village, the villagers said excitedly: "Zhu Yanfu and his family are like electric lamps, bringing light to the village." ”
Not only that, Zhu Yanfu is sometimes busy with work, Chen Xiyong will go around the village, whose children are sick, whose family lacks clothes and quilts, she will immediately tell her husband, sometimes simply help solve the problem directly.
Zhu Yanfu receives a pension of 36 yuan a month, but a large part of this money is used for the lonely elderly and poor people in the village. Sometimes the superiors sent people to check the work, and Zhu Yanfu arranged to eat in his own home, without spending a penny of the collective, and the meal had to be cooked by his wife herself.
Regarding her husband's behavior of "not separating public from private", Chen Xiyong never said a word of complaint.
Chen Xiyong often said: "My husband paves the way for the village to become rich, and I want to pave the way for my husband's work." Who made me Zhu Yanfu's wife? ”
Due to taking care of her husband for many years and working day and night for the family, Chen Xiyong became ill and fell seriously ill. But Chen Xiyong did not have any regrets, she still got up in the middle of the night to cover her husband with a quilt and continued to manage the affairs of the family as usual.
In February 2010, Chen Xiyong, who had worked all his life, left this world forever.
Many people were moved by her ordinary and great life, and everyone spontaneously saw her off and silently wept for her.
As a husband, Zhu Yanfu, this iron warrior who has never shed a tear on the battlefield and has never lowered his head in the face of bad luck, is grief-stricken at this moment, he feels as if his heart has been hollowed out, leaning over his wife's coffin, crying.
"I owe her so much, I dragged her down!" Zhu Yanfu locked himself in the house all day, did not eat or drink, and repeated this sentence.
On the day of his wife's funeral, Zhu Yanfu ignored everyone's opposition and insisted on "wearing linen and filial piety" for his wife who had taken care of him all her life!
According to custom, only the younger generation would wear linen and filial piety for the elders, but Zhu Yanfu said that without Chen Xiyong, he would not be alive today, and his second life was given by his wife, and he should have given her "filial piety".
If Chen Xiyongquan knew something, he would also be moved by her husband's actions. The love of the two people is more moving than Jin Jian's, which makes everyone present moved!
05
Zhu Yanfu and his wife Chen Xiyong were originally two people living on different trajectories, but fate happily united the two and made a touching legend.
From holding a gun to a hoe, and then to old age, Zhu Yanfu picked up the barrel of a pen and wrote the 330,000-word autobiographical novels "Extreme Life" and "Men Have No Regrets", which he was praised as "China's Paul".
In recent years, Zhu Yanfu has been awarded honorary titles such as "Model of the Times" and "People's Model" by the state, and was selected as the 2021 Person of the Year Who Moved China.
It is precisely with people like Zhu Yanfu that our country has supported the backbone of our Chinese nation, enabled us to overcome many difficulties and dangers, and stand proudly in the East of the world.
Today, while we are learning from Zhu Yanfu, please do not forget that his wife Chen Xiyong, who is unknown and willing to be his "crutch" and accompanies him for decades.
Chen Xiyong's love for Zhu Yanfu is not only the love of a wife to her husband, but also the love for the revolutionary heroes, the love for the people's children and soldiers, and the love for the motherland, which is a kind of great love in the world!
Author: Akitsuki Furui
Editor: Qingqing
Resources:
1. Central Video: "National Medal and National Honorary Title Winner Series Character Propaganda Film "People's Model" Zhu Yanfu"
2. October 21, 1996, Popular Daily newsletter "Zhu Yanfu: People Made of Special Materials"
3, the red love around 丨 "Zhu Yanfu and his wife 55 years of love story: she is his hands and feet" Qilu Net