In 1938, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in full swing, the domestic situation was turbulent, and many national territories fell. At that time, a rural woman, from Hunan, ran to Lin Boqu, the representative of the Eighth Route Army's office in Shaanxi, and handed him a letter, Lin Boqu slowly opened the letter, knowing that this peasant woman's father and Mr. Xu Teli were friends for many years, this peasant woman wanted to go to the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University to study, hoping that Lin Boqu could agree, Lin Boqu was very happy to agree, and then the peasant woman said, I also hope that you can help me find my husband, he is a communist, we have been away for 10 years, he was arrested by the Kuomintang. There was no more news. Lin Boqu did not reject her, asked her husband what his name was, the peasant woman immediately said her husband's name, Lin Boqu was immediately surprised, then went out to make a phone call, repeatedly determined her husband's name, the same day let her go to Yan'an, then who is his husband? What can surprise Lin Boqu so much?
The time also starts from November 1908, the weather is very cold, November has been heavy snow, at this time in a village in Changsha County, Hunan Province, the snow stained the whole village a snow white, the earth is quiet, a child's cry broke the tranquility of the sky, in the four ventilated windows, the peasant Xu Zigui's son was born, it is said that this should be a happy thing, but Xu Zigui's face can not see a little happiness, more is worry, this is already their fifth child, Tian Dingjia is certainly happy, but the problem of eating a few children will make this family that is not rich even worse, these burdens will fall on the father Xu Zigui, this child is Xu Guangda, the later founding general, but Xu Guangda did not have a happy childhood when he was a child, his mother died when he was very young, the family can only rely on his father's meager salary to survive, sometimes the food is not enough, in order to reduce the burden on the family, Xu Guangda, who was only 7 years old, gave cattle to the landlord, although Xu Guangda was young at that time But at that time he realized the importance of reading, he was very envious of those who were the same age as him to go to school, and he could only chop firewood every day, herd cattle, cut firewood again, and then herd cattle, in addition to these he could not do anything, his family could not afford to read books, the family simply did not have money to send him to private school, so Xiao Xu Guangda took advantage of the gap in cattle herding, secretly ran outside the house to teach private schools, eavesdropped on people's lectures, and the number of times he went over time was frequent, and one day Xu Guangda went outside the window to listen to classes as usual. That day was full of snow, Xu Guangda had never been so cold, he had not eaten, listened to it and fainted outside, directly fell in the snow, the gentleman who was teaching in the house heard the movement come out, saw Xu Guangda fainted in the snow nest, and when Xu Guangda woke up, he found that it was Mr. Private School who saved him, and he was grateful, Mr. Private School was touched by his behavior, promised to accept him as a student, and did not charge tuition, this old gentleman is the famous scholarly family, Zou Xilu.
With his help, Xu Guangda successfully enrolled, the academic performance in the class is also among the best, in 1921 successfully admitted to Changsha Normal School, under the financial support of his uncle to successfully enroll, this school was founded by Xu Teli, and Zou Xilu is a good friend for many years, after Xu Guangda was admitted to Changsha Normal School, Zou Xilu was also hired to this school as a Chinese language teacher, in the following years, Zou Xilu witnessed Xu Guangda's growth, which has a profound impact on Xu Guangda. Because of his own long-term education, his family has long been unable to make ends meet, it can be said that Zou Xilu's own family is also very poor, the elders of the family have advised Zou Xilu to sell his daughter to subsidize the family, but even if the daughter has just turned 9 years old, his wife will not agree, although at that time in the old society, women have no right to speak, but the wife has threatened with her life many times, this matter finally ended, but Zou Xilu already had eyebrows in his heart at this time, Zou Xilu wanted to marry his daughter Zou Jinghua to Xu Guangda, He also personally found someone to go to Xu Guangda's house to say kiss, in the face of such a good thing, Xu Guangda's father was naturally very happy and agreed very happily. Zou Xilu believes that his proud protégé Xu Guangda will take good care of his daughter, and believes that his vision will not be wrong. Once Xu Guangda came home, Xu Guangda, who did not know in advance, was pulled by his father, and his father said with a smile, your teacher told you a family affair, it is his girlfriend Tao Meizi, that is, Zou Jinghua's nickname, I helped you settle it. Although Zou Jinghua was a few years younger than Xu Guangda, but they played from childhood to adulthood, Xu Guangda listened to his father's words since he was a child, and never went against his father's wishes, but at that time, Zou Jinghua was still young, and the parents of both sides only set up a family affair for the child, and agreed to do the marriage when they grew up.
Xu Guangda, who studied hard at Changsha Normal School, joined the Communist Party of China under the introduction of his teacher, the former cattle herder now went to college, accepted the influence of new ideas, and heard everything here, after graduating from here, Xu Guangda was admitted to the artillery section of the Whampoa Military Academy, and soon after, that is, in 1928, Xu Guangda participated in the Nanchang Uprising, followed the troops to conquer the four sides, in a battle, Xu Guangda was unfortunately seriously injured, fortunately, it did not endanger his life, but he could only leave the army to recuperate. He was already a young officer at this time, at this time Xu Guangda had a kind of youthful heroic spirit, during the hospital recuperation, many people wanted to give Xu Guangda a matchmaker, and some people directly confessed Xu Guangda, all of whom were rejected by Xu Guangda, because he knew that his father had set a family affair for himself, and later after his body was well, Xu Guangda continued to follow the troops to many places, in the blink of an eye for several years, once Xu Guangda went to the Yangtze River without incident, Xu Guangda remembered that he had not gone home to see his old father for a long time. I couldn't help but miss home, just taking advantage of the recent hard leisure time, back to my hometown to see my old father, so Xu Guangda returned to his hometown in Hunan after taking a leave of absence. Back at home, the old father was overjoyed to see him, saw that his son was now an officer, defending the family and defending the country, his son had a career, the father was also very pleased in his heart, the father thought that his son had grown up, he arranged the marriage for his son, a marriage set when he was a child, and wanted to get the marriage done as soon as possible and marry Zou Jinghua home. Xu Guangda also agreed, in the midst of the laughter and laughter of the lights, Xu Guangda wore a red robe and a horse coat, a top hat, eight large sedans were married, Zou Jinghua was wearing red silk satin on his head, wearing embroidered shoes on the palanquin, came to Xu Guangda's home, the two formally married as husband and wife, this year Xu Guangda was 20 years old, Zou Jinghua was 15 years old. The two were kind and loving, spending their sweet time together, but the good life was always short, a few days after the new marriage, the underground organization in Wuhan was destroyed by the Kuomintang, the people inside confessed Xu Guangda's name and whereabouts, the Kuomintang reactionaries immediately sent a telegram to the Changsha Garrison Headquarters, let Xu Guangda arrested, it just so happened that a relative of Xu Guangda was working at the headquarters, secretly told Xu Guangda the news, and Xu Guangda at home knew that such a big change had taken place outside. Zou Jinghua also knew that her husband was a Communist Party, after the identity was exposed, Xu Guangda could not stay at home, Zou Jinghua did not have half a complaint about her husband, but also very supportive of her husband, told her husband that she must take care of him, Xu Guangda also promised that she would come to him, at this time they were married just 10 days old, none of them could have imagined that it would be 10 years to meet again, these 10 years they have experienced a lot, but also changed a lot, but the only thing that has not changed is their feelings.
After Xu Guangda left, the Kuomintang reactionaries came to the house to arrest people, saw Xu Guangda run away, became angry, and arrested his newlywed wife and put her in prison; after a series of interrogations, there was still no result, and the reactionaries also knew that nothing of value could be tried at this time, so they took out a divorce agreement, saying that Zou Jinghua promised to release her as long as he signed on it, Zou Jinghua refused, but the reactionaries were soft and hard, and still had no effect, and the reactionaries put Zou Jinghua into a car and paraded in the streets. Humiliated him and hoped that she would recruit, but many times to no avail, the reactionaries slowly gave up, although Zou Jinghua was young, but the will was very strong, after many interrogations, the reactionaries finally let her go, but the reactionaries did not give up, but ran to her house many times, persuaded her to leave Xu Guangda, and divorced Xu Guangda. Zou Jinghua ran to her father, at this time her father was already remarried, and her stepmother did not like her, and also advised her to divorce Xu Guangda and find another one while she was young. Zou Jinghua could not bear it any longer, all the pressure from the enemy and the family poured into her, she found a job in the sock factory outside, because she often dreamed at night that her husband was executed, and then she couldn't sleep all night, she was very worried, and slowly her body was dragged down, she couldn't get up, she was very sick, she was very sick, she rested for a long time, after the illness improved a little, she continued to work, and suddenly one day the thing broke the original life and became the last straw that crushed the camel, Zou Jinghua returned home as usual, His stepmother was reading the newspaper, and suddenly the stepmother said, you come to see this newspaper, there is Xu Guangda's name on it, he has been killed, Zou Jinghua did not believe that this is true, hurriedly picked up the newspaper, on the list of the communist party, Zou Jinghua confirmed several times, there is Xu Guangda's name, suddenly like five thunderbolts, can no longer live like before, at least there was a thought in her heart to know that Xu Guangda is still alive, but when the news came, she could no longer convince herself to live, and ran out of the house crying That night it was particularly dark, the dark clouds obscured the moonlight, and she was so sad that she wanted to live several times in the days to come.
What happened to Xu Guangda, Zou Jinghua knew. But Xu Guangda did not die, but became a division commander under He Long's command, many times honored with military merit, young and promising, many people wanted to introduce Xu Guangda to his daughter-in-law, but he refused, he said that I already have a wife. This is with his wife for a long time, Youyun was nervous at that time, Xu Guangda has not written a letter to the family, until the situation improved slightly, Xu Guangda finally had time to write a letter to the family to report his safety. Xu Zigui does not know the word, after receiving the letter let Zou Xilu read, Zou Xilu recognized that this is Xu Guangda's word, and then excited, for the whole family, this is undoubtedly a great news, especially for his daughter Zou Jinghua, no longer have to wash his face with tears every day, Zou Jinghua heard the news, the whole person is also excited, eating and sleeping are much better than before, Zou Jinghua also wrote a reply, learned some of her husband's recent situation, hanging heart finally let go.
After a few years, Zou Jinghua's father's old friend Xu Teli came to the house as a guest, Xu Teli was doing anti-Japanese propaganda, when the War of Resistance Against Japan had broken out in full swing, Xu Teli saw that Zou Jinghua appreciated her very much and asked her if she would like to go to college, Zou Jinghua said that she especially wanted to go to school, Xu Teli wrote a letter of recommendation, asking Zou Jinghua to take the letter to the Office of the Eighth Route Army in Xi'an, where people would arrange for her to go to Yan'an to study. Xu Guangda returned from the Soviet Union in 1937 and was the head of education at Yan'an KangDa, he did not know at this time that his new wife, whom he had not seen for 10 years, could meet immediately. And in Yan'an Kang Da, because Xu Guangda was a foreigner, and he was also a long-educated man, he also joined the Communist Party of China long ago, many people expressed their admiration for Xu Guangda, but they were all rejected by Xu Guangda, Xu Guangda still had Zou Jinghua in his heart, he wrote to Zou Jinghua in Hunan many times, but there was no reply, many people persuaded Xu Guangda, the wedding of that year was an old-style wedding, not the current free-style wedding, and now that it is a chaotic world, It is difficult to say whether Zou Jinghua is still alive or not. But Xu Guangda always believed that his wife must still be alive.
Then there was a scene at the beginning of the article, Lin Boqu called, asked Xu Guangda whether he knew Zou Jinghua, Xu Guangda was very excited, immediately said that it was his new wife, hoping to send her to Yan'an quickly, after learning that his wife also participated in the revolution, Xu Guangda was very happy, the car driving to Yan'an slowly came to Yan'an, Zou Jinghua just got out of the car, a guard asked who zou Jinghua was, she immediately promised, this is an Eighth Route Army officer came over, he recognized that this is his husband, Tears suddenly blurred their eyes, 10 years of ups and downs, the two are no longer the original teenagers, but in this decade they have no complaints and no regrets, for the country to contribute their strength, in 1938, Zou Jinghua also joined the Communist Party of China, and they have never been separated for many years since.