In an interview with Ye Yonglie, Chen Boda once had this evaluation of his life:
At the same time, Chen Boda also said that I was a sinner, and my memory was only the memory of a sinner.
The ancients said: "Those who can make up for it, gentlemen also." But I am only a small "little man" who is not enough to worry about, and I am still willing to criticize myself forever, so that I can make up for my sins a little. ..........
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Chen Boda was released:</h1>
On October 17, 1988, the day Chen Boda's sentence was completed, the relevant departments came to the hospital where Chen Boda lived to hold a ceremony for his release.
The reason why the release ceremony for Chen Boda was held in the hospital was that Chen Boda was hospitalized again due to acute prostatic hypertrophy, so the release ceremony had to be held in the hospital.
At ten o'clock in the morning, many people came to the ward where Chen Boda lived to make relevant preparations.
Yu Sang, vice minister of public security, solemnly announced to Chen Boda: "Today, the day you have completed your sentence of 18 years. . . . .
The 85-year-old Chen Boda was very calm, not much excited, but muttered a few words, not much happiness.
Then, Director Xu, the leader of which unit Chen Boda assigned in the past, also said a few words.
Immediately, the release ceremony was concluded.
In this way, Chen Boda began the happiest moment in his life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Chen Boda died:</h1>
At noon on September 20, 1989, Xiao Zhang delivered the prepared meal to Chen Boda and took the child to eat and watch TV in the living room.
Suddenly, there was a dull crashing sound against the wall, which made Xiao Zhang frightened and quickly put down his chopsticks to check it out. I saw Chen Boda leaning against the wall, his mouth spitting out the food he had just eaten.
Xiao Zhang later recalled this: "My father suddenly tilted his head, touched the wall, and spat in his mouth...".
Seeing his father fall to the side, Xiao Zhang panicked and immediately ran to the isolation to find Uncle Xiao, and when Old Xiao learned of the situation, he immediately took out the family medicine and fed it to Chen Boda. After a while, the doctor also came here, and after some treatment, he still did not save Chen Boda.
Since Chen Xiaonong went to Shijiazhuang to visit his mother, he could not rush back to Shijiazhuang at the first time, so after consultation, everyone decided to wait for Chen Xiaonong to return before arranging his subsequent affairs. After Chen Xiaonong learned the news, he rushed back from Shijiazhuang at the first time, and arranged Chen Boda's affairs with the heads of relevant departments, and decided to arrange the relevant ceremonies from Jane.
A few days later, Chen Boda's farewell ceremony was held in Babaoshan, during which more than 40 people came to bid farewell, and his body was written next to "Mr. Chen Jianxiang For Thousands of Ages", and the average person did not know Chen Boda's original name Chen Jianxiang, so it did not attract too much attention. Most of the people who came to the farewell ceremony were former colleagues, friends, family members, old subordinates, students, etc. One of the wreaths is particularly eye-catching, on which is Liu Shuyan, who is Chen Boda's third wife, although they have long been divorced, but look at the husband and wife, or sent a wreath to express nostalgia.
After Chen Boda's body was cremated, it was temporarily stored in the Columbarium of Laoshan mountain in Babaoshan Mountain, because it could not be stored here for more than three years. In February 1991, Chen Xiaonong and his wife Xiao Zhang brought Chen Boda's ashes back to their hometown in Lingtou Village, Hui'an County, Fujian Province. In this way, after 85 years of wandering around, Chen Boda once again returned to the starting point of something.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Ye Yonglie visited Chen Boda</h1>
A week before Chen Boda's death, on September 13, 1989, Ye Yonglie also paid a special visit to Chen Boda, because Ye Yonglie and Chen Boda had many contacts, the conversation between the two was like a year-old friend, and the conversation was very happy.
That afternoon, the two talked for an afternoon, and when they left, Chen Boda tishi gave it to Ye Yonglie. He used the Analects. The "Chu Crazy Receiving Public Opinion Song" in "Micro-Zi" is given to each other, "those who go to the past cannot be advised, but those who come can still be pursued." This sentence is a very appropriate expression of Chen Boda's repentance and self-renewal mentality.
Therefore, Ye Yonglie did not expect Chen Boda to die, after all, he had just seen him a week ago, and he could see from it that people were really too fragile and could always disappear without a sound.
On September 13, 1989, the weather was very hot, and Ye Yonglie came to visit Chen Boda wearing a short-sleeved shirt.
Chen Boda lived on the sixth floor, so Ye Yonglie was already sweating when he came to his door, he knocked lightly, and after a while, someone opened the endoscope from the inside, and when he saw that it was Ye Yonglie, he quickly opened the door, and the person who opened the door was Chen Boda's daughter-in-law Xiao Zhang, who recognized Ye Yonglie, so she would open the door, and after Ye Yonglie entered the house, he found that all the windows in the house were tightly closed, and it was very hot.
Ye Yonglie wore short sleeves, Chen Boda wore long-sleeved shirts, sanitary pants, wearing Zhongshan clothes, blue trousers, black cloth shoes, and a navy blue hat, the dress between the two was completely different for a season, Chen Boda wore thick, a big reason is that he is old and can't blow the wind, so he will let his daughter-in-law close the doors and windows, and wear thick clothes at the same time.
Ye Yonglie and Chen Boda sat in the study, where there was a pair of sofas, the floor was covered with dark green carpets, and the large desk was filled with various books, where Chen Boda usually read books.
At first, ye Yonglie and Chen Boda were a little strange when they met, but fortunately, the impression of the first meeting between the two was good, and soon the second and third meetings began, and after several rounds of meetings, the strangeness between Chen Boda and Ye Yonglie gradually disappeared, and the two became friends for a long time.
I remember once, Chen Boda and Ye Yonglie talked until late at night, missed the last train, Chen Boda proposed to let Ye Yonglie stay at home for the night.
This time, Ye Yonglie saw that Chen Boda had a brick platform, a brush, and rice paper on his desk, and he asked, "Are you practicing calligraphy?" ”
Chen Boda responded in his thick Hokkien language: "Exercise and exercise."
When he spoke, Chen Boda's eyebrows were raised, and there was an eyebrow five centimeters long at the tip of his eyebrow, which hung down bently.
At this time, he couldn't see any medical conditions in his body at all, so that two weeks later, when he suddenly learned the news of Chen Boda's death, Ye Yonglie was very surprised.
If Chen Boda wants to have any symptoms, it is amnesia, which is not nothing, after all, most of the elderly are common diseases.
Chen Boda is easy to forget about recent events, and even the doctors who often come to see him do not recognize but remember his young experience clearly.
"Do you remember who I am?" Ye Yonglie asked.
"Oh, Ye Yonglie of Shanghai," I recognized, and then he said, "My boy's "Cold Days" was still what you helped me find."
At the age of twenty-one, Chen Boda published the only novel of his life, Cold Sky, which was published in the magazine Modern Review in 1925. Chen Boda once entrusted Ye Yonglie to find him. Later, Ye Yonglie found it when he returned to Shanghai.
Perhaps it was just after the lunch break, Chen Boda's mood was very good, Ye Yonglie asked him to recall the past, Chen Boda was also very happy to talk about the past years.
Chen Boda said that his mother was a native of The Fox Cave in Chongwu County, Fujian Province, and when he talked about the place name, Chen Boda also deliberately wrote the words "Badger Cave" on the paper, for fear that Ye Yonglie would not be able to understand the meaning. Chen Boda said: "When I was a child, according to our local customs, I called my mother Mother and my grandmother Auntie. ”
Speaking of this, Chen Boda laughed loudly, he remembered that when Zheng successfully recovered Taiwan, he went to the sea from Chongwu.
From this point, it can be seen that the family has an extremely important position in the eyes of Chen Boda.
Soon, Chen Boda recalled his first love, saying that he and Chu Youren met and fell in love when they went to the Soviet Union to study, and told some interesting stories about himself in the Soviet Union. Then he talked about the events after returning to China, saying that he was arrested in Tianjin and lost contact with Chu Youren.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the leaders of Chen Boda's unit visited:</h1>
When the conversation was warm, suddenly heard a knock at the door, it turned out that there were three more guests to visit, Xiao Zhang led several people to Chen Boda, it turned out that these people were Chen Boda's past colleagues.
One of the three was a cadre-like man, dressed in a Zhongshan suit, with a strong figure, more than 50 years old, carrying two boxes of "Daoxiangcun" mooncakes in his hand. Behind the cadre was a young woman in a dress, secretarial-looking, carrying a bag of apples. The last one was the driver, carrying a plastic bucket in his hand, and several live fish were leisurely wagging their tails in the bucket.
The first middle-aged man took a step forward to express his intentions: "Elder Chen, tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, we will send you mooncakes."
The forgetful Chen Boda didn't seem to remember the three people directly said, "Why did you send me mooncakes, where are you, are you in the hospital?" ”
The three of them had long been accustomed to Chen Boda's forgetfulness, and the woman directly said, "Elder Chen, we have been here many times, why don't you remember?" Then he said, "I'm the one who pays you every month."
Then the woman pointed to the middle-aged man: "This is your leader, and I have been here several times." It turned out that the leader of these three people was the owner of Chen Boda's original unit, named Xu.
Then, Director Xu looked at Chen Boda and said, "Elder Chen, last October, when you completed your sentence, you were assigned to our unit, and at that time, I also made a speech at your completion ceremony. ”
This reminder made Chen Boda think about it and said directly: "Damn it, damn it, I forgot about the "boss"," Chen Boda said, "Everyone laughed instantly.
Immediately, Chen Boda adjusted his state and said, "I am old and have a bad memory, please forgive me a lot, I am a person who has committed a major crime, and it is superfluous to live in the world." Why do you still send mooncakes to people like me? ”
Director Xu saw that Chen Boda's face was a little dim for this reason and immediately said: "You have completed your sentence, and you have been assigned to the perfect unit, perfect has the responsibility to care for you and help you." ”
"For the first time in so many years, someone has sent me a mooncake!" Chen Boda's eyes were a little moist, and there was some excitement in his voice, "Thank you, thank you for your concern!" From this, it can be seen that Chen Boda's words can no longer hide his excitement.
"This mooncake is soft and suitable for the elderly, as well as fish and apples. I wish you a happy Mid-Autumn Festival," the accompanying woman added.
"Thank you so much, I am really ashamed in my heart" In the middle of the conversation, Chen Boda has returned to normal, he said: "In the past, I was under the management of the Public Security Bureau, and they often came, so I remembered them." Later, after it came under your control, you came back and forth every month or two, plus my memory was so poor that I didn't even recognize my own leader and couldn't lift it up! ”
Director Xu saw that the situation was not right, and immediately changed the topic, "Have you been in good health lately?" ”
Chen Boda replied with a smile as he spoke, "Finish the egg pull, finish the egg pull!" I thought it was just a joke, but it didn't take long for that to come true.
Then, Director Xu sat down and began to chat with Chen Boda, and after a while, seeing that the time was almost up, he planned to leave.
When Chen Boda saw that people were leaving, he immediately stood up and slowly moved his steps to send off the guests. Director Xu saw that Chen Boda had come to send him, so he turned his head and said, "In some days, I will see you again."
Director Xu may not have imagined that after a while, he would meet Chen Boda at the farewell ceremony of the body.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Ye Yonglie took pictures of Chen Boda</h1>
After the three of them left, Chen Boda and Ye Yonglie sat down again to talk about the past. Ye Yonglie's tape recorder constantly recorded the content of the conversation between the two.
When the conversation was almost over, Ye Yonglie proposed to take pictures of Chen Boda, originally thought that Chen Boda would refuse, even if he agreed to Ye Yonglie's request, I think it is possible that several guests just came to visit, so Chen Boda was in a very good mood, so he agreed to Ye Yonglie's request.
The last time I took a picture of Chen Boda, he was wearing a hat, so this time Ye Yonglie offered to take a few photos of them not wearing a hat.
Chen Boda did not agree to Ye Yonglie's request, but he could not stand Ye Yonglie's repeated requests, and finally agreed to Ye Yonglie's request, taking the initiative to take off his hat and let Ye Yonglie take pictures.
In fact, Chen Boda is not bald, but he is usually afraid of colds, and he wears a hat regardless of cold or heat.
Chen Boda took off his hat and put on his reading glasses, picked up the newspaper on the table, leaned back on the sofa, and let Ye Yonglie take a picture.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Ye Yonglie asked Chen Boda to inscription:</h1>
Ye Yonglie immediately picked up the camera and took several photos in succession. After taking the photo, Ye Yonglie asked if he could ask Chen Boda to give me a poem.
Chen Boda then used the Analects. The "Chu Crazy Receiving Public Opinion Song" in "Weizi" gave "those who go to the past cannot be advised, but those who come can still be traced" to express their remorse. After the poem was written, Chen Boda did not drop the two words "Boda" at the end of the poem, but used the two words "Zhong obscure", usually Chen Boda rarely uses this pen name, and when he will use it, he will basically use this pen name when he writes his own inscription.
The two then talked about a lot of things, until night came, and Ye Yonglie got up to say goodbye.
Before leaving, Chen Boda once again got rid of Ye Yonglie, hoping that after he returned to Shanghai, he would help him find a collection of essays on the pursuit of truth, there was an article in the book "On Tan Si tong", if he found this book, he hoped to copy a copy to send me, or bring it over, Ye Yonglie agreed to Chen Boda's request.
What is unexpected is that a week later, Chen Boda completed his life, Ye Yonglie's photo for Chen Boda actually became the last photo of his life, at the same time, the recording of his conversation with Chen Boda became his last voice in this world, and the "Chu Crazy Reception Song" he sent to give "The past cannot be consulted, and the comers can still be traced" became the farewell speech at Chen Boda's farewell ceremony.
Even if people are brilliant in this life, they are still empty in the end, so people must do what they are good at, so as not to let themselves take a detour.
What are your thoughts on that?