In the night light, Chairman Mao walked silently in front, Li Yinqiao quietly followed behind, the two people walked a long way one after the other, Chairman Mao finally spoke: "You can't tell outsiders about my quarrel with Jiang Qing; 'Family ugliness is not passed on', you are by my side, not an outsider, you have to consider the impact externally..."
Mao Zedong and Li Yinqiao
In September 1947, the situation in northern Shaanxi improved even further. Chairman Mao devoted part of his energy to conducting rural surveys on the west bank of the Yellow River.
Everywhere he went, Chairman Mao often helped the villagers push mills, fight fields, carry firewood, and chatter with the villagers.
Two days ago, He Long, commander of the Northwest Military Region, asked him to send Chairman Mao an extremely strong war horse, but Chairman Mao insisted on not leaving it for him to ride, and insisted that Ye Zilong send someone to the front-line troops: "Such a good horse should be ridden by comrades in the front; The comrades in front want to fight, which is both hard and dangerous, and they need good horses! ”
Ye Zilong had no choice but to do as Chairman Mao said.
In the past few days, Jiang Qing took off a gray cloth military uniform he was wearing and washed it in the back ditch of Zhuguanzhai, changed into a Lenin jacket, put a bun on his head, often moved a maza to sit against the wall in front of the cave, and sometimes told a few historical stories or a few riddles to the comrades around him, which looked like a big sister in the eyes of people.
On this day, the guard Zhang Tianyi came to Li Yinqiao and said mysteriously: "Team leader Li, let me tell you a riddle, guess?" ”
"Say, see if I can guess." Li Yinqiao knew that this was probably a mystery given to them by Jiang Qing, and he came to set the mystery.
Chairman Mao also said on the side: "Tell it and guess together." ”
"Then I can say-" Zhang Tianyi first looked at Mao Zedong, and then said carefully, "I don't leave the house every day, there are civilizations, martial arts, and kings; Biological sons have different surnames, loving couples have different beds - hit one thing! ”
"Old tooth!" Chairman Mao laughed and said, "This is 'singing'!" ”
Zhang Tianyi was stunned at first, and after thinking about it, he turned around and left with a smile.
That night, Li Yinqiao was outside the cave where Chairman Mao lived in Hougou in Zhuguanzhai, listening to Jiang Qing crying in the cave, and also heard Chairman Mao say to Jiang Qing sternly: "How many times have I told you, don't be special... The horse sent by Mr. He was sent to the front line by me, why do you want to come back? Don't you know what the front line needs more... You don't listen to my words, how can it be so reasonable..."
Li Yinqiao did not dare to enter it, but quietly stood far away, quietly waiting in front of the cave; After a while, I saw Jiang Qing run out and ran towards the cave where Zhou Enlai lived.
Li Yinqiao learned from his daily life contacts that whenever Chairman Mao quarreled with Jiang Qing, Jiang Qing always went to Zhou Enlai to complain about "grievances", and always returned peacefully under Zhou Enlai's persuasion to admit the "mistake" to Chairman Mao.
This time, before seeing Jiang Qing return, Chairman Mao walked out of the cave and saw Li Yinqiao standing there far away, so he said loudly: "Yinqiao! Go, follow me to the front! ”
Whenever Chairman Mao was angry, he always called Li Yinqiao to accompany him for a walk in a secluded place—this time, too.
In the night light, Chairman Mao walked silently in front, Li Yinqiao quietly followed behind, the two people walked a long way one after the other, Chairman Mao finally spoke: "You can't tell outsiders about my quarrel with Jiang Qing; 'Family ugliness is not passed on', you are by my side, not an outsider, you have to consider the impact externally..."
"I know..." Li Yinqiao promised cautiously, "When I was a child, I saw my mother beaten by my father, and my mother also told me not to tell outsiders..."
"Oh..." Chairman Mao said to himself while walking slowly, "Turning the candle and returning from a dream, wanting to find the traces of the past, the wishes of the Heavenly Sect are contrary to his body..." Li Yinqiao did not understand what poem Chairman Mao chanted, let alone the meaning of the poem, he was speechless, and only quietly followed Chairman Mao slowly; But he felt in his heart that Chairman Mao also had difficult things to do!
Li Yinqiao's brain is very good, and whatever Chairman Mao said, he thought it was necessary, he always wrote it down silently first, and then wrote it down in his small book; He also remembered the three verses that Chairman Mao chanted this time, and after returning to the cave, he quietly wrote it silently on the small book that Zhou Enlai gave him.
At noon the next day, Li Yinqiao saw that Jiang Qing had come to see Chairman Mao again with a happy face.
Li Yinqiao thought to himself: I just had a quarrel last night, and today I came to see Chairman Mao with a smile like no one, maybe Zhou Enlai did her ideological work, and it was really difficult to change someone else's Jiang Qing's work! Moreover, Chairman Mao's measurement is large, and he will not see her in general, the two are husband and wife after all, and the husband and wife have no overnight feud...
When Jiang Qing saw Chairman Mao, she said happily: "Chairman, Kishi Ying has sent a letter!" It was sent by Wang Dongxing, and there was a painting painted by Li Ne from Hedong! ”
"Oh, show me!" Chairman Mao, who was writing an article in the cave, immediately put down the brush in his hand, reached out to take the letter in Jiang Qing's hand, and first looked at the painting drawn by his youngest daughter Li Ne, and his excitement was overflowing, "Is the painting good!" That's nice! Then he looked at the words that Mao Anying wrote on the envelope, "Transfer - Dad - Mao Anying", then he tore open the envelope with a smile on his face, gently took out the letter paper inside, and walked out of the cave to read the letter under the sun.
At this time, Jiang Qing said to Li Yinqiao in the cave: "Xiao Li, was the chairman angry last night? ”
"No wow!" Li Yinqiao replied very seriously, "I have always followed the chairman, and I haven't seen anyone angry with the chairman!" ”
"It's good if you're not angry." Jiang Qing said: "The chairman has too many things to ask about, and there are many things to think about, and the burden on his shoulders is heavy!" We must try to take care of his life and take care of his body; It is inevitable that he will lose his temper sometimes, and if the chairman is angry, you have to tell me in time. ”
"Yes!" Li Yinqiao agreed politely.
Jiang Qing also said: "Our specific work is to serve the chairman, do you understand these truths?" ”
"Understood!" Li Yinqiao replied seriously again.