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Preamble:
In the autumn of 1930, Changsha became desolate under the White Terror. A few days later, relatives found the body of a young mother who committed suicide by slitting her throat at home, as well as a one-year-old baby girl in her arms. Ten years later, a female revolutionary found the poor baby girl and adopted her as an adopted daughter.
Shu Wei and Shuai Mengqi
This female revolutionary is the legendary red female general Shuai Meng Qi, and this poor baby girl is her adopted daughter Shu Wei.
One is a female revolutionary whose daughter was brutally poisoned, and the other is an orphan of a martyr whose parents sacrificed their babies in infancy, a man-made disaster linked them together, and the mother-daughter friendship spanned more than half a century.
Shuai Mengqi's family relationship was frustrated and adopted his comrades-in-arms and orphans
Before adopting Shu Wei, Shuai Mengqi had a happy and beautiful family, a respectful husband and a lovely daughter.
Shuai Mengqi's husband is called Xu Zhizhen, and he is her childhood sweetheart who is married to her. In 1917, Shuai Mengqi and Xu Zhizhen got married, and a year later they gave birth to their daughter Xu Duanyi.
Shuai Mengqi
At that time, Shuai Mengqi had not yet come into contact with the revolution, and she took her children to farm in her hometown, working hard and saving money all day long, in order to support her husband to complete his studies.
Xu Zhizhen lived up to expectations, and after graduating from Changsha Jiazhong Industrial School, he entered Shanghai Foreign Chinese School and met Chen Duxiu. Due to the influence of the "May Fourth Movement", Xu Zhizhen fought with Chen Duxiu, Li Da and others, during which he also wrote to Shuai Mengqi, asking her to accept new ideas and revolutionary principles.
It can be said that Shuai Mengqi began to be inspired by Marxism-Leninism under the influence of her husband.
Shuai Mengqi
After that, the husband and wife engaged in revolutionary activities together, and although they were far apart, their hearts were together. But this beautiful fate of husband and wife was broken by an incident.
In 1927, Xu Kexiang, a reactionary Kuomintang officer stationed in Changsha, launched the "Ma-Ri Incident" that killed Communist Party members and workers and peasants. Shuai Mengqi and his wife were both wanted, and for their safety, the organization sent them to the Soviet Union to study.
Three years later, Shuai Mengqi returned to Wuhan to carry out underground activities and was received by Shen Shaofan, an underground member of the Communist Party of China. They rented a few houses in Hankow that they used as underground transportation stations.
In order to cover the underground work, Shen Shaofan also took over his mother, wife Shu Yaxian, and daughter Huzi (Shu Wei's milk name), who was less than a year old, and Shuai Mengqi lived with them as Shen Shaofan's widowed sister-in-law.
After a period of getting along and cooperating with work, Shuai Mengqi formed a deep friendship with Shen Shaofan's family, and she also became Huzi's "godmother".
One day around the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, Shen Shaofan received the task of connecting with the comrades from the Soviet area. It wasn't until 3 days later that Shuai Mengqi saw a notice on the street that Shen Shaofan had been killed by the Kuomintang.
Shuai Mengqi's heart ached like a knife, she held back her tears and did the last thing for Shen Shaofan, that is, she and Huzi's grandmother went to Shanghai to find the party organization, and Shu Yaxian took the young Huzi back to her hometown.
But what happened next obviously exceeded Shuai Mengqi's expectations.
In 1932, when Shuai Mengqi was connected with the new women's minister of Zhabei, he was arrested and imprisoned for betrayal by a traitor. In prison, she was subjected to capital punishment, and the enemy poured kerosene into her nose, causing her to bleed and lose her sight in her left eye. Later, he asked her to sit on a tiger chair and broke one of her legs.
On the other hand, Shu Yaxian was targeted by the Kuomintang police station on the first day she returned to her hometown, threatening her to tell the situation of the underground party within 3 days, otherwise she would be imprisoned.
No one can imagine her inner struggle at that time, in order not to be leaked by herself The secret of the party, she chose to commit suicide. After receiving the news, my grandmother hurried back to her hometown and lived alone with her son for nearly 10 years.
In 1937, Shuai Mengqi was released from prison, but she faced the destruction of her family. Her whole family was expelled from Hunan Province because of her involvement, and her 13-year-old daughter Xu Duanyi was also poisoned by the enemy, and her husband Xu Zhizhen, who was in the Soviet Union, could not hear from her for many years, thinking that she had died in prison, so he started another family.
Xu Zhizhen
In the face of several blows, Shuai Mengqi was not depressed, she pressed the pain in her heart, and did not forget to find Shen Shaofan's only descendant. Finally in 1939, Shuai Mengqi found the two grandsons of Shanghai in Changsha.
The mother-daughter relationship is deep, and the teaching of the "handsome mother" will never be forgotten
Shuai Mengqi lost his daughter due to the revolution, Shu Wei lost his parents due to the revolution, and the two of them were linked together because of the red line of the revolution, achieving a mother-daughter relationship that is closer than blood.
After Shu Wei came to Shuai Mengqi's side, Shuai Mengqi poured all his maternal love into her, raised her, loved her, sent her to school, told her the story of Hua Mulan joining the army for her father, and cultivated her strong character.
Shu Wei and Shuai Mengqi took a group photo
I remember one winter, in that earthen cave of less than 10 square meters in Yan'an, there was a pot of charcoal fire, and she snuggled up to the handsome mother and listened to her tell the story of her parents' revolution.
Shu Wei cried like a tearful person, and Shuai's mother also cried, and after a while, Shuai's mother said to her earnestly: "Huzi, your father died for the revolution, and your mother was also a reactionary child, you have to inherit your father's business and avenge your parents." ”
Listening to Shuai Mama's words, Shu Wei felt a warmth in his heart, and couldn't help shouting, "Mom." Then he said with tears in his eyes: "I have no parents, I will call you mother in the future!" Since then, Shu Wei has a mother again.
Shu Wei and Shuai Mengqi took a group photo
Shu Wei still remembers that winter was very bad, she had a terrible scabies, and there was no good place on her body except for her face and palms.
The pain and itching of the heart made her unbearable, and the handsome mother was so anxious for her illness that she couldn't do it. Due to the lack of medicine, she had to take time out of her busy schedule to dig herbs in the mountains and boil water for Shu Wei to wash abscesses, day after day. I also have to change Shu Wei's clothes every day, in the cold winter, the cold river water makes the handsome mother's hands red and swollen from the cold.
Under the careful care of Shuai's mother, Shu Wei's scabies slowly subsided.
Shu Wei (left)
In addition to motherly care, Shu Wei also enjoyed Shuai Mengqi's motherly teaching.
In 1945, after Japan's surrender, a large number of cadres were needed at the front line to support the Liberation War. Shu Wei, who was studying in Yan'an Middle School, heard about it and actively joined the army. When the recruits set off, Shuai Mengqi said to Shu Wei affectionately: "Huzi, you are leaving, I don't have anything precious to give you, so I will give you a small poem as a parting message." ”
That night, Shu Wei copied the little poem given to her by her handsome mother in a notebook, read it over and over again, and couldn't put it down. After that, she often carried that notebook with her, and even if the troops sometimes had to travel lightly, she had to take the small notebook.
Kang Keqing and Shuai Mengqi (left)
Under Shuai Mengqi's care, Shu Wei has changed from a 10-year-old girl to a warrior with firm beliefs. On the life path of Shu Wei's growth, Handsome's mother taught her countless things, and she remembered them all one by one.
Once, the handsome mother misunderstood that Shu Wei did not give money for accommodation, first criticized, and then said to her daughter earnestly: "Huzi, I will send you another 8 words 'inherit your father's will, don't be selfish!'"
Shuai Mengqi (front row, first from left) went to the rural areas of Yiyang, Hunan Province for research
Although the misunderstanding was later resolved, these 8 words were forever engraved on Shu Wei's heart.
In 1998, Shuai Mengqi was critically ill, and she was about to usher in the last moment of her life. As her most beloved daughter, Shu Wei was so sad that she cried and said, "I don't want you to go." ”
Seeing his sad daughter, Shuai Mengqi was also sad, but since ancient times, no one has died, and there will always be a day of separation. In order to make his daughter no longer sad, Shuai Mengqi tried to smile and said humorously: "Don't cry when I leave, I'll sit up and beat you when I cry." But when Shuai Meng Qi really left, Shu Wei still hugged his mother's feet and cried bitterly.
Shu Wei
Many years have passed, and Shu Wei, who is in her 90s, still can't forget the mother-daughter friendship brought to her by her handsome mother. Whenever she thinks of her handsome mother's teachings to her, she still feels that her mother has always been by her side and has never gone far.
Resources:
Hu Jiamo, Chen Yazhou, The Great Motherly Love of the Revolutionary Old Man Shuai Mengqi, Century Travel, No. 6, 1998
Yang Xueyi.91-year-old Shu Wei: I miss my handsome mother."Global People".2021 No. 2
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