In that era of gunpowder smoke and turmoil, there was such a Sichuan warlord, who was not only famous in the military and political arena, but also showed a different scene in family life. In 1938, Liu Xiang, a Sichuan warlord on the same level as Zhang Zuolin and Yan Xishan, died of illness in Hankou, leaving behind his wife Zhou Yushu and two sons. In that era of male supremacy, how could a woman provoke a major beam and not only make her two sons major generals, but also make a fortune in a turbulent society?
Liu Xiang, this name has an indelible mark on the modern history of Sichuan and the whole of China. He was not just a warlord, but a husband and father in a family. Liu Xiang's life is full of dramatic turns, and his family life is full of legends.
Liu Xiang's wife, Zhou Yushu, is a strong woman in the traditional sense. Born in a peasant family, she originally had no outstanding background, but her life trajectory changed dramatically because of marrying Liu Xiang. Although Zhou Yushu is not highly educated, she has extraordinary wisdom and courage, which is especially evident after her husband's death.
In 1938, Liu Xiang died of illness in Hankou, far from his hometown, leaving Zhou Yushu alone to take on the responsibility of raising his son and maintaining the family business. At that time, women were often not expected to be able to manage big things independently, but Zhou Yushu broke the mold, not only successfully raising her two sons to become major generals, but also growing the family's wealth through shrewd management and extraordinary skills in a chaotic social environment.
Zhou Yushu's story is full of legends, and her husband, Liu Xiang, was a man known as the "rake ear", a person who is afraid of his wife in the Sichuan dialect. Such an image seems to be quite inconsistent with Liu Xiang, after all, he is a warlord with a heavy army. But at home, it's a different story entirely. Zhou Yushu's sternness and fierceness made Liu Xiang cautious at home, for fear of angering her.
Interestingly, Zhou Yushu once became angry because of a joke by a staff member at home. The staff deliberately talked about Liu Xiang taking a fancy to a play and planning to buy a house to settle her in a place where she could hear it. This joke provoked Zhou Yushu's storm, she rushed into the living room without hesitation, and threw everything that could be thrown to the ground, so that everyone understood that this wife with a "tiger in the family" is not easy to mess with. Zhou Yushu's character is also an important reason why she was able to stabilize the situation and protect her two sons from growing up safely after her husband's death.
Zhou Yushu's economic acumen is also very good. In that era of economic underdevelopment and social turmoil, she not only kept the property left by the family, but also gradually expanded the family's economic base. It is rumored that soon after the death of her husband, Zhou Yushu began to get involved in industry, investing in many fields, especially in real estate and textiles. This not only brought a stable source of income for the family, but also provided a solid backing for the sons' military careers.
Zhou Yushu's sons, under her strict education and careful training, eventually became major generals in the Chinese military. At the time, this was undoubtedly a huge success for a single-parent family. Her sons not only achieved military success, but also inherited their mother's intelligence and tenacity to a large extent, becoming leaders in their respective fields.
Although Zhou Yushu is a woman, in an era when most women have not yet completely stepped out of the family, she is able to deal with various problems in her family and career independently, showing extraordinary ability and determination. Her story is not only a legend of how a woman can strive for self-improvement in the face of adversity, but also a reflection of a mother's deep and powerful love for her sons.
This great mother, with her own practical actions, proved to the world that women can stand alone in any field, and even in the most difficult environment, they can still overcome obstacles and create a world of their own. Zhou Yushu's life and struggle are not only the best inheritance of her husband's will, but also a silent challenge and change to the status of women in that era.
The story of Zhou Yushu is a legend and a revelation. She is not only the strong backing of Liu Xiang during his lifetime, but also the strong pillar of his family and sons after his death. In the stormy years, she wrote an admirable chapter with the delicacy and tenacity of a woman.