On August 31, 2011, Xue Ming died in Beijing at the age of 95.
At that time, the young and young woman in green clothes on the Banks of the Yan River walked to the water poverty and became the last marshal's wife in New China, and people mostly called her, Marshal He Long's wife Xue Ming.
But even so, Xue Ming's own brilliance has never been dimmed by the glory of her husband He Long, she is the companion of a revolutionary, the mother of a revolutionary, and she herself is a hard-dreaded and unswerving revolutionary.
The daughter once said to Xue Ming: "Mother, you can't say that you are strong, let you suffer so much, this is unfair", even the daughter feels that fate is unfair to her, but for Xue Ming, whether it is painful or fast in this life, it is worth it.
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On May 12, 1916, Xue Ming fell to the ground in a merchant family surnamed Wang in Shengfang Town, Wen'an County, Hebei Province, originally named Wang Aizhen, and later changed to his mother's surname Xue, although the family was still relatively well-off, but due to the early death of his father, only his mother was left to support the family, so that his daughter Xue Ming developed the quality of hard-working and hard-working from an early age.
Xue Ming, who grew up in the north, witnessed with his own eyes that the Japanese Kou were gradually encroaching on the rivers and mountains of the motherland and wreaking havoc on this land, while the Nanjing government did not resist or act, and gave the sovereignty of its hometown to the Japanese.
Xue Ming, who was still a schoolgirl, rushed to the street with her classmates, shouted with all their might, and joined the torrent of the 129 Anti-Japanese Salvation Movement, and a year later, Xue Ming secretly joined the Communist Party of China and was responsible for the underground liaison work of the Tianjin Federation of Students, the Minxian and the Women's Federation.
In 1937, when the "July 7 Incident" broke out, the Pingjin Petition Group went south to publicize the anti-Japanese resistance, and Xue Ming accompanied the young women's propaganda team from Beiping, Tianjin through Shandong and Nanjing, all the way to Jiangxi, and was introduced by the Jiangxi Office of the New Fourth Army to Yan'an, and finally arrived at the long-awaited revolutionary holy land.
Xue Ming studied and worked conscientiously and diligently, and like all the enthusiastic young people who rushed to Yan'an, she hoped that every drop of sweat and every drop of blood would be shed for the revolution.
After arriving in Yan'an, Xue Ming successively studied at the Central Party School and the Women's University, and then was assigned to qingjian to work, with outstanding achievements, was elected as a county senator, and then transferred to the CPC Yan'an County as the director of the organization department, is the northwest bureau to focus on the training of women cadres.
Xue Ming devoted himself to work and revolutionary cause, so personal problems were not so attentive, the organization director of the Northwest Bureau was trying to make He Long a red bride, 42-year-old He Long divorced the female Red Army, and the child was left to him.
Although his daughter He Jiesheng was sent back to his hometown to be raised, he always needed to be taken care of in this family, and the organization minister introduced Xue Ming to He Long as he moved.
In this way, the 22-year-old Xue Ming met her husband He Long, who would be in the same boat in the future under the arrangement of the organization, and He Long was already the commander of the prestigious Northwest Bureau at that time.
He took a look at Xue Ming, who had bright eyes and good eyes, but the female students always felt that the old cadres did not understand romance, and even a female student said that the moon was beautiful when she walked with the old cadres, and the old cadres said that the jokes were like a washbasin were widely circulated.
Although He Long was a professional soldier who "made a revolution with two kitchen knives", he sacrificed his life and forgot his life on the battlefield, and was jealous and hateful, but in private he was not only humorous and funny but also romantic and considerate, he specially invited Xue Ming from Tianjin to taste Tianjin buns at his residence, and also romantically sent her back to the station on a rainy day.
As a soldier, He Long loved the gun the most, and the promise gift gave Xue Ming a small pistol, and other girls had long complained that they did not understand romance, but Xue Ming felt that the small pistol was cold and cold, but it was very delicate.
She knew even more that this was not only He Long giving her the most cherished thing, but also hoping that she would take care of herself for self-defense, and they would get married after a while.
He Long's personality is bold and humorous, Xue Ming is a subtle and gentle girl, although the two have large differences in personality, and in the wartime gathering less and more, but chai rice oil and salt did not consume the romance of love, but after marriage, it was more and more sweet, and even small disputes seemed to add sugar.
Once, the husband and wife both said that the stick noodle porridge cooked by the other party was not good, no one let anyone, the children coaxed the two people to try it, after cooking, the children all went to the mother to give the scene, Xue Ming came over and joked while comfortingly, asking the children to drink some of the father's cooking.
After marrying He Long, Xue Ming did not do "Nala who went home", but still accompanied the troops to the south and fought in the north, helping He Long deal with a large number of official documents, while also taking care of the children.
Even so, she did her job well, becoming director of the Political Department of the Jinsui Joint Defense Army Command in 1948.
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After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xue Ming went to the southwest with He Long to work, and then transferred back to Beijing, serving as the director of the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and the director of He Long's office.
He Long returned to Beijing first, the children and Xue Ming were still waiting for organizational arrangements in the southwest, the two places were separated, He Long was too busy to write letters, but there were many long-distance calls, and they also solved the pain of lovesickness.
On August 15th, the Mid-Autumn Festival, every family ate mooncakes to reunite, but the children turned the mailbox over and over, the phone looked and looked, and Dad still didn't hear a word.
Xue Ming did not complain a word, happily combed the children's braids, sorted out their clothes, took them to the street, found a photo studio to take a family portrait of Zhang Que's father, and then sent it to Beijing.
After some time, He Long called back, and Xue Ming asked, "Did you see the photo?" "I see." "How do you think it shines?" "Very good, every one of you is doing well."
Xue Ming asked again, "You look again, what day is that?" Only then did He Long understand that he was so busy that he forgot about August 15.
The storm suddenly struck, the couple watched the fire but could not do anything, they lived in the prime minister's home for more than ten days, they were arranged to the Yuquan Mountain Reclining Buddha Temple Elephant Nose Ditch, heavily guarded, inaccessible, Xue Ming on the one hand worried about the children who had not heard from, on the other hand worried about the emaciated husband.
Married for decades, Xue Ming looked forward to the beauty of monogamy cutting the western window candle, but now, the scene of the two staying together for a long night is realized, but the heart is endlessly miserable.
Although life is hard, the two companions show the best side to each other, He Long tells Xue Ming the story of the Long March climbing snowy mountains and crossing the meadow to inspire her, and Xue Ming accompanies He Long to read and write to give him comfort.
He Long galloped on the battlefield for many years, full of traces left by the war, as he grew older, his body and heart were suffering, misfortune came, Xue Ming's 53rd birthday had just passed half a month ago, and her 73-year-old husband He Long died of illness.
The middle-aged widow and four children were waiting to be cared for, and Xue Ming's situation was really difficult, and in November 1969 she was put on a train and sent a guard nurse to supervise guizhou. Without their fathers and mothers, the children are nowhere to be found, and they can only wander around.
Later, the premier found Xue Ming in Guizhou and transferred back to Beijing, where he was rehabilitated in 1974 and her own personal problems were resolved after 1976.
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After all the dust settled, Xue Ming resumed her work, serving as the chief procurator of the Military Procuratorate and an adviser to the Political Department of the General Staff, hiding the grief of the middle-aged widow and the suffering she had suffered, and immersed herself in the construction of the motherland and raising several children.
Because he is the only son of the He family, Xue Ming and his son He Pengfei have a very close relationship, and even his daughter jokes jealously, "The two of them are in love, let them talk about it, and our two daughters will not fight."
Son He Pengfei is very prominent, once served as the deputy commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, under the words and deeds of his parents, he worked hard, going out to work at 7 o'clock every day, but after work, he must go to the room to see his mother Xue Ming, and his mother's food, clothing, housing and transportation are specially explained to the two sisters:
"It's cold, the old lady's clothes are not ah, it is time to add a quilt", "Today this meal to see her did not eat anything, tomorrow this meal to adjust." ”
The sister said that the brother has been careful about the mother's affairs to some mother-in-law mothers, as long as Xue Ming walks over, the son will definitely give up his seat to his mother after seeing it, and he will also feel that he made the stool too hot, so he will take the fan to cool it, and then invite the mother over.
Because of the hard work of work, He Pengfei fell seriously ill in 1997, but he was so preoccupied with the construction of the national navy that he could not spare time for treatment.
In 2001, one night when He Pengfei was still at home preparing materials for the next day's meeting, he suddenly had a heart attack and collapsed, and he could not get up again.
After experiencing the middle-aged widow, Xue Ming was once again unfortunately cared for, and she did not shed tears when she still had to experience the pain of losing her son in her later years, calmly handling her son's aftermath, and every link was decided by her.
The daughters were worried that their mother would have an accident, saying that they went to send their brother on their behalf for Xue Ming on their last journey, and Xue Ming said: "This is a very important thing in my heart, if I don't go, I can't live this one thing in my life."
She only let her daughter push the wheelchair closer, a little closer, touched He Pengfei's face and said: "Fat man, we will never be so tired again, fat man, we will never be sick again, we will not be so bitter." ”
After returning home, the doctor examined Xue Ming, and his heart, pulse, and everything was normal.
The 95-year-old Xue Ming's own son is gone, but she always tells the children that life is so unfortunate, or to be strong, she loves her children, but also loves the children of the world, the children of many martyrs in the war years have become orphans, Xue Ming took them to the family, as carefully as his own children.
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the army, Xue Ming did a great thing with Lin Yueqin, Zhang Aiping, Chen Xilian and other veteran revolutionaries, and they jointly issued an initiative: establish 70 Hope Bayi Schools:
"From 1927 to 1997, seventy years after the founding of the army, when we returned to the starting point of the founding of the army, back to the homeland where we joined the army, back to the north and south of the great river where we fought, inside and outside the Great Wall, we were relieved to see that we had fulfilled our wishes, but we also felt heavily that our great wish had not been fulfilled, and the old areas were still very poor...
Their descendants are still studying in the primary schools of the Red Army, in the ancestral halls of a hundred years ago, and even because of poverty, we cannot read books, and our hearts are bleeding, so we, the veteran soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and we, the old children and soldiers of the Chinese people, must pay tribute to our countless comrades who went for ourselves and for us, to our old cousins, compatriots, and sisters-in-law, to our people, to our old districts, to our children in our old districts. ”
Under Xue Ming's run, the school was completed one by one.
No matter how hot the winter and summer of life are, Xue Ming wrote the spring and autumn of his life with faith, in the eyes of his daughters, the mother's life writing is strong, but Xue Ming knows the pen in his hand - named faith.
Text/Li Qingyu