In 1937, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in an all-round way and the united front of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party gradually took shape, Xu Teli, then head of the Changsha office of the Eighth Route Army, thought of Zou Xilu, an old friend, so he went to his house to visit, and it happened that when he went, he met Zou Jinghua, the daughter of Zou Xilu.
So, the two went into the house to talk about Zou Jinghua, saying that she was also a poor person, and within a few days of her new marriage with her husband, her husband left home in order to avoid the pursuit of the Kuomintang. Until now, several years have passed, and she still firmly believes that her husband will come back to find her, and she has not even gone to school, and she knows to stay at home all day.
The father was very anxious for her future life, so he said to Xu Teli: "I am a stupid girl, it is too heavy feelings, now that the son-in-law has left for many years without news, she still has an iron heart to wait for him, many people come to the door to propose relatives, she directly drove people away regardless of her feelings, now she does not go to school, there is no job, what should she do after this?" ”
Picture | Xu Teli
Knowing the old friend's troubles, Xu Teli was also uncomfortable in his heart, so he proposed the idea of letting Zou Jinghua continue to study, and the old friend felt that it was feasible after listening to it, but he shook his head and said: "I can't do her business now, this matter depends on herself." Xu Teli immediately said to Zou Jinghua, "Do you want to continue studying now?" If you want, I can introduce you to Kang University to school. ”
After Zou Jinghua heard the words "Kang Da", he was stunned for a moment, and then he asked: "Is the Kang Da you are talking about in Yan'an?" Xu Teli nodded, Zou Jinghua's eyes suddenly turned red, she remembered that her husband had mentioned Yan'an to her, so many years had passed, she had never given up looking for her husband, maybe he was waiting for himself in Yan'an now!
Therefore, she quickly replied: "I went to Yan'an to resist the university!" After that, Xu Teli handed Zou Jinghua a letter of introduction, and told her the route to Yan'an, and after saying goodbye to her family, she took her husband's sister on the journey to Yan'an with her husband, because it was during the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and the journey was relatively smooth.
After a few days of walking, the two came to the Office of the Eighth Route Army in Xi'an, and met Lin Boqu, the person in charge of the office at the time, Zou Jinghua told Lin Boqu about his experience, and when the conversation was over, Zou Jinghua felt that Lin Boqu should know a lot of communists, and maybe she would know her husband, so she held the mentality of trying it out and asked: "Do you know my husband Xu Guangda?" ”
Picture | Lin Bo Canal
Who knew that the voice had just fallen, and Lin Boqu on the other side was obviously shocked, and then said a few insignificant words and quickly left. It turned out that Lin Boqu really knew Xu Guangda, but because he was afraid of causing trouble for Xu Guangda, he had to secretly call him to tell him. After learning the news that his wife was coming to Yan'an, Xu Guangda was very happy, and then he was ready to meet his wife.
After several turns, Zou Jinghua and the two finally arrived in Yan'an and were arranged to rest in the hostel. Not long after, a warrior found them and asked, "Which one is Zou Jinghua?" Zou Jinghua was a little confused, but he still told the warrior that he was, and asked by the way: "Who is looking for me?" "It was Xu Guangda, the education chief, who came looking for you." The warrior replied.
Zou Jinghua was a little incredulous after listening, and without waiting for her to verify, there was a burst of footsteps outside the door, and she fixed her eyes on it, wasn't that person the husband who had been separated for ten years? Suddenly, Zou Jinghua was in tears, Xu Guanghan was not much better, his eyes were red, when the husband and wife hugged together excitedly, Zou Jinghua could no longer help but cry bitterly, she had not lived well in these years, her husband was gone for 10 years, how much pressure she had to endure until today...
Xu Guangda was the proud protégé of his father-in-law Zou Xilu
In March 1911, Zou Xilu, who opened a private school in Changsha County, Hunan Province, had a daughter named Zou Jinghua, nicknamed Tao Meizi, and the family loved this child very much. Zou Xilu was a person in the late Qing Dynasty, as a rare local cultural person, many people in the private school he opened were rushing to sign up, plus their family was a big family, so their life was quite solid.
However, the weather is unpredictable, when Zou Xilu went out to study, the family has changed, resulting in the family's increasingly embarrassing situation, at that time, everything in the family is managed by the eldest brother, who knows that year encountered a famine, the Zou family's life became more and more tense, and finally the brother in charge could not withstand the pressure and chose to hang himself.
Pictured| Zou Jinghua's old photo
But this matter is not over, after the Zou family changed another brother's housekeeper, they immediately pointed the spearhead at the Zou Xilu family, bluntly saying that his family had no sons, so they used their identity to force them to sell Zou Jinghua and other children, but Zou Xilu was also a soft persimmon, threatening to die and would not abandon his daughter, and the family had to give up.
Later, Zou Xilu put his focus back on home and returned to private school teaching, which is why Xu Guangda was able to successfully become his student and also formed a good relationship with Zou Jinghua.
In 1908, Xu Guangda was born in a small rural area, his family was poor, he began to help the family from a young age, from the age of 6 began to herd cattle, became a cattle herding baby. When he saw that children of the same age were going to private schools, he also had a longing in his heart, and while the cattle were grazing, he went to the private school in the village and hid in the corner to secretly listen to lessons.
After trying several times without being discovered, Xu Guangda became bold, from going once every three or four days to going every day, in fact, Zou Xilu had already found him and had not been exposed, because he liked Xu Guangda's love of learning and knew the situation of his family, so he acquiesced to Xu Guangda's practice of secretly listening to lectures.
Until one day, when Xu Guangda was listening to the lecture, he suddenly fainted in the corner, and Zou Xilu, who always paid attention to him, found out at the first time, picked him up, put him on a rattan chair in the room, and went out to teach, and when Xu Guangda got up, he found himself in a strange place, and after looking around, he found that it was a bit like a private school.
At this time, Zou Xilu just walked in, and after some conversation, Xu Guangda had the opportunity to go to school. Of course, Zou Xilu did not collect money, since then, Zou Xilu has an excellent student, in fact, for Zou Xilu, he has always cultivated Xu Guangda as a son-in-law, after all, he is a person who was taught by his own hands and knows the roots.
Soon after this, he received a letter from his good friend Xu Teli, telling him that he had founded a school, but now the school lacked teachers, and hoped that he could come to his school to teach. This was a good thing no matter how it was seen, but he hesitated, because if he left, Xu Guangda's studies would be forced to be suspended, which would waste a good seedling.
Out of the idea of regretting talent, he specially went to visit Xu Guangda's family and said straight to the point: "I am going to teach in other places, your family Wu Ling (yá) is a good seedling to read, I hope you agree to me to take him away, I will definitely do my best to cultivate him." Xu Guangda's father saw that he attached so much importance to his son, and agreed without saying a word.
In this way, Zou Xilu took Xu Guangda to Changsha, and it was at this time that he had his own big name, Xu Dehua. Here, Xu Guangda lived up to expectations, very serious and hard in studying, the results have always been very good, Zou Xilu also looked at him more and more pleasingly, seeing that the two children were about the same age, he planned to put this family affair on the agenda.
Xu Guangda and Zou Jinghua became engaged
In 1922, Zou Xilu entrusted someone to Xu Guangda's home to propose relatives, Xu Guangda's family was very satisfied with this marriage, and agreed on the spot, Zou Jinghua and Xu Guangda had no objection to this marriage, especially Xu Guangda, he had no reason to refuse, after all, the teacher had been really good to him over the years.
After the two were engaged, considering that Zou Jinghua was not very old, Xu Guangda was still studying, and did not complete the marriage at the first time, in the later days, Xu Guangda came into contact with revolutionary books, and his thinking also began to change slowly, it happened that at that time, Mao Zedong was also studying in Changsha, often organized some student movements, Xu Guangda also participated.
In 1925, Xu Guangda joined the Communist Party of China and became an honorable member of the Communist Party. The following year, after being selected by the party organization, he secretly came to Guangzhou, was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy, and became the fifth batch of students of the Whampoa Military Academy, studying in the artillery department. At that time, the situation was urgent, and Xu Guangda did not tell anyone about the incident, so neither Zou nor Xu knew where he had gone.
Picture | Xu Guangda
Being at the Whampoa Military Academy, Xu Guangda also knew that if he did not quit like this, his family would definitely be in a hurry, so he sent his military uniform photos home, and the heart of his family hanging was also put down, and after Zou Xilu learned that he was at the Whampoa Military Academy, he happily said to his daughter: "The Whampoa Military Academy was founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and your future husband will study there, and he will definitely have a great future." ”
After Hearing his father's evaluation of Xu Guangda, Zou Jinghua was full of curiosity about this future husband, and the time came to 1927, when Xu Guangda graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, but it was this year that Chiang Kai-shek launched the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup and suppressed the Communist Party everywhere.
After the failure of the Wuhan uprising, he followed the large army to fight in various places. During a battle, Xu Guangda was unfortunately injured, causing him to lose contact with the troops, there was no way, after recovering from his wounds, he decided to go home first and visit his parents.
Left home after 10 days of marriage
In 1928, Xu Guangda finally returned to his hometown, shortly after returning home, his family thought that he was now wandering around, and the situation was not safe, so he wanted to use marriage to tie him up, so he found Zou Xilu to discuss the marriage of the two children, which Zou Xilu expressed his great approval, after all, he also hoped that his daughter would marry early, so that his future life would be relied upon.
In this way, under the control of the parents of both sides, Xu Guangda and Zou Jinghua held a wedding, not to mention that although the two were arranged marriages, they were surprisingly satisfied with each other, and on the wedding night Xu Guangda opened Zou Jinghua's red hijab with a nervous mood, the beauty under the hijab was very beautiful, at this time shyly red-faced, for a while even Xu Guangda was stunned.
After returning to God, Xu Guangda put his arms around Zou Jinghua and said sincerely, "I am a poor man, are you sure you want to follow me?" Follow me and you will definitely suffer a lot. Zou Jinghua replied, "Since I have already chosen to marry you, I will not dislike you, not to mention that I can cultivate and embroider myself, and I can support myself without you." ”
Pictured| Zou Jinghua and Xu Guangda
After listening to his wife's words, Xu Guangda was very touched in his heart, but regarding his identity, he had to test his wife's attitude, so he tentatively asked: "What do you think of the Communists?" Do you believe what the newspaper says? Although Zou Jinghua felt a little inexplicable, he would answer his questions.
"I think the Communist Party is all good people, not what is rumored outside," she said. Afraid that Xu Guangda would not believe it, she hurriedly said: "This is true, my father has many students who are communists, and they are all good people." Listening to Zou Jinghua's words, Xu Guangda instantly relaxed a lot, fortunately his wife was on his side.
Zou Jinghua quickly reacted, and she asked, "Which party are you?" Kuomintang or Communist Party? Xu Guangda quipped, "I'm neither, I'm the Whampoa Army!" For Xu Guangda's answer, Zou Jinghua did not ask the bottom of the question, and rested at the end of the topic, in fact, from that time on, Xu Guangda identified Zou Jinghua as the person who accompanied him all his life.
In the days after the marriage, they were very affectionate, and the parents of both sides were relieved after seeing it, but this beauty did not last long, it was broken, and on the 10th day of their new marriage, the Kuomintang agents found Xu Guangda's identity and whereabouts, and the news soon spread to Hunan. He Jian, then chairman of the Hunan Provincial Government, immediately signed an urgent telegram sent to Changsha County, the content of which was: Xu Dehua must be arrested and arrested! Fortunately, a relative of Xu Guangda's family knew the news in advance.
Pictured| He Jian, chairman of the Hunan Provincial Government
After this relative learned of this, he hurried to Xu Guangda's house, told him the news, and asked him to make plans early, after sending away his relatives, Zou Jinghua walked out of the house with red eyes, she already knew the identity of her husband, and she also knew that the Communist Party was doing great things, so she said with tears in her eyes: "You go, leave me alone, I will come to pick me up after your revolution is victorious." ”
Forced to do so, Xu Guangda had to run away all night, both parents were blaming him for not quitting, only Zou Jinghua knew that her husband was going to do something big, during that period, Zou Jinghua spent every day in fear, as long as she heard that the Communist Party had been arrested again, she would rush out to see the man, knowing that it was not her husband, she would go home with peace of mind.
One day he called his daughter into the house and asked, "Son-in-law, is he a communist?" Zou Jinghua was shocked, looked up at her father violently, saw that she wanted to refute, her father immediately interrupted her, and then said: "You don't have to find a way to hide from me, I am on the side of the Communist Party, and I also agree with my son-in-law's decision, but what do you plan next?" ”
After Zou Jinghua knew that his father had no other meaning, his tense state relaxed and replied: "Father, I want to wait here for him to return, he will definitely come back to pick me up, you don't have to worry about me." The daughter's words, as a father, are the most reluctant to hear, but in the end it is her choice, so she goes with her.
But no one can imagine that Xu Guangda has been gone for 10 years, and there has not been a single letter in the 10 years of the lost, let alone any news, just like this person does not exist, Zou Xilu saw that his daughter was still unwilling to die, so he often advised her to remarry and forget Xu Guangda to start a new life, but every time he would be prevaricated by Zou Jinghua, even if someone came to the door to propose to her, she would not pay attention.
She could accept these things, the only thing she couldn't bear was to keep receiving news of her husband's sacrifice, such a blow was fatal to her, once or twice she wouldn't take it seriously, but even she herself had to believe that For this reason Zou Jinghua once had the idea of taking her own life, but at the last moment she was saved by her father.
Since then, her father saw Xu Guangda's position in her heart, and he never said anything about remarrying, and Zou Jinghua became more and more reticent, and his father looked at his heart and did not mention how much pain he felt, so he persuaded her to go to girls' school and relax his mood. However, compared with Zou Jinghua's pressure, Xu Guangda is facing one "temptation" after another.
Xu Guangda is the education chief of Yan'an Kang Da, but also a "golden bachelor", the girls of Kang Da regard him as the best candidate for their future husbands, after all, like Xu Guangda such a good condition of the chief, they can not find a second, so they often entrust people to say that the media, although he has clearly stated that there is a wife in the family, but the suitors are still continuous, and even some people persuade him to marry another one.
The couple missed twice in 10 years
Photo | Zou Jinghua and Xu Guangda
In fact, in these 10 years, the husband and wife have the opportunity to meet, may be the fate has not yet arrived, they still missed it perfectly, one day in 1930, Zou Jinghua participated in the Hunan Provincial Middle School Students Games, but unexpectedly received a notice: the Red Army came, the movement was immediately canceled. After hearing this news, everyone began to flee in all directions, but Zou Jinghua was unmoved.
After learning that the Red Army was coming in a while, a little excitement arose in her heart, pointing out that her husband was in this group of Red Army, and perhaps she could see him, but she guessed the beginning, but did not predict the ending.
This time it was Xu Guangda who led the Red Army, but when Zou Jinghua said her husband's name and asked the soldiers, they all shook their heads and said they hadn't heard it, and then they took her to a safe place, so they missed Xu Guangda.
I believe everyone will be curious, why did Zou Jinghua say her husband's name, and the soldiers said they had not heard it?
In fact, in order to escape the pursuit of the enemy, Xu Guangda changed his name, as mentioned above, Xu Guangda's original name was called "Xu Dehua", and later changed his name to Xu Guangda, his wife said his previous name, and it just so happened that no one knew this name, which led to the two missing.
Later, when the soldier returned to the command post, he said: "Some women just said that they want to find Xu Dehua." After xu guangda heard this, he knew that he had just missed his wife, but in the end because the battle was not smooth, he could only withdraw with his troops, and later, Xu Guangda was hit by a bullet in a battle, and after three surgeries, he could not take the bullet out.
Because of this injury, he recuperated for a long time, when he was recuperating in Shanghai, he once wrote a letter to his wife, telling her that he was living well, Zou Jinghua read the letter, immediately relieved, when she was ready to go to Shanghai to find her husband, the agents found Xu Guangda's location one step ahead, for safety, the party organization immediately arranged for him to be transferred to the Soviet Union for treatment.
In this way, the two missed again, until 1938 Xu Guangda returned from the Soviet Union, after returning to China, he served as the education chief of the Kang Da in Yan'an, when he was only about 30 years old, surrounded by various suitors, every time he would bluntly say that there was already a wife in the family, and there was no intention of marrying again, but despite this, his suitors were still a large piece, but he never paid attention.
Later, after Xu Guangda gained a firm foothold in Yan'an, he wrote a letter to his wife, but he could not send it to that place, he was not discouraged, he would go through the roster of Kang Da every day, he believed that as long as he insisted, he would wait for his wife, Xu Guangda was so confident that there were two points: First, his wife liked to study, and only Kang Da was the most suitable at that time; second, he once said that Yan'an was the place of the Communist Party, and it was also the place where he might be.
Let's look at Zou Jinghua's side again, because of the help of Xu Teli, she and Xu Guangda's sister embarked on the road to Yan'an together, and on the way, they happened to meet Lin Boqu in the Xi'an office, and after telling their own story with Lin Boqu, Lin Boqu immediately guessed that this Hunan woman was looking for Xu Guangda, but did not know Xu Guangda's attitude, so he did not inform Zou Jinghua at the first time.
Just ambiguously suggested that they go to Yan'an to inquire, maybe there will be gains, considering that the two women, on the road will inevitably have some inconvenience, they will send someone to send them to Yan'an, Zou Jinghua and the two left, he immediately called Xu Guangda, told him about this matter, let him prepare for it himself.
If the two loves are long, they are in the twilight of the dynasty
This is great news for Xu Guangda, the wife finally came to Yan'an to find him, when Zou Jinghua arrived in Yan'an, the husband received the news for the first time, so he couldn't wait to run to the hostel where she was resting, when she looked at her husband and couldn't speak, Xu Guangda shouted: "Peach girl! It's me! ”
Without waiting for Zou Jinghua to return to God, a figure swooped down on her, and then she smelled a familiar breath, felt the embrace of her husband, 10 years of thoughts, grievances, and pressure broke out in an instant, she hugged her husband and cried bitterly, this scene was very touched by others, just like this, Zou Jinghua's thousand-mile search for a husband was rumored to be a good story in Yan'an!
That night, the couple talked for a long time before embracing each other and falling asleep, and when they woke up the next day, the two tacitly touched the place where the other slept, realized that everything yesterday was true, and smiled at each other.
Pictured| Xu Guangda and his wife Zou Jinghua took a group photo
The arrival of Zou Jinghua, the most shocking thing is that the suitors around Xu Guangda originally thought that he said that there was a wife at home as an excuse, but they did not expect it to be true, so they rarely united once and came together to congratulate Xu Guangda, but people who understand it understand that their ultimate purpose is to witness the woman who makes Xu Guangda remember.
From the moment they entered the door, they were discovered by Xu Guangda, who was sharp-eyed, how could they miss the opportunity to show their love? Therefore, he deliberately let Zou Jinghua go to the front yard to fetch water, Zou Jinghua looked at her husband's gaze, immediately knew his intentions, walked to the front yard, she generously greeted those "suitors", and after everyone saw Zou Jinghua, they knew that they were out of the play.
Since then, the husband and wife have always been very affectionate, never red-faced, and together for life.