Author: Nerve endings
After Dong Chengxiang, the son of Dong Qiwu, was forced to go to Taiwan, he received many kinds of care from Yu Youren, Guo Jiyao, Hao Baicun, Zhang Qingen, Du Changcheng, and others. In 1950, due to the right appointment as the main marriage, Chiang Ching-kuo was the witness, Dong Chengxiang married Guo Yinghua, the adopted daughter (niece) of Guo Jiyao, and later had three daughters and a man, and in 1962 Dong Chengxiang unfortunately died young due to brain tumors.
As early as the early 1950s, Dong Qiwu tried to get Dong Chengxiang and his wife Guo Yinghua to return to the mainland. A few months later, Dong Qiwu received a handwritten letter from Cheng Xiang, saying: "Yinghua and I miss our father, mother and sisters all the time, and we are eager to put on wings with Yinghua and fly to Beijing overnight and return to our relatives." However, the Kuomintang agents in Taiwan are constantly and closely monitoring everywhere and explicitly ordering us not to leave Taiwan under any name or in any way. It seems that unless the mainland liberates Taiwan as soon as possible, it will be difficult for our fathers and sons, mothers and sons, and brothers and sisters to see each other. I am sure that I will wait until this day. ”
More than ten years have passed, the 3 granddaughters and eldest grandchildren in Taiwan have grown up and understood things, first of all, the eldest granddaughter Haiwei, please send friends in the United States, Japan and other countries, to the grandfather, grandma to bring a few words of greetings, some are still written on the back of the business card. On March 30, 1966, Dong Qiwu suddenly received a letter from Zou Guangzong at 4351 Monkenell Street, Mandich, Canada. The letter reads as follows:
Nephew Jimin, Yinghua friends, often together for more than ten years, when leaving Taiwan, Yinghua once handed over a trust transfer, and its mailing address was transferred through The Indonesian Ruohua sister. Nephew arrived in Canada, that is, sent this letter to Indonesia, nephew and attached a letter, so far there has been no reply, I do not know whether the uncle, mother has received! Recently, Indonesia's relations with the motherland are at a low ebb, and the nephew is very worried about the whereabouts of this letter. Please receive this letter and send an echo to show your remembrance. The content of the Yinghua letter is quite intentional to return to China, but I don't know what my uncle and mother's opinion is? I have contact with her. You can first go to Japan or other regions to change routes: the nephew lives here temporarily, may work first, and what the situation is, he should continue to tell.
The letter mentioned in the letter from Ruohua, Yinghua's sister, was not received at that time. It was not until November 9, 1983, that Dong Qiwu received photos of the mother, son and sister of the Sea Dragon sent by his friend Liang Rongruo in the United States, and the family was very happy to see it and celebrated like a festival. In his letter, Mr. Leung said that Zhang Qingen had taken great care of JiMin and Yinghua in Taiwan, and the whole family was very grateful. On November 5 of the following year, when Rong Yiren's sister Rong Haoren, yang Shishou, son of brother-in-law Yang Tongyi, and daughter-in-law Wang Jinman returned to the mainland to visit relatives, they brought a letter from Haiwei on October 17, excerpted as follows:
Mom is very good now, after my father passed away in the fifty years of the Republic of China, she worked very hard to raise us, and now it is much easier than before. It's been 23 years since my father passed away, I was 11 years old, and now I'm married, 34 years old, and my son is 3 years old. HaiWei is also married, 32 years old this year, and has 2 daughters.
Hailong is not yet a family, 30 years old, running his own real estate business. The seaweed is not yet out of the cabinet and is 27 years old.
We miss grandpa and grandma very much, when we were young, I often heard my father talk about you and several aunts, and then the six grandmothers (Guo Liuyao's wife) came here, we often greeted her about your recent situation, we are very, very much looking forward to getting grandpa, grandma only a piece of paper or photos, but waited for nearly 30 years, every time through Hong Kong or the United States forwarded the letter has no reply, this time if it is convenient, you can ask the Yang family to bring out, and then from the United States to forward the letter and photos to us. Hurriedly pick up the pen, disorganized, please grandpa and grandma forgive me. I wish Grandpa and Grandma good health and happy spirits!
On the same day, Dong Qiwu rushed to the 301st Hospital with a letter, hoping to let his wife who had been bedridden for a long time share this belated happiness with him. He walked into the ward, pulled out the letter paper with a slightly trembling hand, and said excitedly: "You see, my granddaughter has written a letter!" My granddaughter is writing! Saying, he handed the letter to Qin Xiu's hand, and Qin Xiu held this piece of letter paper together, and after reading it over and over again, the tears of joy of the two people kept dripping on the letter paper, until many of the handwriting was blurred, and then he had to put down the letter paper, and then looked up the envelope, and Qin Xiu kept repeating: "I really want to see my grandson and granddaughter go again!" I really want to meet my grandchildren and granddaughters and go again! ”
Dong Qiwu took out a handkerchief while wiping tears for his wife and said: "Hurry, hurry, meet, meet!" ”
"I wish I could wait until that day..." murmured Qinxiu.
On February 14, 1985, the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, the sea dragon called from Japan, first to pay tribute to grandpa, grandmother, aunt and uncle in advance, and then said that this year they were going to return to the mainland to visit their relatives. He also said that he also called Ning Xiang and Lan Xiang in Japan.
Dong Qiwu was very happy after hearing this, and said to him: "First, you must lead your sister to study hard and be self-motivated to reassure me; second, you must thank your mother for raising you as an adult on my behalf, it is not easy, thank you for her years of hard work." Although I am old, but I am still in good health, don't miss it. Please say hello to your mother on my behalf. Finally, with great sadness, he told Hailong that nine days earlier, on February 5, grandma had died.
The sea dragon whimpered and said, "I thought I could see My Grandmother, but I blamed my failure to contact Grandpa earlier." Subsequently, he told his grandfather at his residence in Taipei City and by phone, saying that it would be easy to contact. And said that he hoped that Grandpa's Day would mourn and take care of his body.
More than half a year has passed, and Dong Qiwu has been thinking about his relatives in Taiwan all the time. On September 15, he wrote affectionately in his diary:
Thinking back to the letter from granddaughter Haiwei in October last year and the transoceanic phone call of the eldest grandson Hailong before the Spring Festival this year, it is really heartfelt and moving, and I don't know when they will come to my side...
Dong Qiwu began to write a diary at the age of 19, wrote for 66 years, and wrote millions of words, but this was the last diary he left for people. In fact, at this time, he had already had a language barrier, and it was very difficult to write, but he still struggled to issue a final call: to Taiwan, to his daughter-in-law, to his granddaughter and grandson...
After calling my grandfather, due to various reasons, I was unable to make the trip that year, until more than two years later, Hailong traveled to get married, and on the way to the United States, he made a special trip to Hong Kong to call the relevant departments of the mainland, explained his identity, and expressed his desire to visit his grandfather in the mainland and to visit him.
Later, under the activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Political Department of the Beijing Military Region, Yang Chengwu and Rong Yiren, and with the help of Rong Haoren, he applied for a mainland visa at the CONSULATE IN SAN FRANCISCO. In December 1987, it finally promoted Dong Qiwu's grandson and granddaughter-in-law in Taiwan to return to the mainland to visit relatives. In the spring of 1988, Dong Qiwu saw his granddaughter Haiwei, Haiwei and Haiqin again. The sea dragon and sisters sat around the sides of Grandpa's hospital bed, tightly holding Grandpa's hands, and kept shouting: "Grandpa is good!" Hello Grandpa! ”
Dong Qiwu happily closed his mouth and kept saying, "Good, good! It's even better to see grandchildren and granddaughters! It's better to see you! ”
After a burst of joyful greetings, the air in the ward seemed to become somewhat dignified. Haiwei said: "We are all in our 30s, and today I only saw Grandpa for the first time..."
Hai Wei said: "A strait that is not very wide has blocked our grandparents for more than 30 years!" ”
Hailong said: "We can see Grandpa today, first of all, we must thank Deng Xiaoping for his reform and opening up policy. Tears of excitement flashed in his eyes.
Dong Qiwu recited two sentences from time to time: "Finally see you, finally see you!" "You're all grown up, and your mother isn't easy!"
Haiwei said: "Our mother, the best mother in the world!" ”
"Why didn't your mother come together?" I want to thank her in person! Dong Qiwu asked with concern.
"After my father died, we were still very young, and it was the most painful and tired years for my mother, when my mother was almost on the verge of collapse, and she said to me many times, I led you to the mainland to join my grandfather!" 」 Haiwei's tears kept rolling down like crystal dewdrops.
Hailong saw that Grandpa's face was also covered with tears, and pulled the sleeve of the eldest sister and said, "On this big day, don't make Grandpa sad!" ”
"Grandpa," listening to her brother's words, Haiwei took out a facial tissue to help Grandpa wipe away the tears on her cheeks, and immediately changed the topic: "Do you know why my brothers and sisters all have the word 'hai' on their names?" She looked at Grandpa expectantly.
Dong Qiwu thought for a long time and said, "Maybe because your father especially likes the sea, he remembers that when he was a child, he always wanted to see the sea." At that time, we lived in Houtao, and all we could see was the rolling Yellow River, and he asked me many times curiously: 'What does the sea look like?' ''Can you show me the sea?' I could only say to him, 'The sea is too far away, and when you grow up, you will definitely see the sea.' But he never saw the sea..."
"Grandpa," Haiwei said, holding back tears, "just two years before my father died, the whole family went to Hsinchu City once." One day, the whole family was sitting on the rocks on the beach, and dad said to us, "That side of the sea is our hometown, and there are your grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts, and many relatives over there." You all have a 'sea' in your name, because neither my mother nor I want you to forget that there are our roots on the other side of the sea, and there are many people who miss our loved ones all the time. ”
Quietly in the ward, Jianmin, Jianshen, Lixiang, Lanxiang, and Duxiang were all touched after listening, and the tears that could not help but flow silently. Jianmin and Jianshen also moaned softly in their mouths: "Big brother, big brother is too bitter inside..."
"At that time, I was in the second grade and knew the meaning of my name for the first time, so I remembered my father's words very clearly. At this time, Haiwei looked at the sea dragon and continued to tell her grandfather: "At that time, the sea dragon was just over 5 years old, I don't know if he remembered it, his father said to him: 'Why did your father name you Sea Dragon?'" First, because you are the descendant of Yan Huang and the descendant of the dragon; second, because only the dragon can dive into the sea and swim, but also can soar through the clouds and drive the fog, and the sea and the air can walk both roads. In the future, even if your sister and sister can't go back to the mainland, you must return to the mainland, and you are the only root of the Dong family! ”
"The eldest sister seems to have some memories of this mention. Now we're not all back together! However, it is not a diving sea, it is all coming from the clouds. The sea dragon's words made the air in the ward cheerful again, and everyone laughed happily.
After talking for a while, Hai Wei said, "If only Grandma were still here!" ”
"Yes," Dong Qiwu said, "when I was just liberated, Grandma thought of your father. I want to get seriously ill. Later, for decades, grandma dreamed in the middle of the night, and when she saw your father, she either laughed or cried, and often woke me up. He said, with a long sigh, "Unfortunately, she has already left me before me, and even you have not been able to see her." He was a little sad again.
After returning to Taiwan, they happily told their mother about their grandfather, aunt, and uncle, as well as the situation of visiting and visiting Beijing, and their mother carefully examined the photos they brought back, and a feeling of spiritual return came out of nowhere. Many of the relatives and friends who got the news also came to visit or call to inquire about the mainland, and a strong sense of homesickness slowly rippled among them.
Yu Youren was one of the Kuomintang elders whom Dong Qiwu respected very much, especially when he heard that Elder Yu had presided over the wedding of his eldest son, Chengxiang, in Taiwan, and was even more grateful. In the middle of November 1964, when he learned that Yu Lao had died at 8 o'clock on the 10th, he was very sad and could not help but shed tears.
A few days later, Dong Qiwu repeatedly pondered, repeatedly revised, and wrote a short article on mourning, originally titled "Speaking Because of the Long Death of Right Ren", which after repeated deliberation was changed to "Starting from the "Highest Mountain", so that it played the role of finishing touches from the topic.
The text reads: "The years urge people to grow old. When Mr. Yu Youren's body is declining, he feels that he will soon die, and his homesickness is even more urgent. He was depressed and depressed because he had fallen to the end of the world, was trapped in an isolated island, the mountains and rivers were divided, the reunification was difficult, and his long-cherished wish to return to his hometown on the mainland was difficult to repay. When he made arrangements for his future affairs, he still remembered the mainland of the motherland, so he left a will: 'After a hundred years, I would like to be buried in a high place with many trees in Yushan or Alishan, and I can look at the mainland at all times.' My hometown is Chinese mainland. Mr. Yu also specially marked next to 'You can always look at the mainland': 'The mountain should be the highest, and the tree should be large'. It can be seen from this that he misses the mainland, hopes for reunification, is his heart earnest, and his intentions are strong, even if he sleeps for a long time, he does not change his original intention, is it not worth my generation's deep thinking? The article goes on to say: "On seniority, my generation is not as far-reaching as the deceased; on contribution, my generation is not as grand as the deceased; on experience, my generation is not as good as the deceased's ups and downs, on ... Even if the deceased can do this, will our generation be inferior to the deceased in terms of patriotism, national righteousness, and hope for reunification? He also said: "The cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China again to realize the reunification and prosperity of the motherland has always been the wish of Mr. Yu Lao in his later years. Taiwan and the mainland, when they are united, the country prospers, and the country suffers losses. May the friendship between the two sides of the strait and the old ones of my generations join hands and make joint efforts to promote it, so as to realize the old man's last wish before his death -- the reunification of the motherland and the prosperity of the nation. ”
Finally, Dong Qiwu quotes the lament written by Yu Youren on his deathbed, "Bury Me on the Mountain" as the end of the memorial essay. The following is reproduced:
Bury me on the top of the mountain, looking at the continent.
The mainland is invisible, only crying.
Bury me on the top of the mountain and look at my hometown.
The hometown is invisible and can never be forgotten.
The sky is clear and the wilderness is vast.
On the mountain, the state is destroyed.
About the author: Nerve endings, engineering history enthusiast, works scattered in various newspapers and magazines.