Confessions from the family, don't listen to them when you are homesick.
Hello, I am Jing Yidan.
The letter I'm going to read today is my mom's "love letter."
My dad and my mom met in 1950, when my mom Han Dianyun was 20 years old and my dad Jing Yusong was 24 years old.
At that time, they were all wearing the uniforms of the Ministry of Public Security, with the words "Chinese People's Liberation Army" on their badges and "Public Security" on their armbands.
My mom and dad have always kept their love letters.
First letter
On December 23, 1950, my father Jing Yusong wrote a letter to my mother Han Dianyun. Here's the first love letter:
On that day, I had long been looking forward to such a good time, but tonight my heart was jumping in panic, and I didn't know where to start with my heart, so I had to silently walk over and back.
Hate that time is so fast, Samsung has already been off the west side, hate that the road is so short, seeing that it has come to your door.
Walking around, walking three or four times, hand in hand still unwilling to separate, without talking and understanding the heart, the two hearts have long been fused together.
No matter how tightly the cold wind blows, it will never blow away our warm friendship.
Second letter
On February 8, 1951, my mother Han Dianyun wrote a reply to my father Jing Yusong:
respect:
We are not people who pursue warmth, and the problems of life are not the main problems in our lives, let alone the purpose of our lives. We agreed on ideals, our aspirations, our preferences, so we made the greatest determination at the beginning of the friendship.
In the development of friendship, we trust each other, learn from each other, supervise each other, and serve as each other's career assistants (especially your help to me).
This is supreme comfort and happiness for both of us. Only in this way will friendship become a force that will make us stronger and more meaningful in our lives.
Today, although the relationship has been determined, we have not done enough, and we still need to make greater efforts, not only in work, study, thinking, but also in living habits.
Let our friendship be our overseer and orthotic! Because we are young people with the mission of great communism.
Your comrade Han
February 8, 1951
Third letter
Two days later, my father wrote a reply to Han Dianyun:
cloud:
The road, not in vain, the road we walked in the cold night, stepping on the ice and snow, finally led us to light and happiness. I am very happy to recall the development of our friendship.
You are right that none of us are people who seek warmth, specifically petty-bourgeois tenderness.
Our friendship is based on common ideals, careers and mutual help, it is healthy, forward, and therefore stable and strong, and our friendship must grow and become more and more consolidated with time.
In the past, the reason why our friendship has developed so rapidly, I think it is important, in addition to our agreement on ideals, but also because both sides have a frank, sincere and open attitude.
I think that we will have a long way to go, and we will certainly know each other better, so it will require us to be more frank, sincere and open-minded with each other. I think that will be the key to the development of our friendship, what do you think?
May you be happy, and let us clasp our hands tightly and take steps towards the path of the common ideal.
lofty
February 10, 1951
Love application
In May 1951, my father wrote a letter to my mother, which read:
Comrade Dian Yun:
I have written a draft "Love Application". You see, please sign and seal, and hand it over to the branch for hope.
This is a handshake
Respectfully
May 10, 1951
Fourth letter
On the same day, my mother wrote back to my father:
Dear Song,
(The first letter was still titled "Respectful", now it has become "Dear Song"))
In order to meet the needs of the current situation, overcome our relatively serious shortcomings, and fulfill the mission entrusted to us by the party and the people with a fighting posture, we should strictly supervise and help us, so that we can make faster progress, make our love more consolidated, and enrich its contents.
Now, I propose a personal plan to challenge you, may you consider, supplement, and fight.
First, overcome the serious laid-back work style, seize the time in life, study, and work, and allocate time scientifically, and become absolutely nervous, to ensure the completion of the theoretical study plan stipulated by the Party Committee, and to study the basic problems of the Chinese revolution on their own, and to complete the study in three months. Read 50-100 pages of literary and art books every week, newspapers must read, sort out political economy notes, sort out business study notes, insist on keeping diaries, and let diaries play a role in checking, supervising, and correcting themselves;
Second, the work must be grasped and deepened, approachable, and mixed with the trainees. Deal with problems to be brave, but also to be stable, work day by day, never delay the next day;
Third, overcome the impatient personality, never lose temper, be calm and calm in the face of things, and strengthen the exercise of their political accomplishment;
4. Strengthen physical exercise;
Fifth, the above conditions, not only do I do this myself, but also influence and help all other people in the cadre school to become nervous;
Sixth, the above conditions shall be one of the contents of the report when we meet, and it will be one of the main contents, so that we can check each other. It is important to remember that the time to play should not exceed 3 hours.
Off-topic: marriage problem, our existing problems, shortcomings solved, the conditions can be solved after maturity, now let's not think about it.
Send you a photo from three years ago.
cloud
Fifth letter
On June 1, my dad wrote to my mom like this:
I warmly confront you and look forward to your supervision and criticism.
First, formal (stipulated to be learned) study, in accordance with the provisions of the branch conscientiously study well. Now is the time to review, we must really grasp the essence of the whole political economy, and properly link it with reality;
2. Self-study, with the aim of studying the theory of practice in four months, is to correct one's own methods of thought and to examine and improve one's work;
Third, read more newspapers and magazines, improve political understanding, and be sensitive to new things;
Read some literary novels and carefully read the "grammar rhetorical speeches" serialized in newspapers to improve writing skills;
Fifth, take good notes and thoroughly overcome the problem of thick branches and leaves.
The above conditions are expected to be checked at any time and a preliminary summary will be made at the end of September.
June 1, 1951
This is the love letter of a couple of lovers in the 1950s. This is the confession of love in the unique atmosphere of that era.
The last sentence in the letter just now: "Preliminary summary at the end of September."
It seems that the young men of the time already had a schedule in mind – on September 30, 1951, they were married.
From the time they met in 1950, my mom and dad, they've been together for 68 years. Along the way, they left footprints, deep and shallow, left in a long time.
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